TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[t_ski]

Just listed new stuff for sale, including my Phenom II x4 rig (mobo, CPU and 2x2GB ram) and two 7770's:

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138301

 

[Arjai]

Ready to report...

Am I freaking out? I have had four projects ready to report for about 24 hours now. Be there sumptin' wong?

I've been gone for a bit, but I thought the projects would automatically report when they were done. (?)

7.0.28 on WIN8...to answer the inevitable question.

 

[Norton]

Am I freaking out? I have had four projects ready to report for about 24 hours now. Be there sumptin' wong?

I've been gone for a bit, but I thought the projects would automatically report when they were done. (?)

7.0.28 on WIN8...to answer the inevitable question.

That's a quick thing to fix

*Note- shut down the BOINC Manager before you do this....

Open notepad> copy the text (below)> save file as cc_config.xml
<cc_config>
<options>
<report_results_immediately>1</report_results_immediately>
<use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
</options>
</cc_config>


AND put the file here:

 

[Arjai]

That's a quick thing to fix

*Note- shut down the BOINC Manager before you do this....

Open notepad> copy the text (below)> save file as cc_config.xml
<cc_config>
<options>
<report_results_immediately>1</report_results_immediately>
<use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
</options>
</cc_config>

Will they eventually report w/out this little patch/batch?
AND put the file here:
http://img.techpowerup.org/130520/CC config.jpg

OK but, when I try to save to the BOINC folder...says I need to be or ask the administrator to do this...I thought I WAS the administrator! See, WIN 8 is a bit of a beeatch!! I've been trying to figure out how and where I sign on as ADMIN! So far, no luck!!

**Will they eventually report w/out this little patch/batch?**

 

[Norton]

OK but, when I try to save to the BOINC folder...says I need to be or ask the administrator to do this...I thought I WAS the administrator! See, WIN 8 is a bit of a beeatch!! I've been trying to figure out how and where I sign on as ADMIN! So far, no luck!!

**Will they eventually report w/out this little patch/batch?**

Depends on your settings: set your activity tab to "Network activity always available"

You can also report the work manually by clicking the Update button on the Projects tab in the BOINC Manager...

 

[Arjai]

Depends on your settings: set your activity tab to "Network activity always available"

You can also report the work manually by clicking the Update button on the Projects tab in the BOINC Manager...

That was the ticket!! Thanks, buddy! I knew it was something simple that I had forgotten to check! Cool! Hopefully, that will be all I NEED, for a while! Take Care!!

 

[brandonwh64]

Thank you all for the stuff you do. I have been slacking lower and lower in points to find my unlocked quad had locked up. I am seriously thinking of taking it offline since the board its in is worthless. Only think I can hope for is that GPU WU's come back soon.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

giving my rigs a night off from all the hard crunching

 

[Peter1986C]

Then put the lock back and let it run as X2 again (as you should if you wish for guaranteed stability). Don't blame the board yet, mate.

 

[Jstn7477]

Thank you all for the stuff you do. I have been slacking lower and lower in points to find my unlocked quad had locked up. I am seriously thinking of taking it offline since the board its in is worthless. Only think I can hope for is that GPU WU's come back soon.

lol I'm almost tempted to pick up a cheap Phenom II X3/X4 BE again for my AGP rig as this X3 8550 is pathetic. I'm pretty sure you're talking about that X3 720 BE (which I can't unlock with this board), right? Perhaps I'll entertain some offers if the price is right.

 

[Norton]

lol I'm almost tempted to pick up a cheap Phenom II X3/X4 BE again for my AGP rig as this X3 8550 is pathetic. I'm pretty sure you're talking about that X3 720 BE (which I can't unlock with this board), right? Perhaps I'll entertain some offers if the price is right.

That X3 720 was my old chip and spent time in a bunch of our rigs

 

[brandonwh64]

lol I'm almost tempted to pick up a cheap Phenom II X3/X4 BE again for my AGP rig as this X3 8550 is pathetic. I'm pretty sure you're talking about that X3 720 BE (which I can't unlock with this board), right? Perhaps I'll entertain some offers if the price is right.

Yea I think I got this chip from norton or you but it does unlock well but the board is COMPLETE CRAP. This is the same board I have complained about RMAing so many times. My first thought when I found it locked up was that the VRMs died again...

I may hold out and see what I can come across in a new board more stable VRM board. I also have thought about selling it and atleast buying a FM1/2 so I could have a HTPC again.

If someone had a VERY LOW END FM1/2 setup I would be willing to trade.

 

[Jstn7477]

Yeah, I traded that community X3 720/ your ASUS M3A78-CM/4GB DDR2 and your old Enermax PSU for a bunch of hard drives last year when I was getting rid of all my AMD Phenom stuff. If anyone had a 960T that would be the best thing for this board, but I'm not sure if I want to put that much money in such an old machine that can only run XP x86 (hooray nForce 3's driver fails).

 

[Norton]

Yeah, I traded that community X3 720/ your ASUS M3A78-CM/4GB DDR2 and your old Enermax PSU for a bunch of hard drives last year when I was getting rid of all my AMD Phenom stuff. If anyone had a 960T that would be the best thing for this board, but I'm not sure if I want to put that much money in such an old machine that can only run XP x86 (hooray nForce 3's driver fails).

I have an Athlon II X4 640 that you can have for what I paid for it. That chip should run fine in an older board.

Drop me a PM if interested...

 

[manofthem]

So my dilemma :

My wife is now ragging in me because our FPL bill is getting pretty high. Now that it's getting ridiculously hot here the AC is running a whole lot more, and I think that's playing a pretty significant part.

So last night asked me to shut down the 2 pcs when I'm not using them, and I told her a resounding no. But in order to appease her and my bank account, I may have to shut down one temporarily, just to see how it affects power usage.

I don't know, maybe I won't. It sucks that electric is so expensive. :shadedshu

 

[Norton]

So my dilemma :

My wife is now ragging in me because our FPL bill is getting pretty high. Now that it's getting ridiculously hot here the AC is running a whole lot more, and I think that's playing a pretty significant part.

So last night asked me to shut down the 2 pcs when I'm not using them, and I told her a resounding no. But in order to appease her and my bank account, I may have to shut down one temporarily, just to see how it affects power usage.

I don't know, maybe I won't. It sucks that electric is so expensive. :shadedshu

It's all about balance. I'm dropping down to 2 rigs.... at home! this Summer to keep the heat and power bills lower.

May drop down to one if my main rig doesn't stop throwing BSOD's. I hid the hammer so I don't do anything "impulsive"

 

[Jstn7477]

It's all about balance. I'm dropping down to 2 rigs.... at home! this Summer to keep the heat and power bills lower.

May drop down to one if my main rig doesn't stop throwing BSOD's. I hid the hammer so I don't do anything "impulsive"

My dad just bought a 990FX Extreme4 last week (I picked that board because my mom has my old 8150 with that board and it runs well) as we are ready to take the hammer to my dad's ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3, which I hope is the problem. Any GPUs (AMD or NVIDIA) that I put in there for WCG or F@H "fail" their work units, and the machine reboots and freezes sometimes as well. Swapped the RAM, it's on its 4th power supply, and now we're replacing the board. If it's something else like the stupid SSD he's refusing to format, I'm probably going to pissed off, but that would mean freebie board for me and your Athlon 640 would be right at home lol. We'll find out in a few days if that damn ASUS board is the cause or not.

 

[t_ski]

So my dilemma :

My wife is now ragging in me because our FPL bill is getting pretty high. Now that it's getting ridiculously hot here the AC is running a whole lot more, and I think that's playing a pretty significant part.

So last night asked me to shut down the 2 pcs when I'm not using them, and I told her a resounding no. But in order to appease her and my bank account, I may have to shut down one temporarily, just to see how it affects power usage.

I don't know, maybe I won't. It sucks that electric is so expensive. :shadedshu

I understand, too. I think crunching adds at least $50 to my power bill, and I may be needing that cash soon for a monthly car payment.

 

[Jstn7477]

As much as we all want to run giant crunching farms and whatnot, don't let it consume your life. Other things such as your family, school, etc. should take precedence. Distributed computing should be a hobby that should not do things like piss off your spouse or consume all of your money (it has done this to me quite a few times). My mom's computer no longer does distributed computing because it annoyed her and I obliged, even though there's no way in hell she uses an entire FX-8150 for web browsing, accounting software, etc. Some of us have the capability of running larger amounts of computers than others, and some of us have to downsize sometimes as well (I certainly will be within a month and selling off 3-5 GeForce 400 series GPUs as they are no longer viable for me to run). Don't get me wrong, DC is a great tihng to do, but do it within your limits.

 

[Peter1986C]

That is wording it well, and I will also stop folding on the GPU this week (two clients at the same time is a bad idea in terms of efficient use of the system resources and a period of lower power use could also be nice). I will keep CPU crunching for a few projects and that's it. Maybe during challenges I may make exceptions to that decision, though.

 

[TRWOV]

There's a new cruncher in the block:

10Kppd here I come

This will be it for a while.

 

[librin.so.1]

Oh, You whippersnappers with Your fancy A/C units!

Meanwhile, I get thunderstorms practically daily. Got a very serious one last night. Had to keep all my computers unplugged it also kept me up most of the night as I had to keep watch

There's a new cruncher in the block

Exactly what chip is that? I can see it's an AMD, but it's a bit too blurry to read the label.

 

[TRWOV]

1055t

 

[librin.so.1]

I noticed my HCC badge moved to the bottom of the badge list, which prompted me to check and confirm:

Congratulations for the HCC team in a project well done!

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Up until the gpu units I was running 7 rigs. Since I have dropped down to 4 and have decent output from them. If I pick up a FX8350 I will probably drop another rig.