core_16 WUs fail on an HD 7790

[dyeman]

I've recently built a new Win 7 64 system with an HD 7790 (Catalyst 13.4). All core_16 WUs fail (see log) until the slot is marked as "Failed".

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*********************** Log Started 2013-07-21T13:52:10Z ***********************
13:52:10:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
13:52:10:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
13:52:10:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2013 Stanford University
13:52:10:       Author: Joseph Coffland <[email protected]>
13:52:10:         Args: 
13:52:10:       Config: C:/Users/dyeman/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/config.xml
13:52:10:******************************** Build ********************************
13:52:10:      Version: 7.3.6
13:52:10:         Date: Feb 18 2013
13:52:10:         Time: 15:25:17
13:52:10:      SVN Rev: 3923
13:52:10:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
13:52:10:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
13:52:10:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
13:52:10:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
13:52:10:     Platform: win32 XP
13:52:10:         Bits: 32
13:52:10:         Mode: Release
13:52:10:******************************* System ********************************
13:52:10:          CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
13:52:10:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3
13:52:10:         CPUs: 8
13:52:10:       Memory: 7.69GiB
13:52:10:  Free Memory: 6.54GiB
13:52:10:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
13:52:10:  Has Battery: false
13:52:10:   On Battery: false
13:52:10:   UTC offset: 10
13:52:10:          PID: 3208
13:52:10:          CWD: C:/Users/dyeman/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
13:52:10:           OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
13:52:10:      OS Arch: AMD64
13:52:10:         GPUs: 3
13:52:10:        GPU 0: UNSUPPORTED: R9600 Pro primary (Asus OEM for HP)
13:52:10:        GPU 1: ATI:5 Bonaire XT [Radeon HD 7790]
13:52:10:        GPU 2: NVIDIA:3 GK106 [GeForce GTX 660]
13:52:10:         CUDA: 3.0
13:52:10:  CUDA Driver: 5050
13:52:10:Win32 Service: false
13:52:10:***********************************************************************
13:52:10:<config>
13:52:10:  <!-- Folding Core -->
13:52:10:  <core-priority v='low'/>
13:52:10:
13:52:10:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
13:52:10:  <cause v='PARKINSONS'/>
13:52:10:  <power v='off'/>
13:52:10:
13:52:10:  <!-- Network -->
13:52:10:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
13:52:10:
13:52:10:  <!-- User Information -->
13:52:10:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
13:52:10:  <team v='43782'/>
13:52:10:  <user v='dyeman'/>
13:52:10:
13:52:10:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
13:52:10:  <slot id='0' type='GPU'/>
13:52:10:</config>
13:52:10:Trying to access database...
13:52:10:Successfully acquired database lock
13:52:10:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED gpu:1:Bonaire XT [Radeon HD 7790] (paused)
13:53:42:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign-GPU.stanford.edu:80
13:53:43:WU00:FS00:News: Welcome to Folding@Home
13:53:43:WU00:FS00:Assigned to work server 171.67.108.44
13:53:43:WU00:FS00:Requesting new work unit for slot 00: READY gpu:1:Bonaire XT [Radeon HD 7790] from 171.67.108.44
13:53:43:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.44:8080
13:53:44:WU00:FS00:Downloading 44.47KiB
13:53:44:WU00:FS00:Download complete
13:53:44:WU00:FS00:Received Unit: id:00 state:DOWNLOAD error:NO_ERROR project:11292 run:13 clone:59 gen:10 core:0x16 unit:0x0000003b6652edbc4d096dce344da2dc
13:53:44:WU00:FS00:Downloading core from http://www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/ATI/R600/Core_16.fah
13:53:44:WU00:FS00:Connecting to www.stanford.edu:80
13:53:45:WU00:FS00:FahCore 16: Downloading 1.04MiB
13:53:51:WU00:FS00:FahCore 16: 89.90%
13:53:51:WU00:FS00:FahCore 16: Download complete
13:53:51:WU00:FS00:Valid core signature
13:53:51:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore has not changed since last download, aborting core update
13:53:51:WU00:FS00:Starting
13:53:51:WU00:FS00:Running FahCore: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe" C:/Users/dyeman/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/cores/www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/AMD64/ATI/R600/Core_16.fah/FahCore_16.exe -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 703 -lifeline 3208 -checkpoint 15 -gpu 0 -gpu-vendor ati
13:53:51:WU00:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 6104
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:Core PID:6116
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0x16 started
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:*------------------------------*
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Folding@Home GPU Core
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Version 2.11 (Thu Dec 9 15:00:14 PST 2010)
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Compiler  : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80x86 
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Build host: user-f6d030f24f
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Board Type: AMD/OpenCL
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Core      : x=16
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16: Window's signal control handler registered.
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Preparing to commence simulation
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Looking at optimizations...
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:DeleteFrameFiles: successfully deleted file=00/wudata_01.ckp
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Created dyn
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Files status OK
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:sizeof(CORE_PACKET_HDR) = 512 file=<>
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Expanded 45022 -> 171163 (decompressed 380.1 percent)
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=45022 data_size=171163, decompressed_data_size=171163 diff=0
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:- Digital signature verified
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Project: 11292 (Run 13, Clone 59, Gen 10)
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Assembly optimizations on if available.
13:53:52:WU00:FS00:0x16:Entering M.D.
13:53:54:WU00:FS00:0x16:Tpr hash 00/wudata_01.tpr:  1760247738 1576893227 2414263515 3819492228 2268085556
13:53:54:WU00:FS00:0x16:Working on ALZHEIMER DISEASE AMYLOID
13:53:54:WU00:FS00:0x16:Client config unavailable.
13:53:54:WU00:FS00:0x16:Starting GUI Server
13:54:01:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned an unknown error code which probably indicates that it crashed
13:54:01:WARNING:WU00:FS00:FahCore returned: UNKNOWN_ENUM (-1073741819 = 0xc0000005)

The card runs core_17 WUs fine. I have two other systems with HD 7770 and HD 7850 respectively that process both core_16 and core_17 WUs fine. These are also on Catalyst 13.4, but being older systems have had several earlier Catalyst releases installed (11.x and 12.x) so could have bits of driver (or more importantly Brook/CAL/Stream runtime libraries??) still floating around, so is it possible there is something core_16 requires that is not present in vanila Catalyst 13.4 default install??

[PantherX]

AFAIK, FahCore_16 works great with 12.8 or lower. With the newer drivers, it can be a hit or miss. However, FahCore_17 can work pretty well with the newer WHQL Driver releases. Not sure of any method which would help you to optimize for both FahCores in a single system.

[dyeman]

AFAIK, FahCore_16 works great with 12.8 or lower. With the newer drivers, it can be a hit or miss. However, FahCore_17 can work pretty well with the newer WHQL Driver releases. Not sure of any method which would help you to optimize for both FahCores in a single system.

Thanks - I think 7790 is too new to be supported in 12.x drivers. In truth it isn't an issue at the moment unless core_17 WUs aren't available (?? not sure what will happen when core_17 is available by default - will there be any way to specify that core_17 WUs should have selection priority, or that core_16 WUs should not be selected??)

[7im]

Set client-type to advanced will state a preference for core_17 WUs.

[JimF]

My 7790 works OK (if slowly) on Core_16 with the 13.6 Beta 2 drivers.

[dyeman]

I installed the 13.6 beta drivers. According to the custom install, the AMD APP level is the same as in the 13.4 drivers, but the beta did install some microsoft C runtime libraries that weren't installed before. Unfortunately made no difference - same failure. No big deal - the only issue is when core_17 WUs run out (as they did a couple of days ago).

Thanks JimF!