Posts by meatwad

1) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Solaris on SPARC (Message 9123) Posted 16 Jan 2006 by meatwad Post: Me too, I have an E3500 I would like to crunch Rosetta on. If it is just a matter of needing a sparc machine to compile on I'm sure we could work something out to get the right person onto one of our sparc boxes to compile :-)
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Crunching on a Laptop? (Message 8611) Posted 8 Jan 2006 by meatwad Post: I have 6 machines running boinc, 2 of which are laptops. One laptop is a Dell Latitude D610, the other one is an ancient no-name P3 800. I have no problems with heat on either one. They run 24/7/365. On the dell I have a program called "centrino speed control - CHC" (www.pbus-167.com). I have it set for maximum performance, so the cpu is set at 2GHz all the time. The cpu runs at about 75 C, 90 is the limit according to dell so I have ample headroom I believe. The only thing I have to do occasionally is remove the dust and dog hair (we have lots of doggies) that accumulates on the fan grill on the underside of both laptops. I do that every couple of weeks, when the fan grill on the dell gets clogged up, the cpu temp gets up to about 80 C, but still well below the 90 C limit. According to dell, at 90 C the unit will shutdown. meatWAD