The ***OFFICIAL*** F@H Harassment and discussion thread!!!

[road-runner]

I had a xp disc that would not install one time, I got to looking and it had a very small crack right on the edge of the disc like it may have been dropped or something. I called M$ and they sent me a new disc for a fee, after that no more problems...

[Sparky]

This is old IDE stuff.
The old drive won't initialize in any computer, it just goes uhh duhh I dunt no wut dis is?
Replacement drive works, I have used it before.
Replaced all the data cables. Twice.
Tried swapping IDE channels.
Replaced the optical drive.
Tried two different windows install CDs.
Ran memtest, memory checks out fine.
Cleared CMOS and reset everything just to be sure that didn't get confused somehow.

Windows XP install sees the drive, partitions the drive, formats the drive, then copies files up to 31% where it reports it can't copy this file and refuses to go any further.

[catawalks]

Sparky, I've had this happen to a few computers at work. It was the memory. How many passes did you run memtest for? Do you have any other memory you could try? Have you tried different memory slots on the mobo? If all else fails it might be the board...but lets hope it's something simpler.

[Sparky]

Memtest ran 2 passes before I said screw it and went to bed last night. I have some other ram here I can try.

[coo-coo-clocker]

hmmm another crazy thing to try is create a different sized partition on that drive and start the windows install after that "spare" partition. That should tell ya if it is bad sectors or something wack with the drive...

[Sparky]

my bro's drive is like that. 40GB drive now 30GB lol but it has worked that way for years.

[Sparky]

Got it working. It didn't like the replacement hard drive for some reason, put another one in and it installed fine Such frustration

It'll be up and running soon, gotta install all the drivers and updates and such first.

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

I got all 5 cards up and running again. I hope my ppd increased. My past few days sucked.

[Sparky]

Gahhh if it isn't one thing it is another My SMP is on an EUE streak - again! Last time it did that it required me to drop 200MHz off my overclock. I sure hope my q6600 isn't crapping out, it shouldn't be, temps are well in check (50C max), volts aren't crazy (1.45v).... dang it!

So the past few days I've had NO SMP units get turned in. They keep dying at 55% every single time. Wait..... they are all the same. R3, C491, G70. It's gotta be a crap unit that just keeps running over and over and over. Time to nuke that work folder I guess and report a busted unit.

Deleted that folder, started SMP back up and it downloaded another one Nuked it again, this time it got something different. There are only 2 things that bug me about SMP - how finicky it is about the ethernet connection, and how if it gets a dud unit it won't report it as such but just keeps folding it over and over and over and failing over and over and over.

[Kondik]

I'm a faliure ): Not only the GTX 280 is on RMA 2 days ago My MOBO and 4 Corsair RAM modules went there too .. The only thing I can now crunch is my family pack of crisps ... who's the winner of the best Xmass present that the God of Silicium gave to somebody ?

[DeanZ]

I'm a faliure ): Not only the GTX 280 is on RMA 2 days ago My MOBO and 4 Corsair RAM modules went there too .. The only thing I can now crunch is my family pack of crisps ... who's the winner of the best Xmass present that the God of Silicium gave to somebody ?

sad to hear that...problems seem to be happening everywhere

my dominator ram died so gotta send it back and no more vmware until I have 4 gbs back...so now running 2gb for the next few days

[catawalks]

Wanna be my santa and I'll be your santa kondik? For xmas I'd give you a Q6700, GA-X38-DQ6, and 4gb DDR2-1000 Mushkin memory. And what I'd like for xmas is $300.

[Sparky]

Dang that's a pretty darn good deal there! I'd do that if I had the moolah hehe.

Sooo... power efficiency numbers. I just hooked all my crunchers up through my Kill-A-Watt. All my crunchers + network switch + router + KVM. My main PC is separate, I've already checked it
Drumroll please:

Total watts: 960W
Total VA: 1370VA
Power factor: 0.70 (thanks to none of the crunchers having any PFC )
Total Amps: 11.7A

And in 10 minutes of running they have used 0.13kWhr already

So, extrapolating that (not the most accurate but gives an idea), in a standard 30 day month, 24/7 usage, they use about 560kWhr So at say 5 cents per kWhr, that is $28 for a month. 8 cents per kWhr would be about $45 a month. Yowza.

Yep, I think come this summer when I'm out on my own paying my own electric bill I'll be ditching the 4 single cores and replacing with the much more power efficient quad core I have in my main rig, then upgrading my main rig. Should drop the bill quite a bit. Also will see about more efficient power supplies, don't know how bad they are but none of them in the crunchers can be more than low 70% aside from maybe fold3 with antec truepower 380W which ran about 75% I think.

*edit* little update, forgot that during the first few minutes of the Kill-A-Watt being plugged in nothing was really happening. So, 3 hours gets me 2.85kWhr of usage. Extrapolating that gets me - ready? - 684kWhr! 5 cents per kWhr lands me at $34.20 a month, 8 cents per kWhr puts me at nearly $55 Yeah, definitely going to have to trim the number of old outdated systems to something more efficient
For kicks, adding my main PC in at 360W, that is about 260kWhr in a month. So total of all my systems is 944kWhr a month 5 cents per kWhr, $47 a month, 8 cents per kWhr, $76 a month. Ouch!

[DeanZ]

I learned exactly how much I love VMWare today...have a 3800+ X2 which under windows puts out 500ppd

Put on VMWare that goes to around 1200ish ppd

I wish I did this earlier now every second day I get a boost not every fourth day

[coo-coo-clocker]

I learned exactly how much I love VMWare today...have a 3800+ X2 which under windows puts out 500ppd

Put on VMWare that goes to around 1200ish ppd

I wish I did this earlier now every second day I get a boost not every fourth day

daaaamn - is this typical kind of improvement w/ VMWare?

[DeanZ]

daaaamn - is this typical kind of improvement w/ VMWare?

my quad went from 1600ppd per smp to anywhere from 2900-3200 ppd per smp

i was complaining because its buggy...but overall its as buggy as regular smp folding so its not much of a difference for matence just yeah that really helps

but yeah thats like a 150% improvement for the X2 and and a 100% for my Quad...I also have a E8400 thats just running on the usb disk with no hdd that pulls 2900ppd at stock (dam G31 boards and the inability to overclock)

Vista smps are a thing of the past...linux and vmware are the future

[Kondik]

Wanna be my santa and I'll be your santa kondik? For xmas I'd give you a Q6700, GA-X38-DQ6, and 4gb DDR2-1000 Mushkin memory. And what I'd like for xmas is $300.

Nah thanks lad , I'll get the components back in January so ...
It's a test from the Silicium God

[WFO]

Hmmm... now that I've run over Thunderduck I need to get out my road kill cook book. I forgot the various ways of preparing duck.

Let's see, like I was sayin', duck is the fruit of the air. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, duck-kabobs, duck creole, duck gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple duck, lemon duck, coconut duck, pepper duck, duck soup, duck stew, duck salad, duck and potatoes, duck burger, duck sandwich. That- that's about it.

[ThunderDuck]

[WFO]

You guys are all Xtreme!

Nothing but an uphill battle from here. Dak and RR show only 3 months to overtake but I'm going to have to start robbing banks if I want to keep my electricity crack pipe filled. As Mike already noted, folding rehab is a and those doctors don't know !

[WFO]

LOL... just passed RR for 3rd while he's occupied elsewhere. It's been a good month with 2 overtakes this close to the top. I've gotta get off the electricity crack pipe though. I need money for new parts. I started moving yesterday. I should have internet access at the new place tomorrow but expect a major points drop. I had target fixation and reality is catching up with me.

Merry Christmas to all my Xtreme teammates just in case things don't go as planned and I am without service after tomorrow for a few days.

[MikeB12]

good luck on the move. merry xmas!

[coo-coo-clocker]

+1
Happy Holidays to everyone! This is the best team out there.

[MaK2000]

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

[Sparky]

Merry Christmas to me, fold6 is throwing BSODs