Is my GPU working correctly

[silverpulser]

Can you post the <config>...</config> section from the top of your log, in code tags?

And yes, running a WU that won't complete before the Expiration time is (worse than) useless, because it won't complete but won't get reassigned until it expires. This is one of the few times it makes sense to dump a WU.

Here it is:

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*********************** Log Started 2016-01-14T08:52:37Z ***********************
08:52:37:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
08:52:37:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
08:52:37:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2014 Stanford University
08:52:37:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
08:52:37:         Args: 
08:52:37:       Config: C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/config.xml
08:52:37:******************************** Build ********************************
08:52:37:      Version: 7.4.4
08:52:37:         Date: Mar 4 2014
08:52:37:         Time: 20:26:54
08:52:37:      SVN Rev: 4130
08:52:37:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
08:52:37:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
08:52:37:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
08:52:37:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
08:52:37:     Platform: win32 XP
08:52:37:         Bits: 32
08:52:37:         Mode: Release
08:52:37:******************************* System ********************************
08:52:37:          CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G620 @ 2.60GHz
08:52:37:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
08:52:37:         CPUs: 2
08:52:37:       Memory: 3.98GiB
08:52:37:  Free Memory: 2.74GiB
08:52:37:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
08:52:37:   OS Version: 6.2
08:52:37:  Has Battery: false
08:52:37:   On Battery: false
08:52:37:   UTC Offset: 0
08:52:37:          PID: 5384
08:52:37:          CWD: C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
08:52:37:           OS: Windows 10 Pro
08:52:37:      OS Arch: AMD64
08:52:37:         GPUs: 1
08:52:37:        GPU 0: NVIDIA:2 GF119 [GeForce GT 520]
08:52:37:         CUDA: 2.1
08:52:37:  CUDA Driver: 8000
08:52:37:Win32 Service: false
08:52:37:***********************************************************************
08:52:37:<config>
08:52:37:  <!-- Network -->
08:52:37:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
08:52:37:
08:52:37:  <!-- Slot Control -->
08:52:37:  <power v='FULL'/>
08:52:37:
08:52:37:  <!-- User Information -->
08:52:37:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
08:52:37:  <user v='Silverpulser'/>
08:52:37:
08:52:37:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
08:52:37:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
08:52:37:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
08:52:37:    <client-type v='beta'/>
08:52:37:    <max-packet-size v='small'/>
08:52:37:  </slot>
08:52:37:</config>
08:52:37:Trying to access database...
08:52:38:Successfully acquired database lock
08:52:38:Enabled folding slot 00: READY cpu:1
08:52:38:Enabled folding slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF119 [GeForce GT 520]
08:52:39:WU02:FS01:Starting
08:52:39:WU02:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/Users/User/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/cores/web.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/NVIDIA/Fermi/beta/Core_21.fah/FahCore_21.exe -dir 02 -suffix 01 -version 704 -lifeline 5384 -checkpoint 15 -gpu 0 -gpu-vendor nvidia
08:52:39:WU02:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 1492
08:52:39:WU02:FS01:Core PID:5560
08:52:39:WU02:FS01:FahCore 0x21 started
08:52:41:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
08:52:42:WU02:FS01:0x21:*********************** Log Started 2016-01-14T08:52:41Z ***********************
08:52:42:WU02:FS01:0x21:Project: 11703 (Run 0, Clone 37, Gen 4)
08:52:42:WU02:FS01:0x21:Unit: 0x000000058ca304f3568833fdc676c9d6
08:52:42:WU02:FS01:0x21:CPU: 0x00000000000000000000000000000000
08:52:42:WU02:FS01:0x21:Machine: 1
08:52:42:WU02:FS01:0x21:Digital signatures verified
08:52:42:WU02:FS01:0x21:Folding@home GPU Core21 Folding@home Core
08:52:42:WU02:FS01:0x21:Version 0.0.17
08:52:43:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
08:52:43:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
08:52:44:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
08:52:44:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
08:52:45:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
08:52:46:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
08:52:46:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
08:52:47:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
08:52:47:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
08:53:00:WU02:FS01:0x21:Completed 0 out of 5000000 steps (0%)
08:53:00:WU02:FS01:0x21:Temperature control disabled. Requirements: single Nvidia GPU, tmax must be < 110 and twait >= 900
08:53:45:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
08:53:46:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
08:53:46:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
08:53:46:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
08:53:46:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
08:54:46:20:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
08:55:22:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
08:55:23:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
08:55:23:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
08:55:24:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
08:55:24:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
08:57:59:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
08:58:00:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
08:58:00:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
08:58:01:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
08:58:01:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
09:02:14:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
09:02:14:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
09:02:14:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
09:02:15:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
09:02:15:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
09:09:05:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
09:09:06:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
09:09:06:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
09:09:06:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
09:09:06:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
09:20:11:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
09:20:12:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
09:20:12:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
09:20:12:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
09:20:12:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
09:38:08:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
09:38:08:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
09:38:08:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
09:38:09:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
09:38:09:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
10:07:10:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
10:07:10:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
10:07:10:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
10:07:11:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
10:07:11:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
10:54:09:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
10:54:10:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
10:54:10:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
10:54:11:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
10:54:11:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
11:24:34:45:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
11:43:57:WU02:FS01:0x21:Completed 50000 out of 5000000 steps (1%)
12:10:10:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
12:10:10:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
12:10:10:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
12:10:11:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
12:10:11:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
14:02:33:71:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
14:13:10:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
14:13:10:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.45:8080': Empty work server assignment
14:13:10:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
14:13:11:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
14:13:11:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
14:34:52:WU02:FS01:0x21:Completed 100000 out of 5000000 steps (2%)
******************************* Date: 2016-01-14 *******************************
16:43:26:97:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
17:26:04:WU02:FS01:0x21:Completed 150000 out of 5000000 steps (3%)

[toTOW]

Edit : never mind ... I'm investigating

[davidcoton]

Well, the settings are there and look correct -- Let's hope a mod can pass this to PG to check why it didn't work correctly.
EDIT: Answered before I finished typing. Thanks, toTOW

[silverpulser]

Edit : never mind ... I'm investigating

Thanks.

[silverpulser]

Well, that's got mucked up completely, I think. I paused the assignment whilst I ran my Excel power consumption/Feed In tariff spreadsheet and when I unpaused it and went back to ckeck on the web control it showed the completion as 0.02%. Why?

[rafwiewiora]

Sorry guys, we were missing a MaxPacket>5 constraint on this work server / for 11703,4,5. Fixed now. Thanks for spotting the problem!

[silverpulser]

Sorry guys, we were missing a MaxPacket>5 constraint on this work server / for 11703,4,5. Fixed now. Thanks for spotting the problem!

So shall I dump the present assignment and if so what is the best way to do that?

[Ricky]

I believe the best way to dump is to delete the slot and save. Wait for the WU to be acknowledged in by the server in the log. Then you can add back the slot to start a new work unit.

[davidcoton]

IMO, yes to dumping.

The usual recommendation is to delete and recreate the slot, but of course you will need to re-enter all the parameters during initial configuration, or you'll get another bad 'un.

Alternatively, pause the slot and note the Work Queue entry number (NOT Folding Slot number). From the Start menu, go to FAHClient Data directory, then Work, then delete the numbered directory corresponding to the Work Queue entry. Un-pause the slot, and Robert will be your parent's male sibling.

[silverpulser]

IMO, yes to dumping. ......Alternatively, pause the slot and note the Work Queue entry number (NOT Folding Slot number). From the Start menu, go to FAHClient Data directory, then Work, then delete the numbered directory corresponding to the Work Queue entry. Un-pause the slot, and Robert will be your parent's male sibling.

This seemed the easiest option as there was only one numbered directory in my FAHClient/Data/Work directory. New assignment downloaded and running. Definitely Core 15 and has 48.78 days to complete the assignment. I will let it run for a few hours before I consider the ETA (at present 37.94 days with only 371 PPD).

I have also changed the CPU (slot 0) to 2 threads, as suggested when running core 15 project assignments, and that too has now downloaded a work unit and running (again only a lowly 212 PPD showing at the moment)

UPDATE:

CPU slot now showing 2925 PPD and GPU slot now showing 3488 PPD. I imagine this is about what is to be expected from my current rig.

[toTOW]

When I used to run core 15 projects on my very old 9800 GTX+, I was getting 11k PPD.

Very simple maths :
9800 GTX+ : 128 SP ... GT 520 : 48 SP. Ratio : 0.375
9800 GTX+ : 11 000 PPD * 0.375 = 4 125 PPD.

Add that the 9800 GTX+ shader clocks was at 1836 MHz while the GT520 shader clock is only 1620 MHz (ratio 0.88), I think your PPD is what you can expect (4125*0.88 = 3630)

Note : architectural differences not taken into account.

[silverpulser]

Thanks, that tells me what I wanted to know, that my GPU is working as expected.

[silverpulser]

"..Of those choices, buying the GTX 750 Ti is the best choice both for science and for the points you earn. Switching to Core_15 is really only applicable for those who cannot upgrade their GPU..."

I now have my new Nvidia GTX 750 Ti card and ready to install. As luck would have it I have just started new core:15 GPU assignment and a new CPU:2 assignment (15.5% and 31.3% respectively). The GPU assignment has an ETA of 3.4 days. Should I wait for that to complete before installing my new card or can I just Pause and install it?

[davidcoton]

The GPU WU may not like a change of GPU, it might get dumped (or it might survive quite happily )
The CPU WU probably won't even notice the GPU change -- but the new GPU will need a CPU core reserved to service it.

Best advice is to set both WUs to Finish and wait. After uploading, uninstall FAH, including the data. Shut down, change GPUs, reboot, and reinstall FAH. Don't forget to put your folding name and the passkey back in!

[silverpulser]

Thanks for the advice. I will wait as suggested but it will be torture waiting to find what difference it makes!