*** F@H Tech Assistance Thread ***

[[Ion]]

If you havn't been carpet bombed with 548´s yet it must be because of your advance settings. I had a day where 9 out of 10 were 548. I got 20,5 % less PPD then 353´s.

I've got plenty of 548s in the past, but non yet since the core update. The last one was Sunday I believe. Good riddance. They run too hot and PPD is ~4200 vs 5700

 

[BUCK NASTY]

The 353pt & 472pt WU's use Core 11 also, so that may have had an effect on your 353's.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Well, ION or is it IFX is not the only one having extreme slowness syndrome. Here's what I just found and no, I don't use an affinity programs:
9600GSO 472WU 800PPD!
9600GSO 1888WU 1415PPD!

These are both FAHcore_14?????????

Rebooting and updating FAHmon seems to have fixed it.

 

[SoulTribunal]

Well, ION or is it IFX is not the only one having extreme slowness syndrome. Here's what I just found and no, I don't use an affinity programs:
9600GSO 472WU 800PPD!
9600GSO 1888WU 1415PPD!

These are both FAHcore_14?????????

Rebooting and updating FAHmon seems to have fixed it.

There have been some bad WU's out there that Will Tank your PPD. Even 353's that will do that. Best way to avoid that if you are monitoring your Folding is to nuke the Queue and WOrk folder and allow your Folding to start a new Unit. I ran into that a few times in the past and found that was the best way to solve the issue.

ST

 

[FreedomEclipse]

hey guise, Ive been folding a fair amount of time with my laptop now & just recently my PPD has been plagued with IO_ERROR either right in the middle or near the end of the current job which usually results in it automatically deleting the work & hooking up to the assignment servers which it still has problems with (Server issue: 503 - Ive read that they F@H are having some issues with their assignment servers)

anyhoo - Ive tried everything. Ive deleted the work, the core & even F@H itself & redownloaded another 6.23 client but it still fucks up with IO_Error no matter what i do. I should have completed at least 3 jobs by now but it keeps breaking down.

Im running 6.23 console client. & after a little investigating - most of the IO_Error only happens the most when its running under FahCore_78.

my laptops at stock speeds so its no unstable or nothing.


I need help or I could be pulling out of the team since I cant keep pumping out PPD at my steady pace.

 

[theonedub]

Does anyone know if there is a severe penalty if I run a GTX 275 in a 4x slot?

 

[NastyHabits]

Does anyone know if there is a severe penalty if I run a GTX 275 in a 4x slot?

TPU did a review a while back that measured the performance hits of using 8x,4x, and 1x. Only the 1x was severe. 8x was about 2%, 4x was about 20% (my memory might not be exactly right, I'm old after all.)

 

[theonedub]

That shouldnt be too bad. I have another 275 on the way and realized the disadvantage of buying the P55 SLI and not the P55 FTW, PCIe placement.

The two that run x8 in SLI are right next to each other, so I am going to see how they run cramped together and if the temps are bad I will put one in the PhysX (x16/x4 electrical) slot.

 

[niko084]

Sorry if it's been posted, I did a quick search but have a lot of work to do..

Needless to say I just snapped together an i7 860 and ran Boinc last night, tonight I want to run F@H, but I don't know what you are supposed to do to set it up for that.

Help, I want to get this thing folding by 5pm, it's now 9:30am.

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Nevermind I found it, I don't have the time to be setting up VM's and such on this machine.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

hey guise, Ive been folding a fair amount of time with my laptop now & just recently my PPD has been plagued with IO_ERROR either right in the middle or near the end of the current job which usually results in it automatically deleting the work & hooking up to the assignment servers which it still has problems with (Server issue: 503 - Ive read that they F@H are having some issues with their assignment servers)

anyhoo - Ive tried everything. Ive deleted the work, the core & even F@H itself & redownloaded another 6.23 client but it still fucks up with IO_Error no matter what i do. I should have completed at least 3 jobs by now but it keeps breaking down.

Im running 6.23 console client. & after a little investigating - most of the IO_Error only happens the most when its running under FahCore_78.

my laptops at stock speeds so its no unstable or nothing.


I need help or I could be pulling out of the team since I cant keep pumping out PPD at my steady pace.

I think you are running into hardware issues. May be time for some testing. Post a screen shot please.

Sorry if it's been posted, I did a quick search but have a lot of work to do..

Needless to say I just snapped together an i7 860 and ran Boinc last night, tonight I want to run F@H, but I don't know what you are supposed to do to set it up for that.

Help, I want to get this thing folding by 5pm, it's now 9:30am.

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Nevermind I found it, I don't have the time to be setting up VM's and such on this machine.

Setting up the SMP client does not take that long, as long as you follow the guideline to the letter. Most people who have problems have problems with the password and downloading the update to the client. You will get more PPD with the VM setup, but it will take more time.

 

[mstenholm]

When I started folding just 60 days ago 10.000 PPD was enough to secure me a top 20 place in the daily ranking. Now it is 12.000 and soon my 14.000 would put me under that target line. So, an upgrade/addition is needed for a solid CPU folding rig for bigadv – my plan, and this is where I seek your advice is

Xeon 3565 @ 3.8-4.0 GHz 24/7. Firm. Going to be my 3 year CPU.
X58 board tested to work with that CPU. GIGABYTE seems to have a problem with the multiplier. EVGA 4-SLI?
6 GB RAM that can run at a decent speed, can last and fit under a Prolimatech Megahalems (or a Noctu NH-D14, or an ?, not water now, since the room where it will be folding/crunhcing is 5-10 C).
PSU – have Corsair HX850W in mind. I will not use more then 2*260 GTX plus CPU
GPU – GIGABYTE 260 OC. Firm. 1 or 2. Might not be running when doing bigavd, time will show.

So to boil it down main board and RAM tested with a Xeon 3565 for 24/7 OC use.

Any takers? THEY are getting away.

Any good e-shops for Xeon´s ? Europe price is around 620 ex. VAT/tax.

 

[chriskwarren]

hey guise, Ive been folding a fair amount of time with my laptop now & just recently my PPD has been plagued with IO_ERROR either right in the middle or near the end of the current job which usually results in it automatically deleting the work & hooking up to the assignment servers which it still has problems with (Server issue: 503 - Ive read that they F@H are having some issues with their assignment servers)

anyhoo - Ive tried everything. Ive deleted the work, the core & even F@H itself & redownloaded another 6.23 client but it still fucks up with IO_Error no matter what i do. I should have completed at least 3 jobs by now but it keeps breaking down.

Im running 6.23 console client. & after a little investigating - most of the IO_Error only happens the most when its running under FahCore_78.

my laptops at stock speeds so its no unstable or nothing.


I need help or I could be pulling out of the team since I cant keep pumping out PPD at my steady pace.

Try monitoring your temps on your laptop and see if high temps are messing with your system. I typically don't recommend runnign F@H on a laptop, even if it is stock.

I couldn't tell if you were using Vista or Win7 on your laptop. If so, there have been issues in the past with installing Folding@Home in the 'Program Files' directory. You could try re-installing somewhere else on your C drive (ie. C:\foldingfun).

Also try placing an exception on the folders F@H uses in your antivirus. That would be the 'C:\foldingfun' folder (or the Program Files folder), and the Appdata folder (C:\Users\(your user name)\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86).

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Try monitoring your temps on your laptop and see if high temps are messing with your system. I typically don't recommend runnign F@H on a laptop, even if it is stock.

I couldn't tell if you were using Vista or Win7 on your laptop. If so, there have been issues in the past with installing Folding@Home in the 'Program Files' directory. You could try re-installing somewhere else on your C drive (ie. C:\foldingfun).

Also try placing an exception on the folders F@H uses in your antivirus. That would be the 'C:\foldingfun' folder (or the Program Files folder), and the Appdata folder (C:\Users\(your user name)\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86).

Temps arent an issue as I have the laptop sitting on a laptop cooler which is blasting cool air at the bottom of it.

Its running windows 7 32bit. I have been running the same configuration for ages but all the IO errors just started cropping up recently for no apparent reason.

 

[Zenith]

Need help, WU scores not shown in stats

Yesterday I have started folding after some time. For TPU team 50711, username Zenith. I have noticed that my folding is not shown in stats/results. Howcome?

I also attached log file F@H program made.

Help needed. Thanx.

 

[NastyHabits]

Yesterday I have started folding after some time. For TPU team 50711, username Zenith. I have noticed that my folding is not shown in stats/results. Howcome?

I also attached log file F@H program made.

Help needed. Thanx.

Patience is required. The stats pages are 3 to 6 or more hours behind. I just checked Kakao stats, and your Team numbers are: 44 for the day on the team, you are in 232 place, with 901 points for the day and 20,099 total points.

Keep on folding, nothing's wrong, and welcome to the team.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Zenith, you do have results:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=403597

 

[Zenith]

I visited ExtremeCPu website and found out that yesteday I made 901 points. It is working ok. I am glad, I am not wasting energy for nothing

Thanx.

 

[El Fiendo]

To anyone currently getting issues with sending and receiving work units, Stanford is suffering a power outage. Most of the F@H servers are up with back up generators, but they're not certain how long they can keep those working as the building's cooling / ventilation is down (power outage kinda does that you know). Anyways, for the most it seems to be CPU SMP work unit servers that are affected, but that could spread if the power doesn't get restored soon. Last bit of information came at 7:30 UTC stating that most power had been restored with one server room still down and that they were simply waiting on the final word from those in charge.

The power is supplied by a power plant on Stanford soil, but owned by a third party. They're still unsure what caused the outage, but they know its being worked on by the third party owners of the plant.

Credit where credit is due. LCB001 brought this to my attention at HWC.

 

[NastyHabits]

To anyone currently getting issues with sending and receiving work units, Stanford is suffering a power outage. Most of the F@H servers are up with back up generators, but they're not certain how long they can keep those working as the building's cooling / ventilation is down (power outage kinda does that you know). Anyways, for the most it seems to be CPU SMP work unit servers that are affected, but that could spread if the power doesn't get restored soon. Last bit of information came at 7:30 UTC stating that most power had been restored with one server room still down and that they were simply waiting on the final word from those in charge.

The power is supplied by a power plant on Stanford soil, but owned by a third party. They're still unsure what caused the outage, but they know its being worked on by the third party owners of the plant.

Credit where credit is due. LCB001 brought this to my attention at HWC.

We have branch office near Stanford. It was down this morning due to a big storm we had last night. Power was back by mid-morning West Coast time.

 

[theonedub]

I wouldnt be surprised if there are more power issues, there's supposed to be much stronger winds in the Northern CA area tomorrow

 

[bogmali]

To anyone currently getting issues with sending and receiving work units, Stanford is suffering a power outage. Most of the F@H servers are up with back up generators, but they're not certain how long they can keep those working as the building's cooling / ventilation is down (power outage kinda does that you know).

Somewhere in there is where my 2 -bigadv WU credit sits from 2 days ago

 

[theonedub]

Ive got my 2 275s running but there is a slight problem. I have the new XFX card hooked up to the VGA input of my Samsung but everything that card outputs is blurry/fuzzy. Tried with a different cable, different settings in windows (resolution), auto calibrate, and the problem persists. Ideas?

I got it figured out, think its the DVI/VGA adapter I am using.

 

[Zenith]

I have nvidia8800GTS512 not operating since I bought Radeon5850. My second rig has 8800GTS inside which is used for folding etc.., motherboard used is Gigabyte EP43-DS3.

http://computergigashop.com/catalog/images/GA-EP43-DS3.jpg

This board has PCIe 16x slot and PCIe 4x slot, can 4x slot be used for non-operating 8800GTS to fold?

Regards.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I have nvidia8800GTS512 not operating since I bought Radeon5850. I am second rig I have second 8800GTS inside which is used for folding etc.., motherboard used is Gigabyte EP53-DS3.

http://computergigashop.com/catalog/images/GA-EP43-DS3.jpg

This board has PCIe 16x slot and PCIe 4x slot, can 4x slot be used for non-operating 8800GTS to fold?

Regards.

Yes it can, F@H bandwidth does not exceed the capabilities of the x4 slot. Your running XP, so a 2nd GPU is easy to get running. Get that GPU loaded up and PM me if you have any difficulties running the 2nd client. Congrat's on boosting your ppd by 6K!

 

[Zenith]

Thanx Buck, hoping that 500W Enermax will hold everything on