Posts by Vipin Palazhi

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Seti android app (Message 1358763)
Posted 36 days ago by

My phone has completed 6 units all of which have been validated, even though it did pop a couple of 'error occurred during computation' messages. Is this app optimized in any way?
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2) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (83) Server Problems? (Message 1358596)
Posted 36 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

Am I glad that I am currently living in this part of the world. Electricity is included in the apartment rent, no matter how much I use. I pray it stays that way for a looooooong time.
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3) Message boards : Number crunching : Windows XP 365 days support remaining (Message 1357341)
Posted 40 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

I too am running WinXP 64 bit on my main two crunchers however upgraded to Win7 on my main workstation. For a third rig, I am now trying out Windows server 2012 and experimenting with the workstation setup, with the help of this site.

@Siran, maybe this link might be of use to you, not sure since I have never used Win8.

4) Message boards : Number crunching : Case Fans - High CFM (Message 1353861)
Posted 50 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

I havent been able to find any of the good brands in the local market here, and the only one that I came across was coolermaster with 37 cfm. Will have to order it through the net.

Thanks for the sites Keith and all others for your suggestions. I feel Noctua NF-P12 might be a good choice and six of them should do a good job. Zalman ZM-F3-FDB also seems to be a good contender.
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5) Message boards : Number crunching : Seti android app (Message 1353022)
Posted 52 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

My phone just reported in after 97 hours of crunching. It popped up errors twice but continued, so was doubtful. But happy to see that the WU has been validated and awarded 100 credits. Although initially I wanted to crunch just one WU, now I am eagerly waiting for the servers to start sending out new work.

6) Message boards : Number crunching : Case Fans - High CFM (Message 1352649)
Posted 55 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

With the ambient temperature rising, the room temperature does touch about 25+ sometimes and as I have all my rigs in the same location, the temperature goes up beyond the desirable level.

Humidity is not an issue as I have dehumidifiers in the air supply to keep it within 30-40%. However, venting the hot air to the outside is not as option.

My case is Zalman (the model number escapes me), one of those huge ones that can accommodate six 120mm fans. I have it set up as 3 pull and 3 push (the CPU is liquid cooled and the radiator itself has two in a push pull configuration). The internal temperature probe shows 35 degrees at night, however, wifey sometimes has the habit of turning down the AC while I am not around and the temperature shoots up to 50+ which I dont think is good for the hard drives. Day time is a challenge.

I do not have the time nor patience to mod the case, which is why, except for this machine, all others are running without case mounted on shelves.

As it has been pointed out, most of the other fans have failed on me after a few months of intense use. I do have one fan that runs directly off main line, but unsuitable for use within the case.

7) Message boards : Number crunching : Case Fans - High CFM (Message 1352423)
Posted 55 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

I need to get some new case fans for my chassis to replace the existing 6 x 120mm fans. Since I stay in a desert country, the temperatures are slowly rising as summer intensifies and will peak in July reaching 52 degrees in shade. The AC is already running 24/7 and three of my rigs are already running bare bone without any chassis. I was suggested by someone to go for Delta 252 CFM (PFB1212UHE-F00), but at 66dB, I do not want to go deaf. My crunching corner already sounds like a mini wind turbine.

What would you suggest for a low noise/high cfm/cost effective model?

8) Message boards : Number crunching : Seti android app (Message 1351429)
Posted 58 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

My phone seems to cruch and then go idle at irregular intervals for no apparent reason. Like others have stated, phone crunching is not worth the time and effort, atleast for the time being, when compared to a low cost PC. I want to finish this one WU that I have, just so that I have tried it.

9) Message boards : Number crunching : Seti android app (Message 1351087)
Posted 59 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

I installed this on my old LG optimus net this morning and after 1.5 hours, it has completed 0.75%. Estimated time to completion is about 200 hours. The WU has a safe deadline of 19th May.

10) Message boards : Number crunching : GTX 590 questions (Message 1347196)
Posted 70 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

Thanks, I already had 7.0.28 installed so I added the cc_config.xml fix, now crunching 2 WU's per GPU.

Now for the next problem, is 7.0.28 a pig of a thing or is it just me?
My other PC with 6.10.58 has no problems getting work units, but this PC with 7.0.28 can only get a few WU's at a time and always has 'download pending - project backoff'

Can I roll back to 6.10.58 or has 7.0.56 fixed this?

You can rollback to an older version, but make sure to copy the BOINC folders both in program files (C:\Program Files\BOINC) as well as program data (C:\ProgramData\BOINC) or (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC) if you are using WinXP. After performing an uninstall of boinc, put the two folders back in their original location and then install the older version. You should be able to run boinc again, I have done this countless times without having to finish the existing cahce. And the best version according to me is still 6.10.60, although I have now upgraded all my rigs to 7.0.28.
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11) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (82) Server Problems? (Message 1342303)
Posted 84 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

Thanks a lot for the information on hosts file. The MVPS hosts file is really useful.
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12) Message boards : Number crunching : NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan (Message 1341141)
Posted 88 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

The Titan is available here for around $1035 including shipping and delivery. Not really sure if I want to get one of these, even if I had the money right now, given the status of work availability. Saw this video on youtube, an hour and a half long review of the card.
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13) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (81) Server Problems? (Message 1340441)
Posted 90 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

Servers are back online, however, the usual hickups of uploading the massive pile up of completed tasks remain.

Btw, I have donated thrice in the past, but my finances do not permit me at present. Nevertheless, I am trying to whatever little I can by the use of goodsearch.
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14) Message boards : Number crunching : False "abandoned" tasks (Message 1339758)
Posted 94 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

Yes, reset the project, Only the tasks that haven't been abandoned will be resent, 20 at a time,

Claggy

Thanks for clarifying Claggy.

The machine is now downloading all the lost tasks except for those that are expired. Also noticed that all the MB tasks are now just labelled seti_enhanced 6.03 and there is no identification for the CUDA tasks. But the system does seem to recognize them and the WUs are being properly processed by the CPUs and GPUs.
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15) Message boards : Number crunching : False "abandoned" tasks (Message 1339695)
Posted 94 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

This occurred to one of my machines two days back but I only noticed it today. Since I access it via remote desktop, it is really a painful task to check individual tasks to see which have been abandoned but still being processed by the machine. Is resetting a good option to clear this issue? And will the tasks be re-downloaded after the reset?
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16) Message boards : Number crunching : Curious....what is your fastest CPU? (Message 1338699)
Posted 99 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

Thanks for the information and those wonderful photographs Mark. Like others have pointed out, I too am curious to see what kind of monster you would build with the present day hardware. And I do remember reading that you may add a 9th rig to your farm. So go for it if time and resources permit.

I too, like Ex, build stable systems that are never overclocked. And my hobby is to give second life to old computer components that others may discard as junk. Built and sold many such systems which are still running cheerfully. Due to the fact that the outside temperatures regularly cross 50 degrees C here during summer, I cannot overclock any aircooled rigs and do not want to chance it. And, I had to put all my rigs on high shelves to protect it from an over curious baby who is just starting to walk.

17) Message boards : Number crunching : Curious....what is your fastest CPU? (Message 1338431)
Posted 99 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

...cooled to -27.5 centigrade.

None of my CPUs are overclocked and dont even come close to your values, however, I have always wondered, do overclocked CPUs need to be cooled to subzero temperatures to work properly? Wont a decent room temperature or even something like 10 degrees C be sufficient?

18) Message boards : Number crunching : How many Computers do you have Running BOINC Projects? (Message 1337373)
Posted 102 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

Running 5 rigs, one of which is down due to hardware malfunction. Apart from the number of computers being used for running boinc, I guess it will be interesting to see some snaps of the how these computers have been set up - something like a rack or a farm.

Before the GPU crunching began, I had lots of barebone systems crunching everywhere in my house. This site should give a good idea of how it would be.

19) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (81) Server Problems? (Message 1336622)
Posted 104 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

Just when I thought things are getting better, they go bonkers.

And I keep forgetting that its a Sunday as its a working day in this part of the world. When someone does get in the lab to give the servers a kick, I hope they will open the sluice gates a bit wider this time so that we may download a decent cache to compensate for the weekly outage due on Tuesday.

I have always only crunched for Seti, but I couldnt take it anymore and finally joined Einstein to keep my GPUs busy.
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20) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (81) Server Problems? (Message 1335441)
Posted 107 days ago by

Vipin Palazhi

I've played with Einstein a little, but still highly prefer to crunch exclusively for Seti. Maybe too many people thinking like me.

I too am feeling something like that. I crunch exclusively for seti and the lack of information from the staff is highly disheartening. Oh well, I shall just wait.

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