TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[Caring1]

Why did my lights just dim?

I downloaded BOINC again and only had to sign in to start off afresh where I finished, all my stats are still there.
I thought I would add at least one machine back in for the challenge.

 

[W1zzard]

@W1zzard would something like @Toothless post be possible here for the members that run WCG/FAH etc. at all?

Elaborate please

 

[Toothless]

Elaborate please

A drop-down like the system specs but for BOINC and the like

 

[W1zzard]

A drop-down like the system specs but for BOINC and the like

Hmmmm .. not sure if this is relevant enough for the majority of forum users ?

 

[Toothless]

Hmmmm .. not sure if this is relevant enough for the majority of forum users ?

Probably not, but I know the crunchers are die-hards and love to show off their numbers. Probably one of those "is it worth the trouble" things.

 

[W1zzard]

Remind me when all the launches are over .. which looks to be Feb t.t

 

[Toothless]

Betcha someone is gonna hold you to that

 

[phill]

It works! Biiig thank you!

That is so strange!! I've never had to do that and I've got a few servers here with thread counts over 32! Hats off to @XZero450 and of course @agent00skid for fixing!! Now check ya temps and heat coming off the rig!!

Oh just for info, my R620 which has two E5-2658 V2's in can grab about 30,000 a day if I leave it on all the time... Hits about 225w doing it too

Why did my lights just dim?

You had that same issue??!! I felt it over the other side of the pond!!

Since it's sunny and we have no heating from the boiler until hopefully tomorrow.....

Both servers on getting a little warm...
Both of these I've never had to configure being over 32 threads?? Possibly down to the OS maybe??

Still, so glad I sorted out the fan curve on the R730... Tried it on the R620 and it just went nuts... 26% custom on the R730, temps are down by about 15C and it's still quiet.. Couldn't set them sadly on the R620... Guess it might need a firmware or update via the bios possibly...

 

[Toothless]

That is so strange!! I've never had to do that and I've got a few servers here with thread counts over 32! Hats off to @XZero450 and of course @agent00skid for fixing!! Now check ya temps and heat coming off the rig!!

Oh just for info, my R620 which has two E5-2658 V2's in can grab about 30,000 a day if I leave it on all the time... Hits about 225w doing it too

You had that same issue??!! I felt it over the other side of the pond!!

Since it's sunny and we have no heating from the boiler until hopefully tomorrow.....

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Both servers on getting a little warm...
Both of these I've never had to configure being over 32 threads?? Possibly down to the OS maybe??

Still, so glad I sorted out the fan curve on the R730... Tried it on the R620 and it just went nuts... 26% custom on the R730, temps are down by about 15C and it's still quiet.. Couldn't set them sadly on the R620... Guess it might need a firmware or update via the bios possibly...

My 2680v2's don't break past 45c typically. It's the x5680's that run hot.

 

[phill]

My 2680v2's don't break past 45c typically. It's the x5680's that run hot.

I think it's down to the servers, I think that's why the two I have run into the 60C's but it's not the end of the world... They can get a little noisy when the temps start getting warmer...

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Grrr. Looks like they ran out of SCC?

 

[Caring1]

Grrr. Looks like they ran out of SCC?

Looks that way, I'm running my last one now, then onto other stuff.

 

[stevorob]

Anyone run into issues with your cruchers randomly no longer downloading work?

My 2695v2 decided at some point today, that it no longer wants to show any tasks in the task list, won't download new. I've rebooted several times, ran ubuntu updates, removed/readded the project in boinc, but no luck so far... removing and reinstalling didn't work either..

Any ideas? I really don't want to reinstall the OS right now.

Edit: after another 20 mins of troubleshooting and googling, at this point an OS install would be faster. I guess that’s what I’m gonna be doing for the next little while

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Any chance you've limited yourself to a particular project, such as SCC?

 

[stevorob]

Any chance you've limited yourself to a particular project, such as SCC?

I did see that SCC stopped work, but it should have picked up other projects like my other machine running the same profile. ./shrug

Edit: After reinstalling Ubuntu, things seem back to normal. It’s grabbing work again. Same profile.. so strange.

 

[Toothless]

Challenge being over, gonna let everything cool down because it might be 43F outside but it's like 70F in my living room. Not good napping temperatures.

 

[Caring1]

I'm letting my system wind down and finish the last of the tasks, then it won't be used for crunching until the next challenge.

 

[Nordic]

I have set BOINC to only use 80% of my cpu to leave room for FAH. My PC is in a room that doesn't get much heat from the central heater.

 

[Toothless]

Not sure if the 2680v2 chips I have are magical or if they in general run cool, because running it 24/7 maxed doesn't produce enough heat to keep the house warm.

 

[Nordic]

Not sure if the 2680v2 chips I have are magical or if they in general run cool, because running it 24/7 maxed doesn't produce enough heat to keep the house warm.

If I am doing the math right, those two cpu's would produce about 800 btu's of heat combined. That is only enough heat to heat approximately 30sqft of space.

 

[Toothless]

If I am doing the math right, those two cpu's would produce about 800 btu's of heat combined. That is only enough heat to heat approximately 30sqft of space.

No wonder everything around it still feels cool. Just means I'll be a bit cold until I get my power connector to get the x5680's going.

 

[Nordic]

My 3900x and 1060 3gb at full load produce a similar amount of heat to your two cpu's. I can tell it is warmer in the computer room if I leave the door shut, but it isn't warm.

 

[Arjai]

Well. the issues with my "Grey" box, 3700x and 580 w/ a 650 Antec Gold, seem to be solved with a run through BIOS taking CPU off Auto and setting it at 105Mghz (or whatever it was), so no more random shut downs, since that change, a couple of days ago.(run on sentence, anyone?)

However, my points haven't been showing up for that machine...

So, I just looked at the account name and it was my old one! (Arjai). I had messed things up a while ago and ended up as rclow@v-m-f.org. (BTW, that email is dead, don't worry). So, I switched it up by deleting BOINC, re-installing and now it is connected to my account.

Point is: I now have my 3700x working for me 24/7. My points per day should show that over the next week. I should regain my hold in the TOP10 Daily numbers. For a little while, anyway.

I may be gifting my Nephew one of my T-3500's, soon. of the 3 I have left, 2 are killing it and the other has been dogging. I think the T3500-4 has an OS issue causing it to gymp it's output until it stops, all together. I haven't been watching the timeline on it but, over a 2 week period, or so, it slowly, then quickly, drops it's output.

Whatever Distro it is I will investigate further another day. I will have it on windows 10 when I give it to him, after a good cleaning and maybe a jury-rigged cpu Cooler fan, like I have on another T3500 that runs smooooooth! LOL

I will have BOINC on it when I give it to him but, he won't be running it 24/7, probably only turn it on on days off. But, he deserves to have a computer, better than the PS4. Or his phone. We may have to invest in a stronger GPU for him. He has a massive large screen TV, not sure what resolution it is. But we'll figure that out another time, also.

I hope everyone is well and healthy, best wishes all around!!

 

[phill]

Hi everyone

Merry New Year I was wondering about doing a bit of a quick give away for the FAH, WCG and Rosetta team members I was looking to grab a few games on Steam last night and then realised they have completely screwed up the way you can buy games and gift them, so I'm not sure how it was done before, but if someone wanted to put their name in to a hat or something to that effect, I was hoping I might be able to gift over a game for maybe 5 lucky/unlucky people?!

The giveaways have sucked and I'm sorry about that... Much going on as with everyone's lives so hopefully something small would be a good start...

I've picked out a few games, I've 5 that are on the Steam special offer (apologies, but I think that they are great games and have them myself!!) so if anyone can get themselves put down or whatever, we'll do a quick one hopefully Failing that, we'll do a bigger one on the following sale

Take care everyone!! I hope everyone is safe and sound!!

 

[Arjai]

Slowly climbing into the Top 25. Looks like I may hit a wall, @XZero450 . At least until I build some more boxes. Not sure when that will happen. Tech gear for a build is a little stupidly priced, right now. If it ever relaxes, I will consider upgrading my farm.

Looks like I may be shadowing @XZero450 for a while. I hope he doesn't mind.