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

[qubit]

Hmmm... it doesn't look like I'll be able to run F@H optimally.

I ran the tracker, set everything up and got just the GPU to do the work. However, there's the most annoying modulated high-pitched whistling sound coming from the speakers and also directly from the graphics card. It's clearly audible and not possible to ignore, so it's no go. While I didn't expect the audio breakthrough, I expected the graphics card to make some noise, from previous experience of driving cards at very high framerates. I guess I could throttle it back a bit, but it's still gonna make a noise, just less, so it's pointless.

On to the CPU: I can only run the single core client right now, because the cooling isn't up to it. My Zalman cooler is analog and has a resistor to run it at a constant slowish speed for quietness, which it does very well. This is fine for everyday use and games (just about) but the CPU was climbing the high 70's before I quit the client. In fact, I had to kill the client with the Task Manager too, because the tracker couldn't stop it. :shadedshu

So there you go. I'm gonna continue to run it, just not with the performance us enthusiasts would like. Any suggestions for improving this situation welcome.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Sorry Pops, no idea. For clarification, does this seem to be a problem with Tracker or with the client?

 

[popswala]

Sorry Pops, no idea. For clarification, does this seem to be a problem with Tracker or with the client?

Not sure. I want to say tacker since I don't run client. When ever I click to open - run prog. This error pops up. It closes if I click continue but if I were to open tracker settings, It pops right back up again. I left the tracker running for some time last night, GPU0 says running but ppd was highlighted yellow and progress never moved from 0%.

So at this time it looks like I can't get up and folding till this is figured out. I'd hate to go back to the old one we were usin. That was a pain to set up lol.

 

[Feänor]

Hi everyone. I just bought myself a 970, and i wanted to ask the team if there's a tutorial somewhere to show me how to fold those new linux bigadv wu. Is it possible to fold them in a vm? Is it worth the trouble or should i just keep folding using the gpu v2 tracker? What kind of oc will i have to get to return them in time? Thanks in advance.

 

[oily_17]

You can get a guide to installing Folding@home on Ubuntu here.

My 970 @ 4.2 gets about ~90K ppd when folding one of the -bigbeta WU's

 

[Feänor]

You can get a guide to installing Folding@home on Ubuntu here.

My 970 @ 4.2 gets about ~90K ppd when folding one of the -bigbeta WU's

And what kind of ppd with regular -bigadv?

 

[bogmali]

And what kind of ppd with regular -bigadv?

Depends on your OC

 

[Feänor]

If i want to push it to the max 24/7 volts (as cooling is not a problem), i've read around 4,5 is possible. Is 90000ppd possible?

 

[bogmali]

Is 90000ppd possible?

If they have an unlimited supply of -bigbeta WU's it is possible. You'll probably be looking at somewhere from 25K-30K if you let it fold -bigbeta and -bigadv using Linux.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

If they have an unlimited supply of -bigbeta WU's it is possible. You'll probably be looking at somewhere from 25K-30K if you let it fold -bigbeta and -bigadv using Linux.

Wait, I thought the 6 core i7's were good for 60K/day plus? I thought MStenholm was getting 60-70K/WU.

 

[bogmali]

Wait, I thought the 6 core i7's were good for 60K/day plus? I thought MStenholm was getting 60-70K/WU.

I will have to look at my 970 @ 3.9 that is doing Linux -bigbeta to see the actual PPD.

 

[oily_17]

Wait, I thought the 6 core i7's were good for 60K/day plus? I thought MStenholm was getting 60-70K/WU.

At the start they would get ~60K ppd, with the -bigadv WU's, with a healthy overclock.

But the bonus was cut back, not that long ago, and probably only get in the high 40K range now (I would have to check mine when running a -bigadv WU)

 

[Feänor]

i know the bonus points changed a little while ago, i came from 26000ppd@4.0 ghz all the way down to 27000@4,3 ghz. Took me a lot of vcore and cooling to get back those ppd.

So if i understand, i'll be looking at a 10000ppd increase with regular bigadv wu, and possibly could go as high as 80-90000ppd with the bigbeta ones? How can i run a 11 threads linux vm with bigbeta inside my windows 7 and let my two gtx460 fold with gpu tracker? All guide i see use vmware and it seems to have a 4 cores limits...

 

[thebluebumblebee]

i know the bonus points changed a little while ago, i came from 26000ppd@4.0 ghz all the way down to 27000@4,3 ghz. Took me a lot of vcore and cooling to get back those ppd.

So if i understand, i'll be looking at a 10000ppd increase with regular bigadv wu, and possibly could go as high as 80-90000ppd with the bigbeta ones? How can i run a 11 threads linux vm with bigbeta inside my windows 7 and let my two gtx460 fold with gpu tracker? All guide i see use vmware and it seems to have a 4 cores limits...

I believe that those running -bigadv and -bigbeta have found that GPU Folding hurts the points that they get from the SMP client. Especially running 2 GPU clients.
I didn't know that the bonus reduction also affected the -bigadv Folders, I only thought it affected the -bigbeta Folders.
As for PPD, look at MStenholm's drops. Are you (bog, oily) telling me that he's getting those kind of points for -bigbeta, not -bigadv?
BTW, the free VMware has a 4 core limit, but not the one you buy.

 

[Feänor]

I believe that those running -bigadv and -bigbeta have found that GPU Folding hurts the points that they get from the SMP client. Especially running 2 GPU clients.

It cost around 1000-2000ppd to fold on 7 cores instead of 8, but add two 12000ppd gpu client, for a net profit of 20000-22000ppd. Well worth it if you ask me...

I'll try to find me a full version of vmware.:shadedshu

 

[bogmali]

As for PPD, look at MStenholm's drops. Are you (bog, oily) telling me that he's getting those kind of points for -bigbeta, not -bigadv?
BTW, the free VMware has a 4 core limit, but not the one you buy.

Based on the frequency that he drops those and the points that he gets, those are unmistakenly -bigadv. I believe he is currently running one rig and if he is running it as a dedicated machine, his ppd should show somewhere between 40k-45k.

 

[Feänor]

Based on the frequency that he drops those and the points that he gets, those are unmistakenly -bigadv. I believe he is currently running one rig and if he is running it as a dedicated machine, his ppd should show somewhere between 40k-45k.

I'm folding bigadv with my 950 and running two gtx 460 all in the same loop. 45k ppd would be my average production.

 

[oily_17]

As for PPD, look at MStenholm's drops. Are you (bog, oily) telling me that he's getting those kind of points for -bigbeta, not -bigadv?
BTW, the free VMware has a 4 core limit, but not the one you buy.

They are -bigadv..worth about 75K, but take about 1.5 days to complete, so ~45K per day

Here is pic of my HFM , Crunchfolder I & II are 970's and III is a 920, all ~4.2GHz

 

[bogmali]

They are -bigadv..worth about 75K, but take about 1.5 days to complete, so ~45K per day

Here is pic of my HFM , Crunchfolder I & II are 970's and III is a 920, all ~4.2GHz

http://img.techpowerup.org/110918/HFM050.jpg

Very nice Oily! I wish I could get a 6903 or 6904 every time I complete one

 

[Feänor]

They are -bigadv..worth about 75K, but take about 1.5 days to complete, so ~45K per day

Here is pic of my HFM , Crunchfolder I & II are 970's and III is a 920, all ~4.2GHz

http://img.techpowerup.org/110918/HFM050.jpg

Hey oily, how do you set up all those clients? Are you getting those ppd number from a vm or a native client?

I'll have only one rig and i'd like to fold bigbeta and keep my gpus. The only program i've got that allowed me to fully load 8 cores is Virtual box. I'm pretty sure that it'll let me put 11 threads when the 970 will be installed. I just wanted to know if anyone is folding bigbeta and gpus at the same time, as it is what i'm going to try.

 

[oily_17]

Sorry Feanor I'm running a native x64 Linux system on both my -bigbeta rigs (which have the 970's in them).

So, I don't know much about running it under a virtual machine and whether you can assign a set number of threads for it to run on.

It would be interesting to see how much the 2x460's will hurt the PPD and whether it is worth it or not.

Very nice Oily! I wish I could get a 6903 or 6904 every time I complete one

I have been away for about a week, and on my return I picked up both of those -bigbeta WU's, when I turned my rigs back on.

But it usually is just luck to get one and I can go days without any ...

 

[dank1983man420]

Don't know if it was posted yet (though I did skim pretty quickly and didnt see anything), but there's a new beta v7 FAH client they posted in the last day or twohttps://fah-web.stanford.edu/projects/FAHClient/wiki/BetaRelease

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

hello all, ive had an unfortunate occurence with my main rig in sig, it has abit guru software, which recently told me my mobo was pulling 187Amps for 3.2Ghz at 356x9Fsb foldin 24/7 stable all year it usually maxed at 100 ish then it crashed a few times untill i stock speeded it, upon which it still showed signs of illness ie using upto 140 Amps .

anyway sumat popped it switches off instantaneously every time and its codes are saying its not initialising the psu or is then instantly shutting it down but 5v standby is their and the fans begin to spin,no post at all i think my psu is to blame ?what thinks you's??, i get paid wed so all will be right i hope after. perhaps not

ive had a multimeter out and my psu looks to be fine its up to running fans and pumps easy i think its the mobo or cpu

do my posts smell or sumat, poor show guys

i have it up and running and still im clueless as to what exactly fixed it, i think my waterblocked 5870 isnt sitting in its slot as best it could these days, ive refitted almost all of the pc but the gpu is its easy to reproduce error spot, however i cant get it to fail as quick or in quite the same way as it was, ie on> instant off no post.

 

[Feänor]

Finally received my 970.

Oced it to 4,4 in 30 minutes. Wow those 32nm chips does run cool!! At the same voltages (1,440 vcore and 1,375 vtt), the 970 runs 8 to 10 degrees lower than the 950 i had before! Nothing less than WOW!

At stock clocks, the 970 doing bigadv gave me 30000 ppd, while my 4,3 ghz 950 would only do 27-28000. At the moment, 4,4 is the max this 970 sample will give me, but i'm really at the beginning of the oc process. The ppd is a little over 43000, so oily you were on target!

Now i'm starting to mess with the bigbeta/virtual box thing...

Will keep you up-to-date with my adventure...

 

[bogmali]

The best thing to do is get you a flash drive with at least 4GB and boot/run Ubuntu off of it and run -bigbeta that way once you have your OC stable.