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DanTerzian
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Screensaver not working

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My screensaver (any screensavers, not just the fah screensaver) stopped working after I installed fah v. 7.3.6. As soon as I turn off fah, the screensaver works normally. I have fah % CPU usage set to 100% on a Windows XP machine. I hope I just have overlooked something obvious. However, any or all help is appreciated. Thanks much.
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Re: Screensaver not working

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how old is your system? running XP could mean 10+ years. which if your trying to run nice looking screensavers while running this software its not going to look good at all cuz your CPU is being used at 100% so there for if its a nice screen saver their is no CPU to share with the screen saver. i just turn mine to BLANK and turn my monitor off. also i normally only run this when i go to bed.. just something to think about
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Re: Screensaver not working

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Welcome to the F@H Forum DanTerzian,

Can you please provide us with the log file which contains the system configuration and F@H settings (viewtopic.php?p=225958#p225958)?
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Re: Screensaver not working

Post by DanTerzian »

I hope this is the part you need. Thanks much.

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02:13:54:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
02:13:54:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
02:13:54:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2013 Stanford University
02:13:54:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
02:13:54:         Args: --open-web-control
02:13:54:       Config: C:/Documents and Settings/DDT1/Application
02:13:54:               Data/FAHClient/config.xml
02:13:54:******************************** Build ********************************
02:13:54:      Version: 7.3.6
02:13:54:         Date: Feb 18 2013
02:13:54:         Time: 15:25:17
02:13:54:      SVN Rev: 3923
02:13:54:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
02:13:54:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
02:13:54:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
02:13:54:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
02:13:54:     Platform: win32 XP
02:13:54:         Bits: 32
02:13:54:         Mode: Release
02:13:54:******************************* System ********************************
02:13:54:          CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz
02:13:54:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 8
02:13:54:         CPUs: 2
02:13:54:       Memory: 2.49GiB
02:13:54:  Free Memory: 1.78GiB
02:13:54:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
02:13:54:  Has Battery: true
02:13:54:   On Battery: false
02:13:54:   UTC offset: -7
02:13:54:          PID: 4740
02:13:54:          CWD: C:/Documents and Settings/DDT1/Application Data/FAHClient
02:13:54:           OS: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
02:13:54:      OS Arch: X86
02:13:54:         GPUs: 0
02:13:54:         CUDA: Not detected
02:13:54:Win32 Service: false
02:13:54:***********************************************************************
02:13:54:<config>
02:13:54:  <!-- Folding Core -->
02:13:54:  <checkpoint v='30'/>
02:13:54:
02:13:54:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
02:13:54:  <power v='full'/>
02:13:54:
02:13:54:  <!-- Network -->
02:13:54:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
02:13:54:
02:13:54:  <!-- User Information -->
02:13:54:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
02:13:54:  <user v='DanTerzian'/>
02:13:54:
02:13:54:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
02:13:54:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
02:13:54:</config>
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Re: Screensaver not working

Post by bruce »

You might try setting disable-sleep-when-active to the value false in the expert Extra Client Options. This setting should not be used if you fold with a GPU but since you do not have a supported GPU, that shouldn't be a problem. I've never tried it with WindowsXP so it may do nothing, but it might allow WinXP to bring up a screensaver if you really want one.

As has already been explained, avoid those with exotic moving graphics since they have to be calculated with the same CPUs that could be used for folding.
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Re: Screensaver not working

Post by DanTerzian »

Thanks for the suggestion. But it had no effect, good or bad. Its not a big deal, but it does annoy me.
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