OK folks, so, we have a problem on a few other forums (2cpu and EOC).
The short of it is: Lots of people are making dualies from AMD XP mobiles. It always looks more or less like it works. And then the things start crashing inexplicably. Sometimes every few hours. Sometimes only once or twice a week. Sometimes a sudden folding error that locks the machine after four days of flawless operation. A few unlucky people haven't even been able to get them to stay up for 15 minutes without seriously underclocking.
I, myself, have tried to build two, one on a K7D-L, another using the Gigabyte GA-7DPXDW-P. At stock timings and stock voltage, they'd invariably crash a few times a week; last one destroyed my filesystem in the process. This is putting mobiles into machines previously stable (not a single hard or soft crash) for at least a year of continuous operation when using real MPs.
What it comes down to is this: We all know lots of people who have made a dualie with mobiles. But I've not yet found a single person who can back up a claim of stability with proof that their box has been up a whole week at stock timings or better. Screenshot, syslog, both folding logs, whatever, you name it. A full, continuous week of folding with no reboot, crash or folding error. Please, we're on the honor system here, no fabricating logs.
So, who here can show dual folding logs + an uptime report? Just as importantly... who here is having these random crashes and is just too embarrassed to admit it (up until now) because they thought their buddies all had 'stable' mobile dualies?
I've sunk alot of time and alot of money into trying to make a dualie mobile stable, and it's been alot of fun... but I've not had an inch of success thusfar. See the threads over at EOC for the gory details if you wish ("K7D + mobile 2600+ woes" is the start of it). I want to know if, at this point, it's even worth bothering to keep trying. BTW, don't bother claiming you're stable if you're not going to post the proof. Without the goods, you ain't got nothin'
Monty
The short of it is: Lots of people are making dualies from AMD XP mobiles. It always looks more or less like it works. And then the things start crashing inexplicably. Sometimes every few hours. Sometimes only once or twice a week. Sometimes a sudden folding error that locks the machine after four days of flawless operation. A few unlucky people haven't even been able to get them to stay up for 15 minutes without seriously underclocking.
I, myself, have tried to build two, one on a K7D-L, another using the Gigabyte GA-7DPXDW-P. At stock timings and stock voltage, they'd invariably crash a few times a week; last one destroyed my filesystem in the process. This is putting mobiles into machines previously stable (not a single hard or soft crash) for at least a year of continuous operation when using real MPs.
What it comes down to is this: We all know lots of people who have made a dualie with mobiles. But I've not yet found a single person who can back up a claim of stability with proof that their box has been up a whole week at stock timings or better. Screenshot, syslog, both folding logs, whatever, you name it. A full, continuous week of folding with no reboot, crash or folding error. Please, we're on the honor system here, no fabricating logs.
So, who here can show dual folding logs + an uptime report? Just as importantly... who here is having these random crashes and is just too embarrassed to admit it (up until now) because they thought their buddies all had 'stable' mobile dualies?
I've sunk alot of time and alot of money into trying to make a dualie mobile stable, and it's been alot of fun... but I've not had an inch of success thusfar. See the threads over at EOC for the gory details if you wish ("K7D + mobile 2600+ woes" is the start of it). I want to know if, at this point, it's even worth bothering to keep trying. BTW, don't bother claiming you're stable if you're not going to post the proof. Without the goods, you ain't got nothin'
Monty
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