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Originally posted by: sharkeeper
It's a wide scale real time coordinate processing system. 400Hz is the frequency of the power mains it runs on. There are 2600 3.2 GHz cpus, 1800 3.0 GHz cpus, and 4400 2.66 GHz cpus onboard. I'm proposing to add 900 3.6GHz cpus in the next six months.
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Hey, no fair. You get all the fun toys at work. 🙂

PS. Does it run on 400Hz power, because it is really built on salvaged alien technology? Is Martha Stewart really one of "them"? Inquiring minds want to know!
 
Originally posted by: her34
i flip on power strip (monitor turns on from power), then case button

what's your procedure?
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I talk dirty to it


sorry... but there's no way I could resisit


Monitor, Speakers, PC once a day 🙂
 
The only place I've seen 400/440hz AC is in The Las Vegas Hilton when I worked there.

How many amps does that draw?
 
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EZ-On/ EZ-Touch
 
Originally posted by: ribbon13
I say "Computer On" and it turns on. It also responds to "Firefox" "Thunderbird" "Notepad" "Calc" "Computer Off / Suspend / Reboot" "Gaim" and anything else I'd like. 😀
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really?
 
I start the day by drinking twelve cans of milk. After that, I proceed to play the piano. Turn BUTTON ON. After pressing the TURN ON button I dance around the computer. I proceed to press the TURN ON button multiple times so I can blow up myself!

jk. I leave the monitor on. I just turn the machine off/on via the power button on the tower. I don't use those surge protectors.
 
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
Originally posted by: sharkeeper
It's a wide scale real time coordinate processing system. 400Hz is the frequency of the power mains it runs on. There are 2600 3.2 GHz cpus, 1800 3.0 GHz cpus, and 4400 2.66 GHz cpus onboard. I'm proposing to add 900 3.6GHz cpus in the next six months.
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Hey, no fair. You get all the fun toys at work. 🙂

PS. Does it run on 400Hz power, because it is really built on salvaged alien technology? Is Martha Stewart really one of "them"? Inquiring minds want to know!
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sorry but thats INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE!

do you reallly have 8,800 CPU's? soon to be 9700 possibly? i cant even imagine the power. id imagine 9700 3.8Ghz presshots would easily be enough to produce a man made geothermal power source....all that heat, boil some water off the cpu blocks, turn a turbine and hey presto you have a self sufficient system lol!

probably wouldnt work but....
 
We have 2,250 kW 400Hz capacity (55% in use currently), and 36,000 kW 60Hz capacity (70% in use currently). 125% of this is available from diesel generators at any time so yes there is room for expansion.

Amps? LOL, there are three 13.8 kV feeders coming (three phase each) and two are in use at any given time. One is showing 593A and the other is showing 599A.

The facility pays about $1.5 million monthly for electric, $700k for natural gas, and $8k for water.
 
Originally posted by: sharkeeper
We have 2,250 kW 400Hz capacity (55% in use currently), and 36,000 kW 60Hz capacity (70% in use currently). 125% of this is available from diesel generators at any time so yes there is room for expansion.

Amps? LOL, there are three 13.8 kV feeders coming (three phase each) and two are in use at any given time. One is showing 593A and the other is showing 599A.

The facility pays about $1.5 million monthly for electric, $700k for natural gas, and $8k for water.
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The scary thing is, that this probably doesn't even touch the Earth Simulator in Japan, right? 🙂
 
The scary thing is, that this probably doesn't even touch the Earth Simulator in Japan, right?
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Well it depends on what the roles are. I'm sure storage and network capacity are higher here.

One of the other tasks was to be able to backup 45,000 terabytes (yes terabytes) so that should give you an idea of the data involved. Colleagues joked and said that if RAID with any kind of parity was used, a Cray would be needed for XOR.

Either way, with the approval for the new boards, along with my newest clients means I'm definitely going to be feeling alright by year's end. 🙂
 
Hey VL,

. The line in the middle of the AT power switch is to demark the poles of the switch which could be DPST ( DualPoleSingleThrow (On/Off) four wire connections) or DPDT (DualPoleDoubleThrow (On/On - with maybe a middle detent position for off) six wire connections - normally only four would be used on a PC). The "middle" two (or row of) contacts are common (or source) and the Hot and Neutral wires from the wall connect there. The two (or rows) on either end are the "load" contacts. The Hot and Neutral wires to the PSU connect there on the same poles respectively as the source Hot and neutral. If you hooked the Hot and Neurtal cross pole instead of like pole, you'd get a short as soon as you flipped the switch. Reset breaker time...

. And yes, I use both resistance to check continuity and AC Volts to make sure the Hot/Neut/Ground are as they should be (while plugged into wall but not yet connected to the switch). And I would open the PSU case to make sure the wires for AC going to the PSU are connected to the correct points per the switch wiring diagram. Even though the first thing the AC would be connected to would be a bridge rectifier or transformer and AC polarity isn't usually very important there.

.bh.
 
If you hooked the Hot and Neurtal cross pole instead of like pole, you'd get a short as soon as you flipped the switch. Reset breaker time...
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I actually had someone bring me a system wired like this one time. They said it would turn off right after turning it on. I had no idea they meant it was tripping their CB! I never did check the power switch wiring. I plugged it in (the power switch was in the ON position) and there was a snap and smoke pouring out everywhere. I yanked the cord and the wire running from the PS to the switch was burned like a fuse!

This gives a good idea of what happened.
 
Originally posted by: sharkeeper
This is a 400Hz system too so it has other unique sounds. 🙂
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I just thought of something... is that similar to the "hum" of the WOPR computer in the background, in the movie 'WarGames'? That sound could be around 400Hz or so, hmm.

The most important question though - do the machines that you work on, have massive quantities of 'blinkenlights'? 🙂
 
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