BOINC is the worst program I have ever used

a cpu runs all the time the second your computer till you turn it off. when your told your cpu is at 100 percent it means that it is completly busy not going 100 or is running at redline. a cpu stays at a current temp it might rise a lil and fall a little. ive had my self built computer own for 2 months straight then i have to restart for those darn xp updates. maybe a generic computer ie example a emachine will break down if you never turn it off but thats a generic cpu. theres nothing mechanical in a cpu its not going to break down i think you got it confused you have to change the oil in your car not cpu. if you have a cheap car and cheap car parts then yeah i would not floor it ever. every cpu has a constant voltage if your not running anything the voltage is constant. if your runing everything at once the voltage will be nearly the same why because the cpu has a maximun voltage and minimun. Server cpus generate more heat because they have more transistors and a higher voltage not because there cpu is running at 100%. memory can run at 100 percent do you think its going to break also ? if your so afraid of heat but a more efficient heat dissipator.

yeah i used the old version for a while without problems

now since i've sarted using boinc the system hangs everytime the screensaver comes on and if i leave it running with the screensaver off, the laptop becomes very hot (even if no other programs are running) processor seems to be running at 100% all the time

sys is a p4 2.8 ghz with 512 ram. never had problems with the old version running all the time and dont have problems playing games with high graphics


like some others mentioned the connection to the server is also pretty bad. lots of problems when its trying to update itself

hope the guys there sort it out cause i am gonna uninstall it if it stays this way.

Boinc is the WORST thing to happen to the SETI project !! I have non-stop problems with it, the servers are always down, work units never load, stats never update....etc.....

I constantly argue wtih the Boinc staff about how bad Boinc stinks....and of course they provide NO help.

they should just shut it down....sometimes I wonder if Microsoft wrote the software....it has so many bugs its just like Windows ME !!

65,000 hours under Seti@home, no more.

I agree, it can't be good for a systems to be running at max, if only for the thermal issues.

Final straw was watching the word "Boinc" bouncing around on my laptops screen.

Just looked stupid.

I currently have Boinc set up on my machine at work as well as my home machine. Running Seti, LHC and Einstein.

I have to agree, setting it up was a P.I.T.A.

But I haven't had any problems with it once I got it set up correctly.

Though I really did like the old Seti@home....

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-DT

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if you want the old program just email me as I said in the last post.


Lataz

Alex (alex1981)

I was about to download the prog, and then discovered that BOINC wasn't the way to go. Ok, now looking for what to download to be part of it. Would someone please respond or u2u me with what to do? (posted this before on different threads and never got a response that I saw)

Hi all,

Just got my PC back after the processor blew up back i ndecember. I now have a nice new AMD X2 4200 and Just downloaded BONIC...

I have set it to only use 60% of the CPU time - whatever that means. Its not doing anything now, for some reason but I do have it set on 'Work when computer is is use' as I don't do anything that needs all the CPU power or RAM space. I'm still not sure if I should have it as only working when the PC has been idle for x amount of minutes...