[QCLUG] core2quad build

[Noah Norris]

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oops correction my power supply has a +12voltx2 of 22ampsx2 or 44amps total
for the +12 volt rail


On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Noah Norris <preludelinux@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well idk but each 8800GT per nvidia should have 26 amp 12V+ and double
> that in sli
> my power supply supplies 2x20amp +12V rails but nvidia tends to over due
> there requirements now.
>
> good news 3rd day running without any weird issues. running amarok , FAH6
> -smp , firefox with too many tabs open (nice seems firefox is 64bit yet uses
> a wrapper program that runs 32bit flash)
>
> now it seems my laptop might be heading south .... getting hard locks with
> some weird ATA command errors but it seems networking stops working too at
> times at first i thought a sata drive issue with one of the 2 sata drives on
> the laptop but combined with networking errors and random hard freezes ,
> seems to happen more if i use wifi ( its an intel 3XXX not an 4XXX series
> card ) everytime i reboot or shutdown i get network-manager (ubuntu) crashes
> , perhapes some of this could be from upgrading from 7.06 > 7.10 ? .....
> seems might be another heat problem anyway .... guess i will have to
> reproduce them in windows .... send to dell to repair
>
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 4:55 AM, Noah Norris <preludelinux@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Oddly enough i seemed to fix the problem by installing the chipset fan
> > to the Mother Board.
> > ( The fan has a big sticker with a warning only to install with passive
> > cooling or water cooling or may damage your system ........ )
> > after installing this fan chipset stays at 42 C and proccessor stays
> > 52-54 C ( full load) case temp @23 C also made sure that the MB did not
> > comtrol any fan settings and that they where always on  (during the demo
> > @sau  i encountered some weird problems with networking taking forever and
> > apps just stalling when they needed network access this could of been the
> > chipset overheating  )
> > ( Been running folding@home 6 beta 2 -smp now for 48 hours this program
> > is made for 4 cores or more too)
> >
> > Also it dont matter how new you are we dont have posting requirements
> > really this mailling list is open to any linux user. even if you have been
> > using linux for 15 years or 15 seconds ^^
> >
> > thinking monday im gona retry the sli setup which could of been
> > straining the chipset not the power supply.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Brent Wyatt <wakecycle@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi I'm just new so I hope it's alright for me to respond.  Sounds like
> > > you have a nice set up Noah.  Sounds like you've moved it around a lot too.
> > > You check all that ram you have?  You must have, What? 4, 2gig ram sticks in
> > > that beast.  At least 2, 4 gig chips (they make those?)  One of them could
> > > be just not quite seated right.  Then maybe even mem-test them with an
> > > ubuntu live cd (for example), to make sure you didn't get a bad one.
> > >     Making sure your video cards are all playing nice is a possibility
> > > too, so I agree with you testing there also.
> > >     58c doesn't seem excessive for your cpu's and the difference in
> > > temps is common, but it never hurts to chill them as much as you can afford
> > > too.
> > >     I would think the power supply you have would be sufficient for
> > > what you've described as your set up.  Just my humble opinion.    brent
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Noah Norris <preludelinux@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > For those that made it to the event i brought my box i just built
> > > > firday last week
> > > > Core2quad
> > > > 8 Gb - Ram
> > > > SLI  8800 GT 512 Mb video cards
> > > > 500 Gb sata Hd
> > > > Case with plenty of fans (8+1ps fan)
> > > > 650/750 watt Ps (suppose to be sli certified ... )
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have been getting random reboots on this box for some reason.
> > > > the first time it happened was 48 hours after i got the machine it
> > > > happened twice during the demo.
> > > > and when i got home it also happen but pretty much 30mins-1hour.
> > > >
> > > > According to lm-sensors the 4 cores under full load can run between
> > > > 58C-50C with there being up to 8 Degree flux
> > > > between the cores. ( i plan to get some new heat sink grease and
> > > > another Heat sink fan )  ( due to these processor
> > > > running pretty hot to begin with this might be normal )  So this
> > > > could be a heat issue. yet it seems to random and
> > > > could run some pretty intense programs like folding @home 64bit smp
> > > > version .... and games just fine )
> > > >
> > > > Power could also be the problem .......  ( so once i got home i
> > > > pulled one of the 8800 GT in SLI out gona test this for a couple days )
> > > > .... off to get a 1kw power supply if this is the problem or at
> > > > least a supply with 2x 30amp 12v rails
> > > >
> > > > Could also be a problem witth SLI and nvidia driver. i did set
> > > > option SLI=0 to disable it and it still rebooted
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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