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> Terry Hill wrote: >> The xp client (5.03) is running on my compaq without issues - have you >> tried the minimal (text based) version to see if its the gui or the >> core engine thats crashing? >> >> > I disabled the screen saver option and now it's working without > crashing. For some reason it crashed hard every time the screen saver > kicked in. May be something to do with the power saving options on the > laptop. For now at least it's working. > > I'm getting approx 33secs/frame on the laptop and desktop: > > desktop: AMD 2400+ / 1Gb RAM > laptop: AMD Mobile Sempron 3500+ / 1Gb RAM > > Is the speed locked (which wouldn't make a lot of sense), as I would > have thought the desktop running 400Mhz faster than the laptop would > chomp a little quicker, or is it just the faster core of the laptop > evening the playing field? [1] > > Kind regards, > > Julian > > [1] There again the desktop has more running in the background so that > probably slows it a lot as well. > Folding is designed to use "idle CPU cycles".. so the less thats running, the faster you'll process.. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html