Sunday 01/05/2005

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

The next contender for the BEATtheBOX challenge starting tomorrow is FBOX35. If you have what it takes to beat this box, join in.

 

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Case	250 W ATX Miditower	FFF
Motherboard	ASUS A7V400-MX	FFF
CPU + HSF	AMD XP1800 Pal	FFF (brader)
RAM	256MB PC2700	FFF (brader)
HDD	Seagate 2.0 GB	FBOX Collection
Extra	CDROM + FDD	FBOX Collection

Friday 06/05/2005

Thanks to fourth we now have a new FAH deployer. It comes complete with all the batch files and documentation. It is in 7z archive format and you will need this file to extract it.

I needed a better way to manage the deployment of dozens of clients at a time. I wrote a series of batch files to cover this requirement. This set of scripts would be good for anyone who does a bit of fiddling with FAH and constantly installs and uninstalls clients. I would be also useful to anyone about to perform a large rollout.

Capabilities:

• Installs one, two or one thousand clients with a mere double click. All installs are performed concurrently so it’ll deploy as fast as your machine can push out the install files. If previous work units are found the installer will copy them back to the workstation to continue folding.

• Uninstalls the same way as installs, all concurrently. Work units that are in progress will be backed up for redeployment. Never again loose that 600 pointer just because the machine needed a rebuild.

• Farm Enumeration. Now that you have all these boxes folding, how do you know they all have clients running?
   

• Farm info. Want to know how many GHZ your running? What are all your OS types or how much RAM is in each machine. The Farm info script will create a CSV file and fire up Excel or whatever application you have registered against .csv.

• Work unit culling. Some firewalls do not permit Stanford servers to correctly respond to a client after WU results have been sent. A script exists that will delete all files from the work unit directory that are old enough to no longer be in use. Sounds dangerous but in the 30-60 instances I manage has never been a problem.
  
  
  
  Update: If you have any questions or suggestions fourth has started a thread here in the DC forum.

Sunday 08/05/2005

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Monday 09/05/2005

Friday 13/05/2005

Sunday 15/05/2005

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Monday 16/05/2005

Giveaway6 is brought to you by





chainbolt,Agg and FFF.




Main Prize:

FBOX BYO011:Celeron 2800, ASUS P4S800-MX, 512MB memory, 20G HDD, DVDROM, ATX Miditower.

Donated by FFF, Razorback, Tired.

The winner is.... outbackozzie (491)


Consolation prizes:

1: VisionPlus HDTV Tuner
Donated by Computer Alliance

The winner is.... Skit (1129)

2: A selection of Cooling gear includes a choice of a cooler for AMD 64, P4 or Socket A.
*60mm, 80mm and a 120 mm Fans
Spire sound absorbent pad kit.
4 x 80mm Fan grills.
Donated by Lownoise PC

The winner is.... woodwarp (322)

3: 8 x DVD writer: LG GSA - 4082B

Donated by chainbolt

The winner is.... Punk (3957)

Prizes from the Agg Cave

4:Thermaltake TWV-480 PSU. This is the one with the "Total Watts Viewer" and fan control knobs in a 5.25" bay. I'll chuck in a tin of Penguin Mints (mmm, caffeine) too.

The winner is.... digamma (4327)

5:Thermaltake's "Giant III" video card cooling monster, with heatpipes and radial blower etc. Have some Thermaltake Copper Ramsinks and Penguin Mints with that.

The winner is.... jboles (2620)

6:Thermaltake's Tower 102, gigantic CPU cooler. Fits virtually all CPUs and frightens small children. I think it's the same as the Silent Tower seen here but without fan. So I'll chuck in a Thermaltake UFO dual-blade fan with it.

The winner is.... Turbine (3370)

Congratulations to all the winners of Giveaway6. Send me a PM with your postal details and we will arrange for the prizes to be shipped to you ASAP.

A big thanks to the Sponsors of Giveaway6 it has been a huge success with 667 people nominating, our biggest giveaway ever in terms of participants.

A huge thanks goes to those helped OCAU regain the No1 folding team title by nominating for the giveaway. We had 178 new members and 112 members come out of retirement, your contribution is greatly appreciated. Not to forget the members that have done the hard yards that got us to the top in the first place your dedication will keep us there for years to come, I salute you.

Now don't go away because in the next few weeks there will be another Giveaway and all those that qualified for the draw of Giveaway6 will automatically receive a bonus number in the draw for Giveaway7 if they are still active when it starts. We should have some great prizes so keep them points rolling in.

Monday 23/05/2005

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

The next contender for the BEATtheBOX challenge which started this morning is FBOX36. If you have what it takes to beat this box, join in.

 

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Case	250 W ATX Miditower	FFF
Motherboard	GA-7VT600-P-L	FFF (brader)
CPU + HSF	AMD XP2700	FFF
RAM	256MB PC3200	FFF (ellroy080)
HDD	Quantum 3.2 GB	FBOX Collection
Extra	CDROM + FDD	FBOX Collection

Thursday 26/05/2005

BYO012 is ready to be sent out to a new owner if you like to be in the draw for this nice Folding machine all you have to do is donate $10 to the FFF. Here is the forum thread for more details. Below is the list of members that have donated and are eligible for the draw.

trotkiller
jumpy
fxr91
Arachnadactly
wheatbix
flatout
Crosspeen
Woz
Bonkers
r00b0y
FaTs
Vaempyr
dureck
Marzi
SteveMenheere
wirlez
sean_oz
karsa
Ellroy80
Falls

 

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Case	ATX Midi Tower	FFF
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-K8NS	FFF
CPU + HSF	AMD Sempron 2800	FFF
RAM	256MB PC3200	FFF
HDD	Seagate 20 GB	Razorback
Extra	CDROM + FDD	FBOX Collection

Sunday 29/05/2005

This weeks xylus 500 is here.