Help needed on this project

[vaughan]

Chaz and I need some help on this project otherwise Team-TNT will catch us very soon. Chessbrain is easy to run. It plays really well alongside Gomez Peer in addition to most other DC Projects I've tried. Just download and install the latest version located here:

http://www.chessbrain.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=606

and edit/modify the cbspn.conf file thus:
uid=your handle (eg. I use vaughan, and Chaz uses Chaz, pretty simple huh?)
team=AMD Users (not AMD_Users the mistake I made once :oops: )
country=US (for USA, eg I use AU for Australia, OK?)

[Jeff]

When I run it, it takes a lot of memory, but doesnt use much/any CPU. How long before I can see my stats?

[vaughan]

You can adjust the memory settings within the cbspn.conf file.
Stats are available with hourly updates courtesy of Dyyryath's Arachnid stats here (for Distributed Folding, Chessbrain and Folding At Home):

http://stats.zerothelement.com/index.php

[chaz]

A half dozen or more nodes running would help, and you dont need to run max memory, that is unless you can spare it. I have tried Max(128mb) High(64mb) and am currently running with Mid(32). Havent tried Low(16mb) yet.

[Jeff]

I have 1024 megs of ram, so I go all the way.

[Jeff]

It will use my CPU at 100% for maybe a minute or two, then back down to 0%. What can I do so that my cpu is always at 100%?

[chaz]

It wont run all the time, only when it finds work to do.This is why i run it alongside Lifemapper or SOB. I set Life or SOB to low priority, and Chess to Below_normal, so that when it finds work it does what it has to do then your main project resumes.
The amount of ram impacts the length of the searches it does, the more ram you allocate, the longer it searches i believe.
However, the more ram you allocate, the less clients you can run. i have been using less ram and running more simultaneous clients. Dropping the ram doesnt help unless you run more clients. I started with 2 clients and memory maxed, and now am running no less than 6 clients with memory at 32mb(mid). ill leave it here for a day then drop to 16mb and add more to see if it improves or not.
This is how im running at the moment.
win XP machines with 512mb 6 clients@32mb
win2k machines with 512mb 8 clients@32mb
dualie w/win2k and 768mb 15 clients@32mb

That little note in the cbspn.conf file about using no more than half the system memory, I havent had problems yet......

[jlangner]

Put one of mine on it. Can I run TSC or SOB at same time?

[chaz]

Yes you can, it will be idle alot of time, so i put my main project at low priority, and Chessbrain at below normal, this way when it gets work(which usually lasts for a few seconds), itll finish and your main project will resume.

[jlangner]

Well my stats not showing up yet (6 hours) and Chessbrain keeps crashing on my W2K system. Says it performs an illegal function?