UNSTABLE_MACHINE on 8800GT

Yeggstry · 19 Apr 2012 at 20:40

Hi Guys,

I'm having problems with the 8800GT I've put into my media PC, says unstable PC but I don't know why

Any ideas?

Code:

useless log paste :P

hanluc · 19 Apr 2012 at 23:43

Is it overclocked? usually you get that sort of message due to a bad overclock.

Yeggstry · 20 Apr 2012 at 08:11

I would hope its not a bad overclock, it was bought overclocked!

Yeggstry · 22 Apr 2012 at 16:56

Evidently my log paste was rubbish and didn't actually give the error I was seeing

Turns out the problem was nvidia graphics drivers, that screws up when it switches off the monitor. Did some Win 7 power option tweaks and it seems to be running again

Only 5k a day, hopefully my PSU arrives back soon

Snapshot · 23 Apr 2012 at 06:41

I had that too. Nvidia don't seem to be getting it right for folding at the moment. The current GPU WUs are rubbish as well.

Yeggstry · 23 Apr 2012 at 10:05

Apparently the new beta drivers fix it, but since its a media PC that's essentially headless anyway I just set the monitor to be permanently on

Biffa · 23 Apr 2012 at 11:18

Snapshot said:
I had that too. Nvidia don't seem to be getting it right for folding at the moment. The current GPU WUs are rubbish as well.

Really? I'm getting nearly 20K each on my GTX470's on the 8036 WU

Snapshot · 23 Apr 2012 at 15:23

Yes, I get the same from my 560Ti (and 21K from the 570 when it was running) but I'm just not picking up many 803x WUs at the moment. Instead I've had far too many 764x WUs which only give about 12K and take too many CPU cycles as well.

Biffa · 23 Apr 2012 at 15:26

you got advmethods on?

Snapshot · 24 Apr 2012 at 06:15

Tried both, doesn't seem to make any difference. Which do you suggest?
Do you have WU size set to normal or big?

Biffa · 24 Apr 2012 at 10:01

From my client.cfg

PHP:

[settings]
username=Biffa
team=10
passkey=xxxxx
asknet=no
machineid=2
bigpackets=big
local=3451

[http]
active=no
host=127.0.0.1
port=8080
usereg=no
usepasswd=no
proxy_name=
proxy_passwd=

[clienttype]
type=3

[core]
nocpulock=1
priority=96
cpuusage=100
disableassembly=no
checkpoint=15

[power]
battery=no

Snapshot · 24 Apr 2012 at 20:26

Interesting. Mine's just

PHP:

[settings]
username=snapsh0t_too
team=10
passkey=xxxxxxx
asknet=no
machineid=5
extra_parms=-verbosity 9
local=7

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=no

[clienttype]
type=3

I'm using the 6.41 basic console client. I suspect that 'local' setting has a lot hiding in it as another config here has it set to 358.

Of course, now the 803x's are coming through again......

Mattus · 8 May 2012 at 02:46

Is 'local' maybe the total number of WUs crunched on that client?

Yeggstry · 8 May 2012 at 07:05

Hmmmm, I also have the 560Ti, I'm surprised to hear you say it should be doing 20k, I've only ever seen 12k on the current setup (Windows v7, FaH v7). I also don't know when my SMP (2500K) is going to hit 10 WUs so I can get these bonus points!

Any tips for what settings/flags should be set, or should I be getting a linux client running in virtualbox?