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[Norton]

Could someone give poor ignorant me some context to this photo? I am assuming this wasn't photoshoped. How is the whole so small but so deep? Is that a septic system? How long is the guy under there for? He does have help right, in case he falls in or something? Why?

If I had to take a guess it's not sewage... It looks like a water service has broken near the shutoff valve and he decided to reach down and try to shut the valve/stop the water flow. When an underground water line breaks it will wash out the ground above it and make a small hole and lots of mud... generally taking the shortest path to ground level. Doing what he's doing was a way to avoid a larger mess but isn't the smartest way to do it

 

[thebluebumblebee]

https://www.rt.com/usa/357217-head-first-submerged-utility-worker/

 

[Norton]

https://www.rt.com/usa/357217-head-first-submerged-utility-worker/

I was pretty close

Good Morning America and Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs picked up on the story:
https://gma.yahoo.com/video/mike-rowe-shares-message-viral-150340845.html

 

[stinger608]

Well, my dang numbers are down from what they should be. I found that the Kreijtech system was idling along at Windows start!!! Don't even know why to be honest.

This is the second time I have found this so far. No warnings, notices, or anything to indicate an unexpected reboot.

Not sure what the heck is going on.

 

[Caring1]

Well, my dang numbers are down from what they should be. I found that the Kreijtech system was idling along at Windows start!!! Don't even know why to be honest.

This is the second time I have found this so far. No warnings, notices, or anything to indicate an unexpected reboot.

Not sure what the heck is going on.

Have you disabled Windows Update?
That will reboot after updating and may not restart WCG.

 

[stinger608]

Have you disabled Windows Update?
That will reboot after updating and may not restart WCG.

It's running Windows 10 and needs a login to start windows. I am probably going to have to go through the win 10 crap and remember how to disable automatic updates.

 

[stinger608]

Well, it has actually rebooted twice since I post the above post. I have tons of errors in the event log. Most are permission event errors.

Not sure what it the heck is going on.

When I first fired that system up, I installed the latest Windows 10 version and its be a headache since it started.

I may have to format and reinstall Windows to get rid of these issues. Doing research online gives a bunch of regedit crap that isn't even shown in the registry. So I am not quite sure where to go from here.

The system seems to be rebooting every couple of hours, though. It isn't heat, video card heat, or failing hard drive.

 

[HammerON]

Got the motherboard and ram for my new cruncher.

Sadly Amazon sent my i7 6900K CPU via ParcelPool and I have yet to receive it Was shipped on August 24, same date as the motherboard and ram. Should get it tomorrow hopefully.
I replaced the Q6600 cruncher on the bench station with the i7 4770K and ASUS MVIE motherboard. Looks naked without a GPU.

I recently found out (last couple weeks) that they found a cancerous tumor in my mom's left lung. The doctors state that they found it early and there does not appear to be any other cancer in her body. She goes down to Phoenix for a biopsy this or next week. The tumor is not that large thankfully. We are still very concerned though - as we should be.
This gives me more incentive to get the new computer up and crunching asap.

 

[Norton]

Got the motherboard and ram for my new cruncher.

Nice!

I recently found out (last couple weeks) that they found a cancerous tumor in my mom's left lung. The doctors state that they found it early and there does not appear to be any other cancer in her body. She goes down to Phoenix for a biopsy this or next week. The tumor is not that large thankfully. We are still very concerned though - as we should be.
This gives me more incentive to get the new computer up and crunching asap.

Sorry to hear about your Mom bud Best wishes for her having a speedy recovery!

 

[stinger608]

I recently found out (last couple weeks) that they found a cancerous tumor in my mom's left lung. The doctors state that they found it early and there does not appear to be any other cancer in her body. She goes down to Phoenix for a biopsy this or next week. The tumor is not that large thankfully. We are still very concerned though - as we should be.
This gives me more incentive to get the new computer up and crunching asap.

Nice!


Sorry to hear about your Mom bud Best wishes for her having a speedy recovery!

A huge +1 on what @Norton stated!!!

Keep us all up to date on the progress @HammerON

 

[t_ski]

Hearing of all these new cases of cancer really sucks. Makes me want to put my spare parts to use (5960X/X99 rig). Anyone got a line on a cheap CPU cooler that with work on 2011 and 1155? I'll put it on this CPU while it ceunches, then switch it over to my kids' i7-2600 (non-k) when I sell these parts. Looking to spend $25 or less shipped on a highly-compatible tower cooler (not too tall, wide, etc.).

 

[thebluebumblebee]

How about $30 after MIR?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16835118059

 

[manofthem]

Got the motherboard and ram for my new cruncher.

Sadly Amazon sent my i7 6900K CPU via ParcelPool and I have yet to receive it Was shipped on August 24, same date as the motherboard and ram. Should get it tomorrow hopefully.
I replaced the Q6600 cruncher on the bench station with the i7 4770K and ASUS MVIE motherboard. Looks naked without a GPU.

I recently found out (last couple weeks) that they found a cancerous tumor in my mom's left lung. The doctors state that they found it early and there does not appear to be any other cancer in her body. She goes down to Phoenix for a biopsy this or next week. The tumor is not that large thankfully. We are still very concerned though - as we should be.
This gives me more incentive to get the new computer up and crunching asap.

Very nice looking board and setup there! and gotta love the snail mail but hey as long as it makes it safely.

And really, I'm very sorry to hear of your mom. Can't even imagine what it must be like to receive that news about such a close family member (but judging by the way things are going, wouldn't surprise me if I learned in the near future, one way or another) Hoping for a swift tumor removal and recovery for your mom

As @t_ski said, it really sucks hearing about all these cases of friends, family, and loved ones receiving the bad news of cancer.

 

[t_ski]

How about $30 after MIR?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16835118059

Thanks, but I've got several from newEgg I'm looking at now that are $15-19, including this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835856005&Tpk=N82E16835856005

Just not sure about the height. I can always swap out the fan since this is a standard 120mm.

 

[stinger608]

Well, it has actually rebooted twice since I post the above post. I have tons of errors in the event log. Most are permission event errors.

Not sure what it the heck is going on.

When I first fired that system up, I installed the latest Windows 10 version and its be a headache since it started.

I may have to format and reinstall Windows to get rid of these issues. Doing research online gives a bunch of regedit crap that isn't even shown in the registry. So I am not quite sure where to go from here.

The system seems to be rebooting every couple of hours, though. It isn't heat, video card heat, or failing hard drive.

I have been using Real Temp to monitor the CPU temps since starting BOINC. After yesterday's unexpected reboot, I didn't fire up Real Temp and it hasn't rebooted since!

I installed the latest version of Real Temp so I'm wondering if that isn't the issue.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

starting up the 2400 rig again, we had alot of heat recently and i decided to shut down for a cpl weeks. Will probably crunch on the 3570K as well until i get my RX 480 back from RMA

 

[Norton]

My Opteron 4P rig was down for a little while but it's back doing its thing now.... was offline for about 36 hrs

Looks like there was a power blip on Monday evening at the site where I have it running. Unfortunately, the 4P needs to be shut off for at least 30 seconds before restart otherwise it doesn't boot properly. May need to consider picking up a UPS for it if power blips start to become an issue here.

 

[HammerON]

Finally got the CPU:

Going to work on overclocking - time for a new adventure.

 

[stinger608]

I have been using Real Temp to monitor the CPU temps since starting BOINC. After yesterday's unexpected reboot, I didn't fire up Real Temp and it hasn't rebooted since!

I installed the latest version of Real Temp so I'm wondering if that isn't the issue.

Well crap, it just did 2 frigging BSOD's in about an hour. I guess Real Temp wasn't the problem.

I pulled one of the 6950 video cards and will see if that helps.

Starting to really bum me out.

 

[t_ski]

Any errors in the event logs? You should be able to find the BSOD event error code to do some googling off of.

 

[stinger608]

Any errors in the event logs? You should be able to find the BSOD event error code to do some googling off of.

Well, it has actually rebooted twice since I post the above post. I have tons of errors in the event log. Most are permission event errors.

Not sure what it the heck is going on.

When I first fired that system up, I installed the latest Windows 10 version and its be a headache since it started.

I may have to format and reinstall Windows to get rid of these issues. Doing research online gives a bunch of Regedit crap that isn't even shown in the registry. So I am not quite sure where to go from here.

The system seems to be rebooting every couple of hours, though. It isn't heat, video card heat, or failing hard drive.

Always a boatload of errors. As I stated, though, all are some kind of permission errors.

 

[manofthem]

Always a boatload of errors. As I stated, though, all are some kind of permission errors.

I'd ghost that Windows install and start fresh, no mercy sucks that you're having issues bud, hope a clean install solves it; at least it should rule out software issues.

 

[stinger608]

I'd ghost that Windows install and start fresh, no mercy sucks that you're having issues bud, hope a clean install solves it; at least it should rule out software issues.

Ya know, actually, since pulling the one video card, it is running two days and not a single BSOD. So, maybe there was something with running the Crossfire?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

An idea:
I run an i3-3220T 24/7/365 on Linux. I'm currently only working on OZ and HST, which means that I'm doing almost exclusively OZ, which gets great PPD on Linux. You can check my stats on FDC and see (well you can't see right now) that I get around 3,000 PPD, and that system pulls less than 50 watts.
Today, NE has the HP Desktop PC ProDesk 600 G1 (W5Y32UT#ABA) Intel Core i3 4th Gen 4160T (3.10 GHz) 4 GB DDR3 500 GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 4400 Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit with Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit upgradable for $285 and you get a $20 promotional gift card w/ purchase. (the same unit at CDW is over $700!) (didn't realize how similar those 2 CPU's are, just 300MHz seperating them) I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't pull less than 40 watts from the wall. It has no moving parts other than the HDD, so it's silent.

 

[t_ski]

Crunching badges gone again!