A couple questions from a new guy

1)Okay I am on a college campus, I take my laptop with me all over campus and sometimes I am not connected to the internet.

1a)Can I let Prime95 still run?
1b)Should I still let it run even though I am not connected to the internet?
1c)When I connect to the internet after letting it run while off the internet will it upload my data?

2)About workers...
2a)Can I add more?
2b)Should I add more?
2c)And is there an advantage to adding more?

3)When bringing it to another computer, a couple files I copy seem odd they're names are like f9X15537 and f9X26047.

3a)What do those mean/what are they?
3b)Should I copy those over as well when adding a new computer?

Apologies if these are listed somewhere I could not find them.
Thank you for the help, this is awesome!
Optics (because I don't want to give out my real name)

[Mr. P-1]

Originally Posted by Optics

1)Okay I am on a college campus, I take my laptop with me all over campus and sometimes I am not connected to the internet.

1a)Can I let Prime95 still run?

Yes.

1b)Should I still let it run even though I am not connected to the internet?

Yes.

1c)When I connect to the internet after letting it run while off the internet will it upload my data?

Yes. You can configure it to check periodically for an internet connection, then automatically download new work units, upload results, and renew assignments queued but not completed. Or you can set it to only communicate when you tell it to.

By default, the client will queue several days worth of work (not sure how much). This can be increased to several months (not sure what the limit is) for those who can communicate only rarely. Be warned though, that assignments expire after 60 days if not renewed, so be sure to communicate at least that often.

2)About workers...
2a)Can I add more?

Yes.

2b)Should I add more?
2c)And is there an advantage to adding more?

To fully utilise your CPU you should have as many workers as you have physical cores. I understand that hyperthreaded CPUs also benefit from additional workers to run on the virtual cores, but I'm not sure if this is always the case, or how much benefit there actually is.

3)When bringing it to another computer, a couple files I copy seem odd they're names are like f9X15537 and f9X26047.

3a)What do those mean/what are they?

Those are save files for work units started but not completed. The five digits at the end are the last five digits of the exponent being processed.

3b)Should I copy those over as well when adding a new computer?

No, copy only the files that come with the package, plus prime.txt

Thank you for the help, this is awesome!

Welcome to the project.

[pegaso56]

Hi, welcome!!!!!
i ve been a gimper for more than 10 years and still going on.!!!!
A few tips:
1) Spread GIMPS among yours friends and colleagues, itś a very useful program
2) Visit the forum frequently, very nice guys, and tons of help
3) Enjoy the project
Best regrads, Carlos

Thanks again.
I will be checking the forums often, I'll probably be in the homework help section though :P
I am going to try and spread it among my friends, and the math department on campus.

Is there a way to manually send in results if the computer NIC dies?

[Mr. P-1]

http://www.mersenne.org/manual_result/

How do I keep/get the LL CPU credit?

[TimSorbet]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

How do I keep/get the LL CPU credit?

Make sure you're logged in first.

Thanks for the info, I do not usually loggin.