How far along are you???

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KWSN Sir Clark Send message Joined: 8 Jul 05 Posts: 33 Credit: 1,274,211 RAC: 0	Message 23604 - Posted: 14 Jul 2006, 1:56:00 UTC I got my WU on 6th June and I\'m almost 5% through (almost December 1928). After numerous failed attempts I\'ve managed to stabilise a WU and actually get some decent crunching done and keeping backups too. Only had to restore once. I\'m not crunching as fast as I should because my PC gets quite hot........especially if I\'m crunching and working at the same time (and during hot spells of weather). I\'m mostly crunching at night. ID: 23604 · Reply Quote

Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7629 Credit: 24,240,330 RAC: 0	Message 23606 - Posted: 14 Jul 2006, 4:23:15 UTC MikeMarsUK has just completed a model here, and 3 others have recently completed models on the BBC project. But still a long way to go for the project as a whole. ID: 23606 · Reply Quote

old_user132880 Send message Joined: 8 Dec 05 Posts: 21 Credit: 215,749 RAC: 0	Message 23676 - Posted: 20 Jul 2006, 15:26:29 UTC After my first hadcm errored out at abt 47%..I am well into the second one and another is running as well (14.2% on one and 2.44 on another). Is it possible I just got a bad unit? I know stuff like this has happened before.... ID: 23676 · Reply Quote

astroWX Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Aug 04 Posts: 1496 Credit: 95,522,203 RAC: 0	Message 23678 - Posted: 20 Jul 2006, 16:43:22 UTC It\'s possible. However, we see few that we can categorically dump into that bucket. Typically, something about the participant\'s machine/software/procedures/environment triggers failures. Database under reconstruction, so we can\'t look into your runs for clues/reasons now. "We have met the enemy and he is us." -- Pogo Greetings from coastal Washington state, the scenic US Pacific Northwest. ID: 23678 · Reply Quote

MikeMarsUK Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 13 Jan 06 Posts: 1498 Credit: 15,613,038 RAC: 0	Message 23717 - Posted: 23 Jul 2006, 10:15:16 UTC Last modified: 23 Jul 2006, 10:15:28 UTC The usual sign of an unstable workunit is that it starts looping (repeatedly rerunning the same year). This is an error, it should be automatically aborting, but it doesn\'t sound like it\'s the problem here. The crashed work units seem to have an error code of -161, this is difficult to diagnose because it simply means \'a crash occurred, and as a reuslt there are no files to upload\'. Take a look at the topmost thread in this forum for ideas on what may have caused the crashes. Error -161: http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/result.php?resultid=5363412 Error -161: http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/result.php?resultid=5424059 Sometimes work units are hard to get started on a particular PC, and it takes several goes to get one running. Rebooting the PC in \'safe mode\' until the first trickle occurs sometimes helps, and also not displaying the graphics. I'm a volunteer and my views are my own. News and Announcements and FAQ ID: 23717 · Reply Quote