Quietly we read <8HFYe.1137$3q4.595@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net>, unable to contain our credulity we realized that Martin 53N 1W <ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd> said this:

Bill Jillians wrote:
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My cache is currently set to 5.9 days.  I've noticed that WUs stop processing and reset to previous times.  Also my computers crash sadly with Boinc.  Thus I have an overhead of about 15-20%.  With that setting

Computers should not crash at all. There is something wrong, whether it is overheating or failing hardware, or bad software somewhere.

I have PCs running that have been active at 100% utilisation for over a year and never a crash.

Good luck,
Martin

I installed AVG on these computers seeing as I was connecting them to the net.  AVG tried to force a connection once a day to update its virus database.  That was causing the computers to crash (as I disconnect and turn off the modem when not in use).  Once I disabled that they seem to run for about a week before crashing under mysterious Boinc suspected circumstances.  Guess I'll have to wait for an updated client.

BJ.