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Josh Send message Joined: 21 Aug 01 Posts: 1 Credit: 624,744 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Hello, I am running a brand new Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.0GHz system with 3GB of ram, nVidia 7300GT display adapter with 256MG of RAM. Every Time I let my computer go to sleep, when it wakes up, Seti@Home is still up, and frozen. My left-hand (main) screen is inaccessible except via F11, where I must kill BOINC from the force quit menu. (Sometimes I must even log off and log back in) I would love to keep using Seti@home, but if this technical glitch cannot be overcome, I must uninstall it. Please help, Thanks |
OzzFan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 ![]() ![]() |
BOINC (as with most applications constantly using the processor) is not compatible with Sleep mode on computers while it's running. It would be the equivalent of you jogging down a sidewalk and somebody literally taking the ground out from underneath you. If you want to use sleep mode, you should first suspend BOINC. |
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After I installed OS X 10.4, I started having problems with Seti@home software. If I leave it on overnight, I often find the system locked up when I get up in the morning. If I log off, disabling the Seti@home screen saver, the system will not lock up, or if I turn off Seti@home, the system will also not lock up. The problem increased after I upgraded my ATA 66 card to an ATA 133 card so I could install a new larger 160 GB hard drive. Has anyone else had this problem? |
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I forgot to mention my system, Etc., I have a Powermac G3 300, upgraded to a G4 733, 896 Ram, running OSX 10.4.9 and Boincmanager 5.4.9. After I installed OS X 10.4, I started having problems with Seti@home software. |
mac-dude Send message Joined: 14 Jun 00 Posts: 1 Credit: 1,943,776 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I forgot to mention my system, Etc., Yes, This describes my problem perfectly, except occasionally it takes the form of a kernel panic. This never happened before upgrading to the 5.8 client. PM G4/450 "Sawtooth" 1GHz OWC Mercury processor card Radeon Pro 9000 AGP 1.125 GB RAM OS X 10.4.10 |
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