TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[t_ski]

But but but @t_ski may pass you first.

Not the way Bill keeps expanding and I keep downsizing...

 

[Arjai]

If you're using SCSI drives then you might need to update your drivers. But since you said master/slave I'm guessing you have IDE drives. That is more likely but I figured I'd mention this just in case.

You are right. About five minutes after I wrote that, outside having a smoke, I realized I used the wrong retro term. LOL.

I used like 9.04 or something on my socket A rigs with no issues at all.

I am gonna give 12 a try. Then it's back a number until it works. Hopefully, 12 or 11 is as far as I need to go!!

 

[Norton]

Not the way Bill keeps expanding and I keep downsizing...

More of a co-op between us since I have some of your gear

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

More of a co-op between us since I have some of your gear

Me too I have some of T's gear also. This is true community effort.

 

[t_ski]

...and some of that came from Bill, too. What comes around goes around...

 

[thebluebumblebee]

What comes around goes around...

White elephant?

 

[BUCK NASTY]

@Norton , you still running the 6176 server?

 

[Norton]

@Norton , you still running the 6176 server?

It's idle atm but will be firing up for the Challenge

 

[BUCK NASTY]

It's idle atm but will be firing up for the Challenge

Reasoning.....too much elec consumption?

 

[Norton]

Reasoning.....too much elec consumption?

550w is a little too heavy for my finances atm

Plan to move some rigs around to remote locations once we get a little break in the weather....

 

[twilyth]

It's never going to end. If you're anywhere near Boston, you're going to have snow on the ground into July.

 

[Nordic]

It's never going to end. If you're anywhere near Boston, you're going to have snow on the ground into July.

All the while, the west coast is seeing unseasonably high temperatures. It broke 60f here today. Being used 40f, 60f feels hot.

 

[Peter1986C]

You are right. About five minutes after I wrote that, outside having a smoke, I realized I used the wrong retro term. LOL.

I am gonna give 12 a try. Then it's back a number until it works. Hopefully, 12 or 11 is as far as I need to go!!

The DVD comes with a RAM test, perhaps run that first just in case. Xubuntu and Crunchbang are lighter BTW (albeit he last one has a steeper learning curve).

 

[BUCK NASTY]

550w is a little too heavy for my finances atm

Plan to move some rigs around to remote locations once we get a little break in the weather....

I can relate to the electrical usage. I'm pulling 880w at the wall on the 6180 server

 

[Arjai]

I used like 9.04 or something on my socket A rigs with no issues at all.

Yep. Just walked my way all the way back to 9.04.

It installed very smoothly and now I am running a Memory test, for shits and giggles( I am pretty damn sure the memory is fine but, why not make it positively known?).

Anyway, I should be BOINCing on This 'Ole Comp by tonight, with a new, to her, OS and a long time since her last points!!

I am a bit excited!

Once I get her rolling, I plan to plug in the P4 Cruncher. It was running numbers like butter, on Mint Lisa, before I had to shut 'em all down. So, hopefully, it will be Crunching tonight, also!!

Then, possibly tonight, or tomorrow, I will have another Cruncher going.

She is a Core 2 Duo, that is new to me. It booted right up to XP and the previous owner is Karen, my buddies girlfriend. So, she shall be named after her old owner, Karen. Since I now have a bunch of Ubuntu disks, I plan to walk her through to an eventually smooth install. She is about 10 years newer than This 'Ole Comp and could possibly take 11 or 12 Ubuntu, I hope!

I do need an additional power cord so, Karen may have to wait a day, or two. Since the P4 may be running with the last cord. If I can't get it going, I may just jump in with Karen....

Then, sometime this weekend, I am gonna pick up the MAD Cruncher. That one needs a new HDD and I am not sure where the one @Norton sent me is. It was quite a while ago. But I can pick one up or, possibly steal the Hitachi 250GB out of This 'Ole Comp. I don't really need it in there anymore, since this LappyTop has become my new everyday-er.

So, yea, come Challenge time, I will have my Farm, +2, back and Crunching!!

With a little luck, and a few more bucks, I may have a couple more running, also.

I have another P4 machine and a Celeron D machine, waiting for various parts.

Both need a power supply and the P4 needs a couple memory sticks and an IDE HDD.

The Celeron D, has everything but a power source. It's a T3406 EMachine case that has a funky sized PSU. I am gonna search around online for one and maybe go hit up the BOX Shop, in MPLS, for a $10 dollar PSU and just set it on top of the case!

The P4 is a Compaq Evo case and is also a strange PSU, at least in today's terms!

If nothing else, they will both be Frankenstein-ed with remote PSU's!!

Can't just have them sitting here doing nothing!!

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Thats great Arjai And you should have a another in the works by then.

 

[Arjai]

Thats great Arjai And you should have a another in the works by then.

Well, writing this on This 'Ole Comp but, not in Ubuntu but Linux Mint Lisa 12.

I could not get Ubuntu 9.04 to stop freezing. Mint has had a couple glitches, while updating files that are no longer available but, otherwise has been flawless.

So, looks like it's gonna be Lisa for This 'Ole Comp! Now, to figure out BOINC!!

 

[FireFox]

Hell if I know, I will check the bill when I get home.

Did you find how much you pay?

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Did you find how much you pay?

Forgot LOL I will look tonight when I get home.

 

[Nordic]

If it helps I have really cheap electricity at $0.0877

 

[FireFox]

Forgot LOL I will look tonight when I get home.

it is ok, i can wait

If it helps I have really cheap electricity at $0.0877

that is really cheap, i have to call tomorrow to the company and ask how much we pay.

Btw i got today a Power Meter VOLTCRAFT 4000 Pro and i am testing it with the Laptop Crunching and it says:
after 3 Hours using 60W I have consumed 0.16 Kwh and it cost €0.040.

is €0.040=0.40 cent?

Note: i saw some Bill but i didnt understand a lot but there is written 22,99 Ct/kWh that is too expensive

 

[xvi]

is €0.040=0.40 cent?

 

[FireFox]

why here is so expensive

 

[twilyth]

Yeah, the euro has been taking a beating. There's the prospect of quantitative easing by the ECB which means people will want to move out of the euro and into other currencies like the dollar. There's the stagnation of the major economies in the eurozone. And there is the possibility that Greece will be forced to exit the euro - a Grexit as the financial types like to say.

In the longer term this should be good for Europe since a cheap euro will promote tourism and exports. But it will make imports more expensive.

Here in the US, we have a strengthening dollar which will be a problem for our export sector but good for our balance of trade stats.

 

[ChristTheGreat]

Hey guys, living in the US. I got from newegg.ca a card for nakedwines in the US. A rebate of 100$ for box of wine over 160$, shipping include.. from what the card says.

They don't ship to canada, so I must give it away. and I think, the WCG team, can enjoy it!

Should I make a thread for a random, or first MP gets is? it says 30 days for register and use.. I think.