lowest 10M exponents available - pick your choice

[tha]

Originally Posted by tallguy

Hmmmm... so am I to be commended for not just kicking it back and rolling the dice until I get something in the 10MM digit range, or would that be considered bad "PrimeNetiquette"? I'm not going to do that, just wondering what the norms of behavior are here...

Just thick the appropriate box in preferences section to get an exponent above 10M digits or, if available, an exponent below 10M digits.

[lycorn]

Originally Posted by tallguy

I fired up the wife's DualCore laptop Saturday, which is doing P-1 on a 39MM right now. Assuming she doesn't complain too much about it (seems to be a noticeable perf hit),

The performance hit only occurs during P-1 stage 2, when the program takes up a lot of memory. You can limit the max amount, though, it´s just a matter of going to Options -> CPU and entering the desired amount. Higher values will give you higher chances of finding a factor during Stage 2. As for the bulk of the test (LL test) the amount of memory taken is negligible. And because the program runs at the lowest priority, it only uses idle CPU time, which means performance won´t by any means be hurt. Your wife may rest assured...

[tallguy]

Originally Posted by lycorn

The performance hit only occurs during P-1 stage 2, when the program takes up a lot of memory. You can limit the max amount, though, it´s just a matter of going to Options -> CPU and entering the desired amount. Higher values will give you higher chances of finding a factor during Stage 2. As for the bulk of the test (LL test) the amount of memory taken is negligible. And because the program runs at the lowest priority, it only uses idle CPU time, which means performance won´t by any means be hurt. Your wife may rest assured...

Understood. It was the P-1 that was killing it for some reason, even though memory was set at only ~45% for each core and the 2nd core was doing LL. Dropping each core to 25% (250MB of 1GB) seems to have done the trick.

We have little children, and now she's complaining though that the laptop is melting nearby crayons on the table! LOL

[lycorn]

Originally Posted by tallguy

We have little children, and now she's complaining though that the laptop is melting nearby crayons on the table! LOL

Women are hopeless...
LOL

[KriZp]

Originally Posted by tallguy

the laptop is melting nearby crayons on the table! LOL

I use the exhaust from 2 computers to dry my boots when needed, wich is quite often these days :) remember people, i'ts nice to step into preheated boots.

[ckdo]

66.66% done. ETA early February (still).

[ckdo]

M33600571 done. Not prime.

Result submitted via http://www.mersenne.org/ips/manualtests.html#checkins

Let's hope that works better than last time.

[ckdo]

Taking M33801611. ETA early April.

[tallguy]

Originally Posted by tallguy

Feb 27...

Every time I check it gets pushed out a bit more since the wife uses it on battery so much. Best guess now is April.... 2023.

In all seriousness, mid-April.

[Batalov]

ETA 15 April

[Batalov]

AdvancedTest=33600643,67,1 ETA March
AdvancedTest=33600727,67,1 ETA March
AdvancedTest=33600877,67,1 ETA March-April
AdvancedTest=33601109,67,1 ETA March-April
AdvancedTest=33601201,68,1 ETA March