TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Windows 7 x64. Been thinking about moving it to linux, but I really don't see the point if I don't plan on running it for long. Been running it for nostalgia and I needed some hardware to play with. It was my first gaming/crunching system.

I ran mine under linux. Also is there even win 7 drivers for that 939 setup?. There wasn't for mine as to why I ran ubuntu on it.

 

[Norton]

A word about Mindweaver....

Some of you may have noticed that @Mindweaver 's output has gone way down- there's a reason. The place he works had a major fire.... Fortunately, no one was hurt but 50-60% of the building, a 100,000 sq. ft. building! was a total loss!!!

Smoke damage is rampant throughout the building including their server room. He has been working crazy hours (16-18 hours a day) trying to get everything repaired/running again.

He wanted me to let you guys know he was ok but many of his rigs were in that server room and may never run again..... including his faithful old Duron.

Hang in there Bud! If you need our help with anything just let us know!

We may have to find him a Duron or two to replace what he lost once everything is back to "normal" again!

 

[[Ion]]

Thank you for the FYI!
If he needs a Duron, I'm sure that I can pick up one at Kramden

 

[xvi]

I have a Duron or two hanging around the house. I'll see if I can find it.

Really sorry to hear that, Mindweaver. Hope it all turns out okay.

Spoiler: Duron pron

 

[twilyth]

A word about Mindweaver....

Some of you may have noticed that @Mindweaver 's output has gone way down- there's a reason. The place he works had a major fire.... Fortunately, no one was hurt but 50-60% of the building, a 100,000 sq. ft. building! was a total loss!!!

Smoke damage is rampant throughout the building including their server room. He has been working crazy hours (16-18 hours a day) trying to get everything repaired/running again.

He wanted me to let you guys know he was ok but many of his rigs were in that server room and may never run again..... including his faithful old Duron.

Hang in there Bud! If you need our help with anything just let us know!

We may have to find him a Duron or two to replace what he lost once everything is back to "normal" again!

Wow. That really sucks. It feels like someone put a hit out on his Duron. Does @Mindweaver have any underworld connections that he may have pissed off?

Seriously though, thanks for letting us know. It's wonderful that no one was hurt. Hope to see you back here soon MW.

 

[stinger608]

Damn that does suck big time!!!!! Just soooooooooo glad no one got hurt and @Mindweaver is okay!!! Computers can be replaced, lives cannot!

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

@Mindweaver glad all of you are okay. If you need anything let us know bud.

 

[TRWOV]

I think we already know where the next Kreij PC is going to be shipped

 

[manofthem]

Sorry to hear about that fire and that you're working so much lately @Mindweaver, but glad you're OK. Stay strong, though we are all mourning the loss of the Duron!

I think we already know where the next Kreij PC is going to be shipped

I think this is a very good idea!

 

[xvi]

I think we already know where the next Kreij PC is going to be shipped

I think this is a very good idea!

I know what we should put in it too.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

I am now back at my apartment and brought my file server with me. It is now a 24/7 File server and cruncher, and is currently doing work!

 

[[Ion]]

I know what we should put in it too.

If only the Durons supported multi-CPU systems

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Refurbished deal (?) at Newegg:
Dell Precision T3500, W3690 Six Core 3.47Ghz, 6GB RAM, 500GB SATA 7.2K HDD, Dual DVI, DVDRW, Windows 7 for $479
Ends 1/15

 

[TRWOV]

whoa!! That's... very nice!

 

[[Ion]]

Refurbished deal (?) at Newegg:
Dell Precision T3500, W3690 Six Core 3.47Ghz, 6GB RAM, 500GB SATA 7.2K HDD, Dual DVI, DVDRW, Windows 7 for $479
Ends 1/15

Not bad....basically a dell version of the HP Z400s I like so much. Seems to have a bunch of things that aren't really necessary (lots of RAM, huge HDD) but that CPU ought to do well.

 

[xvi]

If only the Durons supported multi-CPU systems

I may or may not have researched the Athlon MP line last night. You wouldn't believe what people are trying to sell dual Socket A boards for!

Seems to have a bunch of things that aren't really necessary (lots of RAM, huge HDD) but that CPU ought to do well.

If it's registered DDR3, they go for a decent price on the used market. Could part out the bits that aren't needed to get some of the money back.

 

[Nordic]

An update on the h61 chipset itx celeron rig I am building, I installed windows 8 on it. My plan was to dual boot linux and windows 8, and primarily run linux for WCG and folding core 17 wu's. Installing linux seems to make the system unbootable. Its like the motherboard does not like grub or lila boot loader but only windows. Even reformatting the whole ssd and I can not get linux to boot. I can install linux but it will not boot no matter what. So I guess it is just windows for this computer then. Everything seems fine except for the one defective ram slot.

An update on the i3 fixer rig. I reinstalled windows 8 but similar to the celeron rig and linux, it does not want to boot. I then decided to just jump to hirens boot cd which is failing on any computer. I am beginning to think my usb drives have bad blocks or sectors issues before I totally take this hdd out. It is a small system, and the hdd is buried under the cdrom drive and about what looks to be 20+ screws to pull it out.

I really should just buy a dedicated usb 3.0 8gb or 16gb drive for installing OS's on. It will max out usb 2.0 speeds. Maybe even I could install windows at usb 3.0 speeds which would be even nicer. I don't need more than 8gb for an OS install drive but 16gb drives are twice as fast.

 

[ChristTheGreat]

and 16gb are not that more pricy.. you can get 32gb USB3 ADATA for like 16$

Working on getting Ubuntu server instead of my 2008 R2 Server. got my file server working (with webmin) but all is more difficult to understand from scratch haha. I'll have to work a couple of weeks to have what I have done in 3 days over my WIndows server

 

[Nordic]

and 16gb are not that more pricy.. you can get 32gb USB3 ADATA for like 16$

Working on getting Ubuntu server instead of my 2008 R2 Server. got my file server working (with webmin) but all is more difficult to understand from scratch haha. I'll have to work a couple of weeks to have what I have done in 3 days over my WIndows server

For the ones I was looking at Adata seemed to have the best performance per dollar. The specific model I was looking at, the 16gb model was twice as fast for only a dollar more.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

For the ones I was looking at Adata seemed to have the best performance per dollar. The specific model I was looking at, the 16gb model was twice as fast for only a dollar more.

Are you using any of the stuff you bought from me on the rig(s) you are setting up?

 

[Nordic]

Are you using any of the stuff you bought from me on the rig(s) you are setting up?

One of the corsair fans will go into the mini itx rig. I am going to shuffle some cpu coolers around here eventually and put that megahalem to use to possibly overclock my 3570k further. I get good temps now at 4.6ghz with my gelid tranquillo, but pushing further really heats up.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

One of the corsair fans will go into the mini itx rig. I am going to shuffle some cpu coolers around here eventually and put that megahalem to use to possibly overclock my 3570k further. I get good temps now at 4.6ghz with my gelid tranquillo, but pushing further really heats up.

That megahalem's is awesome. Kept my 2500k real cool.

 

[Nordic]

I just had my windows 8 new windows 8 install fail during install on the h61 celeron. The usb drive is checking OK by every tool I have to check it with. So I am getting a new usb drive.

I am looking at these. That link shows 3 nearly identical adata drives with seperate listings. I was looking at those until I saw the mushkin. I bought a 32gb mushkin pro usb drive awhile back to install linux too, but that didn't work. So far the drive is at the rated speeds and is incredibly reliable. I have been using it for other things. The drive level features like ECC and drive leveling look good for me, along with being a very fast usb drive. It also has a warranty.

 

[Toothless]

GUISE. Good news, awesome news, bad news.

Good news is that I'm probably getting an old desktop, either a Wolfdale Pentium or a 1st gen i3 from a friend. I'll need a HDD to run it as they're keeping theirs and I have a GPU for it HENCE the awesome news as I got the 5870 from Norton's giveaway today. We might see another rig on WCG!

Bad news is that none of the jobs I applied for called back yet. I hope Radio Shack responds.

 

[Norton]

GUISE. Good news, awesome news, bad news.

Good news is that I'm probably getting an old desktop, either a Wolfdale Pentium or a 1st gen i3 from a friend. I'll need a HDD to run it as they're keeping theirs and I have a GPU for it HENCE the awesome news as I got the 5870 from Norton Kreij's giveaway today. We might see another rig on WCG!

Bad news is that none of the jobs I applied for called back yet. I hope Radio Shack responds.

FTFY

Enjoy the card!

Radio Shack? Kinda like applying for a job to sell VCR's ain't it? j/k .... hope you find something decent!