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ulibruzek
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I have two old PCs (Compaq Pentium IIs with 256 mb memory) that I am willing to have running on World Community Grid projects, but it seems that they can't complete the tasks in the time allowed. Are there "smaller" tasks that they might work on, or can the deadlines be extended. Shame to have them sitting there doing nothing...
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mecole
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In my opinion they are not worth running for the electricity you'll have to pay but you could limit them to the Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy 2 project and they would earn a few points.
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I have two old PCs (Compaq Pentium IIs with 256 mb memory) that I am willing to have running on World Community Grid projects, but it seems that they can't complete the tasks in the time allowed. Are there "smaller" tasks that they might work on, or can the deadlines be extended. Shame to have them sitting there doing nothing... Thanks. Emailed responses appreciated! Try HDMC2 or HCC and please remove your email.  - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz [Edit 1 times, last edit by Falconet at Jan 1, 2012 11:44:25 PM] |
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Former Member
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Try HDMC2 or HCC and please remove your email. You quoted his email, which defeats the purpose! Also, HCMD2 is close to useless, because WCG introduced a bug affecting P3 and previous machines and have never fixed it. |
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Falconet
Master Cruncher Portugal Joined: Mar 9, 2009 Post Count: 3315 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Try HDMC2 or HCC and please remove your email. You quoted his email, which defeats the purpose! Also, HCMD2 is close to useless, because WCG introduced a bug affecting P3 and previous machines and have never fixed it. lol Hadn't noticed Edited accordingly Thanks - AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF 6C/12T 3.2 GHz - 85W - AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 4C/8T 2.0 GHz - 28W - AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 8C/16T 3.0 GHz |
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GTCola2010
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Computing for clean water is also a good project for old pcs.
I crunch C4CW and HCC on my P4s and atoms. |
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Mysteron347
Senior Cruncher Australia Joined: Apr 28, 2007 Post Count: 179 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Also, HCMD2 is close to useless, because WCG introduced a bug affecting P3 and previous machines and have never fixed it. First I've heard of it, but I had to shut down my PIIs after Winter (great room-heaters) so records are long-gone. How did this problem manifest itself? |
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Hardnews
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I crunched on my Asus EEEpc for a while, but the output was only of technical interest, in that there was 'some.' Given that every contribution is better than no contribution our friend must keep his PII's, and hope for a couple of new boxes for his birthday. The current CPU's are capable of astonishing levels of output for much the same power input, which is becoming a major factor, hence my ditching a P4 box for a much more efficient rig.
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Former Member
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Also, HCMD2 is close to useless, because WCG introduced a bug affecting P3 and previous machines and have never fixed it. First I've heard of it, but I had to shut down my PIIs after Winter (great room-heaters) so records are long-gone. How did this problem manifest itself? The vast majority (~90%) of jobs complete normally but get marked Inconclusive and then Invalid. It's been that way since last August. (see Heap of Invalid units) |
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