I am trying to upgrade my preferences from 2 processors to 4. I get the following message:

These preferences apply to all the BOINC projects in which you participate.

Unable to update preferences. The values marked in red below were out of range or not numeric.

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Nothing is marked in red and even changing the value back to 2 returns the same message.

Need advice, thanks...

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I do not believe the world will end in 2012, however it occurs to
me that we are on the threshold of change that will be so beautifully
profound that we will find it difficult to believe what we are
experiencing, even as it happens.

13 Chuen

YOu can either go to your account page and change your computing preference to 100% or you should be able to change it on your boinc manager to 100% IIRC. I'm not sure if it allows you to change the actual # of Cores or if its a percentage

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

I am trying to upgrade my preferences from 2 processors to 4. I get the following message:

These preferences apply to all the BOINC projects in which you participate.

This is the standard header line, even bevor you enter edit mode.

Unable to update preferences. The values marked in red below were out of range or not numeric.

Which values did you change?

The values that skildude mentioned are for BOINC version 6.x. Since you are still running version 5, the correct preference is

On multiprocessors, use at most -- processors

I believe the default is 16.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

SETI@home classic workunits 3,758
SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours

I want to change the number of processors used from 2 to 4.

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I do not believe the world will end in 2012, however it occurs to
me that we are on the threshold of change that will be so beautifully
profound that we will find it difficult to believe what we are
experiencing, even as it happens.

13 Chuen

Repeating your first request doesn't help us. Did you read what we posted? which PC are you trying to adjust? the intel? are you sure this isnt a 2 core CPU. since INtel makes a core 2 duo and core 2 quad its hard to tell with the info we currently have.

You do have several problems that are pretty plain. Your BOINC version is very old. You might consider at least installing 6.6.XX or higher. YOu are also running a beta(testing) version of a Windows OS that is no longer in use since its been released as 7. You may want to consider installing either XP or 7.

I think the BOINC upgrade will get you where you want to go.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

You are also running a beta(testing) version of a Windows OS that is no longer in use since its been released as 7. You may want to consider installing either XP or 7.

Actually, "Windows Longhorn" was the code name for Windows Vista. Windows 7 was codenamed both Vienna and Blackcomb.

That his CPU is not 'registered' correctly is also a combination of the older BOINC version and the OS. So even with a newer BOINC version, the description of his CPU may not update.

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Repeating your first request doesn't help us. Did you read what we posted? which PC are you trying to adjust? the intel? are you sure this isnt a 2 core CPU. since INtel makes a core 2 duo and core 2 quad its hard to tell with the info we currently have.

You do have several problems that are pretty plain. Your BOINC version is very old. You might consider at least installing 6.6.XX or higher. YOu are also running a beta(testing) version of a Windows OS that is no longer in use since its been released as 7. You may want to consider installing either XP or 7.

I think the BOINC upgrade will get you where you want to go.

Okay, sorry about that. I am trying to upgrade my AMD Quad core. I'll upgrade BOINC and maybe even use my Windows 7 coupon. :)

Thanks everyone!


Final NOTE: That's what I'm talkin' about!! Thanks again.

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I do not believe the world will end in 2012, however it occurs to
me that we are on the threshold of change that will be so beautifully
profound that we will find it difficult to believe what we are
experiencing, even as it happens.

13 Chuen