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Woody...!!!

Woody...!!!

Woody...!!!

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i have decided to give F@H another go so i have downloaded F@H 6.23 console

i think i have done it right but my cpu's are only running at 13%

my cpu is a I7 720 and i have put F@H in 2 folders called F@H1 and F@H2 did the -configonly, restarted the pc, and they are not running at 100% HELP
 
I think you need the SMP client as that will use 4 cores although if you've got an i7, there's some fancy even bigger client you can use.

I'm certainly not an expert on the matter however!
 
It sounds like you installed just the standard clients. While these do contribute to the science, they are not making the most of your hardware. You will want to look into the SMP client. Looking around these here forums [the sticky] or the SMP Guide linky in my Sig should point you in the right direction.

If you want simplicity go for the Windows SMP Client. The downside is the output of this client is not as high as the Linux version. If you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7 you may have to completely disable UAC to get the client installed and working. I believe you can switch UAC back on once you have got it running.

The other alternative is the Linux SMP Client. There are two main ways of running this. You can either install Linux and run that natively. Or you can run Linux inside a Virtual Machine. Virtual Machines are really easy to set up and take hardly any time at all. You will need to give up some precious RAM [I would say at least 1GB] to the Virtual Machine, so if you do a lot of gaming or RAM-heavy work, it may not be the best option. If you can spare the 1GB then you should get a very nice output.

The best output by far is from GPU folding, at this time the nVidia cards do exceptionally well. ATI....not so much. However, running a GPU at 100% for prolonged periods will eat a lot of juice and theoretically lower the life of your card - though realistically you will be on a new graphics card by that time :P
 
NightmareXX said:
I think you need the SMP client as that will use 4 cores although if you've got an i7, there's some fancy even bigger client you can use.

I'm certainly not an expert on the matter however!
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That will be the -bigadv Work Units. This is not recommended at all [Vijay Pande himself says it wasn't meant for consumer hardware] but if you do want the mega points you will pretty much have to give up any hope of using your computer to do anything more intensive than Word!

You will need a Virtual Machine to run the -bigadv WUs [I think] and each core thread requires a hefty chunk of RAM. I believe the recommended amount is between 4 and 5GB. Not many machines have that much RAM total, so doesn't leave a lot for doing your own stuff on the computer.
 
SiriusB said:
It sounds like you installed just the standard clients. While these do contribute to the science, they are not making the most of your hardware. You will want to look into the SMP client. Looking around these here forums [the sticky] or the SMP Guide linky in my Sig should point you in the right direction.

If you want simplicity go for the Windows SMP Client. The downside is the output of this client is not as high as the Linux version. If you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7 you may have to completely disable UAC to get the client installed and working. I believe you can switch UAC back on once you have got it running.

The other alternative is the Linux SMP Client. There are two main ways of running this. You can either install Linux and run that natively. Or you can run Linux inside a Virtual Machine. Virtual Machines are really easy to set up and take hardly any time at all. You will need to give up some precious RAM [I would say at least 1GB] to the Virtual Machine, so if you do a lot of gaming or RAM-heavy work, it may not be the best option. If you can spare the 1GB then you should get a very nice output.

The best output by far is from GPU folding, at this time the nVidia cards do exceptionally well. ATI....not so much. However, running a GPU at 100% for prolonged periods will eat a lot of juice and theoretically lower the life of your card - though realistically you will be on a new graphics card by that time :P
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thank you, i will have a look at your siggy, i will give a shout if i struggle, so the console version is for only 1 core then
 
No there is a windows SMP client but it only put out around half the points-per-day (PPD) that the Linux client does.

Take a look here: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadWinOther

Download the bottom one: "Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008 SMP client console version" its the easiest to get started with.

Also if you have a good gfx card (say Nvidia 9800 or above) then you can fold using that too!
 
Biffa said:
No there is a windows SMP client but it only put out around half the points-per-day (PPD) that the Linux client does.

Take a look here: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadWinOther

Download the bottom one: "Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008 SMP client console version" its the easiest to get started with.

Also if you have a good gfx card (say Nvidia 9800 or above) then you can fold using that too!
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I have done all that thanks, and it is only running at 13% on all 4 cores.
the graphic card that i have is an ati 4890
 
Pilgrim57 said:
There is a version for Windows [ see post #5]
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadWinOther
As it will work in Vista I'd say it will be ok for Win7 - not that I've used it but worth a try. Don't forget the comment about disabling UAC.
Good luck & welcome back aboard.
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Thanks, i have it installed and running now, but like i said it is only running at 13% cpu time on all 4 cores, so that means my pc is around 50% idol
 
Are you sure it is the SMP client?

Download FahMon and once installed Right-click in the white space, then click Add Client. Point it at the folder you installed F@H to.

Once working you should see a bunch of info on the right - could you give us those details? You can also go to View and then click Show/Hide Fahlog. Show it and paste the whole thing in here.

At this point I suspect you missed the -smp flag.
 
SiriusB said:
Are you sure it is the SMP client?

Download FahMon and once installed Right-click in the white space, then click Add Client. Point it at the folder you installed F@H to.

Once working you should see a bunch of info on the right - could you give us those details? You can also go to View and then click Show/Hide Fahlog. Show it and paste the whole thing in here.

At this point I suspect you missed the -smp flag.
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2 mins
 
ion 6.29

http://folding.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################################################

Launch directory: c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6
Executable: F@H6
Arguments: -configonly -smp

[16:26:05] Configuring Folding@Home...


[16:29:31] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:29:31] - User name: Woody...!!! (Team 10)
[16:29:31] - User ID: 3393CCAA19A957E6
[16:29:31] - Machine ID: 1
[16:29:31]
[16:29:31] -configonly flag given, so exiting.


--- Opening Log file [January 22 16:30:09 UTC]


# Windows CPU Console Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

Folding@Home Client Version 6.29

http://folding.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################################################

Launch directory: c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6
Executable: F@H6
Arguments: -configonly

[16:30:09] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:30:09] - User name: Woody...!!! (Team 10)
[16:30:09] - User ID: 3393CCAA19A957E6
[16:30:09] - Machine ID: 1
[16:30:09]
[16:30:09] Configuring Folding@Home...


[16:32:10] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:32:10] - User name: Woody...!!! (Team 10)
[16:32:10] - User ID: 3393CCAA19A957E6
[16:32:10] - Machine ID: 1
[16:32:10]
[16:32:10] -configonly flag given, so exiting.


--- Opening Log file [January 22 16:41:54 UTC]


# Windows SMP Console Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

Folding@Home Client Version 6.29

http://folding.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################################################

Launch directory: c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6
Executable: f@h6
Arguments: -configonly -smp -smp -verbosity 9

[16:41:54] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:41:54] - User name: Woody...!!! (Team 10)
[16:41:54] - User ID: 3393CCAA19A957E6
[16:41:54] - Machine ID: 1
[16:41:54]
[16:41:54] Configuring Folding@Home...


[16:42:08] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:42:08] - User name: Woody...!!! (Team 10)
[16:42:08] - User ID: 3393CCAA19A957E6
[16:42:08] - Machine ID: 1
[16:42:08]
[16:42:08] -configonly flag given, so exiting.


--- Opening Log file [January 22 16:42:21 UTC]


# Windows SMP Console Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

Folding@Home Client Version 6.29

http://folding.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################################################

Launch directory: c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6
Executable: f@h6
Arguments: -configonly -smp -smp -verbosity 9

[16:42:21] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:42:21] - User name: Woody...!!! (Team 10)
[16:42:21] - User ID: 3393CCAA19A957E6
[16:42:21] - Machine ID: 1
[16:42:21]
[16:42:21] Configuring Folding@Home...


The program will continue in non-service mode now, working in c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6.
The next time the computer is starts up, you should see work automatically
continue there. Note that when this service is running, you should not try
to manually run F@H from that directory at the same time.


[16:43:16] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:43:16] - User name: Woody...!!! (Team 10)
[16:43:16] - User ID: 3393CCAA19A957E6
[16:43:16] - Machine ID: 1
[16:43:16]
[16:43:16] -configonly flag given, so exiting.


--- Opening Log file [January 22 16:45:10 UTC]


# Windows SMP Console Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

Folding@Home Client Version 6.29

http://folding.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################################################

Launch directory: c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6
Service: c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6\f@h6
Arguments: -svcstart -d c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6 -smp -verbosity 9

Launched as a service.
Entered c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6 to do work.

[16:45:10] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:45:10] - User name: Woody...!!! (Team 10)
[16:45:10] - User ID: 3393CCAA19A957E6
[16:45:10] - Machine ID: 1
[16:45:10]
[16:45:10] Work directory not found. Creating...
[16:45:10] Could not open work queue, generating new queue...
[16:45:10] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[16:45:10] Cleaning up work directory
[16:45:10] - Autosending finished units... [January 22 16:45:10 UTC]
[16:45:10] Trying to send all finished work units
[16:45:10] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[16:45:10] - Autosend completed
[16:45:10] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:45:10] - Will indicate memory of 6141 MB
[16:45:10] - Detect CPU. Vendor: GenuineIntel, Family: 6, Model: 10, Stepping: 5
[16:45:10] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:45:10] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:45:32] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[16:45:32] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[16:45:32] Connecting to http://assign2.stanford.edu:80/
[16:45:53] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[16:45:53] + Could not connect to Assignment Server 2
[16:45:53] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[16:45:53] - Attempt #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[16:46:01] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:46:01] - Will indicate memory of 6141 MB
[16:46:01] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:46:01] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:46:22] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[16:46:22] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[16:46:22] Connecting to http://assign2.stanford.edu:80/
[16:46:43] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[16:46:43] + Could not connect to Assignment Server 2
[16:46:43] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[16:46:43] - Attempt #2 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[16:47:08] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:47:08] - Will indicate memory of 6141 MB
[16:47:08] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:47:08] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:47:29] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[16:47:29] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[16:47:29] Connecting to http://assign2.stanford.edu:80/
[16:47:50] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[16:47:50] + Could not connect to Assignment Server 2
[16:47:50] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[16:47:50] - Attempt #3 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[16:48:17] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:48:17] - Will indicate memory of 6141 MB
[16:48:17] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:48:17] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:48:39] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[16:48:39] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[16:48:39] Connecting to http://assign2.stanford.edu:80/
[16:49:00] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[16:49:00] + Could not connect to Assignment Server 2
[16:49:00] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[16:49:00] - Attempt #4 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.


--- Opening Log file [January 22 16:50:26 UTC]


# Windows SMP Console Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

Folding@Home Client Version 6.29

http://folding.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################################################

Launch directory: c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6
Service: c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6\f@h6
Arguments: -svcstart -d c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6 -smp -verbosity 9

Launched as a service.
Entered c:\Program Files (x86)\F@H6 to do work.

[16:50:26] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:50:26] - User name: Woody...!!! (Team 10)
[16:50:26] - User ID: 3393CCAA19A957E6
[16:50:26] - Machine ID: 1
[16:50:26]
[16:50:27] Loaded queue successfully.
[16:50:27] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[16:50:27] Cleaning up work directory
[16:50:27] - Autosending finished units... [January 22 16:50:27 UTC]
[16:50:27] Trying to send all finished work units
[16:50:27] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[16:50:27] - Autosend completed
[16:50:27] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:50:27] - Will indicate memory of 6141 MB
[16:50:27] - Detect CPU. Vendor: GenuineIntel, Family: 6, Model: 10, Stepping: 5
[16:50:27] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:50:27] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:51:46] Posted data.
[16:51:46] Initial: 40AB; - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.64).
[16:51:46] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[16:51:46] Loaded queue successfully.
[16:51:46] Connecting to http://171.64.65.64:8080/
[16:51:50] Posted data.
[16:51:50] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 2433429)
[16:51:59] - Downloaded at ~264 kB/s
[16:51:59] - Averaged speed for that direction ~264 kB/s
[16:51:59] + Received work.
[16:51:59] + Closed connections
[16:51:59]
[16:51:59] + Processing work unit
[16:51:59] Work type a1 not eligible for variable processors
[16:51:59] Core required: FahCore_a1.exe
[16:51:59] Core not found.
[16:51:59] - Core is not present or corrupted.
[16:51:59] - Attempting to download new core...
[16:51:59] + Downloading new core: FahCore_a1.exe
[16:51:59] Downloading core (/~pande/Win32/x86/Core_a1.fah from www.stanford.edu)
[16:52:03] Initial: AFDE; + 10240 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: AD21; + 20480 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: CC38; + 30720 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 8501; + 40960 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: F56A; + 51200 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: ABAE; + 61440 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: B6B0; + 71680 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 783A; + 81920 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: B2A6; + 92160 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 1409; + 102400 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: BBF0; + 112640 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 1861; + 122880 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 5950; + 133120 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 1081; + 143360 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 26BC; + 153600 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: FE4A; + 163840 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: C1C3; + 174080 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 9B49; + 184320 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 9EE5; + 194560 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: D79D; + 204800 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 7801; + 215040 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 8B51; + 225280 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: E26E; + 235520 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: EDB0; + 245760 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 0919; + 256000 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: CDDE; + 266240 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 7A7E; + 276480 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 034E; + 286720 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 88D0; + 296960 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: D66D; + 307200 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 6A52; + 317440 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: B478; + 327680 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: CF8A; + 337920 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 8407; + 348160 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 2246; + 358400 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 1C69; + 368640 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 1287; + 378880 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 19B3; + 389120 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 1AD1; + 399360 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 5791; + 409600 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 76C5; + 419840 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 9B77; + 430080 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: E82F; + 440320 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: D0D3; + 450560 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 0F5E; + 460800 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: D743; + 471040 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 0B7C; + 481280 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: FAFD; + 491520 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 0E14; + 501760 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 4048; + 512000 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 21A5; + 522240 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: C1A5; + 532480 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: F716; + 542720 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: DD98; + 552960 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 9F7B; + 563200 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 1CC0; + 573440 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 4D37; + 583680 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 222A; + 593920 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 8E33; + 604160 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: D3C9; + 614400 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 9821; + 624640 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 236E; + 634880 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 1A7A; + 645120 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 6D64; + 655360 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 4ADC; + 665600 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 3854; + 675840 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: CB5C; + 686080 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 2A88; + 696320 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 1199; + 706560 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 0512; + 716800 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 316E; + 727040 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: D89D; + 737280 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: E6A3; + 747520 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: B488; + 757760 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: BAFD; + 768000 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: 34A0; + 778240 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: DD6C; + 788480 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Initial: D2E9; + 789667 bytes downloaded
[16:52:03] Verifying core Core_a1.fah...
[16:52:03] Signature is VALID
[16:52:03]
[16:52:03] Trying to unzip core FahCore_a1.exe
[16:52:03] Decompressed FahCore_a1.exe (2035712 bytes) successfully
[16:52:08] + Core successfully engaged
[16:52:13]
[16:52:13] + Processing work unit
[16:52:13] Work type a1 not eligible for variable processors
[16:52:13] Core required: FahCore_a1.exe
[16:52:13] Core found.
[16:52:13] Working on queue slot 01 [January 22 16:52:13 UTC]
[16:52:13] + Working ...
[16:52:13] - Calling 'mpiexec -np 4 -channel auto -host 127.0.0.1 FahCore_a1.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -checkpoint 15 -service -verbose -lifeline 1776 -version 629'

[16:52:14]
[16:52:14] *------------------------------*
[16:52:14] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[16:52:14] Version 1.74 (March 10, 2007)
[16:52:14]
[16:52:14] Preparing to commence simulation
[16:52:14] - Ensuring status. Please wait.
[16:52:14] Created dyn
[16:52:14] - Files status OK
[16:52:15] - Expanded 2432917 -> 12890333 (decompressed 529.8 percent)
[16:52:15] - Starting from initial work packet
[16:52:15]
[16:52:15] Project: 2653 (Run 13, Clone 85, Gen 137)
[16:52:15]
[16:52:15] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[16:52:15] Entering M.D.
[16:52:32] l work packet
[16:52:32]
[16:52:32] Project: 2653 (Run 13, Clone 85, Gen 137)
[16:52:32]
[16:52:32] Entering M.D.
[16:52:32] ne 85, Gen 137)
[16:52:32]
[16:52:32] Entering M.D.
[16:52:39] g local files
[16:52:39] Extra SSE boost OK.
[16:52:39]
[16:52:39] cal files
[16:52:39] Extra SSE boost OK.
[16:52:39] cal files
[16:52:39] Completed 0 out of 500000 steps (0 percent)
[16:59:57] Writing local files
[16:59:58] Completed 5000 out of 500000 steps (1 percent)
[17:07:23] Writing local files
[17:07:23] Completed 10000 out of 500000 steps (2 percent)
[17:14:12] Writing local files
[17:14:12] Completed 15000 out of 500000 steps (3 percent)
[17:20:56] Writing local files
[17:20:56] Completed 20000 out of 500000 steps (4 percent)
 
PPD is Points Per Day. The bigger the better!

I don't run an i7 so couldn't say if that PPD was below average. It might be right for WindowsSMP... dunno - wait for someone who owns or knows what a 720 should fold at :P
 
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