Just Starting

[EddWills95]

Hi guys

I've just decided to get in on this, i'm on my PC waaayyy too much just surfing so i'm sure i can lend a hand

i'll probably be under Xenophole

only running on my Mac (CPU) atm, but will get the pc going when i can

 

[Josh Weston]

Welcome to the team

 

[hmmblah]

Happy to have you on the team, welcome!

 

[yassarikhan786]

Welcome to the folding team

 

[EddWills95]

Cheers guys Shame i can't make use of the 6750m that is in the Mac, While my rig's not up and running.

 

[sheroo]

Welcome dude. Don't forget to get a passkey, so that you can get QRB (quick return bonus) points. You don't get any QRB for the first 10 WU (work units), but after that you will.

 

[Gardella]

Welcome to the team!

 

[EddWills95]

How do i get a passkey ???

 

[yassarikhan786]

How do i get a passkey ???

Go here: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/getpasskey.py

 

[EddWills95]

ah gotcha cheers

 

[EddWills95]

Problems on windows 8 rig

Hey Guys,

I got it all sorted on my mac, but now trying to get it running on windows 8 and its giving me a bit of a headache.

It gives me an error (as shown) and also seems to send Chrome into a fit. And won't let me use it properly

I've done all of the windows 8 updates. last one i did was to do with the Microsoft framework
I've also got the C++ stuff...well i think i have the right ones..

If anyone's got any idea where i can go with this i'd really appreciate it so i can help out with the team

Cheers

Edit: Those pictures are wayyyy too small...

I'll just type it out:
Assertion failed!

Program C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient\FAHControl.exe
File:cairo-curface.c
Line:860

Expression: status ==CAIRO_STATUS_SUCESS

For information on how your program can cause an assertion failure, see the VIsual C++ documentation on asserts

(Press Retry to Debug the application - JIT must be enabled)


And i've got installed:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17
"" "" 2010 x64 Redistributable - 10.0.30319
"" "" 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219

Wooo

Hope that helps

 

[yassarikhan786]

I've never encountered such an error. Have you applied any overclocks? Maybe go back to stock settings to make sure it's not an unstable OC.

 

[EddWills95]

i checked it with prime n'stuff. But i'll check

 

[yassarikhan786]

i checked it with prime n'stuff. But i'll check

If prime doesn't find anything, go back to stock settings and re-try. Or you could always uninstall and re-install the FAH client.

 

[EddWills95]

i've tried reinstalling a few times already. but no change. I'll try the clock settings. And if that is the case? would it be worth overclocking but checking to see is stability with F@H ?

 

[yassarikhan786]

i've tried reinstalling a few times already. but no change. I'll try the clock settings. And if that is the case? would it be worth overclocking but checking to see is stability with F@H ?

Usually if the OC gets through prime95 without throwing any errors, it will be fine with F@H. How long do you usually run prime95 for? I would suggest at least 12 hours. Alternatively, you can use Intel Burn Test at the "Extreme" settings.

 

[EddWills95]

Ran it for about 10 while I was asleep. And it came out okay

 

[yassarikhan786]

Ran it for about 10 while I was asleep. And it came out okay

Your overclock should be stable then. Its probably something else, but it would be better to try with stock clocks, just to rule out the possibility of it being an issue with the OC.

 

[EddWills95]

I've now got it running at stock clocks, with a slightly OCed GPU.

I'm considering leaving my OC for the cpu on, and just remove the folding slot because its a pretty weak cpu anyway.

Edit:
Also it doesn't seem like the CPU is folding at all anyway ? it says its got a project but has no ETA and the % hasn't budged....

 

[sheroo]

I've overclocked and its ran fine with OCCT, then after folding for 30 mins it falls over. These programs stress things in different ways. Just because Prime 95, OCCT or IntelBurn work its not a given the F@H won't fall over.

Have a read through this:-

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadUtils

I personally ended up stress testing with F@H itself...