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Message 4582 - Posted: 4 Aug 2015, 11:15:45 UTC

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When I came home today, this machine had rebooted and was at the log on screen. I don't know why, it was fine when I went out. Upon logging on and the inevitable waiting whilst all the junk starts up, BOINC started and it started running 3 Asteroids work units, (and an Einstein). Two of them had elapsed times just short of 2 hours and were running, showing roughly 30% complete each. The third had an elapsed of almost three hours, and 0.0% Progress. It appears to be running normally, elapsed increasing, remaining decreasing, progress rising. It is http://ps_150702_input_78688_10 this work unit. No action taken, just watching for now.
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Message 4583 - Posted: 4 Aug 2015, 11:31:20 UTC - in response to Message 4582.  
When I came home today, this machine had rebooted and was at the log on screen. I don't know why, it was fine when I went out. Upon logging on and the inevitable waiting whilst all the junk starts up, BOINC started and it started running 3 Asteroids work units, (and an Einstein). Two of them had elapsed times just short of 2 hours and were running, showing roughly 30% complete each. The third had an elapsed of almost three hours, and 0.0% Progress. It appears to be running normally, elapsed increasing, remaining decreasing, progress rising. It is http://ps_150702_input_78688_10 this work unit. No action taken, just watching for now.


Heat can cause that to happen, is it extra hot where your pc is?
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Message 4584 - Posted: 4 Aug 2015, 14:23:30 UTC
It is probably the warmest day of the year so far. This might explain the restart of the machine, although there is a seriously big heatsink on it, but not of the work unit. If it was a checkpoint issue, why did the others start where they did?
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Message 4586 - Posted: 5 Aug 2015, 7:37:12 UTC
It completed without further issue and with a "normal" run time, so it has cheated me somewhat, but never mind, a mystery it shall remain.
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Message 4609 - Posted: 1 Sep 2015, 22:07:04 UTC
remove screen saver or sleep time or hibernate. let the computer always on at the power panel
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