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Thread: Serious Crunchers - Approaching Escape Velocity! |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Not too bad. Managed over 2k for 2 days in a row, which isn't bad for 1 1/2 machines crunching part time [due to temperature concerns]. When it gets over 80F in the house, I shut them down before they shut themselves down.
the 1/2 is an elderly Dell [coming up on 6, I've lost track] that's making ominous sounds. Think the fans, if not the hard drive that replaced the original hard drive, are considering retiring permanently  |
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Sport
Veteran Cruncher USofA Joined: Oct 23, 2006 Post Count: 1022 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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...just brought an old 3.2 gig P4 with 1 gig ram and 500 gig HDD online....[[hate to waste that Hard Drive ....but it's a long story]] .....waiting for WCG to finish updating so I can DownLoad "Boinc" and see if the old girl can cope!!!!....Crunching is all this old girl will do ......{I'm on it now just running it through it's paces}
---------------------------------------- [edit for GP]...you know they run comfortably at around 120 degrees F...as long as you have air flow around them ...i.e. into the case they'll be comfortable!!...(of course the utility company will probably offer you stock options!!) ...I installed case exhaust fans in my Dually and my AMD 64,plugged them into the "Case Fan " power tap on the MoBo.... and they have yet to turn on!!!...that's crunching 100% 24/7 and I keep my thermostat set at HEAT 74degrees this time of year!!!!   [Edit 2 times, last edit by Sport at Apr 16, 2008 1:51:04 AM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Just an old 3.2Ghz PIV with 1g of ram 500g HD....
LoL 3.2 is faster than my Primary machine @ 3.0Ghz My Machines   500gb HD on a cruncher, But i understand when its the last drive you have around that isn’t dead. She should do fine  1gb of ram  Within my limited experience, (Never got a AC@H) all the other projects don’t need anywhere near that. You’ll be able todo other things on the machine besides crunch away GP: If its a fan that is making a weird noise (and not the hard drive.) Then I would recommend cleaning it out with a vacuum and a can of compressed air. While the machine is off. If that doesn’t do it. If you’re brave, you could remove the fans from your systems. Sometimes the dust is caked on the fans so thick, that cleaning the fan blades with a barely damp paper towel will increase their rpm. And also clean out the air duct and vents that are connected to the fan while it is removed. |
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Sport
Veteran Cruncher USofA Joined: Oct 23, 2006 Post Count: 1022 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Just an old 3.2Ghz PIV with 1g of ram 500g HD.... LoL 3.2 is faster than my Primary machine @ 3.0Ghz My Machines 500gb HD on a cruncher, But i understand when its the last drive you have around that isn’t dead. She should do fine 1gb of ram Within my limited experience, (Never got a AC@H) all the other projects don’t need anywhere near that. You’ll be able todo other things on the machine besides crunch away . I'm back on the AMD 64 3800+ ....the 3.2 P4 seems to be running top shelf!!!..i'll give it a day or two to see if it can cope...as for doing other things on it ......I have this machine and my dually ..and a P4 2.8 lappie with 768 ram ....a P4 2.8 w/1 gig just crunching.... a 1.2 celery that I do alot of multie media with ...just because I don't miss the crunch time!!!!!....I'm missing someone  [Edit 1 times, last edit by Sport at Apr 16, 2008 3:50:59 AM] |
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Sport
Veteran Cruncher USofA Joined: Oct 23, 2006 Post Count: 1022 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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with all the WIN 2K machines ...looks like you are running a bank of 'old' networking machines ...are they clean where they don't spend alot of cycles "looking"???
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Go 'Team P4'
 Pleased to see I'm not the only one hammering on with the old thumpers, be it in less numbers. |
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Sport
Veteran Cruncher USofA Joined: Oct 23, 2006 Post Count: 1022 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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...looks like a HDD failure on the Laptop .....no time to deal with it this morning!!!!!!
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
GP: If its a fan that is making a weird noise (and not the hard drive.) Then I would recommend cleaning it out with a vacuum and a can of compressed air. While the machine is off. If that doesn’t do it. If you’re brave, you could remove the fans from your systems. Sometimes the dust is caked on the fans so thick, that cleaning the fan blades with a barely damp paper towel will increase their rpm. And also clean out the air duct and vents that are connected to the fan while it is removed. Already done the vac and canned air. Had the side off a month ago and cleaned it out - still grinding along. Guess 6ish years of crunching will do that...  Thanks for thinking 'bout me tho'  |
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Sport
Veteran Cruncher USofA Joined: Oct 23, 2006 Post Count: 1022 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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...looks like a HDD failure on the Laptop .....no time to deal with it this morning!!!!!! Lappie appears to be fine tonight.....WHEW...really didn't want to install another HDD...I do have an 80 gig sitting here that I want to slap in it ....... but formatting and reinstalling/configuring XP Pro is something I'ld rather wait for the weekend to do |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Happy to hear your lappie is feeling better.
As to the issue of the reinstall do you have any drive imageing software? you could use to make a copy of your install off of the bad disk. Then back on to the healthy one. Thats alot quicker than reinstalling. |
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