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

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:29:23 -0700, DaveT wrote:

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?

It depends on what version you have but mine is in c:\ProgramData\Boinc
and no, you don't need one. If you had one it could upset things.

Originally, (for some unknown reason) I ran it with all the model settings like 
        <ncpus>N</ncpus> 
That really upset Boinc. BTW, it's 6.6.38. Then I ran it with nothing.
That seemed to fix it. Then I ran it with 
<cc_config> 
     <options> 
        <ncpus>4</ncpus> 
     </options> 
</cc_config> 
That got it to recognize all 4 CPU's plus the GPU. Then I took away the XML file.
It still recognizes all 5 processors. There must be some memory thing happening.
It downloaded a whole bunch more jobs. This was probably good, because it hasn't been ablt to get
any more lately, and has already chewed through about half of them.