Folding@Home: THGC Needs You -Team 40051

[Sakkura]

There are some threads about this on the official forum as well.

 

[EXT64]

It's not all NVidia cards - only Maxwell. And as mousemonkey said this is definitely far from 'certain'. On a different project someone found reducing memory clocks helped reduce "Bad State" errors. Are the errors you are seeing beano "Bad State" errors? It is also very possible that these are not caused by hardware issues but rather software or drivers. It is still too early to say at this point and it is being looked into, I just wanted to share a potential 'fix' in case anyone was getting a lot of Core 21 work units that are effected by this bug. I haven't seen it on 17 or 18 and it is only some Core 21 work.

 

[beanoslim]

I get a lot of bad state errors, sometimes it works through other times it chucks up faulty wu.

Only on core 21 63** wu's, nothing else.

Have tested my rig thoughly for stability and even downclocked cpu and mem with same voltages.

I had wondered if the fx6300 couldn't handle the 2 cards, obviously for gaming it wld be bottleneck city but for folding it only shows around 50% usage with both cards running.

 

[EXT64]

I think the CPU is fine. Any limiting it is doing is likely minor. I run a couple (albeit lower end cards) on an old dual core Athlon. Definitely limits them some but not that much. For the BS errors, that basically means it detected NaNs or possibly some other non-physical result in the state file. It checks at regular intervals. If it detects 3 bad states during a single WU it declares the WU a failure (and reassigns it)

 

[Mousemonkey]

I haven't had the time to read through all of it but this thread looks interesting:- https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=28185

 

[logainofhades]

If I fold as much, as I intend to, this winter, I will pass 20 million finally.

 

[lilcinw]

A folding rig doubles quite nicely as a space heater.

 

[Mousemonkey]

A folding rig doubles quite nicely as a space heater.

Are you running a CPU and GPU client on the same rig?

 

[Sakkura]

It's only barely the 28th, and we're already well past 140 million for the month. Very close to setting a new record. Keep up the good work!

 

[logainofhades]

F@H client is showing roughly 113k ppd, for my 3570k, with my GTX 770. Not too bad I guess.

 

[beanoslim]

I am benching and testing my cards and system.

Hopefully my PSU will arrive this week and I'll fire up the folding again.

At least if I know the rest of my system is stable and I have more than enough power I can then put any issues down to gpu or dodgy wu's.

Still don't understand why when both cards are in the f@h client mixes them up, shows 980 as 980ti and vice versa?

 

[EXT64]

Which order do your NVidia drivers list them? (On the first page of the NVidia Control Panel)

 

[pimpanther]

I get a lot of bad state errors, sometimes it works through other times it chucks up faulty wu.

Only on core 21 63** wu's, nothing else.

Have tested my rig thoughly for stability and even downclocked cpu and mem with same voltages.

I had wondered if the fx6300 couldn't handle the 2 cards, obviously for gaming it wld be bottleneck city but for folding it only shows around 50% usage with both cards running.

i did a x21 last night ,i was crapping it lol but it did it as norm [good ol 8 pack lol]

 

[lilcinw]

A folding rig doubles quite nicely as a space heater.

Are you running a CPU and GPU client on the same rig?

No, all I run now is the 970 but for part of last winter I was still running dual 560Tis and folding on the FX 8320. That could move some heat.

 

[pimpanther]

hey guys my card is running at 1.1 instead of 2.0.i went into the bios and changed it but gpuz says there has been no change exept frame rates have dropped on fifrestike but the score has gone up.

 

[pimpanther]

EXT, I also had the same exact issue with th 96** wu's on the 980ti, could it be the same thing do you think?

Sorry people I seem to be taking over the whole thread atm....

You may not actually have a problem mate, there could be more to this than first meets the eye.

19:29:50:WU00:FS01:0x21:Folding@home Core Shutdown: BAD_WORK_UNIT
19:29:50:WARNING:WU00:FS01:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
19:29:50:WU00:FS01:Sending unit results: id:00 state:SEND error:FAULTY project:9205 run:4 clone:65 gen:6 core:0x21 unit:0x00000027664f2dd055d4ca225460c2dc

I just saw that pop up on one of the 970's logs.

i worked it out,it is running 2.0 but running 1.1 to save power..its lucky i looked though because it wasnt until i changed it to GEN 2 in bios.

 

[pimpanther]

i worked it out,it is running 2.0 but running 1.1 to save power..its lucky i looked though because it wasnt until i changed it to GEN 2 in bios. and i did a wu x21 without incident.second one doing now fingers crossed.

 

[beanoslim]

I haven't had the time to read through all of it but this thread looks interesting:- https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=28185

Mmmmm.

Whats your power limit set at?

 

[beanoslim]

Which order do your NVidia drivers list them? (On the first page of the NVidia Control Panel)

With 980 in main slot and 980ti in secondary slot it lists the 980 then the 980ti.

With 980ti in main slot and 980 in secondary slot it lists the 980 then the 980ti.

Why, I do not know?

Device manager also has the 980 listed 1st when the 980ti is in the primary pci-e slot.

 

[EXT64]

Just curious - I noticed the same weird ordering too. I can see why fah gets confused. Be sure to completely uninstall fah and then reinstall after you've made your GPU changes. I've heard that can help.

 

[Mousemonkey]

My power limits are all left at the default settings.

 

[pimpanther]

no probs so far but im only using the one card

 

[beanoslim]

I have the same issue with either of the cards singularly.

Not fair, why does yours work and mine doesn't? Waaaaah, lol.

From what I've read though if power is part of the issue I am eager to try my monster SupaNova, it's waiting for me at home

 

[pimpanther]

Just curious - I noticed the same weird ordering too. I can see why fah gets confused. Be sure to completely uninstall fah and then reinstall after you've made your GPU changes. I've heard that can help.

i am not experiencing any problems now.my card drops to 1,1 when its in power saving mode.now iv put itb in gen 2 in the bios things are fine.folds like a demon

 

[pimpanther]

I have the same issue with either of the cards singularly.

Not fair, why does yours work and mine doesn't? Waaaaah, lol.

From what I've read though if power is part of the issue I am eager to try my monster SupaNova, it's waiting for me at home

lol your get there