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Stephen! Send message Joined: 2 Jun 99 Posts: 19 Credit: 1,105,295 RAC: 0	Message 586612 - Posted: 14 Jun 2007, 6:27:01 UTC Last modified: 14 Jun 2007, 6:29:11 UTC I have three different laptops running BOINC full time. For two of them ALL they do is run BOINC for SETI. I don't use them for anything else. Consequently, the software installed (and running) is bare bones minimum. Here's a few specifics: (My "On the Road" machine which is basically a mirror of my desktop machine but half as fast) 1.73 GHz Toshiba Satellite Windows XP Home 1539 floating 3193 integer (BOINC only) 1.070 GHz Toshiba Satellite with "504 MB RAM" Windows XP Home 305 floating 512 integer (BOINC only {after all, it is a only 400 MHz machine}) 400 MHz Armada with "196.080 MB RAM" Windows 2000 Professional 618 floating 1077 integer I sure don't get how the 400 MHz machine with half the RAM can out perform the 1.07 GHz machine... Everything else runs relatively fast but the work units I'm getting for SETI are taking ~48 hours each to complete while the 400 Mhz machine is 'cranking' them out in a little over 20 hours... Yes, I am sure there's nothing else running. I am quite familiar with msconfig. That's typically the first utility I run on any Winderz machine. :) Oh... All three machines are using the same preferences... IBA# 11465 http://imagesdesavions.com ID: 586612 ·

W-K 666 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19592 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67	Message 586648 - Posted: 14 Jun 2007, 8:15:47 UTC Laptops are funny machines, as they quite often use crippled cpu's and/or are underclocked if the cpu temp increases. So to answer your questions, we will need more info. Like exact spec of cpu. Use CPUZ or similar to do this. And we need to know L2 cache sizes. CPU temps and fan speed and wether any automatic cpu temp activated underclocking is enabled. ID: 586648 ·

ohiomike Send message Joined: 14 Mar 04 Posts: 357 Credit: 650,069 RAC: 0	Message 586675 - Posted: 14 Jun 2007, 9:30:33 UTC NHC (Notebook Hardware Control Personal Edition) does a nice job of displaying/controlling CPU speed, fan speed, etc on notebook PC's. And it is free. Boinc Button Abuser In Training >My Shrubbers< ID: 586675 ·

ohiomike Send message Joined: 14 Mar 04 Posts: 357 Credit: 650,069 RAC: 0	Message 586733 - Posted: 14 Jun 2007, 11:06:07 UTC - in response to Message 586675. Last modified: 14 Jun 2007, 11:06:31 UTC NHC (Notebook Hardware Control Personal Edition) does a nice job of displaying/controlling CPU speed, fan speed, etc on notebook PC's. And it is free. That's odd, it won;t let me edit my own post. Oh well, here is a link to NHC: Notebook Hardware Control (NHC) Boinc Button Abuser In Training >My Shrubbers< ID: 586733 ·

Astro Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Apr 02 Posts: 8026 Credit: 600,015 RAC: 0	Message 586742 - Posted: 14 Jun 2007, 11:17:42 UTC Last modified: 14 Jun 2007, 11:18:11 UTC Mike, there's a ONE hour limit to editting posts. starts at initial post time, not subsequent edit times. ID: 586742 ·

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