MANUAL METHOD INSTRUCTIONS
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Use the Web (http://mersenne.org/ips/manualtests.html)
to create a UserId for yourself and to get a set of exponents to work on. Alternatively, you can get some work from http://www.mersenne.org/range2.htm. Copy these exponents to a file called worktodo.ini
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Run prime95.exe.
You will see 3 dialog boxes:
1.
In the first dialog box, enter your name and email
address. Click OK.
2.
In the second dialog box, fill in roughly how many
hours a day you leave your computer running.
Please be sure to read instructions on how to configure memory settings before you continue any
further. Click OK.
3.
In the third dialog box uncheck "Use PrimeNet to
get work and report results" and click OK.
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Disable screen savers or use the "blank
screen" screen saver. If this is
not practical, consider raising prime95's priority to 4 or 5.
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Once a month or when done with your exponents, use the
web page again to send the file "results.txt"
to the PrimeNet
server. It is important to do this so
the exponents you are testing are not reassigned to someone else.
The "Start at
Bootup" menu choice (on by default) will run prime95 every time you boot
your computer.