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by StefanR5R
Tue Nov 17, 2020 4:14 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: More bad news from Arecibo Observatory
Replies: 7
Views: 12519

More bad news from Arecibo Observatory

Another cable broke on November 6, this time a main cable. :-(

News release from November 13 by UCF

Engineers are assessing the causes and repair options, but site works are difficult due to the acute danger of total collapse.
by StefanR5R
Mon Nov 16, 2020 1:14 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [SRBase] No GPU work for some hosts
Replies: 1
Views: 2396

Re: [SRBase] No GPU work for some hosts

<r>Thanks Mr. <MENTION><s>[mention]</s>BOINC_News<e>[/mention]</e></MENTION>, that explains it indeed!<br/> <br/> <SIZE size="85"><s>[size=85]</s><COLOR color="green"><s>[color=green]</s>Added in 22 minutes 47 seconds:<e>[/color]</e></COLOR><e>[/size]</e></SIZE><br/> But now I am suddenly getting do...
by StefanR5R
Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:02 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53935

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

Downsides of smaller GPUs: 1.) A single GPU computer is easier to cool than a multi GPU computer, due to the space constraints. (Unless you make enough space with PCIe extender cables, for example.) 2.) In Folding@home specifically, one large GPU gives more early return bonus than two or more respec...
by StefanR5R
Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:52 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
Replies: 25
Views: 34621

Re: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging

I just heard a radio broadcast interview with the leader of an immunological and vaccine research team of Berlin Charité. The discussion turned to the sometimes very low efficiency of vaccines against seasonal flu. In this context, he stated that corona viruses have a significantly lower mutation ra...
by StefanR5R
Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:55 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [WCG] Planned Maintenance on Thursday, November 12, 2020
Replies: 2
Views: 3470

Re: [WCG] Planned Maintenance on Thursday, November 12, 2020

Skillz , when you opened the DC News fire-hose, I first thought it to be overkill. But it turns out that useful notices are in here, like this one. Saved my computers from going idle for hours, as I saw this just in time and could reschedule one of my periodic bunker reloads. (I didn't pay attentio...
by StefanR5R
Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:36 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
Replies: 25
Views: 34621

Re: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging

Points to keep in mind, straight from biodoc's link to BBC: Are there any potential problems? There are still many unanswered questions as this is only interim data. We do not know if the vaccine stops you spreading the virus or just from developing symptoms. Or if it works equally well in high-risk...
by StefanR5R
Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:32 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [PrimeGrid] 321 Sieve is over
Replies: 4
Views: 4767

Re: [PrimeGrid] 321 Sieve is over

Among the CPU-only projects, 321-Sieve was the highest paying, in the same vein as GCW-Sieve before it. The sieving projects get a hefty bonus because you can't find primes with them = can't acquire glamor and fame. The GPU-supported PPS-Sieve is the only active sieving project now; this one too pay...
by StefanR5R
Sun Nov 08, 2020 10:14 am
Forum: Tripping the Breakers
Topic: Hardware RIP Thread
Replies: 20
Views: 31244

Re: Hardware RIP Thread

I have been running ODLK1 and Amicable since then, with all three GPUs active, and so far so good.
Looks like it was really just the power cable which burnt up.
by StefanR5R
Sun Nov 08, 2020 6:11 am
Forum: Tripping the Breakers
Topic: Hardware RIP Thread
Replies: 20
Views: 31244

Re: Hardware RIP Thread

About my 4 AM incident: I was just woken up by a noise, like something fell down, or a floor board expanded... It smelled like burnt plastic in the kitchen, and I saw at my main computer that the triple-GPU computer, which is the only one in the kitchen, had just rebooted. Its logs and sensors didn'...
by StefanR5R
Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:43 pm
Forum: Forum Issues
Topic: Default site theme changed
Replies: 5
Views: 11203

Re: Default site theme changed

The light theme has regressed since a few days ago: User names are now shown in yellow color, which is hard to read on the light blue background. Could this be fixed (without detriment to the dark theme)? ------ (Call me odd, but I still read web sites in dark print on light background. I use an Eiz...
by StefanR5R
Sat Sep 12, 2020 12:50 am
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53935

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

I think the announced Founders Edition prices will be largely irrelevant and are mostly just for show: Probably, not very many FE cards will be produced, relatively to the overall market. The prices of the AIB partners will be what will count. There are a few listings already, and those prices look ...
by StefanR5R
Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:42 am
Forum: Tripping the Breakers
Topic: Hardware RIP Thread
Replies: 20
Views: 31244

Re: Hardware RIP Thread

How many devices and how many Watts does this loop have to cool? My understanding is that this type of pump is for small loops. Perhaps with either 1 high-power device, or 2 low to medium power devices to cool.
by StefanR5R
Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum: Tripping the Breakers
Topic: Hardware RIP Thread
Replies: 20
Views: 31244

Re: Hardware RIP Thread

My first pump was an SPC pump as part of an EKWB EK-XLC Predator 360 modular all-in-one cooling unit. I used this unit for half a year in its original configuration with just the CPU waterblock, but then expanded it with a GPU block, and a few months after that with an extra reservoir and an extra r...
by StefanR5R
Thu May 21, 2020 5:24 am
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: Quarantine@home (not a boinc project)
Replies: 5
Views: 12040

Re: Quarantine@home (not a boinc project)

I am not seeing myself running any non-BOINC DC project anytime soon. (Folding@home excepted.) https://quarantine.infino.me/ Besides an ominous "Quarantine@Home is a project of the Aleph-1 Foundation" footer, I am not seeing any "about us" info there. No info who is driving this ...
by StefanR5R
Sat May 16, 2020 10:57 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: To Hell in a hand basket
Replies: 17
Views: 19406

Re: To Hell in a hand basket

Could the system have been out of memory when you encountered it unresponsive in the morning?
by StefanR5R
Thu May 14, 2020 4:46 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Where is everyone?
Replies: 8
Views: 10520

Re: Where is everyone?

I counter your oils sands with lignite, dug out of humongous open pit mines. ;-)
by StefanR5R
Thu May 14, 2020 4:14 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Where is everyone?
Replies: 8
Views: 10520

Re: Where is everyone?

Germany, 2 hours autobahn drive southwest of Berlin.
by StefanR5R
Wed May 13, 2020 9:41 am
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: Bunkering basics, by our friend [H]Coleslaw
Replies: 3
Views: 9824

Re: Bunkering basics, by our friend [H]Coleslaw

It is important to know when the client reports results. BOINC reports completed work at the first of: The next work request from a project. 24 hours before the deadline. Immediately if the work is completed later than 24 hours before the deadline. Connect every X days after the work is completed. W...
by StefanR5R
Mon May 11, 2020 7:26 pm
Forum: Forum Issues
Topic: Multi-quote
Replies: 3
Views: 10349

Re: Multi-quote

Thanks! Very useful.
by StefanR5R
Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:07 pm
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: Amicable numbers, 10*21, GPU
Replies: 6
Views: 13791

Re: Amicable numbers, 10*21, GPU

Nvidia-smi just gives an instantaneous 'snap-shot', correct? You need to use the loop parameter to get it to refresh. For example: --loop=1000 Will refresh the results every 1 second. Or for a compact table layout, which gets you a nice history as large as the scrollback buffer of your terminal: nv...
by StefanR5R
Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:32 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: COVID-19 Folding Race
Replies: 12
Views: 16832

Re: COVID-19 Folding Race

Earlier this week I stashed some Rosetta tasks away, to be worked on until the FB sprint starts and after the sprint. With the sprint cancelled, I took part in the PrimeGrid challenge instead, but went on to finish the Rosetta cache afterwards. The cache did not suffice until the new Rosetta work ap...
by StefanR5R
Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:20 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: rosetta@home COVD-19
Replies: 4
Views: 6642

Re: rosetta@home COVD-19

Since late Sunday, Rosetta has tasks again. From what I understand, the amount of work to be done should be plenty for the time being, only the work generator and later on the validator/ assimilator... may become a bottleneck if donor participation continues to rise a lot. The unavailability of task...
by StefanR5R
Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:37 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: COVID-19 Folding Race
Replies: 12
Views: 16832

Re: COVID-19 Folding Race

Well, you are keeping company with the project and its fans during the weeks towards the project's conclusion. That's a good thing to do; enjoy it. :-)
by StefanR5R
Sat Mar 21, 2020 6:48 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: COVID-19 Folding Race
Replies: 12
Views: 16832

Re: COVID-19 Folding Race

I'm going back to SETI. I don't think the TeAm needs my help beating Tom's, and F@H is getting plenty of compute power, maybe more than they need. F@H definitely has more contributor power than they can properly use right now. But so does SETI@home, where half the world is fighting for the last tas...
by StefanR5R
Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:58 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: COVID-19 Folding Race
Replies: 12
Views: 16832

Re: COVID-19 Folding Race

crashtech wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:16 pm Hey, I was lurking over at AT and found out about the race, will there be any individual stats, or team stats only?
So far there are only Ken's team stats, http://tastats.atspace.cc/ta-th-20/.
If anybody wanted to do user stats, that would be an Herculean effort this time. :-)
by StefanR5R
Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:42 am
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: VirtualBox and Hardware Virtualization Not Detected
Replies: 20
Views: 37937

Re: VirtualBox and Hardware Virtualization Not Detected

Check the "secure computing" thing in the BIOS when you have an opportunity to go there. Is it worth checking secure boot in the bios too? I've read that should be disabled. Right, Secure Boot --- that's what I was thinking of. This is what prohibits booting an unsigned kernel, as well as...
by StefanR5R
Thu Mar 12, 2020 2:02 pm
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: VirtualBox and Hardware Virtualization Not Detected
Replies: 20
Views: 37937

Re: VirtualBox and Hardware Virtualization Not Detected

Hmm, I am seeing something unexpected on my own machines now: kvm and kvmintel are present in the kernel simultaneously while vboxdrv, vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci are present too. So I was mistaken about the exclusivity of kvm vs. vbox. Check the "secure computing" thing in the BIOS when...
by StefanR5R
Thu Mar 12, 2020 1:23 am
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: VirtualBox and Hardware Virtualization Not Detected
Replies: 20
Views: 37937

Re: VirtualBox and Hardware Virtualization Not Detected

"modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vboxdrv': Operation not permitted" Two thoughts: Maybe another hypervisor is already loaded, e.g. kvm. Show us the output of lsmod. There can be only one hypervisor running. If you see something obvious, try to unload it with "sudo modprobe -r .......
by StefanR5R
Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:14 pm
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: VirtualBox and Hardware Virtualization Not Detected
Replies: 20
Views: 37937

Re: VirtualBox and Hardware Virtualization Not Detected

I don't remember how I installed virtualbox on Mint and OpenSuse.
The vbox driver(s) should probably already be loaded into the kernel at the time when boinc-client is started.

How about...
$ sudo modprobe vboxdrv
$ lsmod | grep vbox
$ sudo service boinc-client restart
by StefanR5R
Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:26 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Folding@Home bigadv EOL Anniversary Challenge
Replies: 23
Views: 25806

Re: Folding@Home bigadv EOL Anniversary Challenge

Does anyone know what happened to Stefan? Lots of work basically, therefore I took a bit of time off of the DC hobby. Resuming it now. : - ) I see the TeAm did well in this Folding sprint. I haven't been reading the TeAm forums (and none of the other DC sites), otherwise I would have joined of cour...