Forum: Hardware
2004-03-21, 17:46
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,976
Right now, it looks like BTX is being soundly...
Right now, it looks like BTX is being soundly rejected by the hardware manufacturers, but the other new stuff like PCI Express is starting to show up.
I'd agree that buying a P4 system now...
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Forum: PrimeNet
2004-03-17, 13:50
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,072
Factoring is also practical on MUCH older...
Factoring is also practical on MUCH older machines - a lot of my "farm" runs AMD K5 series CPUs (comparable to the original Pentium), which are completely impractical for LL work (motherboards...
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Forum: Lounge
2004-03-17, 13:35
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Replies: 860
Views: 65,967
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Forum: Hardware
2004-03-17, 13:25
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,498
It won't - PC fans, for the most part, are...
It won't - PC fans, for the most part, are designed to run from 12VDC and most won't spin at ALL at less than about 6 volts.
Plug them into a 12V line from a spare HD connector instead.
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Forum: Hardware
2004-03-17, 13:22
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Replies: 835
Views: 139,229
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Forum: Hardware
2004-03-17, 13:19
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,329
> and when my pc freezes, it doesn't cut off...
> and when my pc freezes, it doesn't cut off completely, it freezes the screen and mouse
> and I have to manually turn it off.
That could easily be RAM or CPU, but it's one of the scenarios...
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Forum: Hardware
2004-03-17, 13:16
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,976
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Forum: PrimeNet
2004-03-12, 00:58
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,072
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Forum: Hardware
2004-03-12, 00:50
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,999
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Forum: Lounge
2004-03-12, 00:46
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Replies: 45
Views: 4,004
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Forum: Lounge
2004-03-12, 00:44
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Replies: 860
Views: 65,967
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Forum: Hardware
2004-03-12, 00:34
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Replies: 835
Views: 139,229
There are those of us that have been around a...
There are those of us that have been around a while that tend to call "Intel Extreme" graphics by it's real name - "Insanely Extremely Slow" graphics.
I'd swear some of my older Celeron PPGA...
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Forum: Hardware
2004-03-12, 00:30
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,976
The primary reason for the Prescott design is...
The primary reason for the Prescott design is that Intel wants to continue it's "Mhz Myth" leadership - and the Northwood P4 was starting to badly run out of steam on upgradeability.
AMD was also...
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Forum: Hardware
2004-03-12, 00:21
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,498
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Forum: Software
2004-03-06, 07:06
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,240
Under Slackware, I use a line similar to the...
Under Slackware, I use a line similar to the following in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
(cd /mersenne ; exec ./mprime -d > /dev/tty10 2>&1) &
I don't have TTY10 configured, but it still sends the...
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Forum: Software
2004-03-06, 06:54
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,391
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Forum: Lounge
2004-02-28, 08:10
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Replies: 6
Views: 809
I'm often in UnderNet's #userfriendly and...
I'm often in UnderNet's #userfriendly and #callahans between around 9PM and Midnight (Central Time).
If you're not familier with UnderNet, check www.undernet.org - they have a list of servers...
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Forum: Lounge
2004-02-16, 09:22
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Replies: 12
Views: 850
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Forum: Data
2004-02-16, 09:09
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,125
I don't believe the current server does so...
I don't believe the current server does so automatically, but the probability is fairly low of it happening given the current number of participating machines.
Might be something to mention for...
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Forum: Hardware
2004-02-05, 07:54
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,678
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Forum: Software
2004-02-05, 07:45
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Replies: 46
Views: 4,776
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Forum: Software
2004-02-05, 07:32
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,809
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Forum: Lounge
2004-02-05, 07:28
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Replies: 264
Views: 22,437
More like a P4-1.7, but still pretty close.
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More like a P4-1.7, but still pretty close.
Looks like a more-or-less dead heat untill you get up to 1.5Meg FFT range, then the Opteron starts pulling away. And at 1.7Meg (30-million-digit...
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Forum: PrimeNet
2004-01-27, 23:33
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,563
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Forum: Hardware
2004-01-27, 23:30
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Replies: 30
Views: 6,999
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