Posts by JohnMD

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Bad i5-10210U ? (Message 9541)
Posted 15 Jan 2024 by

JohnMD

After comparing services with a similar PC, I found the culprit -

Session Detection (or SessionSvc) from Goodix

Thank you for your interest

2) Message boards : Number crunching : Bad i5-10210U ? (Message 9539)
Posted 15 Jan 2024 by

JohnMD

Constantly !!
All other PID's (except system) under 1%

3) Message boards : Number crunching : Bad i5-10210U ? (Message 9534)
Posted 14 Jan 2024 by

JohnMD

cpu speed at 99% which prevents 'turbo' and temps around 65.

4) Message boards : Number crunching : Bad i5-10210U ? (Message 9531)
Posted 14 Jan 2024 by

JohnMD

This 4-core CPU cannot run SRBase effectively even though only 4 tasks run.
I have disabled all manufacturer's services.
Core Temp shows usage mostly under 50%.
CPU-Z stress shows that cores are capable of 100%.
System (PID 4) is consistently around 5%.

I suspect some setting in Windows 11 is the culprit - but what can it be ?

PS. RAM 8GB ca. 50% in use
SWAP 8GB
disk usage almost zero

5) Message boards : Number crunching : Sierpinski Base - short 39,342 19,734 (Message 9380)
Posted 14 Dec 2023 by

JohnMD

Applikationer unsent in progress avg runtime of last 100 results
Sierpinski Base - short 39,342 19,734 0.30 (0.06 - 5.36)

Why can't I get these unsent WU ?

6) Message boards : Number crunching : Progress ? (Message 8865)
Posted 11 May 2023 by

JohnMD

How did user "yeti" advance more than 1½M cobblestones in a single day ?

7) Message boards : News : BOINC Pentathlon Sprint 13-16th May 2022, 00:00 (UTC) (Message 8228)
Posted 11 May 2022 by

JohnMD

Server response isn't convincing - are you sure you can cope ?

8) Message boards : Number crunching : Estimates (Message 8130)
Posted 18 Mar 2022 by

JohnMD

Exactly !
BOINC should be able to estimate better.
Maybe It is not able to take account of chips WITHOUT AVX etc ?

9) Message boards : Number crunching : Estimates (Message 8110)
Posted 14 Mar 2022 by

JohnMD

https://srbase.my-firewall.org/sr5/results.php?hostid=205983&offset=0&show_names=0&state=6&appid=

Host -
https://srbase.my-firewall.org/sr5/show_host_detail.php?hostid=205983

Only WuProp & iThena Measurements alongside[/url]

10) Message boards : Number crunching : Estimates (Message 8108)
Posted 13 Mar 2022 by

JohnMD

I have 2 days buffer. I get " Not started by deadline - cancelled"- (note canceLLed)
Because your run-time estimates are so inaccurate, you waste computer-power. Try to be be a little more responsible.

11) Message boards : News : invalid certificate from BOINC clients (Message 7939)
Posted 1 Oct 2021 by

JohnMD

It fixes the problem but it takes awhile, I had to restart the client twice and not force the update, just let BOINC deal with it, mine finally updated by itself without my pushing and uploaded everything.

What update ?
My ca-bundle.crt has timestamp 31-05-2021 17:33.
My boinc is 7.16.11
I don't believe this explanation.

12) Message boards : Number crunching : Deadlines (Message 7892)
Posted 11 Sep 2021 by

JohnMD

Sometimes deadlines are idiotic - and SRBase does not compensate.
Look at -
https://srbase.my-firewall.org/sr5/workunit.php?wuid=65969860

13) Message boards : Number crunching : Number crunching : Bases loaded (Message 7715)
Posted 2 Jul 2021 by

JohnMD

I haven't time to abo every thread on every project I'm in.
Put a timestamp on your information - is it that difficult ?

14) Message boards : Number crunching : Number crunching : Bases loaded (Message 7712)
Posted 2 Jul 2021 by

JohnMD

We are not here 24/7 !
It would be most informative if your messages were tagged with UTC-time like other projects. It can't be that difficult !

15) Message boards : Number crunching : NVidia driver (Message 7661)
Posted 14 Jun 2021 by

JohnMD

I have installed the newest driver APPROVED by my manufacturer.
I have no intention of invalidating my guarantee by installing something else.
Have some repect.

16) Message boards : Number crunching : Work available?? (Message 7083)
Posted 3 Dec 2020 by

JohnMD

Like many others, I'm glad for your involvement.
like many others, I'm not glad that others' suggestions don't have a timestamp.
Is it really that difficult ?
By the the - SRB has tens of thousands of GPU WU's - but nothing for us poor.

17) Message boards : Number crunching : Runtime estimates (Message 7029)
Posted 27 Nov 2020 by

JohnMD

I requested 2 days WU's (enough for the weekend, I thought).
Due to SRBase's poor estimates, I got enough WU's for a whole week.
unfortunately, they time out after 4 days, so the server wastes effort both in sending the extra 3 days' data and in cancelling them.
Results are also delayed.
After so many years, SRBase ought to be better at estimating.

18) Message boards : Number crunching : Bestätigungsfehler...? (Message 5539)
Posted 23 Nov 2019 by

JohnMD

@marmot
Thanks for doing Plejaden's homework.
I've noticed that when I use (Intel) hyperthreading with SRBase, there's no overheating but WUs take nearly twice as long. This confirms their assertion that the code is very intensive - meaning minimal waiting for data.
AMD's CPUs are known for their ability with mixed loads - Intel's when it comes to sprinting. SRBase falls clearly into the latter category.
Intel's CPUs generally have thermal control - when they get too hot they reduce frequency to keep cool. AMD's generally do not - with the risk of serious overheating.
#take care out there#

19) Message boards : Number crunching : Won't send available work ! (Message 3819)
Posted 14 Sep 2017 by

JohnMD

They are Sierpinski/Riesel Base - Short - sorry

20) Message boards : Number crunching : Won't send available work ! (Message 3817)
Posted 14 Sep 2017 by

JohnMD

There are more than ½ million Riesel Base - short WUs, but -
14-09-2017 08:45:39 | SRBase | No tasks are available for Riesel Base - short

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