Upgrade to latest BOINC Version now

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:30 am

If you have any BOINC client other than 5.8.x, then now is the time to upgrade

The current stable version is 5.8.16 and works quite well

A number of projects are gearing upto dropping any older BOINC clients which means if you have a older version then you will not be able to get any work from certain projects very soon.

UBT - The Prof.... · Post by **UBT - The Prof....** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:06 pm

I have been using version 5.10.38 for a few days now. Seems ok, no problems as far as I can tell

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:49 pm

5.10.45 most current

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:51 pm

Unless you're using v6.1.0..........

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:54 pm

oh .. is it harder / better / faster / stronger :D

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:13 pm

Dunno fellie but here is the link if you want to try it, I do know it will submit your wu after a min automatically!!!

http://calbe.dw70.de/boinc_red.html

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:21 pm

I've been warned that it may be a little unstable with CPDN, but I haven't had any problems with it........yet!

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:32 pm

downloaded and extracted .. what do I do now ?? :D

ran it... got a black window, and it said no work units at the bottom..

is there no gui with 6.10 ?

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:04 pm

melter65 wrote:I've been warned that it may be a little unstable with CPDN, but I haven't had any problems with it........yet!

I have got 2 PC's doing CPDN and no problems here.

Fellie, I assume you have closed Boinc Manager using the "Exit" option from the top menu bar, you then copy the extracted files to your Boinc Root Directory, then restart the manager !

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:09 pm

fellie wrote:downloaded and extracted .. what do I do now ?? :D

ran it... got a black window, and it said no work units at the bottom..

is there no gui with 6.10 ?

The way I did it was;

1) Download the RAR file to your desktop. Exit BOINC!
2) Right click the file and left click on 'Extract Here'
3) You'll get roughly 15 files unpacked onto your desktop. Select all these, but not the original RAR file, and 'Copy'
4) Then go through 'My Computer', 'Local Disk', 'Program Files' and find your 'BOINC' folder.
5) Open your 'BOINC' folder, find a bit of space and 'Paste' the files there.
6) Restart BOINC and you should be running Crunch3rs v6.1.0 app!

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:28 pm

Ahh thought as much, ta guys

Running fine after a reboot... reported as crunchers 6.10 in "messages", but as 5.10.45 still in "help - about" . I take it this is normal :S

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:54 pm

Perfectly normal, fellie!

If you haven't restarted BOINC since the first time after you 'upgraded' then look at 'Messages'. You should see, just before the projects start, a line telling you that you've changed from your original version to v6.1.0

NaRyan · Post by **NaRyan** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:04 pm

When I goto help/about is shows mine as v6.1.0 :S

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:05 pm

Cool. working as per expected then .. :D

Now .. why have I just done that lol...

I take it the cpu affinity thing is the main reason ?

Strange it doenst say the same as yours NaRyan :?

NaRyan · Post by **NaRyan** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:16 pm

oh my bad, the x64 version shows as v6.1.0, but the x86 one shows as 5.10.45 (or what ever version you had installed before)

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:22 pm

Yeah, just put it on the laptop to, and it did as you say

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:25 pm

Mines the x32 version!

Nice one, fellie!

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:34 pm

Now i think about it.. What if any advantage does the x64 6.x.x version give you? As the projects you run determine if they can run x64-bit or not.. :?:

NaRyan · Post by **NaRyan** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:00 pm

The x64 boinc app can still run x86 projects, however the x86 Boinc cannont run x64 apps.

So if you use a x64 OS you need the x64 Boinc.

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:36 pm

NaRyan wrote:The x64 boinc app can still run x86 projects, however the x86 Boinc cannont run x64 apps.

So if you use a x64 OS you need the x64 Boinc.

Correct, don't even go there with the Linux version, been trying to get my head around this all day, every time I copy the two files into the Boinc dir it still says its V5.10.45 ?
Oh well at least it still works !!

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:57 pm

just had a quick look over at boinc ..

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

6.1.12 released .. " (MAY BE UNSTABLE - USE ONLY FOR TESTING) "

I wonder how this compares to crunch3rs 6.1.0.32 ?

Or did they just take all the good bits

:roll: :shock:

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:35 pm

Glad I followed your link before I berated you for not looking properly and seeing that the v6.1.0 was for Linux only!

:D

They've added the Windoze v6.1.12 version today! Hope it's not an early April Fool!

I'm not sure how close the official version is to Crunch3rs, have to see if it's mentioned on his site.

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:00 pm

Well I took the plunge and loaded the latest 6.1.12 on the Vista PC and it looks like they have fixed the auto start issue

Oh yeah been running for about 14hrs with no problems, the only thing I did notice when I upgraded was none of the counters would work until I shut the manager down completely and re-started.

UBT - Rick Horn · Post by **UBT - Rick Horn** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:44 pm

Great news, it`s been a long time coming!

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:16 am

k, I installed over Crunch3rs just to see, and the benchmark dhrystone is 5500 , slightly lower than reported on 9500 on crunch3rs ..

Is this likely to make a difference?

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:54 pm

Just upgraded to the Pre-release version 6.1.16

Not much difference from v6.1.12 and seems to be stable.....so far!

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:04 pm

I've still got v5.8.11 on most of my machines

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:08 pm

Woe betide you if you went any higher temujin :lol: I think most servers would pack their bags and call it a day

melter65 · Post by **melter65** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:23 pm

Temujin wrote:I've still got v5.8.11 on most of my machines

Well it's not doing you any harm, is it?

fellie · Post by **fellie** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:01 pm

I reckon crunchers gained me 100 RAC above my usual 1600...

Might just have been different projects though ..