Project 60xx failures on Mac OSX 10.6.3

[DrSpalding]

Hi, I am bringing up a Mac (Intel Core 2 Duo 3.33GHz iMac) of my brother-in-law's up on FAH. I had him install 6.29 and it all seemed well. I have seen a whole bunch of UNSTABLE_MACHINE and EUE errors on various 60xx projects. Here are some example snippets from the logs that ended poorly:

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[01:06:48] mdrun returned 255
[01:06:48] Going to send back what have done -- stepsTotalG=500000
[01:06:48] Work fraction=0.0030 steps=500000.
[01:06:52] logfile size=12359 infoLength=12359 edr=0 trr=25
[01:06:52] logfile size: 12359 info=12359 bed=0 hdr=25
[01:06:52] - Writing 12897 bytes of core data to disk...
[01:06:52]   ... Done.
[01:06:52] 
[01:06:52] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[01:06:52] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[01:06:52] Sending work to server
[01:06:52] Project: 6054 (Run 0, Clone 189, Gen 11)


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[01:37:51] mdrun returned 255
[01:37:51] Going to send back what have done -- stepsTotalG=500000
[01:37:51] Work fraction=0.0264 steps=500000.
[01:37:55] logfile size=13450 infoLength=13450 edr=0 trr=25
[01:37:55] logfile size: 13450 info=13450 bed=0 hdr=25
[01:37:55] - Writing 13988 bytes of core data to disk...
[01:37:55]   ... Done.
[01:37:55] 
[01:37:55] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[01:37:55] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[01:37:55] Sending work to server
[01:37:55] Project: 6071 (Run 0, Clone 187, Gen 14)


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[01:38:40] mdrun returned 255
[01:38:40] Going to send back what have done -- stepsTotalG=500000
[01:38:40] Work fraction=0.0003 steps=500000.
[01:38:44] logfile size=11797 infoLength=11797 edr=0 trr=25
[01:38:44] logfile size: 11797 info=11797 bed=0 hdr=25
[01:38:44] - Writing 12335 bytes of core data to disk...
[01:38:44]   ... Done.
[01:38:44] 
[01:38:44] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[01:38:44] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[01:38:44] Sending work to server
[01:38:44] Project: 6012 (Run 0, Clone 302, Gen 178)


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[01:39:32] mdrun returned 255
[01:39:32] Going to send back what have done -- stepsTotalG=500000
[01:39:32] Work fraction=0.0003 steps=500000.
[01:39:36] logfile size=11793 infoLength=11793 edr=0 trr=25
[01:39:36] logfile size: 11793 info=11793 bed=0 hdr=25
[01:39:36] - Writing 12331 bytes of core data to disk...
[01:39:36]   ... Done.
[01:39:36] 
[01:39:36] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[01:39:36] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[01:39:36] Sending work to server
[01:39:36] Project: 6012 (Run 2, Clone 210, Gen 105)

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[01:24:04] mdrun returned 255
[01:24:04] Going to send back what have done -- stepsTotalG=500000
[01:24:04] Work fraction=0.0027 steps=500000.
[01:24:08] logfile size=12362 infoLength=12362 edr=0 trr=25
[01:24:08] logfile size: 12362 info=12362 bed=0 hdr=25
[01:24:08] - Writing 12900 bytes of core data to disk...
[01:24:08]   ... Done.
[01:24:08] 
[01:24:08] Folding@home Core Shutdown: EARLY_UNIT_END
[01:24:08] CoreStatus = 72 (114)
[01:24:08] Sending work to server
[01:24:08] Project: 6014 (Run 3, Clone 234, Gen 8)


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[01:43:00] mdrun returned 255
[01:43:00] Going to send back what have done -- stepsTotalG=500000
[01:43:00] Work fraction=0.0160 steps=500000.
[01:43:04] logfile size=12562 infoLength=12562 edr=0 trr=25
[01:43:04] logfile size: 12562 info=12562 bed=0 hdr=25
[01:43:04] - Writing 13100 bytes of core data to disk...
[01:43:04]   ... Done.
[01:43:04] 
[01:43:04] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[01:43:05] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[01:43:05] Sending work to server
[01:43:05] Project: 6012 (Run 0, Clone 263, Gen 165)


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[15:16:31] mdrun returned 255
[15:16:31] Going to send back what have done -- stepsTotalG=500000
[15:16:31] Work fraction=0.2474 steps=500000.
[15:16:35] logfile size=24538 infoLength=24538 edr=0 trr=25
[15:16:35] logfile size: 24538 info=24538 bed=0 hdr=25
[15:16:35] - Writing 25076 bytes of core data to disk...
[15:16:35]   ... Done.
[15:16:36] 
[15:16:36] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[15:16:36] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[15:16:36] Sending work to server
[15:16:36] Project: 6055 (Run 0, Clone 166, Gen 14)

I believe that these are all A3 core WU's (I checked and the A3 core is v2.21 dated 7 March 2010) and I haven't run any of them before, running either GPU, classic, or Linux SMP -bigadv clients. Are any of these legitimate or do I need to seek out any issues with the machine/install?

The only issue I can find is that he had FaH installed one a PPC Mac that he transferred all the files to this machine when he upgraded. I suspect that the queue.dat file is poorly versioned baseed on qd's output of it, but could/would that cause something like this? I will delete the queue.dat file and work directories today to see if that helps.

Thanks!

[toTOW]

I guess you edited your log too much ... which version of the core do you have ?

[DrSpalding]

I did excise it from the log but entered it into the text. It is 2.21 dated 7 March 2010. I.e. the latest as far as I can tell.

I have deleted queue.dat, machineindependent.dat and work/* and started back up. Hopefully, it was just a problem with turdlet files in bigendian mode from the PPC install that was ported to a new machine causing a problem.

[Aardvark]

It sounds like you are trying to run the PPC with version6 software. If that is the case, you will have to find a version5.xx Client in the "Old Clients" area and download either the Console version (v5.02 , I think) or the Preference Panel version (not sure about the last Client offered). Version6 just does not run on the PPC machines. I am still running v5.02FAHClient on my G4 MDD machine.

As to the Intel Unit, be forrwarned that some OSX folders are still having "problems" with the v2.21 a3Core while running OSX10.6.3. It is being worked on by PG. There are several threads dealing with the a3Core issue.

[DrSpalding]

It's running all intel stuff, v6.29r3 client and freshly downloaded core executables. There is something wrong with the machine though. After today, it wouldn't boot either from its HD or from a CD. It is a Mac DOA. When it gets back from the shop, I am going to visit with the machine personally and clear off all of the FAH stuff I can find and start fresh. I hope that OS X v10.6.3 actually works. I like getting the points from the A3 SMP work units. I did trot over to the Mac area and noted some folks having trouble with 10.6.3 and I confirmed with my brother in-law that his Mac was indeed running 10.6.3.

As far as I can tell, FAH killed his Mac.