LTT Folding Team's Emergency Response to Covid-19

[Gegger]

6 minutes ago, Metallus97 said:

Rosetta@Home GOGOGOGOGO! 

Sadly I cant contribute towads medicine with my AMD GPUs on BOINC ;( everything that does that is CUDA

ofc the client decides to crap out on me the second i launch it >.<

[Metallus97]

1 minute ago, Gegger said:

ofc the client decides to crap out on me the second i launch it >.<

Reinstall  

But yes the BOINC client sometimes is a bit... interesting!

[BlackCoffee]

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GPU work units stuck waiting to download. Leave the client running and it will download a new work unit when available

I know this appears to be an issue but how long is it expected to take? I ran F@H all night and only completed 2 WU's because it stopped running after those. Its been waiting for a download now for over 12 hours even though the status of my components is ready and they are not set to be paused or stoped? Anyone else having a similar problem?

[Gegger]

4 minutes ago, Metallus97 said:

Reinstall  

But yes the BOINC client sometimes is a bit... interesting!

i'm currently screaming at the client to run

 

dear boinc why you break

[Kaemmelot]

For everyone having trouble with the web control (but still want to use it):
The official way doesn't work for me either, but I got access via http://localhost:7396/ (no 127.0.0.1 and no https).

Happy folding

[Bombastinator]

8 minutes ago, Gegger said:

ofc the client decides to crap out on me the second i launch it >.<

You need to have CUDA to fold for COVID?  

[x17andrew71x]

Hey all, I am new to the folding scene. I have the client installed and I am having troubles with getting jobs. This seems to be a common thing? If it is common, how long can be normal to let it sit before it finds a job and gets working?

I have no worthwhile GPU's to use atm, but I am running a Ryzen 5 3600, could this be the problem? Not enough cores?
I have tried to split it up and have it set to three separate CPU slots, 2/4/6 to use up all 12 threads available to me.

It just got a job while typing this on the 2core slot, but says its gonna take 15days... is that normal? 

Any help with optimizing this or making things run faster/smoother/more frequently, that would be much appreciated.
Also, I heard that the Covid19 event has a minimum requirement of 500,000 points by the end of 14 days. Will my machine be able to reach that?

Thanks,
- A

 

[Gegger]

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

You need to have CUDA to fold for COVID?  

personally i don't really care if i'm folding for COVID or whatever

 

i just want my shitty pc to do something

[Questargon]

@Bombastinator Nope, AMD GPUs work as well via OpenCL.

 

[Gegger]

Just now, x17andrew71x said:

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there's not enough work to go around with the sheer amount of people that have joined

 

i'm running a celeron from 5+ years ago, 10+ day WUs are normal to me

[kgft36]

Is there a place to find out what PPD I should expect for my hardware? Vega64 GPU. Right now with only GPU it's around 900k PPD (~80k per work unit). About the same for my 1950x Threadripper CPU work when it was running (~80k per work unit). Though CPU hasn't found work for a day now. GPU has been getting work every couple of hours though. Do those numbers seem about right?

 

[leadeater]

3 minutes ago, kingfoot said:

Is there a place to find out what PPD I should expect for my hardware? Vega64 GPU. Right now with only GPU it's around 900k PPD (~80k per work unit). About the same for my 1950x Threadripper CPU work when it was running (~80k per work unit). Though CPU hasn't found work for a day now. GPU has been getting work every couple of hours though. Do those numbers seem about right?

https://www.overclock.net/forum/55-overclock-net-folding-home-team/475163-gpu-projects-ppd-database.html

[x17andrew71x]

Also, I sent the passkey request hours ago and havent gotten an email. (Checked spam)

[Xaiux]

Just now, x17andrew71x said:

Also, I sent the passkey request hours ago and havent gotten an email. (Checked spam)

This is normal, it's part of their servers being hammered with requests

[kgft36]

Thank you @leadeater! Looks like I'm slightly ahead thanks to an optimized undervolt

[Arrogath]

Seems like the servers are starting to free up a little bit, got 3 gpu WU on the go now. We shall see what happens once I finish these ones

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, Metallus97 said:

Well... sadly then it will get scrapped and is wasted. Again this is due to suuper high demand and load on the servers. You cant really do anything about it. Dont restart the client to often as this creates even more load for the servers. Just let it try and hope for the best.

Gonna ad this to the FAQ! -> Thanks for the question!

What's the difference between Timeout and Expiration then?  Seems confusing to have both.

I also find it weird how the estimated credit seems to count down over time while its waiting to send, though that always seems an order of magnitude higher than the actual credit in the end anyway.

[Metallus97]

17 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

You need to have CUDA to fold for COVID?  

No! OpenCL that works on AMD and Nvidia. But for the BOINC GPU projects that do medical science you need CUDA.

[_Grid21]

1 hour ago, Pascal... said:

You have to wait for the E-Mail with the Passkey, Servers are overwhelmed rn. LTT Team number is: 223518

Oh, ok. I thought I did something wrong or missed a step. Do they know when Passkeys will be available again? 

[Metallus97]

2 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

What's the difference between Timeout and Expiration then?  Seems confusing to have both.

I also find it weird how the estimated credit seems to count down over time while its waiting to send, though that always seems an order of magnitude higher than the actual credit in the end anyway.

That all has to do with the Quick Return Bonus. Info here: https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/points/

Will ad to FAQ  

[Alex Atkin UK]

8 minutes ago, Metallus97 said:

That all has to do with the Quick Return Bonus. Info here: https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/points/

Will ad to FAQ  

The nerve, penalising me for THEIR crappy servers!

In all honesty though, its just bragging rights and I'm never going to compete there as it brings my system to its knees.  The UI responds like Windows 95 without graphics drivers installed, not really practical in the long term.  Not to mention I have an ITX system with a blower cooler, although bonus is it doubles up as a hand dryer while were all washing our hands more frequently anyway.  Bad thing is, it SOUNDS like a hand dryer too.

[_Grid21]

1 hour ago, Pascal... said:

You have to wait for the E-Mail with the Passkey, Servers are overwhelmed rn. LTT Team number is: 223518

Also, how do I pick in the folding app that I am trying to help with the Corona Research?

[GOTSpectrum]

1 minute ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

The nerve, penalising me for THEIR crappy servers!

In all honesty though, its just bragging rights and I'm never going to compete there as it brings my system to its knees.  The UI responds like Windows 95 without graphics drivers installed, not really practical in the long term.  Not to mention I have an ITX system with a blower cooler, doubles up as a hand dryer, so it doubles up as were all washing our hands so much more often anyway but it SOUNDS like a hand dryer too.

FOLDATRON had a 980 FE and a 1080 FE in her... She has a loud mouth to say the least

[GOTSpectrum]

The user list will be posted on the event blog shortly, There will be no DMs if your name is invalid in some way so please look it over, I will park any with an asterix that need attention. Please look it over, because after the event starts, if its wrong your pot outta luck.

[Metallus97]

3 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

The nerve, penalising me for THEIR crappy servers!

In all honesty though, its just bragging rights and I'm never going to compete there as it brings my system to its knees.  The UI responds like Windows 95 without graphics drivers installed, not really practical in the long term.  Not to mention I have an ITX system with a blower cooler, doubles up as a hand dryer, so it doubles up as were all washing our hands so much more often anyway but it SOUNDS like a hand dryer too.

Yeha, wh not

I mean every bit helps and we are glad for every CPU+GPU we have on board!