TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[Norton]

The wife now is going to exchange it, but I'm not hopeful. This modem/router combo was just replaced in July, so it's only a few months old (assuming it was new when I got it) and when I got it then, the issue wasn't even with the old modem, it was the service somehow or outside configuration.

So I'm depending on it not getting fixes and being with Internet for the day and night. We still have the appointment tomorrow so if it doesn't get fixed, the guy should fix it tomorrow.


And I don't think anyone around has open WiFi but then again my pcs don't have WiFi adapters. I couldn't try to tether my phone's service but then again I don't know how to do that either

Tethering is pretty easy to setup (using the EasyTether app.)... it's free to setup for basic internet access and $10 for the full version

 

[[Ion]]

Once or twice is one thing... some folks treat breakers like light switches. If it's starting to become a more common issue then worry about it more.

It happened once at the beginning of the semester and once yesterday when I added the extra ~275w of the 2P....but that's it. Otherwise I've done a decent job of juggling things on multiple circuits.

 

[xvi]

For Android, I liked FoxFi for tethering.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

My android phone I use no app for tethering. I just plug it in a go. Or set it as a hotspot.

 

[[Ion]]

Matt if you need a WiFi adapter let me know--I have several USB ones I'm not using ATM.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I just swapped PSU's on the Opty 6180se server and the difference is amazing.

• Old PC P&C Silencer 750 Mark IV draws 863 watts at the wall(old 80+ Bronze) and the fan runs @80%+/-
  
• New EVGA Supernova G2 1000 draws 767 watts at the wall(80+ Gold) and can't even sense the fan except for warm exhaust.....simply silent

Did a little math and at .11/kwh I will save $95/year on electric if I ran 24/7/365. That money saved would buy a few extra Brews!!!

 

[[Ion]]

100W is quite a lot....that's equivalent to an extra Ivy i7!
I hate to think of what the not-even-80+ PSUs I have are doing to electricity demand.

In other news, the dual-6238 system seems to be doing 10.5k PPD. Very preliminary results, but not too bad.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

100W is quite a lot....that's equivalent to an extra Ivy i7!
I hate to think of what the not-even-80+ PSUs I have are doing to electricity demand.

In other news, the dual-6238 system seems to be doing 10.5k PPD. Very preliminary results, but not too bad.

We STILL cannot view your rigs in Free-DC . Oh well, just have to keep surveying GoBuuku's rigs.

 

[[Ion]]

We STILL cannot view your rigs in Free-DC .

Watcha gonna do? Ban me?

 

[Norton]

I just swapped PSU's on the Opty 6180se server and the difference is amazing.

• Old PC P&C Silencer 750 Mark IV draws 863 watts at the wall(old 80+ Bronze) and the fan runs @80%+/-
  
• New EVGA Supernova G2 1000 draws 767 watts at the wall(80+ Gold) and can't even sense the fan except for warm exhaust.....simply silent

Did a little math and at .11/kwh I will save $95/year on electric if I ran 24/7/365. That money saved would buy a few extra Brews!!!

I intend to do the same with my 4P- replace the old Silverstone 1000w with a Seasonic 1000-1200w platinum psu. I expect to go from 560w to 450w or so

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Watcha gonna do? Ban me?

Not a bad idea...,but..... "two wrongs don't make a right". I understand you wanting to create a certain "mystique" around your farm, but I thought the team was all about sharing. Just my 2 cents.....carry on.

 

[[Ion]]

Not a bad idea...,but..... "two wrongs don't make a right". I understand you wanting to create a certain "mystique" around your farm, but I thought the team was all about sharing. Just my 2 cents.....carry on.

Well, the actual reason I did so was that it was irritating scrolling through a list of 100+ systems on the Free-DC page. I didn't realize that anyone else actually checked it, and I do my statistics-viewing mostly on the WCG site.

I'm happy to open it up again when the WCG page comes out of "Statistics Updating" tonight if you'd like.

I'd rather not be banned, anyways. And then I might have to take my 100k+ PPD over to XS or IBM RTP or whatnot....

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Matt if you need a WiFi adapter let me know--I have several USB ones I'm not using ATM.

I bought a few off of ebay for like $4 shipped I use on the windows rigs. Now the linux rigs get linksys use adapters as they work right out the gate. No drivers to play with. Would like to find like a 20 port switch for cheap.



Also I have an ideal swirling around in my head on a crunching wall. Lol

 

[[Ion]]

I bought a few off of ebay for like $4 shipped I use on the windows rigs. Now the linux rigs get linksys use adapters as they work right out the gate. No drivers to play with. Would like to find like a 20 port switch for cheap.



Also I have an ideal swirling around in my head on a crunching wall. Lol

Might be able to get you a 16pt switch if you're interested....I got mine (a 10/100, nothing fancy) for $20-25 (forgot exactly) a year and a half ago locally. IIRC you're in Virginia, right?, so shipping should be pretty cheap.

 

[Norton]

Well, the actual reason I did so was that it was irritating scrolling through a list of 100+ systems on the Free-DC page. I didn't realize that anyone else actually checked it, and I do my statistics-viewing mostly on the WCG site.

I'm happy to open it up again when the WCG page comes out of "Statistics Updating" tonight if you'd like.

I'd rather not be banned, anyways. And then I might have to take my 100k+ PPD over to XS or IBM RTP or whatnot....

Here ya go....

Now back to drama free forum'ing....

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Might be able to get you a 16pt switch if you're interested....I got mine (a 10/100, nothing fancy) for $20-25 (forgot exactly) a year and a half ago locally. IIRC you're in Virginia, right?, so shipping should be pretty cheap.

Yea in Va. Let me know what you find bud and a price. 10/100 is fine. Its just for crunchers and my project in my head of a 10 to 12p 80 to 96 thread monstrosity.

 

[twilyth]

The way Free-DC does the host displays is nice for people who either haven't been around forever like some of us or people who haven't had dozens of rigs. But it's definitely a pain in the ass when you go to look at someone that has had scores and scores of machines over the years. You have to sift through row after row after row of all zeros to try to pick out the active rigs.

It would be fine if they gave you the option to sort on one of the columns but you can't even do that. You just have to take the default sort order. At least with boincstats, inactive rigs scroll off after a couple of weeks.

I can understand that the additional overhead of sorting might be too much for a small operation like bok's, but I think they should at least segregate active and inactive rigs. That should be a pretty easy change to make I would think.

 

[[Ion]]

Yea in Va. Let me know what you find bud and a price. 10/100 is fine. Its just for crunchers and my project in my head of a 10 to 12p 80 to 96 thread monstrosity.

Sure thing---first opportunity I'll have to check is likely Thursday but I'll see what exists. Price would likely be in the $20-25 range + shipping from Raleigh.

The way Free-DC does the host displays is nice for people who either haven't been around forever like some of us or people who haven't had dozens of rigs. But it's definitely a pain in the ass when you go to look at someone that has had scores and scores of machines over the years. You have to sift through row after row after row of all zeros to try to pick out the active rigs.

It would be fine if they gave you the option to sort on one of the columns but you can't even do that. You just have to take the default sort order. At least with boincstats, inactive rigs scroll off after a couple of weeks.

I can understand that the additional overhead of sorting might be too much for a small operation like bok's, but I think they should at least segregate active and inactive rigs. That should be a pretty easy change to make I would think.

Yeah, that's true. I really like how on BOINCStats you can sort by any metric you like and just display the active ones....make sit much easier to keep track of. And it lists right out-in-the-open the CPU, so for those of us with way too many it's easier to see which is which.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Sure thing---first opportunity I'll have to check is likely Thursday but I'll see what exists. Price would likely be in the $20-25 range + shipping from Raleigh.

sounds great

 

[Arjai]

I just swapped PSU's on the Opty 6180se server and the difference is amazing....
Did a little math and at .11/kwh I will save $95/year on electric if I ran 24/7/365. That money saved would buy a few extra Brews!!!

I like that!! A few...

$95 is a bit more than a few, in these parts! Hell, I could, if I wanted, spend around that for a round at this dive bar. I have done it in the past.

Now I only buy rounds for the folks that reciprocated, with a drink for me at some point. ( Sometimes over a month later!)

Anyways, I am just rambling...


* edit* I really do know how to spell. Typing after two Whisky's...(Yes, I spelled it correctly)...requires an edit!

 

[Nordic]

Not crunching related, but I have some Nosgoth closed beta keys if anyone is interested. Free to a cruncher or folder. Its a fun game. let me know.

edit: The codes are going quick

 

[twilyth]

I went to look at the hex core rig last night night really late and noticed that the screen saver didn't seem to be showing any work. I'd noticed that earlier in the day too but didn't think much of it and it's one of the 2 rigs that doesn't show up on boinctasks.

when I looked, it seemed like the partition was out of space. I'd only allocated 60 gig for some reason. So I had to trim the partition after it, create a new one, move everything and then expand c: into the spare space. What a pain in the butt. Fortunately it didn't take that long.

But wow, what a difference a day makes. I only got a little over 2k points out it over the past 16 hours or so and who knows how long it was down for. Probably at least a day or so before I noticed it judging from my numbers.

It's almost like this machine is cursed. I pretty much gut it to get it working again only to run out of disk space? Are you f***ing kidding me? And then it's not even a legit space problem but just a partitioning issue that's existed from day one. There's got to be a voodoo doll somewhere in the shape of this computer and someone keeps sticking pins in it. Whoever you are, just cut it out!!!

 

[[Ion]]

Well, I'm sure that I could find a space for it in Ion's Home for Broken Computers

 

[Arjai]

I went to look at the hex core rig last night night really late and noticed that the screen saver didn't seem to be showing any work. I'd noticed that earlier in the day too but didn't think much of it and it's one of the 2 rigs that doesn't show up on boinctasks.

when I looked, it seemed like the partition was out of space. I'd only allocated 60 gig for some reason. So I had to trim the partition after it, create a new one, move everything and then expand c: into the spare space. What a pain in the butt. Fortunately it didn't take that long.

But wow, what a difference a day makes. I only got a little over 2k points out it over the past 16 hours or so and who knows how long it was down for. Probably at least a day or so before I noticed it judging from my numbers.

It's almost like this machine is cursed. I pretty much gut it to get it working again only to run out of disk space? Are you f***ing kidding me? And then it's not even a legit space problem but just a partitioning issue that's existed from day one. There's got to be a voodoo doll somewhere in the shape of this computer and someone keeps sticking pins in it. Whoever you are, just cut it out!!!

Wasn't ME!!

 

[twilyth]

Wasn't ME!!

I don't really expect anyone to admit to this, but I know the "technology" is out there.

All I'm asking is that you gently take the doll and put aside for a few years - maybe someplace cool and dry if possible.