hello all....new to this and want to get the best use of my computer for the work that is happening. would like some help/suggestions on setting for my computer that will give the most time and performance to the work. who should i talk to? thanx for the help in advance.

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hello all....new to this and want to get the best use of my computer for the work that is happening. would like some help/suggestions on setting for my computer that will give the most time and performance to the work. who should i talk to? thanx for the help in advance.

Set in your general preferences "Do work while computer is in use?" and "Leave applications in memory while preempted?" both to yes and let your computer on for 24 hours per day.
Make sure to not use the screensaver since it takes away processing power to display the graphics but instead to turn the monitor off after 5 minutes which saves energy.

With 512 MB RAM you can't crunch two WU together so set: On multiprocessors, use at most to 1 processor.

That are the important things. Two other settings are of interest, that is Connect to network about every x days and "target CPU time" in your Rosetta preferences. If everything works fine and you have permanent internet access set cpu target time to 8 or more hours and connect to network to something between 0.2 and 0.5 days.

P.S.: Don't be surprised that your post and my answer will be moved to the appropriate thread. This FAQ is not for discussion.

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thanx tralala...i made the adjustments...hopefully that will work...i will let u know...my computer seems to turn off the boinc after i am idle for some time...i let it run 24/7 but the boinc seems to disconnect...not sure what up...so i will try ur suggestions and see...thanx again

hello all....new to this and want to get the best use of my computer for the work that is happening. would like some help/suggestions on setting for my computer that will give the most time and performance to the work. who should i talk to? thanx for the help in advance.

Set in your general preferences "Do work while computer is in use?" and "Leave applications in memory while preempted?" both to yes and let your computer on for 24 hours per day.
Make sure to not use the screensaver since it takes away processing power to display the graphics but instead to turn the monitor off after 5 minutes which saves energy.

With 512 MB RAM you can't crunch two WU together so set: On multiprocessors, use at most to 1 processor.

That are the important things. Two other settings are of interest, that is Connect to network about every x days and "target CPU time" in your Rosetta preferences. If everything works fine and you have permanent internet access set cpu target time to 8 or more hours and connect to network to something between 0.2 and 0.5 days.

P.S.: Don't be surprised that your post and my answer will be moved to the appropriate thread. This FAQ is not for discussion.

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With 512 MB RAM you can't crunch two WU together so set: On multiprocessors, use at most to 1 processor.

With the reduced memory footprint of 5.16, I'm not sure this is true any more. Looking at the memory requirements of Rosetta on my desktop system here, I have two WU loaded:

1. Vmem size 138,604K WSS 83,392K
2. Vmem size 144,556K WSS 84,444K

The WSS (Working Set Size) is the amount of physical chip memory that the WU's are using. Collectively these two are using about 170 Mb of chip memory. That's about 1/3 your total ram, so I'd say it'd be worth a try.

Get process explorer from http://www.sysinternals.com , that's what I use to check on stuff like this.

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wow guys...!!...memory footprint...vmem size....wss wu's?...LOL...obviously you guys are way ahead of me in the tech world of knowledge...i am still trying to understand what i have and what it does...LOL...but thanx for the info...

With 512 MB RAM you can't crunch two WU together so set: On multiprocessors, use at most to 1 processor.

With the reduced memory footprint of 5.16, I'm not sure this is true any more. Looking at the memory requirements of Rosetta on my desktop system here, I have two WU loaded:

1. Vmem size 138,604K WSS 83,392K
2. Vmem size 144,556K WSS 84,444K

The WSS (Working Set Size) is the amount of physical chip memory that the WU's are using. Collectively these two are using about 170 Mb of chip memory. That's about 1/3 your total ram, so I'd say it'd be worth a try.

Get process explorer from http://www.sysinternals.com , that's what I use to check on stuff like this.

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wow guys...!!...memory footprint...vmem size....wss wu's?...LOL...obviously you guys are way ahead of me in the tech world of knowledge...i am still trying to understand what i have and what it does...LOL...but thanx for the info...

With 512 MB RAM you can't crunch two WU together so set: On multiprocessors, use at most to 1 processor.

With the reduced memory footprint of 5.16, I'm not sure this is true any more. Looking at the memory requirements of Rosetta on my desktop system here, I have two WU loaded:

1. Vmem size 138,604K WSS 83,392K
2. Vmem size 144,556K WSS 84,444K

The WSS (Working Set Size) is the amount of physical chip memory that the WU's are using. Collectively these two are using about 170 Mb of chip memory. That's about 1/3 your total ram, so I'd say it'd be worth a try.

Get process explorer from http://www.sysinternals.com , that's what I use to check on stuff like this.

Bottom line. Try letting it crunch 2 WU's. If your system runs OK, then leave it. If it gets sluggish, set it back to 1.

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