TAS Note: Quad Challenge

[petrusbroder]

Is anybody else having trouble getting WUs?
My quad can not get any CPU-WUs or GPU-WUs ...

 

[Philippart]

there are no gpu wus.

have you checked all the projects in your profile? some project currently don't offer any work.

 

[biodoc]

I had trouble getting WUs when I switched to linux. boinc seemed to be looking for GPU WUs only and of course, there are no GPU WUs.

I restarted boinc and then the WUs started coming....weird!?

 

[Rudy Toody]

According to the latest stats.free-dc for Ibercivis, my quad is so good that it is taking 4 others to beat me!

Biodoc you got PM.

 

[petrusbroder]

Yes, I have all the projects checked.
Yes, I have restarted BOINC (and the computer).

Still no WUs.

 

[petrusbroder]

No go: the request for GPU-WUs blocks everything else.
I have done the following:
1. Updated BOINC to latest version (6.6.38)
2. Restarted computer
3. Restarted BOINC
4. Selected all apps in Ibercivis
5. Suspended all other projects
6. Reset Ibercivis
7. Detached from all other projects (had Ibercivis as a single project)

I have done this in different permutations and different orders.
The GPU really messes the getting of WUs up.
On one of my other i7-860 comp the WUs came in at once ...
So sad: the i7-920 is OC'ed and is really crunching along wonderfully - espacially for Seti@home and for climate predicition. It should produce well for Ibercivis too.

 

[petrusbroder]

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
According to the latest stats.free-dc for Ibercivis, my quad is so good that it is taking 4 others to beat me!

Biodoc you got PM.

OK, bragging is encouraged, but only if you share the How-To.

 

[Rudy Toody]

Originally posted by: petrusbroder

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
According to the latest stats.free-dc for Ibercivis, my quad is so good that it is taking 4 others to beat me!

Biodoc you got PM.

OK, bragging is encouraged, but only if you share the How-To.

I had a similar problem months ago. It was caused by the project delaying downloads when you update frequently. This was different from the communication deferred time. Check your messages and it should give a reason for no work.

I got around it by setting no new work, suspending all other apps, and then setting allow new work. Then I waited for a download, which came about an hour later. I had no problem after that.

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
According to the latest stats.free-dc for Ibercivis, my quad is so good that it is taking 4 others to beat me!

Biodoc you got PM.

my quad is pwning yours

 

[Rudy Toody]

Originally posted by: dajeepster

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
According to the latest stats.free-dc for Ibercivis, my quad is so good that it is taking 4 others to beat me!

Biodoc you got PM.

my quad is pwning yours

Yeah, but you had to get 3 others to beat me also!

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: petrusbroder
No go: the request for GPU-WUs blocks everything else.
I have done the following:
1. Updated BOINC to latest version (6.6.38)
2. Restarted computer
3. Restarted BOINC
4. Selected all apps in Ibercivis
5. Suspended all other projects
6. Reset Ibercivis
7. Detached from all other projects (had Ibercivis as a single project)

I have done this in different permutations and different orders.
The GPU really messes the getting of WUs up.
On one of my other i7-860 comp the WUs came in at once ...
So sad: the i7-920 is OC'ed and is really crunching along wonderfully - espacially for Seti@home and for climate predicition. It should produce well for Ibercivis too.

You can "turn off" gpu crunching on that machine:

1) check to see if you have a cc_config.xml file in your boinc data directory.
2) edit or add the file to look like the following ( the "1" turns on the no_gpu option)

<cc_config>
<options>
<no_gpus>1</no_gpus>
</options>
</cc_config>

3) restart boinc

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: dajeepster

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
According to the latest stats.free-dc for Ibercivis, my quad is so good that it is taking 4 others to beat me!

Biodoc you got PM.

my quad is pwning yours

That "i" series chip is kicking butt! Is that typical for all projects or is it unique to this project?

:shocked::shocked:

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody

Originally posted by: dajeepster

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
According to the latest stats.free-dc for Ibercivis, my quad is so good that it is taking 4 others to beat me!

Biodoc you got PM.

my quad is pwning yours

Yeah, but you had to get 3 others to beat me also!

who are these mythical three others that you speak of?!.. i only have one quad pwning you.... Harry potter is a fictional character

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: biodoc

Originally posted by: dajeepster

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
According to the latest stats.free-dc for Ibercivis, my quad is so good that it is taking 4 others to beat me!

Biodoc you got PM.

my quad is pwning yours

That "i" series chip is kicking butt! Is that typical for all projects or is it unique to this project?

:shocked::shocked:

i really don't know... I've only had this i7 860 for a few weeks... it was up to @4300ppd on seti before i switched over... it's not OC'd either... my i7 940 oc'd to 3.3ghz is at @7500 ppd... it's still going strong also... these are my only "i" without an nvidia gpu coupled with them so these would give the most accurate scores on how the i7 are doing. all my other i7 are coupled with an nvidia gpu or two.

 

[petrusbroder]

Originally posted by: biodoc
You can "turn off" gpu crunching on that machine:

1) check to see if you have a cc_config.xml file in your boinc data directory.
2) edit or add the file to look like the following ( the "1" turns on the no_gpu option)

<cc_config>
<options>
<no_gpus>1</no_gpus>
</options>
</cc_config>

3) restart boinc

This worked out just perfectly! Thanks biodoc!

OK, back to editing the participants' post ...

 

[Philippart]

now I have trouble uploading and getting work...

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: Philippart
now I have trouble uploading and getting work...

i'm uploading and getting work... i don't mess with ibercivis.. i.e... i don't force an update, i let it update on it's own.
I have my que set to 10 days and I haven't touched, nor rebooted the computer since last thursday.
Isnt' ibercivis the one where if you stopped boinc or rebooted, the wu would start over?

 

[Philippart]

i'm not sure but I thought they had checkpoints

 

[petrusbroder]

Not all WUs, they dont - especially not those which run a very short time (10 - 17 minutes).

 

[Rudy Toody]

Originally posted by: dajeepster
who are these mythical three others that you speak of?!.. i only have one quad pwning you.... Harry potter is a fictional character

It's an old horse-racing term: when the horse you bet on finishes last in the Kentucky Derby you say: "My horse was so good, it took 19 others to beat it."

When I last checked, my quad was 4th in production, thus the reason for the comment.

EDIT: I just lost another quad!

 

[salvorhardin]

ID: 119497. I'll be running it for about a week. I still have about 2 days worth of seti WUs that i need to complete, earliest due on the 30th.

 

[petrusbroder]

This is how the field looks like:

Computer _____ TAS-mate
_118825 ______ Rudy Toody
_119121 ______ Petrusbroder
_119225 ______ biodoc
_119045 ______ dajeepster
_118989 ______ Philippart
_119141 ______ Neurodog
_119497 ______ Salvorhardin

If there are any more TAS-mates who want to take part, please post in this thread!
I'll update the original post with the competitors' computer-IDs.


Edit: Spelling.
Changed Rudy Toody's Computer-ID.

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody

Originally posted by: dajeepster
who are these mythical three others that you speak of?!.. i only have one quad pwning you.... Harry potter is a fictional character

It's an old horse-racing term: when the horse you bet on finishes last in the Kentucky Derby you say: "My horse was so good, it took 19 others to beat it."

When I last checked, my quad was 4th in production, thus the reason for the comment.

EDIT: I just lost another quad!

umm... you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him take a bath??!?

 

[Rudy Toody]

Originally posted by: dajeepster
umm... you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him take a bath??!?

Only if you have soap-on-a-rope.

I got my other quad going again!

 

[Rudy Toody]

Peter-- I would like to change to my faster quad: 118825. 3.4GHz instead of 3.0GHz. I hope I can keep it going!

Edit: I backed of a half-multiple to 3.3GHz because my onboard video changed all the text colors to purple. (Which means that it dropped the green signal, which is either the rod, the cone, or the Kermit; I can't remember which.)