Who wants to cure disease for team 36362? [Archive] - Page 2

greenwar

05-10-2006, 05:08 AM

As long as you've got the machine ID's set at 1 for the first client & 2 for the second, you should be set; which it sounds like you have sorted already. Are you on the stock cooler for that 805? Mine's a little warm (55c with 2xfah running) so I'm thinking about getting a couple of Artic Freezer 7's this week, put one on the 650 too :D

The farm's looking a bit better now man, I'll update that piccy later 'cos I've got a big windowed chieftec & a P180 case to show off now ;)

My P D seems to run a little hot. At 3400mhz ( I downclocked) with my scythe ninja and a silent yate loon it runs two folding instance at 90% cpu usage at 54C. My pc room is fairly hot so air cooling is pretty inefficient.

Yeah, post some more pictures. I am trying to get another 805 running by getting rid of my mobile celeron setup. Should be able to crank out some more scores then. Man, this folding competition is addictive. :)

jimwah

05-16-2006, 11:07 AM

Finally got round to removing the baad kodak software & got an updated pic off my camera of the mini farm :D [edited post #5 in the 'What have you got folding for XS?' thread]

greenwar

05-16-2006, 03:24 PM

mmhh, Those cases look nice. :) I just included a prescott celeron D and will soon include another prescott celeron D into my small folding firm bringing the numbers to 5 pcs. folding 24/7. I am just curious, how much of a electricity bill hike did you guys notice after fully being dedicated to folding?

Revv23

05-16-2006, 03:39 PM

Well lets see an idle high end pc probably draws 200-250w, and a full load one (no load on GPU) probably sucks 350-400 from the socket. So add three or so bulbs to your bill.

greenwar

05-16-2006, 04:20 PM

Well lets see an idle high end pc probably draws 200-250w, and a full load one (no load on GPU) probably sucks 350-400 from the socket. So add three or so bulbs to your bill.

Hmm, I see. So I should be adding 9-10 bulbs to my bill for the following setups:

none has gpu load

P D 805 - 3 bulbs
Celery D 331 - 2 bulbs
2nd celery D 331 - 2 bulbs
P3 800 - 1 bulb
Mobile celery 2.4 - 1 bulb

9-10 bulbs. :rolleyes:

Bloody_Sorcerer

05-18-2006, 07:01 PM

I'm going to beg to differ on the claims of 350-400 watts from the socket with no GPU load, and say more like 200-250 MAX (250 with maybe say a prescott or similar nuclear meltdown). Think about it: TDP, at least with AMD, is the absolute max power the chip will draw no matter what, even if the sky is falling. so on even the most beastly current AMD chips, thats 115 watts absolute physical maximum - full load is far less. OC it a bit to a lot and it'll still probably be less than 150 watts. RAM will take 7-8 watts per stick at MOST (generous), drives take a few watts, and chipsets take a few watts too. factor in efficiency, and you're at around 200-250 watts for the most power-hungry CPUs out there.
Then again, if you're running a Core Duo, it's more like 50 watts at the wall full load.

also, who has 100+ watt light bulbs? O_O

greenwar

05-19-2006, 03:41 AM

Yeah, I wish I didnt do impulse buying and got some amd cpus instead of my Prescott celerons. Now I can understand why enterprises are moving to using opterons (Hehe rather experiancing it first hand) .

eXa

05-29-2006, 03:38 AM

i am folding. but not for XS, sorry. im folding for a norwegian team since i am norwegian. besides, it seemes like the focus is on D2OL anyways...

sc00p

05-29-2006, 08:30 AM

I'd say my focus is at your avatar ;)

And seriously... that won't stop me from folding this team beeing overlooked so often.

Servin247365

08-09-2006, 07:00 PM

I have 12 systems so far i am adding to theteam and growing at a strong pace

jimwah

08-10-2006, 12:42 AM

Great to have you onboard Servin :banana:

:wtf:

btw: put the link to your sig inside a pair of image tags to get it to display, like so link_to_sig

sc00p

08-10-2006, 03:18 AM

I have 12 systems so far i am adding to theteam and growing at a strong pace
You have nice opportunity to overtake... for example jimwah... LOL :toast:

Xefier

08-10-2006, 09:19 PM

Just added F@H for 36362 for my new Core 2 Duo rig, stress testing and curing disease :)

sc00p

08-10-2006, 09:45 PM

:welcome: :toast: Welcome to the team XeFier :)

Hound53

08-15-2006, 03:28 AM

Moved my folding over here Saturday, 3 machines all single processor. I don't run 24/7 because of the heat/storms at this time of the year. A64 3000+ @ 295x9,a P4 3.0 stock and a P4 1.7 stock. As soon as the insanity calms down the P4 1.7 will be replaced with a Oc'ed E6400 or E6600

Big Deel

08-15-2006, 06:26 AM

jimwah

08-15-2006, 09:01 AM

stress testing and curing disease :)

That's the way to do it :D Welcome Xefier & Hound53, great to see some C2D's making they're way into the f@H team too.

LordofDoom

08-16-2006, 06:47 PM

Hey guys, I've been a member here for some time (but don't post often), and I've decided to join your team. At this very seccond, I'm folding with a 2.8ghz pentium 4 PC and a 1.9ghz Athlon XP 2600 PC. I'll probably be doing this also when I get my Opty 165 rig up, running, and OC'd. Peace out guys, gl folding, glad I can help :)
-Satan

LordofDoom

08-16-2006, 06:51 PM

Alright, about to add a laptop with a Pentium 740M to the folding craze :) Glad to help.
-Satan

[XC] moddolicous

08-16-2006, 07:39 PM

welcome lordofdoom. Make sure you run 2 instances on that 165 (and on that 2.8ghz pentium 4 if it has HT).

LordofDoom

08-16-2006, 08:02 PM

welcome lordofdoom. Make sure you run 2 instances on that 165 (and on that 2.8ghz pentium 4 if it has HT).
Sorry, it's a 478 (correct # right?). No HT for it! And the 165 isn't up yet, but looking forward to 3.0ghz dual-core OC'ing.

Polygon

08-19-2006, 03:15 AM

Heya Guys,

Just set up my machine and am now folding for XS. :woot:

I am using 2 instances of the console client on my conroe system. They are in two different directories with two different machine numbers.

The odd thing is, theyr'e both working on the same project. Is it supposed to do this? :confused:

jimwah

08-19-2006, 07:11 AM

Howdy LordOfDoom & Polygon :wave:

Sounds like you've got the setup right Polygon, so I'd guess they are working on proteins with the same project number - although these aren't identical & you'll get credit for both. I ran four instances on my dual xeon which was often runnning 2 or 3 Work Units with the same project number at a time.

Looking at your stats (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&teamnum=36362&username=Polygon) I can see 2 cpu's have appeared - so it all looks good.

LordofDoom

08-19-2006, 07:27 AM

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=LordofDoom

My stats. Only says 2 proc's because my laptop is at the office and not folding ATM.

Polygon

08-19-2006, 09:40 AM

Awesome stuff!! :woot:

Thanks alot Jimwah.

dcsfd

08-19-2006, 05:41 PM

Hi everyone, well this is my first post,after reading Xtreme forum for quite a long time now.Anyway, I just added myself in the xtreme team for folding.
After getting so many infomations in this forum , it's my turn to give something back here. I have been folding for quite a while now ;) .
my stats (http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=dcsfd) .
The non gaming rigg is folding almost 24/7 while the gaming rigg is folding when I'm not gaming with.

LordofDoom

08-19-2006, 09:05 PM

Cue massive flow of new members... now!

sc00p

08-20-2006, 11:05 AM

:welcome: to Hound53, LordofDoom, Polygon and dcsfd :toast:

Great to see some spark at the team :cool:

Good karma for folders... and we are now at better pace :p:

GAM

09-13-2006, 04:47 PM

Joined.

P4@3.2Ghz now dedicated to the task 24/7. I'll look into devoting idle and sleep time on main rig too (also on 24/7).

Have always been intrigued by this, glad I have finally taken the plunge.

pythagoras

09-13-2006, 05:13 PM

Thanks and welcome to the team:toast: . At this rate top 100 will be ours by Christmas:D

Regards

John.

GAM

09-13-2006, 05:54 PM

How/how long before my username is recognised? i.e., placing GAM in the sig stats produces 'user not found' (or similar). 'GAM' is the username I specified during (console) config/run.

I'm not expecting to see any user scores because nothing is finished, but I thought the username would be recognised and are wondering whether I missed something.

eXa

09-13-2006, 06:12 PM

you have to deliver a finished WU before username is recognised....

GAM

09-13-2006, 06:34 PM

you have to deliver a finished WU before username is recognised....
Thanks.

'Completed 40,000 out of 500,000 steps (8)'

In this case, is the WU comprised of 500,000 steps? And is this size a typical example?

sc00p

09-14-2006, 06:55 AM

'Completed 40,000 out of 500,000 steps (8)'

In this case, is the WU comprised of 500,000 steps? And is this size a typical example?If you mean pointswise... how much you're going to be credited for what project and how long it going to take totally.
For example I've now: (project 1495) 125000 steps, 364 points, 1% = 1250 steps. (project 2409) 250000 steps, 600 points, 1% =2500 steps (<-final deadline 82 days ;)).
Then again: (project 2096) 400000 steps, 178 points, 1% =4000 steps. So cannot make much of conclusions from quantity of steps.

GAM

09-14-2006, 07:21 AM

If you mean pointswise... how much you're going to be credited for what project and how long it going to take totally.
For example I've now: (project 1495) 125000 steps, 364 points, 1% = 1250 steps. (project 2409) 250000 steps, 600 points, 1% =2500 steps (<-final deadline 82 days ;)).
Then again: (project 2096) 400000 steps, 178 points, 1% =4000 steps. So cannot make much of conclusions from quantity of steps.
Yes, I see. Your examples essentially answered the question.

Now that I have kicked off the main machine (D805 for the moment) for its 'overnight' session I see that it is processing each of its 250,000 steps significantly slower than each of the P4e 3Ghz's 500,000 steps. I.e., no correlation between the size/effort of the steps of each project.

Cheers. ...folding away..........

SparkyJJO

09-14-2006, 04:05 PM

welcome everyone :wtf:

I recently had my PSU fan in the one computer blow out :( Sudden horrendous grinding noise and the fan rpms can't have been more than 50 or so. I temporarily put a case fan in its place until I can get back to my stash of fans to replace it so it is up and running again.

Currently I have these systems folding :fact:

A64 3700+ @ 2.86GHz with 2GB RAM
A64 2800+ with 512MB RAM
P4 2.8GHz with 384MB RAM
duron 1.2GHz with 256MB of RAM
P3 750MHz (the one the fan blew out in) with 256MB RAM

I hope to have 2 more folding soon, a celeron 1.5GHz with 256MB RAM and some other random P3 that I have no idea the specs on and don't even know if it works right. Hopefully it does though.

fold on :wtf: :woot:

jimwah

09-15-2006, 01:17 AM

Its always a bit of a worry when a PSU fan fails, I've had it happen to me but there was no noise, just a worrying smoky smell which took some tracking down.

Interesting mix of machines SparkyJJO, are they all stacked up in a room or spread around at friends/family homes? There's a thread with piccies of some of the folders around here somewhere, dig it out & post a photo of your setup, I need to update my photos too since I moved; looks more organised here now.

Btw The old 10x100 & 11x100 celerons I've had both worked at 133mhz bus iirc. Might be worth a go on the one you've got if its not 133 bus default.

SparkyJJO

09-15-2006, 04:41 AM

2 of them are at home (the A64 2800+ and the P4) because they are the family PC and a server. The rest of the functional ones are with me in my dorm room.

I call it the "poor man's setup" :p: Pretty much I spent all my money building my main system (the fastest one of course) and then found out about XS and F@H. Ever since then I've been scrounging up random parts to build folding computers. Since I'm in school and college is expensive I can't afford to build really nice systems like some people here :( But I try my best :)

jimwah

09-15-2006, 08:10 AM

Well there's only so much stuff you can jam in a dorm room, my room at uni was big enough for a small bed, a desk, & enough room to squeeze between the two :hehe:

Keep searching & scrounging man, you let the right people know that you'll happily take old computer parts, eventually someone will hand over something decent free of charge. Most of the stuff I get is junk, but yesterday a friend gave me some bits that are worth holding onto:

-Chenbro 611 Tower Case
-Blown GB motherboard, ok well thats junk
-P4 478, turns out its a 2.66/533 chip ;)
-Zalmann Northbridge heatsink

Fold on :D

SparkyJJO

09-15-2006, 04:08 PM

Well there's only so much stuff you can jam in a dorm room, my room at uni was big enough for a small bed, a desk, & enough room to squeeze between the two :hehe:
Well space isn't a problem, this room is actually fairly big. I think I'd trip the circuit breaker to my room before I run out of space for the systems :lol:
Keep searching & scrounging man, you let the right people know that you'll happily take old computer parts, eventually someone will hand over something decent free of charge.
Oh yes I'm always scrounging up stuff :D

SparkyJJO

09-15-2006, 05:13 PM

lol I just found out what CPU this one system has, it has a VIA 650MHz! Is that even going to have enough guts to make it worthwhile to fold?

vaio

09-15-2006, 05:52 PM

I would say no.........not til deadlineless are back.
My Duron 800 got one of those slow 2124's and is still running it a month later :eek:

GAM

09-16-2006, 02:40 AM

Er.... ooops. :slap:

I thougth user names were case-sensitive. I have just completed my first WU with a couple more on their way. I specified the right team, but when I checked the stats page, it is indicating that the user 'GAM' has used 'more than one team'. The stats page indicates seperate points for different teams but implies the one username.

When I searched and checked for a username I entered 'GAM'. I noticed 'Gam' and 'gam' and assumed they were different and that usernmes were case-sensitive.

Can someone please confirm whether this is true and that I should change my username to something unique or is the username case-sensitive and the details will sort themselves out in time?

Advice appreciated.

Cheers

sc00p

09-16-2006, 03:02 AM

You have no problem at all with your username... as there wasn't already anybody named GAM in our team 36362... in the case if there had been: you would have been contributing to him or you will have combined nice little team together.
Simple enough... I could name to my client GAM... so I would be helping you :)

GAM

09-16-2006, 07:06 AM

Thanks sc00p.

I panicked. Everything has registered properly now. See....
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php?un=GAM&t=36362
:D

sc00p

09-17-2006, 09:29 PM

@gam: :toast: one of those to cool you down... that you got nice start IC :clap:

@servin247365: YGPM :)

GAM

09-17-2006, 09:45 PM

Like everything else in this site and all its subject matter... this is another addiction I don't really need :rolleyes: . At least this one is for a good cause. ;)

On target for another 1500pts/3 WUs in the next two days.

Thanks and bottoms up :toast:

GAM

09-22-2006, 06:22 PM

Can anyone offer any suggestions here, completed work unit cannot be sent.

Log entry:
[22:50:01] + Attempting to send results
[22:50:22] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[22:50:22] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
[22:50:22] (171.65.103.162:8080)
[22:50:22] - Error: Could not transmit unit 03 (completed September 22) to work server.

It has sent one previously but for some can't send this time.

Note, hard/soft firewalls seem to be configured correctly.

Welcome suggestions.

mike047

09-23-2006, 03:19 AM

GAM

09-23-2006, 06:16 AM

Yeah, got new work and have since submitted more results with more in queue. I'll stop worrying ;)

GAM

09-25-2006, 03:30 PM

Movin' on up, I'm movin' on up... :bananal:

I've broken the 100 barrier to be ranked 92 for Team 36362
:woot: :YIPPIE: :woot:

Sorry if the post offends anyone, I couldn't help myself :rolleyes:

I had a couple of big unsubmitted WU's dated 23/24 Sept. that I finally managed to force into submission :cord:
Not reflected in sig yet...

Rmc[AZ]

09-26-2006, 11:16 PM

New folder here... I used to be part of a small team with a couple friends, but everyone bailed so I decided to join XS.

I'm already in the top 100 (right behind you GAM... watch out ;) ) and expect to be in the top 50 in a couple weeks or less. I currently have my newest machine (E6600 @ 3.4) folding as well as a P4 3.0 Northwood. This Conroe is a beast... I was pumping out some of p1495 at a 1450 ppd clip on one core... too bad I only got a couple of those.

When the PS3 comes out and if its all its hyped up to be, i'll throw one of those on for the team also. Its going to have to put out about 10,000 ppd or more by itself for me to buy one though.

Looks like we've got some new active members on it, so I expect we'll be in the top 100 soon. Keep up the good work guys. :)

GAM

09-26-2006, 11:34 PM

']New folder here... I used to be part of a small team with a couple friends, but everyone bailed so I decided to join XS.

I'm already in the top 100 (right behind you GAM... watch out ;) ) and expect to be in the top 50 in a couple weeks or less. I currently have my newest machine (E6600 @ 3.4) folding as well as a P4 3.0 Northwood. This Conroe is a beast... I was pumping out some of p1495 at a 1450 ppd clip on one core... too bad I only got a couple of those.

When the PS3 comes out and if its all its hyped up to be, i'll throw one of those on for the team also. Its going to have to put out about 10,000 ppd or more by itself for me to buy one though.

Looks like we've got some new active members on it, so I expect we'll be in the top 100 soon. Keep up the good work guys. :)
Rmc, it's on!

I'm very new to folding, never done it before this, so I am still getting used to it all. Made some tweaks here and there, moving directories around getting things all nice and sorted.

Anyway, those ppd figures you mentioned seem incredible. If am talking about the same thing i.e., 'benchmarks' in FAHmon, then the best have on my end is from the e6400 which is 532.79 ppd. Most are 1-200 ppd. So I wouldn't mind some more details on this, please?

I was panicking on XS's behalf until now because I noticed we had slipped back to team rank 111!!! I notice now it's moved again to 108 from the previous 109. Thankfully.

On a side note, I don't know if other have experienced this problem since the server switch but I could not log in. "Max. Failed Login Attempts". I couldn't even get to the forum from the main XS site. I gave my bro my details and he could log straight in. Anyway, it seems the url port or such has changed which totally defeated me. I thought I had been infiltrated. I disconncted everything, changed modems, virus scans etc.... What a nightmare. It was bad enough not having access and getting my 'fix' for two days let alone this when I can see others happily online. Oh well, relieved now that I can get my 'shot' ;)

Rmc[AZ]

09-27-2006, 12:03 AM

I was also stunned when I got a Project 1495 WU... It was worth 364 points I think, and I was pumping them out in 6 hours flat (1436 ppd in FahMon) on one core while the other core was busy with some other WUs. Either the Conroe is particularly fast with the calculations in that project, or the points system was messed up, because I don't get nearly that high with other projects.

Currently i'm running a 2411 and a 2124... The 2411 is worth 600 points and is going to end up taking just over 24 hours (595.18 ppd in FahMon). The 2124 is worth 396 points and will take considerably longer... nearly 36 hours I think (233 ppd in FahMon). So the points vary by a lot, and it seems to be luck of the draw with how many points you will get.

On my Northwood I got 2 WUs (2130 and 2143) that will take nearly 13 days each. :( One of them has 50,000,000 steps I believe.

GAM

09-27-2006, 12:37 AM

']I was also stunned when I got a Project 1495 WU... It was worth 364 points I think, and I was pumping them out in 6 hours flat (1436 ppd in FahMon) on one core while the other core was busy with some other WUs. Either the Conroe is particularly fast with the calculations in that project, or the points system was messed up, because I don't get nearly that high with other projects.

Currently i'm running a 2411 and a 2124... The 2411 is worth 600 points and is going to end up taking just over 24 hours (595.18 ppd in FahMon). The 2124 is worth 396 points and will take considerably longer... nearly 36 hours I think (233 ppd in FahMon). So the points vary by a lot, and it seems to be luck of the draw with how many points you will get.

On my Northwood I got 2 WUs (2130 and 2143) that will take nearly 13 days each. :( One of them has 50,000,000 steps I believe.
Completed a 2411-528.98ppd avg. Don't remember how long it took, but from memory it was quick compared with others.
Looks like we have similar setups:
-Allendale a6400 @ 3.2 - 2 cores when I don't need performance, like now (avg 12hrs a day)
-Prescott @ 3.0 - 2 threads 24/7 mostly.
-D805 @ 2.66 - 1 core 18/7

I might pip you though with the D805 (htpc) which I am only running one core at a time until I can fix the cooling/noise issues. It's made up of spare parts and a crap AU$40 case that sings with the crap fans ;) Also crap HSF (see sig). Running stock and even so 2 cores push it straight to 67c and starts to throttle and make a 'helluva' racket in the living room ;)

ps. Congats, you've hit 100! :toast:

jimwah

09-27-2006, 01:12 AM

GAM

09-27-2006, 01:20 AM

:wave: Welcome Rmc[AZ] :wave: Nice rigs you guys, enjoy battling your way up the charts :D

GAM, I've got an AC Freezer 7 Pro on my 805 (with the same mobo as you too) & it's at 3.6Ghz iirc & pretty quiet, I forget the load temps but it's a good cooler for little cash. Got one on my e6300 too.
Thanks for the tip, jimwah! I can get one of those at a local place down the road too. This is way off topic, so I apologise... but the Zalman FS-C77 Fatality is a way overpriced piece of dog doo. (bought in haste :( ) I was thinking the stock cooler probably performs better, but then it did do a reasonable job on the E6400 for a few weeks, so the case cooling and D805 combo does have a bit to do with it.

Back on topic: We got a long ways to go yet to catch you jimwah!!! ;) (You don't display details in your sig so I had to look you up - Ranked 12th with 70k+... nice!)

jimwah

09-27-2006, 01:32 AM

If I get a chance later I'll check out my 805 under some load later & PM you the kind of temps I'm getting, it just does a bit of gaming at the moment. Best thing about the AC7's is the mounting, pretty much the same as the stock coolers.

Keep on folding, now's your chance to make some progress on me - my resources are diverted for the near future on another XS project, don't :slapass: me too bad, I'll be back soon - I've gotta catch sc00p @ 170k somehow :eek:

GAM

09-27-2006, 01:44 AM

hehe :D 4k to 70k or even 140k is no contest ;)

[edit] I just realised, you ARE showing your stats. I didn't even realise that that sig showed multiple stats :slap:

Rmc[AZ]

09-27-2006, 03:03 AM

Dropped to 101... lol. Oh well, i'll have at least 996 points coming in tomorrow. :)

Once you get that 805 running full steam you will be tough to beat for sure. ;)

I was wondering if there are any real stats out there as to exactly how fast the PS3 or a given ATI card will fold at as compared to the standard client. It says on the FAQ that both of them should be able to achieve 100 GFLOPS, but this means nothing to me as I have no idea how many GFLOPS im putting out right now... I'm trying to get an idea of how much getting a PS3 will increase my production. Any info would be appreciated. :)

GAM

09-27-2006, 03:54 AM

']Dropped to 101... lol. Oh well, i'll have at least 996 points coming in tomorrow. :)

Just gained another 702pts ;) Ranked 87! :p:

']
Once you get that 805 running full steam you will be tough to beat for sure. ;):)
Maaaate, this is what we need... SOME PLAYFUL COMPETITION!!! :D (well, i'll speak for myself, anyway)

']
I was wondering if there are any real stats out there as to exactly how fast the PS3 or a given ATI card will fold at as compared to the standard client. It says on the FAQ that both of them should be able to achieve 100 GFLOPS, but this means nothing to me as I have no idea how many GFLOPS im putting out right now... I'm trying to get an idea of how much getting a PS3 will increase my production. Any info would be appreciated. :)
Good question.

Also, will my 7600gt/7600gs be able to contribute?

jimwah

09-27-2006, 04:40 AM

Most of the recent posts in the folding forum have strayed off-course onto the subject of GPU folding, have a sift through. I think we came to the aggrement that ATi 1x00 cards were likely to be the only ones eligable for now I'm afraid GAM.

In terms of production, the folding capability is gonna be very impressive, quite how Stanford will award points for these cards will be interesting to see; could be depressing for others if ATi card owners start soaring up the charts (less depressing for me 'cos I have 1900GT ;) ). I'll stop now & try to avoid hijacking another thread :slapass:

GAM

09-27-2006, 04:43 AM

My fears come true. Always been an nVidia advocate. :(

SparkyJJO

09-27-2006, 09:53 AM

welcome Rmc[AZ] :wave:

Well guys I have another system folding now, a celeron 2.5GHz I patched back together (mobo + PSU replacement). It is on its first WU - 2134, 381 points, 12%, 4 days left. Amazing how much faster my 3700+ @ 2.86 GHz is, it crunches that same WU in half that time.

This now makes a total of 6 CPUs crunching for XS :toast:

This is such an addiction now but I have no money to spend on some "real" folding systems :( O well, 6 systems isn't bad for someone who has no money, even if half of them aren't the fastest things around :)

GAM

09-27-2006, 01:34 PM

Way to go SparkyJJO! :toast:

This whole place screams addiction. I was having withdrawals while the site was down :slobber:

ps. I've tweaked my avatar, you like?

revlimiter9000

09-27-2006, 02:11 PM

Glad to see more people folding for 36362. :D You guys/gals make me so da*n proud to be apart of XS (yet another reason). :toast:

GAM

09-27-2006, 02:16 PM

Glad to see more people folding for 36362. :D You guys/gals make me so da*n proud to be apart of XS (yet another reason). :toast:
:p:

Just leaped you buddy ;) Get that pride workin' and kick some cores into gear. We gotta' break 100!

That applies to all 36362 members, more cores/threads/hours!!!

SparkyJJO

09-27-2006, 02:37 PM

Way to go SparkyJJO! :toast:

This whole place screams addiction. I was having withdrawals while the site was down :slobber:

ps. I've tweaked my avatar, you like?
Same here. I have a button at the top of firefox for XS to make it easily accessible and I kept clicking it all that night and the next day muttering "please please please......!" I couldn't stand it :p:

Nice tweak! :thumbsup:

Wow looking at your stats at that rate you're gonna pass me here in not much time. Gotta get more CPUs going.... *digs through parts*

jimwah

09-28-2006, 01:04 AM

ps. I've tweaked my avatar, you like?

Subtle tweak, looks good GAM :)

Keep the competition up guys, good to see new members gettin bitten by the DC bug :wtf:

Rmc[AZ]

09-28-2006, 04:23 AM

Slipped into the 92nd spot... and GAM's avatar change spurred me to change mine as well...

Essentially for the next week and a half I will only be running my Core 2 Duo machine as my P4 is busy doing 2 work units that won't finish for 12-13 more days... unfortunately I keep getting massive work units that take forever to finish... i'm not liking the -advmethods option so far. I got two of the same large WU's on my P4 and my Core 2 Duo... p2133 I believe. P4 will take nearly 2 weeks... the Core 2 Duo will take 2 days!

GAM

09-28-2006, 05:23 AM

Rmc[AZ] (please spell out the pronunciation for your username, I have trouble everytime I read it. Slows my brain down :hm: If you tell me how to say it, my efficiency will improve) [edit - :slap: I just worked it out. Doh. Rmc of Arizona!!! Don't know what 'Rmc' stands for, but that doesn't matter so much anymore]

:up: Way to fold mate! There's some softies around the 100, eh? Not trying to take anything away from you (or them, sounding like a bit of a-hole, sorry), but I seemed to slip through those 10 or so pos' in a couple of days too. Tells me there's some stagnation there. Folders! :trumpets:

Re proc. performance, my P4e takes a hell of a lot longer to process too. I dropped the -advmethods just yesterday (or was that this morning :confused: ). It just finished a 4096/159pts after 4 days on one thread. I also reinstated an initial WU from an original dir location from 14-Sep and it's not due until 1-Oct (2057/159pts). The performance of this 6400 over these older P4s (and the d805 too for that matter) is very significant.
[edit: 12-13 days! :eek: wtf? Something's wrong there isn't right? Experts?]

Great avatar! Love your work.;) Quite nicely present compared to my subtle one (intentional, but I did want it a little 'less' subtle-will revisit again one day ;) ).

Guys/Gals (first couple anyway, I'll tire after that), give me a pic and a protein sample and I will try and weave some magic while I procrastinate over my next guide and mod research.

Folders!!! :trumpets:

ps. sorry for rambling :slapass:

sc00p

09-28-2006, 06:14 AM

GAM

09-28-2006, 06:19 AM

Hey'ya everyone... I'm able to post again at forums :rolleyes:
This is 6th machine I'm trying and yes... I felt lucky and what a success :rolleyes:
Not able to log in at home or work :rolleyes: (everything tried-> wrong password comes everytime :rolleyes: )
So wisiting my sister was worthfull in many ways (and almost last hope :rolleyes:)... means then not going to post too much for now on... as the distance to my sister's is a bit long :rolleyes:
Heya sc00p, if you haven't already, check this thread and make necessary corrections: http://xtremesystems.org:16080/forums/showthread.php?t=117329

Basically, open port 16080! (at least until it is fixed or decided to be kept as it is)

jimwah

09-28-2006, 06:26 AM

Thought you'd been quiet man ;) Shame about the problems, I couldn't get in for a while today when I cleared cookies & somehow exceeded my login attempt count :shrug: YGPM

sc00p

09-28-2006, 06:33 AM

Mates... :)

You are the most appreciated guys on earth if that was it...

...but somehow not feeling too lucky... I was trying to log in at home "pants down" (=every phucking firewalls down-> not working :( )

Oh well... sisters machine IS a wormbox... haven't ever heard about firewalls LOL

GAM

09-28-2006, 06:40 AM

Trust me here, open port 16080 and use this address to login (bin' there and dunnit... now hairless and poorer): http://xtremesystems.org:16080/forums/index.php

sc00p

09-28-2006, 07:14 AM

Trust me here, open port 16080 and use this address to login (been there and dunnit... now hairless and poorer): http://xtremesystems.org:16080/forums/index.php
OK... starting to believe :D

Don't now when back home... if it's tomorrow (friday) and I got it kicking alive... I will need first :hitself: and then secondly several :toast2: and third maybe it's wise (or obliged) to quiet down :hm:. Today gonna "spam" as hell :toast: like last day left for life ;) j/k

Wan't to say... it's very nice to have you GAM at forums. You bring liveliness here, very much welcomed thing. Keep it going.

Then welcome Rmc[AZ] (went that right from my memory?). It's almost crucial to have some friendly competiveness amongst folders for the success it brings to our team, down the line:)

@jimwah my mate... noticed I'm flying at stats with some orange, second highest ppd/24avg at team :fact: You're not going to overtake me "soon enough"... you go and spread machines... too much;) J/k again... almost every dcing is worthy... but you know how biased I am :D (and grazy:rofl: )

@sparkyJJO... if you would know what kind of crap machines I'm folding with you'd be suprised... so every piece of equipment is not for looking down. Grab it and fire it up. Well that goes for every folder at team 36362:guitar:

Last thing at this post:
this livelyness at f@h_ forums bring right on warmth breeze to heart... jimwah knows that how I've had bad days... so great dcing project and great forums but this section been so quiet :confused:
I really hope there has been change for better for good :rocker: (not to give any pressure to anybody ;))

Been always proud to be member of this team... now more than ever :cool:
(I'm babling I know LOL)

jimwah

09-28-2006, 07:47 AM

@jimwah my mate... noticed I'm flying at stats with some orange, second highest ppd/24avg at team :fact: You're not going to overtake me "soon enough"... you go and spread machines... too much;) J/k again... almost every dcing is worthy... but you know how biased I am :D (and grazy:rofl: )

I noticed that too mate - very sexy graph you have at the moment, up, up & away well into the orange :D Make the most of it friend 'cos I will be back - with a vengeance !1!!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/jandz/Die_Hard_Vengeance.jpg

sc00p

09-28-2006, 08:09 AM

I noticed that too mate - very sexy graph you have at the moment, up, up & away well into the orange :D Make the most of it friend 'cos I will be back - with a vengeance !1!!
:eek: Smells like team spirit :D
The race is on :toast: :sonic: :up: :fight:
If I go :nuts: and by some new stuff soon :woot: (because you might run me into it :slap: :D )

SparkyJJO

09-28-2006, 12:23 PM

@sparkyJJO... if you would know what kind of crap machines I'm folding with you'd be suprised... so every piece of equipment is not for looking down. Grab it and fire it up. Well that goes for every folder at team 36362:guitar:

Yeah I might just fire up that old VIA 650MHz CPU, at least it could work on some of those small WU's until I get a faster functional s370 intel CPU. I got a 900MHz P3 for it but the CPU is apparently bad, it won't POST :(

After all, I gotta keep crunching more and more if I want to keep a few certain members here from passing me :banana:

I realized I have -advmethods flag AND BigWUs set on my 750MHz P3 :eek: It got a work unit over a week ago and is still working on it with about 10 days left :rolleyes: It'll complete well before the preferred deadline (November sometime) but still it doesn't do much for my PPD

GAM

09-28-2006, 02:55 PM

Maybe my mum doesn't need my old old p4s8sx/p4 2.53 after all ;) (Sitting in a box of parts waiting to be put back together)

ps. Server/URL/Port issue seems to be rectified. Just I had to log in using the old url, sans :16080

SparkyJJO

09-28-2006, 04:44 PM

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/SparkyJJO/VIACPU.jpg

I knew that VIA CPU's were slow but I guess this explains why. No L2 cache! I don't know how they can claim it is comparable in performance to an intel 1GHz. Outright lie I tell you :slap:

I thought maybe this CPU could do some small WUs but without any L2 cache is it even possible? :confused:
Maybe I'll put win98 on this system and use it for a DOS box for old PC games... Heck I don't even know if this CPU could do that :p:

sc00p

09-28-2006, 08:38 PM

GAM

09-28-2006, 08:48 PM

I'm tempted to say... forget that Samuel LOL...
...maybe it's good playing Solitaire and other games that comes with windows.

BTW Nice work GAM: whole xs community has to thank you resolving the prob with log in/ports :)
Thanks Mate! But even diligently keeping an eye out for new posts about the issue, I've noticed today that I missed a few ;)

BTW Folding will reduce this weekend, I have a heap of new toys and mods to do on all three machines!!! :woot:

SparkyJJO

09-29-2006, 05:29 AM

I'm tempted to say... forget that Samuel LOL...
...maybe it's good playing Solitaire and other games that comes with windows.

BTW Nice work GAM: whole xs community has to thank you resolving the prob with log in/ports :)
ya I'm thinking the same thing. Until I get a CPU for this thing I'm not even gonna try running F@H on it.

I don't think I'll even use it for a DOS box actually, the onboard video sucks to the point that there is some aweful noise in the video, like a TV channel not tuned in right or something.... ick

Maybe I'll look for a whole different mobo/CPU combo for it. Maybe :bsod: the old parts, or run that CPU with no HSF and see if it :smoke: somehow I doubt that it has any thermal protection on it if it doesn't even have L2 cache :lol2:

jimwah

09-29-2006, 06:34 AM

Good work helping with the port problems GAM, glad the 16080 has gone now; let us konw how the modding goes ;)

@SparkyJJO that Samuel does look pretty weak :p: I rarely say it but...that CPU is useless! I'd ship you some of my socket 370 kit if it wouldn't cost me more than its worth, I've got ~2gig of PC133 & about 5ghz of old chips sat around here!

I'd be interested to see if the via even gets hot enough to toast itself, or if it has thermal protection of any kind - doubt it. Have fun torturing it :D

Big Deel

09-29-2006, 07:38 AM

ya I'm thinking the same thing. Until I get a CPU for this thing I'm not even gonna try running F@H on it.........
I have a socket 370 intel 800eb chip and I live close to you.Pm me and we can work something out.

GAM

09-29-2006, 01:33 PM

78... :wiggle:

SparkyJJO

09-29-2006, 05:54 PM

dang it, fold3 is down, I just got it up a couple days ago too :( Been running fine then all of a sudden today it froze twice and rebooted once. I think it may be the generic PSU in there but I can't test it until after the weekend (to borrow a DMM from school's lab).
Software sensors are crap, they read +12V @ 4V, +5V @ 2V - you get the idea. Temp sensors I don't know if they are accurate at all, the CPU one maxes out at about 48-49*C but the mobo sensor is all over the place, 58*C one second 23*C the next and anywhere in between.

Running SP2004 right now, I reseated RAM and power on the mobo, if it tests out I'll reactivate F@H but until then it makes no sense to keep crashing it.

Rmc[AZ]

09-29-2006, 07:22 PM

78... :wiggle:

I just rolled into 83rd, and got another fast p1495 coming up... (6 hour fold.) Watch your back... ;) :p:

@SparkyJJO... too bad about your folding box... hopefully you get it back up soon. :)

hoax

09-30-2006, 12:02 AM

hello,

I havent done any folding before but I was reading about it and I would like to get involved.

Still upgrading my current pc but right now its running a presler @ 3.9. would it help the team if I joined?

I am not sure how often I could keep it running but I am guessing something around 8 to 10 hours a day.

thanks in advance
hoax

SparkyJJO

09-30-2006, 12:34 AM

hello hoax
of course, it would help the team. Every CPU counts :) Well, aside from crappy ones like that VIA samuel I have :lol2:

hoax

09-30-2006, 01:13 AM

Hello SparkyJJO,

Thanks for the reply. So can I start folding? I already downloaded the application, but I dont want to start until you guys tell me its ok.

thanks
hoax

SparkyJJO

09-30-2006, 01:25 AM

Certainly, you don't really need our permission to do so

hoax

09-30-2006, 01:32 AM

Sorry, I was worried about joining since I never done it before. But its now running, I just need to learn how to tweak it.

Thanks for the help
hoax

GAM

09-30-2006, 01:41 AM

@Rmc, :shock2:,
Hey... Rmc! What's that there, up ahead of you.... :moon:
...oh yeah, it's me :hehe:

Bring it on, buddy, this is a good weekend to catch up ;) ...oh, and btw, :wtf:

@Spark'sta, mate... You're safe, don't worry, take it easy... :hehe: You don't need to stress yourself with that old thing. ;)

@hoax, sorry buddy, please don't mind my antics. I am having fun with these guys.

Welcome to the TEAM! :thumps:
That presler is going to contribute heaps. (Way more that some things some other people here are desperately scrounging togehter :horse:
I'm new to folding too. It's all for a good cause, it's fun, it's additive and most importantly, it's contributing something back to society for the benefit of everyone... Do it! Do it! (think current Starsky and Hutch movie ;).)

On another note, shopping all morning (screws, bolts, nuts, bits n bobs) :D, then sidetracked by AFL Grand Final... we lost. :(
So, no mod'gress today :shrug:

jimwah

09-30-2006, 04:54 AM

Hey hoax & welcome :wave:

Remember to enter the team number 36362 to contribute the points to our team. It's pretty safe just to keep the default configuration at the moment, from what I read some of the tweaks are getting worse work units in general.

Shame about the celery rig dying SparkyJJO, sounds like it's either the PSU freaking out or maybe the motherboard...hope its just the PSU man. Good luck getting it sorted.

GAM

09-30-2006, 01:32 PM

:eek2: Holly sh:banana::banana: Rmc[AZ]! I just checked stats, you're currently at 78! (me 76) Only about 300 pts behind me! :nuts: :brick:

:wtf: man!

What have you recruited to the cause?

[edit: I just went desperatley seeking 'unsent WU's'. No luck :( Another 300 might slip through today, but then nothing for another day or two.]

hoax

09-30-2006, 03:17 PM

Hello GAM and jimwah,

Thanks a lot for the warm welcome! I have it running for team 36362 but I still need to figure out how to run two instances of it.

I will do as you suggest and keep the settings at default for now.

One question that I have.. Is it possible to do a local network with the rest of my pcs just for folding? like just get a hub to share my connection (I dont have a router), and send the information locally to each other... then have just one pc send it over the internet? I can add 2 more pcs to this (and a g5 if they have folding on macs:confused:)

would it work?

and on a really happy side note... the E6800x I ordered has just arrived today! now I just need to wait for a few more parts and the team gets a new conroe!

thanks again
hoax

SparkyJJO

09-30-2006, 03:30 PM

Rmc[AZ]

09-30-2006, 04:15 PM

@ GAM: Should be ahead of you at the next update. :) My recent points have been ALL E6600... got 3 or 4 p1495's to help me out.

@ hoax: Welcome to the team! In order to run two instances, you will need to be running the console version of the program and not the one with the fancy spinning balls. If you have the GUI version installed, I recommend uninstalling it first. Then make a couple of folders somewhere, such as Folding@Home1 and Folding@Home2... download the console version of the client (Windows XP/NT/2000 No Nonsense version) and put a copy of the .exe in each of the folders.

Next go to Start, Run, and type in the path to the first .exe (For example, "C:\Program Files\Folding@Home1\FAH504-Console.exe") and append these two options afterwards: -local and -configonly. So, it will look like this: C:\Program Files\Folding@Home1\FAH504-Console.exe -local -configonly Press enter and the program will run, and it wil allow you to configure. Type in username and press Enter, team 36362 and press enter, etc. After you are done configuing, the program will exit. Run the program again, except without the -configonly option, and the program should start crunching. Repeat these exact same steps for the other copy of the client, and you should be good to go.

As for the local network... if you would like to run more PCs (Which would be awesome :) ) I recommend picking up a cheap router: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124001 Or if your computers are spread out a wireless router instead. This is the only way as far as I know that you will be able to share your connection and do folding on all your machines.

As for the G5, yes they do have a folding program for OS X... its at the bottom of the downloads page here. If you have a dual G5 or whatever, I recommend downloading the console version and following the same steps as above to get the most out of your G5.

Happy folding, welcome to the team, and if you have any questions we are here to help. :)

GAM

09-30-2006, 04:56 PM

@hoax, one more thing on Rmc's instructions. Make sure you enter different Machine IDs. i.e., For first and second instance, Machine Id 1 then 2, respectively.

Rmc[AZ]

09-30-2006, 04:59 PM

@hoax, one more thing on Rmc's instructions. Make sure you enter different Machine IDs. i.e., For first and second instance, Machine Id 1 then 2, respectively.

Yep, forgot about that. :)

GAM

09-30-2006, 05:01 PM

']@ GAM: Should be ahead of you at the next update. :) My recent points have been ALL E6600... got 3 or 4 p1495's to help me out.
...

You bugger ;) (Good on you though!)

I've got mostly <200's folding at the moment. Hmph :(

:cussing: ...got to get that d805 folding at full potential! Hopefully will have that resolved by the weekend.

[edit: @Rmc, sigs updated, you're already ahead of me and all I can see in front of me is :moon:. Only this time it's not me :(. You got some excellent 24hr Avg going there. Well done. btw, we got to watch out, hoax will be on our tails soon too if he gets that LAN and those machines up and running.

Rmc[AZ]

09-30-2006, 11:32 PM

Wow... 1,692 points just today... just on my Core 2 Duo system! Amazing... I consider it a great deal of luck though with those p1495 work units.

Had a strange problem though... i'm running at 3.4 on air cooling doing constant folding for over 5 days now... and then my system had a random reboot. :( It rebooted and I got things going again. But now the folding is going about 2x as slow as before. It is still at 3.4 GHz so I don't know what the issue is. I'm hoping it will iron itself out with the next bacth of WUs.

Anyway i'll be able to run non-stop for another 5 days or so but then I have to give it a rest and do some video encoding for a day or two. You'll have a chance to catch back up GAM. ;)

hoax

10-01-2006, 12:09 AM

Hello Rmc[AZ],

thanks a lot for the warm welcome, and for the great instructions. I just finished installing the console version and apparently its now really eating all my cpu :thumbsup:

I took a screenshot just to make sure things look the way they were supposed to: http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/cagiali/folding.jpg

One thing I dont understand yet....If I stop the program before a WU is completed do I lose the frames that were already processed? or can I restart at anytime and not lose work?

I am gonna go pick up one of those routers this week. I have to pick it up locally tho (brazil here) but it shouldnt be a problem. Then I can get the g5 folding. Its a dual so I will try the console version on it too as you suggest.

And GAM.. thanks again for the help. Its really appreciated. I know you guys have a really healthy "competition" going on(for lack of a better word)...but dont worry about me catching up anytime soon...will be at least a month until the conroe is up and running...

thanks a lot for all the help...

cheers
hoax

ps - where do you guys check the points and stuff?

Rmc[AZ]

10-01-2006, 12:25 AM

Looking good... looks like you've got it set up right. :)

If you wish to pause the program you can press Ctrl+C... the program will exit. When you start it back up it will be about where you left off, if not a couple frames behind.

When you pick up the router, don't forget to pick up as many CAT5 cables as you need to connect your computers. :)

I like to check my points here: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=36362 Click "Team Users List" on the left to find yourself in the rankings for our team. You will only be on there after your first WU is complete, and after that site does an update (They update every 3 hours.) You can also check out their awesome signature images and include one in your signature as well (after your first results are posted on there.)

You can also check points on the official site: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36362 Again, you will only be displayed after you complete your first WU. Their stats are updated hourly.

hoax

10-01-2006, 12:42 AM

Hello Rmc[AZ],

Thanks a lot for the once again extremelly helpfull reply.

I am still not on the extremeoverclocking list but I am on the official list with my first complete WU: :D
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e299/cagiali/foldh.jpg

the one thing I am still worried about tho... how important is bandwith for multiple machines folding? my connection is really crappy (256k DSL). if its all about cpu then I will definetly get the router, but if internet speed is also important I may have some problems..

thanks for all the help
hoax

sc00p

10-01-2006, 02:07 AM

btw, we got to watch out, hoax will be on our tails soon too if he gets that LAN and those machines up and running.I was about point that out to you... but then got busy :D

So this is :welcome: to hoax.

Duck an run (up at the stats) is one strategy. There are :lsfight: everywhere :p: I'm little shaky already about jimwah that comes at full-steam with us. I should make some supreme finnish defence forces against his vengeance :eh:

sc00p

10-01-2006, 02:30 AM

']Wow... 1,692 points just today... just on my Core 2 Duo system! Amazing... I consider it a great deal of luck though with those p1495 work units.That is amazing :slobber:

Had a strange problem though... i'm running at 3.4 on air cooling doing constant folding for over 5 days now... and then my system had a random reboot. :( It rebooted and I got things going again. But now the folding is going about 2x as slow as before. It is still at 3.4 GHz so I don't know what the issue is. I'm hoping it will iron itself out with the next bacth of WUs.
Did you really wait for a couple of % after that reboot. The ETA is a bit inaccurate at starts and after pauses. Wierd I say. Hope nothing fatal has happened.

GAM

10-01-2006, 05:28 AM

I think I am going crazy. I thought I posted already but I don't see it. :confused:

@Rmc, has your performance settled okay? I hope your rig is right.
1692! Wow. :worship:
Btw, I'll appreciate the breather coming up :), although I do have another 1000+ coming overnight, so try not to slack off... ;)

@sc00p, are you aware of any graphs/stats on a user/team daily/weekly performance? For instance, graph of 24hr averages or 'total today' by user and team.

pythagoras

10-01-2006, 07:54 AM

Hoax,

Your on the extreme stats list here:

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&t=36362&p=2

Regards

John.

jimwah

10-01-2006, 10:01 AM

Good news :) I tore down and rebuilt fold3 and cleaned a whole bunch of junk off the IHS and heatsink. I got a ton of this dark gray gunk off and the sink and IHS got all nice and shiny again. After putting it all back together it has been priming for the past 2 1/2 hours no problems so far! This is good, yesterday it wouldn't even make it half that long.

Hopefully we'll be back up and running again soon :woot:

Nice work Sparky - hope its back on & folding like a good'un again ;) I've finally got round to re-boxing my DX rig thats been sat here doing nothing for too long - it's in a wee little case so I expect it to be hot but having a machine that can hack 4x fah clients is too good to leave unused :D It should be back on & folding with a Vengeance tonight.

Also, on the subject of stats - free-DC.org have a great site for all things DC, the updates are slightly skewed compared to EOC's pages so expect some slightly different readings, but nonetheless here they are (with the infamous pie charts :) ) for our fah team:

http://stats.free-dc.org/new/teamstats.php?proj=fah&team=xtremesystems.org

btw, hoax bandwidth shouldn't really be a problem since the WU take less than a minute or two to download/upload on my 1mb dsl line here.

SparkyJJO

10-01-2006, 11:06 AM

hoax

10-01-2006, 11:42 AM

@ sc00p: thanks for the warm welcome! hehe that supreme finnish defence looks deadly :eek:

@ pythagoras: thanks for the link

@ jimwah: guess my connection should work then, thanks for the info

@ sparkjjo: hope you can get that rig fixed soon!

thanks a lot everyone
hoax

GAM

10-01-2006, 01:18 PM

What is going on!

I ran prime95 for several hours no trouble, so I put fold3 back online. Ran all night, no problem. This morning it was still chugging away, good. I left and just got back and the system was frozen again :mad: Looking at logfile the last checkpoint it did was at about 11AM today before it froze up.

Anyone have any ideas what the problem could be? CPU primes fine, memtest turns up no errors.... I'm at my wits end with this thing.
Check your event logs for any clues. You might have some other background process, like a virus scan for instance, that's kicking in and causing the lockup.

@jimwah, thanks for the link. Still looking for something that focuses more on historical data though.

@Rmc, ha hmm... 71 (pipped you by 8pts) :wasntme:
[edit: there won't be anything more for another 1-2days though :(, so I reckon you're pretty safe for the time being. ;)]

GAM

10-01-2006, 01:31 PM

@hoax, there is also a config setting for 'large WU's' that you can enable/disable during configuration.

Launch console configuration via the 'Run' box with the -configonly option (ie., your F@Hpath\FAH504-Console.exe -configonly). Then answer the prompts (press Enter to accept the defaults which should be your existing settings shown in []) but set the 'accept large WU's >5MB ' (or something like that) option to 'No' to keep the physical size of the WU's down. I believe this option is intended for slower connections (although I think your 256k connection should be fine).

I am not sure what other impacts this has on the WU's you process though, as far as the points/bonus points and the like goes. A veteran here maybe able to provide more info on that one.

SparkyJJO

10-01-2006, 01:35 PM

hoax

10-01-2006, 04:17 PM

@ GAM: thanks a lot for the reply. I am gonna try to pick up the router tomorrow or tuesday and then we can find out how my connection will handle the large WUs, but from what you are saying I think it should be ok too.

cheers
hoax

GAM

10-01-2006, 04:45 PM

Nothing in the events, and there is no AV software or anything like that to start up. Just XP SP1 and F@H, that's it.

Well it froze again after restarting it. Something isn't right but I don't know what it would be. Going to have to keep troubleshooting I guess.
Don't want to assume too much, nor do I think I can really help you as I'm sure you know as much or more about these things as me, but... any overclocking, installed any updates, new hardware, etc since it was last running problem free?

SparkyJJO

10-01-2006, 05:58 PM

Nothing different at all. It was only up and running 2-3 days before it started acting up.

Well I turned it on again and left for the evening. This time I disabled the onboard sound and I just came back and it is still running. Don't know if that means anything but it sure would be nice if it was something to do with that. No need to have the sound chip enabled anyway on a dedicated folding machine.

We'll see what happens, hopefully in a day or two I can borrow a DMM to make sure voltages are stable.

*EDIT*
Currently 12:45 AM (yeah I'm a night owl :D) and fold3 has been running flawlessly for the past 6 hours :woot: But then, it ran fine all last night as well, so I'm still not sure about it.

jimwah

10-02-2006, 01:00 AM

Keep troubleshooting mate, you'll get there; are the sensors reading sensible values now, what model of board is it based on?

On the subject of BigWU option, I put four clients on the xeon last night - it only has 256mb in there at the moment :eek: so I left 3xclients with the defaults options and they picked up project 18xx's, these look fairly small as they're 33% complete after ~12hrs.

The client with BigWU enabled tried 3 servers before it picked up one of those 24xx's, iirc these are the nasties at ~360pts, or are they the 600pts I forget?

@GAM - you do get a bit of historical data if you click on your username - btw you have a nice looking 'Upcoming Conquests' chart here (http://stats.free-dc.org/new/userstats.php?proj=fah&name=GAMxtremesystems.org) :D But it only goes back to around the start of September, similar to EOC's.

GAM

10-02-2006, 02:16 AM

...The client with BigWU enabled tried 3 servers before it picked up one of those 24xx's, iirc these are the nasties at ~360pts, or are they the 600pts I forget?
I haven't studied the facts, but I feel the ~360's are the nasties. I've had heaps lately and they seem to take longer. :confused:

@GAM - you do get a bit of historical data if you click on your username - btw you have a nice looking 'Upcoming Conquests' chart here (http://stats.free-dc.org/new/userstats.php?proj=fah&name=GAMxtremesystems.org) :D But it only goes back to around the start of September, similar to EOC's.
You should have seen the smile on my fast when I started to appreciate those graphs :D (the smiley doesn't do it justice)

That's perfect jimwah, thank you. :)

If anyone else is interested, just exchange your username with my username ('GAM') in the the following:
http://stats.free-dc.org/new/userstats.php?proj=fah&name=GAMxtremesystems.org

I have prepared some examples, for instance;
- http://stats.free-dc.org/new/userstats.php?proj=fah&name=Rmc[AZ]xtremesystems.org
- http://stats.free-dc.org/new/userstats.php?proj=fah&name=hoaxxtremesystems.org
;)

:hehe: sorry if I left anyone out, but there are people here that are currently beyond my scope ;) (...got my hand's full here as it is... Rmc... hoax... ;))

@Rmc, the graphs don't quite paint the picture that I'd like to see. ;) :wtf:

sc00p

10-02-2006, 08:31 AM

@sc00p, are you aware of any graphs/stats on a user/team daily/weekly performance? For instance, graph of 24hr averages or 'total today' by user and team.Free-DC's stats are too slow (and buggish) at time to time IMO, but graphs are illustrative enough :)

You can do estimates at eoc stats also like this (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_future.php?u=194908&f=21#194908) and just keep clicking (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&srt=1&t=36362) ahead there you could find some data (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_overtake.php?s=&u=194908) but no pies for anyone :( :D

GAM

10-02-2006, 01:22 PM

Free-DC's stats are too slow (and buggish) at time to time IMO, but graphs are illustrative enough :)

You can do estimates at eoc stats also like this (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_future.php?u=194908&f=21#194908) and just keep clicking (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&srt=1&t=36362) ahead there you could find some data (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_overtake.php?s=&u=194908) but no pies for anyone :( :D
I just noticed the bugginess ;)
Thanks for the other links, they're great too. When I have a chance I'll explore them further. Cheers Sc00p :)

btw, my HTPC (D805) machine froze last night. Only one instance has been running, either a 2024 or 2198. Funny thing though, I can't restart the other instance either... Timeout. :confused:

SparkyJJO

10-02-2006, 02:20 PM

Hmm OK I just tested the volts on the PSU. The 12V line is at 11.87V, the 5V line is at 5.2V, and the 3.3V line is at 3.43V. Not the greatest but not aweful either. Hmm.

eXa

10-02-2006, 03:14 PM

anyone tried folding with x1900 yet?

GAM

10-03-2006, 01:00 PM

I know why this thread has gone all quiet... everyone's playing with their 'ATI' GPU's!!! ;)

Hey guys, I've got the following options set on my E6400 machine but I still keep getting these little 153pointers that seem take an inordinate amount of time to complete!

-svcstart -local -advmethods -forceasm -verbosity 9

Shouldn't '-advmethods' elliminate these? Or have I misunderstood something here.

I have four WU's due for completion late today (next 18hrs or so), each at 153pts!

@eXa, look here: http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=118000

@Rmc, man, I keep getting these pissy little WU's that take forever. I got no hope of catching you at this rate. Damn!

jimwah

10-03-2006, 01:13 PM

I know why this thread has gone all quiet... everyone's playing with their 'ATI' GPU's!!! ;)

Guilty :D

GAM

10-03-2006, 01:24 PM

Guilty :D
I know! ;) All my new buddies are over there. I've been reading with dissapointment. :( Feeling very left out over here. :sob: :sob:.

I know I could go out and buy a new ATI card, but that just isn't feasible at the moment (spending too much on mods and other minor upgrades, like quietening and fitting out the new HTPC :) [which HAS to be fixed to catch that Roadrunner, Rmc!]

jimwah

10-03-2006, 01:59 PM

:hehe: Don't feel too left out mate, the GPU client is causing a lot of headaches for quite a few people - could be a while before all the bugs are ironed out, I'd rather have your e6400 folding for me at teh moment...at least I know what's going on with the CPU client :D

SparkyJJO

10-03-2006, 02:09 PM

For one thing the GPU client requires a whole CPU core also, which means I have to shut down FAH on my CPU. Not sure if I like that, I was hoping for both. Actually the GPU client runs my CPU more (higher temps) than the CPU client does which seems really odd.

Rmc[AZ]

10-03-2006, 02:15 PM

@Rmc, man, I keep getting these pissy little WU's that take forever. I got no hope of catching you at this rate. Damn!

Haha, don't worry, I don't think i'll have any more points coming in today. Got some long WUs that will be done tomorrow and Thursday. :)

GAM

10-03-2006, 02:26 PM

Ahhhhh.... feeling comforted again :D Thanks guys.

@Rmc, your points in a couple of days will probably be significant. 600pts for two days is not. I might jump ahead for a moment and bam... Rmc leaps ahead again ;)

@Sparky/Jimwah, I've noticed the headaches people are having and I am surprised about having to dedicate a core/thread to the GPU client. A bit defeatest, eh. I'm sure that will get ironed in the near future though, maybe by the time I get an ATI card ;)

Cheers Guys.

ps. Modding headaches. Dying to post some progress pics but still no attachments allowed for the moment. Bummer.
Also, I plan on remounting the HSF on the D805 today. I'll let you know if I successfully get those temps down and can run BOTH cores!

SparkyJJO

10-03-2006, 02:34 PM

I guess the thing that gets me the most is how the GPU client works the CPU harder than the CPU client does :shrug:

jimwah

10-04-2006, 12:58 AM

ps. Modding headaches. Dying to post some progress pics but still no attachments allowed for the moment. Bummer.

Get yourself an account on photobucket or imageshack or something similar, then you can throw the url to the pic in some tags :)

GAM

10-04-2006, 03:22 AM

Get yourself an account on photobucket or imageshack or something similar, then you can throw the url to the pic in some tags :)
I appreciate the suggestion, thanks Jimwah. You're right, of course, but I'm too lazy basically. I have my own host and webspace, but I until I create the 'guide' to go with it, I can't be bothered. Silly, I know. You've incouraged me though ;)

GAM

10-04-2006, 05:38 AM

:rolleyes: Okay, I pulled my finger out and put something simple together to highlight my recent modding to "Main". Refer to: http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1755051#post1755051

ps. Thanks jimwah for prompting me out of my apathy :)

SKiLL3D

10-04-2006, 02:23 PM

joining... name SKiLL3R...maybe i can get 2 1900crossfire Users to join too^^

iLL

pythagoras

10-04-2006, 02:36 PM

Welcome to the team:toast:

Regards

John.

GAM

10-04-2006, 02:49 PM

joining... name SKiLL3R...maybe i can get 2 1900crossfire Users to join too^^

iLL
Welcome to the team, SKiLL3D!:clap:

XS needs you and we're glad you've obliged :D
Please, bring on the recruits. The more the merrier and the more likely we (XS's team 36362) are to break the 100 barrier!

Not to mention the benefit to medical research!!!

GAM

10-04-2006, 05:32 PM

hoax

10-04-2006, 05:33 PM

:welcome: to the team :toast:

Rmc[AZ]

10-04-2006, 05:59 PM

Watch out guys, I've got HTPC running 2 threads@3.3 now :hrhr: (53c CPU/24c ambient(case open)). Turns out that the mounting/artic silver coverage was dreadful. I decided to lap the D805 too (thought it was :confused: ) while I was at it. Remounted now and seems to be firing nicely!

Rmc, you're slipping again. :hehe: I notice, though, that you haven't submitted any WUs for a while, so I figure you gon'na punch back pretty hard anytime now, especially with your GPU added to the crop ;)

I don't have a GPU to put toward it... ;) I am debating about getting one though.

I have had some slow WUs and a couple should be done tomorrow, but I still think you will be ahead. Hopefully i'll get some shorter WUs after those are sent.

Nice to see your D805 is up and running. :)

GAM

10-04-2006, 06:04 PM

']I don't have a GPU to put toward it... ;) I am debating about getting one though.
Nice to see your D805 is up and running. :)
Sorry, misunderstanding... and thanks :)

sc00p

10-04-2006, 09:36 PM

I just realised... going to overtake (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_overtake.php?s=&u=147708) Xciter very soon and Pythagoras is virtually behind already :D But BigD has lots of reserves I think... ;)

Rmc[AZ]

10-06-2006, 01:08 AM

GAM, we're running 64-65 as of this coming update... do you have over 1,000 points coming in today? Because I do... :D

Looks like we'll take the 107th spot in just 6-7 days... nice job guys, lets keep it going.

GAM

10-06-2006, 01:26 AM

']GAM, we're running 64-65 as of this coming update... do you have over 1,000 points coming in today? Because I do... :D

Looks like we'll take the 107th spot in just 6-7 days... nice job guys, lets keep it going.
:( No. 4*153... by early tomorrow.
Rusn fusn shusn crusn fusn musn trusn rtrushinrafobot :|
Okay, okay, gimme time,. ill get ya. Had some down time here, let me reomind you. I'ts in me, I'll show ya'. :rolleyes:

:toast: to the team!!!! (36362) we're winners and we should know it!!
All clocks to 36362, :trumpet:

SparkyJJO

10-06-2006, 05:59 AM

Well I have another system coming :D Although I wonder if I should block ebay, bad for my bank account :eek:

I'm going to be picking up my spare PSU this weekend, and see if that does anything with that celeron system. It is now crashing once a day so I keep it running, when it crashes I shut the darn thing off then turn it back on and it is good for the next 24 hours or so. Still folds though! :p:

GAM

10-06-2006, 03:29 PM

What the? I've just picked up two new projects 772 and 773.

The 773 is only worth 44pts! 42% in 5hrs, 91.6ppd (HTPC)
The 772 is worth 149pts. 6% in 10hrs! 24.2ppd (Server)

The 772 is the pits running on the P4e@3.15Ghz.

The same machine processed 1808/9's for 153pts at a rate of 100ppd.

I don't seem to have got a 600pointer for ages. :confused: I thought my settings should be enforcing/encouraging these projects. ( -svcstart -local -advmethods -forceasm -verbosity 9)

Does all this seem normal to you guys?

@Rmc, <100 pts behind you ;) and got another 153 coming in the next 4.5hrs.

@Sparky, what have you picked up from the bargain bin? And where are you going to put these things? I just picked up a 3yr old Dell GX260 desktop @1.7 (i think) with 20" Dell Trinitron for AUD150. This is going to mum who has been waiting for me to fix the old p3 600 I tried to set up for her before (18mths ago ;) ). She's 75 and never used a computer and wants to learn about the www and email. Getting her set up with email and Skype will put her in touch with my sister in Dublin. Anyway... I am now wondering whether I should pickup a few more of these Dells and set them up in the garage or something so I can dust Rmc :hmhm: Regardless, the Dell for mum means I can rebuild my old P4b 2.53/P4S8X and put it to use folding. Will have to wait until I have got some these mod projects out of the way though.

Rmc[AZ]

10-06-2006, 03:53 PM

I feel your pain... I have also had a 772 and 773 in the last day or so.

Please don't buy more computers... I won't have a chance. :(

Haha just kidding... the more the better. :toast:

GAM

10-06-2006, 04:20 PM

']I feel your pain... I have also had a 772 and 773 in the last day or so.

Please don't buy more computers... I won't have a chance. :(

Haha just kidding... the more the better. :toast:
Haha. To be honest, I've been running these folding clients pretty much non-stop give or take some recent down time here and there for mods and the like, but it's starting to get in the way of other things, like; ripping, backups, work, etc. Adding another pc to the fold (pun intended) will relieve some of the pressure on my Main machine. ;) and allow me to shutdown clients during work hours... guilt free :)

An example, I want to shutdown Main to rearrange some cabling, but I hesitate because it has 'ONLY 3 HOURS TO GO' on a WU. This frame of mind is not good! ;) haha.

ps. I do enjoy our seemingly evenly matched competition and, for this reason also, I hesitate to tip the balance ;)

hoax

10-06-2006, 09:20 PM

An example, I want to shutdown Main to rearrange some cabling, but I hesitate because it has 'ONLY 3 HOURS TO GO' on a WU. This frame of mind is not good! ;) haha.

lol..thats exactly why I cant wait to get my local network running.

this is the first time I find myself trying "not to disturb the pc".. "I can work on it later...he is too busy now..."

but its good I am not the only one...:toast:

jimwah

10-07-2006, 03:28 AM

this is the first time I find myself trying "not to disturb the pc".. "I can work on it later...he is too busy now..."

:hehe: Welcome to the fold :toast:

sc00p

10-07-2006, 06:16 AM

This is why I'm focused on boardgames recent years... doesn't hurt folding performance when playing LOL ;)

GAM

10-07-2006, 01:57 PM

@Sparky, if you ever need a reason for the nightmares you might be having, check this out: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_future.php?u=194908&f=30

In 30 days Rmc and I and going to be right on your tail (in rank, at least) :yawn2:

3mths from now...
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_future.php?u=194908&f=90
Woo hoo hoo ha haa haaaaa :hehe:

GAM

10-07-2006, 02:11 PM

Hey Guys, I'd like to reiterate my earlier query:

"I don't seem to have received a 600 pointer for ages. I thought my settings should be enforcing/encouraging these projects.

-svcstart -local -advmethods -forceasm -verbosity 9

Does all this seem normal to you guys?"

Two more completed WU's now and two more 153 pointers downloaded!?!

Can anyone confirm that one or more of the above switches/options are causing this?

Cheers

eXa

10-07-2006, 02:21 PM

i get alot of the 600... havent added any of your settings there. only using the ones in "-configonly"....

GAM

10-07-2006, 02:25 PM

i get alot of the 600... havent added any of your settings there. only using the ones in "-configonly"....
Thanks eXa, must be the '-advmethods'. I think I'll get rid of it and see what happens. ;)

Rmc[AZ]

10-07-2006, 03:01 PM

SparkyJJO

10-07-2006, 03:08 PM

']I am not using any of those options, and I am still getting many of the 77x projects. They just seem to be giving out a lot of those lately.
That happens every once in awhile I've noticed. Got very frustrating a couple months ago.

@GAM, I've noticed that. I don't like it either which is why I bought another system to try and keep my place :D Back off :p:
I got a 1GHz P3 system from ebay, not super powerful but all I could afford really - well, I actually can't afford anything but I did it anyway :rolleyes: All these systems (except 2) I have in my dorm room, and the one side is kinda full of computers :D Heh this winter I probably will just shut off the thermostat, heck might even need to open the window to cool it off in there every once in awhile :lol2:

GAM

10-07-2006, 03:16 PM

@Sparky, :p:

@Rmc, sigs don't show it, but I'd like point out that I currently leading :wasntme:
And... another 350 in the next couple of hours.

Thanks guys for the info on options. I'm doing some 'trialling' now.

Another query though, what do you guys specify for 'memory allocation' in the config for dual-core/thread machines? For instance, the D805 has only a single stick of RAM-1GB. I just reconfigured it to use 500MB for each instance/machine id rather than the default of 1023MB. Does this make sense to you guys?

jimwah

10-08-2006, 02:14 AM

GAM

10-08-2006, 05:05 AM

Some hopefully useful info on the options/points situation:

I've been getting project 18xx & 24xx on all my machines, the xeons have two 2124's (396pts) even though once of those clients has BigWU enabled & the other does not; it also has an 1862(535pts) & an 1814(153pts) on default option clients.

Core2 has an 1808(153pts) & a 2408(600pts) with just BigWU option enabled.

Opty has an 1814(153pts) with BigWU enabled (iirc). None of the machines have -advmethods on currently.

So there doesn't seem to be much correlation between these options and the projects assigned. More of a 'random' thing (as others have suggested). :rolleyes:

Nice outlook on the future there GAM, I better get moving before tdent1138 gets me :D [shame I've got a week of downtime ahead, off on holiday next weekend. :mad: for folding.... :) for jimwah ]

edit> Put a linky to WU/credit page in my sig 'cos I can never find it in my bookmarks.
Well... :wasntme: with today's stats, I'll be in front of Sparky in as little as 60days ;)
tdent's 24hr avg is quite up there, eh?

[edit: Wouldn't you leave your machines folding while you're on holidays?]

Interestingly, something must be wrong with 'Server' instance 1 as HTPC has picked up a 772 and is processing at a rate of 116.4ppd compared to the ridiculous 24.32ppd of Server !?! :eek:

FYI: FaHMon, Web menu | Projects Summary provides link to the F@H Project Summary page.

SKiLL3D

10-08-2006, 05:43 AM

joining... name SKiLL3R...maybe i can get 2 1900crossfire Users to join too^^

iLL
finished my first WU after 2days(11s/frame - 20000frames), bbut folding@home crashed at the attempt to upload Results and now that i restarted it i got no WU done in my Statistics -.-

iLL

GAM

10-08-2006, 06:32 AM

finished my first WU after 2days(11s/frame - 20000frames), bbut folding@home crashed at the attempt to upload Results and now that i restarted it i got no WU done in my Statistics -.-

iLL
Have a look through the log and see if it indicates any sent or unsent WUs. If it failed to send it then, it will keep trying periodically.

sc00p

10-08-2006, 10:37 AM

off on holiday next weekend. Have a nice one m8 :toast:

BTW: Stanford is admitting the very randomness of the way wus are assigned to the clients...
..."the issue" (<-if there is any) they are iirc correcting at the new/next version of the program :)

SparkyJJO

10-08-2006, 11:57 AM

Would a P2 450MHz be worth hooking up?

(you can tell I'm getting desperate :p:)

GAM

10-08-2006, 02:12 PM

Would a P2 450MHz be worth hooking up?

(you can tell I'm getting desperate :p:)
Let me know if it is, because I have 2 of those lying around ;)

GAM

10-08-2006, 02:33 PM

Have a nice one m8 :toast:

BTW: Stanford is admitting the very randomness of the way wus are assigned to the clients...
..."the issue" (<-if there is any) they are iirc correcting at the new/next version of the program :)
Thanks for that 'heads up' sc00p! Any kind of ETA on a new version that you know of?

GAM

10-08-2006, 03:10 PM

...
Interestingly, something must be wrong with 'Server' instance 1 as HTPC has picked up a 772 and is processing at a rate of 116.4ppd compared to the ridiculous 24.32ppd of Server !?! :eek:
...
Okay, I've resolved the issue. Server is now processing the 772 at 86ppd!

I am not exactly sure what went on but I believe I may have had a console version running in addition to the two service instances. Very strange, but I checked Task Manager and I noticed three instances of a FahCore_XX.exe. I 'stopped' the two service instances and then 'end process' on any other 'Fah...' processes. Rebooted the machine, stopped both Services and then ran '-configonly' and then manually restarted both Services.

All seems to be good now.

@Rmc, HTPC missed on out on 8hrs of processing last night. Damn! ;)

Rmc[AZ]

10-09-2006, 12:14 AM

Had LAN problems that I didn't feel like fixing so my P4 was offline... just got it back up. It submitted a 149 pointer, I have a 600 coming in soon, along with 2 396 pointers on Tuesday.

I wish I could break out and take a commanding lead, but we are so evenly matched... :p: :rolleyes:

GAM

10-09-2006, 12:39 AM

']Had LAN problems that I didn't feel like fixing so my P4 was offline... just got it back up. It submitted a 149 pointer, I have a 600 coming in soon, along with 2 396 pointers on Tuesday.

I wish I could break out and take a commanding lead, but we are so evenly matched... :p: :rolleyes:
Agreed (commanding lead). I've been thinking the same thing :rolleyes:
I don't know if you've noticed but we used to have the same number of WUs. This has changed drastically recently 41 vs 50. Still nothing greater than 153pts in well over a week for me! :mad: Despite the stats, I worked out my 24avg should be somewhere hovering just above 700.

Within the next 24hrs I should submit another 608pts. There was 153pts earlier today but I'm not sure that is within the 24hr period. So... I think you'll be skipping ahead very soon.... :shakes:

On the bright side though, we'll both be in the top 25 in 90days and we'll be shaking hands with SparkyJJo in just over 30days!!! :woot:

...however, we've got company coming right up our backsides; 'nemin' and 'parwyn' will be close enough to :kissbutt: (ours) at 60days! ...oh dear :shakes:

jimwah

10-09-2006, 01:14 AM

GAM

10-09-2006, 04:32 AM

I didn't realise how close it was between you two! :buddies: I'm enjoying watching this one from a safe distance :D

Thanks sc00p & @ GAM - I would leave my machines on but I'm a paranoid android & having had a PSU burn-out before I don't think I could relax on holiday with the machines on!

edit> don't think I'd run a pentium-450 here, but I suppose you could do a few days on it & see how it gets on? My slowest 24/7 box is an Axp1800+ iirc.
Centre stage, Rmc vs. GAM :fight: ;)

@jimwah, I understand paranoia, but really, even if your psu dies what happens? Oh yeah, it stops. ;)
But ofcourse, your neighbouring buddies and gon'na appreciate it a lot :hehe:

jimwah

10-09-2006, 04:57 AM

@jimwah, I understand paranoia, but really, even if your psu dies what happens? Oh yeah, it stops. ;)

When my antec psu toasted itself it was chuffing out an acrid smoky smell & was soo hot I could barely get near the psu housing :eek: Once I pulled the plug to let it cool it just seemed to get hotter still since there was no airflow, ripped it out & threw it into the garden asap.

Hence the paranioa :D

GAM

10-09-2006, 02:30 PM

Currently got 3x772 and 3x773 what the? :(

@jimwah, I understand. :)

SparkyJJO

10-09-2006, 04:23 PM

I'm going to finish up a 2124 (396 points) in about 5 hours. Then I have a 773 (44 points), then a 772 (139 points), and another 2124 (in order). The two system at home I have are working on a 396 pointer I believe it is and then a smaller one, I think a 774 or something like that.

After this first 2124 is done on my main system I'm switching it totally over to GPU, rack up the points faster that way :D

*EDIT* Hey click on my stats pic, look at that graph, isn't that sweet? And look, no threats either, and after this week we will have moved up 4 ranks! :woot:
Keep it up guys :toast:

*EDIT2* I pulled away a little more GAM, now it is 80 days before you overtake me :p: And I'm gonna be packing on another system beginning of next week, plus full-time GPU folding. I might stay ahead yet :D

GAM

10-09-2006, 05:11 PM

Hmm. We'll see mate. ;)

I might have to consider some processor upgrades. Or maybe a new GPU for HTPC.

SparkyJJO

10-09-2006, 05:14 PM

Hmm. We'll see mate. ;)

I might have to consider some processor upgrades. Or maybe a new GPU for HTPC.
Don't you dare otherwise you'll force me to spend even more money :p: :lol2:

GAM

10-09-2006, 05:22 PM

Hey, I'd like to make it into the top 5 producers (the orange 800+)! Up there with jimwah and friends. ;) I am also concerned about nemin. He's there and producing significantly more than me, it won't be long before he overtakes Rmc and I :shakes:

SparkyJJO

10-09-2006, 05:25 PM

Hey I want to get there too! But it seems a little ways away for me... But I'm trying! :D

jimwah

10-10-2006, 01:20 AM

:hehe: I only made it up there yesterday 'cos I've put my Allendale to work finally - whether I'll stay up there or not I don't know. Shame about the 77x projects man, I always got a horrible ppd off those - haven't spotted one here recently (I'll check 'em out again tonight & see what I've got).

GAM

10-10-2006, 07:01 AM

MORE 772's and 773's!!! :eek:

I don't believe it :shakes:

SparkyJJO

10-10-2006, 09:51 AM

MORE 772's and 773's!!! :eek:

I don't believe it :shakes:
yeah 2 of my systems have 772's as well :( They take forever for the tiny amount of points you get out of them. For something that small it should take 24 hours MAX

GAM

10-10-2006, 02:22 PM

Tally of completed 772/3's:
P772: 7
P773: 9
With 5 more 772's and 1 more 773 on their way. :shakes:

@Rmc, 'way to go' mate. Enjoy it while it lasts :hehe:

jimwah

10-10-2006, 02:54 PM

Still no 77x's here - all 18xx & 24xx's; can't complain the ppd seems about what I'd expect - an old rig I hadn't fired up for a while had a 772 iirc, but I dumped that and got an 153 pointer instead.

Rmc[AZ]

10-10-2006, 03:28 PM

Doing a 772 and a 773 right now... 44 Points? Worthless... might as well not give you any.

I probably won't have the lead for long... :)

GAM

10-11-2006, 05:09 PM

F&H Forum down? I get a blank page whenever I try to access it.

I wanted to see what I could find on these damn 772/773's.

I've now got a total of 10 WUs each (yeah, that's 20!) and they're still comin'.... :shakes:

One thing I did notice though, these WUs have no Final Deadline. I've double-checked and even 'reconfigured' my clients and I don't have that value set, i.e., I am not limiting the client to download WUs without final deadlines.

I don't get it, can I really be that unlucky? Or do they think that I am only good for 772's n 773's ;)

GAM

10-11-2006, 05:10 PM

@Rmc, you're holding on there buddy. :wtf: ;)

SparkyJJO

10-11-2006, 06:10 PM

These 772/773/774's come through in a group every so often and don't have deadlines, nothing really you can do to keep them from coming in when they have a huge batch they send out.

garnin

10-12-2006, 12:13 AM

I'm getting a ton of 772's as well =(

jimwah

10-12-2006, 12:47 AM

F&H Forum down? I get a blank page whenever I try to access it.

I wanted to see what I could find on these damn 772/773's.

I've now got a total of 10 WUs each (yeah, that's 20!) and they're still comin'.... :shakes:

Check out the second article on the news page here: http://folding.stanford.edu/news.html

...they have a temporary cache of some kind to help people who get the blank page instead of the forum come up. One thing I've been doing recently is setting the core priority to low, instead of idle - I doubt this affects what WU is issued, but it might be worth a go (I leave the deadline WU to 'no-pref') :confused:

GAM

10-12-2006, 01:12 AM

Check out the second article on the news page here: http://folding.stanford.edu/news.html

...they have a temporary cache of some kind to help people who get the blank page instead of the forum come up. One thing I've been doing recently is setting the core priority to low, instead of idle - I doubt this affects what WU is issued, but it might be worth a go (I leave the deadline WU to 'no-pref') :confused:
Thanks Jimwah but, I'm not a member so, no good for me for the moment. :)

Funny you should mention core priority, because I've fiddled with these recently too. For instance, I've now set; 'low' for Server and HTPC, which are rarely accessed; and 'idle' for Main, which I am using all day. ;) From memory, the default is 'idle'.
I agree, this shouldn't affect the type of WUs in any way. Besides, if you've changed yours to 'low' and you are not getting the 77x's, then this pretty much concludes it.

@garnin, sorry to hear. Have you had anything else in between recently? My tally is now:
772: 13
773: 11
The last 20 or thereabouts have come one after the other with nothing else in between and I am working on 6 of them now!!!

It's like Groundhog day, :lastweek:
:shrug:

Rmc[AZ]

10-12-2006, 01:33 AM

I have been getting my fair share of 772's as well, but it doesn't look like its as bad as yours GAM... probably the reason i'm in the lead for now. I've still landed some 600 point WUs here and there. I'll be eclipsing 15,000 points on my next WU completion most likely, and will be in the Top 50 soon. :)

I am debating about selling my P4, and building up one of these:

Pentium D 805 (Oc'ed to maybe 3.0 or 3.2, nothing major)
~1 GB RAM
ATI X1950 Pro (When they come out... should be great value for GPU folding)

And then running one instance of CPU folding and one instance of GPU folding... could be a big boost in PPD. :) Still thinking about it though...

GAM

10-12-2006, 01:52 AM

@Rmc, :wtf:

:eek: I just checked the Individual User List - production (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&srt=1&t=36362) - and some of you guys have leaped 100+ on production! (except poor old Scoop and Sparky... and me ;))

Rmc into the 800+, double :wtf: (Your lead is not necessarily because of my deficiency, you're producin' baby :cool:)

nemin aka jbmv @ 1100+ :wtf:

@Rmc, can you hold off on the upgrades for a bit. I'm kinda' short on cash. ...naturally I'd have to follow suit similarly ;)
You've basically specified my HTPC bar the GPU. So I could grab the same GPU and we'd might retain our continuity. :D

ps. Please excuse my emoticon addiction.

\rant>

SparkyJJO

10-12-2006, 12:18 PM

@Rmc, can you hold off on the upgrades for a bit. I'm kinda' short on cash. ...naturally I'd have to follow suit similarly ;)
Agreed. My bank account doesn't appreciate it ;)

GAM

10-12-2006, 03:38 PM

Okay people, I'm confident I have identified the reason for all these 772's n 3's I've been getting.

I did a little investigative research and discovered the following in all my logs:
[16:51:36] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:51:36] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:51:57] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[16:51:57] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[16:51:57] Connecting to http://assign2.stanford.edu:80/
[16:51:58] Posted data.

Despite having a port filter set for port 8080, for some reason the router wasn't letting these through and hence, F@H would try Assignment Server 2 on port 80! This server must be set up to give out these projects preferentially.

I respecified the port filter, saved the config to flash and rebooted the modem/router.

Lo and behold, at the end of the next WU I got the following:
[21:35:30] - Connecting to assignment server
[21:35:30] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[21:35:31] Posted data.
[21:35:31] Initial: 41AB; - Successful: assigned to (171.65.103.162).
[21:35:31] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[21:35:31] Loaded queue successfully.
[21:35:31] Connecting to http://171.65.103.162:8080/
[21:35:39] Posted data.
[21:35:39] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 3066086)
[21:35:49] - Downloaded at ~299 kB/s
[21:35:49] - Averaged speed for that direction ~538 kB/s
[21:35:49] + Received work.
[21:35:49] + Closed connections
...
[21:35:52] Project: 2414 (Run 105, Clone 20, Gen 13)

Yippeeeee!

Processing 2x 2414 @ 600pts as I write. :woot:

ps. Casualties: Accidentally killed a WU@95% (14hrs)! :doh:

sc00p

10-12-2006, 09:31 PM

poor old Scoop
:wth: Truth hurts... but right you are :D

Yet I got the stamina :stick: :fact: :fight: :lol2:

garnin

10-12-2006, 11:08 PM

I'm still getting all 772/773's. I've decided to shut down one of my cores and set-up catalyst 6.10 so I can try GPU folding.

I'm at 48% right now on my x1900xt and it takes about 8 min per frame. Right now, it's running relatively cool (60 C) and I want to try to take it above the 2D speeds (500/594) and try to make better times. Does anyone know how? I don't have anything installed besides the Catalyst control center. Thanks