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Posts by racinjimy

1) Questions and Answers : Windows : new Windows10 build crashing continuously (Message 53501)
Posted 23 Feb 2016 by racinjimy
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So my CPU (memory controller?) bit the dust... new CPU running at stock with no issues so far....

BUT

in my research I found a reported bug in the Skylake processors that is being fixed with a BIOS update

Intel Skylake Bug


2) Questions and Answers : Windows : new Windows10 build crashing continuously (Message 53240)
Posted 13 Jan 2016 by racinjimy
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Built a new computer with an i7 6700K on Z170

prime95 stable and ran memtest86

Windows10

any issues on Windows 10? I keep getting multiple crashes when running just three work units....

my computer
3) Questions and Answers : Windows : Fix for Upgrade 5.2.13 -> 5.4.9 don\'t work for my problem ?! (Message 22818)
Posted 19 May 2006 by racinjimy
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Are you using an AMS (Account Management System) peterfilla?

All you should have to do is:

  • extract the URL fix program to your BOINC directory.
  • stop BOINC.
  • backup the BOINC directory.
  • run the URL fix program.
  • restart BOINC.




QUESTION: before or after upgrading to BOINC 5.4.9 ???



just ignore it for now and when your model finishes detach from the project and re-attach with the proper URL
4) Questions and Answers : Windows : Upgrading to Boinc 5.4.9 - wrong url message (Message 22764)
Posted 14 May 2006 by racinjimy
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just ignore the message

detach and reattach with correct URL once your WU is completed
5) Questions and Answers : Preferences : About my processor @ 100% (Message 22682)
Posted 10 May 2006 by racinjimy
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I think that having an over size name brand psu helps a lot



yes it does, cheap PSU\'s are the devil..............
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Missing Tickles (Message 22642)
Posted 6 May 2006 by racinjimy
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good job carl

at least the server didn\'t crash because of this a$$hole hacker

all caught up now with credits
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Missing Tickles (Message 22614)
Posted 4 May 2006 by racinjimy
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Regarding \'watch the boards\' -- there seem to have been some issues starting last week, and there were some \'patches\' to things here -- but I suspect until this coming work week, the complete fixes won\'t be quite in place.


the patches are in references to an error message running the 5.4.X \"beta\" versions of BOINC

in no way does it affect performance, its just annoying

yes the trickle server will catch up, CPDN has never been in the habit of shorting people on creits
8) Message boards : Number crunching : What exactly did I join? (Message 22548)
Posted 2 May 2006 by racinjimy
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you have the right model, the guys were too busy to revise the graphics

as stated BBC and CPDN are both running the same coupled model at the mo
9) Questions and Answers : Windows : Its telling me to abort experiment-after 18 months work why etc (Message 22508)
Posted 30 Apr 2006 by racinjimy
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if you look through your models, your recent aborted model was downloaded April 2005

the model you downloaded in 2004 errored out

you now have a dual core processor with your pentiumD so you can run two models simultaneously

to speed things up in your preferences change:

leave applications in memory while pre-empted - YES

check out the BOINC wiki for more information

also remember to do regular backups so that your hard work doesn\'t go to waste in case of power outage etc.......


10) Message boards : Number crunching : Corrupted database (Message 22482)
Posted 29 Apr 2006 by racinjimy
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I\'m getting the same except it says the correct URL is http://climateprediction.net

I hope people aren\'t detaching because of this thinking it\'s another bug otherwise lots of data could be lost. As it happened after a trickle message that succeeded I\'m going to ignore it as I\'m only three trickles into the model.

Please don\'t tell me I have to start all over again


just ignore it there will be a fix soon from thyme lawn, or so i was told ;)

i have been messing with the xml\'s to try and get rid of this error to no avail, i just keep screwing up the xml\'s and getting errored out

this seems to be an issue with the 5.4.X versions of BOINC
11) Questions and Answers : Windows : Upgrade to PC (Message 22402)
Posted 26 Apr 2006 by racinjimy
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your not going to re-install XP after a motherboard change, you are mad......mad I tell you

I have done this when going from the DFI NF4 SLI-DR to teh eXpert but these are the SAME chipset and I still debated it

I would DEFINITELY re-install XP when performing a major motherboard change

the only conceivable way to avoid this would be to uninstall all your drivers, then use something like \"drive cleaner pro\" to rid yourself of the \"junk\" left behind and try it

I suspect you will have issues as the registry will be bloated full of crap

If you want 2Gb of ram go for 2X1Gb sticks

4X512Mb is hard to get running right on the AMD64 platform as Mike said

12) Questions and Answers : Windows : Very long calculation time ? (Message 22401)
Posted 26 Apr 2006 by racinjimy
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AstroWX,
Many thanks for this input. Just for clarity - is that 1.9s/TS for each core? So you could say your PC is running at 0.95s/TS overall. If it is, than that is amazing. :-O

Neil.

Yes, 2*1.9n throughput. And, yes, they are amazing machines.


Astro is good but..... 1.47 and 1.49 for my 2 models on a dual core AMD overclocked to 2.85GHZ and yes it is stable as I finished two coupled spin-ups on this machine

can\'t wait for Conroe, the first Intel offering I have been exited about in years, its going to eat the A64 alive and I am an AMD fanboy
13) Questions and Answers : Windows : Will increasing RAM upset the programme running? (Message 21922)
Posted 6 Apr 2006 by racinjimy
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I hope that you are going to remove your 512MB stick and replace it with 2 X 1GB sticks

AMD boards do not like more than two sticks of ram and certainly do not like mismatched sticks of ram

after you put your new ram in, run memtest and prime, make sure things are stable

what I then do is backup CPDN and run it with networking suspended for a few days just to make sure it doesn\'t crash.........if it does I restore the backup and try to figure out what i fuc#ed up
14) Questions and Answers : Windows : Am I wasting mine & CPDN\'s time? (Message 21616)
Posted 26 Mar 2006 by racinjimy
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your machine is kind of slow but should be stable, if not there are a bunch of fixes listed in the sticky up top

sticky

EDIT: simultaneous posts, Les has much more constructive criicsm
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Unofficial BOINC Wiki closing 2006-03-31 (Message 20783)
Posted 27 Feb 2006 by racinjimy
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thanks for the effort Paul, I enjoyed the WIKI
16) Questions and Answers : Windows : BBC project (Message 20617)
Posted 22 Feb 2006 by racinjimy
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Many thanks Andrew
Yes I used the download button on the bbc site. The small download screen popped up I hit \"run\" and the process took about 3-4 minutes to download. Definitely was not asked to register any details. My old cpdn is still working with no apparent probs at present. As you suggest something must have failed !!. Will just carry on regardless.

Cheers
John


if you want to run the BBC project later; attach to bbc.cpdn.org from within your current BOINC installation (as long as it is 5.2.xx) just like you would for any other BOINC project
17) Questions and Answers : Windows : I want to quit, unless i can... (Message 20616)
Posted 22 Feb 2006 by racinjimy
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I would not expect you to be having these problems with your computer, which is a quite capable one, but yes it can be fixed.

When you click on the X in the top right corner of BOINC Manager that does not close BOINC or the climateprediction program, only the window. That is by design.

Normally, the climateprediction program will give way to other tasks, but for some people there seems to be something, probably other tasks they are running, that prevents this happening smoothly. When you find that you are having a problem, try suspending BOINC (right click on the icon or from \'commands\' in the BOINC Manager window). If you find that it solves things, either do that whenever you run the program that seems to struggle, or if necessary alter your general preferences (in \'My account\' on this website) not to run BOINC when the computer is in use.


all good advice.............

on a laptop it may be advisable to check your temperatures when running CPDN

other have suggested propping laptops up a little to allow better airflow as well

I see you have 512MB of ram which should be adequate
18) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Link to BBC version (Message 20438)
Posted 18 Feb 2006 by racinjimy
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Just the opposite - you\'ll lose your sulphur model.
The BBC BOINC is a special version created for their project. Stick with the one from this site.
If you want to participate in their project as well, just attach to their site.

Keep in mind that you may end up with the prefs set on their site. Some of them seem to hardcoded. Two that have been noticed so far are:
only 1 processor allowed, (won\'t affect you}
leave apps in memory: has been set to No.

This site will have a TCM before long, \'as soon as the dust settles\'.




I have 2 processors enabled............

my bbc profile
19) Questions and Answers : Windows : Memory Usage (Message 20155)
Posted 13 Feb 2006 by racinjimy
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just look in task manager under processes, you will see that a sulphur model uses about that much memory

I have run XP with 256 of ram it is excruciatingly slow as XP is running to the page file all the time, you must be a very patient person............................
20) Questions and Answers : Windows : question (Message 19326)
Posted 15 Jan 2006 by racinjimy
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yes it is important to change your preferences as geophi mentioned but also why not leave your machine on 24/7


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