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15 Point WUs?

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leagle

Limp Gawd
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Has anyone ever heard of an incredibly small WU that only nets you 15 points each? According to my last update, my machine turned in two of them this morning.

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=510276
(look at the table "Hourly Production" in the bottom right corner of the page)

Maybe this has something to do with bonus points. I just passed the 10 WU threshold in the last day or so.
 
i have seen a couple super small wu's. i forget the points and the time but they where here and gone in minutes.
 
I think they were several of the 2.53 Point WUs :)

Project 10099 is only 2.53 pernts :D
 
i remember when WU's were only worth a few points, funny seeing that again
 
I remember seeing similar small WUs over a year ago. They processed very fast even on older systems and produced decent PPD. What's good about them is they accumulate many WUs to one's total if you have many systems running them.
 
The plot thickens. I got home from work and found this in my log file:

Code: 
--- Opening Log file [April 27 12:16:14 UTC] 


# Mac OS X SMP Console Edition ################################################
###############################################################################

                       Folding@Home Client Version 6.29r3

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: /Users/****/Library/Folding@home
Executable: /usr/local/fah/fah6
Arguments: -advmethods -oneunit 

[12:16:14] - Ask before connecting: No
[12:16:14] - User name: leagle (Team 33)
[12:16:14] - User ID: 681EF5015432F2AB
[12:16:14] - Machine ID: 1
[12:16:14] 
[12:16:14] Loaded queue successfully.
[12:16:14] 
[12:16:14] + Processing work unit
[12:16:14] Core required: FahCore_a3.exe
[12:16:14] Core found.
[12:16:14] Working on queue slot 05 [April 27 12:16:14 UTC]
[12:16:14] + Working ...
[12:16:14] 
[12:16:14] *------------------------------*
[12:16:14] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[12:16:14] Version 2.17 (Mar 7 2010)
[12:16:14] 
[12:16:14] Preparing to commence simulation
[12:16:14] - Looking at optimizations...
[12:16:14] - Files status OK
[12:16:15] - Expanded 1765920 -> 2252021 (decompressed 127.5 percent)
[12:16:15] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=1765920 data_size=2252021, decompressed_data_size=2252021 diff=0
[12:16:15] - Digital signature verified
[12:16:15] 
[12:16:15] Project: 6051 (Run 0, Clone 120, Gen 12)
[12:16:15] 
[12:16:15] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[12:16:15] Entering M.D.
[12:16:21] Using Gromacs checkpoints
[12:16:22] Resuming from checkpoint
[12:16:22] Verified work/wudata_05.log
[12:16:22] Verified work/wudata_05.trr
[12:16:22] Verified work/wudata_05.edr
[12:16:22] Completed 18311 out of 500000 steps  (3%)
[12:23:59] Completed 20000 out of 500000 steps  (4%)
[12:47:11] Completed 25000 out of 500000 steps  (5%)
[13:09:55] mdrun returned 255
[13:09:55] Going to send back what have done -- stepsTotalG=500000
[13:09:55] Work fraction=0.0599 steps=500000.
[13:09:59] logfile size=16112 infoLength=16112 edr=0 trr=25
[13:09:59] logfile size: 16112 info=16112 bed=0 hdr=25
[13:09:59] - Writing 16650 bytes of core data to disk...
[13:09:59]   ... Done.
[13:10:00] 
[13:10:00] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[13:10:00] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[13:10:00] Sending work to server
[13:10:00] Project: 6051 (Run 0, Clone 120, Gen 12)


[13:10:00] + Attempting to send results [April 27 13:10:00 UTC]
[13:10:01] + Results successfully sent
[13:10:01] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.
[13:10:01] + -oneunit flag given and have now finished a unit. Exiting.- Preparing to get new work unit...
[13:10:01] Cleaning up work directory

Folding@Home Client Shutdown.


--- Opening Log file [April 27 13:10:01 UTC] 


# Mac OS X SMP Console Edition ################################################
###############################################################################

                       Folding@Home Client Version 6.29r3

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: /Users/****/Library/Folding@home
Executable: /usr/local/fah/fah6
Arguments: -advmethods -oneunit 

[13:10:01] - Ask before connecting: No
[13:10:01] - User name: leagle (Team 33)
[13:10:01] - User ID: 681EF5015432F2AB
[13:10:01] - Machine ID: 1
[13:10:01] 
[13:10:01] Loaded queue successfully.
[13:10:01] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[13:10:01] Cleaning up work directory
[13:10:01] + Attempting to get work packet
[13:10:01] Passkey found
[13:10:01] - Connecting to assignment server
[13:10:02] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.54).
[13:10:02] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[13:10:02] Loaded queue successfully.
[13:10:04] + Closed connections
[13:10:04] 
[13:10:04] + Processing work unit
[13:10:04] Core required: FahCore_a3.exe
[13:10:04] Core found.
[13:10:04] Working on queue slot 06 [April 27 13:10:04 UTC]
[13:10:04] + Working ...
[13:10:05] 
[13:10:05] *------------------------------*
[13:10:05] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[13:10:05] Version 2.17 (Mar 7 2010)
[13:10:05] 
[13:10:05] Preparing to commence simulation
[13:10:05] - Looking at optimizations...
[13:10:05] - Created dyn
[13:10:05] - Files status OK
[13:10:05] - Expanded 1778611 -> 2058129 (decompressed 115.7 percent)
[13:10:05] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=1778611 data_size=2058129, decompressed_data_size=2058129 diff=0
[13:10:05] - Digital signature verified
[13:10:05] 
[13:10:05] Project: 6025 (Run 0, Clone 155, Gen 114)
[13:10:05] 
[13:10:05] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[13:10:05] Entering M.D.
[13:10:12] Completed 0 out of 500000 steps  (0%)
[13:14:01] mdrun returned 255
[13:14:01] Going to send back what have done -- stepsTotalG=500000
[13:14:01] Work fraction=0.0015 steps=500000.
[13:14:05] logfile size=11372 infoLength=11372 edr=0 trr=25
[13:14:05] logfile size: 11372 info=11372 bed=0 hdr=25
[13:14:05] - Writing 11910 bytes of core data to disk...
[13:14:05]   ... Done.
[13:14:05] 
[13:14:05] Folding@home Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE
[13:14:05] CoreStatus = 7A (122)
[13:14:05] Sending work to server
[13:14:05] Project: 6025 (Run 0, Clone 155, Gen 114)


[13:14:05] + Attempting to send results [April 27 13:14:05 UTC]
[13:14:06] + Results successfully sent
[13:14:06] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.
[13:14:06] + -oneunit flag given and have now finished a unit. Exiting.- Preparing to get new work unit...
[13:14:06] Cleaning up work directory
[13:14:06] + Attempting to get work packet
[13:14:06] Passkey found
[13:14:06] - Connecting to assignment server

Folding@Home

So it appears that the cores shutdown with an unstable machine error, but still gave me some sort of partial credit. After these two errors, the same machine downloaded a new WU and has been chugging on it all day without a problem.

I did update this machine to Mac OS 10.6 last night (notice the first WU is starting at 3%). Maybe that screwed something up, but if that is the case, I don't understand why it hasn't failed on the current WU (yet).
 
Currently, there are some issues reported with 10.4 and up (I think)
I know that 10.6 was brought up in the reports and they have been trying to resolve it.
 
delete the core, and force the client to re download it. Might be corrupt of something.
 
nitrobass24 said:
delete the core, and force the client to re download it. Might be corrupt of something.
Click to expand...

I'll do that when I get home this evening. Unfortunately, the mac client doesn't seem to recognize the -oneunit flag, so I'll have to pause it instead of waiting for it to finish the current WU.
 
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