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Boinc screensaver is glitchy with ATI x1400 GPU & Win 7
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Astate Red Wolves Send message Joined: 22 Feb 07 Posts: 2 Credit: 73,960 RAC: 0 |
I have a dell 1525 inspiron with Win 7 64 bit and ATI x1400 graphics card and when the srcreensaver runs the screen blinks. I have tried different projects and the result is the same. Any ideas? |
Astate Red Wolves Send message Joined: 22 Feb 07 Posts: 2 Credit: 73,960 RAC: 0 |
I found the solution to the problem. It is the driver associated with the video card. If I uninstall the driver and use windows vga driver the screensaver works. The only downside is that the display does not look very good. So I went back to the ATI driver so no Boinc for me. |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
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OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
The screen saver is only an added function for pretty display, but it by no means is required to run the science apps. In fact, most serious crunchers never use the screen saver anyway. |
Stargate (SA) Send message Joined: 4 Mar 10 Posts: 1854 Credit: 2,258,721 RAC: 0 |
Hi all, I ran this project a few years ago, and was shown a site where you could download the application without the screensaver, has anyone got that Address Please??..Thanx Stargate P.P.S. Sorry if I've Posted in the wrong area!!! It's all changed since was last on... |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
you are talking about lunatics optimized app. They now have a unified installer that takes all the work out of it for you. just google "lunatics unified installer" In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
I don't think he is, I think he's talking about the Seti Classic command line version. Which no longer exists. Stargate, if you do not want to run the screen saver, go to your Windows desktop properties, Screen saver, change the actual screen saver from BOINC to (None). The screen saver is not necessary to run Seti under BOINC. |
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