screen burn-in
23 Oct 2005 7:06:06 UTC
Topic 190050
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Hello
This has been mentioned before, but I would like clarity on progress here - would love to have Einstein as default screensaver, rather than the present blank screen. How far are we with getting a screensaver that either fades the fixed areas in and out (as per LHC) or having the option to turn off the fixed sections altogether.
Thanks - Gray
screen burn-in
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Gray,
Hi, there. I don't have any idea re: the question you pose.
I would like to say this, though - for several years now, monitors have used long-life phosphors, greatly improved over those of 10-15 years ago. This effectively renders screensavers useless for preventing burn-in, the screens simply need no saving. Now, the only use for screensavers is for entertainment value or for password-protecting an idle computer.
Regards,
Michael
(edit) If you're still worried about screen life, right-click on an empty part of your screen. Display Properties applet will appear. On Screensaver tab, the lower part is Monitor Power, click Power. On the Power Schemes tab, set Turn off Monitor to some interval, leave Turn Off Hard Disks and System Standby to "Never", save the profile as "crunch" or whatever, click OK and exit.
If however, you want the E@H screensaver active for entertainment, be aware that using it or any other screensaver will noticably impact your processing time/WU - the screensaver "steals" CPU cycles that would have gone to the project. Tinker with it a little and see.
microcraft
"The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice" - MLK
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Hello Michael
I normally run with "blank" as the screensaver generally - which gives me the same effect as turning the monitor off (which I do manually when going to sleep as the PC is only a metre or two from my bed - useful for those late-night message board sessions - grin). The effect I mentioned used in LHC fades the static objects in and out in a range of colours, which is actually very attractive. If the coding is done right then the graphics card should do virtually all the work, and so impact little on the crunching. Unfortunately I cannot code beyond HTML, so not much I can do to help here. I run an LCD monitor so should be burn-in free, but there may well be old CRT monitors out there used by folk on old PCs to crunch, and they might have problems however.
Another aspect is simply getting more people to join up. Some bloke wanders past a monitor with a decent screensaver going and he might want that on his PC too. Let's face it - few people know much about the science involved in most of these projects - and once they get crunching, watching the credits rack up etc, they are goin to be here for a while !! SET@home got me into this that way (the old version - now referred to as Classic: the new version is downright appalling graphically). I saw it running on my buddy's PC and grabbed the setup as soon as I got home. (He's now doing Einstein@home after being badgered by me :) )
Gray