Project 9415 (2367, 1, 679): failed/stuck WU

[timwood0]

I've poked around the forum, tried qfix (fails with Can't find <queue.dat>), ran FAHClient --send and restarted FAHClient, but this work unit stays Ready (hung) in the queue at 100%. Just an FYI here, though I wonder how I can clear up my zombie WU in the queue. Will the client throw it away when it expires?

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*********************** Log Started 2018-01-17T03:00:02Z ***********************
03:00:02:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
03:00:02:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
...
03:00:02:         Args: 
03:00:02:       Config: C:/ProgramData/FAHClient/config.xml
03:00:02:******************************** Build ********************************
03:00:02:      Version: 7.4.4
03:00:02:         Date: Mar 4 2014
03:00:02:         Time: 20:26:54
03:00:02:      SVN Rev: 4130
03:00:02:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
03:00:02:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
03:00:02:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
03:00:02:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
03:00:02:     Platform: win32 XP
03:00:02:         Bits: 32
03:00:02:         Mode: Release
03:00:02:******************************* System ********************************
03:00:02:          CPU: AMD A10-6800K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
03:00:02:       CPU ID: AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 19 Stepping 1
03:00:02:         CPUs: 4
03:00:02:       Memory: 19.18GiB
03:00:02:  Free Memory: 14.25GiB
03:00:02:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
03:00:02:   OS Version: 6.2
03:00:02:  Has Battery: false
03:00:02:   On Battery: false
03:00:02:   UTC Offset: -8
03:00:02:          PID: 3044
03:00:02:          CWD: C:/ProgramData/FAHClient
03:00:02:           OS: Windows 10 Pro
03:00:02:      OS Arch: AMD64
03:00:02:         GPUs: 1
03:00:02:        GPU 0: ATI:5 Oland [Radeon HD 8670D] 648.
03:00:02:         CUDA: Not detected
03:00:02:Win32 Service: false
03:00:02:***********************************************************************
03:00:02:<config>
03:00:02:  <!-- Network -->
03:00:02:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
03:00:02:
03:00:02:  <!-- Slot Control -->
03:00:02:  <power v='full'/>
03:00:02:
03:00:02:  <!-- User Information -->
03:00:02:  <user v='...AHERM...'/>
03:00:02:
03:00:02:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
03:00:02:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
03:00:02:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'/>
03:00:02:</config>
03:00:02:Trying to access database...
03:00:02:Successfully acquired database lock
03:00:02:Enabled folding slot 00: READY cpu:3
03:00:02:Enabled folding slot 01: READY gpu:0:Oland [Radeon HD 8670D] 648.
03:00:02:WU00:FS01:Starting
03:00:02:WU00:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/ProgramData/FAHClient/cores/fahwebx.stanford.edu/cores/Win32/AMD64/ATI/R600/Core_21.fah/FahCore_21.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 704 -lifeline 3044 -checkpoint 15 -gpu 0 -gpu-vendor ati
03:00:02:WU00:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 10164
03:00:02:WU00:FS01:Core PID:8732
03:00:02:WU00:FS01:FahCore 0x21 started
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03:00:03:WARNING:WU00:FS01:FahCore returned: FAILED_1 (0 = 0x0)  <-- What's the issue??
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The server then gave me 9415 (723, 0, 790) to do, which is almost finished. We'll see if it accepts that one. Thanks for any ideas.

[bruce]

qfix has been deprecated -- as has the queue.dat file.

Yes, the client should discard the old WU when it expires. Leaving it there won't hurt anything.
You can also delete it manually and the next time you restart FAH, it will detect that it's missing and make it look prettier in FAHControl

what I said in Add Vega 8 Mobile Graphics about heat applies also to your embedded GPU which shares chip real-estate with your CPU. Physically, your [oland + CPU:3] is very similar.

[timwood0]

Interesting talk on the new GFX over there. After I traced low-incidence machine-check crashes on my Windows box in Dec. to a bad CPU(!), I bought the faster, plug-compatible A10-6800K on EBay, and grabbed HWINFO and AMD Overdrive to watch it, as I did not change the heatsink. I found settings that allow it to fold on 1 GPU + 3 CPU for days maintaining 3-6°C "thermal margin" (deg. below the 70°C where AMD says all hell breaks loose), yielding about 3800pts/day (weak sauce vs. @Smith6612's 30k!).

My core i7 Linux laptop gives me ~8,500p/d using Chrome+nacl_helper with no h/w massaging; I was not able to resolve dependencies via apt-get to get the native app installed.

Thank you for the tips, @Bruce!