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Knightrider · Jul 17, 2006, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by kennet

I downloaded the V6ng.

Put all the files into the folder:-

/Library/Applications Support/BOINC Data/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu

The current running wu will have to finish before the new worker takes over.

K.

kennet · 04:04 PM

Doug and Knightrider:

Thanks for the info. I placed ALL of the files from the download into
/Library/ApplicationsSupport/BOINCData/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu and have restarted the computer.

I have one work unit left to do (eight hours) and then the new worker should take over, and I will let you know if
there are any problems or unexpected progress.

Thanks

Kenn

kennet · Jul 18, 2006, 04:05 PM

Doug;

I have the newest official app installed.

Kenn

kennet · Jul 19, 2006, 12:00 PM

Thanks for the input and thanks to Alex for his programming skills.

Before: 51,311.01 seconds for a credit of 62.52

After: 22,762.92 seconds for a credit of 62.39

Kenn

Jul 21, 2006, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by Odysseus

If it behaves like a project without a screensaver of its own, you'd get a simple, generic "BOINCsaver" display, horizontally scrolling text IIRC, and maybe the BOINC logo.

Confirmed for seti_enhanced-ppc-v6-g4-nographics, except there's no BOINC logo; the scrolling text says "Project does not support screensaver graphics: SETI@home ##.#%".

bobpalmer · Jul 24, 2006, 10:36 PM

My Quad is back from getting one of its CPU's replaced. Now all the temps are normal, and the machine is running well. In under 2 weeks it's back within the SETI top 10 hosts based on RAC. v6ng has really sped things up. Between the bad CPU and switching from v6 to v6ng, I'm seeing about a 30% reduction (10Ksec down to 7Ksec). Normally the Quad is completing WU's 3 to 5 times faster than the other hosts on the same WU. Good work Alex

halimedia · Jul 27, 2006, 05:16 AM

Nice to see you back in the ranks, Bob! Also nice to see only three Windoze-boxen in the top 20!

alexkan · Jul 29, 2006, 10:15 PM

I am in the process of testing an optimized cruncher for Intel Macs. It uses SSE3, so no guarantees that it'll run on Developer Transition Kits, but it will run on every Intel Mac that Apple has shipped so far.

Stay tuned... (if you're interested in testing it, drop me a PM)

Elphidieus · Jul 29, 2006, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by alexkan

I am in the process of testing an optimized cruncher for Intel Macs. It uses SSE3, so no guarantees that it'll run on Developer Transition Kits, but it will run on every Intel Mac that Apple has shipped so far.

Stay tuned... (if you're interested in testing it, drop me a PM)

I sense the death of PowerPC-optimised cruncher already...

With this coincide with the upcoming Mac Pro release, I bet there'll be a mass-selling of Quad G5s around....

drop me a PM if you guys wanna throw out your powerhouses....

Karl Schimanek · Jul 30, 2006, 07:40 AM

PPC optimizations has ended so far?

Regards
Karl

alexkan · Jul 30, 2006, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by Karl Schimanek

PPC optimizations has ended so far?

Oh, I've still got a few things up my sleeve for PowerPC. Can't promise how much they'll help, though...

Todd Madson · Aug 1, 2006, 04:40 PM

If all my machines did as well as my G5 with Alex's optimizations I'd be a
happy camper. Sadly, I only have one G5.

Sigh.

reader50 · Aug 1, 2006, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Todd Madson

If all my machines did as well as my G5 with Alex's optimizations I'd be a
happy camper. Sadly, I only have one G5.

Sigh.

A problem that is easily fixed with large sums of money.

arkayn · Aug 1, 2006, 08:29 PM

Care to loan us some!!

bobpalmer · 11:46 PM

halimedia · Aug 2, 2006, 01:33 AM

Seems like something's amiss on the server side at SETI. I've seen many validate errors lately, too. Also, although some of my WUs reported have received credit, my account total credit has not increased in almost 12 hours. I guess these problems will be resolved in time...

HTH,

Ron

halimedia · 05:37 AM

Further examination reveals that no results have been reported by any of my machines since 21:30 UTC yesterday, while WU downloads are merrily taking place. BOINC client log checks show that result uploads are failing. Is anyone else seeing this? Looks to me like something's gone wrong during yesterday's outage...

zombie67 · Aug 2, 2006, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by reader50

A problem that is easily fixed with large sums of money.

I hesitated to suggest this here but....

(cough) dell refurbs (cough)

It takes a diligent scanning of their offerings, but I've bought several dual core boxes for *well* under $400 each, far below what you could build one for (and I tried!). They almost always pop up in the weee hours of the morning.

The only downside is that they come with no monitor. The upside is that what a KVM is a lot cheaper and smaller than multiple monitors + their power consumption. A buddy of mine was ditching an old Pentium (pre-number) with 16mb ram and a 2gb HD. I stole the monitor to use for my KVM.

You can get there on the cheap if you try.

alexkan · 11:05 PM

Alright, I'm done testing what I've got to make sure it's solid. (What an inopportune time for the SETI servers to start having validation issues!)

Core Duo v6.1
Core Duo v6.1 (no graphics)

This is by no means as fast as it could be, owing to the lack of Intel compiler/libraries on my part. For that matter, it's mostly a straightforward conversion of what I already had in v6 to use SSEn instead of Altivec. I'll be working on v7 in the next couple days, while debating whether or not that Intel software is worth the price of entry, but I figured that I might as well put out a release now.

Have fun, and post links to your results!

Bad to the bone · Aug 4, 2006, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by alexkan

Alright, I'm done testing what I've got to make sure it's solid. (What an inopportune time for the SETI servers to start having validation issues!)

Core Duo v6.1
Core Duo v6.1 (no graphics)

This is by no means as fast as it could be, owing to the lack of Intel compiler/libraries on my part. For that matter, it's mostly a straightforward conversion of what I already had in v6 to use SSEn instead of Altivec. I'll be working on v7 in the next couple days, while debating whether or not that Intel software is worth the price of entry, but I figured that I might as well put out a release now.

Have fun, and post links to your results!

Thank you VERY much for this release, Alex!

The first few results retuned after the project's downtime indicate slightly more than double the speed of the nographics version over the stock worker.

Here's the link to my MBP:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/resul...hostid=2462923