WCG-TPU Cruncher's Hardware/Tech Support Discussion Thread

XZero450 · May 2, 2017

Moved my 2695 to a different case and mobo with a different boot drive.. Can't get it to break 90% utilization. My PPD is reflecting as this unit seems to be down ~4k on a daily basis. Halp?

thebluebumblebee · May 2, 2017

How many threads is WCG running? Check out those notices in the BOINC Manager. Could you be running low on disk space? 90% of a 36 threaded machine is only 32 threads.

XZero450 · May 4, 2017

You are correct, there are only 32 threads running.

twilyth · May 5, 2017

The chips in there are octo cores so 16 threads per cpu. I hope we didn't advertise this as a 36 thread machine.

@XZero450 Glad to see you got the rig working. What was wrong with it?

XZero450 · May 7, 2017

@twilyth different rig altogether

The 2695 is my x99 based 18c/36t dedicated cruncher. Right now it's not running on all threads like it used to. I'm still trying to get the 2(8c/16t) up and running.

agent00skid · May 8, 2017

Looked on the net and saw 2 suggestions for problems with running more than 32 threads.

Make sure you are running 64-bit client.
And add this to the cc_config.xml file:

<ncpus>x</ncpus>

Where x is number of threads. If you don't have a cc_config.xml, then create it in the BOINC data directory with this in it:

<cc_config>
<options>
<ncpus>x</ncpus>
</options>
</cc_config>

Arjai · May 18, 2017

This is what my new MotoZ Force is doing after a month, on two cores, plugged in at work and home, probably 16-18 hours a day crunching.

alucasa · May 18, 2017

Has anyone tried those Xeon ES L v3/v4? On Ebay, those are dirt cheap and have 8c/16t for v3) and10c/20t (for v4) at 1.6 ~ 1.7 ghz (turbo 2.ghz) @ 55w ~ 85w TDP.

Chicken Patty · May 20, 2017

hello everybody! Quick question, I keep seeing that for F@H it is recommended to leave 1 CPU core free per GPU. Does that mean have 7 cores crunching, and one core free while I fold? Been a while since I last crunched and folded and the same time. Help me out here :roll:

infrared · May 20, 2017

Yep, you've got it right, set your cpu percentage to 75% to free up 1c/2t.. or try 87.5 which is 1 thread, if cpu usage is pinned at 100% go back to 2 threads. It's just because wcg will prevent the gpu being fed instructions fast enough and your folding ppd will suffer.

Chicken Patty · May 20, 2017

infrared said:
Yep, you've got it right, set your cpu percentage to 75% to free up 1c/2t.. or try 87.5 which is 1 thread, if cpu usage is pinned at 100% go back to 2 threads. It's just because wcg will prevent the gpu being fed instructions fast enough and your folding ppd will suffer.

Perfect, thank you very much!

twilyth · May 20, 2017

never mind . . .

Chicken Patty · May 20, 2017

infrared said:
Yep, you've got it right, set your cpu percentage to 75% to free up 1c/2t.. or try 87.5 which is 1 thread, if cpu usage is pinned at 100% go back to 2 threads. It's just because wcg will prevent the gpu being fed instructions fast enough and your folding ppd will suffer.

So I tried 87.5%, and even 75%. Thing is it doesn't free up any particular core, it just reduces the usage across all cores. Am I missing something here or is this the way it should be?

infrared · May 20, 2017

That's right, i don't think they're locked to specific cores

as long as it's not stuck at 100% it's ok.

Chicken Patty · May 20, 2017

infrared said:
That's right, i don't think they're locked to specific cores as long as it's not stuck at 100% it's ok.

Perfect, just wanted to make sure. Thank you! :toast:

4x4n · May 20, 2017

Great to see that ketchup covered avi again, welcome back CP!! :slap:

Been a long time since I folded and wcg at the same time, but I think I used to manually set affinty for f@h.

If you want to leave one core always free from wcg try going into you device profiles at wcg. You set the max number of processors used for wcg.

Chicken Patty · May 20, 2017

4x4n said:
Great to see that ketchup covered avi again, welcome back CP!!

Been a long time since I folded and wcg at the same time, but I think I used to manually set affinty for f@h.

If you want to leave one core always free from wcg try going into you device profiles at wcg. You set the max number of processors used for wcg.

Haha, well you'll be seeing it more and more again. ...and yes, I remember something about my profiles. I just stepped out but I'll check it when I get back home. Sorry, trying to knock off some of the rust :roll:

XZero450 · May 21, 2017

agent00skid said:
Looked on the net and saw 2 suggestions for problems with running more than 32 threads.

Make sure you are running 64-bit client.
And add this to the cc_config.xml file:

<ncpus>x</ncpus>

Where x is number of threads. If you don't have a cc_config.xml, then create it in the BOINC data directory with this in it:

<cc_config>
<options>
<ncpus>x</ncpus>
</options>
</cc_config>

This did it! Thank you very much!

jboydgolfer · May 21, 2017

is anyone else having Connection issues with Boinc currently? im getting connection notices. my internet is fine, as im having no other issues, maybe a restart?

Norton · May 21, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
is anyone else having Connection issues with Boinc currently? im getting connection notices. my internet is fine, as im having no other issues, maybe a restart?

Just checked mine- no problem here

stinger608 · May 21, 2017

Norton said:
Just checked mine- no problem here

Just checked all 5 of my systems and all are connecting just fine.

jboydgolfer · May 21, 2017

this is a entry from my Log file
5/20/2017 9:43:21 PM | World Community Grid | Scheduler request failed: Peer certificate cannot be authenticated with given CA certificates

i just finished some 4+ hour work units, and theyre stuck..... :banghead:

im only getting issues when Boinc tries to report my work...if someone reading this can see if they are able to report a work unit when one is available id appreciate it, cuz i can find nothing wrong

Norton · May 21, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
this is a entry from my Log file
5/20/2017 9:43:21 PM | World Community Grid | Scheduler request failed: Peer certificate cannot be authenticated with given CA certificates

I don't remember seeing that message before? Routine things to try is to restart the PC and/or exit/restart the BOINC Manager

Can you post the contents of your event log after a restart?

Note- please drop the text into a spoiler to keep the size of the post a reasonable size

jboydgolfer · May 21, 2017

Apparently it's because my date is off on my PC. The actual date/time but I don't know it doesn't look to be off compared all my other clocks.

why does it already show the 21st of may on the WCG site?? is that why maybe?

then this pops up
5/20/2017 10:34:49 PM | | BOINC can't access Internet - check network connection or proxy configuration.

Caring1 · May 21, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
is anyone else having Connection issues with Boinc currently? im getting connection notices. my internet is fine, as im having no other issues, maybe a restart?

Did you get the notice to update the web address a while back?
It's easier to remove WCG from BOINC, then reinstall.

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