I have tryed to find the answer before posting this so please don't shout at me to go read this or that page :).

I am new to Rosetta and have let my PC crunch numbers for a few days now but have noticed some client errors or computaiton error on my results page? Is this something I need to worry about? I am just trying to save time for more crunching.

My Results

Any help or advice welcome.

Dom

Looking at your results it is not as if you're only returning computation errors. There can't be a major problem. On the other hand, nothing seems to be wrong with the tasks themselves, as fas I can see. I don't know if you overclock but if you do, you may want to back off a little on the OC.

Nope its an off the shelf gaming PC, I just dont have time to play game these days. So wanted to put the pc to better use.

Hi Dom

The best method for testing is almost always Prime95 for four hours or so - just download from step 2 under 'Setup Instructions for New Users'. Then run 'Stress test only', choose option 2 and let it run. If it doesn't give any errors then Rosetta (and everything else) should be fine.

Danny

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Good Idea, I have used that in the past to check memory problems. I will give it a try thanks.

Good Idea, I have used that in the past to check memory problems. I will give it a try thanks.

You probably know, but just to make sure: Keep an eye on the temperatures.

It could be a temperature related problem. How old is the computer? Ever cleaned the dust filtes, or the coolers and fans?
I have to clean the dust filters every 6 months...

cu

Joe

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3 months old and in a clean room well almost, but yes I do clean the fans/ducting each month.

Prime95 found no problems so I will just monitor the problem for a week before I try anything else.

3 months old and in a clean room well almost, but yes I do clean the fans/ducting each month.

Prime95 found no problems so I will just monitor the problem for a week before I try anything else.

EDIT. Sorry for the double post. Can't see how I remove it.

YOU can't remove it, normally we just put the words 'double post' in it and let the Moderators remove it. But it is okay it happens to all of us sometimes. As for the errors have you set Boinc so the suspended units stay in memory? That is a setting on the webpage under Your Account, Computing Preferences and then you will see this:
"Leave applications in memory while suspended?
(suspended applications will consume swap space if 'yes') yes"

As you can see mine is set to yes, change yours to yes, if it is not already and the errors might go away.

I am still getting errors but I will try the "Leave applications in memory while suspended? (suspended applications will consume swap space if 'yes')" Suggestion.

I do use the pc a little now and then when its crunching so maybe that is the problem.

Thanks for the help guys.

Not a happy bunny.

It looks like I have 20 computation errors in 10 days.
And now the server is also down and I cant find any information on when its due back up.

I may have to give up on this project.

It seems the server is starting to come back to life. srv4.bakerlab.org wasn't even responding to web requests but it is now. I was able to upload all my finished jobs but I cannot send the scheduler request to report them. Here is the output I get:
13-Aug-2010 12:47:58 [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 2 completed tasks
13-Aug-2010 12:48:03 [rosetta@home] Scheduler request succeeded: got 0 new tasks
13-Aug-2010 12:48:03 [rosetta@home] Message from server: Server error: can't attach shared memory

And the tasks are still listed as ready to report.

It seems the server is starting to come back to life. srv4.bakerlab.org wasn't even responding to web requests but it is now. I was able to upload all my finished jobs but I cannot send the scheduler request to report them. Here is the output I get:
13-Aug-2010 12:47:58 [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 2 completed tasks
13-Aug-2010 12:48:03 [rosetta@home] Scheduler request succeeded: got 0 new tasks
13-Aug-2010 12:48:03 [rosetta@home] Message from server: Server error: can't attach shared memory

And the tasks are still listed as ready to report.

Time is on your side, they are working on it and as of right now I think everything is back up and running, they are all green anyway!
https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/rah_status.php