Hi,

When I started using seti@home and BOINC in late May 2008 my RAC was clsoe to 100 but it has steadily dropped. Can any one explain why this should be so?

Also, I receive two workloads and, for example, each is shown as having 4 hours to run. Why is my PC taking much longer to do the units?

How do I get to download more than 2 work uinits?


Thanks for any help.


Corries1

With your computers hidden in your account, it is hard to tell if you're returning bad work and thus not being credited. Returning bad work will also affect how much work you can download as sort of a fail-safe mechanism so that one single host cannot trash a bunch of science.

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I changed my preferences earlier to 'show computer' and I have just done so again. Hopefully it will be visible now.

Thanks for your help.

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Corries1

I changed my preferences earlier to 'show computer' and I have just done so again. Hopefully it will be visible now.

Thanks for your help.

I just checked, but your computers are still hidden. No way to tell what is going on without having a look at your results.

Regards,
John.

After saving the changed preferences to the web site, open BOINC manager, Advanced View, Projects tab, select Seti, click Update. This makes sure the computers are visible to us.

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Hi,

Thanks for your help and I am sorry for this problem. I have updated my preferences, saved them to the web site and updated the seti project in BOINC manager. I have checked my preferences settings and it says that my PC is visible yet when i do a user search on my own name it says that my computer is hidden.

Am I missing something or could there be a problem at Seti's end?

Thanks,

Gavin

Hi,

Thanks for your help and I am sorry for this problem. I have updated my preferences, saved them to the web site and updated the seti project in BOINC manager. I have checked my preferences settings and it says that my PC is visible yet when i do a user search on my own name it says that my computer is hidden.

Am I missing something or could there be a problem at Seti's end?

Thanks,

Gavin

Can you stop/close BOINC and restart it. After it restarts, post the first 20 or so lines of your manager. I'm also wondering if by chance you have set preferences locally and they are overriding the website. What version of BOINC are you running?

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Hi wendy,

Thanks for your help with this. I am really grateful.
I closed and started BOINC again and I hope below is what you menat by messages.

The version of BOINC I am running is 5.10.45


Thanks,

Gavin

02/07/2008 19:19:23||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.45 for windows_intelx86
02/07/2008 19:19:23||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ [x86 Family 15 Model 107 Stepping 1]
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni 3dnow mmx
02/07/2008 19:19:23||OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Home Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00)
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 4.23 GB virtual
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Disk: 288.04 GB total, 220.87 GB free
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Local time is UTC +1 hours
02/07/2008 19:19:23|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 4402352; location: home; project prefs: home
02/07/2008 19:19:23||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 28-Jun-2008 18:03:24)
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Host location: home
02/07/2008 19:19:23||General prefs: using separate prefs for home
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Reading preferences override file
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1022.88MB
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1841.18MB
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Preferences limit disk usage to 93.13GB
02/07/2008 19:19:23|SETI@home|Restarting task 31mr08ad.23284.2117.8.8.127_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 527
02/07/2008 19:19:23|SETI@home|Restarting task 24ap08ag.29332.890.7.8.229_3 using setiathome_enhanced version 527

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Corries1

Gavin -

Looking at your messages below, it looks like you have set preferences inside of the BOINC Manager which is overriding the website preferences. If you have your manager open, are you in the simple view? If so, click on Advanced View. Then click on Advanced, Preferences. Hit the clear button on the right side. Then hit ok. Go to the Projects tab, highlight SETI and click update. That should allow the web preferences to take over and hopefully we will see your machines.

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Link to the host in question (4402352).... looks like a thermal / heat problem...

Andy

Great sleuthing there, Andy.... Definitely looks to be a lot of restarts going on there. Also, I see that he's running Vista...

Gavin - where do you have BOINC installed? Is it under C:/Program Files or somewhere else?

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Ummmm....
02/07/2008 19:19:23||Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC

But I don't think it has something to do with the installation path. Some of the results of this host are different than those from the other quorum host(s) and therefore are invalid & not credited.

Time to chase the dust bunnies out of the rig.... ;-)
(or reduce the OC / check the cooling fans, if they are still functional)

HTH
Andy

The first step is to move BOINC from c:\Program Files\BOINC to c:\BOINC. Having BOINC in the Program Files on Vista triggers the UAC which causes multiple problems.

Steps:

Uninstall BOINC
MOVE the entire directory tree from c:\Program Files\BOINC to c:\BOINC.
Install BOINC. (Hint: Installing as a service removes the startup prompt).

The second thing to do is get some compressed air, take the case off the computer and blow the dust bunnies out.

Then tell us what is going on.

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John -

I've seen another thread where the CPU throttling was causing some restarts, could that setting be a problem here as well?

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John -

I've seen another thread where the CPU throttling was causing some restarts, could that setting be a problem here as well?

Since it is a dual CPU system, a CPU throttle of < 100% could indeed cause a resetting problem.

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Hi wendy,

I have now done as you say and my computer is visible. I will look at the toher suggestions from others later today.


Thanks all for any help. I am grateful.

Gavin

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Corries1

Hi,

My computer is now visible. My fans are working fineand I have blown air through the inside of the system and cleared out any dust.


I have restarted BOINC and here are the first of the messages atv start up.

03/07/2008 16:19:20||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.45 for windows_intelx86
03/07/2008 16:19:20||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ [x86 Family 15 Model 107 Stepping 1]
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni 3dnow mmx
03/07/2008 16:19:20||OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Home Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00)
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 4.23 GB virtual
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Disk: 288.04 GB total, 219.72 GB free
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Local time is UTC +1 hours
03/07/2008 16:19:20|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 4402352; location: home; project prefs: home
03/07/2008 16:19:20||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 03-Jul-2008 16:16:05)
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Host location: home
03/07/2008 16:19:20||General prefs: using separate prefs for home
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1022.88MB
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1841.18MB
03/07/2008 16:19:20||Preferences limit disk usage to 93.13GB
03/07/2008 16:19:21|SETI@home|Restarting task 01my08aa.12208.5389.8.8.195_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 527
03/07/2008 16:19:21|SETI@home|Restarting task 30ap08ae.23639.7025.14.8.94_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 527


Is it worth changing the path as suggested earlier?

Thanks for any help,


Gavin

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Corries1

Is it worth changing the path as suggested earlier?

On Vista? yes, always.

The problem with Vista is that it does not natively like it when programs write to files and directories in the \Program Files\ directory. BOINC writes to its files a lot (multiple times a second even).

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H,

I have taken all suggestions on board. I have changed the path and got rid of dust. Here's hoping.

Thanks to all of you. :)


Gavin

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Corries1

Gavin -

Looks like things are running better for you..... Congrats!

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