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Message 925705 - Posted: 12 Aug 2009, 23:31:47 UTC

HI All,
I just installed a new processor and started to resume my crunching, I bought this quad core, but only one task is running at a time, albeit a lot faster than my old processor. Any ideas? I took a look at my settings and all seems fine to let all available processors run at the same time. If you read this over the next couple of days, my GT9400 vid card will be reinstalled once I am comfortable with my system being stable, so some might comment on my GPU, other might not. Thanks for any help and direction to try.
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Message 925707 - Posted: 12 Aug 2009, 23:41:17 UTC - in response to Message 925705.  

What does BOINC say about your processor in the Messages tab after a restart?

What does windows task manager say?

None of the hosts in your computer list is reported as having more than two cores.

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Message 925708 - Posted: 12 Aug 2009, 23:46:23 UTC - in response to Message 925707.  

as I started to install further devices, i.e. cuda and Raid, bonic now has all four quads running. that you for all your help. As for my pc list, I haven't updated to seti since I came back online. Task manager is now processing 8 items right now all at once. I answered your questions even though they are mute at this point, because I do appreciate the time you took to ask them.
8/13/2009 7:39:22 AM Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor [x86 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2]
8/13/2009 7:39:22 AM Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 3dnow mmx
8/13/2009 7:39:22 AM OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
8/13/2009 7:39:22 AM Memory: 3.25 GB physical, 8.95 GB virtual
8/13/2009 7:39:22 AM Disk: 465.76 GB total, 452.23 GB free
8/13/2009 7:39:22 AM Local time is UTC -4 hours
8/13/2009 7:39:22 AM No CUDA devices found
8/13/2009 7:39:22 AM No coprocessors
8/13/2009 7:39:22 AM SETI@home Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
8/13/2009 7:39:22 AM [error] App version uses nonexistent coprocessor CUDA
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Message 925709 - Posted: 12 Aug 2009, 23:49:54 UTC

I am betting that it is this one:

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AMD Athlon(tm) Processor LE-1640 [x86 Family 15 Model 127 Stepping 2]
(1 processors)

I also bet that the Hardware Abstraction Layer needs to be upgraded.

Some possible instructions: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article07-100

Make certain to backup everything important before you start.


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Message 925711 - Posted: 12 Aug 2009, 23:53:27 UTC - in response to Message 925709.  

flob 628.43 45,588 AuthenticAMD
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor [x86 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2]
(4 processors)

This is it. I updated to SETI
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Message 925712 - Posted: 12 Aug 2009, 23:56:48 UTC - in response to Message 925711.  

flob 628.43 45,588 AuthenticAMD
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor [x86 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2]
(4 processors)

This is it. I updated to SETI

OK, BOINC is detecting 4 CPUs. What are the settings for Max CPUs and Max % CPUs?

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Message 925713 - Posted: 12 Aug 2009, 23:59:16 UTC - in response to Message 925712.  

On multiprocessors, use at most 16 processors
On multiprocessors, use at most 100 % of the processors
Use at most 100 percent of CPU time

Use at most 75% of page file (swap space)
Use at most 40% of memory when computer is in use
Use at most 90% of memory when computer is not in use
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