** Official 2009 F@H WAR Competition Thread **

[Wifuzzy]

nice job billabong- just got a WU in to keep him alive for a CPU - from the looks of it he needs it. *on that note - shutting down most of the PC's running at my place.. electric bill for last month was $160 and that was for only a week or so of the contest. If i had a job and wasnt going thru school it would be a different story.

Billabong said he was away. He had left the computer folding, but I guess it stopped Thats his story and he's sticking to it...I guess I believe him though...if I was in his position and knew there was a problem, I would have fixed it ASAP.

Side note...where do you live(edit: skip the were do you live thing...I opened my eyes) and how much do you get charged for a kilowatt...yikes...that seemed awfull high.

I just dug up our rates here...6.25cents/KWh. Anyone else know what they pay...curious to see what rates are in other places.

[smack323]

Electric Service for 11/11/09 to 12/14/09 (33 Days) - 1,036 Heating Degree Days
Electricity Used
Meter Number: NZ314971
Actual Reading on 12/14/09 14955
Actual Reading on 11/11/09 13795
Total Electricity Used 1160 kWh
Next Scheduled Meter Reading Date 01/19/10
Current Electricity Charges
Residential Electric Service - RG1 33 Days
Facilities (33 days x $.250000/days) $8.25
State Low-Income Assistance Fee $3.15
Energy (1,160 kWh x $.117630/kWh) $136.45
Fuel Cost Adjustment (1,160 kWh x $.002040/kWh) $2.37

when dug into my bill more my total bill was $169 - $30 of it was for gas. this is from my bill not sure if you can figure out what it is per kWh - might be .12cents

[kylepaddock]

I am paying 110 just for my computers not including another electricity.

[Wifuzzy]

"Energy (1,160 kWh x $.117630/kWh) $136.45 " It was in the statement. Be happy you don't live in Europe..they are like 25-35 cents KWh.

[forsaken]

Nate,

On the last day of competition (Page 1 says it goes until the 22nd, im assuming that's still the case)
Just wanted to say a big thank you to you, and everyone that helped, for creating an awesome kick-ass competition
that got everyone so involved in such a great scientific endeavor.

Despite and QQ and debating, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that we are all apprieciative of all the hard work you put into creating this contest.

[Vectrexer]

popped into the documents as he was updating the stats. Funny watching the "ghost" do the updates. I'm easily amused.

[DMB2000uk]

I wondered who was watching me

Dan

[Wifuzzy]

My plan was to make 500K in this contest....looks like I'm gonna come a little short...sigh... congrats to all who took part in the contest, I'ld say everyone did a great job. I can't speak for others...but I am staying here to fold, I hope others are gonna do the same.

Fold on people.

[kylepaddock]

I have been getting this weird error on my 9800Gt.

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[19:47:48] *------------------------------*
[19:47:48] Folding@Home GPU Core - Beta
[19:47:48] Version 1.19 (Mon Nov 3 09:34:13 PST 2008)
[19:47:48] 
[19:47:48] Compiler  : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50727.762 for 80x86 
[19:47:48] Build host: amoeba
[19:47:48] Board Type: Nvidia
[19:47:48] Core      : 
[19:47:48] Preparing to commence simulation
[19:47:48] - Looking at optimizations...
[19:47:48] - Created dyn
[19:47:48] - Files status OK
[19:47:48] - Expanded 46679 -> 252912 (decompressed 541.8 percent)
[19:47:48] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=46679 data_size=252912, decompressed_data_size=252912 diff=0
[19:47:48] - Digital signature verified
[19:47:48] 
[19:47:48] Project: 5765 (Run 4, Clone 59, Gen 772)
[19:47:48] 
[19:47:48] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[19:47:48] Entering M.D.
[19:47:54] Working on Protein
[19:47:55] Client config found, loading data.
[19:47:55] mdrun_gpu returned 
[19:47:55] NANs detected on GPU
[19:47:55] 
[19:47:55] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[19:47:58] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[19:47:58] Sending work to server
[19:47:58] Project: 5765 (Run 4, Clone 59, Gen 772)
[19:47:58] - Error: Could not get length of results file work/wuresults_02.dat
[19:47:58] - Error: Could not read unit 02 file. Removing from queue.
[19:47:58] EUE limit exceeded. Pausing 24 hours.

[skier]

UNSTABE_MACHINE can be resultant from a lot of things:

CPU overclock not QUITE stable
RAM overclock not QUITE stable
GPU overclock not QUITE stable
GPU dying(my most recent reason)
another component dying etc.
driver issues


-so if you OC your CPU i'd install OCCT and let it run the small data test infinite(20 minutes is enough usually, infinite test doesnt have long 'monitoring' periods, it just goes right to ~99.9% utilization)
-if you OC your GPU install and fire up Furmark and run a stability test in fullscreen with NO AntiAliasing, if it errors change your clocks, or if its at stock and errors, try underclocking it, and if it still happens, RMA
-Try reinstalling the latest Display drivers

in general try to look around your system and swap parts out to test them, because UNSTABLE_MACHINE is not a good sign.

[kylepaddock]

I OCed my GPU so I will set it back to Its default setting....

Update: That didn't work. reinstalled and now it is working...\

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# Windows GPU Console Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

                       Folding@Home Client Version 6.23

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################################################

Launch directory: C:\Users\Kyle\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-gpu


[20:27:55] - Ask before connecting: No
[20:27:55] - User name: kylepaddock (Team 38296)
[20:27:55] - User ID: 51754EE86D846B6E
[20:27:55] - Machine ID: 16
[20:27:55] 
[20:27:55] Loaded queue successfully.
[20:27:55] Initialization complete
[20:27:55] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[20:27:55] + Attempting to get work packet
[20:27:55] - Connecting to assignment server
[20:27:55] - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.11).
[20:27:55] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[20:27:56] Loaded queue successfully.
[20:27:58] + Closed connections
[20:27:58] 
[20:27:58] + Processing work unit
[20:27:58] Core required: FahCore_11.exe
[20:27:58] Core found.
[20:27:58] Working on queue slot 08 [December 22 20:27:58 UTC]
[20:27:58] + Working ...
[20:27:58] 
[20:27:58] *------------------------------*
[20:27:58] Folding@Home GPU Core - Beta
[20:27:58] Version 1.19 (Mon Nov 3 09:34:13 PST 2008)
[20:27:58] 
[20:27:58] Compiler  : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50727.762 for 80x86 
[20:27:58] Build host: amoeba
[20:27:58] Board Type: Nvidia
[20:27:58] Core      : 
[20:27:58] Preparing to commence simulation
[20:27:58] - Looking at optimizations...
[20:27:58] - Created dyn
[20:27:58] - Files status OK
[20:27:58] - Expanded 46759 -> 252912 (decompressed 540.8 percent)
[20:27:58] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=46759 data_size=252912, decompressed_data_size=252912 diff=0
[20:27:58] - Digital signature verified
[20:27:58] 
[20:27:58] Project: 5767 (Run 13, Clone 59, Gen 971)
[20:27:58] 
[20:27:58] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[20:27:58] Entering M.D.
[20:28:04] Working on Protein
[20:28:05] Client config found, loading data.
[20:28:05] Starting GUI Server

[Billabong_69]

nice job billabong- just got a WU in to keep him alive for a CPU - from the looks of it he needs it. *on that note - shutting down most of the PC's running at my place.. electric bill for last month was $160 and that was for only a week or so of the contest. If i had a job and wasnt going thru school it would be a different story.

Billabong said he was away. He had left the computer folding, but I guess it stopped Thats his story and he's sticking to it...I guess I believe him though...if I was in his position and knew there was a problem, I would have fixed it ASAP.

Side note...where do you live(edit: skip the were do you live thing...I opened my eyes) and how much do you get charged for a kilowatt...yikes...that seemed awfull high.

I just dug up our rates here...6.25cents/KWh. Anyone else know what they pay...curious to see what rates are in other places.

My wife keeps shutting the laptop down too, so I keep having to turn it back on to keep folding. I did just add folding to a computer at work, need to check that one too to make sure it is still folding. Trying to do my best, but my desktop is slow as hell and I have the console version installed, but it doesn't seem to be working right.

[FeRaL]

nice job billabong- just got a WU in to keep him alive for a CPU - from the looks of it he needs it. *on that note - shutting down most of the PC's running at my place.. electric bill for last month was $160 and that was for only a week or so of the contest. If i had a job and wasnt going thru school it would be a different story.

Billabong said he was away. He had left the computer folding, but I guess it stopped Thats his story and he's sticking to it...I guess I believe him though...if I was in his position and knew there was a problem, I would have fixed it ASAP.

Side note...where do you live(edit: skip the were do you live thing...I opened my eyes) and how much do you get charged for a kilowatt...yikes...that seemed awfull high.

I just dug up our rates here...6.25cents/KWh. Anyone else know what they pay...curious to see what rates are in other places.

LOL, yeah, and when all else fails, blame it on the wife...

[kylepaddock]

That's why god made them.

[FeRaL]

That's why god made them.

Now that made me laugh!

[Merlin]

Good job everyone...can we keep the pace up for 7 more days and pass Tom's Hardware???? That would be a good little present for the nice folks here at LR. Not that you were trying to redeem yourself Vectrexer but you have in my oppinion, thanks for adding soo many points to LR's total. On Dec. 1st I had never folded at all and now I plan to stick with it, in between gaming of course.

[Apoptosis]

"Energy (1,160 kWh x $.117630/kWh) $136.45 " It was in the statement. Be happy you don't live in Europe..they are like 25-35 cents KWh.

Missouri must be cheap:

In winter (October through May) that charge is 6.12 cents per kWh for the first 750 kilowatthours and 4.12 cents per kWh for any usage over 750 kilowatthours.

As for the winning team please e-mail me your shipping addresses.

[Wifuzzy]

Congrats Team F (aka spitter) FYI..not much folding gonna be happening over the holidays. Will be back up in the new year with my more realistic 12K-15K ppd. Merry christmas and happy new year to all.

[kylepaddock]

When should we know the random winners.

[Apoptosis]

When should we know the random winners.

When I figure out what I'm going to do