Laptop Participation

[gamer007]

I recently got a laptop with a AMD Turion X2 Ultra (Finally have an AMD CPU again. :icon_razz:). Since I'm using this laptop for school, my plan is to run something while it's hooked up to external power. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with running projects on a laptop.

I'm thinking of using BOINC since it has preferences to change to suit a laptop

[Ototero]

I download a weeks worth of DNETS then crunch them offline on the laptop.
They get uploaded when I'm back home on Friday evenings.

[liuqyn]

you could run dpad, crunch all you want and submit at your leisure.

[mitchellds]

I have a Hp AMD Turion X2 laptop also. I quit running boinc on it cause this puppy is a serious space heater and it didnt deal with it to well during the summer.

[Jason1478963]

I have an HP AMD Turion X2 laptop also. I've been running it for a year or two now. I also have a a lap cooler under it at all times to help keep some air flow under it. I very rarely close the laptop as that seems to trap the heat. Its not as productive as my other dual cores, but it also uses less power.

[gamer007]

Thanks for the tips. I'm currently running Primegrid whenever it's on with BOINCset to use 30% of the CPU. Temperatures while running it hover around 70-75 degrees celsius. Is that around normal temp. for a Turion?

[Nflight]

Just for instance my desktop runs at 50 to 52°C and I think that is hot!

[AMDave]

I agree.
I ran BOINC and other projects on a laptop for about 2 years.
The maths projects almost all ran the CPU hotter than other projects.
Primegrid was no exception.

1st thing is to prop-up the back of the laptop about 2 centimeters (1/2 inch) above the surface of the desk.
Most laptops use intake vents that are underneath the laptop.
Improving the air circulation underneath almost always helps.

Also, if you have set the BOINC project to use 30% of your CPU by changing your BOINC general settings 'Processor Usage' > 'Use at most' then you may find that it is using 100% cpu availability 30% of the time and 0% for 70% of the rest of the time.

That setting used to work for some projects and not others when I tested.
I have not re-tested again lately.
Perhaps you can tell us what your observations are in the Task Manager now.
(it really should not be running that hot otherwise)

[liuqyn]

could also be a temp reporting error, does the fan run on high all the time as well?

[Jason1478963]

I just checked my HP temps with coretemp and found it running about 81C on one core and 79 on the other core under 100% CPU usage. I had some fan trouble(cheap fan) a while back and was seeing temps around 90c and some shutdowns somewhere above 90C. It is warmer then I like, but HP doesn't even have the fans at 100% with 80C. Its hard for me to run a computer without having it crunch. My laptop has mostly been running WCG and not sure if math projects would push the temps higher or not. Whatever you decide I wish you luck with your laptop.

[gamer007]

Will tell you about my observations with my laptop, but I'm currently on vacation. I'll be back before the weekend so I'll tell you guys about what I notice then. :)

[AMDave]

Another AMD Users member posting from on vacation!

gamer007, well done sir.

That's tops! :icon_mrgreen:

[Ototero]

I run my Turion laptop with Dnet. It sits on 2 fan Antec cooler and runs just under 60C which I think is ok.

[txt.file]

I have here running a Turion64 X2 TL-58 at 51°C/54°C (67°C core) at 20°C outside. But it is running GIMPS it could be a bit hotter than on most BOINC-projects.

[gamer007]

Update on my temperature on my laptop using CoreTemp. Forgot to say, but the Turion X2 Ultra is the ZM-82 @ 2.20GHz.

Idle: ~63 degrees Celsius

Running Primegrid on both cores with BOINC set to "Use at most 30% CPU time.": ~74 degrees Celsius

Fan is a bit on the loud side. Don't know the exactly how fast it's going, anyone know a program to measure the %? HWMonitor doesn't seem to detect it on my laptop.

[Ototero]

Stick some compressed air up it, blows loads of crap out, runs so much cooler after.

[Jason1478963]

I believe compressed air is not recommended in my manual.... as my fan died shortly after I tried that. It wasn't much fun changing the fan either. lots of small parts and screws, but HP had a great manual on how to get it done.

[vaughan]

... Don't know the exactly how fast it's going, anyone know a program to measure the %? HWMonitor doesn't seem to detect it on my laptop.
Maybe Speedfan? Not sure if it works with your laptop.

If its a Dell try I8kfangui.