The 3rd Folding@Home Holiday Season Race in December 2008

[VirtualLarry]

I shut it down, cleared out the work directory, and started it up again, and this is what I got.

# Windows GPU Console Edition #################################################
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Folding@Home Client Version 6.20r1

http://folding.stanford.edu

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Launch directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Larry\Application Data\Folding@home-gpu2
Arguments: -gpu 1

[17:17:23] - Ask before connecting: No
[17:17:23] - User name: VirtualLarry (Team 198)
[17:17:23] - User ID: 5B705B69279C80A6
[17:17:23] - Machine ID: 3
[17:17:23]
[17:17:23] Loaded queue successfully.
[17:17:24] Initialization complete
[17:17:24] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[17:17:24] + Attempting to get work packet
[17:17:24] - Connecting to assignment server
[17:17:24] - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.11).
[17:17:24] + News From Folding@Home: GPU folding beta
[17:17:24] Loaded queue successfully.
[17:17:26] + Closed connections
[17:17:26]
[17:17:26] + Processing work unit
[17:17:26] Core required: FahCore_11.exe
[17:17:26] Core found.
[17:17:26] Working on queue slot 04 [December 29 17:17:26 UTC]
[17:17:26] + Working ...
[17:17:26]
[17:17:26] *------------------------------*
[17:17:26] Folding@Home GPU Core - Beta
[17:17:26] Version 1.19 (Mon Nov 3 09:34:13 PST 2008)
[17:17:26]
[17:17:26] Compiler : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50727.762 for 80x86
[17:17:26] Build host: amoeba
[17:17:26] Board Type: Nvidia
[17:17:26] Core :
[17:17:26] Preparing to commence simulation
[17:17:26] - Looking at optimizations...
[17:17:26] - Created dyn
[17:17:26] - Files status OK
[17:17:26] - Expanded 98610 -> 492276 (decompressed 499.2 percent)
[17:17:26] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=98610 data_size=492276, decompressed_data_size=492276 diff=0
[17:17:26] - Digital signature verified
[17:17:26]
[17:17:26] Project: 5751 (Run 6, Clone 154, Gen 8)
[17:17:26]
[17:17:26] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[17:17:26] Entering M.D.
[17:17:32] Working on Protein
[17:17:36] Client config found, loading data.
[17:17:36] Starting GUI Server
[17:17:37] mdrun_gpu returned
[17:17:37] NANs detected on GPU
[17:17:37]
[17:17:37] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[17:17:40] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[17:17:40] Sending work to server
[17:17:40] Project: 5751 (Run 6, Clone 154, Gen 8)
[17:17:40] - Read packet limit of 540015616... Set to 524286976.
[17:17:40] - Error: Could not get length of results file work/wuresults_04.dat
[17:17:40] - Error: Could not read unit 04 file. Removing from queue.
[17:17:40] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[17:17:40] + Attempting to get work packet
[17:17:40] - Connecting to assignment server
[17:17:41] - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.11).
[17:17:41] + News From Folding@Home: GPU folding beta
[17:17:41] Loaded queue successfully.
[17:17:41] - Attempt #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[17:17:52] + Attempting to get work packet
[17:17:52] - Connecting to assignment server
[17:17:52] - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.11).
[17:17:52] + News From Folding@Home: GPU folding beta
[17:17:52] Loaded queue successfully.
[17:17:53] + Closed connections
[17:17:58]
[17:17:58] + Processing work unit
[17:17:58] Core required: FahCore_11.exe
[17:17:58] Core found.
[17:17:58] Working on queue slot 05 [December 29 17:17:58 UTC]
[17:17:58] + Working ...
[17:17:59]
[17:17:59] *------------------------------*
[17:17:59] Folding@Home GPU Core - Beta
[17:17:59] Version 1.19 (Mon Nov 3 09:34:13 PST 2008)
[17:17:59]
[17:17:59] Compiler : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50727.762 for 80x86
[17:17:59] Build host: amoeba
[17:17:59] Board Type: Nvidia
[17:17:59] Core :
[17:17:59] Preparing to commence simulation
[17:17:59] - Looking at optimizations...
[17:17:59] - Created dyn
[17:17:59] - Files status OK
[17:17:59] - Expanded 45468 -> 251112 (decompressed 552.2 percent)
[17:17:59] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=45468 data_size=251112, decompressed_data_size=251112 diff=0
[17:17:59] - Digital signature verified
[17:17:59]
[17:17:59] Project: 5772 (Run 7, Clone 194, Gen 3)
[17:17:59]
[17:17:59] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[17:17:59] Entering M.D.
[17:18:05] Working on Protein
[17:18:06] Client config found, loading data.
[17:18:06] Starting GUI Server
[17:19:36] Completed 1%


I guess I got it to move on to another WU, and now it's working again.

 

[Markfw]

it could just be a bad WU, I have seen that on occasion.

 

[Insidious]

I think Mark's right. It got a bad WU and then wouldn't move on to a new one until it had failed a certain number of times (3 or 5 depending on things I don't understand)

You did the right thing to just clear it out and move on. (It's always good to check that you get a different one after you clean it out. If not, clean it out again until you do get a new WU.

-Sid

 

[Markfw]

Stats ? Its been 3 days.. Peter must be busy again

 

[biodoc]

All 3 of my rigs had those monster 2673 SMP WUs (fahcore_A2) that are worth 3840 points.

They're finally done!!

:beer:

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
Stats ? Its been 3 days.. Peter must be busy again

He & his family headed down to southern Sweden to spend the new year holiday with his in-laws.

It's a 16-18 trip but he will be in contact.

Not sure about stats though.

 

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: biodoc
Me thinks Sid added some hardware recently!

MarkFW, did you ever get those new cards?

Did anyone else add new hardware during the race???

I did notice MaskAvenger's production nearly doubled recently!:shocked:

Also, the TeAm's production went from about 480,000 ppd in late November to about 650,000 ppd in the last few days!!!:shocked::shocked:

Awesome crunching everyone!!:beer::thumbsup:

I upgraded from an X1950 Pro to a HD 4830 , although I didn't do it for the race, I did it because my 1950 was showing corrupt graphics & needs RMAing .

 

[Pokey]

Well that sucks??????. :disgust:

I seem to have lost a PCIe slot on one computer. (A Dell slim line) I have tried to get 3 different cards to work to no avail. The integrated video works so now it is just SMP for that bad boy. Of course I can?t tell whose MB it is but I?m thinking it is ?light? duty. The OEM power supply is only 125W, and I bought a 550W PSU just to run a 9800GT. :| The computer still had numerous issues with ?EUE? and ?Unstable_Machine? errors.

I doubt the output of that one card will have much impact on the race.

Whew?????..

PS: I'm here to tell you the slim line computers do not lend themselves to upgrading or modifying...............

 

[rabrittain]

I changed my Vcore from 1.35v to 1.375v. Now, instead of taking ~110 minutes to finish 1 percent, it takes ~70 minutes to complete 1 percent.

I'll change it to 1.400v later on tonight. That's as high as I can go. We'll see what happens.

Thanks for the help guys!!

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: rabrittain
I changed my Vcore from 1.35v to 1.375v. Now, instead of taking ~110 minutes to finish 1 percent, it takes ~70 minutes to complete 1 percent.

I'll change it to 1.400v later on tonight. That's as high as I can go. We'll see what happens.

Thanks for the help guys!!

Rabrittain, There is more to it than just upping the voltage but we will take that one step at a time. Monitor your temps.

Run the Smp only and see how it reacts. 70 minutes is still way to long....should be around 15 - 20. As an example, mine (Q6600's) can do 12 - 18 depending the WU. If the Smp isn't around those times, then work on the Gpu and see how it goes. Good luck

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: Pokey
Well that sucks??????. :disgust:

I seem to have lost a PCIe slot on one computer. (A Dell slim line) I have tried to get 3 different cards to work to no avail. The integrated video works so now it is just SMP for that bad boy. Of course I can?t tell whose MB it is but I?m thinking it is ?light? duty. The OEM power supply is only 125W, and I bought a 550W PSU just to run a 9800GT. :| The computer still had numerous issues with ?EUE? and ?Unstable_Machine? errors.

I doubt the output of that one card will have much impact on the race.

Whew?????..

PS: I'm here to tell you the slim line computers do not lend themselves to upgrading or modifying...............

Could be one of the 12V rails in the PSU failed. I thought my PCIe slot in my asus board failed. It had similar symptoms as your situation. No video card (not even old low power boards) would work but the on board video did work. I crunched for months with the system (Q6600) without solving the problem. On a whim, I replaced the power supply and it solved the problem. Weird!:beer:

 

[Rudy Toody]

Congratulations to biodoc for his 3rd anniversary on the forum.

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
Congratulations to biodoc for his 3rd anniversary on the forum.

Wow, to the day! Yes, Congrats biodoc! You are very appreciated!

 

[biodoc]

Thanks guys...Time sure flies when you're having fun!

 

[Insidious]

:beer: :beer: :beer:

Glad you're with us (AT) biodoc!

Let's do 3 more :thumbsup:

-Sid

 

[biodoc]

Sounds good to me Sid!!:beer::beer:

Remember all those "spirited disagreements" we had with the Stanford folks??:laugh:

I think 7im has mellowed out a bit though!:shocked:

 

[Insidious]

Yeah, I can't post there any more.

I noticed I wasn't receiving emails on my subscriptions asked a couple of times, but didn't get any help. So I went to preferences and changed my email hoping that might help kick-start whatever the problem was.

Unfortunately, the site says it sends me my activation email, but it doesn't arrive. All spam filters are off and no problems with any other site. I should probably assume my IP addy was inadvertently blocked when they were trying to stop the spammer and blocked a bunch of addys. They posted all that all errant blocks were restored, but mine still doesn't work.

I can't say I 100% believe it isn't a 'convenient accident' but it's my own fault for not being PC and singing their praises no matter what. I can't say it's a loss to me to stop posting on any site as vindictive as that.

such is life. :beer:

-Sid

Originally posted by: biodoc
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I think 7im has mellowed out a bit though!:shocked:

When he found God (got scolded) it was about the same time I noticed my account had been messed with...... I did the math

 

[rabrittain]

Originally posted by: Rudy Toody
Congratulations to biodoc for his 3rd anniversary on the forum.

Hip-hip--hooray!!

Drsignguy --
I decided not to run the GPU and to run only the SMP on the faulty machine about 3 days ago. ~1.5 hours ago I increased the Vcore to 1.400 volts, and from what I've been able to see, it's slower than it was with the Vcore set to 1.375 volts. It's been over 90 minutes, and progress hasn't moved a percentage point.

There are 2 things that I haven't tried yet. I haven't uninstalled and re-installed the video drivers; nor have I taken the video card out and swapped with the one that is in the Intel machine. That would be the video card that was in the AMD machine before a week ago, when I decided that it might be good to run a GPU client.

It sounds like you're getting great numbers with your quad and the SMP clioent. Concerning my machine that has not been giving trouble: on it's last wu it took ~24 minutes to process 1 percent. That wu has just been completed. It is now working on a new wu, and it is taking ~46 minutes to process 1 percent. -- ... but when that wu is complete, it will give me 2144 points. Before a week ago both of my AMD machines were running like that -- depending on the wu, anywhere from ~24 to ~46 minutes per percent.

When you configure your SMP clients, do you enable the option regarding advanced methods. The warning that is attached to that option scares me a little bit, and so, I have not been using it. ... then again, I am a little paranoid.

uh-oh. My meds just kicked in. My mind has all but shut down. gotta go to bed.

see ya!

 

[Drsignguy]

rabrittain,

Well, just watch your temps as you go through this process. Just so you relize, there is more to the system then just by adding more voltage to your Cpu, But since you are not Over clocking and you can't go over 1.4v, I think your safe for now. And since you changed your voltage, found no real evedence of instability, then yes, you should try your other options.

As for advanced options, here is what I have done:

Make a shortcut to your desktop, Right click on properties and at the end of the target area place your curser, hit "spacebar" then add "-configonly" (no quotes) then save. Open your Client and follow below:

User Name: ( thats you )
Team Number: 198
use Proxy: no
Acceptable size: Normal
Change advanced options: YES
Core Priority: Idle
CPU usage: 100
Disable Highly....: no
Interval in Mins: 15
Memory : Whatever you have
Set -advmethods flag alwasy: no....this will be added later
Ignore any deadline: no
machine ID: 1 (2) if another client. Make sure Your Gpu (if using) doesn't conflict, Set the Gpu to 3
The Following Options.......no
Disable Cpu affinity: no
Additional client parimeters: -smp -verbosity 9 -advmethods -forceasm. You must have -smp added as a flag or it will NOT be SMP client.
ip address: just hit enter.
After completion, remove the -configonly flag.

That's all I do and don't be scared, it won't hurt your machine
I hope that you do get your issues resolved. It would be nice to see you get a good PPD turnout after all this work!

j

 

[biodoc]

Here's some stats until Peter can post his more detailed summary.

As of 7AM EST:

Points in Dec. ______ Name
__ 100731 ______ [TA]Assimilator1
___ 16177 ______ Alyyx
__ 190900 ______ Cutthroat
___ 33908 ______ dmo = DliRium
__ 473401 ______ Drsignguy
__ 172835 ______ Foxery
_ 1918938 ______ Gravity
__ 431462 ______ jonesthewine
__ 129350 ______ m1ldslide1
__ 606155 ______ MaskedAvenger = mike9o
____ 7292 ______ paulnt04 = PCTC2
__ 395289 ______ Pokey_TA
___ 19236 ______ TA_andy
___ 53322 ______ theAnimal
____ 7704 ______ winr
__ 285156 ______ VirtualLarry

Points in Dec. ______ Name
___ 19607 ______ Baldurs_Gate
__ 826906 ______ biodoc
___ 99897 ______ Chocobo_Navy
___ 85482 ______ GLeeM
__ 106976 ______ Hurricane Andrew
__ 815379 ______ Insidious
__ 393347 ______ Lightstar
_ 1872584 ______ Markfw900
__ 121325 ______ Neurodog
___ 43492 ______ rabrittain
___ 49328 ______ TAS-petrusbroder
___ 70449 ______ Tom_Philippart
__ 222735 ______ TurtleBlue

_ 4841856 ___ Folders
_ 4727507 ___ TAS
__ 114349 ___ Folder's lead


The Peak lead for the Folders was yesterday at just over 117,000 points.
TAS has matched their output and has now gained about 3,000 points in the last day.

Keep crunching everyone!!:beer:

 

[Insidious]

Thank You biodoc!

Great stats!

I see you have slipped around me for the month (I was trying to hog the road).
NICE folding! :beer:

This has been a terrific month with so many people trying out the folding project. I'm also hoping any one who hadn't met each other (TAS and F@H) has found some new friends.

and YES! we are going to get that PC of rabrittain's up to speed.... if it kills him!
(As a matter of habbit, I always use the same flag set that drsignguy mentioned: -smp -forceasm -advmethods -verbosity 9 and always say yes to big work units.)

:music: :music: :beer: :music: :music:

-Sid

 

[Insidious]

rabrittain, Are you absolutely certain you have all power saving features and/or automatic 'performance adjusting features' turned off? (both in BIOS and in Windows).

Also, I think you also mentioned, but have you run a spyware cleaner such as AdAware and also scanned for viri (I think that is the plural of virus??)

One more thought, I know that the SMP threads use the loopback adapter (networking component) to communicate amongst themselves. Any weirdness in your network adapter?

Finally, I think I remember you mentioning a question about the .net framework. I don't remember which version of .net was mandantory, but I have allowed all .net framework windows updates (1,2, and 3) on my PCs. Actually, have you run ALL the windows updates? (I'm thinking AMD processor driver update in particular)

-Sid

 

[Assimilator1]

Thanks for the stats Biodoc

100,731 ______ [TA]Assimilator1
99,897 ______ Chocobo_Navy

Woah that's still damn close! :Q

Where are ya FMC?

 

[biodoc]

Originally posted by: Insidious

I see you have slipped around me for the month (I was trying to hog the road).
NICE folding! :beer:

If you hadn't lost your son's rig, you would have outproduced me easily!

This has been a terrific month with so many people trying out the folding project. I'm also hoping any one who hadn't met each other (TAS and F@H) has found some new friends.


-Sid

It has been a great month!!!

It was good to crunch with your new and powerful F@H TeAmmates this year!

I may stick around for a little while....I'd like to try to pass some of those guys!!:laugh:

 

[rabrittain]

OK - I set the -advmethods flag on the machine that is not giving trouble. It takes 44 minutes to process a percent.