Official 2010 Chimp Challenge Thread

[TheLaughingMan]

Well, the cooling in my primary rig is so much better than the HTPC....as expected. With Mighty Mouse offline yesterday, the temperature in my room is slightly warmer, but about normal. Apparently 85 to 90% of the heat was being generated by it.

Anyway, Might Mouse will be back up and folding when I get home today cause I want the extra 6500 PPD because....well just because.

 

[El Fiendo]

Buck,

When I lock the FAHcore11 to all 7 processor cores, and launch the client, I get an affinity error saying that prfiinitty was unable to set the priority or affinity.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35547&stc=1&d=1273785751

I had problems with Prifinity in Windows 7. I use Process Lasso now for all of my computers. If you use Process Lasso, there is a setting in the 'Options' menu that says to more strictly enforce the affinity settings. This cleared up all issue I was having with Windows 7.

Did I miss something? I actually overlooked your "I'll be out of town until late Tuesday" on Saturday.

Late Tuesday turned into later. Blame golf courses. But I got home with 2 computers running (the one that was shut down was the air cooled i7 that had BSODed while I was away). It'll be getting put under water in the coming week.

 

[msgclb]

I'm rich! I just activated a credit card that was a replacement for one that was canceled because some roof company in Louisiana made some unauthorized charges. When the lady told me my available credit I just knew I had to spend some of it to increase my PPD with a GTX 480. Of course there's one thing wrong with this as the GTX 480 can't currently fold.

 

[NastyHabits]

I'm rich! I just activated a credit card that was a replacement for one that was canceled because some roof company in Louisiana made some unauthorized charges. When the lady told me my available credit I just knew I had to spend some of it to increase my PPD with a GTX 480. Of course there's one thing wrong with this as the GTX 480 can't currently fold.

GTX 285, 295??? Just some suggestions.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I had to back my i7 down to 3ghz. After redoing the loop with new tube i forgot to put fresh TIM on the block so temps are way higher then they should be. I will be getting my new PSU tomorrow(atleast thats what UPS says) I will take care of it then

 

[bogmali]

Half of my farm are down ATM cause of some construction at work, they will be back online tomorrow.

 

[dustyshiv]

I had problems with Prifinity in Windows 7. I use Process Lasso now for all of my computers. If you use Process Lasso, there is a setting in the 'Options' menu that says to more strictly enforce the affinity settings. This cleared up all issue I was having with Windows 7.

Thanks for the info EL. I installed Process Lasso and now all the gpu cores have all 8 cpu cores' affinity. But still the ppd on the 9800GT is around only 1500 whereas it defaults to 4500 on my main system What maybe causing this??

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Thanks for the info EL. I installed Process Lasso and now all the gpu cores have all 8 cpu cores' affinity. But still the ppd on the 9800GT is around only 1500 whereas it defaults to 4500 on my main system What maybe causing this??

Did you change the "core priority" in client settings to "Low"?

 

[Nick259]

I'm rich! I just activated a credit card that was a replacement for one that was canceled because some roof company in Louisiana made some unauthorized charges. When the lady told me my available credit I just knew I had to spend some of it to increase my PPD with a GTX 480. Of course there's one thing wrong with this as the GTX 480 can't currently fold.

Just don't get into too much dept ok?

 

[dustyshiv]

I only can set the core priority to below normal or idle. I set it to idle and still the ppd was low. I have it on below normal now. Lets see!!

 

[NastyHabits]

I've had out of town guests all week. My i7 rig is still in boxes. My friends won't be gone for days. I'm worried that my folding addiction is affecting my personal life. Is PC/F@H addiction a recognized health problem? Maybe I should stop? Nah! No way.

Although I would like to get the i7 put together so I can help us get to that 20 million mark. It would also be nice to put El Fiendo back to work tracking pie and milestones. The man has too much time on his hands without it.

 

[bogmali]

I only can set the core priority to below normal or idle. I set it to idle and still the ppd was low. I have it on below normal now. Lets see!!

Dusty-on Pro Lasso same settings as in the F@H client config, GPU=normal and SMP=below normal or idle. I'm using the same and I have no issues

 

[dustyshiv]

Dunno wht Im doing wrong.

I dont have SMP Client on this rig. WCG is running on this and its priority is set to Idle.
Also, after I installed Process lasso and made config changes, clients stopped downloading new WU and were stuck at finish of existing WU...like 15000/15000. Temps were low on all GPUs. I unistalled Process lasso and reinstalled again. Then clients have started working again. This happened on both of my rigs. But again as u see in the attachment the ppd is still low for some clients.

 

[El Fiendo]

Try setting the Folding Processes to High. This won't affect WCG much as the GPUs only ever take a small percentage of the CPU. You'll want to set the process for 'FahCore_11', 'FahCore_14' and I set it for Folding@home.exe as well though it most likely isn't necessary.

It might be worth a try to see if this changes anything for you.

 

[BUCK NASTY]

I've had out of town guests all week. My i7 rig is still in boxes. My friends won't be gone for days. I'm worried that my folding addiction is affecting my personal life. Is PC/F@H addiction a recognized health problem? Maybe I should stop? Nah! No way.

Although I would like to get the i7 put together so I can help us get to that 20 million mark. It would also be nice to put El Fiendo back to work tracking pie and milestones. The man has too much time on his hands without it.

Ask them if they can leave a little early? What CPU did you go for?

 

[msgclb]

I've had out of town guests all week. My i7 rig is still in boxes. My friends won't be gone for days. I'm worried that my folding addiction is affecting my personal life. Is PC/F@H addiction a recognized health problem? Maybe I should stop? Nah! No way.

Although I would like to get the i7 put together so I can help us get to that 20 million mark. It would also be nice to put El Fiendo back to work tracking pie and milestones. The man has too much time on his hands without it.

Introduce them to your addiction. You just might create some new folders.

And a change of subject...
Did you know that the chimp challenge is holding up the new gpu core?

Yes GPU3 is around the corner for NVIDIA folders, but it'll still be a while before it's released to public. I say it'll be out when the Chimp Challenge ends.

I'd say this is hyperbola but the sooner we hit the 20 million mark, the sooner the Chimp Challenge ends!

NVIDIA 197.45 Driver?

 

[BUCK NASTY]

Dunno wht Im doing wrong.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35559&stc=1&d=1273870847

I dont have SMP Client on this rig. WCG is running on this and its priority is set to Idle.
Also, after I installed Process lasso and made config changes, clients stopped downloading new WU and were stuck at finish of existing WU...like 15000/15000. Temps were low on all GPUs. I unistalled Process lasso and reinstalled again. Then clients have started working again. This happened on both of my rigs. But again as u see in the attachment the ppd is still low for some clients.

Dusty, Have you changes the cores to LOW(in client configuration)? Are your flags(gpu-0, gpu-1, etc...) set correctly?

 

[hertz9753]

I'm contributing 80,000 PPD to the Chimp Challenge. What's up with our points?

 

[Chicken Patty]

I'm contributing 80,000 PPD to the Chimp Challenge. What's up with our points?

I still got a 5770 folding for the CC. I had two, but i had to put it back on the main rig. nobody ever told me if possible to have both cards fold while in crossfire. I searched, but didn't find anything solid.

 

[bogmali]

I'm contributing 80,000 PPD to the Chimp Challenge. What's up with our points?

This is partially the reason: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1892079&postcount=631

I can't get them started again until tomorrow.

 

[hertz9753]

I still got a 5770 folding for the CC. I had two, but i had to put it back on the main rig. nobody ever told me if possible to have both cards fold while in crossfire. I searched, but didn't find anything solid.

Since I only have nvidia, do you have a crossfire bridge installed? Just wondering, since with nvidia I can run sli with out a bridge.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardwarecanucks-f-h-team/27256-crossfire-folding.html

 

[Chicken Patty]

Since I only have nvidia, do you have a crossfire bridge installed? Just wondering, since with nvidia I can run sli with out a bridge.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardwarecanucks-f-h-team/27256-crossfire-folding.html

Where do I input those values though?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Where do I input those values though?

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=110212

Step 3

 

[Chicken Patty]

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=110212

Step 3

Not clear to me dude Anybody got any screenshots or something. I put this info where it says target when editing the shortcut?

 

[dustyshiv]

I couldnt contribute much for the past two days as I had some low ppd issues that I had to clear out. Further as my reserator died, one 9800GTX is down. But my other rig is configured as shown below

Here comes Papa!!

Thnx Buck, Bogi, El and everybody for helpin me with suggestions to fix my ppd

Waterblock and swiftech pump for the resting 9800GTX is on its way from PPCS!!