TPU's F@H Team

[Taz100420]

I dunno, I recently had a drivers issue where one of my cards memory clocks was permanently downclocked to 100MHz. After a re-install of drivers it fixed it right up. If it happens again, try a driver change.


My hardware issues seem to point to one innocuous piece of hardware. The power bar. Last night it tripped twice over in a 2 hour period, and for the past few months the computer its running has rebooted randomly. Sometimes it would last for weeks and sometimes for a couple of hours. This is however the first time the actual power bar itself tripped. It's a cheapo power bar that's like 10 years old (yea I know, I know) and it was warm as **** when I examined it, so its very likely this thing has been the root of my issues. Hopefully this is the solution and it didn't bork too much of my hardware. The i7 is 'down' until tonight when I get a viable replacement.


Also, F@H news that comes in light of Fermi news.



http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/354123-post48.html

Don't get your hopes up ATi guys, I think there will still be an issue of ATi coding when it comes to this client.

Ya know I just installed the new drivers, 196.75, and it only does it when I fold. I can game and come back and its all good. Maybe Ill roll them back and see what happens

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Ya know I just installed the new drivers, 196.75, and it only does it when I fold. I can game and come back and its all good. Maybe Ill roll them back and see what happens

same thing happens to me. I thought it was just my card dying but must not be...

 

[Taz100420]

same thing happens to me. I thought it was just my card dying but must not be...

Me too and I was gonna get REAL mad lol.

 

[El Fiendo]

Ya know I just installed the new drivers, 196.75, and it only does it when I fold. I can game and come back and its all good. Maybe Ill roll them back and see what happens

same thing happens to me. I thought it was just my card dying but must not be...

Me too and I was gonna get REAL mad lol.

I'd either roll back or upgrade to 197.13. I put 197.13 on my machines after keeping them at 190.62 for awhile and I haven't noticed anything wrong. 196.75s were the recalled drivers, though for a different reason. This still could be a bug with the drivers though.

 

[Taz100420]

I'd either roll back or upgrade to 197.13. I put 197.13 on my machines after keeping them at 190.62 for awhile and I haven't noticed anything wrong. 196.75s were the recalled drivers, though for a different reason. This still could be a bug with the drivers though.

I may submit this to Nvidia like its gonna do any good lol.:shadedshu
Ill d/l them new ones and see what happens!

 

[NastyHabits]

It's a beautiful sight

I've been posting up some good numbers these days. Flirting with 6th place in daily pie. Why?

All cards working on 353's. It's happened alot these last few days. Oh, yeah. It's a beautiful thing.

 

[El Fiendo]

You'll probably get that sixth place pie today or at least 7th, though possibly higher, as I'm cut down to 20-25k PPD so I'll be contending for 10th ish. Question is, do I spend money I probably shouldn't spend and get like a 2000VA backup, or perhaps just a line conditioner? Or just another cheapo surge protector. Hmmm decisions, decisions.

 

[johnspack]

I just bluescreened myself folding on my 9800gtx and gaming on punchy... a slight up in cpu vcore fixed it.. also brought up fsb and ram speeds, knew these mushkies had 1100+ in them!

 

[thebluebumblebee]

You'll probably get that sixth place pie today or at least 7th, though possibly higher, as I'm cut down to 20-25k PPD so I'll be contending for 10th ish. Question is, do I spend money I probably shouldn't spend and get like a 2000VA backup, or perhaps just a line conditioner? Or just another cheapo surge protector. Hmmm decisions, decisions.

Was it actually a surge protector? You're in CA, but here in the USA, a surge protector has to say that on the bottom. Many that try to hint that they offer some type of protection actually say temporary power tap.
As for your question, there's always what we SHOULD do and then there's what we CAN do. Of course it depends on the quality of your power coming from the grid.

 

[mstenholm]

I've been posting up some good numbers these days. Flirting with 6th place in daily pie. Why?

http://img.techpowerup.org/100326/beautiful thing-2.jpg

All cards working on 353's. It's happened alot these last few days. Oh, yeah. It's a beautiful thing.

So there is where all the 353's goes

 

[El Fiendo]

Was it actually a surge protector? You're in CA, but here in the USA, a surge protector has to say that on the bottom. Many that try to hint that they offer some type of protection actually say temporary power tap.
As for your question, there's always what we SHOULD do and then there's what we CAN do. Of course it depends on the quality of your power coming from the grid.

Heh, I'm pretty sure it was sold as a surge protector, though the thing looks to be about $5 so I wouldn't be shocked if it actually isn't. The power of Edmonton in general is pretty clean and reliable it seems. There are few brownouts, very few blackouts and its seemingly alright quality. Couldn't say for certain because I've never really done much to check it or test it. Feh, I'll get a surge protector just to get back up and running and then go from there. Can never have enough surge protectors.

So there is where all the 353's goes

I know! I barely get any anymore.

 

[theonedub]

Wifi adapter on my Phenom was not working, missed out on 18hours of production nearly Its back up now though as I wait for a buyer to come take it away

 

[TeXBill]

TeXBill's output is nasty It used to be a competition between us, now not so much

I'm building another folding rig hopefully it will be done by this weekend. Core i5 with a GTX275, Folding on both for Team TPU....:>)

 

[NastyHabits]

I'm building another folding rig hopefully it will be done by this weekend. Core i5 with a GTX275, Folding on both for Team TPU....:>)

You build that PC, and I won't be your competition anymore.

 

[theonedub]

I'm building another folding rig hopefully it will be done by this weekend. Core i5 with a GTX275, Folding on both for Team TPU....:>)

Crazy Folder indeed

After my Phenom is gone I will consider picking up a GTX275 to add to my i7 rig as it hobbles through the Summer. Seems like I have to just to stay even remotely in the same league

btw, were you able to get that SODIMM in the mail for me ?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Bog's going to hit 1/4 million points for the day, today!

 

[TeXBill]

btw, were you able to get that SODIMM in the mail for me ?

Nope not yet work sent me out of town all this week for some training. I will try to get it in the mail sometime in the next few days. Will let you know when it happens...

After my Phenom is gone I will consider picking up a GTX275 to add to my i7 rig as it hobbles through the Summer

Go for a GTX285 they put out a few more PPD than the 275's do. Although I'm sure everybody is waiting on the new fermi's to see how they will do with folding.....:>)

 

[[Ion]]

I may be trying an Nvidia card again soon, if I get an SSD I'll have to reinstall Windows anyways, so I'll either be trying an 8800GT or an 8800GTS G80. If whichever one I try works without driver issues, I'll probably pick it up, and if I do it'll be folding

 

[hertz9753]

I purchased an Intel Core i7 930 today. I'm undecided what I will use it for.

 

[[Ion]]

Folding, of course

 

[hertz9753]

Folding, of course

If you think that I'm that addicted to folding, you're right.

 

[[Ion]]

If you think that I'm that addicted to folding, you're right.

Yeah, I think you have that "Crazy Folder" F@H badge for a reason.....

 

[hertz9753]

Yeah, I think you have that "Crazy Folder" F@H badge for a reason.....

I really wanted a GTX 470 or 480, but with the heat and power usage of those cards I had to come up with a different solution. Hope to see you folding soon.

 

[johnspack]

I likes my 65nm gtx cards! Once they behave, they rock! I did some more testing on the 280, mild oc, dropped vcore to 1.16v. Runs like a dream...

 

[mstenholm]

Nope not yet work sent me out of town all this week for some training. I will try to get it in the mail sometime in the next few days. Will let you know when it happens...


Go for a GTX285 they put out a few more PPD than the 275's do. Although I'm sure everybody is waiting on the new fermi's to see how they will do with folding.....:>)

According to AnadTech - http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3783&p=6 then a 480 folds 3.5 times faster then a 285. "Folding@Home is the first benchmark we’ve seen that really showcases the compute potential for Fermi. Unlike everything else which has the GTX 480 running twice as fast as the GTX 285, the GTX 480 is a few times faster than the GTX 285 when it comes to folding. Here a GTX 480 would get roughly 3.5x as much work done per day as a GTX 285."