Late breaking news! DPCs open a major can on Team AnandTech!

[SSP]

That would plain annoy most of them. Just don't over do it.

RagingBITCH, You don't need a constant connection (it helps, but not necessary). You can have the client download more blocks, so the system will be busy until you flush the work later. You can set it up to automatically detect a dial up connection and download blocks.
This is what I did with my 486 (that?s right, a 486. Anything to help out the team).

 

[RaySun2Be]

RagingBitch,
You do not need a constant Internet connection to run RC5. Dial-up works fine. There a a number of configuration options depending on your PC, environment, how many hours a day it will be processing, etc.

The best thing to do is to post a question in the Distributed Forum with your PC specs, Internet connection type, etc.. that I mentioned, and someone will be able to help you determine the best configuration. It really isn't hard, and we love to help.

 

[Soccerman]

nah I won't... I just posted another post for good measure.. hopefully it will attract the attention of people who haven't visited this one.

but seriously, guys, when you DO enter a thread with alot of people with powerful CPU's, mention how fast your computer is (like a benchmark), and how fast theirs should be (those types of threads are always mine's better then yours! it should attract some attention).

RC5 is a little program you download that takes up all your spare (unused in other words) CPU cycles. it uses that time to crack blocks of data. you only need to connect to the internet to upload your results, and download more blocks to chew on. it barely uses your internet connection.

 

[SSP]

Hehe.. I just saw it. Nice one Soccerman.

 

[Soccerman]

thanks!

 

[pdo]

Thanks for the directions Paulson. I've just got started. Sorry I didn't join the team until now. I'm still waiting to get a password.

 

[Soccerman]

any and ALL help is appreciated! welcome to the team!

 

[beat mania]

what's this DPC and megaflush business?
I've had RC5 on my machines for almost 2 years now (TA 'course), like my dvd playing computer that cracks and play dvd at the same time. But, can anyone really justify running these things on idle computers that could be just turned off? (Like all those 486s...) RC5 is gonna bring forth global warming much more rapidly I say.

 

[Adul]

bump, we need more peeps. Come one guys, the ones with souped up machines, try rc5 and make sure it is stable.

 

[DanC]

Guys - we'll take a 386-33 if you've got one. One of my machines is a resurrected AMD K6-300. It does a constant 491 KKeys/sec. Not much in the grand scheme of things, but those machines add up.

TA!!! TA!!! TA!!! (Crowd is now chanting wildly)

Anand is lifted onto their shoulders and carried to the stage... He waves - the crowd cheers again. It is a fine day for AnandTech!

 

[Zorba]

Well I've been cracking for 607 Days now . I just want to add that it is very easy and painless. I joined after I clicked a banner at Slackware Linux's website, and quickly found my way to TA (which was like number 250+ at the time). Every cycle helps.

About stablity, I ran RC5 on a Cyrix PR166 (133MHz) @ 225MHz, for over 1.5 years, with no problems. (Setup died after one of the little pegs that the fan clip clips to broke off)

BTW: ORG IS SUCK!

 

[Rogue]

I have a 1GHZ Athlon sitting here that I am willing to put up for the cause. I could also possibly get a few more of them going too. My question is this, I am behind a firewall/proxy server. Will that affect anything?

 

[AngelOfDeath]

Sorry guys. But I do only have one computer . But as soon as I get one more I'll crack day and night for you

AoD

 

[AngelOfDeath]

Well well, I deciede to join you anyway. Nice knowing that I could control have many hours it should be working , which was the reason for my participation. And ofcourse to help Anandtech

AoD

 

[dvch]

Rogue:
Try http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=39&threadid=227396 for some ideas.If the machine has access to the net then it should be able to automatically update. Any further questions /problems will get prompt attention in the Distributing Computing Forum;just post them.

AngelOfDeath: Only 1?:Q That would be 1 more than we have now,if you used it to help the team!!Every cpu helps and from your sig that is a nice one. Why not give it a try?

EDIT-Thank you AngelOfDeath. Welcome aboard.

 

[AngelOfDeath]

I just joined the team but I can't seem to find me on the list for anandtech team...How long before it updates???

AoD

 

[KotchY]

do u have to be online @ all times? how does it work?

 

[pdo]

Does anyone in here have the laptop cracking too? I have a laptop with a 433 Mhz Celeron. Maybe I can get it going too, but I'm just worried that it might get too hot on my laptop.

 

[MadRat]

Stefan,

Most likely your 300A that bombs at 464 is NOT the RC5 client. The RC5 client it actually very little heat load on the cpu, not too much difference over normal use if not less intensive. Some pathways on the cpu's create more heat than others and RC5 is one of those "less heat generation than other" pathways.

I'd be suspect of three things that make a 300A not overclock:

1. voltage regulators (Do you have quality or cheap ones? After awhile, regardless of the draw, the cheaper paste-based ones dry out!)
2. thermal conductive paste (I've bought up a handful of "will NOT overclock" 300A celerons off the net and put them into school machines on cheap motherboards. The verdict is that EVERY SINGLE CELERON I bought has ran at 450-504mHz without a problem. The person I bought from USUALLY put on too much thermal paste! A micro-layer is best.)
3. bad heatsink/fan (When a fan cannot muster enough RPM's or the heatsink becomes dirt encrusted, the efficiency of the cooling drops alot.)

2.3 volts is not much voltage for a 300A. The slot-1 versions sometimes required 2.4-2.5 volts. Heck, one c266 (non-L2 cache type) would run near 600mHz with 2.8 volts! It is all about checking the little factors that make machines overclock in a stable fashion.

 

[DanC]

.paldo - My Compaq Armada cracks 24/7 - Celeron processor. I get 1.11 MKeys/Sec. Works great.

 

[Jaraxal]

I'm back in with both of my computers. I was doing fine until one day OGR started kicking in. Nothing I did seemed to work, even deleting and reinstalling.

The RC5,OGR=0,DES=0,CSC=0 really fixed things up. Thanks!

 

[merlocka]

Stephan, perhaps it was heat that damaged your C300a. Overclocking a CPU to run RC5 requires excellent cooling.

 

[merlocka]

Well, I'm tossing in a 800MHz T-bird (hopefully 1GHz if the pencil trick works) into the fray in 2-3 priority days. I actually wanted to get a P3 on an 815 board but I was swayed by the RC5 performance of T-Bird

I think I'll do some more recruiting as well. It's a slow day at work.

 

[DanC]

Right ON!

Buahahahah!

 

[Goi]

I've been on the team since Soccerman's previous "recruitment drive" post...I've got a C566@850 going about half the day, and a C433 going when my dad's using the computer.