DaveT <svirtftcyt@yahoo.com> wrote:

"Rodney Pont" <aspamscop@infohitsystems.ltd.uk> wrote:

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:52:05 -0700, DaveT wrote:

I just upgraded from a dual-core to an AMD X4 955 Phenom II 3.2 GHz Quad-Core. However, when I run
the CPU benchmarks, BOINC is only seeing two CPU's. What am I doing wrong? Shouldn't there be four?

Have you set your preferences to only use 2 cpus in the past or set
ncpus in cc_config.xml to 2?

No. Plus, I can't find cc_config.xml. Wouldn't it be in C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\BOINC? Do I need one?

Well. Either I screwed it up or I fixed it. I put a cc_config.xml file in 
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC 
containing the lines:
<cc_config> 
     <options> 
        <ncpus>4</ncpus> 
     </options> 
</cc_config> 
Then I did a "Read Config File". Boinc freaked out for a bit and couldn't connect to the client.
Then all the tasks dissappeared. I stopped and started Boinc a couple of times. Then I renamed the
cc_config.xml to X cc_config.xml and stopped and started Boinc. Now it seems to be working with four
CPU tasks and one CUDA as expected. I guess it's fixed, I dunno. Thanks. 
Dave