TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[AlienIsGOD]

going to buy a cooling pad for the laptop next month so i can get it crunching also tried HDMI to my tv and the lines dont appear on it at all, so it def the screen its at least usable and will not affect usage in any way

 

[Bow]

 

[[Ion]]

Disable SATA hotplugging and SATA link power management in the BIOS. Else SSDs tend to act funnily (at least mine).

I don't think that those options exist in the BIOS here.

According to /proc/cpuinfo, the Opterons are running at 2.1GHz right now--the previous owner said he had them at 2.3GHz and it worked OK, but I'm wondering if the OC is responsible for the bad behavior....
Now to see if there's any way to disable that (didn't see so in the BIOS last time I looked).

 

[Peter1986C]

oh, you OCed the machine. I did overlook that fact.

 

[Nordic]

Ion, that 32p system just sounds like fun. Difficult but fun.

 

[brandonwh64]

Well after letting it crunch over night the temps are about 2-3 degrees from the old air cooler so I do not see OCing in my future for this I7-920. I will have to start thinking about a higher end cooler if I do. H50 is DEF showing its age.

 

[[Ion]]

oh, you OCed the machine. I did overlook that fact.

Actually, I didn't OC it. I didn't even realize that it was OCed until I ran cat /proc/cpuinfo and saw that it said 2150 MHz. I suspected that since the BIOS had been wiped, the previous owner's oCing would have been lost. Apparently not.

Ion, that 32p system just sounds like fun. Difficult but fun.

Certainly difficult, but I'd still say fun


Anyways, I've clocked it down from 2.15 to 1.85, and it actually survived overnight for the first time. Provided it makes it a full 24 hours (about 15 still to go) I'll put it at 2.0 to see what happens.

 

[t_ski]

Anyways, I've clocked it down from 2.15 to 1.85, and it actually survived overnight for the first time. Provided it makes it a full 24 hours (about 15 still to go) I'll put it at 2.0 to see what happens.

I woner if the BIOS clear didn't reset everything: maybe it reset the voltages but not the clocks or something like that.

 

[brandonwh64]

OK I believe I figured out my overheating issue. Since this board is alittle wonky (could be from the bent pins) is that when speed step and the other energy saving features are enabled it run the I7-920 at almost 1.3V stock clocks when loaded 100%!! I didn't notice it until earlier when I launched CPUz by mistake off my desktop. it would go from 1.27v to 1.28v as bionc crunched. I went in to the bios and turned off spread spec, speed step, C-States and other energy features and that brought the Vcore down to 1.12v full load at stock.... kinda odd right?

 

[manofthem]

Well, I'm sure I'm not the only one going away this weekend. Tomorrow morning we are heading out of town for a few days, all the family going to Orlando. Should be fun to get away from home and work, just relax by the pool and eat nachos and sip some beer, followed by some exciting evenings at City Walk

Anyway, my 2nd rig won't be on at all, but I think I'll leave my main rig on while I'm away. It should be ok; I've left it on the last few times without any serious issues.

So, to everyone, have a great weekend! Enjoy the time off for those with time off, the time with the family, or time away from home, whatever the case may be. Please drink responsibly

 

[Norton]

Well, I'm sure I'm not the only one going away this weekend. Tomorrow morning we are heading out of town for a few days, all the family going to Orlando. Should be fun to get away from home and work, just relax by the pool and eat nachos and sip some beer, followed by some exciting evenings at City Walk

Anyway, my 2nd rig won't be on at all, but I think I'll leave my main rig on while I'm away. It should be ok; I've left it on the last few times without any serious issues.

So, to everyone, have a great weekend! Enjoy the time off for those with time off, the time with the family, or time away from home, whatever the case may be. Please drink responsibly

Same to you-enjoy!

Glad you're the one going to Orlando, I lived there for two years and hated it That was 20 yrs ago though

 

[hat]

OK I believe I figured out my overheating issue. Since this board is alittle wonky (could be from the bent pins) is that when speed step and the other energy saving features are enabled it run the I7-920 at almost 1.3V stock clocks when loaded 100%!! I didn't notice it until earlier when I launched CPUz by mistake off my desktop. it would go from 1.27v to 1.28v as bionc crunched. I went in to the bios and turned off spread spec, speed step, C-States and other energy features and that brought the Vcore down to 1.12v full load at stock.... kinda odd right?

Indeed. Still you should be able to OC it a lot from stock. It only took me around 1.15v to reach 3.6GHz, nearly a full gig over stock.

 

[librin.so.1]

One of the fans in my computer are acting up and is producing a very annoying alternating humming sounds. Can't stand it!
Gonna turn my main computer off till the morning; then I am going to try to fix it.

 

[[Ion]]

Eh, at that point, I'd just pull it out for the time being

 

[Arjai]

Closing in on another Cruncher, Threeflow and Cherry220111.

Watch out! I'm moving up, could be you I'll be sneaking up on next!!

 

[Norton]

Working on my w/c rig tonight.....

Swiftech sent me a new impeller for my pump, an updated version. They are essentially the same except for 3 small holes at the base (see pic- new impeller is on the right)

Spoiler: click!

Definitely hefty unit!!!

Hoping this will stop the no start issue I was having with the pump. I bench tested it with the new impeller and it started every time so I'm hopeful

Will take my time putting the rig back together and straighten out the tubing a bit more.

 

[manofthem]

Working on my w/c rig tonight.....

Swiftech sent me a new impeller for my pump, an updated version. They are essentially the same except for 3 small holes at the base (see pic- new impeller is on the right)

Spoiler: click!

Definitely hefty unit!!!
http://img.techpowerup.org/130831/Newimpeller.jpg

Hoping this will stop the no start issue I was having with the pump. I bench tested it with the new impeller and it started every time so I'm hopeful

Will take my time putting the rig back together and straighten out the tubing a bit more.

Glad to see some progress on the water cooling and that the rig is starting without issue,

As for me and mine, we spent he evening relaxing at...

Though overpriced, it was a fun night. Can you believe a double of Ketel One costs $21?,

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Glad to see some progress on the water cooling and that the rig is starting without issue,

As for me and mine, we spent he evening relaxing at...
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles30872.jpg

Though overpriced, it was a fun night. Can you believe a double of Ketel One costs $21?,

Oh man I love Jimmy Buffet's music. We also have a Jimmy bar around here "Cheeseburger In Paradise".

 

[JrRacinFan]

Como estas amigos?!

@ Mad shot
It's 5 o clock somewhere!

@manofthem
I would like to get back into wcing but just cant afford it.

 

[Bow]

We were in Vegas a couple weeks ago. The wife bought one of the $40.00 margaritas there. It was crap.

 

[JrRacinFan]

We were in Vegas a couple weeks ago. The wife bought one of the $40.00 margaritas there. It was crap.

You can give me $40 and I will make you the best margarita you will ever have.

 

[Bow]

 

[Chicken Patty]

...and I am back! For more details see HERE

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

...and I am back! For more details see HERE

Glad your back buddy.

 

[librin.so.1]

Gee, it seems those new SN2S WUs are very memory-hungry! Each uses ~460MB. So when I've got my all eight cores working on SN2S, all eight use up a whooping ~3.7GB of memory.
Good that I've added another 4 GB memory stick (for a total of 8 GB) onto my [almost] dedicated cruncher, or it would have problems at those times all cores are working on that.

Also, is it just me or is Free-DC down?