Special Thanks!

[socalgal]

WoooHooooooo! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Happy, happy Socalgal. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

I've got my 1200MHz 266fsb TBird up and running on the KT7A and he whips ****! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif (Yes, it's a HE - lots of muscle).

I was getting the infamously warned-about INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE thing going on because I tried to get away without reformatting; clearing all Intel BM and other devices didn't work. :/ I couldn't figure out a workaround, so I reformatted and am busy reinstalling everything. I downloaded and am using the latest VIA 4in1 4.29 drivers from www.viahardware.com (http://www.viahardware.com) .

This puppy is chewing up blocks at 2.70M/Keys (I'm talking about RC5 (http://www.sysopt.com/rc5team.html) } and while I haven't done any other benches or tweaking (default for now) other than RC5, I think I'm going to be happy for awhile with this guy.

I want to give a special thanks to Mr.C (aka MR COMPUTER for his referring me to Emad at PeachPC (http://www.peachpc.com/index.asp?CartId=9760706ZNCVY92) in GA and for his concern. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

I ordered the 1.2GHz TBird 266fsb, Abit KT7A and a FOP38 (I think - it's loud enough!) and it seems PeachPC did a great job assembling the cpu/mobo/HSF combo (yep, I cheated). And they got it to me yesterday so I could work on it this weekend. More praises will be forthcoming shortly at ResellerRatings.com (http://www.resellerratings.com/) .

I also want to thank all you guys here in the forums who helped me. Your suggestions and advice were a big help and it's appreciated.

And jad, thanks for your help, and your link to Paul's Unofficial Abit KT7 FAQ (http://www.apushardware.com/faqs/kt7faq/kt7faq.htm) , which came in REAL handy when it came down to starting to sweat.

So, stay tuned, I'm sure I'll have alot of questions as I go down this merry road. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

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[OuTpaTienT]

Woohoo for you! 1.2!

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[Barney]

Congrats! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif That's a nice computer you have there! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Ronald

[randy48]

MOOOOOOOOOOO http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[NDC]

Ahhhhh, finally got that new system up & running! Congratulations on or new born system! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[daveleau]

Cool Socal. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif i have recent;y come into some money (that research study check just came in and I was a guinea pig for upgrade $$$) http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif i plan to get a 1.2 as well. I was hoping it would crack more than 2.7 though since I get 2.45 with my 900 PIII.

Congrats on the GHz club. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
Guess you'll be even harder to catch now in RC5...
Dave

[OuTpaTienT]

Hold it now. I get 3.4 on my little 1Ghz A-classic. I'd bet you can top it Socal.

(Actually I get 3,399,399.50 keys/sec from the benchmark but when cracking it's usually right around 3,300,000.00 keys/sec.)


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[Variable]

Sorry to inform you out but the english letters and alphabet don't correspond correctly to classical greek letters and the classical greek alphabet....

Take it from someone who knows:

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[GroundZero3]

wow congrat socalgal! wish mine worked http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif lol anywayz enjoy your machine. push the limits on it.


Jason

[Roy]

Excellent!

So whatcha doin' with that old BX6r2/PIII-450 wreck? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[socalgal]

Thanks, guys http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Well, seems he's cracking at 2.85M/keys when left on overnite while other apps aren't being used.. =)

So far, so good with the CPU at 100% for at least ±8 hours now http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

And his little brother, the P3, will become Internet gateway http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif


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[socalgal]

Jason, what's wrong with yours? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif Same setup? You have a post somewhere?

[richamies]

Those stats are a little low for RC5 Socalgal, my celeron at 1060 does
[Mar 11 18:05:49 UTC] Benchmark for RC5 core #2 (RG class 6)
0.00:00:08.06 [2,860,720.23 keys/sec]

and goes well over 3Mkeys at 1130.

Something doesn't seem quite right there...

Are you using a newish client? At 1200mhz you should be whipping my ***!

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[codybear]

with your new 1200 you should see closer to 4.0 m/keys...I had mine to 1180 and was cracking 3.9+

was doing 3.61 with it at 1020

congrats http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[GroundZero3]

i have a thunderbird setup and the company i bought i from sent me a defective mb. so i sent it to asus to get it repaired and its gonna take 3 weeks http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif this wednesday coming up will be week 2. boy does time fly when you miss something. i was gonna start cracking some rc5 guess i have to wait

Jason

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[socalgal]

hmmm... well, I am using the same old dnet client,
the v2.7112.444. Any suggestions? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Oh I'm sorry to hear that Jason http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif You wait for something with such anticipation only to be let down! 3 weeks seems a long time for an RMA - what company? Wouldn't they let you do an advance RMA with your credit card (if you have a cc, that is..). Anyway, they should send you a NEW MOBO, not a fixed-up defective!

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[vfrxsw]

Congrats on the new machine. Just got my first amd machine built last weekend. Been running rc5 all week at 3.2Mkeys/sec. System is tbird 900 (not oced) on asus a7v133. Wonder why a 1.2ghz tbird with 266 bus would be cranking out less.

[socalgal]

Ok! 3.98 M/keys, while busy http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

It'll be interesting to see what it'll be tonite when the system's idle http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

BTW, it's v2.8011-463-CTR-for Win32 (NT5)


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[Barney]

You're welcome. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Nice keyrate! That's 1300 blocks a day! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Ronald

[richamies]

&lt;====JEALOUS!

Anyone wanna trade a lovely Celeron 566 for a T-Bird? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[GroundZero3]

the mb was an asus board. they never even said anything about advance RMA. errr it is one of there newest boards out too. they told me that they wanted to test it out to see if it was defective and if not repairable then they would send me out one. Err im gonna call about that advance RMA now!

thanxs socalgal!!

Jason

[voogru]

Ok thats it! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Im gonna Crank mine up too 1.2!(from 1.0)
and ill start crackin rc5 again http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

ill just set up a new account

[voogru]

ok change of plans! I did a bench mark and im pretty happy with em!

[Mar 12 01:01:34 UTC] Benchmark for RC5 core #6 (RG/HB ath)
0.00:00:08.15 [3,598,523.34 keys/sec]

no need to O/C!!!! (im just too chicken to take off the heatsink i fear i will once again CRACK the core and the next time i wont be so lucky http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif)

now all i need is to know how to setup a new account for voogru@softhome.net!

also i need to know how too set it up so it wont keep giving me network errors (its spends more time sleeping for 3 secs than it does cracking!)

thanx

(shouldnt this be in RC5 forums?

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[NDD]

Congrats Socalgal !!!
I just wait for my KT7A back from repair (had some voltage malfunction at Fan1) ... but you did the right thing choosing Abit http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

btw, sorry for my incompetence http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif , but what is RC5 and what it for ? I've just leeched the version you've mentioned above, and it seems like processing something large (I understand it some kind of encryption ? )

Best Regards ...

[Barney]

RC5!!! (http://sysopt.earthweb.com/rc5team.html)

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Ronald

[socalgal]

Hehe http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

OH! And I want to thank BBA for his case cover with the side blow-hole! That fan cranks! =)

I just did a MBM and my temps are 27*C with the cover on. I haven't run a box with the cover on in ... a couple years.

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif


Edit: voo~ "now all i need is to know how to setup a new account for voogru@softhome.net!"

That can be posted in the DC forum http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

ND - and this (http://24.72.9.177/newrc5/byemail.php) is where we chase each other http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif


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[grieg]

WOW, wonder how fast that is? I like the speed of my Celeron 400 on Roader Runner! I can download my Webpage in like 5 seconds, enought for me!

[jad1097]

socal, your welcome.

I am glad to see you finaly got it. I am sure you will be very happy with it.


Are you running it at 9x133?


LOL I don't think you have much choice but to put the covers on the case with a FOP38.




BTW the link to PeachPC (http://www.peachpc.com/) is not quite right.

[samwichse]

What would be the best version to use with an older Athlon (Slot 1 classic) ?

[socalgal]

Thanks for the link correction, jad. Edited and in working order.

Oh, and yes it's at 133x9 presently http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

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[richamies]

From distributed.net...

v2.7110+ (May 30th 1999)

Looks like you have a release prior to Athlon optimization. Grab a later client and start kicking your way up the stats http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif.

2.8008.459 new: x86: new rc5 K7 core

2.8010.461 new: x86: RC5/K7 core from Holger Boehring

Looks like anything after .461 should be pretty good http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif.

Rich
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

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[Barney]

Download (http://http.distributed.net/pub/dcti/current-client/dnetc-win32-x86-setup.exe) (click on link and download will start) V2.8010 selfinstaller. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Just install it over your client and the settings will remain the same. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Ronald

[richamies]

What you doing here, Controller Freak? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

(Private joke to those who don't understand)

Rich

[CMonster]

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-get it? -with envy?

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[Barney]

Hey Rich, what are you doing here? <IMG SRC="http://server2044.virtualave.net/r0nald/ubb/biggrin.gif" border=0>

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[codybear]

8010 is the one that works best with the new AMD's

[richamies]

I sussed it after a few seconds http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Hey Rich, what are you doing here?

Thought I'd come and say Hi to everyone http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

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[Brangwen]

Socalgal, interested to learn you went with the Abit board. I was going to write you to inquire. My Iwill and 1.2 T-Bird will be in this week .. of course I'll be assembling it http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif We'll compare notes.

Congrats on your mean machine!

Brangwen http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[socalgal]

Cool, getting that 8010 now!

Nice to see you, Richamies! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

You look good in jade, CMonster http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif


Ohhh... that installation was too easy, and it did save my configuration http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif Thanks again, Ronald!

Hmmm,. says my buff-in is from a different core, should I re-fetch new ones? I think I will...


Brangwen - The IWill seems to be a great board too, good luck with the build! I'd be interested in comparing notes, as well http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

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[jad1097]

It does not use DDR ram. It uses PC100/133 SDRAM. But the Kt133A chipset is the best for SDRAM right now. I think the performance increase from the KT133 chipset is something like 10-15% more.


The KT7A (http://www.abit.com.tw/english/product/motherboards/kt7a.htm)

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[socalgal]

1200Mhz TBird 'C' (266fsb) (133x9 - for now)
GlobalWin FOP38
Abit KT7A
512mb Mushkin Rev2 PC133
(2) IBM Deskstar 75GXP 45G ATA-100
Matrox Millenium G400MAX
CL SB AWE64
Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32S
FDD
Mat****a DVD-ROM
Realtek RTL8139A PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Realtek RTL8139A -based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Symbios Logic 875XS|D PCI SCSI Adapter (for the Plexi)
MS SideWinder Precision Pro (USB)
LogiTech TrackMan Marble+ (Serial)
Mitsubishi 2040u NF
Case with side blow-hole
W2K
DSL

That's it folks http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif Most the parts I cannabilized from his little bro - P3 450. I need to do a little tweaking on the memory and such. I'll post some benches a little later - in the CPU/OC forum.

Darn, almost got away without an edit.


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[RobRich]

Congrats, excellent system. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif I'll let you slide on not buying an Asus m/b. :p

You've even inspired me to start a new box. Perhaps an Athlon 1200+ with 512mb of PC-2100. Just received my Shuttle DDR m/b a few days ago, now got to order the processor and memory. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Catch ya' later,
Robert Richmond

[socalgal]

Thanks, Rob http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

We'll have to compare benches... SDRAM vs. DDRAM http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif Hope the DDRAM board works out for you.

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[howste]

Hiya Socal! Sweet system you've got there. Reading your system specs reminded me of a problem I have. Have you tried the G400 Max with dual monitors? I've got a KT7-RAID with the G400 Max and it works fine with the monitors cloned, but every time I turn on the dual displays and reboot, I get a Windows Protection error (WinME). Just wondered - probably a question for the Video forum.

Steve

[socalgal]

Hi howste! Good to see you. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

No, I sure haven't tried the dual monitor setup yet. I'm running W2K / W2K / WinMe.

I would try posting in the Video forum here AND over at the MURC forums (http://forums.matroxusers.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro) as well - ( www.matroxusers.com (http://www.matroxusers.com) )

Good luck http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[howste]

Thanks, I'll do that. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif