I just started to process the new cycle and my computer became very unstable. After some rersearch I found that cycle 4.19 was consuming all resources on my computer contrary to instructions and speicified conditions. I found that I had to abort the cycle, and suspend Climate Prediction.

I generally leave the unit running to provide the most computing cycles that I can for all to use.

Please check this out, and I will attempt to process your tasks as soon as you confirm that you have resolved the problem, or have at least determined a fix.

Thanks......

Was there a message about meeting the deadline? If so, it's a policy issue, not a technical problem.

Because SC WU are needed before February (for Coupled Model release) the deadlines are set "tight". It may well be that boinc decided the only way to meet the deadline was to give all the time to CPDN.

Edit: That doesn't address instability. In what way unstable?
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Yes they set a very tight schedule, that was not a problem in itself. However, the computations took away from the primary use of the system (my work), caused unusual blue screen failures, corrupted the hard drive (last time it took two hours to recover so I could reboot). At boot up, it took upwards of 10 minutes to get to the desktop.

I am running win2k pro, with 1 gig of ram, on a 1.6 cpu.

When I did shut down (this is my traveling laptop and only workstation), fiels would not close properly and it would take 10 to 15 minutes for the laptop to shut down. I tried to defrag (with all processes stopped) to see if that would resolve the problem. No change.

When I removed climate prediction - cycle 4.19, after I got the system stable again, all things are fine. Hence, my finger pointing at 4.19......

Hmmm. I don't recall seeing that problem before and I have no experience with Win2k. As a WAG, it could be the combination of Win2k, laptop (slow HD), and a VERY demanding client -- but that's just a WAG.

Long weekend here in the US and a time of scheduled outage at Oxford, so there might not be as many people on the Boards as usual. With a bit of luck, though, someone experienced with Win2k on laptops will be along in the not-too-distant future.

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