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Would it be possible to create a Mac version of TThrottle, or is there similar software available? I recently purchased one of the newer MacBook Pro 13" models which is very thin, and I would like to compute at the highest level possible without melting or burning anything up. I have been a user of TThrottle on PC desktops and laptops for a number of years now to manage heat and fan noise without compromising on the computation being done. My previous MacBook Pro (Mid-2010, 13") had a much more robust cooling system, and it could handle a full load without getting into dangerous CPU temperatures, or even running the CPU fan at maximum. However, these new thin models are not capable of sustaining high CPU loads for indefinite periods of time.

My guess would be that the heat exchanger was not tight enough on the CPU die, or there were air bubbles or other impurities in the cooling pad/thermal compound that prevented good heat transfer. Both systems (cooling pads and thermal compound) are pretty much single-use, once you break the bond you should remove and re-apply to ensure good coverage and transfer.

Depending on where that temperature is measured, that seems much too hot for your CPU as Intel reports that it's max temperature should be 72 degrees C at the heat spreader: http://ark.intel.com/products/77656/Intel-Core-i7-4771-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

Although I have a lowly i5 4590, its Tcase is also 72 degrees C, its temperatures are typically around 50-55 C with a Corsair H50 closed loop liquid cooler running BOINC at 100%. I would say something is not right, check your installation and make sure your pump/fan connections are good. Check the BIOS/EFI to see that they are spinning if they are plugged into one of the motherboard-controlled fan sockets.

I found the problem; I created the remote_hosts.cfg on my Mac using TextEdit, which amended a .txt (filename was remote_hosts.cfg.txt) but for some reason Finder wasn't showing the second extension. I was going to open and check the file with my Windows machine and noticed this. Now, I have the appropriate lines in the Event Log:

Wed Nov 26 22:01:35 2014 |  | Config: GUI RPCs allowed from:
Wed Nov 26 22:01:35 2014 |  | Corsair
Wed Nov 26 22:01:35 2014 |  | 192.168.15.39

And everything shows up in BoincTasks! Now, I'll have to see if it works on my old PowerPC Macs...

My public IP is in the 75.164 range, so it's not me... Not a virtual machine, honest-to-goodness OS X 10.8.5 on a MacBook Pro.

gui_rpc_auth.cfg has a 32 character password, that is entered into Boinctasks for the host in question. Ultimately, I have at least three Macs that I would like to monitor.

remote_hosts.cfg has the following:

Corsair
192.168.15.39

And the startup lines from the BOINC manager, I don't see anything about allowed IPs.

Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | cc_config.xml not found - using defaults
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Starting BOINC client version 7.2.33 for x86_64-apple-darwin
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Libraries: libcurl/7.26.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1e zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.9.1
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Running as a daemon
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 320M (driver version 8.16.77 310.40.00.20f04, device version OpenCL 1.0, 256MB, 256MB available, 91 GFLOPS peak)
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | OpenCL CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P8600  @ 2.40GHz (OpenCL driver vendor: Apple, driver version 1.1, device version OpenCL 1.2)
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Host name: MacBook-Pro-Unibody.local
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Processor features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM PBE SSE3 DTES64 MON DSCPL VMX SMX EST TM2 SSSE3 CX16 TPR PDCM SSE4.1 XSAVE
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | OS: Mac OS X 10.8.5 (Darwin 12.5.0)
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 47.97 GB virtual
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Disk: 232.09 GB total, 47.73 GB free
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Local time is UTC -8 hours
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | A new version of BOINC is available. (7.4.26) <a href=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php>Download</a>
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | Asteroids@home | URL http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/; Computer ID 67820; resource share 50
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | Collatz Conjecture | URL http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/; Computer ID 134518; resource share 0
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | boincsimap | URL http://boincsimap.org/boincsimap/; Computer ID 1418447; resource share 500
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | BURP | URL http://burp.renderfarming.net/; Computer ID 60822; resource share 2000
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | climateprediction.net | URL http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID 1330212; resource share 0
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | Einstein@Home | URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 9253825; resource share 0
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | LHC@home 1.0 | URL http://lhcathomeclassic.cern.ch/sixtrack/; Computer ID 10340706; resource share 0
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | Milkyway@Home | URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 552132; resource share 10
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | Quake-Catcher Network | URL http://qcn.stanford.edu/sensor/; Computer ID 32962; resource share 0
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | ibercivis | URL http://registro.ibercivis.es/; Computer ID 389662; resource share 500
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | WUProp@Home | URL http://wuprop.boinc-af.org/; Computer ID 60341; resource share 0
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | Bitcoin Utopia | URL http://www.bitcoinutopia.net/bitcoinutopia/; Computer ID 3359; resource share 100
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | PrimeGrid | URL http://www.primegrid.com/; Computer ID 475313; resource share 500
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 | World Community Grid | URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 2519072; resource share 1000
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | General prefs: from http://bam.boincstats.com/ (last modified 13-Oct-2014 00:41:58)
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Computer location: school
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | General prefs: using separate prefs for school
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Reading preferences override file
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Preferences:
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | max memory usage when active: 2457.60MB
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | max memory usage when idle: 4096.00MB
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | max disk usage: 46.63GB
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | don't use GPU while active
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
Sat Nov 22 17:24:03 2014 |  | Not using a proxy
Sat Nov 22 17:24:07 2014 |  | Suspending GPU computation - computer is in use
Sat Nov 22 17:24:07 2014 | WUProp@Home | Restarting task wu_v4_1416135353_6352_0 using data_collect_v4 version 401 (nci) in slot 0
Sat Nov 22 17:24:07 2014 | Quake-Catcher Network | Restarting task qcnccc_285820_0 using qcnsensor version 736 (nci) in slot 3
Sat Nov 22 17:24:07 2014 | World Community Grid | Restarting task MCM1_0009280_4998_1 using mcm1 version 735 in slot 4
Sat Nov 22 17:24:07 2014 | World Community Grid | Restarting task MCM1_0009280_4476_0 using mcm1 version 735 in slot 5
Sat Nov 22 17:24:08 2014 |  | Resuming GPU computation
Sat Nov 22 17:24:08 2014 | Collatz Conjecture | Restarting task mini_collatz_2391317355017843516531_103079215104_0 using mini_collatz version 606 (opencl_nvidia_gpu) in slot 1
Sat Nov 22 17:24:08 2014 |  | GUI RPC request from non-allowed address 16.2.249.25

I do have the following in BOINC manager:

Sat Nov 22 16:47:52 2014 |  | GUI RPC request from non-allowed address 16.2.229.183
Sat Nov 22 16:47:52 2014 |  | 13 connections rejected in last 10 minutes

There are multiple such messages for IPs in the 16.2.2xx.xxx address range, is that something I should be concerned about?

The PC running Boinctasks has a private range address of 192.168.15.39, which is set in the remote_hosts.cfg of BOINC. I also put the host name in said config file.

21 November 2014 - 19:52:57 Connect, read error ---- Host: 192.168.15.9, IP: 192.168.15.9, MAC: XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX, Port: 31416, read error -102

Is there a way to connect Boinctasks to a BOINC manager/client on a Mac, so that its tasks will show up in Windows? I tried adding the windows host in "remote_hosts.cfg" and using the password in "gui_rpc_auth.cfg" but when searching for the computer in Boinctasks, I get "Yes,Not connected (R)" in the status column. I realize that I could possibly run Boinctasks properly on my Mac using Wine, but I don't really need the full software on the Mac, just to view its tasks on a Windows computer.

I ran with "Auto Active" unchecked per your suggestion, and the crash happened again but with a little higher functionality in the user interface, at least for a while. I was able to open the BOINC Manager and read the Messages tab, which indicated "DLL initialization errors" for the various WUs that errored out. I couldn't seem to get the Tthrottle window open, and Firefox would just crash if I tried to open it... I did get some error windows saying that Windows Explorer had crashed. Apparently, something doesn't like Tthrottle.

16 October 2009 - 10:58:33 Driver installed properly. Driver Version: 1.9

Program version: 1.69 64Bit
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 64-bit Service Pack 2 (build 6002)
Vista or higher detected
64 Bit OS detected (AMD or Intel)

Language: User: 1033 ENU ,System: 1033 ENU
Amd/Ati: found 1 devices
Amd/Ati: Radeon X1600 Series  P
16 October 2009 - 10:58:33 No temperature sensor found.
Pos: 0, Temperature: 0

Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD
Vendor: AMD
HighestIntegerValue: 00000001 - Processor Signature: 00060FB2
Misc. info: 00020800
Feature Flags1 00002001
Feature Flags2 178BFBFF

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+                 
Processor: Family: Fh, Model: 6B, Stepping: 2
Processor: Revision: BH-G2, Revision: G
Processor: Socket: AM2, Type: Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core
Processor: Max Die (Tjunction) Temperature: 70.0 °C
      The real Max Die (Tjunction) temperature is not this value
      This value is for calculating the temperature ONLY
      Max Die (Tjunction) is normally about Max Case + 5C
Processor: Max Case Temperature: 70.0 °C, Max Power: 0.0 W

Core Temperature: 38 °C, Raw Data: 571C2A
571c2a,571c2a,571c2a,571c2a,571c2a,
71c2a,571c2a,571c2a,01111111
4ddc2a,4ddc2a,4ddc2a,4ddc2a,4ddc2a,
e1c2a,4e1c2a,4e1c2a,01111111
4e1c2a,4e1c2a,4e1c2a,4e1c2a,4e1c2a,
e1c2a,4e1c2a,4e1c2a,01111111

BOINC:
burp.renderfarming.net
vcsc.cs.uh.edu_virtual-prairie
www.enigmaathome.net
www.renderfarm.fi
www.worldcommunitygrid.org

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16 October 2009 - 10:58:45 Number of matching Programs (Processes): 0

I noticed some interesting behavior after I installed TThrottle... Two identical crashes, both occurring when I was away from the computer. The symptoms of the crash included non responsiveness of the computer, including a replicated task bar at the top of the screen, and alternating black/white screen sometimes with an error message in an odd (non-system) font. Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work, but everything seems ok after doing a hard restart of the computer. Whatever the error/crash might be, it causes BOINC WUs to error out immediately as I have exceeded my WU limit for this host on various projects.

After removing Tthrottle from the startup, the host has run for about 20 hours without replicating the error. Until installing Tthrottle, I have not experienced any crashes or erroring WUs. Any pointers on what to look for would be much appreciated. If you would like info from the errored WUs, I can provide that if necessary.

TThrtottle 1.69 (64-bit)
BOINC 6.6.36
Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) SP2
AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ (Brisbane)
4 GB

I notice you're supporting a lot of newer CPUs, but unfortunately the client I'm looking to manage is a Pentium 4. Is there any chance that P4s or other CPUs will be supported?