As the title says, work units hang when they reach a random percentage of completion on my notebook. I am not sure if the work unit is still processing correctly in the background, but the loading bar stops and so does the percentage count.

The project that I am currently having these issues with is theSkyNet Pogs (fitsedwrapper). I have had these same issues before when I was computing for World Community Grid with this machine a few months ago so in the end I just aborted the tasks and quit using boinc on this device. So I started again, since I'm abroad and don't have my significantly more powerful desktop computer with me. I want to do some BOINC-ing/crunching with this device too, beside what my smartphone does.

I figured that the problems I ran into last time were because the work units I kept receiving for this machine had a long estimated time for completion (around 8 hours). Those eight hours to complete a task seemed too long considering I don't use this laptop much when I'm at home, and also because it is relatively underpowered (specs will follow). I assumed that the reason why work units eventually get stuck is because my laptop is too underpowered to crunch for Boinc. And just as I'm composing this I noticed the current work unit being computed just stopped at 12,5% (great..). I guessed that connecting this laptop to a project that won't give me work units that take such long time to process will resolve the issue, but I see it didn't. I waited before to see if the progress count would resume increasing after a while, but it just stays there like a dead fish. Suspending the task and then resuming it didn't help either.

Is my computer really not fit for processing stuff through boinc or is it a problem with the software?

Screenshot for those who want: https://imgur.com/7rwdedy

My computer and its' specs: An ASUS K53U notebook, with AMD Brazos Dual Core E450 1.65 GHz processor and integrated Radeon HD 6320 graphics and 6 gigs of ram. Purchased in 2012 (if I remember correctly), originally came with Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), upgraded it to Windows 10 last July.

I've set my boinc client to only work on one work unit at a time (use 50% of CPUs) so it doesn't significantly slow down the computer overall when I'm browsing, watching videos and chatting.

Boinc version I'm currently running: 7.6.22 (x64) (no virtualbox)
wxWidgets-version: 3.0.1

I apologise if the same thing or something really similar to this was already posted here in the forums. I didn't find anything when I searched.

*************Event Log************* (assuming I can just paste it here)

2016-07-10 18:56:54 | | Starting BOINC client version 7.6.22 for windows_x86_64
2016-07-10 18:56:54 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
2016-07-10 18:56:54 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.45.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2d zlib/1.2.8
2016-07-10 18:56:54 | | Data directory: D:\ProgramData\BOINC
2016-07-10 18:56:54 | | Running under account Oliver
2016-07-10 18:57:18 | | CAL: ATI GPU 0: AMD Radeon HD 6200/6300/7200/7300 series (Wrestler) (CAL version 1.4.1848, 384MB, 351MB available, 162 GFLOPS peak)
2016-07-10 18:57:18 | | OpenCL: AMD/ATI GPU 0: AMD Radeon HD 6200/6300/7200/7300 series (Wrestler) (driver version 1800.11 (VM), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1800.11), 384MB, 351MB available, 162 GFLOPS peak)
2016-07-10 18:57:18 | | OpenCL CPU: AMD E-450 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (OpenCL driver vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., driver version 1800.11 (sse2), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1800.11))
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | Host name: Oliver-laptopPC
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD E-450 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics [Family 20 Model 2 Stepping 0]
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 htt pni ssse3 cx16 popcnt syscall nx lm svm sse4a ibs skinit wdt page1gb rdtscp
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Core x64 Edition, (10.00.10586.00)
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | Memory: 5.61 GB physical, 11.36 GB virtual
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | Disk: 148.06 GB total, 99.82 GB free
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | Local time is UTC +2 hours
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | pogs | URL http://pogs.theskynet.org/pogs/; Computer ID 723302; resource share 100
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | General prefs: from http://gerasim.boinc.ru/ (last modified 12-Oct-2015 13:32:33)
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | Host location: none
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | General prefs: using your defaults
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | Reading preferences override file
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | Preferences:
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | max memory usage when active: 2869.86MB
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | max memory usage when idle: 5165.74MB
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | max disk usage: 10.00GB
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | max CPUs used: 1
2016-07-10 18:57:19 | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
2016-07-10 19:08:01 | pogs | work fetch resumed by user
2016-07-10 19:08:02 | pogs | update requested by user
2016-07-10 19:08:03 | pogs | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
2016-07-10 19:08:03 | pogs | Requesting new tasks for CPU
2016-07-10 19:08:04 | pogs | Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
2016-07-10 19:08:07 | pogs | Started download of 092012.0+552751_area30886085
2016-07-10 19:08:07 | pogs | Started download of 092012.0+552751_area30886085.job.xml
2016-07-10 19:08:08 | pogs | Finished download of 092012.0+552751_area30886085
2016-07-10 19:08:08 | pogs | Finished download of 092012.0+552751_area30886085.job.xml
2016-07-10 19:08:08 | pogs | Started download of 0005zlib_0.0500.dat
2016-07-10 19:08:08 | pogs | Started download of 0005_starformhist_cb07_z0.0500.lbr
2016-07-10 19:08:09 | pogs | Finished download of 0005zlib_0.0500.dat
2016-07-10 19:08:09 | pogs | Started download of 0005_infrared_dce08_z0.0500.lbr
2016-07-10 19:08:32 | pogs | Finished download of 0005_infrared_dce08_z0.0500.lbr
2016-07-10 19:08:37 | pogs | Finished download of 0005_starformhist_cb07_z0.0500.lbr
2016-07-10 19:08:38 | pogs | Starting task 092012.0+552751_area30886085_2
2016-07-10 19:17:00 | | Suspending computation - user request
2016-07-10 19:17:04 | | Resuming computation
2016-07-10 19:55:31 | | Suspending computation - user request
2016-07-10 19:55:37 | | Windows is suspending operations
2016-07-10 19:55:37 | | Suspending network activity - requested by operating system
2016-07-11 10:51:00 | | Resuming after OS suspension
2016-07-11 10:51:02 | | Resuming computation
2016-07-11 10:51:02 | | Resuming network activity
2016-07-11 10:51:08 | | Windows is resuming operations
2016-07-11 11:10:46 | pogs | task 092012.0+552751_area30886085_2 suspended by user
2016-07-11 11:10:50 | pogs | task 092012.0+552751_area30886085_2 resumed by user
2016-07-11 11:11:12 | pogs | task 092012.0+552751_area30886085_2 aborted by user
2016-07-11 11:11:19 | pogs | Computation for task 092012.0+552751_area30886085_2 finished
2016-07-11 11:11:42 | pogs | update requested by user
2016-07-11 11:11:44 | pogs | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
2016-07-11 11:11:44 | pogs | Reporting 1 completed tasks
2016-07-11 11:11:44 | pogs | Requesting new tasks for CPU
2016-07-11 11:11:45 | pogs | Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
2016-07-11 11:11:48 | pogs | Started download of 111349.7+093510_area31095953
2016-07-11 11:11:48 | pogs | Started download of 111349.7+093510_area31095953.job.xml
2016-07-11 11:11:49 | pogs | Finished download of 111349.7+093510_area31095953
2016-07-11 11:11:49 | pogs | Finished download of 111349.7+093510_area31095953.job.xml
2016-07-11 11:11:51 | pogs | Starting task 111349.7+093510_area31095953_1
2016-07-11 11:37:58 | pogs | task 111349.7+093510_area31095953_1 suspended by user
2016-07-11 11:38:06 | pogs | task 111349.7+093510_area31095953_1 resumed by user

The configuration as printed in the event log suggests that the hardware is quite sufficient.

On Windows, hit Ctrl+Shft+Esc keys to open the Task Manager. In that window, left bottom [On my W7] tick "Show processes for all users" **, then review the tasks apps if using CPU time or not.

Best place to ask is though the pogs forum as there they will be far more informed on hanging application of theirs.

** There's no such option on my Windows 10 installs... you seem to be getting to see all processes.

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