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Swoka Ikran · March 10, 2011, 03:09:57 PM

Quote from: bommel on March 10, 2011, 02:30:30 PM
Another big WU completed

Stats as of 11:45:20 March 10, 2011:

Grand score: 1729933
Team rank: 2141 of 196251
WUs completed: 1618

Isn't this awesome?!

Nice!

Still sad I can't do GPU anymore though

Other things have recently stopped working right also, so there's definitely something wrong. For instance, some icons now have an ugly black border instead of a proper shadow:

bommel · March 10, 2011, 04:21:27 PM

Quote from: Swoka Ikran on March 10, 2011, 03:09:57 PM
Still sad I can't do GPU anymore though Other things have recently stopped working right also, so there's definitely something wrong. For instance, some icons now have an ugly black border instead of a proper shadow:

Hmm... as far as I remember Nvidia had some soldering issues with the 8xxx series, especially the embedded ones... (some notebook manufacturers called their products back, etc.). If the GPU got hot enough the soldering could become loose and you would get display errors or your machine refuses to start. Unfortunately it sounds quite similar to what you are experiencing

Swoka Ikran · March 10, 2011, 04:39:23 PM

Quote from: bommel on March 10, 2011, 04:21:27 PM
Quote from: Swoka Ikran on March 10, 2011, 03:09:57 PM
Still sad I can't do GPU anymore though Other things have recently stopped working right also, so there's definitely something wrong. For instance, some icons now have an ugly black border instead of a proper shadow:

Hmm... as far as I remember Nvidia had some soldering issues with the 8xxx series, especially the embedded ones... (some notebook manufacturers called their products back, etc.). If the GPU got hot enough the soldering could become loose and you would get display errors or your machine refuses to start. Unfortunately it sounds quite similar to what you are experiencing

I remember the HP recall for this. Not pretty

What's weird is that aside from F@H and those icon borders, nothing seems wrong. Games are running fine with no artifacts. I'm going to run GPU test program on it and we'll see how that goes.

bommel · March 10, 2011, 04:49:06 PM

Quote from: Swoka Ikran on March 10, 2011, 04:39:23 PM
I remember the HP recall for this. Not pretty

What's weird is that aside from F@H and those icon borders, nothing seems wrong. Games are running fine with no artifacts. I'm going to run GPU test program on it and we'll see how that goes.

This is indeed a really strange behaviour, even if f@h is very demanding (some people use it as a burn-in test)

Swoka Ikran · March 10, 2011, 05:03:58 PM

Furmark is running on it as I post this. GPU core is holding at 70^oC. Clock is factory.

System is reporting fan speed of 0 RPM

.

EDIT: Let it run another 20 minutes...GPU temp maxed at 74^oC, no errors aside from the 0 RPM fan...

Sa'kul · March 10, 2011, 06:25:26 PM

sorry that i'm joining this discussion so prompt...

are you using a notebook? Because this temperature is quite normal for notebook-gpus AND nowadays for graphic-cards in towers, too... The manufacturers are spending more money in advices than in cooling-technologies...

And yeah... I know, my english isn't good... sorry for that. :/

Swoka Ikran · March 10, 2011, 07:19:05 PM

Nope. Desktop system, with motherboard-integrated GPU. No physical card.

Idling, my card's temp is about 57^oC. Under heavy load, I can get up to 74. Never looked at it with F@H running because it just worked until recently.

As for cooling, hardware mfgs. and brand name PC makers are definitely slacking. I saw an HP system a year or so back that had absolutely NO ventilation whatsoever. Had one little vent in the front of the case, and NO fans aside from the CPU heat sink fan...probably one reason I see so many HP doorstops on the curb on bulk trash day...

bommel · March 17, 2011, 05:54:24 PM

We're getting closer to 2 million points

Swoka Ikran · March 17, 2011, 07:15:18 PM

Quote from: bommel on March 17, 2011, 05:54:24 PM
We're getting closer to 2 million points

...and we're past rank 2000

We're number 1986 as of this post

guest2859 · March 18, 2011, 11:22:16 AM

I should be back up and folding: Eana_Nantang_Rrtaya

Ikran Ahiyìk · March 19, 2011, 02:45:27 AM

The 5th one reaches 100k...

but someone is near 1m already...

bommel · March 19, 2011, 11:32:13 AM

Quote from: Ikran Ahiyìk on March 19, 2011, 02:45:27 AM
The 5th one reaches 100k...

but someone is near 1m already...

guest2859 · March 20, 2011, 07:32:04 PM

I realized why I like my computer more than my moms: It finished 2000 WU pieces faster than her 250 WU pieces.

Also Folding as Nargacuga now.

bommel · March 21, 2011, 11:58:15 AM

Over 2 million points!

Eana Tanhì · March 21, 2011, 03:48:30 PM

awesome

bommel · March 21, 2011, 04:00:04 PM

Quote from: Eana Tanhì on March 21, 2011, 03:48:30 PM
awesome

indeed

Ikran Ahiyìk · March 22, 2011, 08:09:50 AM

Quote21st day of March, 2011

Exactly one year after I got my first Avatar figure..

2m points = birthday gift

bommel · March 22, 2011, 10:23:33 AM

Quote from: Ikran Ahiyìk on March 22, 2011, 08:09:50 AM
Quote21st day of March, 2011

Exactly one year after I got my first Avatar figure..

2m points = birthday gift

a happy birthday, indeed

Ikran Ahiyìk · March 23, 2011, 03:10:19 AM

Quote from: bommel on March 22, 2011, 10:23:33 AM
Quote from: Ikran Ahiyìk on March 22, 2011, 08:09:50 AM
Quote21st day of March, 2011

Exactly one year after I got my first Avatar figure..

2m points = birthday gift
a happy birthday, indeed

I mean, tell this to my little 4 ¹/₄" Jake

bommel · March 23, 2011, 03:11:57 AM

Quote from: Ikran Ahiyìk on March 23, 2011, 03:10:19 AM
I mean, tell this to my little 4 ¹/₄" Jake

hrh, yeah

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