When you're requesting help on these forums, please be so kind as to give information about which BOINC version you run (See Help->About BOINC in BOINC Manager), about your system, the projects you are attached to and what you have done so far to try to remedy the problem.

- In all cases: Please exit and restart BOINC and then copy and post the first 20 to 30 lines of messages.

- If you have preferences problems, please post the contents of your global_prefs.xml file and if it exists the contents of the global_prefs.override.xml file. These files can be found in your BOINC Data directory.

- If you have problems with your screen saver or graphics, please state which projects you run, what your videocard is (brand and model), DirectX version, Operating system and most crucially, drivers version.

- When you have installation problems, check in the Windows Event Viewer (Start->(Control Panel->)Administrative Tools->Event Viewer) for clues and post those in your post. Or give the error number that the installer shows.

Please do know that we cannot look over your shoulder to see what you see or do. You will have to give as much information as you possibly can. You are the one with the problem, so you will have to be as informative as possible to give us a clue as to what you are on about.

Your system isn't registered at the BOINC project, so we cannot look it up and check what it's doing. It's only registered at the projects you attach to and even then, only when it returns errors, can we check what is wrong with it (if the system isn't hidden).

Your system doesn't just consist of a videocard and an Operating System; it'll contain a motherboard, CPU, memory, network card, audio card, drivers, lots of fans, a power supply unit, dust, lots of other programs. Please be as detailed in describing your system as you possibly can. But please, do not copy everything that certain tools will give you as 'details', as that's just too much.

Minimum we request is CPU brand/model/speed, GPU brand/model/speed, amount of RAM, version of DirectX, drivers version for the videocard, your Operating System (and please say if it's 32bit or 64bit).
10/22/2010 7:49:23 PM Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for windows_x86_64
10/22/2010 7:49:23 PM log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
10/22/2010 7:49:23 PM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
10/22/2010 7:49:23 PM Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
10/22/2010 7:49:23 PM Running under account Paul
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz [Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5]
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM Processor: 256.00 KB cache
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 nx lm vmx smx tm2 popcnt pbe
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM OS: Microsoft Windows 7: x64 Edition, (06.01.7600.00)
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM Memory: 7.99 GB physical, 15.98 GB virtual
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM Disk: 555.68 GB total, 440.43 GB free
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM Local time is UTC -5 hours
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 9800 GT (driver version 26089, CUDA version 3020, compute capability 1.1, 488MB, 308 GFLOPS peak)
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM Version change (6.10.18 -> 6.10.58)
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM climateprediction.net URL http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID 1042540; resource share 50
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM SETI@home URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 5247593; resource share 50
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM Preferences:
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM max memory usage when active: 4091.54MB
10/22/2010 7:49:24 PM max memory usage when idle: 7364.77MB
10/22/2010 7:49:45 PM max disk usage: 10.00GB
10/22/2010 7:49:45 PM don't use GPU while active
10/22/2010 7:49:45 PM suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 %
10/22/2010 7:49:45 PM (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)
10/22/2010 7:49:45 PM Not using a proxy
10/22/2010 7:49:45 PM Running CPU benchmarks
10/22/2010 7:49:45 PM Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
10/22/2010 7:50:17 PM Benchmark results:
10/22/2010 7:50:17 PM Number of CPUs: 4
10/22/2010 7:50:17 PM 2973 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
10/22/2010 7:50:17 PM 6344 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
10/22/2010 7:50:17 PM climateprediction.net Restarting task hadsm3dhet2_jn17_006592845_2 using hadsm3 version 607
10/22/2010 7:50:17 PM climateprediction.net Restarting task hadsm3dhet2_jn16_006592844_7 using hadsm3 version 607
10/22/2010 7:50:17 PM climateprediction.net Restarting task hadsm3dhet2_jmwd_006592671_8 using hadsm3 version 607
10/22/2010 7:50:17 PM climateprediction.net Restarting task hadsm3dhet2_jli9_006590867_1 using hadsm3 version 607
10/22/2010 7:53:19 PM climateprediction.net Sending scheduler request: To send trickle-up message.
10/22/2010 7:53:19 PM climateprediction.net Requesting new tasks for GPU
10/22/2010 7:53:20 PM climateprediction.net Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
10/22/2010 7:53:20 PM climateprediction.net Message from server: Server can't open database
10/22/2010 8:27:59 PM climateprediction.net Started upload of hadsm3dhet2_jli9_006590867_1_1.zip
10/22/2010 8:28:18 PM climateprediction.net Finished upload of hadsm3dhet2_jli9_006590867_1_1.zip
10/22/2010 8:38:38 PM No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
10/22/2010 8:38:38 PM Reading preferences override file
10/22/2010 8:38:38 PM Preferences:
10/22/2010 8:38:38 PM max memory usage when active: 4091.54MB
10/22/2010 8:38:38 PM max memory usage when idle: 7364.77MB
10/22/2010 8:38:38 PM max disk usage: 10.00GB
10/22/2010 8:38:38 PM don't use GPU while active
10/22/2010 8:38:38 PM suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 %
10/22/2010 8:38:38 PM (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)
10/22/2010 8:53:22 PM climateprediction.net Sending scheduler request: To send trickle-up message.
10/22/2010 8:53:22 PM climateprediction.net Requesting new tasks for GPU
10/22/2010 8:53:23 PM climateprediction.net Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
10/22/2010 8:53:23 PM climateprediction.net Message from server: Server can't open database

- If you have problems with your screen saver or graphics, please state which projects you run, what your videocard is (brand and model), DirectX version, Operating system and most crucially, drivers version.

client prediction.net UK Met Office hadsm3 slab model 6.07,
Invidia 9800 GT driver version 8.17.12.6089, Windows 7 professional with all Microsoft updates
DirectX 11
I have 2 23" screens at 1920 by 1050 resolution.


Your system doesn't just consist of a videocard and an Operating System; it'll contain a motherboard, CPU, memory, network card, audio card, drivers, lots of fans, a power supply unit, dust, lots of other programs. Please be as detailed in describing your system as you possibly can. But please, do not copy everything that certain tools will give you as 'details', as that's just too much.

Minimum we request is CPU brand/model/speed, GPU brand/model/speed, amount of RAM, version of DirectX, drivers version for the videocard, your Operating System (and please say if it's 32bit or 64bit).

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600 (64bit)
System Manufacturer Si
System Model MSI P55-CD53 Desktop
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz, 2668 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. V1.1B5, 8/28/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.99 GB
Available Physical Memory 6.15 GB
Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 14.0 GB
Page File Space 7.99 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Name Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Manufacturer Microsoft
Status OK
PNP Device ID MODEMWAVE\0\{A884D709-B174-4545-8A59-203E59121747}
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\modemcsa.sys (6.1.7600.16385, 23.50 KB (24,064 bytes), 7/13/2009 7:10 PM)

Name Realtek High Definition Audio
Manufacturer Realtek
Status OK
PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0889&SUBSYS_14627586&REV_1000\4&3B6ECA71&0&0001
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\rtkvhd64.sys (6.0.1.5911, 1.88 MB (1,974,944 bytes), 8/28/2009 7:50 AM)

Name NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0614&SUBSYS_18601462&REV_A2\4&37ECFFA9&0&0018
Adapter Type GeForce 9800 GT, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Adapter RAM 512.00 MB (536,870,912 bytes)
Installed Drivers nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver Version 8.17.12.6089
INF File oem85.inf (Section004 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 59 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xFA000000-0xFAFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xF8000000-0xFBCFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000BC00-0x0000BC7F
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys (8.17.12.6089, 11.82 MB (12,397,544 bytes), 10/22/2010 2:35 PM)

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Here is my problem.
Boinc runs fine and gets out of the way of everything I run except a screensaver named Hyperspace in the really slick screensavers bundle from GNU.
This screensaver takes 20 to 25 seconds to load when all the other ones load in less than 1 second.
When I turn off Boinc if works fine.
Any ideas...

Thanks in advance,
paul

I can't tell for sure, but if the screensaver runs at the same priority level as the BOINC applications, that might cause the problem.

Are you running CUDA applications with BOINC? That could be another reason.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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