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Originally Posted by koala
My system crashed (not caused by F@H) at 92% while running the SMP multi-core client. When I rebooted it started again from 0% but the deadline remained the same.
I usually finish SMP work units in about 50 hours, well within the 'preferred' deadline limit, but now it's due to finish 16 hours past the 'final' deadline.
Does this mean I won't get any points for the work unit and they won't be able to use the work done?
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I can tell you first hand that you will not get any points for the late WU with the SMP Client.
I noticed today that I had only posted 1 WU per day for a few days (My AM2 5600+ turns a WU in about 28 hrs). Sure enough, I checked the other rig and found that it had been unable to connect to the server to upload the results. (it was however able to download new WUs) So I had 2 completed WUs sitting in the queue waiting to be uploaded and over and 57% complete on a 3rd. (S939 4400+ turns a WU in 36-44hrs depending what the kid is doing)
I stopped folding, rebooted my VM and started up F@H. The 1st thing I seen in the new log was:
WU 2 has past the deadline.
Unable to delete all of WU 2
Sending WU 3
It wouldn't even upload the file because it had past the deadline.
On another note, I've noticed that other folding members have completely lost thier work due to system crash when using the Windows client. I've had VMware lockup on me a few on different rigs and had to kill the program and processes manually and reboot to get it back.
The 4400+ was having an overheating issue just after moving it to a new case for the kid (case was fan was installed backwards from the factory
) causing lockups. It was fine when it was just folding but when she started editing video and such it froze or shut down.
Anyway, getting to my point, with the Linux client I've never lost any work due to a crash, lockup, unexpected reboot or shutdown. Maybe another advantage to running the VMware/Ubuntu setup.
Sorry about the novel. It's late, I'm tired, and rambling on.
BTW, my new E8400 is up and running, OCed to 4ghz. As soon as the torture test is done I'll be rolling the dice on the Windows SMP Client. Just so I can have a little insight when helping others with thier issues.
