SETI@home News Vol. 114
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For anyone interested in the p.o.v, gtx 465 which can unlock with a bios flash to gtx 470 these are the two most usefull links i have found, there is a thread in graphics but here ya go. It does work so long as your pov 465 has the 10 chips which all so far from ocuk do have, and its worth bearing in mind if i can do it.....anyone can!
http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/745228-gtx465-full-gtx470-flashing-guide.html
http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345
http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/745228-gtx465-full-gtx470-flashing-guide.html
http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345
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Borkley has gone down, oh noes 
The servers have all melted into a congealed pile of silicon and plastic. Game Over!
OK, maybe not...
The air conditioning in our server closet failed this morning, causing several of our important systems to overheat. The servers have since been shut down, but until we survey the damage and address these cooling issues all parts of the project will remain offline.
If it's taken disks with it (and it has in the past) then expect the outage to run until Friday.
My biggest two crunchers will make it through another week or two (thanks to mental cache downloads - fetched a month instead of a week), but the rest will run out in a few days.
OK, maybe not...
The air conditioning in our server closet failed this morning, causing several of our important systems to overheat. The servers have since been shut down, but until we survey the damage and address these cooling issues all parts of the project will remain offline.
If it's taken disks with it (and it has in the past) then expect the outage to run until Friday.
My biggest two crunchers will make it through another week or two (thanks to mental cache downloads - fetched a month instead of a week), but the rest will run out in a few days.
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Oh dear I may have enough *crosses fingers*
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I'll probably turn on Einstein. Maybe find a pulsar.
Like that's ever going to happen
.... No wait :/
Oh dear I may have enough *crosses fingers*
I may have. I've got about 5 days on me GPU's and 10 days for CPU. I normally only stock up on Mondays or Tuesdays. Unfortunately, I imagine the whole world will run dry of work - and getting work after the servers come back up is gonna be a nightmare! Still, I wonder what sort of mess awaits the team in the cubby hole that is the project machine room!
It isn't going to be pretty. Just hope the two 'big' servers survived (though by definition they're also the most likely to suffer), otherwise we could be out for the count until they source repairs/replacements.
Something really needs to be done about the somewhat flaky A/C unit they have, but that's money - something they don't have enough of.
Something really needs to be done about the somewhat flaky A/C unit they have, but that's money - something they don't have enough of.
getting there slowly
Well done - 'tis a pity this appears to be our only bit of good news though!!!!
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getting there slowly
Nice going Eggcup
The only tiffy likely in the next few days/weeks/months/years
Oh well there goes me 460 testing, shame as I was on holiday next week
Guess theres always next weekend
460 does really well. Longest WU i've had on mine has taken ~12mins.
That's with 460 @ 850/1700/4200.
Ones it's doing atm are taking 9mins/ea.
Also:
10K not far off either (when servers come back)
Way to go Hex keep em coming sah!
Well just my luck, i flashed the first 465 to 470 thought i had bricked the second right in the middle of flashing i had a power surge oh noes!
It's took me from 2am this morning but i now have 2 x gtx470 for the price of 2 x 465's and by the time you take off £15 for mafia 2 that makes em £150 a pop.
With all thats going on with Borkeley probably not the best time to shout about something but i dont think i've ever been so chuffed with myself.
A whole lot of patience finally pays off, something for free does not happen everyday, about 7am when i had it finally figured i flashed it 8 times so i knew every step off by heart.
Just a pity a didn't do this a day earlier and download a shedload of wu's to crunch on damn......so if you have nerves of steel and are looking to upgrade ya know what to do
Well just my luck, i flashed the first 465 to 470 thought i had bricked the second right in the middle of flashing i had a power surge oh noes!
It's took me from 2am this morning but i now have 2 x gtx470 for the price of 2 x 465's and by the time you take off £15 for mafia 2 that makes em £150 a pop.
With all thats going on with Borkeley probably not the best time to shout about something but i dont think i've ever been so chuffed with myself.
A whole lot of patience finally pays off, something for free does not happen everyday, about 7am when i had it finally figured i flashed it 8 times so i knew every step off by heart.
Just a pity a didn't do this a day earlier and download a shedload of wu's to crunch on damn......so if you have nerves of steel and are looking to upgrade ya know what to do
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Awesome news sah I don't have the cahonas to flash a GPU tried it once and had a paperweight in the end