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![]() Send message Joined: 21 Mar 01 Posts: 63 Credit: 128,919,333 RAC: 82 ![]() ![]() |
I have one rig with an Intel 970 running 12 cpu's with a GTX 480 GPU.(currently dead, awaiting a new one). It normally downloads WU's so it has 100-150 ready to run. I have my preferences set for a 10-day supply. My second rig has an AMD 4-core cpu with a GTX 570 GPU. The downloaded WU's ready to run reached over 3000 at one point. Now I am getting errors from WU's failing to start by deadline. What would cause this? Thanx, Bob B. |
![]() Send message Joined: 22 Jul 99 Posts: 768 Credit: 24,140,697 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I have one rig with an Intel 970 running 12 cpu's with a GTX 480 GPU.(currently dead, awaiting a new one). It normally downloads WU's so it has 100-150 ready to run. I have my preferences set for a 10-day supply. My second rig has an AMD 4-core cpu with a GTX 570 GPU. The downloaded WU's ready to run reached over 3000 at one point. Now I am getting errors from WU's failing to start by deadline. What would cause this?Don't know why they are both over the project's task limits. Suggest you lower the cache setting and go on No New Tasks (NNT), especially for the one with over 2k tasks. It is still receiving work, includiong some after your post. BOINC will report completions promptly on NNT while you work down the task count. Suggest you open a thread to discuss as this is not the right place for a discussion. I know people that would love to know how this happened! Another Fred Support SETI@home when you search the Web with GoodSearch or shop online with GoodShop. ![]() |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 ![]() |
I have one rig with an Intel 970 running 12 cpu's with a GTX 480 GPU.(currently dead, awaiting a new one). It normally downloads WU's so it has 100-150 ready to run. I have my preferences set for a 10-day supply. My second rig has an AMD 4-core cpu with a GTX 570 GPU. The downloaded WU's ready to run reached over 3000 at one point. Now I am getting errors from WU's failing to start by deadline. What would cause this? I suggest you leave your settings as they are, so we can report this to the Boinc Devs/Setiathome, then we can get what your preferences are when this occured, change them and the problem may go away, and we may not be able to replicate it. Claggy |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 18 Aug 99 Posts: 1432 Credit: 110,967,840 RAC: 67 ![]() ![]() |
I have one rig with an Intel 970 running 12 cpu's with a GTX 480 GPU.(currently dead, awaiting a new one). It normally downloads WU's so it has 100-150 ready to run. I have my preferences set for a 10-day supply. My second rig has an AMD 4-core cpu with a GTX 570 GPU. The downloaded WU's ready to run reached over 3000 at one point. Now I am getting errors from WU's failing to start by deadline. What would cause this? I have had my preferences set to 10 & 10 way before the current limits were put in place and never had a problem maintaining the current limits. Could something have gotten corrupted on your AMD machine? ![]() ![]() I don't buy computers, I build them!! |
![]() Send message Joined: 21 Mar 01 Posts: 63 Credit: 128,919,333 RAC: 82 ![]() ![]() |
I still have about 2200 tasks with many due tomorrow (5-21-13). I set it to NO NEW TASKS until it tapers off. The downloads have always been strange with the 2 GTX GPU machines. For a week at a time one would receive mainly CPU tasks and no GU and the other machine would receive all GPU tasks. Bob B. |
![]() Send message Joined: 21 Mar 01 Posts: 63 Credit: 128,919,333 RAC: 82 ![]() ![]() |
I'm now down to 1500 tasks but out of CUDA work. Is there any way to download only CUDA WU's and no CPU units? Bob B. |
![]() Send message Joined: 22 Jul 99 Posts: 768 Credit: 24,140,697 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I'm now down to 1500 tasks but out of CUDA work. Is there any way to download only CUDA WU's and no CPU units?Website project preferences - turn off "use cpu". This only affects work fetch, not the tasks you have on hand. That pref will pass to BOINC and BOINC won't ask for cpu work. This will affect all your machines unless you are already using location codes and separate preferences. If you want to only do it for one, you'll need to establish a separate set of project prefs (home, school or work), and then designate that computer's location on that computer's details page. Looks like you've added a gpu today. I like my 670, happy crunching! Another Fred Support SETI@home when you search the Web with GoodSearch or shop online with GoodShop. ![]() |
![]() Send message Joined: 21 Mar 01 Posts: 63 Credit: 128,919,333 RAC: 82 ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the info. Yes I got the 670 to replace an EVGA GTX-480 that failed last week. Computer failed to recognize it, like it wasn't there - no display. Second EVGA GTX-480 that failed with same symptom. I replaced the first one with MSI GTX-570. I bought both 480's used on eBay so no warranty. I won't make that mistake again. 670 was about $30 more new from NewEgg but now I have a warranty. Bob B. |
![]() Send message Joined: 21 Mar 01 Posts: 63 Credit: 128,919,333 RAC: 82 ![]() ![]() |
The MSI GTX-670 ran about 5 hours before crapping out. It failed just like the 480 - not recognized. I'm now paying $15 to ship it back for a replacement. I hope the replacement lasts longer. I'm glad I didn't remove the UPC for the rebate yet. NewEgg requires all UPC's to be present for an RMA. Bob B. |
![]() Send message Joined: 22 Jul 99 Posts: 768 Credit: 24,140,697 RAC: 0 ![]() |
The MSI GTX-670 ran about 5 hours before crapping out. It failed just like the 480 - not recognized. I'm now paying $15 to ship it back for a replacement. I hope the replacement lasts longer. I'm glad I didn't remove the UPC for the rebate yet. NewEgg requires all UPC's to be present for an RMA.That's a bummer. Hope it was just a bad card. Anyone have any ideas on things Bob could check before installing another card? Or any ideas on why some of his hosts went over limits? Another Fred Support SETI@home when you search the Web with GoodSearch or shop online with GoodShop. ![]() |
kittyman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51505 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 ![]() ![]() |
Just a couple of thoughts. I am guessing there is nothing wrong with the 670. And maybe the 480 either. Here's why...... I have one of my better computers that used to have a 590 in it. The 590 did indeed go belly up. Shorted out, and that was confirmed by trying it in a couple of other rigs. I then bought a pair of 680s. Neither would show any video when booting the rig. Started to think it was a 680 thingy and gave up. Very weird, I could get a 560 to work as the primary card with a 680 in the second slot. I eventually swapped both 680s to another rig, where they work flawlessly. OK, round 2. I later installed a pair of 580s in the problem rig. Worked fine for a couple of weeks. Had a power glitch one day that rebooted or hung most of my rigs. The next time I rebooted the dual 580 rig, I got video from the bios and through the Windows splash screen, but video output drops dead when Windows actually loads (XP x64). I can maintain video in safe mode, and reloaded the video drivers in safe mode, but when booting normally, video still drops dead. It takes a long time to boot, but does eventually finish and crunching resumes normally, so it's still running that way. I know it's not a driver problem, as I do a clean install when installing NV drivers. I am suspecting a corruption of Windows, and may attempt a repair installation, but for now it is crunching full bore, and time has been short so I have not been able to confirm my suspicion. Or could possibly be some mobo/RAM demon raising it's head. Test both the 480 and 670 in a different computer before writing them off as no good. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ![]() |
![]() Send message Joined: 21 Mar 01 Posts: 63 Credit: 128,919,333 RAC: 82 ![]() ![]() |
I have 2 EVGA 480's both purchased used on eBay. They were installed in 2 different computers, one running Win7 32-bit and the other Win7-64-bit. They both fail in 3 different computers, one doesn't even run the fan. I replaced the one in the 64-bit machine with a MSI 570 card, which has been running close to a year. The MSI 670 configured OK and ran for 5 hours. I thought the computer had powered down because I lost remote console communication via Logmein and found it had a power LED but nothing on the monitor. I rebooted and got no display. I added a second old video card to get a display and booted Win7. The Device Manager showed only the old card and not the 670. I tried the 670 in third Win7 64-bit machine and got nothing. It's already on its way back to NewEgg for replacement. At $15 unreimbursed return shipping, I hope the next one works better. I have found, in the past, I had to clear the bios before the POST would recognize the card. Bob B. |
![]() Send message Joined: 21 Mar 01 Posts: 63 Credit: 128,919,333 RAC: 82 ![]() ![]() |
I'm now down to 1500 tasks but out of CUDA work. Is there any way to download only CUDA WU's and no CPU units?Website project preferences - turn off "use cpu". This only affects work fetch, not the tasks you have on hand. That pref will pass to BOINC and BOINC won't ask for cpu work. This will affect all your machines unless you are already using location codes and separate preferences. If you want to only do it for one, you'll need to establish a separate set of project prefs (home, school or work), and then designate that computer's location on that computer's details page. I've been turning off CPU in the preferences to stop the downloads, turning it on only long enough to get some WU's for my other machines. Is there any way to copy WU's to a different computer so I could transfer most of them to my machine running 12 cpu's which is currently without a GPU until I receive a replacement 670? Bob B. |
rob smith ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22662 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 ![]() ![]() |
There is no way to transfer WU between machines - they are allocated to a cruncher when dispatched from the servers, and expect to see that cruncher's id in the returned results. However if you move the ENTIRE project folder from one machine to another the "new" machine will crunch the data, but will appear to be the old machine. This may cause problems if the hardware on the two machines is different. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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