Idle time with new BOINC

Jaap, Fri Jan 18 2008, 03:32AM

I have installed the new version of BOINC (5.10.30). It now strikes me that the idle process is running a lot of the time, while with the previous version of BOINC the idle process consumed practically 0% of CPU time. What is happening here?
Re: Idle time with new BOINC
James, Fri Jan 18 2008, 09:08AM

Is there any projects running at the moment?
Also, check your settings on the project site. There is a new setting that you can limit the amount (percent) of CPU time BOINC should use. It started in version 5.6, so depeinding on what version you are upgrading from, this may be it.
Re: Idle time with new BOINC
Jaap, Sat Jan 19 2008, 03:32AM

In the mean time, I found that this CPU limitation was set to 50%. I changed it to 100% which solved the issue. Thanks for your reaction.