Hi,

The 64bit 6.10.58 installer wants to install to C:\Program Files (x86) when it should be installing to C:\Program Files .

Take Care,

Will

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You probably installed a 32bit client first, so the next time you installed BOINC it remembered the old install path.

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Right but it should not. Each installer should remember it's own path.

The installer reads from the registry what paths you used the last time around you installed BOINC. It reads this information from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Setup

It will only make a default path if there is nothing found at that registry entry, e.g. on a clean installation. Plus it would anger all those people who use alternative installation paths, if these paths were reset every time they upgraded their BOINC.

You can't blame everything on programs, there is some responsibility you will have to take as well on checking if the installation is doing what you want and whether or not that's correct.

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OK that makes sense..

Thanks..

Hello Boinc friends.

I have a HP Pavillion dv6000
AMD Turion 64x2

When trying to install 64bit
boinc_6.10.58_windows_x86_64

I get the error

"The installation is not supported by this processor type"

What to do to get 64bit BPINC running!

All the best

/Bengt de P
Sweden

Which Windows version is installed on your computer?
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7? Is it the 32bit version or the 64bit version?

If it's the 32bit version, you cannot install 64bit programs on it. No matter if your CPU is 64bit or not. When your OS is only 32bit, you will have to install the 32bit version of the programs.

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Thanks Jordi.

Yes you were right.

I need a 64-bit OS.
Then my question is: is it worth the money
will my other programs speed faster (even as 32bit)
will BOINC programs run faster, how many of them (ca.) have 64 bit versions.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

All the best
from a sunny Sweden.

/Bengt

...how many of them (ca.) have 64 bit versions?

See here for an overview.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

Thanks for all the great feedback.

I have nVIDIA GeForce Go7200
is there really nothing BOINC I can run on that,
just idling here now.

/Bengt

A Geforce 7200 is just a videocard, nothing more. You can run games on it, Windows desktop and the screen saver in BOINC and assorted projects. It isn't a CUDA capable videocard, it doesn't know anything about it. You can't add CUDA with software or drivers, it's a hardware thing built into the GPU itself.

CUDA starts from Geforce 8400.

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Basically anyone on this list:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/gpus_supporting_adobeflash.html

Just to give you an idea:

12/18/2010 5:28:15 PM | | NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 470 (driver version 26099, CUDA version 3020, compute capability 2.0, 1248MB, 726 GFLOPS peak)

12/16/2010 7:33:35 PM NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8400 GS (driver version 25896, CUDA version 3010, compute capability 1.1, 256MB, 22 GFLOPS peak)

No, just the ones on this list: http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_gpus.html

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