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Pretender

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Yeah, back to cracking RC5. I got my CPU (PIII-650, thinking of o/c'ing to 866) temp while working down to about 130F, although it's still high, I'll leave it on 24/7 cracking. I've got 2 questions:

1) I'm thinking of using my old Celery 300 running just to crack for RC5. However, it can't access the internet (no network card, leaving it connected to the net with a modem would tie up my phone line, hence nullifying the purpose of me having dsl). I was wondering if it's possible to get maybe 5 days worth of work units, and copy them to my other computer using floppy disk or CD.

2) Is 130F (or 105-110F when idle) normal temperature for a PIII chip at default (1.65) voltage, or is it high?
 
As to the first question, yes it's possible. Goto configure, then buffer options, and goto fetch time threshold. The bigger the number, the more it will download. The just copy the buff-in file to the computer without the connection.
 
If i do that, however, then the buff-in file on both computers will be the same, hence they'll both be cracking the same thing.
 
Actually, you move the Buff-in to the computer that is offline. To flush, you can flush your computer that is online first, then move the buff-out to it from the computer that is offline...Then re-flush...Re-fetch...Start over!!! 😀
 
Alright, if I understand correctly....

a) fetch packets on main system
b) copy buff-in to secondary system, and remove it from the main system
c) fetch packets for main system to work on
when secondary system is done with it's packets:
d) flush buffers on main system
e) move buff-out from secondary system back to main system
f) flush/fetch on main system


Will this work?
 
YES!!!! I do it on several laptops all the time!!

😀

Oh, and if you need to "add" blocks to the OFFLINE system without first flushing it, you can import a buff-in file from a floppy (or a temp directory: Do not copy it over the original buff-in if you want to add to it) by using the dnetc -import A:buff-in.rc5
or wherever the file is (A: or C: or wherever)...

This will take the current buff-in.rc5 and add the contents of the other file (-imported) to it. You can get several thousand blocks that way for extended cracking😀
 
leaving it connected to the net with a modem would tie up my phone line

You only need to connect for a minute. You can get those free net accounts, and use it once a day. This is what I do with my second system. It takes about 30-40 seconds to connect, flush and fetch work units.

Or you can do it the hard way (what the others recommended). 🙂
 
Oh, and what SSP said.....Sometimes the easy way is right under your nose so far, you can't see it😛
 
Pretender: 130f is high, but within the specs of the chip. I have a PIII-650e (cA0 stepping) that maxes out at 820 MHz. When I first installed it the temp went up to 140f. I reinstalled the HSF and the temp dropped to 120f. Then I replaced the retail HSF with a Golden Orb and dropped the temp to under 100f while under load.

Anyway, welcome back!🙂
 
Pretender,

Welcome back!

If all you need is a NIC, I probably have a spare ISA (10Mb) hanging around.
If you want it, let me know. 😎
 
I had the same problem and replaced the heatsink with an alpha with to 32cfm fans. temp barely rises above 100f..dont forget the thermal grease 🙂
 
I think I'll go with the modem idea...I didn't realize how little time it would take..since I've gotten DSL I started to think that all modems take forever to do anything.

KGBMAN: Thanks for the offer, but a) my main computer doesn't have a NIC either, b) I feel guilty taking free hardware from people, c) going to use a 56k to connect.


About the cpu temp- I'm using a golden orb, and after a few attempts at reinstalling it, re-applying thermal grease, etc, this is the best I could do: about 105F when idle, 140F when under load. I think maybe I'm applying the grease incorrectly...could someone direct me to a site which tells me how.

Alright, I think I'm getting off topic, thanks for all your help. 🙂

 
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