I've had enough - again.

Stan_Lite

Stan_Lite

Stan_Lite

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Woke up on Saturday morning to discover the Bigadv machine that had been running fine for over a week had decided to stop working for no apparent reason. It took me most of the morning to get it back up and running again and, while I was doing that, the likewise, apparently stable, gaming rig blue screened in front of my very eyes.

This is one of the reasons I keep getting fed up with Folding. I seem to have very little luck with hardware and it's a constant pain having to diagnose and fix problems with rigs that suddenly decide they don't want to work after runing flawlessly for weeks beforehand. I'm also aware of the amount of electricity I'm burning.

The upshot of it is that I've decided to take a break for a bit. I know that'll be a bit of a blow for the team output and I'm sorry for that but I have to consider my sanity and my bank balance for a bit. I'm probably going to sell off a couple of the Q6600 rigs and keep the other one along with the two i7 rigs.

I'll probably be back some time (when I've forgotten about the hassle and the leccy bills) but for now, I'll leave you to get on with it for a bit.

FOLD ON TEAM 10 :D
 
Wow! Thought you'd be back for a fair while considering your recent purchases. All the best anyway. Maybe just run one rig 24/7?
 
Aww, damn Stan! The sheer amount of time, energy and cold, hard cash you put into folding is greatly appreciated!

Perhaps if you stage another comeback you should take it a little easier.

It is strange you tend to suffer so much with your hardware though - I wonder if all the energy you're sucking from the National Grid is too much for the flat's wiring! :p
 
So you stole cell 7 from me only to give it back to me :confused:
At least leave just one machine running so it looks as if i Stomped back into position :D
 
I have a few projects underway at the moment which require a lot of my attention but, once I get one of the i7 rigs completed (working on watercooling setups at the moment), I'll set at least one of them going on (hopefully) A3 WUs just to keep ticking over :)

And no, I don't have any graphics cards going - I only had one GPU client running before and that was on an 8800GTX and I'm keeping that as it's the best gfx card I have ever owned :p Seriously, it's nearly 3 years old and I only upgraded for gaming in December - it can still play any game I want - most of them at damn good settings. I'll never sell this card.

Edit: Sir Les. I see from your sig, your average ppd is about 18.5k. I can do that on A3 WUs on one i7 :p
 
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Show 'em what for. :D

Shocking behaviour though it is, best bet for your sanity is probably to slacken off the overclock at bit. :)
 
Not even a 10% oc Mr.B - that's almost a crime.
Most of the intel's will a acheive a 10-20% oc on less than stock volts.
Save power, increase performance = win-win.

Sorry to see you go (again) stan - but what Mr.B says does make sence.
I've been overclocking/undervolting for a quiet life - but reduced electric and stress is also a bonus. :)
 
Don't go! The machines will behave they have learnt their lesson! :p

I must admit I only go for slight overclocks, I'm lazy and prefer an easy life. :)
 
Devote computing power to the SETI effort? No real bugbears keeping ahead of the hardware on your side, just the server side going down to irritate you :)
 
I think i am joining Stan my little rig is dead again and now i cant sleep because i am to wound up to sleep not gonna rma it gonna need a whole new setup. so badly want to smash the hell out of it right now but ill get water everywhere and i dont fancy that right now :(
 
Marine Iguana said:
I think i am joining Stan my little rig is dead again and now i cant sleep because i am to wound up to sleep not gonna rma it gonna need a whole new setup. so badly want to smash the hell out of it right now but ill get water everywhere and i dont fancy that right now :(
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Well case and mobo now have footprints on them

So full atx system on its way i think really peed off and all i have to browse with is my bloody ipod and phone :(

Also got a raging headache and feel sick is this what people call stressed :(:(:(:(:(
 
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Quit pushing the envelope and then complaining. Either stay on the extreme and shrug it off to experience or if you need something to be stable 24/7 then drop it back to stock and run it that way, or a slight overclock.

I run months at a time without a hardware glitch on F@H

Not much you can do about the electricity however other than scale back on your efforts.
 
I kicked my PC once :) put a ding in the side of my ATC 201, managed to straighten most of it out but you can still see it if you are looking for it.
 
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