 nerdburgPremium
join:2009-08-20
Schuylkill Haven, PA
kudos:1 | [BOINC] What happened? A couple of weeks ago I upgraded my system by installing an SSD. I cloned my old HDD and got everything up and running again in no time. I also tweaked the OC a little so my machine is running at a nice cool and stable 3.7Ghz (it was at 3.8Ghz before I made adjustments) Everything seems to be working fine, except there seems to be an issue with BOINC. The machine averaged in the low 20K PPD before I upgraded, but now it is turning in dismal numbers. I uninstalled BOINC and reinstalled, but no changes in results. I'm running Win 7 64 Ultra and a 64 bit version of BOINC, 4GB PC8500. Any ideas about what's going on?
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 suprlegAbracadabraPremium
join:2004-05-06
Garden Grove, CA
kudos:1 | Wonder if this is connected....? |
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 Ray422Premium,MVM
join:2002-03-04
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kudos:11
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2 edits | reply to nerdburg
It appears that only half of your processors are being recognized from 8/5 forward. Check your task manager to see if you have 6 graphs? If so, are all 6 graphs showing full cpu activity?
You might also try this...modify however you need for win7
-start, run, type in >>> "msconfig", enter
-select the boot. ini tab
-select advanced options
-/num proc=? ( by default )
-change to 6
EDIT: It seems like you can get to the same configuration program for win7 through control panel, system configuration, but I can't remember for sure.
EDIT 2: I remotely connected to my mom's Vista in xp mode machine. The run command works just fine, or you can also get the utility by...
control panel, administrative tools, system configuration...
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nerdburgPremium
join:2009-08-20
Schuylkill Haven, PA
kudos:1
1 edit | reply to nerdburg
Okay Ray, I gave that a shot - it was just grayed out. I changed it to "6" for number of CPUs. FWIW, my little CPU meter gadget always shows 100% usage whenever BOINC is running. And task manager shows 6 graphs maxed out.
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Ray422Premium,MVM
join:2002-03-04
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kudos:11 Reviews:
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1 edit | Did ya save the change and re-start?
I was suspecting Win7 as the culpit, because I had heard some talk of the same problem. That fix had worked on some machines without having to re-install the o/s.
Perhaps win7 is not the culptit after all. Did you install win7 earlier and have all cores working before your new ssd installation?
...otherwise, have you tried a different boinc version?
My mom's vista will not crunch all cores with 6.2.28 or 6.10.58 and I never figured out why. I installed the old version 5.10.45 and bingo, been working ever since.
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nerdburgPremium
join:2009-08-20
Schuylkill Haven, PA
kudos:1 | Yeah, I reverted to the older version of 64-bit BOINC yesterday. I guess I'll have to wait for results.
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