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Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.4.2 released on the 26th... in the release notes: -Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system hang or black screen when running Folding@Home while also running an application using hardware acceleration of video content. -Radeon RX 5700 ...

It may be a bit too soon to really tell, but I think updating to latest BIOS solved my issue.

You need to update your choice of OS.

Well, this just in... AMD has released new BIOS Microcode for AM4 Motherboards AGESA 1.0.0.5 AGESA 1.0.0.5 improves POST (time) with select Micron Technology DDR4-3200 memory chips. An intermittent virtual memory error with certain Realtek onboard Ethernet PHY chips has been fixed. The microcode als...

Alright guys, so the machine froze earlier today exactly as it does when running F@H, except that it wasnt running F@H when it did it. In fact, it wasnt doing anything at all. Pretty sure I clicked to open Firefox and it bit dirt. So clearly, it's not the F@H client. Back to square one. I updated th...

Which version of the drivers are you using? There were reports of some recent versions having problems if F@h was running and some other software would also be using the GPU. That bug is supposed to be fixed in the most recent release(s). 20.2.2 Maybe disable the hardware acceleration of the browse...

Neil-B wrote:Is your RX 5700 XT at stock speeds or overclocked?

No. Stock.
In fact, when I'm folding, I set "Power limit" slider in Radeon Software to the minimum, or -50. This way the card can fold all day happily at 64°.

So.. sometimes when I'm folding (CPU and GPU), I could be opening Firefox, or Thunderbird, or maybe LibreOffice, anything really, and the system will hang completely, requiring a hard reset. I'm not sure if its because of the Folding@Home software, but it ONLY happens when Folding@Home is running GP...

Just wanted to mention that Folding@Home was mentioned on Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (https://www.srf.ch/) on the news yesterday. They ran the thing all day, explaining what F@H is and what protein folding does, and how it's helping to find a cure for various diseases including COVID-19.

02:26:50:WU02:FS01:Uploading 49.92MiB to 155.247.164.213 02:26:50:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 155.247.164.213:8080 02:26:50:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080 02:26:50:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: Transfer failed 02:26:50:WARNING:WU02:FS01:Exception: Failed to send results to work server: Transf...

I, too, have two WU's ready to upload, and my machine is waiting also for two more WU's to download. I'll leave it running through the night, maybe I'll get something.

Also, a big FU to the Wuhan Virus.

Would it be possible to get a section on the website dedicated to showing the amount of WU completed for covid-19 research?

Also, good news from Alberta:
https://www.narcity.com/news/ca/sk/coro ... ing-stages

I wonder if these guys are aware of our willingness to help in the research?

Forcinghavok wrote:this virus that will come and go.

and the most ignorant statement of the year goes to..

toTOW wrote:They're coming ! CORONAVIRUS PROJECTS coming to BETA

This is still beta, but I guess it won't last very long.

Any chance that there will be CPU WU available for this as well?

As I understand it, it will mainly use GPU for WU, correct? By default, it will try to use both your CPU and GPU. You can then delete one type of "slot" if you don't want it. I usually just do GPU, but if they have CPU Coronavirus work, I have a Ryzen 3700x that works very well on the CPU...