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HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its folding.

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:56 pm
by THX101
Hi Folders,

So I installed the fah client this morning. I have both CPU and GPU (+ graphics memory) overclocked (full specs below). While I was running at full load my graphics driver crashed a few times, so I clocked my HD 7950 back down a bit. I'm not sure what the load was before the driver crashed (didn't check), but since then the 7950 stays at idle temperature and shows no activity whatsoever, yet the fah web and advanced client says it is folding. Anybody have any idea what the problem is and how to fix this ?

Thanks in advance :)



Full system specs:

Operating System:
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4.60GHz (Overclocked)
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
16,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 800MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8P67 (LGA1155)
Graphics
ATI AMD Radeon HD 7950 (Overclocked)
AMD Catalyst 13.12 driver
Storage
465GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB (SSD)
2794GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH166 (SATA)
Optical Drives
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222AB
Audio
ASUS Xonar D1 Audio Device

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:58 pm
by P5-133XL
Could you post the folding client's log including the system and config portions so we can see what the client thinks it is doing.

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:13 pm
by THX101
Erm, where can I find the logs ?

P.S. I just reset the 7950 back to stock speeds and it shows a full load again :) But I still want to post that log, because if possible I would like to run my card overclocked. All the tips you can give me are welcome. I need me to mine some karma :P

(Had to tweak the voltage on my CPU as well, worked perfect with Prime95 stress test, but I crashed several times this morning when I ran the client for the first time)

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:15 pm
by P5-133XL
Run the advanced control and click the log tab then click refresh and select the whole log and then copy and paste it here between [code] and [/code] tags.

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:18 pm
by THX101

Code: Select all

*********************** Log Started 2014-04-17T20:58:23Z ***********************
20:58:23:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
20:58:23:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
20:58:23:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2014 Stanford University
20:58:23:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
20:58:23:         Args: 
20:58:23:       Config: C:/Users/gertp_000/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/config.xml
20:58:23:******************************** Build ********************************
20:58:23:      Version: 7.4.4
20:58:23:         Date: Mar 4 2014
20:58:23:         Time: 20:26:54
20:58:23:      SVN Rev: 4130
20:58:23:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
20:58:23:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
20:58:23:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
20:58:23:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
20:58:23:     Platform: win32 XP
20:58:23:         Bits: 32
20:58:23:         Mode: Release
20:58:23:******************************* System ********************************
20:58:23:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
20:58:23:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
20:58:23:         CPUs: 8
20:58:23:       Memory: 15.97GiB
20:58:23:  Free Memory: 14.04GiB
20:58:23:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
20:58:23:   OS Version: 6.2
20:58:23:  Has Battery: false
20:58:23:   On Battery: false
20:58:23:   UTC Offset: 2
20:58:23:          PID: 4792
20:58:23:          CWD: C:/Users/gertp_000/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
20:58:23:           OS: Windows 8.1 Pro
20:58:23:      OS Arch: AMD64
20:58:23:         GPUs: 1
20:58:23:        GPU 0: ATI:5 Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950]
20:58:23:         CUDA: Not detected
20:58:23:Win32 Service: false
20:58:23:***********************************************************************
20:58:23:<config>
20:58:23:  <!-- Network -->
20:58:23:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
20:58:23:
20:58:23:  <!-- Slot Control -->
20:58:23:  <power v='full'/>
20:58:23:
20:58:23:  <!-- User Information -->
20:58:23:  <team v='225484'/>
20:58:23:  <user v='THX101'/>
20:58:23:
20:58:23:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
20:58:23:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
20:58:23:    <paused v='true'/>
20:58:23:  </slot>
20:58:23:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
20:58:23:    <paused v='true'/>
20:58:23:  </slot>
20:58:23:</config>
20:58:23:Trying to access database...
20:58:23:Successfully acquired database lock
20:58:23:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:7 (by user)
20:58:23:Enabled folding slot 01: PAUSED gpu:0:Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950] (by user)
20:59:31:FS00:Unpaused
20:59:31:FS01:Unpaused
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:Starting
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/Users/gertp_000/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/cores/www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/Core_a3.fah/FahCore_a3.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 704 -lifeline 4792 -checkpoint 15 -np 7
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 5824
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:Core PID:5836
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0xa3 started
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:Starting
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/Users/gertp_000/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/cores/www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/ATI/R600/Core_17.fah/FahCore_17.exe -dir 01 -suffix 01 -version 704 -lifeline 4792 -checkpoint 15 -gpu 0 -gpu-vendor ati
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:Started FahCore on PID 5704
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:Core PID:2336
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:FahCore 0x17 started
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:*------------------------------*
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Version 2.27 (Dec. 15, 2010)
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Preparing to commence simulation
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:- Looking at optimizations...
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:- Files status OK
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:- Expanded 3849615 -> 4392432 (decompressed 114.1 percent)
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=3849615 data_size=4392432, decompressed_data_size=4392432 diff=0
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:- Digital signature verified
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Project: 8581 (Run 1, Clone 9, Gen 326)
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Assembly optimizations on if available.
20:59:31:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Entering M.D.
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:0x17:*********************** Log Started 2014-04-17T20:59:31Z ***********************
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:0x17:Project: 13000 (Run 1600, Clone 4, Gen 5)
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:0x17:Unit: 0x00000016538b3db753116014e6d3403c
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:0x17:CPU: 0x00000000000000000000000000000000
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:0x17:Machine: 1
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:0x17:Digital signatures verified
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:0x17:Folding@home GPU core17
20:59:31:WU01:FS01:0x17:Version 0.0.52
20:59:37:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Mapping NT from 7 to 7 
20:59:38:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Completed 0 out of 500000 steps  (0%)
21:00:25:Saving configuration to config.xml
21:00:25:<config>
21:00:25:  <!-- Network -->
21:00:25:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
21:00:25:
21:00:25:  <!-- Slot Control -->
21:00:25:  <power v='full'/>
21:00:25:
21:00:25:  <!-- User Information -->
21:00:25:  <team v='225484'/>
21:00:25:  <user v='THX101'/>
21:00:25:
21:00:25:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
21:00:25:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
21:00:25:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'/>
21:00:25:</config>
21:02:48:WU01:FS01:0x17:Completed 0 out of 5000000 steps (0%)
21:02:48:WU01:FS01:0x17:Temperature control disabled. Requirements: single Nvidia GPU, tmax must be < 110 and twait >= 900
21:08:18:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Completed 5000 out of 500000 steps  (1%)
21:14:12:WU01:FS01:0x17:Completed 50000 out of 5000000 steps (1%)
21:16:47:WU00:FS00:0xa3:Completed 10000 out of 500000 steps  (2%)

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:23 pm
by THX101
Darn, I forgot to mention that I closed the client when I reset the graphics card, so the log you wanted to see is probably gone.

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:29 pm
by Joe_H
Best tip we can give you is that overclocking increases the chances of calculation errors that will be detected by the folding core and cause it to exit with an error. Prime95 is a poor test of a GPU's ability to be overclocked, F@H stresses different sections of the GPU doing its calculations. Pretty much always you will have to use an overclock that is less than usable with Prime95 to have a F@H stable GPU setup. Some have reported that reducing the memory (over)clock has resulted in a bit more latitude in overclocking other portions of the GPU. As F@H's GPU folding core is not very dependent on faster RAM access, the lower clock there will have little effect on the speed of its calculations.

P.S. The client keeps the previous 16 logs by default. They are kept in a logs folder in the same data directory as the current log.

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:34 pm
by P5-133XL
It seems to be running fine from what I see.

Overclocking is common, but you'll have to do some fiddling to figure out what works well. Be conservative, we really don't want to kill WU's and that is what happens when an OC fails. If you need to test repeatedly to dial-in your GPU OC try FAHBench for it won't kill any WU's but still uses Core_17.

One thing of note, you may wish to get a Passkey. You'll get more points than without one after to qualify it. To qualify it you need to complete 10 QRB WU's and maintain at least an 80% successful return rate.

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:51 pm
by THX101
I think you nailed it when you told me to be conservative on the overclock of the GPU :P

I got one final question to bother you with. I made several requests for the passkey but received not a single one. Are there any requirements besides the combination of a username and an emailaddress ?

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:56 pm
by Joe_H
None as far as I know. What has been a problem is that some overzealous spam filters can drop the email into your spam folder. And some mail sites don't always let the passkey email through due to misidentifying it as spam.

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:07 pm
by THX101
Oh man how could I miss that. Thanks very much for all the help :)

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:28 pm
by 7im
14.x Cat drivers seem to perform better than 13.x for Folding.

Re: HD 7950 shows 0% activity, yet fah client says its foldi

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:38 pm
by folding_hoomer
7im is right:
Use Catalyst 14.2 Beta or 14.3 Beta - and you will get "those points back you loose" while not OC´ing your HD7950 :wink:
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