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DO YOU HAVE TURNED ON YOUR SETI SOFTWARE THE WHOLE DAY?
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UfoHunterxx Send message Joined: 2 Apr 11 Posts: 3 Credit: 1,133 RAC: 0 |
Hello all, I would like to know if you people use your Seti@home software the whole day in your computer? is it good to leave it on the whole day? I would like to know what are the best ways to use it. And do you have hopes that in the future somebody will catch a signal from extraterrestrials? thanks . |
Johnney Guinness Send message Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3093 Credit: 2,652,287 RAC: 0 |
I leave the SETI@home thing running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on several computers. They might as well be doing something good! But many people do switch off their computer when they are not using it to save electricity. And that's ok too. Basically, the longer you leave it running, the more work units your computer will crunch. Hence the higher the likelihood your computer will find aliens. Will SETI@home succeed? Maybe, or maybe not. But its worth trying anyway!! John. |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
that being said you don't have to run your PC 27/7 if it makes you uncomfortable about the electric bill. I haven't seen a major increase in my bill and I have 5 running 24/7 I estimate it uses less than $10 per PC per month. If thats to expensive then just run Seti when your computer is on. There is no rule that states you have to go nuts like a few of us and run a 4 GPU hexcore CPU rig. Whatever you are willing to do is enough. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
C Olival Send message Joined: 6 Sep 10 Posts: 209 Credit: 10,675 RAC: 0 |
You never know, the cosmos is a big place, afterall, life is based on carbon and that element is common in the universe. Be optimistic, perhaps somewhere out there in another planet, beings have a Seti@Home version and wonder the same thing, are we alone in the universe? |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6651 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
I have one computer, and I run it 24/7. It analyzes a lot of data, but my electric bill is about $450 a month. There are always trade offs. As has already been stated, each of us does what we want, or are capable of. Together we are a huge team working for a common goal. The more you run your system, the more important monitoring the temperatures becomes. Heat is one of the biggest threats to computers. Control the heat, and regardless of how much you run SETI, the longer your computer will last. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
Slavac Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,639 RAC: 0 |
I have one computer, and I run it 24/7. It analyzes a lot of data, but my electric bill is about $450 a month. There are always trade offs. As has already been stated, each of us does what we want, or are capable of. Together we are a huge team working for a common goal. The more you run your system, the more important monitoring the temperatures becomes. Heat is one of the biggest threats to computers. Control the heat, and regardless of how much you run SETI, the longer your computer will last. Great post. I'm leaving my machine on 24/7 crunching away on SETI, Einstein and MW. I'm doing my little part where I can. Executive Director GPU Users Group Inc. - brad@gpuug.org |
Ed_Anderson Send message Joined: 20 Jan 02 Posts: 34 Credit: 4,480,322 RAC: 38 |
I have a dual core HP pentium system. I leave it on all the time crunching SETI, but I have it set to run the CPU no more than 85% to avoid overheating. I have only been back in the program a few days. When I left there was a green radio dish in the tray. Seems that is gone now. I will have to see how my computer holds up at this level. I never noticed the fan running prior to running SETI. Now it runs all the time. Still, the electricity should not be all that much. I turn the monitor off when I am not using the computer. And I don't run the screen saver. That uses up cycles. Crunch baby crunch! Ed |
zehcoutinho Send message Joined: 11 May 11 Posts: 122 Credit: 280,227 RAC: 0 |
I always leave it on when I'm not using other resource intensive programs. But last night I forgot to turn it off before running Civilization V, but it ran normally, and I was pleasantly surprised. |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
BOINC is setup to run at the lowest priority possible. It backs off on processing so that other things can run. I only notice a minimal amount of lag when I play newer FPS games In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
William Roeder Send message Joined: 19 May 99 Posts: 69 Credit: 523,414 RAC: 0 |
I have one computer, and I run it 24/7. It analyzes a lot of data, but my electric bill is about $450 a month. It costs $4 laptop/screen off to $29/mo large box monitor always on 24/7. |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6651 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
I have one computer, and I run it 24/7. It analyzes a lot of data, but my electric bill is about $450 a month. My tower draws 870 watts continuously, my aquarium chiller that is used to cool my CPU draws 250 watts, there is the loss through my 2200 VA UPS system, and all surrounding equipment means a constant draw of about 1300 watts 24/7. At least when I'm not using my 500 watt, (1000 Watt peak) computer speakers to knock pictures off the wall.... Steve In addition to that I keep snakes, and use heaters/humidifiers to control environments. Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
K2ULR Send message Joined: 31 Jul 05 Posts: 4 Credit: 2,393,713 RAC: 1 |
I do my "crunching" with a 2G Intel 2 core iMac. Sometimes, the computer runs 24 hrs.. but sometimes I put it in to sleep mode overnight. In that case, the machine is running at least 16 hrs a day. When I was working (now retired), we had 3 Mac workstations, which I set up to run SETI in the background. But, since I'm no longer in the office, those machines are no longer running SETI.. which is a shame, because the machines are powered up 24/7, and at certain times of the year when business gets slow, the machines are just idling... doing nothing. They could certainly crunch SETI data. 73 de Ray |
Akio Send message Joined: 18 May 11 Posts: 375 Credit: 32,129,242 RAC: 0 |
I had this machine (Voyager) built specifically for projects like Seti@Home. I'll get upgrades when money becomes available (i.e. memory, GPU, etc). Voyager runs 24/7 at this point with the CPU fan manually set to max speed. |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
I would manually set the GPU fan to 60-65% as well just to keep the heat down In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
PKII Send message Joined: 28 May 07 Posts: 165 Credit: 2,729,646 RAC: 0 |
Hello all, I would like to know if you people use your Seti@home software the whole day in your computer? is it good to leave it on the whole day? I would like to know what are the best ways to use it. And do you have hopes that in the future somebody will catch a signal from extraterrestrials? Not me. I just run it on the weekends now that I got a new graphics card that loves power. : / Yes we will find a signal from ET if we haven't already found it. ;) |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
My Seti@home software runs all the time when I am away from my computerand it stays on all the time except during intense electrical storms. This has been going on for about 15 years. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
dskagcommunity Send message Joined: 24 Feb 11 Posts: 43 Credit: 2,901,049 RAC: 0 |
I have a 24/7 P4 with two GPU´s (8800GT & 9800GTX+ [2 PSU´s :D]) running most of the time seti (shared with a little bit einstein@home over weekend). |
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