Client Enhancement Suggestion(s) - Page 3

QuintLeo · 2003-04-15, 19:17

I'm being reminded, the last couple of days, of something I'd like to see in Prime95 and possibly in mprime as well.

The ability to suspend Prime95 once a temperature exceeds a certain level - and then restart processing once the temp drops below a level.

Independent set on stop and restart temps, preferably.

Even better would be the ability to throttle Prime CPU usage vs. temp, with 3 or more setpoints over a range of temp - though I dunno how practical THAT would be to set up.

...waiting impatiently for the Alpha 8045 HS upgrade for the machine I'm typing this on....

crash893 · 2003-04-21, 20:08

could you make a plug in or something for MBM5.0 or something like that to send a susspend for 30 or permintly signal to prime95

QuintLeo · 2003-04-23, 15:58

AFAIK, MBM5 doesn't have the capability to STOP a program once a temp is exceeded. It can only *start* one.

I'd love to be proven wrong on this, though, as I *do* run MBM5 on most of the machines in question - though it still leaves the problem of the LINUX boxes, most of those don't have overheat problems.

Danath · 2003-05-18, 10:17

I have a suggestion regarding Prime client. Sometimes it's necessary to control the client from the command line (e.g. shutting down, pausing etc). But actual version of the Prime client doesn't support this feature (as I see). I guess it would be nice (and useful for many users) to implement this function (operating the client from command line) in the next version.

Maybe there is someone who knows how to pause or regularly stop (from the command line) the client (for example, by the use of some system DLLs with rundll32.exe, or somehow else). Thanks.

Dresdenboy · 2003-05-18, 12:14

It is possible to write some small tool, which gets Prime95's process ID and tries to let it terminate (no hard kill) like when you shut it down in task manager.

Just somebody has to do it. Maybe I'll do that if I find the time.

Regards,
Matthias

KUNCEVO6 · 2003-05-19, 14:37

i wrote a small VB tool that makes Prime95 connect to server at a specified time. in this program I used WM_CLOSE msg sent to Prime95 window (i get the handle to Prime95 by enumerating windows using EnumWindows function). When Prime95 receives WM_CLOSE it does a soft shut down, saving current iteration.

DSheets · 2003-05-20, 21:41

If Prime95 is installed as a service on NT/2000/XP you can use[code:1]net stop "Prime95 Service"[/code:1] to stop Prime95 and [code:1]net start "Prime95 Service"[/code:1] to restart it.

Dan 8)

Primenut · 2003-05-21, 20:33

I would not mind seeing the client have an option to count down the iterations and est. time remaining instead of counting up. Also maybe a menu option that would tell you how much the current exponent was worth in P90 years. Perhaps upon sending completion dates it could get current user rank and totals.

Primenut · 2003-05-26, 01:30

I was just wondering if there was any thought to implementing a screen saver version of Prime95. Perhaps it would attract new participation for those that crave visual stimulation and/or are afraid of a program, although not intrusive, taking cycles from their work?

ET_ · 2003-05-26, 06:13

Quote:

I was just wondering if there was any thought to implementing a screen saver version of Prime95.

Once there was a version of prime95 running in "screen saver mode" under Windows 3.1
It was no longer maintained because (I guess9 of the costs of actual computations and maintaining different versions of the same software.

Luigi

crash893 · 2003-05-26, 19:50

the screen saver version is actually harder to understand than the client now

plus its slower becuase its running of an old old core

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2003-04-15, 19:17	#23
QuintLeo Oct 2002 Lost in the hills of Iowa 1C0₁₆ Posts	I'm being reminded, the last couple of days, of something I'd like to see in Prime95 and possibly in mprime as well. The ability to suspend Prime95 once a temperature exceeds a certain level - and then restart processing once the temp drops below a level. Independent set on stop and restart temps, preferably. Even better would be the ability to throttle Prime CPU usage vs. temp, with 3 or more setpoints over a range of temp - though I dunno how practical THAT would be to set up. ...waiting impatiently for the Alpha 8045 HS upgrade for the machine I'm typing this on....

2003-04-21, 20:08	#24
crash893 Sep 2002 2³·37 Posts	could you make a plug in or something for MBM5.0 or something like that to send a susspend for 30 or permintly signal to prime95

2003-04-23, 15:58	#25
QuintLeo Oct 2002 Lost in the hills of Iowa 700₈ Posts	AFAIK, MBM5 doesn't have the capability to STOP a program once a temp is exceeded. It can only start one. I'd love to be proven wrong on this, though, as I do run MBM5 on most of the machines in question - though it still leaves the problem of the LINUX boxes, most of those don't have overheat problems.

2003-05-18, 10:17	#26
Danath May 2003 Republic of Moldova 2³·5 Posts	I have a suggestion regarding Prime client. Sometimes it's necessary to control the client from the command line (e.g. shutting down, pausing etc). But actual version of the Prime client doesn't support this feature (as I see). I guess it would be nice (and useful for many users) to implement this function (operating the client from command line) in the next version. Maybe there is someone who knows how to pause or regularly stop (from the command line) the client (for example, by the use of some system DLLs with rundll32.exe, or somehow else). Thanks.

2003-05-18, 12:14	#27
Dresdenboy Apr 2003 Berlin, Germany 19² Posts	It is possible to write some small tool, which gets Prime95's process ID and tries to let it terminate (no hard kill) like when you shut it down in task manager. Just somebody has to do it. Maybe I'll do that if I find the time. Regards, Matthias

2003-05-19, 14:37	#28
KUNCEVO6 May 2003 2₈ Posts	i wrote a small VB tool that makes Prime95 connect to server at a specified time. in this program I used WM_CLOSE msg sent to Prime95 window (i get the handle to Prime95 by enumerating windows using EnumWindows function). When Prime95 receives WM_CLOSE it does a soft shut down, saving current iteration.

2003-05-20, 21:41	#29
DSheets Aug 2002 2×5 Posts	If Prime95 is installed as a service on NT/2000/XP you can use[code:1]net stop "Prime95 Service"[/code:1] to stop Prime95 and [code:1]net start "Prime95 Service"[/code:1] to restart it. Dan 8)

2003-05-21, 20:33	#30
Primenut May 2003 5₈ Posts	I would not mind seeing the client have an option to count down the iterations and est. time remaining instead of counting up. Also maybe a menu option that would tell you how much the current exponent was worth in P90 years. Perhaps upon sending completion dates it could get current user rank and totals.

2003-05-26, 01:30	#31
Primenut May 2003 5 Posts	I was just wondering if there was any thought to implementing a screen saver version of Prime95. Perhaps it would attract new participation for those that crave visual stimulation and/or are afraid of a program, although not intrusive, taking cycles from their work?

2003-05-26, 19:50	#33
crash893 Sep 2002 2³·37 Posts	the screen saver version is actually harder to understand than the client now plus its slower becuase its running of an old old core