Only BAD WORK UNITS Geforce GT630M (ANSWERED)

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Vojoor
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Only BAD WORK UNITS Geforce GT630M (ANSWERED)

Post by Vojoor »

Hey guys, newbie here.
I'm sucessfully folding on a 16" (Windows Bootcamp I get up to 400k ppd, but remebered I still had an ancient PC that had some issues and hasn't worked in a while.
After some tinkering it's up and running, CPU is horrendously slow, but it does have a Geforce GT 630M which I would like to use (even though it's pretty weak).
So far all WU returend as BAD WORK UNIT (see example below)
Drivers are all up to date.
Is it a server issue? Is it a problem or incompatibilty with the GPU?
Am I wasting server resources and should just do CPU folding?
Thanks in advance guys and happy folding!

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19:23:30:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:23:30:WU01:FS01:Assigned to work server 13.90.152.57
19:23:30:WU01:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF108 [GeForce GT 630M] from 13.90.152.57
19:23:30:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 13.90.152.57:8080
19:23:51:WARNING:WU01:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
19:23:51:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 13.90.152.57:80
19:24:13:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 13.90.152.57:80: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
19:26:07:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:26:08:WU01:FS01:Assigned to work server 140.163.4.231
19:26:08:WU01:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF108 [GeForce GT 630M] from 140.163.4.231
19:26:08:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 140.163.4.231:8080
19:28:46:WU01:FS01:Downloading 4.52MiB
19:28:53:WU01:FS01:Download 6.92%
19:28:59:WU01:FS01:Download 13.84%
19:29:05:WU01:FS01:Download 20.76%
19:29:16:WU01:FS01:Download 30.45%
19:29:25:WU01:FS01:Download 40.14%
19:29:34:WU01:FS01:Download 65.06%
19:29:40:WU01:FS01:Download 98.28%
19:29:43:WU01:FS01:Download complete
19:29:43:WU01:FS01:Received Unit: id:01 state:DOWNLOAD error:NO_ERROR project:11749 run:0 clone:6526 gen:4 core:0x22 unit:0x0000000e8ca304e75e6bb7bb8eee765c
19:29:43:WU01:FS01:Starting
19:29:43:WU01:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:\Users\Louis\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/win/64bit/Core_22.fah/FahCore_22.exe -dir 01 -suffix 01 -version 705 -lifeline 7500 -checkpoint 15 -gpu-vendor nvidia -opencl-platform 0 -opencl-device 0 -cuda-device 0 -gpu 0
19:29:43:WU01:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 5960
19:29:43:WU01:FS01:Core PID:8404
19:29:43:WU01:FS01:FahCore 0x22 started
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:*********************** Log Started 2020-03-22T19:29:44Z ***********************
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:*************************** Core22 Folding@home Core ***************************
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:       Type: 0x22
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:       Core: Core22
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:    Website: https://foldingathome.org/
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:  Copyright: (c) 2009-2018 foldingathome.org
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:     Author: John Chodera <john.chodera@choderalab.org> and Rafal Wiewiora
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:             <rafal.wiewiora@choderalab.org>
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:       Args: -dir 01 -suffix 01 -version 705 -lifeline 5960 -checkpoint 15
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:             -gpu-vendor nvidia -opencl-platform 0 -opencl-device 0 -cuda-device
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:             0 -gpu 0
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:     Config: <none>
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:************************************ Build *************************************
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:    Version: 0.0.2
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:       Date: Dec 6 2019
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:       Time: 21:30:31
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22: Repository: Git
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:   Revision: abeb39247cc72df5af0f63723edafadb23d5dfbe
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:     Branch: HEAD
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:   Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:    Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:   Platform: win32 10
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:       Bits: 64
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:       Mode: Release
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:************************************ System ************************************
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:        CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:     CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:       CPUs: 4
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:     Memory: 3.86GiB
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:Free Memory: 2.04GiB
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:    Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22: OS Version: 6.2
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:Has Battery: true
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22: On Battery: false
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22: UTC Offset: 1
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:        PID: 8404
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:        CWD: C:\Users\Louis\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\work
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:         OS: Windows 10 Home
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:    OS Arch: AMD64
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:********************************************************************************
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:Project: 11749 (Run 0, Clone 6526, Gen 4)
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:Unit: 0x0000000e8ca304e75e6bb7bb8eee765c
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file core.xml
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file integrator.xml
19:29:44:WU01:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file state.xml
19:29:45:WU01:FS01:0x22:Reading tar file system.xml
19:29:46:WU01:FS01:0x22:Digital signatures verified
19:29:46:WU01:FS01:0x22:Folding@home GPU Core22 Folding@home Core
19:29:46:WU01:FS01:0x22:Version 0.0.2
19:29:53:WU01:FS01:0x22:ERROR:exception: Error initializing context: clGetDeviceInfo (-5)
19:29:53:WU01:FS01:0x22:Saving result file ..\logfile_01.txt
19:29:53:WU01:FS01:0x22:Saving result file science.log
19:29:53:WARNING:WU01:FS01:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
19:29:53:WU01:FS01:Sending unit results: id:01 state:SEND error:FAULTY project:11749 run:0 clone:6526 gen:4 core:0x22 unit:0x0000000e8ca304e75e6bb7bb8eee765c
19:29:53:WU01:FS01:Uploading 2.54KiB to 140.163.4.231
19:29:53:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 140.163.4.231:8080
19:29:54:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:29:54:WARNING:WU02:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:29:54:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:29:55:WARNING:WU02:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:29:55:ERROR:WU02:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:29:55:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:29:55:WARNING:WU02:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:29:55:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:29:56:WARNING:WU02:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:29:56:ERROR:WU02:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:30:20:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Exception: Failed to send results to work server: 10002: Received short response, expected 512 bytes, got 0
19:30:20:WU01:FS01:Trying to send results to collection server
19:30:20:WU01:FS01:Uploading 2.54KiB to 128.252.203.4
19:30:20:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 128.252.203.4:8080
19:30:34:WU01:FS01:Upload complete
19:30:34:WU01:FS01:Server responded WORK_ACK (400)
19:30:34:WU01:FS01:Cleaning up
19:30:55:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:30:55:WARNING:WU02:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:30:55:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:30:56:WARNING:WU02:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:30:56:ERROR:WU02:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
Last edited by Vojoor on Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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bruce
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Re: Only BAD WORK UNITS Geforce GT630M

Post by bruce »

It's the GT 630M which cannot be supported for GPU folding. You should not have been assigned a WU that requires hardware Double Precision. but somebody removed that restriction. Please remove the GPU slot and fold with your CPU.
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Vojoor
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Re: Only BAD WORK UNITS Geforce GT630M

Post by Vojoor »

Thanks for the swift reply. So I will never be able to use it to fold, right - very unfortunate.
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JimboPalmer
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Re: Only BAD WORK UNITS Geforce GT630M

Post by JimboPalmer »

Another issue with the GT 630M is that it does not support OpenCL 1.2, so cannot fold. It just never will . It is 8 years old and was the very least it could be then.

Also if it could fold? It would never finish before the deadline.
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Vojoor
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Re: Only BAD WORK UNITS Geforce GT630M (ANSWERED)

Post by Vojoor »

Yeah I get your points. It has been pretty much ewaste since a while... so sad!

What I noticed as a potential bug (or feature?) that could be exploited: I seem to have more WUs completed than i think i actually did. Do those Bad Work Units when reuploaded count towards the WU amount?
If yes - this could be used to inflate numbers...
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bruce
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Re: Only BAD WORK UNITS Geforce GT630M (ANSWERED)

Post by bruce »

They count against your QRB 10% number... and they get reissued to somebody who has a ('real') ;) GPU.
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Vojoor
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Re: Only BAD WORK UNITS Geforce GT630M (ANSWERED)

Post by Vojoor »

Wait so now I need lots more WU to qualify for the QRB? To have the 80% successful return rate?
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JimboPalmer
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Re: Only BAD WORK UNITS Geforce GT630M

Post by JimboPalmer »

Another issue with the GT 630M is that it does not support OpenCL 1.2, so cannot fold. It just never will . It is 8 years old and was the very least it could be then.

Also if it could fold? It would never finish before the deadline.
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