TPU's F@H Team

[Jacky_BEL]

I retired a flakey GTX Titan I tested with. I did a few test runs, put it to use, and then it was gone. No more numbers in the GPU-Z Card info tab.
I got it as spare together with another GTX Titan and had revived it with the oven baking method and BIOS reflash.
Maybe I'll just use its vapour chamber finstack on a GTX 980 then.

The testbench is now running with a GTX 960 Phantom and the Palit GTX 1080.
I really like the Phantom design for use on an open testbench.

 

[XZero450]

After 2 years of abuse, I have a PSU that's faulting out on over current protection on my main folding machine. Once F@H spools up, I hear the PSU click and some of the the video cards go dark.

I will first be attempting to swap cables to see if maybe it's just a cable issue as I know these cables are the minimum gauge for the kind of power being pushed.

Short of that, I do have a spare PSU that's 3/4 the size of the failing one; so I'll need to do some maths to see if I can get this machine folding again before we get into the weekend.

Sorry team

 

[mstenholm]

After 2 years of abuse, I have a PSU that's faulting out on over current protection on my main folding machine. Once F@H spools up, I hear the PSU click and some of the the video cards go dark.

I will first be attempting to swap cables to see if maybe it's just a cable issue as I know these cables are the minimum gauge for the kind of power being pushed.

Short of that, I do have a spare PSU that's 3/4 the size of the failing one; so I'll need to do some maths to see if I can get this machine folding again before we get into the weekend.

Sorry team

4x2070 Super and 1200W is a tall order for years of 100% operation but should be within the specs of your PSU(s). Could you try to just remove one of them?

 

[XZero450]

4x2070 Super and 1200W is a tall order for years of 100% operation but should be within the specs of your PSU(s). Could you try to just remove one of them?

It's actually a 1200w+1000w and the 1000w is failing while only driving 2 of the cards. The 1200w is driving everything else + 2 cards.

It's not feasible to remove 1 card given how I have things setup; hopefully it's not a faulty card...

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Remove one of the slots for now?

 

[Jacky_BEL]

Did you test the PSU's seperatly? How are they hooked up?
Could it be one PSU is going in overload protection because the other one isn't delivering enough power anymore?

 

[phill]

After 2 years of abuse, I have a PSU that's faulting out on over current protection on my main folding machine. Once F@H spools up, I hear the PSU click and some of the the video cards go dark.

I will first be attempting to swap cables to see if maybe it's just a cable issue as I know these cables are the minimum gauge for the kind of power being pushed.

Short of that, I do have a spare PSU that's 3/4 the size of the failing one; so I'll need to do some maths to see if I can get this machine folding again before we get into the weekend.

Sorry team

No need to apologise mate, just worry about keeping the hardware safe and working Do you need something bigger for a PSU??

 

[The Foldinator]

The amount of faulty 280X's I had years ago I gave up with them and just skipped the series... I've only recently bought a 290X and I'm very lucky and grateful, that hasn't been the same when I've tested it... I don't think that the 280X's would be that great to fold on, lots of power and not masses of performance

Which GPU had died??

The R9 280x was(is) dead bought it second hand but at a store so could just return it.
and replaced(added) my GTX 1060 3Gb(goes into second rig) for this one, so its ON again





tomorrow i'll swap the R7 for the GTX1060..

 

[phill]

I remember trying to buy a 280X and my word it was a nightmare... Everryone I had they all seemed to pretty much die or be dead when I got them through and I'd just end up returning them... drove me nuts!!

That 1070 will definitely be a good little earner, if I kept mine going 24/7 I think it was about the 700k to 900k points for a day which isn't too bad for it to be honest. I think the 1080 Ti's I have together will hit nearly 4m between them, but I've not got the cash to keep them burning a hole in my electric

 

[80-watt Hamster]

It seems like the 550 Ti I've been trying to run is a little worse for the wear. 3D poly benchmarks go OK, but Luxmark crashes and folding on it crashes any driver I've tried. Not that the points it would generate are worth much relative to the power it pulls. On the plus side, I've discovered that my old Xeon E5450 system is surprisingly responsive and usable (in W7 anyway), even with no SSD. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So now all the GPUs in my possession that can fold are.

 

[phill]

It seems like the 550 Ti I've been trying to run is a little worse for the wear. 3D poly benchmarks go OK, but Luxmark crashes and folding on it crashes any driver I've tried. Not that the points it would generate are worth much relative to the power it pulls. On the plus side, I've discovered that my old Xeon E5450 system is surprisingly responsive and usable (in W7 anyway), even with no SSD. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So now all the GPUs in my possession that can fold are.

Massive thanks for the support!! There's no minimum requirement for how much you need to do so if you find they aren't hitting the mark don't feel like you have to keep on folding just because

 

[Jacky_BEL]

I got hold of a Zotac GTX 1080Ti mini.
There was some black and oily muck under the cooler, so I was a bit in suspence if the card would work or not.
Upon further visual inspection it looked like it had ingested debris from outside the card. All components on the card looked OK.

I cleaned up the mess a bit, and I didn't even bothered to repaste because I wasn' t sure the card was going to perform OK.
I am now testing it and it looks good, so I will do some repasting and mount the shroud later on.
This means that I can now retire another Maxwell Titan X card, and I am now folding on all Pascal GPU's .

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Today's discovery: i5-2500@3.0 + R9 270@900/1.024 ~= 200W from the wall. (Underclocks to keep temps and fan speeds down)

Bonus discovery slash prediction: Global rank has probably about plateaued without an appreciable hardware upgrade.

@Jacky_BEL , send me that Titan! I've got a box running with 12V capacity to spare!

 

[The Foldinator]

My GTX1060 needs another platform this E2160 isn't the best anymore
that said, i also encountered F@H core Errors on my Ryzen platform dead stock. i don't hope my GTX1060 is also on its way out

Well great excuse to start testing.

I'll be BACK!

 

[phill]

What errors did you get @The Foldinator ??

 

[The Foldinator]

What errors did you get @The Foldinator ??

I have to check to log files(will EDIT them in later) But the main Error was that The FAH_Core has stopped working.
yet i believe.. i am not losing the WU. after a re-boot it seems to go further were it was.

but the system is so slow(even for normal browsing) i want to replace it anyway.. but this lock-down in Dutchland isn't helping much..

 

[phill]

Yeah that does suck Have you anything else you could swap it out with?

 

[Jacky_BEL]

I was satisfied with the Zotac 1080 Ti, so I took it out and disassembled it to clean it better.
Repasted, reassembled and moved it into another PC, and then it crashed and artefacted on the next reboot.
I tried to troubleshoot using the intel IGP, but i get VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE errors from nvlddmkm.sys.

windows 10 is not a good system to do troubleshooting on, no more start-up option menu and it wants to install drivers right away so it goes BSOD.
In an attempt to revive the card, I tried to wash all the remaining dirt off with water and it is now all drying.
Maybe something got shorted by accumulated dirt between the components i could not reach, (some of it looked like carbon or soot).
It seems I will be using Maxwell a little longer while I look out for another Pascal card. It 's really a shame, this was a nice compact card.

 

[The Foldinator]

Yeah that does suck Have you anything else you could swap it out with?

Yup i have a nice Asrock 960gm/u3s3 fx / FX8350 combo for the GTX1060..
Al tho tonight/today i have been babysitting the E2160 rig and it has not show the Error yet..

Still going to swap them anyway as its a tad better then the G41 platform

Happy Folding TPU

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Two boxes are taking holiday vacation alongside me (that is to say, getting shut down while I'm gone), so no million-point days from me until January. Merry Foldsmas, everyone!

 

[Jacky_BEL]

Merry folding (and unfolding) Christmas

 

[phill]

I hope everyone has a great one!! Take care everyone, I hope you all have an amazing Christmas and New Year!!

 

[The Foldinator]

Happy Christmas Folding TPU FAH guys

 

[NastyHabits]

Merry Christmas to all my fellow folding friends at TPU.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Everything's back up. And judging by the last couple days of summary, I might have a genuine chance at a slice of pie, however slim it may be.

Almost picked up a GTX 970 to add to the array, but figured $100 was a bit much to spend on another card just to fold (even if it is a slight upgrade over my RX 470). May buy a fancy mouse or trackball with the Christmas money instead.