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Phil
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28 Oct 2011 5:47:46 UTC
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    I'm seeing a number of my FGRP jobs exit like this, is it my CPU giving up the ghost?

    % Writing output file.
FPU status flags:  PRECISION ZERO_DIVIDE DENORMALIZED INVALID
15:09:35 (1938): [normal]: done. calling boinc_finish(0).
15:09:35 (1938): called boinc_finish

    Bernd Machenschalk
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    Divide by Zero errors

    28 Oct 2011 9:49:05 UTC
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      Could you point me to a single task (or full log)?

      BM

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      31 Oct 2011 9:43:17 UTC
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        http://einsteinathome.org/task/253007526
        http://einsteinathome.org/task/252050614

        Around 4 or 5 so far

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        Hm. The result files contain

        1 Nov 2011 9:28:02 UTC
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          Hm. The result files contain values that aren't finite numbers. I have never seen this on our machines, nor does this happen with the same tasks on other Clients.

          Indeed I suspect there's something wrong with the FP units of your CPU. Maybe cooling would help.

          BM

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