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Re: slow woes

Jeff
Fri, 19 Apr 2002 05:54:23 -0700


That sounds reasonable for the AMD k6 series, I found that series much slower
than the PII, the athlon perhaps may be about right, i have a 950 classic and
i see that the last 4 times were 10:53, 9:46, 7:44, and 10:28, it is running
Win ME. It used to run win 95 and was clocked just over 1000 and averaged
just over 7 hours, 7:09 was the last average for it, so it likes the older OS
better... where as the K6 series seemed to like Win 2K or NT better.

James C Johnston wrote:

> im running an amd k63 433 with 256 megs of ram....
> grapical interface set to go black in 1min
> im averaging about 24-30hrs  for wu
> if i close down the programs in not using it really does change much.
>
> also have k62 500 with 128megs
> command line with seti spy
> the only program on it is what i mention above
> it averages about 27hours per wun
>
> also have k62 400 with 68megs
> command line with seti hide
> the only program on it is what i mention above
> it averages about 32 hours per wu
>
> also have amd athalon 733classic  with 128megs
> command line with seti spy, seti watch
> the only program on it is what i mention above
> it averages about 10-12 hours per wu
>
> are these running at proper speeds or should they be faster
> thanx
>
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:46:21 -0500 Bruce Hudgens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes:
> >
> > I retired a system similar to yours.  I had a 400 MHz P-II that was
> > running
> > v2.x WUs in about 31 hrs with the graphics enabled.  The times
> > dropped to
> > 15-18 hrs with the graphics disabled.  Version 2.x WUs ran about 30%
> > faster
> > that v3.x WUs do now.
> >
> > I have several questions.  1) What operating system are you using?
> > 2) Do
> > you have other programs running that are actively crunching numbers
> > or
> > doing I/O?  3) Do you have power saving enabled that could drop the
> > speed
> > on your processor and/or turn off your disk drives?
> >
> > If you are running NT4/Win2K/XP, you can start the task manager.  Go
> > to
> > processes and see what processes are using CPU time.  If you are
> > running
> > Win9x, then it is more challenging. You will need to find a third
> > party
> > program that will monitor CPU activity.
> >
> > Something is seriously wrong with your setup.  I would check your
> > BIOS.  Also, I would get a benchmark program and see if your
> > computer is
> > running at the expected speed.  You might find a program on ZDnet or
> > maybe
> > you or one of your friends will have a CD with a benchmark.  ZD used
> > to
> > send them to people who (re)subscribed to their magazines.  Just a
> > thought,
> > go into your BIOS and make sure your L1 and L2 caches are enabled.
> > I had a
> > computer that would sometimes turned them off when it crashed hard.
> >
> > Bruce
> > 20,000+...
> >
> > At 08:25 PM 4/18/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> > >For what it's worth...I'm running a system nearly identical to
> > yours, which
> > >has just had the hard drive re-formatted.  The Seti Unit I'm
> > running now is
> > >at 62% and it has taken 132 hours so far.  My units always average
> > close to
> > >200 hours.  So, what am I doing wrong???
> > >
> > >You guys are talking about 15+ hours, I'm talking 200+, what's up
> > with that?
> > >
> > >Laura Smith
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Tom Schoenherr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 6:51 PM
> > >Subject: RE: slow woes
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Strange!!  Your times should be down around 15 hours or so.
> > > > Subject: slow woes
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,  I'm new here, so apologies in advance if this is the
> > umpteenth time
> > > > you've seen this question.
> > > >
> > > > I just started with setiathome.  I'm running at 400MHZ Pentium
> > II,
> > > > Windows '98 system with 256MB of RAM.  I've got the program set
> > to run
> > > > in screensaver mode with graphics off.  To my dismay the first
> > workunit
> > > > took over 93 CPU hours to complete :(     My second unit is 23%
> > complete
> > > > and has used 20 hours :((   I've tried some different things -
> > killing
> > > > all programs except setiathome for overnight run, rebooting the
> > > > machine.  I don't typically stay connected to the net.  I have
> > 260MB of
> > > > free disk and defragged not too long ago.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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