Welcome to the Beta Test 3.0 Download Page
Below are beta versions of the SETI@home 3.0 client. Though the eventual release number will be 3.0, the current build number is 2.74. Please click on the appropriate links to obtain the right versions for different operating systems.
NEW BUG FIXES:
With 2.73, we added some additional code that improved the accuracy of computation. Unfortunately, this also accidently introduced a memory leak. 2.74 should fix this, as well as finally fixing the problem with the progress ending significantly before 100%.
NOTE ON TESTING:
Please do your best to thoroughly beta test this version. Try everything you can think of to make it crash, and install it on as many computers as you can. Before we release version 3.0, we want to make sure there are no major problems. Smaller issues will be dealt with in later versions (3.0x). Any bugs in 2.74, small or large, should be reported to beta@setiathome.berkeley.edu, even if you have already reported them for previous versions.
In particular, we have been receiving some reports of excessive CPU heat, resource usage, and sluggishness. If you notice any of these, please let us know your CPU temperature, swap file size, available resources/memory, and other system information, both for version 2.04 and 2.74.
The Mac and Windows versions work just like regular SETI@home installers, in that you shouldn't have a current client running when you install the new software, and you will lose your current work unit in progress (you may want to wait until it's done). Hopefully things will be self explanatory.
The big change in 3.0 is vastly improved science - we are now searching for pulses and triplets as well as spikes and gaussians. Web pages describing these in more detail will be up soon on the main home page. Other improvements include optimized FFTs (for faster analysis of wave data) and various bug fixes.
Any and all feedback is welcome. Even if you have nothing but positive things to say. We want to know if something is working or not. Please send all comments to us via e-mail (beta@setiathome.berkeley.edu), but keep in mind we may not be able to respond immediately.
And now, the moment you've been waiting for.. The new clients!