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- Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:08 am
- Forum: New Donors start here
- Topic: Folding program is ignoring my idle cpu...
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Re: Folding program is ignoring my idle cpu...
I am bowing out of this. My laptop is not made for this sort of "crunch these numbers continually" while whipping up the processor speeds that drive the fan onward and upward trying to cool the parts. My laptop, this is my plaything. Don't want to look forward to using dental tools to dig ...
- Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:19 pm
- Forum: New Donors start here
- Topic: Folding program is ignoring my idle cpu...
- Replies: 8
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Re: Folding program is ignoring my idle cpu...
OK, your explanation of the cpu threads made sense. I was confused by the -1 but now see what it means. Chging this to "1" kicks all four cores into action, some greatly differing at times but none seem to exceed 52%. The average CPU is 18%. The core temps don't exceed 77C averaging 75C. I...
- Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:06 pm
- Forum: New Donors start here
- Topic: Folding program is ignoring my idle cpu...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2345
Folding program is ignoring my idle cpu...
Hello...new user/donator here. I have a new HP Envy win 8.1 laptop with a whippy intel i7 4700MQ processor. Figured I wasn't working this enough playing spider solitaire and checking emails, so Downloaded the Fold program yesterday and ran my first work unit. Being a new laptop and not ready to come...