SM25 - Sign Up Closed!

profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
edited May 2006 in Folding@Home
Who Wants To Host SM25?
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900+ Points/Week Rig Needs A New Host!!!
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After being chosen as the Host of SM25 just about a year ago, our teammate drasnor has decided that the time is right to pass along the reins to someone else. Team 93 would like to take this opportunity to thank him for a fine job. :thumbsup:

Though this computer doesn't pack quite the same firepower as some of our recent SMx rigs, it's no slouch either. Set this baby up with those Timeless Tinkers and watch the points roll in:
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If you meet the qualifications for hosting one of our SMx machines, why not sign up to be a candidate? You could be the one chosen to house this Folding rig in your home, not to mention having that extra Folding sig to show off your status as one of Team 93's elite group of SMx Hosts.

The Hosting Requirements and Selection Process are available on the team page. Please look them over carefully before signing up.

If you feel you meet the requirements and are willing to sign the contract, announce your candidacy by posting in this thread and giving us some details about your hosting conditions (connection, environment, etc.) and your computer ability that would mark you as a suitable host for our latest SMx Folding machine.
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Here's what SM25 has under the hood:
SM25 Specs:

Motherboard: ECS K7S5A (Rev. 1.0)
CPU: Athlon XP 1900+
Hard Drive: 4.3GB
Display Adapter: 3Dlabs Oxygen VX1 (PCI)
Memory: 256MB
NIC: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Onboard)
Case: A Nice Rosewill Case & PSU Included


Because this is a reissue, all the parts will be shipped together. Some minor assembly, an OS load, and you'll be off and <s>running</s> Folding in no time.
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If you happened upon this thread by accident and wonder what it is exactly that Folding hopes to accomplish, check out Join Folding for a quick summary of the F@H Project. Like many of us here, you could put your spare computer cycles to work for the betterment of mankind. Won't you consider joining us? :wave:
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Sign up soon. We will give you plenty of notice before the signup period is closed and the SMx Committee vote is taken.

As per our policy, there are no geographical limitations on hosting eligibilty.
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Check out The SMx Project - Reloaded! thread for more information on the project in general. If you have any parts you could spare for future SMx rigs, go here and have a look at what we need. Memory (PC1600 or greater) and Motherboards are in extremely short supply. To keep this project going we need your help.

Good luck, everybody! :thumbsup::fold:
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  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Good luck to whoever gets it, I hope it's a better friend to you than it was to me :(.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • FoldingAddictFoldingAddict Montgomery, AL
    edited April 2006
    I guess I'll throw my name in there. I meet all of the qualifications finally. Will have to buy another power strip though. :P

    ~FA
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Good luck to whoever gets it

    To you prospective candidates, no luck is needed. The SM25 has been cranking out points without error for a while now on Master Prof's bench. She's loaded for bear and ready for a custodian!
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    prof polished the rig up and she's folding at tip-top shape. The new host is going to have their hands full, all right - hands full of SM25's milestones! :thumbsup:
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    What? Four hours have passed and no one has put in their hat to host this fine folding machine! Come on people, get in line and you could be the next host of SM25!!!
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited April 2006
    Hey - don't overlook FoldingAddict! :cheers:
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    profdlp wrote:
    Hey - don't overlook FoldingAddict! :cheers:
    I'm sorry F A.
    I wasn't sure you were making an offical entry yet. ;)
  • FoldingAddictFoldingAddict Montgomery, AL
    edited April 2006
    Yeah I was :-P. Guess I should put in some info.

    Uhh....Bellsouth DSL connection. 99.9% uptime. Nice cool north facing room that stays cool all the time. Several free spots on my HUB. An APC BACKUPS I'm not using so it won't shutdown hard on power outages. Um...that it?

    ~FA
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited April 2006
    FoldingAddict wrote:
    ...Um...that it?
    That ain't half bad. :thumbsup:

    Alright - who is going to give him some competition? :D
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    FoldingAddict? The original milestone maniac? (For my tenure, anyway) Glad to see you toss your name in! :D
  • FoldingAddictFoldingAddict Montgomery, AL
    edited April 2006
    Thanks keebs...first time ever.

    ~FA
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    What ended up being the problem? The only parts I recognize from the above spec are the processor and the case.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited April 2006
    drasnor wrote:
    What ended up being the problem? The only parts I recognize from the above spec are the processor and the case.

    -drasnor :fold:
    The first MB you returned is now Folding away in SM35. The second one has been running here on my bench since I got it back. The hard drives were fine, too.

    The problem turned out to be the two-connector IDE Cable. I noticed that it was awfully slow to boot up and started going through the BIOS to see if I could figure out why. When it took a coon's age for it to identify the HD, I tested the drive in another machine and found it to be fine. The next drive I tried in the rig did the same same thing. I replaced the cable with a (standard) three-connector part and it was off to the races.

    Thanks to the generosity of Team 93, we receive new donations on an almost weekly basis. When I'm putting a rig together I try to match things up as best I can. SM35 shipped out with one of SM25's old MB's because it was the best fit for the memory and CPU I had on hand at the time. The reason I have the HD and RAM for the re-release of SM25 marked as TBD (To Be Determined) is that I'm using the motherboard prime replaced in SM18 and it accepts both DDR RAM and old-timey SDRAM. I'm hoping to use up some of the older memory while I can, since very few boards I get these days can use anything but the newer stuff. DogDragon just sent me a suitable stick of SDRAM, but I'd like to see it run for another week to be sure that it's going to play nice with the board. Memtest-86 says that it's fine, so I'm optimistic that we can keep the DDR stuff for rigs that can't use anything else.
  • i0esign
    edited April 2006
    Il help, I have Cable and a nice quiet place for SM25 to work...:hiding:

    Ps- I have a few PC100-133 256 and 512 memory sticks here.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Well I'm glad you had it, I would have never checked the drive cabling :).

    -drasnor :fold:
  • DogDragonDogDragon Jacksonville, Fl Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Hey if SM25 want to come live with me she can and I have cable
    and I have a 4 port cable router.
    I think she will like it here.
    Put my name in the hat
    Good Luck to everyone that gets put in the hat
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Now we are up to three candidates for SM25.


    :fold:FoldingAddict

    :fold:i0esign

    :fold:DogDragon
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Calling all cars... Calling all cars it is time for the Sledge to throw the hammer down!

    Count me in! I have been folding for a few months now... oh wait I mean 1/2 year and have placed myself in the top 40 of SM :) I love Folding I love the community I Love my SMx33 and could also learn to love SMx25 :) I run Fiber out fo the house and have a nice huge office :) with 1 32 port switch that could almost host all the SMx Rigs :)
  • Buddha16Buddha16 Austin, Tx Member
    edited May 2006
    Sledgehammer70 wrote:
    Count me in! I have been folding for a few months now... oh wait I mean 1/2 year and have placed myself in the top 40 of SM :) I love Folding I love the community I Love my SMx33 and could also learn to love SMx25 :) I run Fiber out fo the house and have a nice huge office :) with 1 32 port switch that could almost host all the SMx Rigs :)

    OOhhh yea, well my dad can do more push-ups than your dad...so there!!!!
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited May 2006
    ~ FYI ~

    Sign Up is still in progress....
  • Buddha16Buddha16 Austin, Tx Member
    edited May 2006
    Thats pretty funny....the posts on Drasnor's big win!! ;D;D;D
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited May 2006
    Yeah I figured I would ride the announcement train.. As when I read it, I was like isn't Drasnor the one who is divorcing SMx25 :)
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited May 2006
    Time's a-wasting, who else is in? :fold:
  • i0esign
    edited May 2006
    Can I put my name in a second time? lol
    If SM-25 needs a little help I have PLENTY of parts.
  • bikerboybikerboy PA
    edited May 2006
    you could always donate those extra parts to the SMx project even if they dont go into SM25. just send a PM to prof. im sure he will be glad to get them.

    bikerboy
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited May 2006
    bikerboy wrote:
    you could always donate those extra parts to the SMx project even if they dont go into SM25. just send a PM to prof. im sure he will be glad to get them.

    bikerboy
    No doubt about it. :D

    Just send me a PM with the details and I'll get right on it. :thumbsup:
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited May 2006
    i0esign wrote:
    Can I put my name in a second time?...
    Sure, it worked for guys who were persistent - like our latest Host, Buddha16. :D

    (Who has SM36_Sara_Isabel off to a great start!) :thumbsup::fold:

    Only one entry per rig, though. ;)

    i0esign, what is your FAH username? :)
  • i0esign
    edited May 2006
    Fah?
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited May 2006
    Folding @ Home
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited May 2006
    You have to be an active member in good standing to be eligible. There's no time like the present to get started. :thumbsup:

    Click here:
    > Join Team 93<
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