Anytime that run_time is longer than cpu_time indicates the cpu is overcommitted. A 4 minute deficit over 50 minutes is acceptable in my opinion.

That is for CPU processing times, not GPU processing time that was being referred to.

GPU time isn't measured separately. The run time (also known as elapsed time) is the total time the task was active on the machine, and would normally be the longest duration recorded.

In an ideal world, a task designed to run on a GPU would utilise that GPU throughout the whole running time, but would only need support from the CPU for a tiny fraction of that time - and in that ideal situation, recorded CPU time would be 5% or less of the total elapsed time. But because of the nature of the calculations involved in the SETI project, and the programming languages chosen, we are stuck with this high CPU utilisation. If you spot a task run with one of the CUDA apps under Windows, you'll see that CPU time is very low - but elapsed time is much longer, because it's using the GPU inefficiently for the current tasks.

One other edge case - it's possible to have applications which are 'multithreaded', and use multiple CPUs on the same task. In that case, the total CPU time - measured across all cores - can approach four or eight times the elapsed time. But we don't have any of those here.

In general, I'm against recycling these old GPUs, because they are so much less power efficient. Your 'free' gift - however well intended' - can saddle the recipient with a significant and ongoing extra power bill.

Of course, for somebody living off-grid with their own solar, wind, or hydro power, that wouldn't be a problem - but in most cases, a modern GPU with higher productivity and lower power usage is a better way to go.

I'm really liking the data discussion. The guardian published an article about breakthrough listen project. Basically said we haven't found anything yet. It is very quiet except for the noise that we make. Still thinking we should make a separate thread for data discussion, so this thread can be for warning signs and true panics.

Second the suggestion about separating the data discussion from this server thread.

But before you go, you might like

Breakthrough Listen News
http://seti.berkeley.edu/listen2019/

both published yesterday. Haven't collected today's Guardian yet.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/18/its-quiet-out-there-scientists-fail-to-hear-signals-of-alien-life

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Most likely different than other topics in here....but I have an extra "old" but working GPU. Is there any group in SETI that we can "donate" it to?

Or just, old....meh....toss it?

. . "old" as in what brand/series/chipset?

Stephen

?

I see 18dc09aa is still hanging in there.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Hi,
I am wondering. Is everyone's processing times slowing down?

The reason I am asking is I may have "finally" gotten one of my AMD boxes stable at 3.9Ghz. It was running 3.7Ghz.

I remember having average processing times for my cpus of under an hour at the 3.7Ghz. The times have ballooned to slightly over an hour.

When I examined the Leaderboard RAC's for the places above me, a few were going down slightly. `1 was the same and 1 was still climbing. So I wonder?

Tom

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A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association).

If you mean task 7783673928, you need to quote it in full:

Exit status 0xC0000005 STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION

That's a difficult one to track down, and happens deep down in the relationship between SETI and Windows.

They can happen without apparent cause (cosmic rays corrupting memory is one suggestion). If it just happens once in a blue moon, I wouldn't worry about it - provided good tasks are processed in between. If it happens more regularly, checking temperatures and dust bunnies could help: the more frequent it gets, the more likely it is that some component inside your computer is about to fail.

The BLC24 tasks are new and slower.

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Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours

A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association)

Simples (for a recent failure anyway)
Project - Account - "computers on this account" (view) - the computer you are interested in - error, and there's the list of errors.
In your case there is only one computer and only one error, so easier than for some who have hundreds of computers and thousands of errors....
Then select the task you are interested in, press control A to grab the text and paste it into a file.
and we get (for the error you have reported):

Task 7783673928
Name 	blc24_2bit_guppi_58340_36216_HIP112191_0023.17796.409.20.29.184.vlar_1
Workunit 	3525328048
Created 	19 Jun 2019, 12:35:21 UTC
Sent 	19 Jun 2019, 17:54:49 UTC
Report deadline 	11 Aug 2019, 22:54:31 UTC
Received 	20 Jun 2019, 14:05:48 UTC
Server state 	Over
Outcome 	Computation error
Client state 	Compute error
Exit status 	-1073741819 (0xC0000005) STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
Computer ID 	7986014
Run time 	17 min 38 sec
CPU time 	16 min 26 sec
Validate state 	Invalid
Credit 	0.00
Device peak FLOPS 	2,043.39 GFLOPS
Application version 	SETI@home v8
Anonymous platform (NVIDIA GPU)
Peak working set size 	112.71 MB
Peak swap size 	143.04 MB
Peak disk usage 	0.03 MB
Stderr output

<core_client_version>7.14.2</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
(unknown error) - exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005)</message>
<stderr_txt>
Priority of worker thread raised successfully
Priority of process adjusted successfully, below normal priority class used
OpenCL platform detected: NVIDIA Corporation
BOINC assigns device 1
Info: BOINC provided OpenCL device ID used

Build features: SETI8	Non-graphics	OpenCL	USE_OPENCL_NV	OCL_ZERO_COPY	SIGNALS_ON_GPU	OCL_CHIRP3	FFTW	USE_SSE3	x86	
     CPUID:       Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz 

     Cache: L1=64K L2=256K

CPU features: FPU TSC PAE CMPXCHG8B APIC SYSENTER MTRR CMOV/CCMP MMX FXSAVE/FXRSTOR SSE SSE2 HT SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 AVX 
OpenCL-kernels filename : MultiBeam_Kernels_r3584.cl 
ar=0.011495  NumCfft=115261  NumGauss=0  NumPulse=45899238272  NumTriplet=58870371488
Currently allocated 201 MB for GPU buffers
In v_BaseLineSmooth: NumDataPoints=1048576, BoxCarLength=8192, NumPointsInChunk=32768

Windows optimized setiathome_v8 application
Based on Intel, Core 2-optimized v8-nographics V5.13 by Alex Kan
SSE3xj Win32 Build 3584 , Ported by : Raistmer, JDWhale

SETI8 update by Raistmer

OpenCL version by Raistmer, r3584

Number of OpenCL platforms:				 1

 OpenCL Platform Name:					 NVIDIA CUDA
Number of devices:				 2
  Max compute units:				 13
  Max work group size:				 1024
  Max clock frequency:				 1228Mhz
  Max memory allocation:			 1073741824
  Cache type:					 Read/Write
  Cache line size:				 128
  Cache size:					 212992
  Global memory size:				 4294967296
  Constant buffer size:				 65536
  Max number of constant args:			 9
  Local memory type:				 Scratchpad
  Local memory size:				 49152
  Queue properties:				 
    Out-of-Order:				 Yes
  Name:						 GeForce GTX 970
  Vendor:					 NVIDIA Corporation
  Driver version:				 417.58
  Version:					 OpenCL 1.2 CUDA
  Extensions:					 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_fp64 cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_icd cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_nv_compiler_options cl_nv_device_attribute_query cl_nv_pragma_unroll cl_nv_d3d9_sharing cl_nv_d3d10_sharing cl_khr_d3d10_sharing cl_nv_d3d11_sharing cl_nv_copy_opts cl_nv_create_buffer
  Max compute units:				 13
  Max work group size:				 1024
  Max clock frequency:				 1177Mhz
  Max memory allocation:			 1073741824
  Cache type:					 Read/Write
  Cache line size:				 128
  Cache size:					 212992
  Global memory size:				 4294967296
  Constant buffer size:				 65536
  Max number of constant args:			 9
  Local memory type:				 Scratchpad
  Local memory size:				 49152
  Queue properties:				 
    Out-of-Order:				 Yes
  Name:						 GeForce GTX 970
  Vendor:					 NVIDIA Corporation
  Driver version:				 417.58
  Version:					 OpenCL 1.2 CUDA
  Extensions:					 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_fp64 cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_icd cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_nv_compiler_options cl_nv_device_attribute_query cl_nv_pragma_unroll cl_nv_d3d9_sharing cl_nv_d3d10_sharing cl_khr_d3d10_sharing cl_nv_d3d11_sharing cl_nv_copy_opts cl_nv_create_buffer

Work Unit Info:
...............
Credit multiplier is :  2.85
WU true angle range is :  0.011495
Used GPU device parameters are:
	Number of compute units: 13
	Single buffer allocation size: 128MB
	Total device global memory: 4096MB
	max WG size: 1024
	local mem type: Real
	FERMI path used: yes
	LotOfMem path: yes
	LowPerformanceGPU path: no
	HighPerformanceGPU path: no
period_iterations_num=50
Pulse: peak=9.511281, time=45.99, period=26.84, d_freq=8111481783.78, score=1.008, chirp=-34.416, fft_len=4k
D:	threshold 2.464381; unscaled peak power: 2.481985 exceeds threshold for 0.7144%
Pulse: peak=2.371171, time=45.84, period=4.329, d_freq=8111478371.43, score=1.034, chirp=35.729, fft_len=512 
D:	threshold 0.1046805; unscaled peak power: 0.1071794 exceeds threshold for 2.387%
Pulse: peak=3.614306, time=45.99, period=8.724, d_freq=8111484442.93, score=1.012, chirp=-49.801, fft_len=4k
D:	threshold 1.157652; unscaled peak power: 1.168171 exceeds threshold for 0.9087%
Triplet: peak=10.3937, time=61.45, period=9.295, d_freq=8111485354.12, chirp=-52.5, fft_len=256 
Pulse: peak=7.407973, time=45.99, period=18.61, d_freq=8111484436.93, score=1.004, chirp=-58.133, fft_len=4k
D:	threshold 2.211538; unscaled peak power: 2.218858 exceeds threshold for 0.331%

Unhandled Exception Detected...

- Unhandled Exception Record -
Reason: Access Violation (0xc0000005) at address 0x0297A2D4 read attempt to address 0x00000008

Engaging BOINC Windows Runtime Debugger...

********************
BOINC Windows Runtime Debugger Version 7.5.0

Dump Timestamp    : 06/20/19 07:02:35
Install Directory : 
Data Directory    : C:\Boinc-files
Project Symstore  : 
LoadLibraryA( C:\Boinc-files\dbghelp.dll ): GetLastError = 126
Loaded Library    : dbghelp.dll
LoadLibraryA( C:\Boinc-files\symsrv.dll ): GetLastError = 126
LoadLibraryA( symsrv.dll ): GetLastError = 126
LoadLibraryA( C:\Boinc-files\srcsrv.dll ): GetLastError = 126
LoadLibraryA( srcsrv.dll ): GetLastError = 126
LoadLibraryA( C:\Boinc-files\version.dll ): GetLastError = 126
Loaded Library    : version.dll
Debugger Engine   : 4.0.5.0
Symbol Search Path: C:\Boinc-files\slots\2;C:\Boinc-files\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu

ModLoad: 0000000000400000 0000000000134000 C:\Boinc-files\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\MB8_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_NV_SoG_r3584.exe (PDB Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : d:\R\sah_v7_opt\bin\MB8_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_NV_SoG.pdb

ModLoad: 0000000077390000 0000000000180000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll (6.1.7601.24000) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wntdll.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

ModLoad: 0000000076e60000 0000000000110000 C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll (6.1.7601.24000) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wkernel32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.18015 (win7sp1_gdr.121129-1432)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.18015

ModLoad: 0000000074cd0000 0000000000047000 C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll (6.1.7601.24000) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wkernelbase.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.18015 (win7sp1_gdr.121129-1432)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.18015

ModLoad: 0000000073740000 0000000000032000 C:\Windows\system32\WINMM.dll (6.1.7601.17514) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : winmm.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

ModLoad: 0000000074d20000 00000000000ac000 C:\Windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll (7.0.7601.17744) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : msvcrt.pdb
    File Version          : 7.0.7601.17744 (win7sp1_gdr.111215-1535)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 7.0.7601.17744

ModLoad: 0000000074f50000 0000000000100000 C:\Windows\syswow64\USER32.dll (6.1.7601.23594) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wuser32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.17514

ModLoad: 0000000074de0000 0000000000090000 C:\Windows\syswow64\GDI32.dll (6.1.7601.23914) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wgdi32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.23914 (win7sp1_ldr.170908-0600)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.23914

ModLoad: 0000000074f40000 000000000000a000 C:\Windows\syswow64\LPK.dll (6.1.7601.23974) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wlpk.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.23974 (win7sp1_ldr.171213-0600)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.23974

ModLoad: 0000000075050000 000000000009d000 C:\Windows\syswow64\USP10.dll (1.626.7601.23894) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : usp10.pdb
    File Version          : 1.0626.7601.23894 (win7sp1_ldr.170816-0600)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft(R) Uniscribe Unicode script processor
    Product Version       : 1.0626.7601.23894

ModLoad: 0000000076c80000 00000000000a1000 C:\Windows\syswow64\ADVAPI32.dll (6.1.7601.24000) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : advapi32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.24000 (win7sp1_ldr.171231-1547)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.24000

ModLoad: 0000000074e70000 0000000000019000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sechost.dll (6.1.7601.18869) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : sechost.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

ModLoad: 0000000075540000 00000000000f0000 C:\Windows\syswow64\RPCRT4.dll (6.1.7601.24000) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wrpcrt4.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

ModLoad: 0000000074c40000 0000000000060000 C:\Windows\syswow64\SspiCli.dll (6.1.7601.24000) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wsspicli.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.24000 (win7sp1_ldr.171231-1547)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.24000

ModLoad: 0000000074c30000 000000000000c000 C:\Windows\syswow64\CRYPTBASE.dll (6.1.7601.24000) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : cryptbase.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.24000 (win7sp1_ldr.171231-1547)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.24000

ModLoad: 0000000063740000 00000000001f8000 C:\Boinc-files\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\libfftw3f-3-3-4_x86.dll (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : 

ModLoad: 0000000073cd0000 000000000006f000 C:\Windows\system32\OpenCL.dll (2.2.1.0) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : C:\dvs\p4\build\sw\rel\gpu_drv\r415\r417_18\drivers\gpgpu\_out\wddm_x86_release\OpenCL.pdb
    File Version          : 2.2.1.0
    Company Name          : Khronos Group
    Product Name          : Khronos OpenCL ICD
    Product Version       : 

ModLoad: 0000000075880000 0000000000027000 C:\Windows\syswow64\CFGMGR32.dll (6.1.7601.17621) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : cfgmgr32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.17621 (win7sp1_gdr.110523-2108)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.17621

ModLoad: 0000000076b20000 000000000015d000 C:\Windows\syswow64\ole32.dll (6.1.7601.24000) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : ole32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.24000 (win7sp1_ldr.171231-1547)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.24000

ModLoad: 0000000075a60000 0000000000c4c000 C:\Windows\syswow64\SHELL32.dll (6.1.7601.24000) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : shell32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.17514

ModLoad: 0000000076a10000 0000000000057000 C:\Windows\syswow64\SHLWAPI.dll (6.1.7601.17514) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : shlwapi.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

ModLoad: 00000000756c0000 0000000000060000 C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.DLL (6.1.7601.17514) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wimm32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.17514

ModLoad: 0000000075720000 00000000000cd000 C:\Windows\syswow64\MSCTF.dll (6.1.7601.23915) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : msctf.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

ModLoad: 0000000070840000 0000000000003000 C:\Windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.DLL (10.0.10586.1171) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.pdb
    File Version          : 10.0.10586.1171 (th2_release_sec.170901-1821)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 10.0.10586.1171

ModLoad: 00000000026b0000 0000000001c46000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nvopencl32.dll (25.21.14.1758) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : C:\dvs\p4\build\sw\rel\gpu_drv\r415\r417_18\drivers\gpgpu\_out\wddm_x86_release\nvopencl32.pdb
    File Version          : 25.21.14.1758
    Company Name          : NVIDIA Corporation
    Product Name          : NVIDIA CUDA 10.0.132 OpenCL 1.2 driver
    Product Version       : 25.21.14.1758

ModLoad: 0000000070830000 0000000000009000 C:\Windows\system32\VERSION.dll (6.1.7600.16385) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : version.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

ModLoad: 00000000758b0000 000000000019d000 C:\Windows\syswow64\SETUPAPI.dll (6.1.7601.17514) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : setupapi.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

Get Product Name Failed.
ModLoad: 00000000766c0000 0000000000091000 C:\Windows\syswow64\OLEAUT32.dll (6.1.7601.23775) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : oleaut32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.23775
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : 
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.23775

ModLoad: 0000000075520000 0000000000012000 C:\Windows\syswow64\DEVOBJ.dll (6.1.7601.17621) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : devobj.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.17621 (win7sp1_gdr.110523-2108)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.17621

ModLoad: 0000000064ff0000 00000000000e5000 C:\Windows\system32\nvfatbinaryLoader.dll (25.21.14.1758) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : C:\dvs\p4\build\sw\rel\gpu_drv\r415\r417_18\drivers\compiler\gpgpucomp\fatbinaryLoader\_out\wddm_x86_release\nvfatbinaryLoader.pdb
    File Version          : 25.21.14.1758
    Company Name          : NVIDIA Corporation
    Product Name          : NVIDIA Windows Fatbinary Loader
    Product Version       : 25.21.14.1758

ModLoad: 0000000075830000 0000000000035000 C:\Windows\syswow64\WS2_32.dll (6.1.7601.23451) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : ws2_32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

ModLoad: 0000000076fa0000 0000000000006000 C:\Windows\syswow64\NSI.dll (6.1.7601.23889) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : nsi.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.23889 (win7sp1_ldr.170810-1615)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.23889

ModLoad: 000000006b7f0000 0000000000443000 C:\Windows\system32\nvapi.dll (25.21.14.1758) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : C:\dvs\p4\build\sw\rel\gpu_drv\r415\r417_18\drivers\nvapi\gpu\_out\wddm_wow64_release\nvapi.pdb
    File Version          : 25.21.14.1758
    Company Name          : NVIDIA Corporation
    Product Name          : NVIDIA Windows drivers
    Product Version       : 25.21.14.1758

ModLoad: 000000006ff70000 000000000004c000 C:\Windows\system32\dxgi.dll (6.2.9200.16492) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : dxgi.pdb
    File Version          : 6.2.9200.16492 (win8_gdr_oobssr.130113-0015)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.2.9200.16492

ModLoad: 00000000717f0000 0000000000013000 C:\Windows\system32\dwmapi.dll (6.1.7601.18917) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : dwmapi.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

ModLoad: 0000000071810000 0000000000080000 C:\Windows\system32\uxtheme.dll (6.1.7600.16385) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wuxtheme.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7600.16385

ModLoad: 0000000074ca0000 000000000002f000 C:\Windows\syswow64\WINTRUST.dll (6.1.7601.23769) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : wintrust.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.23769 (win7sp1_ldr.170412-0600)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.23769

ModLoad: 0000000076d30000 0000000000121000 C:\Windows\syswow64\CRYPT32.dll (6.1.7601.23769) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : crypt32.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.23769 (win7sp1_ldr.170412-0600)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.23769

ModLoad: 0000000075820000 000000000000c000 C:\Windows\syswow64\MSASN1.dll (6.1.7601.17514) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : msasn1.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.17514

ModLoad: 000000005e980000 0000000002193000 C:\Windows\system32\nvcompiler.dll (25.21.14.1758) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : 
    File Version          : 25.21.14.1758
    Company Name          : NVIDIA Corporation
    Product Name          : NVIDIA Compiler
    Product Version       : 25.21.14.1758

ModLoad: 000000006fce0000 00000000000eb000 C:\Windows\system32\dbghelp.dll (6.1.7601.17514) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : dbghelp.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft&#174; Windows&#174; Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.17514

*** Dump of the Process Statistics: ***

- I/O Operations Counters -
Read: 486, Write: 0, Other 4626

- I/O Transfers Counters -
Read: 0, Write: 2207, Other 0

- Paged Pool Usage -
QuotaPagedPoolUsage: 291592, QuotaPeakPagedPoolUsage: 552968
QuotaNonPagedPoolUsage: 21360, QuotaPeakNonPagedPoolUsage: 21480

- Virtual Memory Usage -
VirtualSize: 291356672, PeakVirtualSize: 422940672

- Pagefile Usage -
PagefileUsage: 146153472, PeakPagefileUsage: 150003712

- Working Set Size -
WorkingSetSize: 118861824, PeakWorkingSetSize: 123768832, PageFaultCount: 33742

*** Dump of thread ID 7836 (state: Waiting): ***

- Information -
Status: Wait Reason: UserRequest, , Kernel Time: 7643112960.000000, User Time: 2213498112.000000, Wait Time: 31619956.000000

- Unhandled Exception Record -
Reason: Access Violation (0xc0000005) at address 0x0297A2D4 read attempt to address 0x00000008

- Registers -
eax=00000000 ebx=046e2750 ecx=00000000 edx=0008e3c8 esi=00000003 edi=0018f1c8
eip=0297a2d4 esp=0018f0e8 ebp=046e2750
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00010206

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
0018f0e4 027247f3 00000000 0018f1c8 00000003 046e2750 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
0018f21c 0289f19e 00000000 00000000 006a8e01 08243180 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
0018f258 028373a6 08572e08 00000000 04dbfd58 00000000 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
0018f26c 026da620 08572e08 00000001 00000000 08243180 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 4860 (state: Waiting): ***

- Information -
Status: Wait Reason: ExecutionDelay, , Kernel Time: 312002.000000, User Time: 0.000000, Wait Time: 31619956.000000

- Registers -
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=023dff48 edi=00000000
eip=773afdc1 esp=023dff04 ebp=023dff6c
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00000246

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
023dff6c 74ce460c 00000064 00000000 023dff88 0048a964 ntdll!NtDelayExecution+0x0 
023dff7c 0048a964 00000064 023dff94 76e7343d 00000000 KERNELBASE!Sleep+0x0 
023dff88 76e7343d 00000000 023dffd4 773c9832 00000000 MB8_win_x86_SSE3_OpenCL_NV_SoG_!timer_thread+0x0 (d:\r\seti\boinc-v2-f0c39bd\boinc-v2-f0c39bd\api\boinc_api.cpp:1236) 
023dff94 773c9832 00000000 68227ec9 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 (d:\r\seti\boinc-v2-f0c39bd\boinc-v2-f0c39bd\api\boinc_api.cpp:1236) 
023dffd4 773c9805 0048a950 00000000 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 (d:\r\seti\boinc-v2-f0c39bd\boinc-v2-f0c39bd\api\boinc_api.cpp:1236) 
023dffec 00000000 0048a950 00000000 00000000 00000010 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 (d:\r\seti\boinc-v2-f0c39bd\boinc-v2-f0c39bd\api\boinc_api.cpp:1236) 

*** Dump of thread ID 8916 (state: Waiting): ***

- Information -
Status: Wait Reason: UserRequest, , Kernel Time: 156001.000000, User Time: 312002.000000, Wait Time: 31619954.000000

- Registers -
eax=00000000 ebx=04b6fcf8 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=00000006 edi=04b6fd18
eip=773b018d esp=04b6fca8 ebp=04b6fd44
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00000246

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
04b6fd44 76e719fc 04b6fcf8 04b6fd6c 00000000 00000064 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects+0x0 
04b6fd8c 76e7268c 00000006 7efde000 00000000 00000064 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx+0x0 
04b6fda8 0284d37c 00000006 04b6fdc8 00000000 00000064 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects+0x0 
04b6ff2c 0284ce52 046a09c0 006aae74 006aae74 ffffffff nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
04b6ff88 76e7343d 046a4038 04b6ffd4 773c9832 046a4038 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
04b6ff94 773c9832 046a4038 6ea97ec9 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 
04b6ffd4 773c9805 02aa1144 046a4038 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 
04b6ffec 00000000 02aa1144 046a4038 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 8344 (state: Waiting): ***

- Information -
Status: Wait Reason: UserRequest, , Kernel Time: 0.000000, User Time: 0.000000, Wait Time: 31552188.000000

- Registers -
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=00000174 edi=00000000
eip=773af901 esp=04f6fe68 ebp=04f6fed4
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00000246

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
04f6fed4 76e71194 00000174 ffffffff 00000000 00000000 ntdll!NtWaitForSingleObject+0x0 
04f6feec 76e71148 00000174 ffffffff 00000000 006a4858 kernel32!WaitForSingleObjectEx+0x0 
04f6ff00 0284e7a4 00000174 ffffffff 029ec720 006a4884 kernel32!WaitForSingleObject+0x0 
04f6ff0c 029ec720 006a4884 ffffffff 046f3b3c 026b0000 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
04f6ff2c 0284ce52 006a4801 046f3b3c 046f3b3c ffffffff nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
04f6ff4c 02aa119c 046f3b20 a36d753b 00000000 00000000 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
04f6ff88 76e7343d 046a41d8 04f6ffd4 773c9832 046a41d8 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
04f6ff94 773c9832 046a41d8 6ee97ec9 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 
04f6ffd4 773c9805 02aa1144 046a41d8 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 
04f6ffec 00000000 02aa1144 046a41d8 00000000 200426c0 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 6276 (state: Waiting): ***

- Information -
Status: Wait Reason: Unknown, , Kernel Time: 0.000000, User Time: 156001.000000, Wait Time: 31619928.000000

- Registers -
eax=00000000 ebx=0786fea4 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=00000000 edi=00000000
eip=773b1f5d esp=0786fe48 ebp=0786fe90
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00000246

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
0786fe90 76ef52cb 046e2750 0786febc 0786febc 00000000 ntdll!NtWaitForKeyedEvent+0x0 
0786fec4 0284d086 046e3ff0 046e3fcc 000001f4 0282cdd1 kernel32!SleepConditionVariableCS+0x0 
0786ff2c 0284ce52 046e2750 046f3f8c 046f3f8c ffffffff nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
0786ff88 76e7343d 046a4358 0786ffd4 773c9832 046a4358 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
0786ff94 773c9832 046a4358 6d997ec9 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 
0786ffd4 773c9805 02aa1144 046a4358 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 
0786ffec 00000000 02aa1144 046a4358 00000000 3a4a5dc8 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 7760 (state: Waiting): ***

- Information -
Status: Wait Reason: UserRequest, , Kernel Time: 0.000000, User Time: 0.000000, Wait Time: 31552200.000000

- Registers -
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=000001e4 edi=00000000
eip=773af901 esp=0883fe6c ebp=0883fed8
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00000246

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
0883fed8 76e71194 000001e4 ffffffff 00000000 0842e9d8 ntdll!NtWaitForSingleObject+0x0 
0883fef0 76e71148 000001e4 ffffffff 00000000 0883ff88 kernel32!WaitForSingleObjectEx+0x0 
0883ff04 0284e7a4 000001e4 ffffffff 026f1655 0842e9dc kernel32!WaitForSingleObject+0x0 
0883ff88 76e7343d 046a44f8 0883ffd4 773c9832 046a44f8 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
0883ff94 773c9832 046a44f8 629c7ec9 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 
0883ffd4 773c9805 02aa1144 046a44f8 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 
0883ffec 00000000 02aa1144 046a44f8 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 3988 (state: Waiting): ***

- Information -
Status: Wait Reason: UserRequest, , Kernel Time: 0.000000, User Time: 0.000000, Wait Time: 31552200.000000

- Registers -
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=000001e4 edi=00000000
eip=773af901 esp=0897fe6c ebp=0897fed8
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00000246

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
0897fed8 76e71194 000001e4 ffffffff 00000000 0842e9d8 ntdll!NtWaitForSingleObject+0x0 
0897fef0 76e71148 000001e4 ffffffff 00000000 0897ff88 kernel32!WaitForSingleObjectEx+0x0 
0897ff04 0284e7a4 000001e4 ffffffff 026f1655 0842e9dc kernel32!WaitForSingleObject+0x0 
0897ff88 76e7343d 08434028 0897ffd4 773c9832 08434028 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
0897ff94 773c9832 08434028 62887ec9 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 
0897ffd4 773c9805 02aa1144 08434028 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 
0897ffec 00000000 02aa1144 08434028 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 6828 (state: Waiting): ***

- Information -
Status: Wait Reason: UserRequest, , Kernel Time: 0.000000, User Time: 0.000000, Wait Time: 31552200.000000

- Registers -
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=000001e4 edi=00000000
eip=773af901 esp=08abfe6c ebp=08abfed8
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00000246

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
08abfed8 76e71194 000001e4 ffffffff 00000000 0842e9d8 ntdll!NtWaitForSingleObject+0x0 
08abfef0 76e71148 000001e4 ffffffff 00000000 08abff88 kernel32!WaitForSingleObjectEx+0x0 
08abff04 0284e7a4 000001e4 ffffffff 026f1655 0842e9dc kernel32!WaitForSingleObject+0x0 
08abff88 76e7343d 08434068 08abffd4 773c9832 08434068 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
08abff94 773c9832 08434068 62b47ec9 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 
08abffd4 773c9805 02aa1144 08434068 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 
08abffec 00000000 02aa1144 08434068 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 5304 (state: Waiting): ***

- Information -
Status: Wait Reason: UserRequest, , Kernel Time: 0.000000, User Time: 0.000000, Wait Time: 31552200.000000

- Registers -
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=000001e4 edi=00000000
eip=773af901 esp=08bffe6c ebp=08bffed8
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00000246

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
08bffed8 76e71194 000001e4 ffffffff 00000000 0842e9d8 ntdll!NtWaitForSingleObject+0x0 
08bffef0 76e71148 000001e4 ffffffff 00000000 08bfff88 kernel32!WaitForSingleObjectEx+0x0 
08bfff04 0284e7a4 000001e4 ffffffff 026f1655 0842e9dc kernel32!WaitForSingleObject+0x0 
08bfff88 76e7343d 084340a8 08bfffd4 773c9832 084340a8 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
08bfff94 773c9832 084340a8 62a07ec9 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 
08bfffd4 773c9805 02aa1144 084340a8 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 
08bfffec 00000000 02aa1144 084340a8 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 6360 (state: Waiting): ***

- Information -
Status: Wait Reason: UserRequest, , Kernel Time: 0.000000, User Time: 0.000000, Wait Time: 31552200.000000

- Registers -
eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=00000000 esi=00000218 edi=00000000
eip=773af901 esp=08d3fe6c ebp=08d3fed8
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00000246

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
08d3fed8 76e71194 00000218 ffffffff 00000000 0842f278 ntdll!NtWaitForSingleObject+0x0 
08d3fef0 76e71148 00000218 ffffffff 00000000 08d3ff88 kernel32!WaitForSingleObjectEx+0x0 
08d3ff04 0284e7a4 00000218 ffffffff 026f1655 0842f27c kernel32!WaitForSingleObject+0x0 
08d3ff88 76e7343d 084340e8 08d3ffd4 773c9832 084340e8 nvopencl32!clGetExportTable+0x0 
08d3ff94 773c9832 084340e8 62cc7ec9 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 
08d3ffd4 773c9805 02aa1144 084340e8 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 
08d3ffec 00000000 02aa1144 084340e8 00000000 3572b29d ntdll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x0 

*** Debug Message Dump ****

*** Foreground Window Data ***
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As Richard says this is one of those errors that pops up rarely. It would appear to be associated with Windows having a transient timing issue when granting the lock on the results file. No worries if it happens once in a blue moon, but if you start to see them regulary it could be indicative of so many issues, mostly to do with hardware. The most usual are thermal, but it can be a sluggish disk drive, a poor cable, a damaged motherboard track etc, etc, etc.......

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

For completeness:

Simples (for a recent failure anyway)
Project - Account - "computers on this account" (view) - the computer you are interested in - tasks (opens a list) - error (in header above list), and there's the list of errors.

Anybody else having a hard time getting https://boinc.berkeley.edu to load? I can't get any of the forums to load.

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Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours

A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association)

Anybody else having a hard time getting https://boinc.berkeley.edu to load? I can't get any of the forums to load.

Yes. I can't even get the main webpage to answer.

Tom

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A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association).

Anybody else having a hard time getting https://boinc.berkeley.edu to load? I can't get any of the forums to load.

It's dead.

https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/boinc.berkeley.edu.html
Reckons it's down too.

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Grant
Darwin NT

I was trying to load my handy dandy link to the boinccmd tool cheatsheet but no go. Found the manpage for boinccmd. Seems you can't set logging flags via the tool. Oh well, nano cc_config.xml works too.

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Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours

A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association)

It's the EVGA GeForce GTX 560ti

It's the EVGA GeForce GTX 560ti

If you were lucky enough to get a stable card, the GTX 560Ti was a good performer in it's day, if somewhat power hungry.
The biggest issue with those cards was that many were clocked to the ragged edge- they were OK for gaming but would produce nothing but errors when used for compute work.

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Grant
Darwin NT

The biggest issue with those cards was that many were clocked to the ragged edge- they were OK for gaming but would produce nothing but errors when used for compute work.

+1
Mine certainly did. Still have it on the shelf. I wouldn't want to foist it on anybody I had respect for.

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Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours

A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association)

I don't know where else to put this note, feel free to move it.

Folks,

I’ve been a member since 2003 and have greatly enjoyed participating in the hunt for extraterrestrial signs of life. I went from a very lowly production rate to earning a two-digit ranking over the years I’ve contributed. My highest rank has been 79.

That said, the costs to participate at the level I am adds about $115 to my monthly electric bill. I also find that I’m not willing to spend the capital to radically upgrade my three crunchers to the current technology and somewhat lower my electrical footprint.

I am also 13 years into my diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and am losing my ability to trouble shoot and maintain my systems to the levels I desire. All my life, I’ve been able to learn something new every day. Now I seem to be losing something I’ve known for years, every day.

I’ve been very lucky over the years to have joined SETI@home. I attended a SETI@home Christmas party a couple of years ago and met many of the SETI@home staff and luminaries such as Frank Drake, Dan Werthimer, and Jill Tarter.

Of all the folks that have helped me over all these years, I wish to recognize Richard Haselgrove. Richard is among the ‘gods’ of SETI@home with his knowledge and patience in helping me and so many others with our attempts to contribute.

I’ve never met any of my fellow participants of SETI@home although it would have been nice to have done so.

Live Long and Prosper,

John McClelland

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Well, that's incredibly generous of you to single me out amongst all the others who offer their wisdom and expertise on these boards.

As it happens, I'm coming up to my personal 20th. SETI anniversary in a couple of weeks, and I'm celebrating by making my own pilgrimage to the mother-lode of SETI next month. After attending the BOINC workshop in Chicago, I'm heading west and should arrive in Berkeley on Wednesday 17 July (Amtrak permitting!). I'm cheating by flying over the, well, flyover states, but greatly looking forward to checking the train-ride from Denver off my bucket list.

I'll be staying in the bay area at least until Sunday 21 July - hoping to visit both the SETI lab, and the sights of San Francisco - so if you and/or anybody else are close enough to revisit the spirit of Christmas Parties past, drop a note here and we'll see if Eric or Angela can suggest a venue.