A few hours ago I downloaded and installed the software.

When I first ran the software it made several unsuccessful attempts to download a work unit.

When I restarted, it reported memory problems. (I have at least 10 Gb free)

And this is what I get on my third attempt (after an uninstall and reinstall).




02/11/2005 19:02:32||Starting BOINC client version 5.2.6 for windows_intelx86
02/11/2005 19:02:32||libcurl/7.14.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8 zlib/1.2.3
02/11/2005 19:02:32||Data directory: E:Program FilesBOINC
02/11/2005 19:02:32||Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
02/11/2005 19:02:32||Memory: 223.48 MB physical, 2.16 GB virtual
02/11/2005 19:02:32||Disk: 27.46 GB total, 15.50 GB free
02/11/2005 19:02:32|rosetta@home|Computer ID: 49953; location: home; project prefs: default
02/11/2005 19:02:32||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
02/11/2005 19:02:32||Remote control not allowed; using loopback address
02/11/2005 19:02:32|rosetta@home|Deferring communication with project for 23 hours, 29 minutes, and 57 seconds

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I see nothing that indicates you have a memory problem.... Are you talking about disk space
?, if so go to preferences in your acct. and increase or decrease the amount and percentage that you use....

Try this

Use no more than 1.5 GB disk space
Leave at least 0.001 GB disk space free
Use no more than 75% of total disk space
Write to disk at most every 60 seconds
Use no more than 75% of total virtual memory

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BOINC Wiki

Jim thanks, I've done that. (And I also changed the preference to do work when the computer was in use to Yes!)

Does this mean I've got to wait for 20 hours before I try again?


04/11/2005 17:23:00||Starting BOINC client version 5.2.6 for windows_intelx86
04/11/2005 17:23:00||libcurl/7.14.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8 zlib/1.2.3
04/11/2005 17:23:00||Data directory: E:Program FilesBOINC
04/11/2005 17:23:00||Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+
04/11/2005 17:23:00||Memory: 223.48 MB physical, 2.16 GB virtual
04/11/2005 17:23:00||Disk: 27.46 GB total, 15.36 GB free
04/11/2005 17:23:00|rosetta@home|Computer ID: 49953; location: home; project prefs: default
04/11/2005 17:23:00||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
04/11/2005 17:23:00||Remote control not allowed; using loopback address
04/11/2005 17:23:00|rosetta@home|Deferring communication with project for 20 hours, 17 minutes, and 4 seconds

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EDIT: BINGO! It's running now, so ignore my latest post. FWIW, if others are having similar problems, Command, Retry Communications did the trick.

Thanks again.

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