TPU's WCG Back to School Heat Challenge (8/28 thru 8/31/2014)

[Norton]

You know I'm in, plus I probably have a i5 CPU/MB combo and (testing it out today) I won't have a use for after this weekend (got a R4BE coming for the 3930k I bought from @james888 a couple months ago).

My current 3930k is still running under Kriej's name, and I was planning on putting the second 3930k under his name as well. Does that matter for the challenge?


edit: tested the Z68 board, it's dead like I originally thought. I actually first got the board when I originally bought my 2600k, system stopped working so I replaced the board after some trouble shooting. Never threw it away or RMA'ed it. Came across it the other day, decided to try it out with the i5 I have. It worked for a few hours, then the system just shut down. Now when I try to start the system, the fans spins up and then it shuts down and tries to restart, then shuts down and on and on. Oh well, putting the H67 board back in that system.

Sounds like it's boot looping... some Z68 boards are apparently infamous for it, my Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 had a bout of that a while back but it's been ok fo a while now (knocks wood)

Some info on it here:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1034724/gigabyte-p67-z68-boot-cycling-problem

I hope you mean "and/or". I've had to reign back due to power concerns. I can certainly fire everything up for a challenge though.

Fixed!

 

[Zachary85]

I'm in. I just went back to work today (I only work during the school year these days) so I fired up the work Quad core this morning, and tonight I also fired up the other 2 crunchers I have at home. That should add 16 more crunching cores for me.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

That's exactly what it is doing @Norton . Unplugged the power cord and 24 pin connector and cleared the CMOs, the board is working again. Let's see how reliable it is during the challenge.

 

[TRWOV]

I can give a Battlefield 3 and Mirror's Edge key (Origin) for the prize pool.

 

[mx500torid]

Im

 

[HammerON]

Short competition. Sound fun

 

[Peter1986C]

Darwin is in on all fours. I do not think I can make Edison (Athlon II X2) ready in time for this challenge, but I will try.

 

[15th Warlock]

Guys, I'm really sorry to report, that I won't be able to join this challenge, I'll be out of town for the whole weekend for my son's birthday

Please accept my apologies, and I hope the TPU community joins the challenge and comes on top like we always do

Good luck everyone!

 

[Nordic]

I will be crunching, but will be out of town till the 2nd. May I join @Norton?

I just added a few families amd e series apu's for a few hundred ppd when not idle.

 

[brandonwh64]

That's exactly what it is doing @Norton . Unplugged the power cord and 24 pin connector and cleared the CMOs, the board is working again. Let's see how reliable it is during the challenge.

While its running you could try to update the bios to a better revision

 

[brandonwh64]

Prizes donated by me!!

Deadlight
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Complete Pack
Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
Terraria
Crusader Kings II
Crusader Kings II - Norse Unit Pack
Crusader Kings II - African Unit Pack
Crusader Kings II - Russian Unit Pack
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION
Legend of Grimrock
Orcs Must Die! 2: Complete Pack
PixelJunk Eden

 

[manofthem]

Guys, I'm really sorry to report, that I won't be able to join this challenge, I'll be out of town for the whole weekend for my son's birthday

Please accept my apologies, and I hope the TPU community joins the challenge and comes on top like we always do

Good luck everyone!

As, that's too bad. I know we were counting on you for this challenge, but there's there's always next time. Also, it seems like a lot of us will be out of town this weekend

Prizes donated by me!!

Deadlight
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - Complete Pack
Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
Terraria
Crusader Kings II
Crusader Kings II - Norse Unit Pack
Crusader Kings II - African Unit Pack
Crusader Kings II - Russian Unit Pack
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION
Legend of Grimrock
Orcs Must Die! 2: Complete Pack
PixelJunk Eden

That's pretty awesome!

 

[xvi]

I thought I asked this, but do we need to crunch under our own names for this? Or can we crunch under Kreij. How will tracking work if we do?

 

[BarbaricSoul]

I thought I asked this, but do we need to crunch under our own names for this? Or can we crunch under Kreij. How will tracking work if we do?

while I'm not the team Captain, I would imagine a simple PM to Norton telling him the name of the PC you have running under Kriej's name would allow him to check for that PC name running under Kriej's name on the WCG page. I just looked and currently there are 7 computers with results returned in the past 3 days under Kriej's name.

 

[manofthem]

I thought I asked this, but do we need to crunch under our own names for this? Or can we crunch under Kreij. How will tracking work if we do?

Challenge-wise: I'd say it doesn't matter what name we crunch under, as long as we are under TPU.

Now prize-eligibility-wise: I think it would still work out. Usually xx number of points qualifies you for a prize, but since may of us have rigs under Kreij, I think @Norton will clear it up for us.

We shall see

 

[Norton]

I thought I asked this, but do we need to crunch under our own names for this? Or can we crunch under Kreij. How will tracking work if we do?

You can use any TPU Team members account providing you have the name/password and permission from the account holder. Tracking can be done per machine if necessary.... I don't expect any issues tho

*Hint- I'm the account holder for the Kreij account... if you want to crunch on it but haven't done so previously please PM me. Note that I would prefer that only current Team members use it but exceptions can be made on a case by case basis

 

[xvi]

My crunchers under Kreij (I think):
FX-8350
C2D T5670
AMD E1-1200
Dual Xeon E5450
Dual Xeon 5150

From sig, HAL and Phoenix are currently down. I may be able to bump Phoenix up to a X6 1100T, but I might be short on power supplies.

 

[Norton]

Reminder!

If you start a new rig or join a new account you will only get a small batch of work initially. Once that batch is completed you will receive normal batches of new work.

Please keep this in mind as you prep your rigs for GO time!

 

[Nordic]

I will be crunching, but will be out of town till the 2nd. May I join @Norton?

I just added a few families amd e series apu's for a few hundred ppd when not idle.

So...

 

[Norton]

So...

You're cool, we have you counted in

 

[t_ski]

I haven't turned them off yet, so I guess I'm in by default

 

[manofthem]

Just got done texting my brother through BOINC setup. Actually he had it installed still from the last challenge, just had to tell him how to allow new tasks.

So his 4670k is up and crunching too!

 

[Norton]

15 hours until Challenge start!!!

Time to make sure all of your rigs are ready to go and/or going.

Spread the word- make sure everyone knows that we start at 0:00 GMT on 8/28

Will try to get the prize post(s) going tonight- been pretty busy at work lately so I'm a couple of days behind

 

[xvi]

Dang. Was hoping to get more rigs running, but it looks like I'm..

 

[Doc41]

Besides my PC I just got the i3 system online now