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Lloyd M.
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 Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:49 pm Post subject: Dumb BOINC question |
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I need help with this, as it is part of my figuring out what is wrong with my machine (it's crashing a lot nowadays, even for a Windoze box),
So here's the question: When the computer is booted up, but nobody logged on yet, does it still run BOINC? I'm running the 6.6.20 client.
Thanks. 
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Adam Alexander
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| Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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It depends. If you have the protected application execution box checked, runs as an unprivileged user account. Click the advanced tab when Boinc gets to the install options and there's a blurb about it. Good luck getting the machine stabilized.
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Lloyd M.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Adam Alexander wrote: | | Good luck getting the machine stabilized. |
Thanks on both counts (the info and wishing me luck). As it turns out, it was a weak PSU. Kind of disappointing, as it's a 600W Cooler Master, and I'm not running anything all that demanding. OK - the Opty is kind of a current hog, and I have a single, very modest vid card.
I figured out the problem by watching the 12V line in real time, which I can do with a utility that came with the mobo. My guess is that what was making it shut down was the collapse of the 3.3V line, and I don't know that for sure.
What I do know is that yesterday evening, I put in a new 430 Watt Thermaltake PSU that I had lying around, and it's run without a hitch since.
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Adam Alexander
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My pleasure. That's odd about the PSU. One of my boxes has a 600w Cooler Master and I haven't had a bit of trouble with it. I've probably just cursed myself 
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