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by Dirk Broer
Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
Topic: 1 million + projects
Replies: 226
Views: 235147

Re: 1 million + projects

Miklos M wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:36 pm One of my few 1 millionth sub project, Asteroids. # 26.

Asteroids is a full project (viewable here -BTW you have 27!), these are your subprojects, of which you have 22 at the 1 million credits mark.
by Dirk Broer
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
Topic: 1 million + projects
Replies: 226
Views: 235147

Re: 1 million + projects

Just bagged my 71st 1 million credits sub-project! (Yafu Small) Next in line is Ithena Measurements PERF, but that will take some time longer. Ithena's OONI Probe might be there even earlier... Of course I may win the lottery before that, and then I'll buy that 64-core Threadripper to be able to ru...
by Dirk Broer
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:45 pm
Forum: NFS
Topic: NFS@Home support
Replies: 92
Views: 21403

Re: NFS@Home support

Dirk Broer wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:13 amCan someone try to restart the NFS server, or contact someone who can?
Whoever was involved: Thanks!
by Dirk Broer
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: NFS
Topic: NFS@Home support
Replies: 92
Views: 21403

Re: NFS@Home support

Can someone try to restart the NFS server, or contact someone who can?
by Dirk Broer
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:02 am
Forum: Guest Access Forum
Topic: Back Again
Replies: 8
Views: 209

Re: Back Again

scole of TSBT wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:51 pm Was Inveteratus your username? If so, that account no longer exists. There have been a couple inactive account purges in the past
Found him:

TheGrumpyScot 1
http://the.grumpy.scot/
Fri Aug 26, 2016 10:13 pm Wed Oct 18, 2017 10:41 pm
by Dirk Broer
Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:43 am
Forum: Guest Access Forum
Topic: Back Again
Replies: 8
Views: 209

Re: Back Again

by Dirk Broer
Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: Single-board Computers
Topic: Single Board Computers - Boinc Benchmarks
Replies: 41
Views: 9824

Re: Single Board Computers - Boinc Benchmarks

It looks like the BeagleBone AI gets its AI from the two Dual-core ARM Cortex-M4's plus the two C66x DSPs. Problem is getting those extra CPUs getting recognised and to work. CPU info for the BeagleBone AI only shows the dual-core Cortex-A15. Some small success: 2/12/2024 4:17:07 PM Starting BOINC ...
by Dirk Broer
Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:10 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: Linux on ARM
Replies: 10
Views: 5759

Re: Linux on ARM

There have been some changes in the supply of applications catering for ARM-powered boards, and not for the better. Linux on Armhf/Aarch64: The February 2024 completely overhauled and revised overview: what to do with your Armhf/Aarch64 SBCs Project Application Status ARM/32 Application? Aarch/64 Ap...
by Dirk Broer
Sun Feb 04, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: Wanless
Topic: project server
Replies: 4
Views: 2145

Re: project server

If I lose crunched work during this latest failure then it'll be the 3rd time this year & I'll be outta here I'd like to support a UK project but not at the expense of wasting completed WU with such regularity There seems to be a new spell of unavailableness at the Wanless server And not just a...
by Dirk Broer
Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:50 am
Forum: Wanless
Topic: project server
Replies: 4
Views: 2145

Re: project server

davidbam wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:49 am If I lose crunched work during this latest failure then it'll be the 3rd time this year & I'll be outta here

I'd like to support a UK project but not at the expense of wasting completed WU with such regularity
There seems to be a new spell of unavailableness at the Wanless server
by Dirk Broer
Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:12 am
Forum: Throw down the Gauntlet
Topic: PG Challenge Series Hilbert's Birthday Challenge - 2024-01-23 01:00 UTC - 2024-01-26 01:00 UTC
Replies: 26
Views: 1625

Re: PG Challenge Series Hilbert's Birthday Challenge - 2024-01-23 01:00 UTC - 2024-01-26 01:00 UTC

My Treadripper is erroring out on all gpu work now. Wondering why? Just my guess: If it is running Windows, last update has replaced the proprietary GPU driver with Window's own -because they think you are better off not having an OpenCL capable GPU....Microsoft knows what is good for you, even bet...
by Dirk Broer
Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:17 am
Forum: Fun and Games
Topic: This made me laugh
Replies: 46
Views: 22586

Re: This made me laugh

This comes way too close, as I am sitting behind the dirtiest keyboard I've owned yet...
by Dirk Broer
Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:14 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: Linux on ARM
Replies: 10
Views: 5759

Re: Linux on ARM

How to lie with statistics, part two. The top-5 ARM systems now, pure credit-wise: Odroid-N2+ 17,410 Raspberry Pi 4 8GB 15,858 Odroid-XU4 15,053 Raspberry Pi 400 14,424 Jetson Nano 4GB 10,062 The top-5 ARM systems now, credit per core wise: Raspberry Pi 4 8GB 3,965 Raspberry Pi 400 3,606 Odroid-N2+ ...
by Dirk Broer
Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: Benchmarking and Hardware
Topic: Low-Power War: AM1 vs Bay Trail-D
Replies: 43
Views: 14298

Re: Low-Power War: AM1 vs Bay Trail-D

Today I finally ordered a new ASRock N100DC-ITX to replace my aging ASRock J5005-ITX. I had tested/debugged why the J5005 and other CPUs of its generation came back with unknown errors in SRBase and found out they all missed the support for an instruction (FMA3) that was in the (new) SRBase code. Th...
by Dirk Broer
Tue Jan 16, 2024 6:30 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Linux on ARM
Replies: 10
Views: 5759

Re: Linux on ARM: How to lie with statistics

As SiDock@Home is presently without work the Odroid-XU4 now runs Universe@Home exclusively, so the credit tables have been shaken up. I also keep converting 64-bit ARM SBCs to take 32-bit work, so the list is getting longer and longer. The top-3 ARM systems, pure credit-wise: Odroid-XU4 12,446 Raspb...
by Dirk Broer
Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:07 am
Forum: NFS
Topic: NFS@Home support
Replies: 92
Views: 21403

Re: NFS@Home support

Dirk Broer wrote: Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:43 pmWhat is going on at the NFS server? No export stats, no server status.....
...and again
by Dirk Broer
Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where are Everybody ???
Replies: 2
Views: 698

Re: Where are Everybody ???

I think most people on this forum are busy with -amongst others- crunching, as The Scottish Boinc Team heads the present Gerasim Team Challenge (New Year 2024 Challenge is Gerasim@Home ! Crunching of Subfield 7 from NumberFields@home) on BOINCStats. Will the team reach the 100,000,000 credits on thi...
by Dirk Broer
Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:06 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Linux on ARM
Replies: 10
Views: 5759

Re: Linux on ARM

The result figures are still climbing after a relapse of the Universe server, but here are the figures for the 32-bit squad as per today 20240108: BeagleBone-AI (dual core Cortex-A15): 4,035 credits/day Asus Tinker Board (quad core Cortex-A17): 8,086 credits/day Odroid-XU4 (quad core Cortex-A15/quad...
by Dirk Broer
Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:55 am
Forum: Single-board Computers
Topic: Broadcom SOCs
Replies: 11
Views: 10221

Re: Broadcom SOCs

A PCIe 2.0 x1 interface, 500 MT/s. No faster than USB 3.0 (600 MT/s) meh. Jeff Geerling shows here that the PCIe 2.0 x1 can easily be changed to PCIe 3.0 x1, thereby doubling the speed to 1,000 MT/s (Theoretically that is. But as the great Yogi Berra already said "In theory there is no differe...
by Dirk Broer
Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
Topic: My signature has changed
Replies: 76
Views: 114004

Re: My signature has changed

scole of TSBT wrote: Fri Dec 15, 2023 10:33 amHow's that?
I the "thanks button" was there, I'd press it!
by Dirk Broer
Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: Single-board Computers
Topic: SBC extreme cooling: the quest for more power
Replies: 23
Views: 8323

Re: SBC extreme cooling: the quest for more power

Finally got round to install the Jetson Nano special version of the 52Pi Ice Tower Cooler. My first attempt to install it was halted because the supplied T7 screwdriver wasn't up to the task and the heatsink couldn't be pried loose from the SOM. I now praise myself lucky to have bought an expensive ...
by Dirk Broer
Thu Dec 14, 2023 2:50 pm
Forum: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
Topic: My signature has changed
Replies: 76
Views: 114004

Re: My signature has changed

It's that time of the year again: Image
by Dirk Broer
Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Linux on ARM
Replies: 10
Views: 5759

Linux on ARM: "The return of the 32-bit squadron"

Stupid thing is that the 32-bit control group (an octa-core 2GB Odroid XU4, so a mere 256MB per core) has no problems at all running the 32-bit ARM/Linux apps. That finding was the start for "The return of the 32-bit squadron". As the Odroid-XU4 effortlessly crunched its way through Unive...
by Dirk Broer
Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:58 am
Forum: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
Topic: Shameless badges bragging thread
Replies: 510
Views: 501701

Re: Shameless badges bragging thread

Dirk Broer wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:03 amFinally a silver badge for NFS's 14e Lattice Sieve
Five years further: a golden badge for NFS's 14e Lattice Sieve!
by Dirk Broer
Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:08 pm
Forum: Benchmarking and Hardware
Topic: "Drop-in" replacement
Replies: 24
Views: 4437

Re: "Drop-in" replacement

Some progress: as the Athlon A12-9800E was happy on the A320 board and the 3400G wasn't happy at all on the Fatal1ty X370 Gaming iTX/ac, I decided to have a go at another variable in the equation: The PSUs. So, I removed the A320M Pro4 board from its casing and put in the Fatal1ty X370 Gaming iTX/ac...
by Dirk Broer
Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:12 pm
Forum: Website Problems
Topic: Forum Errors
Replies: 3
Views: 5954

Re: Http 500 Errors

A 500 internal server error is, as the name implies, a general problem with the website's server. More than likely, this means there's an issue or temporary glitch with the website's programming.

This happens when I try to access e.g. 'Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!'
by Dirk Broer
Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:13 am
Forum: Single-board Computers
Topic: Single Board Computers - Boinc Benchmarks
Replies: 41
Views: 9824

Re: Single Board Computers - Boinc Benchmarks

The idea is to post benchmarks here...
by Dirk Broer
Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:41 pm
Forum: Single-board Computers
Topic: BeagleV
Replies: 2
Views: 717

Re: BeagleV

The BeagleBoys strike again! After the BeagleV®-Ahead , in the colour of their trousers, they now have a new RISC-V board that matches their shirts: the BeagleV®-Fire , combining RISC-V and FPGA. https://i.postimg.cc/jLQQ8dc9/front1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/2bsFt1Pp/394308246-6494682595366-544481806...
by Dirk Broer
Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: Single-board Computers
Topic: Single Board Computers - Boinc Benchmarks
Replies: 41
Views: 9824

Re: Single Board Computers - Boinc Benchmarks

The procurement section of the experimental division of my ARM fleet managed to scavenge a BeagleBone AI from 'Marktplaats', a Dutch cross-over between eBay and Craigslist! A mere 50 Euro, plus an additional 10 Euro for a 5-port TP-Link GigaBit Switch... The 32-bit taskforce goes out again on Univer...
by Dirk Broer
Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:19 pm
Forum: archive
Topic: FB Sprint 21: 27-Oct-2023 06:00 UTC - 30-Oct-2023 05:59 UTC Project SRBase
Replies: 3
Views: 497

Re: FB Sprint 21: 27-Oct-2023 06:00 UTC - 30-Oct-2023 05:59 UTC Project SRBase

Siepinski/Riesel Base - Short is so short that they're already gone! Now there are new, longer ones.
by Dirk Broer
Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:31 am
Forum: archive
Topic: FB Sprint 21: 27-Oct-2023 06:00 UTC - 30-Oct-2023 05:59 UTC Project SRBase
Replies: 3
Views: 497

Re: FB Sprint 21: 27-Oct-2023 06:00 UTC - 30-Oct-2023 05:59 UTC Project TBD

FB Sprint 21: 27-Oct-2023 06:00 UTC - 30-Oct-2023 05:59 UTC Project TBD https://formula-boinc.org/sprint_v3.py?sprint=21&lang=en&year=2023 The next sprint begins in less than 24 hours! SRBase it is, Siepinski/Riesel Base - Short to be precise (and TF for your GPU) -must be fun to watch on a...
by Dirk Broer
Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:34 pm
Forum: Fun and Games
Topic: This made me laugh
Replies: 46
Views: 22586

Re: This made me laugh

Progress (click on it to be able to read the actual progress from 1957 to 2015) https://i.postimg.cc/Jss5HxvT/116156030-109070934233857-613893520599983318-n.jpg Nowadays we have the quad-core Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, with four Cortex-A53 cores instead of the by now ancient single-core ARM11 of the orig...
by Dirk Broer
Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:54 pm
Forum: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
Topic: 1 million + projects
Replies: 226
Views: 235147

Re: 1 million + projects

DENIS@Home just became my 46th project to reach 1,000,000 credits, now on to a milestone that even Big Al hasn't reached yet: my 64th sub-project to reach 1,000,000 credits - NFS@Home's 15e. Took some time, but Gerasim@Home today became my 47th project to reach 1,000,000 credits...and at a right ti...
by Dirk Broer
Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:50 am
Forum: Microsoft Windows
Topic: Windows, the OS you love to hate
Replies: 0
Views: 1303

Windows, the OS you love to hate

Problems with virtual machines as of lately? Microsoft has enabled all features of their Hyper-V hypervisor last update, by default. :error:

And your latest super-fast M.2 SSD, bit sluggish around the same time? Microsoft has enabled encryption on SSD's last update, by default... :angryfire:
by Dirk Broer
Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:13 am
Forum: Fun and Games
Topic: This made me laugh
Replies: 46
Views: 22586

Re: This made me laugh

Image click to make bigger...
by Dirk Broer
Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:09 am
Forum: Single-board Computers
Topic: Broadcom SOCs
Replies: 11
Views: 10221

Re: Broadcom SOCs

scole of TSBT wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2023 2:25 am A PCIe 2.0 x1 interface, 500 MB. No faster than USB 3.0. meh
Rumour has it that the CPU performance is between 200 and 300% of the level of the Pi 4, no slouch either -SBC-wise....My Pi 3's are about to be retired!
by Dirk Broer
Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:35 pm
Forum: Universe
Topic: Benchmarks
Replies: 15
Views: 12066

Re: Benchmarks

As the ASUS Tinker Board became redundant for WEP-M+2 (aka Wanless), the experimental department confiscated it to do 32-bit ARM apps and decided to make it a dedicated Universe@Home cruncher. Run Time CPU Time Credit Per day/proc Credit per kWH Application 22971.14 22865.85 667 10,030 44,937 Univer...
by Dirk Broer
Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:27 am
Forum: Single-board Computers
Topic: Broadcom SOCs
Replies: 11
Views: 10221

Re: Broadcom SOCs

A PCIe 2.0 x1 interface, 500 MB. No faster than USB 3.0. meh We must be able to think of things we want in a future Raspberry Pi 6 (or any other high-end ARM SBC) too, it seems... Let's kick of then! At least one PCIe 3.0 x4 interface, whether M.2 or PCIe. Replace the ancient SD card slot with eith...
by Dirk Broer
Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:29 pm
Forum: Single-board Computers
Topic: Broadcom SOCs
Replies: 11
Views: 10221

Re: Broadcom SOCs

So, if I now were to design the Raspberry Pi 5, I would.... Add an NVMe M.2 slot -at the backside- for added storage. Use an eMMC module, to either replace the Micro-SD slot or as an addition to it. Upgrade to the ARM Cortex-A73 -or even the A76, if feasible. Unlock the full power of ARMv8 instruct...
by Dirk Broer
Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:33 pm
Forum: archive
Topic: FB Sprint 18: 21-Sep-2023 15:00 UTC - 14-Sep-2023 14:59 UTC Project PrimeGrid
Replies: 12
Views: 796

Re: FB Sprint 18: 21-Sep-2023 15:00 UTC - 14-Sep-2023 14:59 UTC Project PrimeGrid

09/22/2023 22:00 (UTC)
1. TSBT
2. AMD Users
3. BOINC@Australia
4. SETI.USA
by Dirk Broer
Fri Sep 22, 2023 2:16 am
Forum: archive
Topic: FB Sprint 18: 21-Sep-2023 15:00 UTC - 14-Sep-2023 14:59 UTC Project PrimeGrid
Replies: 12
Views: 796

Re: FB Sprint 18: 21-Sep-2023 15:00 UTC - 14-Sep-2023 14:59 UTC Project PrimeGrid

A quite uncharacteristic energetic AMD Users team at work here, I didn't knew it lived under our members -if they are aware of it at all. Vaughan doing the main work as usual :flags-australia:
by Dirk Broer
Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:09 am
Forum: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
Topic: 1 million + projects
Replies: 226
Views: 235147

Re: 1 million + projects

Just bagged my 71st 1 million credits sub-project! (Yafu Small) Next in line is Ithena Measurements PERF, but that will take some time longer. Ithena's OONI Probe might be there even earlier... Of course I may win the lottery before that, and then I'll buy that 64-core Threadripper to be able to run...
by Dirk Broer
Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:35 am
Forum: Welcome
Topic: Greetings ... and welcome ...
Replies: 838
Views: 446163

Re: Greetings ... and welcome ...

scole of TSBT wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:22 pm Do you mean the graphic with your badges? If so, I can see it.
Perhaps Gregg's signature isn't cached and the signature supplier (Sebastian) was down?
by Dirk Broer
Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: RADIOACTIVE
Topic: Radioactive@Home
Replies: 20
Views: 8793

Re: Radioactive@Home

Radioactive@Home is active again!
by Dirk Broer
Tue Sep 12, 2023 4:26 pm
Forum: Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Topic: What good is an Intel GPU?
Replies: 1
Views: 1939

Re: What good is an Intel GPU?

My Manjaro is at version 23.0.1 "Uranos" now, using kernel 6.5, but still the Intel Neo compute driver errors out at NumberFields@home . I will try to do the double driver trick again to see if it will work. Asrock-J5005-iTX 1 9/12/2023 4:22:44 PM Starting BOINC client version 7.22.1 for x...
by Dirk Broer
Tue Sep 12, 2023 2:29 pm
Forum: RADIOACTIVE
Topic: Radioactive@Home
Replies: 20
Views: 8793

Re: Radioactive@Home

The Radioactive@Home server has been offline for close to a week. It's been up and down recently. Does anyone know what's going on with the project? Polish Boinc Team website is also offline for a period of time ... so I cannot ask Administrator, krzyszp what is going on ... :shock: Gregg, But isn'...
by Dirk Broer
Thu Sep 07, 2023 12:06 am
Forum: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
Topic: 1 million + projects
Replies: 226
Views: 235147

Re: 1 million + projects

just hit 1 million on yafu 16t sub-project, #79 You might have had a time-out during submitting, and pressed [F5]... Meanwhile I am counting the minutes till Private GFN Server's LLR2 Testing becomes my 69th subproject to reach the 1 million mark. And now I am some hours past the moment that Privat...
by Dirk Broer
Tue Sep 05, 2023 11:26 pm
Forum: Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
Topic: 1 million + projects
Replies: 226
Views: 235147

Re: 1 million + projects

@Dirk Broer -> Hopefully I've set the bar a little lower than Al. Good luck! 10 million Gibson Praise: 36 (4) Big Al: 27 (16) Dirk: 22 (36) 5 million Gibson Praise: 40 (6) Dirk: 34 (18) Big Al: 29 (27) 2.5 million Gibson Praise: 60 (5) Dirk: 46 (10) Big Al: 41 (14) 1 million Big Al: 81 (3) Gibson P...
by Dirk Broer
Sat Sep 02, 2023 11:32 pm
Forum: Fun and Games
Topic: Joke of the Day
Replies: 62
Views: 8668

Re: Joke of the Day

davidbam wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2023 10:47 pm "He lost 33 lbs. that week"
You don't say whether he was caught or not ... either might result in weight loss :lol:
A dirty mind is a joy forever...

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