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Hormones(hers). Enuff said.
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Summer farm shutdowns...
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Hormones(hers). Enuff said.
My housemate (male) is always complaining about it being either too cold or hot while I'm usually quite comfortable. He's just weird
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Don't let him touch the thermostat.
In other news: I've pulled one of my videocards for a few days so I can replace the fan on it and reinstall the card in a new motherboard that has better slot spacing to keep the GPUs happier. The old motherboard will eventually go into a new box.
In other news: I've pulled one of my videocards for a few days so I can replace the fan on it and reinstall the card in a new motherboard that has better slot spacing to keep the GPUs happier. The old motherboard will eventually go into a new box.
Feel free to ship CPUs and GPUs to my place. Hehe
Everything is included at my apartment. So utilities are never a problem. Our spare room has 2 active portable AC units at 10k and 12k BTUs PLUS Central Air. I'm setting up a rack 'closet' who can basically just run the portable AC year round. Our summertime thermostat is basically the windows. Everything is set at a chilling 64 degrees and when it gets too cold (and it does), we usually just open the windows to warm the place up.
Everything is included at my apartment. So utilities are never a problem. Our spare room has 2 active portable AC units at 10k and 12k BTUs PLUS Central Air. I'm setting up a rack 'closet' who can basically just run the portable AC year round. Our summertime thermostat is basically the windows. Everything is set at a chilling 64 degrees and when it gets too cold (and it does), we usually just open the windows to warm the place up.
We don't have AC here, unfortunately
I'll see about cleaning out the 9800GX2. Have to shut down one SMP client for it as well, so I want to make it quick.
Whoa, no a/c in a westernized country? It isn't like you are living in the land of China or anything. No window unit either? I hate to see how hot your GX2 runs during the hottest summer days........
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Feel free to ship CPUs and GPUs to my place. Hehe
Everything is included at my apartment. So utilities are never a problem. Our spare room has 2 active portable AC units at 10k and 12k BTUs PLUS Central Air. I'm setting up a rack 'closet' who can basically just run the portable AC year round. Our summertime thermostat is basically the windows. Everything is set at a chilling 64 degrees and when it gets too cold (and it does), we usually just open the windows to warm the place up.
Can't have mine as it's going back into my box as soon my work schedule allows and work has sucked as of late.
I live in the Netherlands where we get neither warm summers or cold winters
30C during the summer is already exceptional, usually it stays below that. Very few people have AC here My guess is that my 9800GX2 needs some good cleaning plus it's already one hot card. It shouldn't be idling at 70C
A/C over here in europe is rare as temps higher than 85F are rare where i live, hence no A/C. We prefer to cook our cards to within an inch of their live's
I've had my GTS 250 at 95c already this year and my 275 at 85c
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A/C over here in europe is rare as temps higher than 85F are rare where i live, hence no A/C. We prefer to cook our cards to within an inch of their live's
I've been trying to keep my 275s under what you are getting.
I've been trying to keep my 275s under what you are getting.
So do I but we had a really hot day a few days back and someone in the house had closed all the windows
. The whole house was an oven when i got back from work and my boxen took hours to return to a more normal temperature
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I just had to shut all of mine off, due to my powerbill getting to almost $380. might be back in the "winter."
God I hate florida.
God I hate florida.
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I know what you mean. My living room gets quite warm but since my kids are home for the summer I have to run the A/C anyway.So do I but we had a really hot day a few days back and someone in the house had closed all the windows
Sorry to hear about the shutdown but with that bill I can understand.I just had to shut all of mine off, due to my powerbill getting to almost $380. might be back in the "winter."
God I hate florida.
What part of Florida do you live in? One of my brothers lives in St. Pete.
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Near ft lauderdale
I just had to shut all of mine off, due to my powerbill getting to almost $380. might be back in the "winter."
God I hate florida.
I'm sorry to hear about your shutdown
I'm kind of worried to see what my powerbill is going to be like for the next billing cycle with the warm weather we have had recently.
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I'm sorry to hear about your shutdown
I'm kind of worried to see what my powerbill is going to be like for the next billing cycle with the warm weather we have had recently.
For whatever reason my bill is always high I think the lowest I has was 180 and that was when I was in mexico for a week, 2 years ago.
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Well I'm shutdown for the day. Last night I installed a new motherboard and now my GPUs are spaced farther apart so they should be a lot happier. I still have to install drivers for the board and do some testing before my PC is back up to full speed and folding.
With the A3 bigadv stuff, are you still running 2 VM's with bigadv or have you gone to native Linux yet to run a single bigadv client? If your wife has to use the computer, I wonder if there are any VM's out there that will let you use Linux as the host to run a Windows guest client.......
VMware is available for Linux, but I believe he wants to retain a native Windows environment if I'm recalling past threads accurately. I've also wanted to try VMware for Linux but never got around to it and now I'm cutting down on Linux system by system because of the recent client changes and some hardware issues. It would be interesting though.
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After I finish getting my system dialed back in with the new mobo I'll be running the dual bigadv VMs again. I have to start the whole O/C process over.
I don't have any plans to switch over to Linux since I have too much money tied up in Windows based apps on my PC. Not to mention with bigadvs under Win SMP A3 on the horizon the incentive to try Linux is appealing to me less.
How did your system and dual VMs manage with the P2684 WUs, BTW?
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Not so good. There was one day a while back when I got one of those. I don't have all the stats as the pc froze for an unrelated reason and I lost the WU. It was running about an hour per frame and I think I shut down the other VM to get it to work at all. I'll have to take another look if it happens again.
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My rebuild seems to have done the trick. With the new motherboard my slot spacing is way better and adding bigger fans to the heatsinks got me temps <70c with the 450 pointers. Once I get the testing on my OC completed I'll be back up to 24/7 folding. Just in time for summer.
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Well with it starting to hit 100F regularly its time to shut down the i7 and the 965.
I dont mind the electricity to run them, but cooling them is something else.
I love TX, but man the summers just seem to get more brutal every year.
I dont mind the electricity to run them, but cooling them is something else.
I love TX, but man the summers just seem to get more brutal every year.
Arghhh..........
Now my central a/c unit broke. I may have to shut down my rig now as we are supposed to get into the 90's today. The house is already at 85 degrees and the humidity just sucks...........
I'll be keeping an eye on CoreTemp and will shut down if it reaches over 82 degrees.
Now my central a/c unit broke. I may have to shut down my rig now as we are supposed to get into the 90's today. The house is already at 85 degrees and the humidity just sucks...........
I'll be keeping an eye on CoreTemp and will shut down if it reaches over 82 degrees.
Just shut down one of my Q6600s because it was running above 75C on its cores. That's about ~6k PPD gone. About 14k PPD left, and tempted to shut down the GTX275 as it's at 90C. I could also get a better case for it than the current one with only crappy 8 cm fans
Anyone feeling generous? :3
Anyone feeling generous? :3
I wouldn't worry too much about the CPU as long as you have decent cooling. GPUs are a different story entirely. Shutting down the GPU client might help with CPU temperatures especially if your system is run with the case closed. What I would do is turn off the GPU client in the day when it's hottest, and leave the SMP client processing until you see EUEs. Leave the GPU client off for even longer periods if you experience a heat wave. When the GPU client is shut down, the SMP client will actually produce higher PPD. I think that's your best balance between PPD and temperature.Just shut down one of my Q6600s because it was running above 75C on its cores. That's about ~6k PPD gone. About 14k PPD left, and tempted to shut down the GTX275 as it's at 90C. I could also get a better case for it than the current one with only crappy 8 cm fans
Well, I'm also considering my own temperature as all these systems are cooking the air in my office which is already warm enough as-is
The case (Antec 300) got uncomfortably warm to the touch which was my main reason to turn it off. Even with the GPU client not running the 9800GX2 manages to heat up the system considerably. The Q6600 system (identical other than the GPU) does ten degrees less on its cores with just an IGP.
I have a/c again! The a/c repair guys just got done as it was thankfully just a blown capacitor in the unit. That thing was UGLY as it was all big and bulgy and round looking. From the looks of it, this cap had to have been running on borrowed time for a while. The central air unit isn't even very old, but I guess they don't make them like they used to. Run like a Trane my ass...........
BTW, I have to say that I am incredibly impressed with how well the Cogage works. House temperatures hit upto 88 degrees and I never had to shutdown as CoreTemp never went higher than 75.
Just shut down one of my Q6600s because it was running above 75C on its cores. That's about ~6k PPD gone. About 14k PPD left, and tempted to shut down the GTX275 as it's at 90C. I could also get a better case for it than the current one with only crappy 8 cm fans
Anyone feeling generous? :3
Arn't these Intel processors able to run upto 100 degrees? Back before I had everything in my folding rig moved to the new HAF922 case, my i7 was easily hitting the lower 80's in CoreTemp.
In that case, do as others suggested and remove the GX2 from your system. I have one myself and understand your situation. Don't worry about the CPU, they are surprisingly resilient unlike GPUs. In the past before GPU clients were released, I used to be able to run more systems in my farm and they produced far less heat than presently. I rarely had any kind of issues those days unless a cooling component or other crucial part was malfunctioning. To recap, remove GX2 until fall, and either use onboard video or find an old low-powered card that runs cool. Your SMP client will also perform quite a bit faster without the lost cycles from the GPU clients. If you find your processor still runs too hot for your liking, then reduce the number of cores in the flag for your SMP client.
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It was 107F today! Thank goodness I had the a/c serviced in the offseason.
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So glad I'm moving towards all SMP, lower power draw all year around and low enough heat to run full force in the summer and not have to slow down
besides my gaming computer I only have 3 clients left on GPU (not running ATM) and I think those will be gone soon too
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besides my gaming computer I only have 3 clients left on GPU (not running ATM) and I think those will be gone soon too
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Well, I cleaned the Q6600/9800GX2 system and undressed the latter The videocard wasn't that dusty, as far as I could tell, but I do lack access to a can of compressed air or some such at this point. Its idle temperature dropped 10C to ~60C. CPU temperatures experienced a similar drop. I'm just out one 9800GX2, or ~10k PPD at this point.
The videocard wasn't that dusty, as far as I could tell, but I do lack access to a can of compressed air or some such at this point. Its idle temperature dropped 10C to ~60C. CPU temperatures experienced a similar drop. I'm just out one 9800GX2, or ~10k PPD at this point.Earlier I proclaimed that I wasn't going to let the summer heat cut into my folding. Well I just got a reality check (bill actually) in the mail this week. My power bill jumped from $280 to $450 for the month of June. Yawza! So I shutdown my main rig to help cool things off, and I'm parting it out to help pay the bills so check the DC/FS thread for some nice hardware.
Sorry to hear that, lassiterb
I'm guessing so since not much changed between May and June other than the heat.
I saw the FS thread and am tempted, but my wife walked in to my office yesterday and showed me our electrical bill at nearly $700. This has been a REALLY hot summer and I may just have to shut down GPU folding. I've been trying to let the GX2's run, but it is getting to the point where I can no longer do that.
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I'm expecting my electric bill any day now. I'm hoping for $300 or less.