To talk on Icrontic, just register!

It only takes 30 seconds.

Have an account? Sign in:

Forgot?
 
Reply to Discussion Options
scott
Lunatic
scott
843 Posts
19 Feb 2004, 3:27pm

Talking What a mutt !!

As discussed in another thread here I slammed together a dedicated folder. I bought a mobile athlon xp and a NF7 with some ram and used a bunch of crap laying around. This bad boy does not even have a on/off switch . The Hard Drive is an old Quantum bigfoot 8 gig ata 33 , the CD drive has the door busted off and you have to help the tray out. The Heat sink is for a P4 ( had to do a little milling on it to get it to work ) A custom sheetmetal clamp and an old 46 cfm panflo. The vid card is a Diamond stealth 3D ( 4 or 8 meg ). With the top off it runs at 44C with it on at 48C ( Full load ). I am out of fans. I'll leave the top off ! It is running very stable at 2405mhz at 1.65 volts. And is turning in about 80 points a day. I was going to reformat the hard drive and load XP , I was not paying attention when I booted and the next thing I know it is loading Win 98. From the old machine it came out of. I let it go to see what would happen. It loaded a bunch of new drivers and went to the desktop. So I loaded the Abit stuff and it has been running fine. No yellow bangs in device manager or anything. It just goes to show that when it does not matter it works just fine. Now if I had needed to save that drives data......It never would have worked.
The power supply is a "Powerup" 350watt P4 rated. I know it is quite a sight but it is folding like mad. It will get put on a shelf in the store room so I do not have to look at it I will just watch the numbers grow on MBM on my main rig.

Thought you guys might get a kick out of it .

PS Dogsoldier......I am commin for ya dude....watch that mirror.

Scott
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version Name: P2190232.JPG Views: 312 Size: 64.1 KB ID: 6552   Click image for larger version Name: P2190233.JPG Views: 309 Size: 64.8 KB ID: 6553   Click image for larger version Name: P2190234.JPG Views: 311 Size: 64.3 KB ID: 6554  
__________________ www.sdmfabricating.com
Reply with Quote
GnomeWizardd
Silent But Deadly
GnomeWizardd
7,411 Posts
19 Feb 2004, 3:35pm
d00d send me a PM and ill ship yas out some extra heatsinks and fans for the beast! all for the good of folding!
__________________ [Asus 14.1''] C2D 2.2ghz - 4GB DDR2 - ATI 4670 1GB - Win 7 - Bose Companion 3 - Logitech Mx 1100
[Macbook 13"] C2D 2.1ghz - 2GB DDR2 - nVidia 9400 256mb - OSX Snow Leopard
Reply with Quote
mmonnin
Veteran Icrontian
mmonnin
10,545 Posts
19 Feb 2004, 3:36pm
That is a discusting site to see. I have had to work on those cases at school before.

I have 2 computers sitting out in the open right now actually.
__________________ Stanford Team Stats_____________Team Short-Media
Statsman Team Stats______________EOC Team Stats
Reply with Quote
primesuspect
The Icrontic Guy
primesuspect
28,248 Posts
19 Feb 2004, 3:42pm
Oh, it's a strange sickness we have... a strange sickness....
__________________ "I offer my genius to the world, all I ask is you pick up my expenses"
Reply with Quote
scott
Lunatic
scott
843 Posts
19 Feb 2004, 4:00pm
Gnome

Thanks for the offer !! But I think I may dable in watercooling next. I will just leave the top off now. This setup runs so good I will likely even buy it a nice case. It will just have to wait a bit.
Has anybody used a Peltier cooled resivior ?

Yes it is a sickness....And I have it bad
Reply with Quote
profdlp
Off To The Gym
profdlp
21,407 Posts
19 Feb 2004, 4:03pm
Quoting scott
...It just goes to show that when it does not matter it works just fine. Now if I had needed to save that drives data......It never would have worked...
That seems to be true about many things in life. For example, you never get the girl you want to fall in love with you, it's always her "plain" friend who just won't leave you alone. Murphy at work, I suppose.

Very creative Frankenbox you have there!
__________________ ---Prof

**********************************
If it doesn't come naturally, leave it
- Al Stewart
**********************************
RIP Short-Media
Reply with Quote
edcentric
Must keep folding
edcentric
2,481 Posts
19 Feb 2004, 6:19pm
I am surprized that you bothered with a case.
What a pile. I love it.
I have a folder running the same video card, I have a spare one too.
__________________ A couple of folding boxes;

DFI LP Nf4 U-D, A64X2, 2GB ram, is folding again
MSI P965 Pt, C2D E6300, 2GB ram, old reliable

2.5 million points and counting
Reply with Quote
muddocktor
Wandering about
muddocktor
6,250 Posts
19 Feb 2004, 9:13pm
Quoting scott
Has anybody used a Peltier cooled resivior ?

Yes it is a sickness....And I have it bad
A peltier on a reservoir would be very inefficient, it would be much better to use it on a waterblock such as Swiftech sells. I've done some peltier cooling and you are talking about a whole new level of watercooling when you talk peltier. You also have to worry about condensation on the proc/mobo/waterblock and also a pelt big enough to do you some good with an XP will have to be either 172 watt/24v or 225 watt/12 volt and you will need to have a dedicated psu just for the pelt for either of them because they draw so much current. Plus, you have to deal with not only the heat from the proc, but also the heat generated by the pelt itself, plus the heat of the psu required for the pelt. You end up dumping a hell of a lot of heat into the room you have this set up in.
__________________ I have some computers running Seti@Home.
Reply with Quote
Straight_Man
Playing with Virtual Painter
Straight_Man
3,716 Posts
20 Feb 2004, 12:14am
In re the pics:

Scott, please do not run a HD with controller (green circuit board attached to HD) UP for a long time. The mech does radiate heat, and if you have the embedded controller circuit up , rising heat will heat it worse (and it will die faster) than what it gets with green circuit board DOWN. With HDs, green side DOWN, with grass, green side UP. EVEN with bigfeet. Trick is not to short or overheat controller with bigfeet, I hope it is screwed in place where you have it.

John D.
Reply with Quote
Al_Capown
Veteran Icrontian
Al_Capown
1,189 Posts
20 Feb 2004, 12:58am
It's a Quantum, it'll never die :P

Also, if he's got one of the older hd's that go in cd-rom bays and is running the case on it's side he's perfectly fine as the hdd is in fact right side up.
__________________
Reply with Quote
Al_Capown edited : 20 Feb 2004 at 1:05am .
profdlp
Off To The Gym
profdlp
21,407 Posts
20 Feb 2004, 1:01am
The HD cemetery is full of old Bigfoot drives. I have one hanging on my wall. It was a customer's, not mine. I never owned one, nor did one ever me.
Reply with Quote
scott
Lunatic
scott
843 Posts
20 Feb 2004, 1:44am
I pulled that bigfoot out of a Presario and it was in there green side up. And from the dates in the case it had been there since like "89". If I put it green side down then the IDE cable would have to be all twisted to get to the CD and the molex would be on the wrong side.

If you guys did not see the other thread "How long in Prime 95" Igot it up to 2505 mhz ! No smoke yet . I ran Prime 95 for an hour and just decided to start folding. Has been going for about 6-7 hours now. We'll see in the morning. I moved it to the store room and put it on the cold cement floor (basement ) and the temps dropped to 45C. Being a total noob to the world of OC ....It could not have gone better. Ignorance is bliss !
When I bumped it from 2404 to 2505 my frame times in FAH dropped about 15-20 seconds per percent.

Thanks guys


Scott
Reply with Quote
DogSoldier
Mitt Romney's Love Child
DogSoldier
1,191 Posts
20 Feb 2004, 1:55am
GREAT SCOTT! ..always wanted to say that..

I was thinking of goin AMD too but thought I'd stick with what I know (For the time being anyways) I picked up my new 2.4c today. I deepsixed the PT800 board for another P4P800, it was a bit more money but I saved at least that much by recycling my 2x256 3200 Crucial sticks 5:4. It's purring along at 3.06Ghz right now and chewing through a Tinker. Temps are 47/40. A bit high but well within nominal. This should hold off the 5 people I see behind me, at least til 2008.
Reply with Quote
scott
Lunatic
scott
843 Posts
20 Feb 2004, 2:00am
You Dog ! just when I thought I could catch up !!!

I thought I would try the AMD route. But I'm still an "Intel" guy at heart. ( Ok that should ruffle a few feathers ) Bring it on.


Scott
Reply with Quote
Al_Capown
Veteran Icrontian
Al_Capown
1,189 Posts
20 Feb 2004, 3:26am
If only p4's were the same price. I'd go for a p4HT anytime of day. Those things are incredible folders.
Reply with Quote
Straight_Man
Playing with Virtual Painter
Straight_Man
3,716 Posts
17 May 2004, 6:26pm
Quoting scott
I pulled that bigfoot out of a Presario and it was in there green side up. And from the dates in the case it had been there since like "89". If I put it green side down then the IDE cable would have to be all twisted to get to the CD and the molex would be on the wrong side.

If you guys did not see the other thread "How long in Prime 95" Igot it up to 2505 mhz ! No smoke yet . I ran Prime 95 for an hour and just decided to start folding. Has been going for about 6-7 hours now. We'll see in the morning. I moved it to the store room and put it on the cold cement floor (basement ) and the temps dropped to 45C. Being a total noob to the world of OC ....It could not have gone better. Ignorance is bliss !
When I bumped it from 2404 to 2505 my frame times in FAH dropped about 15-20 seconds per percent.

Thanks guys


Scott

Bigfoot is the exception to the rule, it has a small controller and that controller belongs on TOP of drive when drive is mounted. It was one of the first higher capacity drives, used 5-1\4" platters inside.
Reply with Quote
Go Back   Icrontic Forums > Community > Folding@Home
Reload this Page What a mutt !!
Jump to
This Thread Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Today's Posts - Mark All Read - Contact Us - Icrontic.com - Archive - Top

Current time: 12:14pm (GMT)
Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Get Vanilla instead. Trust me.