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[.kmh.]

1) I have 106gigs of available memory according to task manager while FAH is running.
2) Possible, I have no way of knowing.
3) I have the cover off the tower and had blown out all the dust days ago. It doesn't feel warm inside.

did you by any chance take off your cpu's heatsink? Dust builds up in there over time and basically bakes in there and it doesn't always blow out easily. I would take it off and look it over. If it is built up, use a long bristled paint brush and just break it up.

 

[tmcase]

Tmcase you might be able to get a big smp ppd boost with a cpu upgrade,i know you said you have a pentium4 in your dell,but do you know if you have socket 478 or lga 775?.If you have the lga 775 you might be able to update your cpu to a core 2 duo or a core 2 quad,they are real cheap on ebay these days.

I'm afraid you're talking over my head. I don't know what a:
1) smp
2) ppd
3) socket 478
4) lga is.

 

[tmcase]

That would be my thought. I was telling friends in a thread I'm normally in that if they help out they need to make sure their fans are clear of dust and working properly or that could happen. If it wasn't for the liquid cooling I would be afraid to leave the client open for too long.

I've blown out the inside of my tower real good and it's running quiet.

 

[tmcase]

I read somewhere in the facts last night that if a wu goes long enough without being completed the main server will basically write it up as a loss and send it to a different machine and it will remove it from your client next time to start it up. Perhaps this has happened and the client didn't update.

There's a few bugs with the client. Mine seems to run 3 at once but, when I woke up it was only running one. I paused it and then resumed and it downloaded another 2.

Edit: Feel free to disregard as you figured out the problem lol.

Everything is fine with the project the I'm working on. It's the same one I started with and it resume after all the trouble I had. It is now at 50%. I have until 2/15/2013 to complete it. No problem there. I'm running uniprocessor so I think I can only run 1 project at a time and that's all I want to do.

 

[tmcase]

did you by any chance take off your cpu's heatsink? Dust builds up in there over time and basically bakes in there and it doesn't always blow out easily. I would take it off and look it over. If it is built up, use a long bristled paint brush and just break it up.

I don't know where the heatsink is or what it looks like so the answer is no. I just blew the hell out of the whole insides.

 

[.kmh.]

Everything is fine with the project the I'm working on. It's the same one I started with and it resume after all the trouble I had. It is now at 50%. I have until 2/15/2013 to complete it. No problem there. I'm running uniprocessor so I think I can only run 1 project at a time and that's all I want to do.

Yeah I saw you figured it out as I progressed throught the thread =). And yes that is likely in regards to your cpu. I have a quadcore plus I have it using my gpu's. I might beable to run more but, I rather leave it be as it is working fine and I havent had the time to figure it all out yet lol.

 

[Rellen13]

I'm in. It seems it gave my GPU's 2 smaller units that should be done in a few hours, and gave my CPU a big-un, won't be done for another 13 hours!
Dad died of cancer, and my uncle has Parkinson's something bad. Great cause and makes me feel I'm doing something useful.

 

[.kmh.]

I don't know where the heatsink is or what it looks like so the answer is no. I just blew the hell out of the whole insides.

The heatsink is the large aluminum block that sits on top of your cpu. There is a fan that clips on over top of it. It will be the largest fan that is actually attached to your motherboard. I don't really recommend removing it until you get some thermal paste though. Thermal paste is a silver compound that helps the cpu stay flush with the heatsink and therefore stay cool. It my sound confusing but, I promise it isn't and if your computer is 2+ years old you really should take it off and clean it. It will make things much cooler and keep your computer around for much longer =). My wife has fried a computer because of the heatsink being clogged.

Here is a link to the thermal paste that I've always used.
Newegg.com - Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G - Thermal Compound / Grease
And a how to video. I wouldn't remove the cpu like he does though as it is easy to damage it if your not sure what your doing. Just don't over saturate your paper-towel or Q-Tip to the point it is dripping all over the place and you will be fine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxoC61LB6GQ

And here is a video on how to remove the fan and heatsink.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkNopi9zsUE
Don't do any of the steps past the 2 minute mark as they are not needed. And I wouldn't suggest a screwdriver like he uses. they are simple enough to pop out.

If you decided to do this always make sure you unplug the computer first and to touch the bare metal on the inside of the case before working to discharge any static electricity as it to can damage things.

 

[jimbill]

I'm afraid you're talking over my head. I don't know what a:
1) smp
2) ppd
3) socket 478
4) lga is.

What i'm saying is if you get a multicore cpu you can run smp mode instead of a single uniprocessor slot and get more points.ppd is points per day and 478 and 775 is the socket your cpu sits in sorry

 

[TheDarthVap3r]

when do i get my title thing? ive done a few workloads now ?. how is the team doing overall? is there a way i can check to see?

 

[sashwa]

Here you go: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...forum/357565-how-get-your-team-ecf-title.html

To see the team's stats, just click on the team number in your FAH Control. For your stats, just click on your user name.

 

[tmcase]

The heatsink is the large aluminum block that sits on top of your cpu. There is a fan that clips on over top of it. It will be the largest fan that is actually attached to your motherboard. I don't really recommend removing it until you get some thermal paste though. Thermal paste is a silver compound that helps the cpu stay flush with the heatsink and therefore stay cool. It my sound confusing but, I promise it isn't and if your computer is 2+ years old you really should take it off and clean it. It will make things much cooler and keep your computer around for much longer =). My wife has fried a computer because of the heatsink being clogged.

Here is a link to the thermal paste that I've always used.
Newegg.com - Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G - Thermal Compound / Grease
And a how to video. I wouldn't remove the cpu like he does though as it is easy to damage it if your not sure what your doing. Just don't over saturate your paper-towel or Q-Tip to the point it is dripping all over the place and you will be fine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxoC61LB6GQ

And here is a video on how to remove the fan and heatsink.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkNopi9zsUE
Don't do any of the steps past the 2 minute mark as they are not needed. And I wouldn't suggest a screwdriver like he uses. they are simple enough to pop out.

If you decided to do this always make sure you unplug the computer first and to touch the bare metal on the inside of the case before working to discharge any static electricity as it to can damage things.

I really appreciate you going to all this trouble to find these links for me and I watched them but it's just not for me. I've installed drives, memory, circuit boards but nothing like what your talking about doing here. If the fan or power supply were broke then I might take the chance but my PC is working fine so I'd rather not mess with it. If I burn something up then I'll have learned something and will learn more trying to fix it.

Here is a pic of the inside of my tower.

The silver box in the upper left hand corner is the fan. The green box (what ever it its) below it has a bunch of thin metal plates. It sucks warm air in and it comes out the back. I've blown out both boxes and plan to leave it at that for now. I hate messing with the inside of a PC more than I hate reformatting but thank you for trying to help.

 

[.kmh.]

I really appreciate you going to all this trouble to find these links for me and I watched them but it's just not for me. I've installed drives, memory, circuit boards but nothing like what your talking about doing here. If the fan or power supply were broke then I might take the chance but my PC is working fine so I'd rather not mess with it. If I burn something up then I'll have learned something and will learn more trying to fix it.

Here is a pic of the inside of my tower.

The silver box in the upper left hand corner is the fan. The green box (what ever it its) below it has a bunch of thin metal plates. It sucks warm air in and it comes out the back. I've blown out both boxes and plan to leave it at that for now. I hate messing with the inside of a PC more than I hate reformatting but thank you for trying to help.

Honestly it is not an issue at all, anything I can do to help. And as for your rig . . . its crowded in there lol. The silver box in the top left hand corner is actually your power supply but, yes you are correct that it has its own fan. Your cpu fan and heatsink actually (from what I can see) is the giant green thing. I must admit, I have never seen one quite like that but, it looks like it would keep the air running nicely to the cpu. If the blue screen keeps happening, and happening after the client has been running for a bit, then I would think about looking under the cover of the green piece there. I do understand your reluctance to do so though =).

Edit: Oh, and the thin metal plates are likely to be the heatsink. The base which is against your cpu is solid and then it turns into a bunch of thin plates about a inch from the base to dissipate heat quickly.

 

[Thrasher]

most assuredly a dell or hp with that cpu cap, gosh i haven't seen one of those in forever.

 

[d9mel]

The green piece is a cowl, its hinged on the fan that's connected to the back of the case. You can pop it loose and swing it open, the heat sink for the processor is right underneath.

 

[tmcase]

Honestly it is not an issue at all, anything I can do to help. And as for your rig . . . its crowded in there lol. The silver box in the top left hand corner is actually your power supply but, yes you are correct that it has its own fan. Your cpu fan and heatsink actually (from what I can see) is the giant green thing. I must admit, I have never seen one quite like that but, it looks like it would keep the air running nicely to the cpu. If the blue screen keeps happening, and happening after the client has been running for a bit, then I would think about looking under the cover of the green piece there. I do understand your reluctance to do so though =).

Edit: Oh, and the thin metal plates are likely to be the heatsink. The base which is against your cpu is solid and then it turns into a bunch of thin plates about a inch from the base to dissipate heat quickly.

You're right...it is crowded in there which is why I hate messing with it. I can see a fan spinning around inside that silver box but don't see a fan in the green box but there must be one in there because it's blowing out warm air. I got the PC from my brother a few years ago and it was used then so I don't know how old it is and it is a Dell like Thrasher suspected.

My brother is a PC guru and he lectured me last weekend about reformatting so if I get the blue screen of death again then I'll probably do a reformat when the project I'm working on finishes, if it finishes. Those censored words start with a "S". I HATE reformatting but I'll do that before I go tearing things out of my PC.

PS: My brother lives too far away to do this tearing apart for me. Lucky for him.

 

[tmcase]

The green piece is a cowl, its hinged on the fan that's connected to the back of the case. You can pop it loose and swing it open, the heat sink for the processor is right underneath.

Really? How do you pop it open?

 

[Salt&PePPer]

I fold for another Forum I've been a member of for the past 15 years; so I'm already committed it you would.

Also Like I stated in another Thread today we had services for my father who passed away due to complications of Pancreatic Cancer.

 

[d9mel]

Really? How do you pop it open?

gently move the colored wires to the right, and you should be able to just lightly grasp it on the top and bottom of the green part by the heatsink and swing it back towards you.

I belive this is a similar setup

Upgrading the Dell Dimension 2400 - YouTube

hope it helps!

 

[Bovinia]

I fold for another Forum I've been a member of for the past 15 years; so I'm already committed it you would.

Also Like I stated in another Thread today we had services for my father who passed away due to complications of Pancreatic Cancer.

My sympathy to you and your family S&P.

I expect that cancer has touched the lives of most of us here. I lost my mom to breast cancer in 2002, step dad and father in law to lung cancer in 2004 and 2007.