TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[Arjai]

Have seen this a million times on laptops I've been servicing. 99% of the time it means You either forgot to reconnect it after disassembling the laptop or accidentally disconnected it while reassembling.
This means, if You want to use the USB again, You'd need to disassemble it again, connect the USB back and then reassemble it. kappa.

Yes, I figured as much. I will get around to it some time in the future. If I have to take it apart more than once a day, I wanna get paid!

 

[twilyth]

OK, sumpti' Strange is happenin' 'round 'ere!!

Now, I's knows abouts that them Thermal throttin' things but,

Alls a sudden like!! Last night me hit the rebootin' thing and it be coming back to 100% agin'

But then this mornins' I see its back to doin' half agin'!! Now I may not know much but, 'dis ain't right!!

Temps be good even at 100% I has some room, I know, I know, I shoulda cleans it out. I's will, in good time.

Nuttin' else be changin' WCG profile, same. Local Prefs, same. Only 'ting different is the day and this underclock!!

Whats up wit 'dat??

That's very odd. If it's not thermal throttling one other thing it could be is lack of memory although with 8 gig, that doesn't seem likely. However you can check to see if any wu's are listed as 'waiting to run.' If so, check your memory allocation. There is one for when the machine is idle and one for when it is running. IIRC, the former is always set higher than the latter - at least that's how I have mine setup. It's the only way that I can be sure the machine doesn't lag when I'm using it.

 

[Arjai]

That's very odd. If it's not thermal throttling one other thing it could be is lack of memory although with 8 gig, that doesn't seem likely. However you can check to see if any wu's are listed as 'waiting to run.' If so, check your memory allocation. There is one for when the machine is idle and one for when it is running. IIRC, the former is always set higher than the latter - at least that's how I have mine setup. It's the only way that I can be sure the machine doesn't lag when I'm using it.

I was thinking of that earlier this morning, then you posted about memory allocations, above, and it got me thinking of memory again and the PrimoCache I installed a few days ago. I dropped it from using 3.3 GB to 1.5 GB and my CPU has been at 100% Since that and the minor cleaning.

So, more than likely, since that has been the only change to the computer, that it had to do with that program using a bit too much of my RAM. I am now at 65% Ram usage, instead of 75+%

 

[xvi]

I know I was saying I'm going to be ramping down my WCG efforts, but I've got a new cruncher online. This one is actually for science. Well, the science of science. Rockchip rk3288 1.8GHz 4-core ARMv7 chip. I picked this thing up pretty much purely to enter in the Cruncher Efficiency Thread (not necessarily to try to beat all the x86 results, but more offer a point of comparison in both performance and efficiency to an ARMv7 proc). I'll have it lay down some numbers for a few days until I get a steady PPD and then I'll pull power numbers via USB power and via included 5v adapter (should help measure efficiency of the adapter).

I'm excited!

Edit: CPU-z validation.

 

[bubbleawsome]

Just a small update, I think it may have been grey'ed out because I used the WCG-flavor BOINC installer.

EDIT: Looks like I am crunching again! It's a bit reluctant to download WUs, but it will have a totally clear connection overnight.
Anyone mind sharing that auto-upload utility again? I'm sure it's somewhere on my SSD, but I can't find it for the life of me.

 

[manofthem]

Anyone mind sharing that auto-upload utility again?

Are you talking about @FordGT90Concept's utility? Works great!

 

[[Ion]]

Just a small update, I think it may have been grey'ed out because I used the WCG-flavor BOINC installer.

EDIT: Looks like I am crunching again! It's a bit reluctant to download WUs, but it will have a totally clear connection overnight.
Anyone mind sharing that auto-upload utility again? I'm sure it's somewhere on my SSD, but I can't find it for the life of me.

Here: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/easy-wcg_config.106370/

 

[bubbleawsome]

Are you talking about @FordGT90Concept's utility? Works great!

Here: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/easy-wcg_config.106370/

Yes, that is it. I'll make sure to put it in my BOINC area this time.

 

[4x4n]

Looks like I'm down for a bit guys. Came home to bsod and now cant get it to boot, I'm getting a code 55 which is no memory recognized. I've tried with 3 different sets but still no go. Pretty sure somethings up with the motherboard. Going to grab me G3258 just to make sure a didnt fry the memory controller on the chip. My past experience with Asus rma has not been great so I will just have to see how it goes.

Been wanting to go to a X99 set up anyway, now I have a good excuse for my wife.

 

[[Ion]]

I bought an Antec 1030 case today and I've already dropped by the wood shop this evening to drill out the HDD cages. It now ought to support a eATX board, at the expense of no 3.5" drives. After stats tonight I'm going to see if I can fit the 24c Opty system into it. If not, back to the wood shop tomorrow to remove some more metal until it works.

 

[T-Bob]

BAD NEWS! A storm with sustained winds over 80mph ripped through my area Saturday afternoon. I have since been without power until about 30 minutes ago. It appears, so far at least, that my hardware survived. Unfortunately all of my crunchers and folders were down during this disaster.

The GOOD NEWS is that my family and my home are fine except for a few downed trees. Some of my neighbors didn't fare so well and I've spent the last 2 days helping my neighbors repair their homes and there's still much more work to be done.

Anyway I thought that I would share the events of the past couple days with my WCG Family.

 

[twilyth]

Glad to hear everything is good with you and it's really nice that you're helping your neighbors.

I got hit by hurricane Sandy a couple of years ago and it was a real disaster for a lot of people here in New Jersey. I had a huge oak tree come crashing into my yard from my neighbor's and they left me to clean up the mess. It was at least a 60 foot tree and almost all of it landed in my yard.

Fortunately, I have the trees that are within striking distance of the house trimmed on a regular basis and the arborist cuts them so that the bulk of the weight is away from the house. But still, with heavy winds, I could still have one come crashing through my roof and into the bedroom or living room. That would really, really suck - especially if I got skewered.

 

[[Ion]]

Glad to hear everything is good with you and it's really nice that you're helping your neighbors.

I got hit by hurricane Sandy a couple of years ago and it was a real disaster for a lot of people here in New Jersey. I had a huge oak tree come crashing into my yard from my neighbor's and they left me to clean up the mess. It was at least a 60 foot tree and almost all of it landed in my yard.

Fortunately, I have the trees that are within striking distance of the house trimmed on a regular basis and the arborist cuts them so that the bulk of the weight is away from the house. But still, with heavy winds, I could still have one come crashing through my roof and into the bedroom or living room. That would really, really suck - especially if I got skewered.

To be fair, 60 feet of an oak tree is very, very nice firewood
When our neighbor lost a few trees to a storm a few years ago my Dad was ecstatic at lots of free firewood within very easy reach

 

[twilyth]

No fireplace here unfortunately. I've thought about getting one but it wouldn't be the old fashioned brick or stone type since it would probably put too much pressure on the floors. So it would have to be a firebox plus metalwork chimney. And from what I've read, those are even harder to maintain than the stone type. I actually have a few cord of wood sitting in the back yard from other trees that had to be cut down that I've never used.

 

[stinger608]

BAD NEWS! A storm with sustained winds over 80mph ripped through my area Saturday afternoon. I have since been without power until about 30 minutes ago. It appears, so far at least, that my hardware survived. Unfortunately all of my crunchers and folders were down during this disaster.

The GOOD NEWS is that my family and my home are fine except for a few downed trees. Some of my neighbors didn't fare so well and I've spent the last 2 days helping my neighbors repair their homes and there's still much more work to be done.

Anyway I thought that I would share the events of the past couple days with my WCG Family.

Wow, glad you and your family are okay. That is the main thing bro.

Even for Cheyenne 80+ is strong. We have sustained winds over 60 many times during the year and once in awhile will get them from 80 to 100. Not very often and hardly ever sustained at that speed.

 

[[Ion]]

Well, bad news is, the Supermicro board still doesn't fit into the Antec case. It runs into the bottom of the 5.25" drive bay and won't line up properly on the mounts. If Antec had put the backplate a quarter of an inch lower, it wouldn't have been a problem, but there we go.
It seems as though my options are either to remove the 5.25" bays entirely, which I suspect would seriously impact the structural integrity of the case, or try to cut off just the bottom, which would likely leave lots of sharp edges. I'll see what tools they have in the morning and go from there.

 

[twilyth]

Well, bad news is, the Supermicro board still doesn't fit into the Antec case. It runs into the bottom of the 5.25" drive bay and won't line up properly on the mounts. If Antec had put the backplate a quarter of an inch lower, it wouldn't have been a problem, but there we go.
It seems as though my options are either to remove the 5.25" bays entirely, which I suspect would seriously impact the structural integrity of the case, or try to cut off just the bottom, which would likely leave lots of sharp edges. I'll see what tools they have in the morning and go from there.

Use a manual sheet metal nibbler like this. It will give your hands a good work out and you can file or tape the edges.

 

[[Ion]]

Use a manual sheet metal nibbler like this. It will give your hands a good work out and you can file or tape the edges.

thanks--if they have one I'll do just that. It's hard to tell the scale--how big is it? Not a lot of space in the drive bays to work

 

[Arjai]

thanks--if they have one I'll do just that. It's hard to tell the scale--how big is it? Not a lot of space in the drive bays to work

It's a "Nibbler" so, not so big!

 

[twilyth]

thanks--if they have one I'll do just that. It's hard to tell the scale--how big is it? Not a lot of space in the drive bays to work

The manual ones are hand tools so they're all going to be about the same size but some probably work a little differently than others. I got a cheap one from harbor freight that has a scissor-like nibbling jaw. The one in the picture looks like it works differently.

What I would do is cut in from the back at each corner and curl the metal out of the way rather than trying to cut it off completely. But if you don't like that, you can cut in further than you need, cut off the excess and then curl the leftover bits back into position.

It's not elegant, but it should get the job done.

 

[t_ski]

BAD NEWS! A storm with sustained winds over 80mph ripped through my area Saturday afternoon. I have since been without power until about 30 minutes ago. It appears, so far at least, that my hardware survived. Unfortunately all of my crunchers and folders were down during this disaster.

The GOOD NEWS is that my family and my home are fine except for a few downed trees. Some of my neighbors didn't fare so well and I've spent the last 2 days helping my neighbors repair their homes and there's still much more work to be done.

Anyway I thought that I would share the events of the past couple days with my WCG Family.

For some reason, I started to picture T-Bob reliving the scene from Forest Gump where Lt. Dan is taunting God from the mast of the boat during the hurricane.

 

[[Ion]]

Two million WUs, good for spot #50 in the world:

 

[librin.so.1]

@[Ion] based rapidly deployed GPU WUs were based

 

[[Ion]]

@[Ion] based rapidly deployed GPU WUs were based

Well, yes, a lot of it was due to the GPU WUs, but I'm also doing about 10.5k WUs/day, so it's counting up pretty quick.

Also, I talked with the friend who had agreed to host some of my systems to see how many he was OK with, and he seems to have changed his mind. He says he'll take "three or four" in his room, and then, with the understanding that they won't be as safe, as many as I want out in the main room. So at the very least he'll get the 32c Opty, 24c Opty, dual X5672, and then we'll see. The SFF HPs and the Dell T5500s are all pretty sturdy, so I suspect I'll set him up with the three T5500s and perhaps even a few of the HP i5s. Even better than I had possibly imagined
So, even with the summer hiatus, I might still end up close to 100k PPD overall

 

[twilyth]

Congrats dude. I assume he knows what the impact on the utility bill will be. Also, will you be able to monitor and restart the systems if necessary? If not, you might want to consider installing an auto-restart utility on the rigs so that they reboot themselves every couple of days.