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Folding with SMP Client - Nodda Happening

CasheKicker

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Hi All,

I recently DL'd the SMP (Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008 SMP client console version 6.23 beta for MPICH (32-bit or 64-bit))

I installed it and it appears to have started up but all I get is

3:43:21] Folding@Home Gromacs Core
[23:43:21] Version 1.90 (March 8, 2006)
[23:43:21]
[23:43:21] Preparing to commence simulation
[23:43:21] - Looking at optimizations...
[23:43:21] - Created dyn
[23:43:21] - Files status OK
[23:43:21] - Expanded 239680 -> 1193309 (decompressed 497.8 percent)
[23:43:21] - Starting from initial work packet
[23:43:21]
[23:43:21] Project: 2527 (Run 49, Clone 98, Gen 13)
[23:43:21]
[23:43:21] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[23:43:21] Entering M.D.
[23:43:27] Protein: p2527_Am22-43
[23:43:27]
[23:43:27] Writing local files
[23:43:27] Extra SSE boost OK.
[23:43:27] Writing local files
[23:43:27] Completed 0 out of 2000000 steps (0%)

It has been stuck at 0/2000000 steps for 10 min now. What have I done wrong? As well both of my cores on the E8400 are only at about 50%.

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LCB001

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Hi All,

I recently DL'd the SMP (Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008 SMP client console version 6.23 beta for MPICH (32-bit or 64-bit))

I installed it and it appears to have started up but all I get is

3:43:21] Folding@Home Gromacs Core
[23:43:21] Version 1.90 (March 8, 2006)
[23:43:21]
[23:43:21] Preparing to commence simulation
[23:43:21] - Looking at optimizations...
[23:43:21] - Created dyn
[23:43:21] - Files status OK
[23:43:21] - Expanded 239680 -> 1193309 (decompressed 497.8 percent)
[23:43:21] - Starting from initial work packet
[23:43:21]
[23:43:21] Project: 2527 (Run 49, Clone 98, Gen 13)
[23:43:21]
[23:43:21] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[23:43:21] Entering M.D.
[23:43:27] Protein: p2527_Am22-43
[23:43:27]
[23:43:27] Writing local files
[23:43:27] Extra SSE boost OK.
[23:43:27] Writing local files
[23:43:27] Completed 0 out of 2000000 steps (0%)

It has been stuck at 0/2000000 steps for 10 min now. What have I done wrong? As well both of my cores on the E8400 are only at about 50%.

Suggestions
Your SMP client has picked up one of the uniproccessor WU's. When you first install they sometimes do this, it's not picking up the -smp flag.

Stop the client
Delete the work folder, queue.dat and unitinfo files and restart.

If it does it again, add the -smp flag to your shortcut and restart. The -smp flag should have been added automatically at config...
 

CasheKicker

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OK, well its been running for about 45 min now and it has completed 2% and giving me about 226.34ppd.

Somebody tell me I should be doing better than this... HELP!
 

B_A_Hines

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Cashe.....did you let it run?!?!?!?!?:thumb:

Not as fast as the GPU's:blarg:

Time.....you need time too get those extra ppd's:bananafunky:

Now let me get back to my video card shopping.:punk:


Watch your oc'ing with GPU and SMP running. I'm getting BSOD's
 

LCB001

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OK, well its been running for about 45 min now and it has completed 2% and giving me about 226.34ppd.

Somebody tell me I should be doing better than this... HELP!
If you get the SMP working correctly you should be doing 1700-2000 ppd. The SMP project #'s are either 2665 or 2653, anything else is a classic client WU and will give you lousy PPD...
 

geokilla

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Are you using the -smp and -mpich/-deino flag? Also you need to install MPICH or DEINO. Whether you use the -mpich or -deino flag depends on which type of client you installed.

Folding@home - WinSMPGuideMPICH

Folding@home - WinSMPGuideDEINO

Also SMP units take longer to complete. My rig takes approximately 15 min to complete 1% of a 1760 point WU, while it takes almost double to complete 1% of a 1920 point WU.
 

3.0charlie

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My Q6600 (stock) on a 2653 has a tpf of 15:07. Give it time, and do use the SMP client, adding -smp in the additional parameters when you complete the configuration.
 

LCB001

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Ok so now how does one go about reconfigure it if its already installed and running.
Stop the client using Ctrl C, delete the work folder, queue.dat and unitinfo files.

Add the -config flag to the shortcut and restart, that will let you change any parameters of your config.

Once it's running again you can go back and delete the -config flag from the shortcut once you are sure it's running properly...
 

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