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John McLeod VII  Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 
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That memory test found some bad spots on my sticks, so they are going back to Corsair under their warranty, thanks for the help and I hope that fixes it. That would do it alright. I hope that it clears up after you get new memory.   BOINC WIKI ID: 241389 ·  |
Carl Johnson[SETI.USA]  Send message Joined: 18 Feb 05 Posts: 33 Credit: 5,269,022 RAC: 0
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That memory test found some bad spots on my sticks, so they are going back to Corsair under their warranty, thanks for the help and I hope that fixes it.  
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 Paul D. Buck Send message Joined: 19 Jul 00 Posts: 3898 Credit: 1,158,042 RAC: 0
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If you want to better your performance, get one of the optimized applications. Crunch3r's seems to be the best as it has the latest work. That will give you the best improvement. And in my experience you do not need any of the optimized or claibrating clients, your claim will almost always be the lowest and therefore the grant will be higher ... and since you are doing more work in less time you are getting more than your fair share of credit. When I was still doing SETI@Home I was giving the project about 5% of my time, standard client and was running a RAC that was the same as projects that I was giving 10-15% ... ID: 241224 · |
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Carl Johnson[SETI.USA] Send message Joined: 18 Feb 05 Posts: 33 Credit: 5,269,022 RAC: 0
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I have since scaled back my 2800+ to 2.2, which is its normal speed.
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Paul D. Buck Send message Joined: 19 Jul 00 Posts: 3898 Credit: 1,158,042 RAC: 0
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Since Rosetta@Home does not validate your work against others there is not the same depth of validity testing. Different proejcts have different tolerances for errors. I have not seen where you have answered the question on the bad system if you are overclocking and if you have run memtest. Bad memory, overheating, and/or overclocking can all cause these problems. Also, if you are using an optimized science application and it is not the correct version can also cause issues. These are the most likely causes. To find out which it is you have to tell us more. Run the tests suggested or there is no one that can help you. Honest. ID: 241218 · |
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Carl Johnson[SETI.USA] Send message Joined: 18 Feb 05 Posts: 33 Credit: 5,269,022 RAC: 0
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This is getting real old, why do I not get credit for any of these work units? Point me in the direction of whom to ask.
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MikeSW17 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1603 Credit: 2,700,523 RAC: 0 
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The AMD Athlon XP 3200+ is not a very common processor, so that system might be a bit too much overclocked AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or you could have a bad memory module in the system. Try running a standalone memory test like MemTest86_v3.2. OT, but Memtest86 is out of date/obsolete, use Memtest86+, it understands a lot of newer memories and chipsets. 
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Shadowcats Send message Joined: 22 Sep 03 Posts: 36 Credit: 173,101 RAC: 0 
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Carl Johnson[SETI.USA] Send message Joined: 18 Feb 05 Posts: 33 Credit: 5,269,022 RAC: 0
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It took me a while to find this post again so sorry for the double coverage. Thank you all for your time so far, I hope to fix this soon. Siran, no I'm not from Wisconsin. krgm, my 3200+ is in a koolance case, so I don't think that overheating is the issue. Jack, I don't have a 3.5 on this computer, I'll try to find another tester. Ray, this would make sense, but why the difference in the 2 computer when all that seperates them is a floor? Stokey, I see the error on that WU but the other computer had the same error but he still got credit. So what it comes down to is that my computer isn't validating any work, but the rosetta and einstein is still getting credit, so now I'm thoroughly confused. And how do I get one of those nifty little counters? Like the one Mike Bader has.
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Siran d'Vel'nahr  Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7346 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 540
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I read about how all the points are derived, and that it takes a few days for them to catch up. So why do I have about 30 WUs with claimed credit and 0 credit given? On one compter this happens 90% and on my other they all get points, and its only the Seti WUs...any ideas? Uhh, Carl, Hi.... I really have nothing more to add, that the others haven't, so I won't try to confuse the issue. (-:< The reason I'm replying is this: Do you live in Wisconsin? I know a Carl Johnson that lives there. I keep losing his [your?] e-mail address because of PC builds, updates, upgrades, whatever. He crunched for SETI "Classic" way back when. He used to live in Lakeside, near me, then moved to Wisconsin about, I guess it was about 9 or 10 years ago now. If you're not the Carl I know, please excuse my intrusion here. If you are: Hey dude, what's happenin'!? Good to see you made it to the wonderful world of BOINC and the new SETI@Home II. Well, even if you're not, welcome anyway.... (-:< [edit] Oh, just in case you are, and you're thinking, .o0(who's this jerk?), maybe "Gen " will ring a bell. I'm in El Cajon now, BTW.... (-:< [/edit] CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr XO - L L & P _\\// USS Vre'kasht NCC-33187 Winders 10 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath ID: 239400 · |
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krgm Send message Joined: 2 Jun 05 Posts: 30 Credit: 72,152 RAC: 0 
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Have you checked to see if the processor is running on the hot side. This can skew the results somewhat. I looked at both computers (on SETI) and it looks like the p4 is taking a very long time to process WU's as well. p4's will throttle down when running hot to avoid overheating (AMD XP's won't). I wonder if these computers are in a hot room, in a closet, or something like that? Try moving them somewhere cooler, maybe 
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Jack Gulley Send message Joined: 4 Mar 03 Posts: 423 Credit: 526,566 RAC: 0
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The AMD Athlon XP 3200+ is not a very common processor, so that system might be a bit too much overclocked AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or you could have a bad memory module in the system. Try running a standalone memory test like MemTest86_v3.2. ID: 239392 · |
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Ray Send message Joined: 16 Jun 99 Posts: 30 Credit: 1,323,477 RAC: 0
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Have you checked to see if the processor is running on the hot side. This can skew the results somewhat. I noticed a number of your results with "SETI@Home Informational message -9 result_overflow NOTE: The number of results detected exceeds the storage space allocated." This message is returned when unit is noisy but the other people that worked on the same unit did not have this in their returns and were credit while yours was set to invalid and the credit was set to "0". Ray ID: 239391 · |
StokeyBob  Send message Joined: 31 Aug 03 Posts: 848 Credit: 2,218,691 RAC: 0
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You have a machine that is having a problem with getting the work units completed so that they match everyone else's results. Maybe it is overheating because of dust. If you go to "YOUR ACCOUNT' at the top of the page, then "View computers" then click one of the blue numbers over at the side, then the blue number next to results, then press the "Next 20 results" until you get to a page that shows some of your completed work you should get to a page with 2 columns of blue numbers. "Result ID click for details" will show you the information on your result. "Work unit ID click for details" will show how your results compare to everyone else's. Here is a bad one; http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=212729213 Maybe someone else around here may be able to tell why the are not validating. ID: 239387 · |
Fuzzy Hollynoodles  Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
I read about how all the points are derived, and that it takes a few days for them to catch up. So why do I have about 30 WUs with claimed credit and 0 credit given? On one compter this happens 90% and on my other they all get points, and its only the Seti WUs...any ideas? The only computer that returns bad WU's that don't give you any credit, is this: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=2118798 If you look at your results, you'll see they're invalid. I don't know why one of your computers returns invalid results, some of the wizards around here are maybe able to help you with this. The results from your other computer seems fine. Some WU's are pending and others have been granted credit... "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me 
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Mike Bader   Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 231 Credit: 20,366,214 RAC: 74  |
I read about how all the points are derived, and that it takes a few days for them to catch up. So why do I have about 30 WUs with claimed credit and 0 credit given? On one compter this happens 90% and on my other they all get points, and its only the Seti WUs...any ideas? I have several results that are over 30 days old. (pending) It sometimes takes a while. Mike Bader BOINC V7.16.5 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_join_form.php?id=5 - Join Our International Team ID: 239375 · |
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Carl Johnson[SETI.USA] Send message Joined: 18 Feb 05 Posts: 33 Credit: 5,269,022 RAC: 0
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I read about how all the points are derived, and that it takes a few days for them to catch up. So why do I have about 30 WUs with claimed credit and 0 credit given? On one compter this happens 90% and on my other they all get points, and its only the Seti WUs...any ideas? ID: 239361 · |
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