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Pneumonic

Pneumonic

Pneumonic

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Ok well I am currently running 4 standard Console clients on my Q6600, I have tried the Windows SMP client but it just seems to sit their for an age doing nothing or at different clock speeds throws up an error about system instability..

My question is, is there any other sort of client I can try that will give better PPD than my current 4 console client setup?

And a second question! is there anyway to determine the type of unit that you get? For instance I can pump out a 3906 like there is no tomorrow FahMon shows the two clients I currently have doing them at around 2800 PPD each but then you get some sucky 2613 unit or something that takes an age for very little PPD
 
There's nothing you can really do about the units you get. You can set Advanced Methods to On and that will sometimes get you new units that can sometimes have better ppd, but it's a bit hit and miss.

As for another client, if you're prepared to put the resources to it you can try the linuxSMP client in a Ubuntu VMWare virtual machine or two.
 
ok will have a look :)

how much of a performance increase will that get me?

EDIT: Had a read that doesnt look to complicated :) will have to give it a try tomorrow
 
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well i got it all installed and setup but when I restart the virtual machine after the OS install it doesnt seem to want to boot into the OS? Just tries to boot over the LAN card.. I have gone into the "BIOS" and set the hdd to the first boot devise but no luck.. its late maybe I am being stupid! will try again in the morning
 
arghh! *pulls hair out* damm smp clients....

ok get instability errors on some of the units that the linux smp clients are running is stupid because I have installed 1 vmware linux install running two clients on a seriously overclocked E6850 that isnt even 8 hours primestable on its current setup... and it is blasting through the two units no problems... yet I install 2 vmware linux installs running two clients each on any of my Q6600 even at stock and overvolted for stock and I get instability errors all over the place! I really cant see that anything is any different followed the guide exactly the same on all of the vmware installs and linux smp client setups.. everything in the E6850 machine is exactly the same bar the chip to one of my Q6600 setups, RAM / Motherboard / Make of Hard-Disk!

Any Ideas?
 
What specific instability issues are you getting? Do you get an error in the VMWare install or does the machine simply crash? Would it be worth setting the voltage to the original value to eliminate that possible problem?

Getting the Linux SMP sorted is most of the setup, so be glad you've at least got that working on the dual core :)
 
I mean the SMP client gives an error and returns the unit, says in the blurb that if you get a lot of them could be system instability but its about 75% of them it will do 1 or 2 steps and then return the unit saying its come to an early end
 
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I mean the SMP client gives an error and returns the unit, says in the blurb that if you get a lot of them could be system instability but its about 75% of them it will do 1 or 2 steps and then return the unit saying its come to an early end
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That's definitely not good. Have you tested your RAM?
 
RAM passes a 4 hour blend test @ the levels I am currently running it

Have however appeared to got the Win SMP client working by installing it onto the root and not the default directory... go figure!
 
does seem strange, running the SMP client here on a q6600 @ stock, under vista....not had a complaint, was a bit slow to gets its 1st WU going, but now its all fine, not gonna break any records but oh well
 
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Have however appeared to got the Win SMP client working by installing it onto the root and not the default directory... go figure!
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I've heard of problems with that before. I install it in C:\Users\bigstan - seems to work fine. Will be interesting to see the PPD you get from that ridiculously overclocked setup.
 
well 2 SMP clients run cooler than the 4 "normal" console clients were so might up the clock a bit just waiting for it to return the first unit atm then will have some times :)
 
hows best to run this? 2 smp clients each assigned 2 cores, or 2smp clients all fighting over all 4 cores?


(seemed the ideal place to ask at time of writing)
 
hmm this morning I had a check on the SMP clients progress and one client in the night had Ended Early and returned the following error (similar to the one I was getting on the Linux Client i think?!?):

CoreStatus = 7B (123)

The second client was still going strong at around 55% and the first client had restarted and was up to around 30% (had finised at 16% on the first unit)...

The Error suggests that it failed either a) because the unit was actually at an end and could not process anymore or b) System Instability

Now given that I have gotten these errors before I think its more than likely B! but does anyone else get these errors? and if so how have you fixed them?

I have had a read around and it could be memory instabilities (I find this hard to believe) but will maybe try lossening my RAM timmings when I get home.. dont really want to restart the PC tho.. SMP thingy has a habbit of lossing what its done when I do that!
 
it may just be easier to bite the bullet and restart the machine if it needs doing to resolve the issue. Better to lose a day or two than to be fiddling around with the setup more :)
 
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