We have been experiencing a similar problem for about 2-3 months... It has been talked about quite a bit in our forum...
http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q=Y&a=tpc&s=50009562&f=122 097561&m=3680928671&p=58 Try looking around page 50 or so... I wish I could narrow it down some more, but our search engine is kinda lame... Our belief is that the error is on the server end... I can sometimes duplicate the error by sending large amounts of traffic to PrimeNet... I tested this by increasing the number of allowable exponents in the prime.ini file to 999 exponents and I then set the CPU speed to 10000 and the days of work to 90... This allowed my client to pull hundreds of factoring jobs off the server... What happens then is when the client tries to send in the expected completion dates for all of those exponents it sometimes crashes... Personally, I have been very lucky in that I only experience the error when I try to, but one of our team members gets it nearly every time... We initally suspected that his client was corrupt or that maybe he had a physical hardware problem, but since we were able to duplicate the error then we decided that it must be a server issue... Several members on the team have been in contact with George and Brad about this... I don't know what the status is, but a simple fix is to set the client update to 28 days and download a big enough exponent that you won't have to connect very often... Basically, the solution is to minimize communication with PrimeNet... :) Also, backing up the Prime95 folder is encouraged before any major transaction... Mike (Xyzzy) http://www.teamprimerib.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Harris Interesting... I have had that happen to me as well a few times with PCs on a DSL (but without AOL). It doesn't happen on a regular basis but does lock up the program (v21.3) for hours or days at a time. Just caught one today that had been stuck like that for seven hours, even 'end task' couldn't stop it. I had to reboot the PC, then it connected and reported in just fine immediately afterwards. Irv, I know this is no help, except to let you know you aren't the only one... Steve Harris _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
