Folding WU Restarts

[Ocsean]

So yesterday I decided to download and start folding, however after about 18 hours I woke my computer up from the screen saver and found that it was frozen (couldn't do anything, not even ctrl+alt+dlt). I was forced to manually power it off, and turn it back on again. When I launched the FAH Client again, though, all the progress on my cpu had reset (gpu was still there). I had checked previously at around the 12 hour mark, and it was around 30% through the first WU. I know that the Folding project is suppose to save a certain checkpoints, but i'm curious why mine did not.

 

Info about my system and Folding settings:

 

ASUS G75vw-bbk5 (yes this is a laptop)

intel core-i7 3610qm 2.3ghz (quad-core with hyperthreading)

nvidia geforce gtx 660m

8GB RAM (1600mhz)

1TB HDD (no ssd)

 

Folding settings: Power slider set to Medium

added core 17 advanced to the gpu slot

cpu(s) used: 7

 

The WU I was given for my cpu has PRCG: 7645 with 15641 point worth (btw this project did not change when the progress reset)

and gpu has PRCG: 7624 with 14093 point worth

 

Thanks in advance,

ViciousKittenz

[Whaler_99]

OK, typically when it freezes like that, heat or something else happened. As to why it didn't use check points, good question. Not sure on that...

 

Your laptop - anything over clocked? Get something like HWmonitor and GPU/CPU-z running and keep an eye on temps. Typically Laptops get REAL hot when folding and is the main issue. When I fold on mine, it sits on a Antec laptop cooler base which feeds it lots of air...

[Ocsean]

Alright, I already had HWmonitor, and when I opened it up, all my temps were ok. The cpu maxed at 83, and gpu maxed at 61 (gpu is pretty low actually). I did not overclock my laptop either.

 

I will try running HWmonitor for an 18 hour time frame and see if the freeze happens again

[Ocsean]

Ok, the computer did not freeze this time, and the temps were about the same (85 for cpu, 65 for gpu). I sent in the WU that my graphics slot completed (i'll check the stats online later to see if it counted), but im still waiting on my cpu to finish (its at about 75%). Now i know the QRB starts when you have 10 WU completed, but since my first cpu WU had to restart, will that affect the 80% return rate that QRB requires?

[Whaler_99]

Ok, the computer did not freeze this time, and the temps were about the same (85 for cpu, 65 for gpu). I sent in the WU that my graphics slot completed (i'll check the stats online later to see if it counted), but im still waiting on my cpu to finish (its at about 75%). Now i know the QRB starts when you have 10 WU completed, but since my first cpu WU had to restart, will that affect the 80% return rate that QRB requires?

 

Yes, you have to complete ten CPU WU's and you have to submit more then 80% as well... So you might not get your QRB now till 12 or 13 maybe... to late to do math.