2 Terabytes and counting

[Empty_5oul]

Hopefully over tonight and tomorrow we will be able to take 15th place. we are very close and now ther is only 2 terabytes between us.

BeOS are down at just under 1 terabyte per day (956G) we are producing 2.88Tera per day. so we are outproducing by 1.93 Terabytes.
the exactl between our 2 total productions is 1.67 so within the next 24hours we can take 15th back.

just a few more days, thx everyone for all your support :thumbleft:

[rrcrain]

We did it.

[Empty_5oul]

well done all, we are in the clear and now have 15th place

i dont reckon it is worth pushing for a higher position yet, teamTNT who have 14th are pushing 1.5T easily and there is quite a gap between our current scores.

[AMDave]

We also drew their hand and saw the level that they are actually capable of running at when they want to. So if they close in later on, we'll know just how much to throw at it and for how long. ;)

[Empty_5oul]

yep,

for the moment i reckon we should just get say a 10 Tera lead so we are just far enough ahead to be in the clear with no real thret. if they do start to pull back from new members, massive upgrades etc we will see it on the stats pretty quick.

[Ototero]

Congrats all. And you Oli for driving us on. We took 2 places.

Good point Dave. We'll still need to trickle along keeping Beos at bay.

Now onwards and upwards. Where to next.

Time for a vote.

I say D2ol, there are only 4 of us playing, M Orwick, Morfeus630, AMDave and me. We've been rising quite steadily.

We could easily rise 1000 spaces. :shock:

[Empty_5oul]

rise 1000 spaces :S ???

keep going on 17 for the moment until we decide what our next priority is to be.

[AMDave]

LOL He's got D2OL on the brain...
He meant to say GRID
(must be my e.s.p.)

[Ototero]

Dave,

Right again, I meant Grid. And it would be places not spaces.

11am, it's been a looong day. :roll:

[rrcrain]

Take a hard look at the daily numbrs between us and TeamTNT. We are (or were)out producing them almost by a factor of three. 14th place isn't that much of a pipe dream!

[DMMc]

YEAH :!: :!: :!:
:wav:
:greenjumpers:
...........................OK...get solid then tear at it again <GRIN>

[Ototero]

But look, we are accumulating red blobs in our stats 'cos we are ignoring other DCs.

Lets consolidate our current position then vote.

[rrcrain]

I've two machines running SOB but I'll be moving the XP of of it as soon as it finishes it's current proth test. It's a dog compared to the Athlon 64 running SOB. The AMD64 3000+ is running at 2.2 Ghz, stable at 47C and is pusing over 1 Meg in SOB on its own. The XP at best does 420K.

[Ototero]

My Athlon 64 3000+ is running at 2.1 Ghz, stable at 58C (much higher than yours :cry:).

It's doing about 900,000 in sob.

What cooler are you using ?? I'd love to lose 10C.

[Jeff]

I'm running at 27C :)!

[rrcrain]

Here's a link to the cooler I'm currently using:

http://www.zalmanusa.com/usa/product/view.asp?idx=141&code=005009

This is actually one rev newer than what I have and supposedly cools even better.

[rrcrain]

Your ISP is cat.com? Peoria by chance?

[Empty_5oul]

ototero how about you go back to DNET for the moment and let the restof us clear up on SOB so we keep our new position.
that should make the stats look a bit better.
personally i think SOB is too far for us to reach atm, if we leave our "spare" machines on it then when we have only 30ish Terabytes till taking a position i believe that is close enough.

in chessbrain and d2ol we have two positions that we could take quite easily.

[Ototero]

rrcirain


Your ISP is cat.com? Peoria by chance?

Was that question for me?? My isp is Tiscali (European company)
Thanks for the cooler info. I wish mine was running that cool. Maybe the sensor is wrong. My mobo is msi k8m neo-v. The cooler was the item that came with the chip.

Oli

I've moved 2 machines from sob to f@h.

[rrcrain]

Sorry for the confusion. My question was for spjeff69. Cat.com realistically be most anywhere on the planet, but their home is Peoria Illinois in the USA.

The stock cooler that comes with the AMD64 processors is good, but it this one is excellent. It uses a low RPM fan that is almost dead silent AND it does a super job of cooling at the same time.

[Ototero]

Thanks,

The fan comes coated with stuff ready to stick to the chip. Would you suggest stripping that gunk off and using Artic Silver 5 ??

[rrcrain]

recently read an article comparing various heatsink compounds on Dan's Data

http://www.dansdata.com/

Interesting review. His tests did show a difference between the cheap versus high end compounds, but not that much... not near what you should be seeing for what we pay for the high end stuff. Use a good compound, don't use to much of it, and perhaps polish the base of the heat sink until its mirror smooth. And then use the money you saved by not paying for the most expensive heatsink compound and buy a bottle of decent wine.

Here's a link to the article:

http://www.dansdata.com/goop.htm

[Jeff]

Why would you think my isp is cat.com?

[Empty_5oul]

personally i cant see it making a differnece. you are meant to use the thermal pads f you are gonna keep changing heatsink but paste if your gonna keep it. use whatever paste, if some comes free then try that it only provides quick heat transfer between the heatsink and processor, as long as there is a connection and it is not dry there should be no problem

[AMDave]

I like the shape and stats of the fan rrcrain is using.
I also like the fact that they reduced its weight by 18grams.
I don't know why, though. It wouldn't fit in a laptop so the I hope they reduced the price as the real benefit would be in the manufacturing cost.

Today it was 36 degrees Centigrade, ambient temperature.
In my garage it was 38 degrees C.
Summer has not really started yet.
When the ambient temperature hits 46 C my garage will be at 48 to 49 C.

I left the ceiling hatch open one day (before we completed the insulation and the laser-temp-meter showed 51 C in the garage and 72 C on the lower side of the roof tiles !!! No bullsh*t.

vaughan should be able to vouch for this (in-spite of his more favourable global latitude...LOL) ... when you guys talk fans we're out looking for refridgeration units. I don't have any. I can't get one for each PC & there's no way I am going to aircondition the whole garage for the whole summer to pull the temp down from an avg 42 to 32 centigrade !

I do however have a 2nd hand vertical freezer sitting in my garage waiting for me to figure out how I can get 3 or 4 machines in there & cool it without getting moisture build up. Only 25% of the cooling element is ok so it only freezes now after about 10 days without being opened. I ran it a while ago for a big family function we had just to keep the food cool until it was served. The idea struck me so I kept it a bit longer (read "creative pipe-dream"). I can't seem to think of a way to extract the moisture without losing the temperature gradient. If I can't come up with any ideas It's on its way to the recyclers next weekend and I'll be back to running nights only again in about 1 month :-(

[Ototero]

Dave,

Have you thought about water cooling your chips? There are quite a few kits around now.

Then you could throw the old fridge and make room for some beers.
;)

[Beerknurd]

ALWAYS make room for beer........

[Empty_5oul]

if you get a cooling system and have a spacious case you can store beers in the case aswell :P.

i have found http://www.arctic-cooling.com/ to be a good company for CPU's.

[AMDave]

Ah. You assume too much grasshopper !
I do have a beer fridge.
As does every other self repecting Aussie. :D
It is a shame that there is too much residue in even the finest ale to use it for coolant. To combine 2 loves would have been very impressive :lol:

I was very impressed by the performance of the Zalman Resoirator:
http://www.crazypc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=938500
(note for vaughan - reviewed in last months APCMag)

but you still need a cooler ambient temp to allow for heat exchange to take place.

[AMDave]

empty_5oul wins this contest.

...PC inside fridge
...beer inside the PC

Damn.
I'd like to try that.

So lateral thinking can be helped by lateral drinking :lol:

[Empty_5oul]

having a quality case will help you mate. i bought a thermaltake xaser V Wingo with side window. it is totally screeless and has 5 case fans, as well as a cap on roof for USBx2,firewire, headphones, mic.

http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/WinGo/v8000a.htm

i have noticed a drop in ym average temperature, though haivng those 5 going and my Jet7 on full creats a lot of noise, just having 5 fans on and configuring them well with speed controls can become barely noticable - anyway after maybe a week i use use to the new fan din as it sounds totally different to my old case.
i have some of my own pics if i find any ill post them.

[Beerknurd]

Someone needs to teach me to overclock... Maybe I could slowly burn up the Gateway..... :twisted:

[Empty_5oul]

there are programs you can use but you cant beat doing it in the BIOS. i have a program at home, ill send it later where you chose your motherboard make, model and have to find the number on the crystal and input that. from there you can then click the + or - and i think i intervals of 5 (this is editable tho) you can over or unde clock the processor. of you want ot give it a go reply and ill send later.

[Ototero]

Oli,

What's the name of that oc proggy ??

[Empty_5oul]

not sure right now :(, i can tell you when i get home at about 5ish. you have a while to wait.

if you search google on OC you get some weird results but put in OC progame **spelling and you should find it quiye easily. if you dont ill put the name / URL on here for you.

[Empty_5oul]

right i have it, zipped its called CPUFSB, its pretty good, if you tell me your motherboard ill check it now b4 i send it. also beerknurd u want it sent to your gmail ?? and ototero, your yahoo or tiscali ??

i have another rpogram to tell you the processor, memory etc - it has some good details, i can send that 2 if you want it. inclluding total cpu up time, memory L1 and L2, etc its pretty smart

[Ototero]

Cheers, my mobo is MSI K8M Neo-V

It's for a ath 3000+ 64.

You can use any email addy, I check them all.

[Empty_5oul]

k, looks ok, i havent found that exact one but from a glimpse there are loads in there - much more than i remember. where do you want it sent to ???

[Ototero]

tiscali please

my model number is MS-7032

[Empty_5oul]

k, i have sent it.
hopefully it will work and all will be ok lol :P

it comes with a disclaimer as you will see but dont blame me if you do it too much and kill something lol :P - good excuse for an upgrade tho.

[Ototero]

Got it cheers,

It has my mobo but not type. The numbers don't go high enough. Never mind.

[Beerknurd]

Hey send that program to my gmail acct. I have no clue what my MoBo type is right now. I'll have to check it when I get home.

[Empty_5oul]

ototero if you read the summay or readme etc, some motherboards are the same etc so a different version will work though that particular spec isnt listed. if you really want e-mail the guy in charge and he will fins one the same or add your mobo to the list, that is the only way he improves as he cant afford every different mobo that comes out.

[Empty_5oul]

beer - i cant mail it anymre ?? unsafe attachments, if i post it online can you download load it like now. dont worry its small.

[Empty_5oul]

heres the link for you:
http://www.stenroy.com/~ftpoliver/cpufsb9.exe

it will open asking to dl say yes then unzip if needed.

[Beerknurd]

Ok I downloaded it. I can't install it yet cause i'm at school. I saved it to a USB drive.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks

[Empty_5oul]

k, kool

try it and it should work, its a pretty simple program with easy loyout etc. as i said to ototero it may not have your exact mobo but many are very similar and cross-compatable.

[rrcrain]

It crashed my system!

[Beerknurd]

dammit..... :oops:

[Empty_5oul]

i have never had a problem with it,

rain what where u doing sometime on the pll bits it may crash it. whatwas ur system ??


// DISCLAIMER - use the program at your own risk \\
Empty_5oul cannot be blamed for any adverse affects
suffered from using a program he simply recommend

[rrcrain]

The system is an AMD64 3000+ with a gig of RAM on an ASUS motherboard.. I don't remember which one off the top of my head, but it's one of the newest they have released and is based upon the Nvidia 3 250 ultra chipset.

The program gave me a BSOD with a memory parity error.

[Ototero]

Check your PM

[rrcrain]

What are you referring to as PM?

[Ototero]

I sent you a private message (i think)

[Empty_5oul]

rain: had you checked you pll and made sure you get the right one ????.

if you leave it on default it wont work properly, it can be quite hard to read of the motherboard but its worth it

[rrcrain]

PLL? I'll make the wild guess that you do not mean "Phase Lock Loop".

[Empty_5oul]

so u open the program select motherboard manufacturer, and type.
then below this the PLL manufacturer and type. these can be found on the crystal of the motherboard.
had you found both of these out ???

[rrcrain]

I never got that far with the program. It crashed and burned on startup.

[Beerknurd]

I'm scared to try it now..... :shock:

[Empty_5oul]

oh :S, i dunno then mate soz.

guess it doesnt like your system lol.

[Ototero]

Guys,

Beos are catching us again, can we up the ante just a little bit???

Just the odd machine or two.

[AMDave]

I put 1 back on a little earlier. not much though.
Maybe just enough to give rrcrain a bit of a chase for the time being.

[DMMc]

I'll try to get a couple more on

[AMDave]

Good Man.
We just need to stay a little above their rate.

[vaughan]

I'll put my two P4 2.53's on it.

[rrcrain]

Run harder AMDave, your falling behind.

[AMDave]

Slow and steady wins the race. :cool:

Eventually you're going to focus on something else ...

:twisted:

[Empty_5oul]

lol, ototero the same applies to you re daves post, i will catch you with my 1,000 meg production per hour.

i meant to post saynig that earlier but forgot lol :P , i remember now after reading it lol ;)

[rrcrain]

My heavyweight finishes a proth test in 4 days and at that time, I do move on to something else leaving my lowly 1800 XP to drizzle along on its own. Together though, they average 1500 for the 4 day period they are both running SOB. I plan to make the top 20 list and then a bit before I slow down again.

[AMDave]

see. it is only a matter of time.

Hey David. Way to go. Rank 4 in 24 days.

Aha.
We woke up vlad and the Chinasaur.

[Empty_5oul]

we need to try and keep 1 tera production in 17 or we are just gonna lose the position back to BeOS again. we caught up with them well, lest stay where we are after the hard works done.

[DMMc]

FRAK!!! My systems can't connect to SoB. Anyone aware of a problem?

[AMDave]

No.
Mine just uploaded a WU.
check you can ping an external site from the LAN.

Sometimes running SoB on my machine carrying the Internet connection the TCP-IP stack doesn't get time to refresh properly and the other machines don't even get ping response.
I always run that one on "low" now & that fixed the problem.

[Skuzz]

I just checked and my machines are connecting fine.

[Empty_5oul]

i ok aswell m8, so i guess its just you.
how many machines do you have on d2ol now DMMc your production rate is going strong

[DMMc]

Can't ping Sob...will dig in to it in the AM.
Just running 2 systems on D2OL . a couple of lower end systems. An 800 and a 1500

[Empty_5oul]

k not bad, are you gonna leave those few on SOB then and quese up by selecting only send when finished, or you gonna let those rest for the night ??

i you queue up work then you will have a massive increase in stats 2morrow morning.

[DMMc]

I'm letting them run. ;)

[rrcrain]

Okay, what am I doing wrong?

[Beerknurd]

what??? doing what wrong...??

[Empty_5oul]

nice dave, that should add to the stats a lot in the morning.
post when you have sent results i wanna see the line leap up as you send in.

keep it up m8 :thumbleft:

oli