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v8 issues on very old cruncher
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j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
I'm having issues with my original cruncher a 200MHz Pentium MMx P55 128MB UW2SCSI. It errors v8 wu in 20 seconds or less. It has crunched everything up to this point. It is bare bones rig. I shut everything down even Explorer on it when crunching to get those few extra cycles. Not a major issue for now for it takes this machine two weeks a wu. It's pulling 120 watts continuous for that one wu so I only run it now when there is something new to test. I double checked everything I believe and have read the forums with no luck yet. I've gone over this thread several times. v7 issues on very old cruncher and did the 'libfftw3f-3-1-1a_upx.dll' renaming routine. I would like to keep this machine crunching just for the nostalgic. Rolling up on 17 years. 8^) .. ... |
Sean Send message Joined: 10 Aug 00 Posts: 33 Credit: 125,775,158 RAC: 199 |
I've also done some seti v7 crunching on a 586 class chip (AMD K6-2+ in my case. See thread: "Retro PC seti crunching"). Using the older .dll file, v7 worked fine. But, like your rig, mine just throws an error trying to run v8 (old .dll, new .dll, doesn't matter). I think the likely scenario is that the new v8 app is trying to use CPU instructions that just aren't present in the 586. |
BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0 |
If you are in a mood to experiment - it may be possible under QEMU emulator but how "fast" (slow)... http://qemu-manager.en.lo4d.com/ Â - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) Â |
Sean Send message Joined: 10 Aug 00 Posts: 33 Credit: 125,775,158 RAC: 199 |
If you're looking to throw the processing muscle of that Pentium MMX behind another project, PrimeGrid seems to be running fine so far on my K6-2+. I also tried einstein@home and lhc@home. Neither worked. |
Raistmer Send message Joined: 16 Jun 01 Posts: 6325 Credit: 106,370,077 RAC: 121 |
I'm afraid new build had no working non-SSE path. But hard to say w/o any stderr listing. |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
If you are in a mood to experiment - it may be possible under QEMU emulator but how "fast" (slow)... Thanks, I looked into that and it was more than I wanted to take on. The machine is so slow that to try doing anything on it is laborious at best. I read where 1995 full towers make good boat anchors. Har! 8^) ... |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
I'm afraid new build had no working non-SSE path. But hard to say w/o any stderr listing. From the man in the know. Thanks for the insight. Well that cinches it. New Topic: *For Sale* Inexpensive vintage boat anchor Never used in water Inquire with in 8^) .. ... |
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