Hi all I have noticed an oddity with a few pc's lately. Running win7 x64 with nvidia gpus, they will get "stuck" running cpu benchmark. Not all my machines do this, the only similarity is cuda is active on each, my none cuda machines dont do it. the only solution has been to set the client to run always then manually tell it to run cpu benchmark, they wont restart on there own. Any ideas as to the cause??

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nobody has a clue on this??

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Try posting in number crunching, that gets more viewing than here. Is there a reason you doing benchmarking so much?

The darn computers are doing it on their own, literally Stuck. Not sure how or why. When it first started I thought it might be because i was using RDP to remote into them and that would make the client crash. These machines are getting stuck for no reason.

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Hmm. Do you think they are turning off and restarting and get stuck when they reboot? or are they getting stuck while running seti? If the only difference between machines is GPU usage (are both computers fitted with same GPU types, or do some have GPUs and other don't) are they overheating? Since we can't see what computers you have or what their configuration is hard to know where to start or look at results of any work units when the system froze. First thing to look at is hardware issues,heat, PSU, connectors, sitting in slots, dust bunnies, etc. If nothing pans out there, then you could look at the drivers and see if they are up to date or not corrupt. Clean reinstall might help.What version of Boinc are you running? After that then would have to rethink what the problem might be.

Probably the easiest fix would be to disable the benchmark entirely.

This is what I have in my cc_config.xml file. It goes into the BOINC data folder.

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration

<cc_config>
    <log_flags>
        <file_xfer>1</file_xfer>
        <sched_ops>1</sched_ops>
        <task>1</task>
        <app_msg_receive>0</app_msg_receive>
        <app_msg_send>0</app_msg_send>
        <async_file_debug>0</async_file_debug>
        <benchmark_debug>0</benchmark_debug>
        <checkpoint_debug>0</checkpoint_debug>
        <coproc_debug>0</coproc_debug>
        <cpu_sched>0</cpu_sched>
        <cpu_sched_debug>0</cpu_sched_debug>
        <cpu_sched_status>0</cpu_sched_status>
        <dcf_debug>0</dcf_debug>
        <disk_usage_debug>0</disk_usage_debug>
        <priority_debug>0</priority_debug>
        <file_xfer_debug>0</file_xfer_debug>
        <gui_rpc_debug>0</gui_rpc_debug>
        <heartbeat_debug>0</heartbeat_debug>
        <http_debug>0</http_debug>
        <http_xfer_debug>0</http_xfer_debug>
        <mem_usage_debug>0</mem_usage_debug>
        <network_status_debug>0</network_status_debug>
        <poll_debug>0</poll_debug>
        <proxy_debug>0</proxy_debug>
        <rr_simulation>0</rr_simulation>
        <rrsim_detail>0</rrsim_detail>
        <sched_op_debug>1</sched_op_debug>
        <scrsave_debug>0</scrsave_debug>
        <slot_debug>0</slot_debug>
        <state_debug>0</state_debug>
        <statefile_debug>0</statefile_debug>
        <suspend_debug>0</suspend_debug>
        <task_debug>0</task_debug>
        <time_debug>0</time_debug>
        <trickle_debug>0</trickle_debug>
        <unparsed_xml>0</unparsed_xml>
        <work_fetch_debug>0</work_fetch_debug>
        <notice_debug>0</notice_debug>
    </log_flags>
    <options>
        <abort_jobs_on_exit>0</abort_jobs_on_exit>
        <allow_multiple_clients>0</allow_multiple_clients>
        <allow_remote_gui_rpc>0</allow_remote_gui_rpc>
        <client_version_check_url>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php?xml=1</client_version_check_url>
        <client_download_url>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php</client_download_url>
        <disallow_attach>0</disallow_attach>
        <dont_check_file_sizes>0</dont_check_file_sizes>
        <dont_contact_ref_site>0</dont_contact_ref_site>
        <exit_after_finish>0</exit_after_finish>
        <exit_before_start>0</exit_before_start>
        <exit_when_idle>0</exit_when_idle>
        <fetch_minimal_work>0</fetch_minimal_work>
        <force_auth>default</force_auth>
        <http_1_0>0</http_1_0>
        <http_transfer_timeout>300</http_transfer_timeout>
        <http_transfer_timeout_bps>10</http_transfer_timeout_bps>
        <max_file_xfers>8</max_file_xfers>
        <max_file_xfers_per_project>2</max_file_xfers_per_project>
        <max_stderr_file_size>0</max_stderr_file_size>
        <max_stdout_file_size>0</max_stdout_file_size>
        <max_tasks_reported>100</max_tasks_reported>
        <network_test_url>http://www.google.com</network_test_url>
        <save_stats_days>60</save_stats_days>
        <skip_cpu_benchmarks>1</skip_cpu_benchmarks>
        <simple_gui_only>0</simple_gui_only>
        <start_delay>0</start_delay>
        <stderr_head>0</stderr_head>
        <suppress_net_info>0</suppress_net_info>
        <unsigned_apps_ok>0</unsigned_apps_ok>
        <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
        <use_certs>0</use_certs>
        <use_certs_only>0</use_certs_only>
    </options>
</cc_config>

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nobody has a clue on this??

1) Your first post is not clear enough
2) Most people (including me) hesitate/refuse to answer if 'Computers hidden'

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- ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)
 

Sorry guys i am not hiding computers intentionally, not sure how to show or hide but i will look how to show if that helps.
anyway not a heat issue for sure, the pc's are using nvidia gpu's different models. they all have the latest nvidia drivers, all are running boinc 7.2.33, all are win7 x64. when i leave them they run fine, it seems after a reboot they get stuck in benchmark. hope this helps.

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Now the computers are visible but they are so many.

Give links to (or ID) of the problem computers (NOT names - we can't see the names)

Links look like this (one of my computers):
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=4832843

One of your computers:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=4188202

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- ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)
 

Thanks again not sure how this could possibly help but..
machines 7225813 and 7218847 are 2 of 6 the for sure get stuck
I unstick them and 1 reboot and they are stuck again. I see someone posted a sort of fix, problem is i really dont want to spend a bunch of time figuring out what all the switches are in the config file. beside I cant be the only one having this issue!

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<cc_config>
<log_flags>
</log_flags>
<options>
<skip_cpu_benchmarks>1</skip_cpu_benchmarks>
</options>
</cc_config>

Saved in the BOINC Data directory, in ANSI format.
Default BOINC Data directory is C:\Programdata\BOINC\, which will be a hidden directory. So just copy the above path into the path bar in Windows Explorer and hit Enter.
Afterwards exit & restart BOINC.

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thanks giving this a try tonight~

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Thanks again not sure how this could possibly help but..
machines 7225813 and 7218847 are 2 of 6 the for sure get stuck

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7225813
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=7218847

1) From your first post:
"the only similarity is cuda is active on each, my none cuda machines dont do it"
I can't see how CUDA can be involved as the benchmark is done by BOINC (boinc.exe) itself only on CPU (not using any app code from any project)

2) Both 7225813 and 7218847 have the same CPU
Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5700 @ 3.00GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]

3) Both at some point back in time had successfully run the CPU benchmark:
Measured floating point speed 3029.13 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 9061.72 million ops/sec

4) Your last Download on hostid=7225813 is from '3 Apr 2014, 20:06:52 UTC' so probably that is the time the problem started (if you can remember what changes to the computer may had happened around that date):
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=7225813&offset=0&show_names=0&state=1&appid=

Last Downloaded CPU task on Computer ID 7218847 is 'Sent 8 Apr 2014, 15:21:15 UTC'
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=3480576626

Did you install some new Antivirus/security Software?
(something that can block programs using too much CPU)

I unstick them ...

How?

... and 1 reboot and they are stuck again.

You still didn't explain how do you know BOINC (boinc.exe) is "stuck running cpu benchmark"
(Do you look in Windows Task Manager and see boinc.exe have high CPU load for a long time? Or you see this in BOINC Manager (Event Log, Messages)? Or ...?)

I can't be the only one having this issue!

I don't recall anyone reporting that BOINC is "stuck running cpu benchmark"

And since Ageless (Joined: 9 Jun 99 - Posts: 12138) which writes a big part of the BOINC docs did not respond to this with some link I don't think such report exists.

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- ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)
 

Well the code snippet seems to solve the issue but...

Now i notice that boinc wont actually load the seti app and crunch numbers unless the manager has actually been opened to the desktop.
the registry keys which launch boinc manager hklm/software/microshaft/winblows/current/version/run list the boinc manager and tray icon. in the boinc manager option i uncheck run at startup.
On some machines it still crunches away when the user is inactive on other it wont run unless the boinc manager has fully opened. what am i missing??

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Well the code snippet seems to solve the issue but...

Now i notice that boinc wont actually load the seti app and crunch numbers unless the manager has actually been opened to the desktop.
the registry keys which launch boinc manager hklm/software/microshaft/winblows/current/version/run list the boinc manager and tray icon. in the boinc manager option i uncheck run at startup.
On some machines it still crunches away when the user is inactive on other it wont run unless the boinc manager has fully opened. what am i missing??

BOINC is not running as a service, and if you want to use the graphics cards, it can't due to a security feature in Windows.

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