TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

AusWolf · Nov 6, 2024

I had a not so random thought of joining WCG to help with cancer research because of... reasons... but the BOINC client seems to be stuck at trying to download byte sized files for a task. Is this normal?

Edit: Their web page seems to be awfully slow as well.

Arjai · Nov 6, 2024

I checked and my daily has a whole page of stuck stuff. I do have a good amount of Rosetta and WCG jobs running but a bunch of MCM's are pending download. I updated Rosetta and it sent out the done work, no problem. I will check again tomorrow, or actually, later today. Hopefully, they can figure it out by midday.?

AusWolf said:
I had a not so random thought of joining WCG to help with cancer research because of... reasons... but the BOINC client seems to be stuck at trying to download byte sized files for a task. Is this normal?

Edit: Their web page seems to be awfully slow as well.

It might have something to do with the Africa Rain being put out again. They may have just effed up. It should be fixed, hopefully, by days end. Most likely a bandwidth, or software issue. This job has been offline for many months, so the restart is having some issues, obviously.

phill · Nov 7, 2024

Yep, still having the download issues same as for the last few days... It's a little frustrating to say the least... Hopefully they will be able to fix it soon... Getting some work down but not as much as I'd have liked. I wouldn't mind so much but my 'daily streak' totals seems to go well and then when this happens, the streak goes away... Not major but my god make sure things work before you try and push things out WCG!!

Zachary85 · Nov 7, 2024

Yes, back to the downloads hanging up here as well. Same thing as before. (it was some time ago) If you click on the retry button enough times the downloads will finish. Don't have the time to look for the old threads right now, but it's SS-DD (same $hit - different day)

Arjai · Nov 11, 2024

World Community Grid: ARP restart update
The ARP project will be restarting by Monday November 4, following the technical pause it entered in December 2022.

OK, So, it's early 11/11 today. I have 1 job in the Q and it is still trying to download. Maybe they forgot to plug the modems back in? Is there only 1 modem for the whole server banks? LOL. Whatever it is, Let's get it done, already!!

thebluebumblebee · Nov 11, 2024

Arjai said:
Maybe they forgot to plug the modems back in?

No, I'm pretty sure they plugged in at least one. I had a WU downloading at 28k, brought back memories...

phill · Nov 12, 2024

thebluebumblebee said:
No, I'm pretty sure they plugged in at least one. I had a WU downloading at 28k, brought back memories...

I start to worry when it gets down to bytes in speed... Still waiting on a load to get downloaded.....

Toothless · Nov 12, 2024

What's another good project to run on CPU? Rosetta is drying up and WCG is doing the dumb.

80-watt Hamster · Nov 13, 2024

Toothless said:
What's another good project to run on CPU? Rosetta is drying up and WCG is doing the dumb.

I've run Einstein as a backup in the past.

NastyHabits · Nov 13, 2024

It looks like WCG is working again. I have a full load of tasks on one of my PCs.

thebluebumblebee · Nov 13, 2024

NastyHabits said:
It looks like WCG is working again. I have a full load of tasks on one of my PCs.

Not me, still in project backoff.

NastyHabits · Nov 13, 2024

thebluebumblebee said:
Not me, still in project backoff.

Oddly enough, the PC I left on all night is stuck in backoff mode with just one job running. Weird.

thebluebumblebee · Nov 13, 2024

NastyHabits said:
Oddly enough, the PC I left on all night is stuck in backoff mode with just one job running. Weird.

I've seen that before. Had some systems running w/o a problem, while others couldn't get a thing.

Toothless · Nov 13, 2024

80-watt Hamster said:
I've run Einstein as a backup in the past.

I have that as GPU backup, forgot they do CPU.

Peter1986C · Nov 15, 2024

80-watt Hamster said:
I've run Einstein as a backup in the past.

Seconding Einstein.

phill · Nov 15, 2024

Still getting weird stuff with WCG tasks, the Milkway and Einstein seem to be completely fine and have no issues running at all

I just wish the solar power was better so I could get some more PCs running!!

Electric been rather crazy priced here for a few weeks, but I think its slowly dropped down which is thankfully, great news

Got a few on today running, but all of them running WCG, are struggling to get work so I've been running a few more FAH tasks on them as well.. Gotta get those 3070's/3080's/3090 doing something

thebluebumblebee · Nov 25, 2024

Isn't this lovely?

Study: AI and data centers could drive cost of energy up by 70% over 10 years

Prices jumped from $29 to $270 per megawatt-day “across the PJM region” and from $29 to $444 in parts of Virginia, home to more than half of the nation’s data centers, according to the study.

justthenews.com

mstenholm · Dec 5, 2024

The WCG outage is likely to start on Dec 7. This is from a WCG tech in THIS posting. Just in case you decide to run Rosetta then read This workaround for the missing SSL certificate that prevents downloading work (for some or everybody).

thebluebumblebee · Dec 5, 2024

Their X post: "IMPORTANT: There will be an extended WCG downtime from December 7th, 2024 to January 3rd, 2025."

x.com

NastyHabits · Dec 5, 2024

thebluebumblebee said:
Their X post: "IMPORTANT: There will be an extended WCG downtime from December 7th, 2024 to January 3rd, 2025."

x.com

x.com

@thebluebumblebee Thanks for the information.

AusWolf · Dec 6, 2024

mstenholm said:
The WCG outage is likely to start on Dec 7. This is from a WCG tech in THIS posting.

Just when it finally started to work normally on all of my systems. :oops:

Zachary85 · Dec 6, 2024

Thanks for the heads up on WCG. The little sanity I have left will not be wasted on wondering what went wrong now. :roll:

phill · Dec 7, 2024

I wonder if its worth trying to finish off the work we have but I'm unsure what they are doing about everything that's not going back as its not all finished? I'm unsure...

Apologies gents I've not been around again and TPU has just started working for me as I was just starting to put up some updates... I think bed time and I'll do it in the morning, as its coming up to 2am now... I've been trying out the newer FAH Client... Not sure if I'm a fan or not just yet..... :confused:

AusWolf · Dec 7, 2024

phill said:
I wonder if its worth trying to finish off the work we have but I'm unsure what they are doing about everything that's not going back as its not all finished? I'm unsure...

When I read the news about the shutdown, I set all my PCs on full blast, and when they had enough work downloaded for the day, I hit "do not get new tasks". All 3 of them nicely finished everything by now.

To answer the question, unfinished work will wait for upload until it hits the expiration time, I guess.

phill · Dec 7, 2024

I've just cancelled a load of my jobs because some hadn't started and that won't reach the server in time anyways, so its pointless (excuse the bad but nicely timed pun!!) as it's just going to sit there doing nothing, so I'll move over a few machines over to something else and see what they do like

I do wonder why they are taking it offline for so long and more importantly if it will ever come back online afterwards.....

Processor	Various Intel and AMD CPUs
Motherboard	Micro-ATX and mini-ITX
Cooling	Yes
Memory	Overclocking is overrated
Video Card(s)	Various Nvidia and AMD GPUs
Storage	A lot
Display(s)	Monitors and TVs
Case	The smaller the better
Audio Device(s)	Speakers and headphones
Power Supply	300 to 750 W, bronze to gold
Mouse	Wireless
Keyboard	Mechanic
VR HMD	Not yet
Software	Linux gaming master race

System Name	Bay2- Lowerbay/ HP 3770/T3500-2+T3500-3+T3500-4/ Opti-Con/Orange/White/Grey
Processor	i3 2120's/ i7 3770/ x5670's/ i5 2400/Ryzen 2700/Ryzen 2700/R7 3700x
Motherboard	HP UltraSlim's/ HP mid size/ Dell T3500 workstation's/ Dell 390/B450 AorusM/B450 AorusM/B550 AorusM
Cooling	All stock coolers/Grey has an H-60
Memory	2GB/ 4GB/ 12 GB 3 chan/ 4GB sammy/T-Force 16GB 3200/XPG 16GB 3000/Ballistic 3600 16GB
Video Card(s)	HD2000's/ HD 2000/ 1 MSI GT710,2x MSI R7 240's/ HD4000/ Red Dragon 580/Sapphire 580/Sapphire 580
Storage	?HDD's/ 500 GB-er's/ 500 GB/2.5 Samsung 500GB HDD+WD Black 1TB/ WD Black 500GB M.2/Corsair MP600 M.2
Display(s)	1920x1080/ ViewSonic VX24568 between the rest/1080p TV-Grey
Case	HP 8200 UltraSlim's/ HP 8200 mid tower/Dell T3500's/ Dell 390/SilverStone Kublai KL06/NZXT H510 W x2
Audio Device(s)	Sonic Master/ onboard's/ Beeper's!
Power Supply	19.5 volt bricks/ Dell PSU/ 525W sumptin/ same/Seasonic 750 80+Gold/EVGA 500 80+/Antec 650 80+Gold
Mouse	cheap GigaWire930, CMStorm Havoc + Logitech M510 wireless/iGear usb x2/MX 900 wireless kit 4 Grey
Keyboard	Dynex, 2 no name, SYX and a Logitech. All full sized and USB. MX900 kit for Grey
Software	Mint 18 Sylvia/ Opti-Con Mint KDE/ T3500's on Kubuntu/HP 3770 is Win 10/Win 10 Pro/Win 10 Pro/Win10
Benchmark Scores	World Community Grid is my benchmark!!

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	Bay2- Lowerbay/ HP 3770/T3500-2+T3500-3+T3500-4/ Opti-Con/Orange/White/Grey
Processor	i3 2120's/ i7 3770/ x5670's/ i5 2400/Ryzen 2700/Ryzen 2700/R7 3700x
Motherboard	HP UltraSlim's/ HP mid size/ Dell T3500 workstation's/ Dell 390/B450 AorusM/B450 AorusM/B550 AorusM
Cooling	All stock coolers/Grey has an H-60
Memory	2GB/ 4GB/ 12 GB 3 chan/ 4GB sammy/T-Force 16GB 3200/XPG 16GB 3000/Ballistic 3600 16GB
Video Card(s)	HD2000's/ HD 2000/ 1 MSI GT710,2x MSI R7 240's/ HD4000/ Red Dragon 580/Sapphire 580/Sapphire 580
Storage	?HDD's/ 500 GB-er's/ 500 GB/2.5 Samsung 500GB HDD+WD Black 1TB/ WD Black 500GB M.2/Corsair MP600 M.2
Display(s)	1920x1080/ ViewSonic VX24568 between the rest/1080p TV-Grey
Case	HP 8200 UltraSlim's/ HP 8200 mid tower/Dell T3500's/ Dell 390/SilverStone Kublai KL06/NZXT H510 W x2
Audio Device(s)	Sonic Master/ onboard's/ Beeper's!
Power Supply	19.5 volt bricks/ Dell PSU/ 525W sumptin/ same/Seasonic 750 80+Gold/EVGA 500 80+/Antec 650 80+Gold
Mouse	cheap GigaWire930, CMStorm Havoc + Logitech M510 wireless/iGear usb x2/MX 900 wireless kit 4 Grey
Keyboard	Dynex, 2 no name, SYX and a Logitech. All full sized and USB. MX900 kit for Grey
Software	Mint 18 Sylvia/ Opti-Con Mint KDE/ T3500's on Kubuntu/HP 3770 is Win 10/Win 10 Pro/Win 10 Pro/Win10
Benchmark Scores	World Community Grid is my benchmark!!

System Name	Main/DC
Processor	i7-3770K/i7-2600K
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-GD55/GA-P67A-UD4-B3
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14CS/H80
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) LP /4GB Kingston DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 660 Ti/MSI HD7770
Storage	Crucial MX100 256GB/120GB Samsung 830 & Seagate 2TB(died)
Display(s)	Asus 24' LED/Samsung SyncMaster B1940
Case	P100/Antec P280 It's huge!
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	SeaSonic SS-660XP2/Seasonic SS-760XP2
Software	Win 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit

TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

AusWolf

Arjai

phill

Moderator

Zachary85

Arjai

thebluebumblebee

phill

Moderator

Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

80-watt Hamster

NastyHabits

thebluebumblebee

NastyHabits

thebluebumblebee

Toothless

Tech, Games, and TPU!

Peter1986C

phill

Moderator

thebluebumblebee

Study: AI and data centers could drive cost of energy up by 70% over 10 years

mstenholm

thebluebumblebee

x.com

NastyHabits

x.com

AusWolf

Zachary85

phill

Moderator

AusWolf

phill

Moderator

System Name	Veral
Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Memory	2x24 Klevv Cras V RGB
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx, 2x AOC 2425W, AOC I1601FWUX
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

System Name	Office
Processor	Ryzen 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS B450M-A II
Cooling	be quiet! Shadow Rock LP
Memory	16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX 5600 XT
Storage	PNY CS1030 250GB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Fractal Define 7 Compact
Power Supply	EVGA 550 G3
Mouse	Logitech M705 Marthon
Keyboard	Logitech G410
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

System Name	Rex
Processor	Ryzen 2600
Motherboard	GigaByte B450M DS3H
Cooling	Wraith
Memory	16 GB Corsair Vengence 3000
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 1660 SC
Storage	XPG M.2, Samsung 860 SSD, WD Black 1 TB
Display(s)	ASUS VG248
Case	Corsair mATX cube. (Alas they don't make it anymore)
Power Supply	Corsair HX 600 Watt
Mouse	Microsoft
Keyboard	Logitech
Software	Windows 10 64 ibit

System Name	AP201 \| N2Plus \| NUC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 \| Amlogic S922X \| Intel Core i5-7260
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M DS3H \|Odroid N2+ \| NUC Board 7
Cooling	Inter-Tech Argus SU-200, 3x Arctic P12 & 1x Corsair 140mm case fan \| stock heatsink+fan \| stock HSF
Memory	Gskill Aegis DDR4 32GB \| 4 GB DDR4 \| 16 GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 6600 (8GB) \| Arm Mali G52 \| Iris Plus 640
Storage	SK Hynix 240GB, Sam. 840 + 850 EVO (2x (250 GB)\| Samsung 850 Evo 500GB \| WD Green 240 GB
Display(s)	AOC G2260VWQ6 \| LG 24MT57D \|
Case	Asus Prime 201 \| Stock case (black version) \| Stock case
Audio Device(s)	integrated
Power Supply	BeQuiet! Pure Power 11 400W \| 12v barrel jack \| 19V laptop brick (Asus)
Mouse	Logitech G500 \|(runs mostly headless) \| no-name ergo mouse
Keyboard	Qpad MK-50 (Cherry MX brown)\| (runs mostly headless) \| Blaze Keyboard
Software	Fedora, Windows 10 \| Gentoo Linux \| EndeavourOS

System Name	The work PC /2700x/5950x
Processor	3900X stock/ 2700x stock/ 5950x 4200 MHz fixed @ 1,056-1,08V
Motherboard	Gigabyte AORUS Master X570/2xMSI X470 M7 AC
Cooling	Custom WC XSPC RX480, Laing DDC, XSPC Laing DDC Top V3 and EK Velocity/NH15/NH-U12S SE
Memory	32 GB Viper 3600/14 /16 GB Trident Z F4-4000C18D-16GTZSW 3600 /32 GB G Skill Flare CL14 3400
Video Card(s)	2070 Super X MSI/GTX 970 MSI/ GTX 970 MSI
Storage	1 TB SSD+500 GB NVMe / 500 GB SSD/ 2 TB 990 Pro
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp U2518D/2408WFP
Case	Corsair 800D / Lian test bench/NZXT 500
Power Supply	AX 850 Titanium/AX 860i/AX 760
Software	Dual boot/Win 10 / Linux / Win 10+Linux