Messed up installation

[ManxDave]

Complete Newbie warning. After hearing about the good work this project is doing I thought I would use the massive multi-CPU redundancy for something useful. I went to your home page, downloded the Windows installer and ran it. After that I didn't see anything about client choices etc. I went to your Passkey site made up a username and obtained a Passkey, they are now entered.

F@H appears to be working OK, its up to about 15% but it doesn't start automatically on PC boot, I have to start the program manually. Also the logfile states "Previous termination of core was improper". I wonder if there are any other config changes needed to help it run as efficiently as possible?

Finally feedback, how do I know you are getting the results from my PC? I am not that bothered about being in a team or league tables etc but if this is necessary how do I go about it?

If you want a look at my logfile do I just attach it as an 'image'?

[ChasR]

Copy and paste it and wrap it in code tags.

[derrickmcc]

Complete Newbie warning. After hearing about the good work this project is doing I thought I would use the massive multi-CPU redundancy for something useful. I went to your home page, downloded the Windows installer and ran it. After that I didn't see anything about client choices etc. I went to your Passkey site made up a username and obtained a Passkey, they are now entered.

F@H appears to be working OK, its up to about 15% but it doesn't start automatically on PC boot, I have to start the program manually. Also the logfile states "Previous termination of core was improper". I wonder if there are any other config changes needed to help it run as efficiently as possible?

Finally feedback, how do I know you are getting the results from my PC? I am not that bothered about being in a team or league tables etc but if this is necessary how do I go about it?

If you want a look at my logfile do I just attach it as an 'image'?

It is likely that you have installed the v6 Windows client. By default this will run a classic uniprocess core.
There is a user guide here

There is a new client, v7, which is currently in Beta testing, which automatically detects the capability of your hardware and will offer the appropriate configuration. You can download it from here
You can also find links to user guides on that download page, and additional guides on the forum

If you are running Windows XP, there are options to run clients automatically (as a service), for later versions of Windows the Uniprocessor and SMP clients can run as a service, but not the GPU client.

You do not need to join a team, but equally you can join any existing team or start your own.

If you need to attach a logfile, use the Code button to put the Code html tags in your post and paste your logfile between the Code and /Code tags.

[ManxDave]

Thanks to you both for the replies. My setup:-
i7 950 6GB RAM
Radeon HD5850 1GB RAM GPU Clock 725Mhz ( I think )
Win7

From browsing through the forum it sounds like I could do a better job with the SMP version? Currently my CPU only seems to reach 13% max. I'll probably wait until this work unit is finished then download the v7 SMP version, unless anyone suggests otherwise.

I'll attach the log file anyway in case anybody can spot any serious problems. I have edited out my Client Id as suggested somewhere here.

Thanks

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--- Opening Log file [December 28 15:39:13 UTC] 


# Windows CPU Systray Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

                       Folding@Home Client Version 6.23

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86


[15:40:03] - Ask before connecting: No
[15:40:03] - User name: Anonymous (Team 0)
[15:40:03] - User ID not found locally
[15:40:03] + Requesting User ID from server
[15:40:04] - Machine ID: 1
[15:40:04] 
[15:40:04] Work directory not found. Creating...
[15:40:04] Could not open work queue, generating new queue...
[15:40:05] Initialization complete
[15:40:05] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[15:40:05] + Attempting to get work packet
[15:40:05] - Connecting to assignment server
[15:40:06] - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.42).
[15:40:06] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[15:40:06] Loaded queue successfully.
[15:40:08] + Closed connections
[15:40:08] 
[15:40:08] + Processing work unit
[15:40:08] Core required: FahCore_a4.exe
[15:40:08] Core not found.
[15:40:08] - Core is not present or corrupted.
[15:40:08] - Attempting to download new core...
[15:40:08] + Downloading new core: FahCore_a4.exe
[15:40:08] + 10240 bytes downloaded

***********edited out ***********************

[15:40:26] + 3000320 bytes downloaded
[15:40:26] + 3010560 bytes downloaded
[15:40:26] + 3020800 bytes downloaded
[15:40:27] + 3028899 bytes downloaded
[15:40:27] Verifying core Core_a4.fah...
[15:40:27] Signature is VALID
[15:40:27] 
[15:40:27] Trying to unzip core FahCore_a4.exe
[15:40:28] Decompressed FahCore_a4.exe (10057216 bytes) successfully
[15:40:33] + Core successfully engaged
[15:40:38] 
[15:40:38] + Processing work unit
[15:40:38] Core required: FahCore_a4.exe
[15:40:38] Core found.
[15:40:38] Working on queue slot 01 [December 28 15:40:38 UTC]
[15:40:38] + Working ...
[15:40:38] 
[15:40:38] *------------------------------*
[15:40:38] Folding@Home Gromacs GB Core
[15:40:38] Version 2.27 (Dec. 15, 2010)
[15:40:38] 
[15:40:38] Preparing to commence simulation
[15:40:38] - Looking at optimizations...
[15:40:38] - Created dyn
[15:40:38] - Files status OK
[15:40:38] - Expanded 128604 -> 179848 (decompressed 139.8 percent)
[15:40:38] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=128604 data_size=179848, decompressed_data_size=179848 diff=0
[15:40:38] - Digital signature verified
[15:40:38] 
[15:40:38] Project: 10720 (Run 0, Clone 3457, Gen 8)
[15:40:38] 
[15:40:38] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[15:40:38] Entering M.D.
[15:40:44] Mapping NT from 1 to 1 
[15:40:44] Completed 0 out of 7000000 steps  (0%)
[15:45:43] ing M.D.
[15:45:49] Mapping NT from 1 to 1 
[15:45:49] Completed 0 out of 7000000 steps  (0%)

Folding@Home Client Shutdown.


--- Opening Log file [December 28 16:24:36 UTC] 


# Windows CPU Systray Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

                       Folding@Home Client Version 6.23

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86


[16:24:36] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:24:36] - User name: ManxDave (Team 0)
[16:24:36] - User ID: 388C*******************edited out
[16:24:36] - Machine ID: 1
[16:24:36] 
[16:24:36] Loaded queue successfully.
[16:24:36] Initialization complete
[16:24:36] 
[16:24:36] + Processing work unit
[16:24:36] Core required: FahCore_a4.exe
[16:24:36] Core found.
[16:24:36] Working on queue slot 01 [December 28 16:24:36 UTC]
[16:24:36] + Working ...
[16:24:36] 
[16:24:36] *------------------------------*
[16:24:36] Folding@Home Gromacs GB Core
[16:24:36] Version 2.27 (Dec. 15, 2010)
[16:24:36] 
[16:24:36] Preparing to commence simulation
[16:24:36] - Ensuring status. Please wait.
[16:24:46] - Looking at optimizations...
[16:24:46] - Working with standard loops on this execution.
[16:24:46] - Created dyn
[16:24:46] - Files status OK
[16:24:46] - Expanded 128604 -> 179848 (decompressed 139.8 percent)
[16:24:46] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=128604 data_size=179848, decompressed_data_size=179848 diff=0
[16:24:46] - Digital signature verified
[16:24:46] 
[16:24:46] Project: 10720 (Run 0, Clone 3457, Gen 8)
[16:24:46] 
[16:24:46] Entering M.D.
[16:24:52] Mapping NT from 1 to 1 
[16:24:53] Completed 0 out of 7000000 steps  (0%)
[16:30:02] Opening C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86\MyFolding.html...
[16:57:38] Completed 70000 out of 7000000 steps  (1%)
[17:15:25] Opening http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=ManxDave...
[17:30:18] Completed 140000 out of 7000000 steps  (2%)
[18:02:57] Completed 210000 out of 7000000 steps  (3%)
[18:19:08] Opening C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86\MyFolding.html...
[18:19:37] Opening http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=ManxDave...
[18:35:37] Completed 280000 out of 7000000 steps  (4%)
[18:57:52] Opening http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=ManxDave...
[18:58:39] Opening C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86\MyFolding.html...
[18:58:56] Opening C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86\MyFolding.html...
[19:03:32] Opening http://foldingforum.org/...
[19:08:17] Completed 350000 out of 7000000 steps  (5%)
[19:41:33] Completed 420000 out of 7000000 steps  (6%)
[20:14:49] Completed 490000 out of 7000000 steps  (7%)
[20:48:07] Completed 560000 out of 7000000 steps  (8%)
[20:53:02] Opening C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86\MyFolding.html...
[21:21:31] Completed 630000 out of 7000000 steps  (9%)
[21:54:38] Completed 700000 out of 7000000 steps  (10%)
[22:24:36] + Working...
[22:27:28] Completed 770000 out of 7000000 steps  (11%)
[23:00:14] Completed 840000 out of 7000000 steps  (12%)
[23:32:58] Completed 910000 out of 7000000 steps  (13%)
[00:05:46] Completed 980000 out of 7000000 steps  (14%)


--- Opening Log file [December 29 10:59:26 UTC] 


# Windows CPU Systray Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

                       Folding@Home Client Version 6.23

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86


[10:59:26] - Ask before connecting: No
[10:59:26] - User name: ManxDave (Team 0)
[10:59:26] - User ID: 388C7B********************edited out
[10:59:26] - Machine ID: 1
[10:59:26] 
[10:59:26] Loaded queue successfully.
[10:59:26] Initialization complete
[10:59:26] 
[10:59:26] + Processing work unit
[10:59:26] Core required: FahCore_a4.exe
[10:59:26] Core found.
[10:59:26] Working on queue slot 01 [December 29 10:59:26 UTC]
[10:59:26] + Working ...
[10:59:26] 
[10:59:26] *------------------------------*
[10:59:26] Folding@Home Gromacs GB Core
[10:59:26] Version 2.27 (Dec. 15, 2010)
[10:59:26] 
[10:59:26] Preparing to commence simulation
[10:59:26] - Ensuring status. Please wait.
[10:59:36] - Looking at optimizations...
[10:59:36] - Working with standard loops on this execution.
[10:59:36] - Previous termination of core was improper.
[10:59:36] - Files status OK
[10:59:36] - Expanded 128604 -> 179848 (decompressed 139.8 percent)
[10:59:36] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=128604 data_size=179848, decompressed_data_size=179848 diff=0
[10:59:36] - Digital signature verified
[10:59:36] 
[10:59:36] Project: 10720 (Run 0, Clone 3457, Gen 8)
[10:59:36] 
[10:59:36] Entering M.D.
[10:59:42] Using Gromacs checkpoints
[10:59:42] Mapping NT from 1 to 1 
[10:59:42] Resuming from checkpoint
[10:59:42] Verified work/wudata_01.log
[10:59:42] Verified work/wudata_01.trr
[10:59:42] Verified work/wudata_01.xtc
[10:59:42] Verified work/wudata_01.edr
[10:59:42] Completed 1020826 out of 7000000 steps  (14%)
[10:59:53] Opening C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-x86\MyFolding.html...
[11:00:24] Opening http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=ManxDave...
[11:01:07] Opening http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=ManxDave...

[GreyWhiskers]

The Uniprocessor core is doing what it's supposed to do - execute one work unit on one CPU core. The i7 950 part from Intel has four physical cores with hyperthreading. The operating system, and the Folding at home software, will detect this as having 8 cores. Now, the i7 950 only has 4 real cores, and 4 Floating Point units, but the hyperthreading can take advantage of the pipelining for most non-floating point logical computations. It's not an 8-core system, but in the Sandy Bridge equivalent, an i7 2600 (4 cores/HT) somewhat outperforms an i5 2500 (4 cores/no HT).

So - the most a uniprocessor work unit will consume is one thread's worth of the processor. 13% is 1/8th rounded up!!

So, SMP is the thing for your processor. If you want to try to install v7, it will detect both the multi-cores/threads and the GPU, and will set up both an SMP and a GPU Slot.

Since you have an ATI GPU, you should be mindful that most of one thread's worth of CPU power is needed to care and feed for the acutal computation going on in the GPU itself. This is in contrast to the Nvidia Fermi GPUs that require very little CPU care and feeding to keep the GPU itself going.

Most people with an ATI GPU and SMP set the client to process SMP with fewer cores/threads than are physically available. Default in both v6 and v7 Folding at home SMP is to use all the available threads/cores. With an 8-thread system, it is advisable to set "SMP 6" or using 6 cores/threads for SMP. SMP-7 is a legal choice and leaves as much CPU power to the SMP client as possible. However, It has been found that there are some of the SMP projects that bork out with an odd number of threads - 7 in particular. So, 6 would be prudent.

The installation options and flags to be sent are covered in the links identified in the posts above.

Happy folding.

[ManxDave]

Thank you for the comprehensive reply, I now understand why my overall CPU percentage was at 13%.

I couldn't resist and downloaded v7, accepted the defaults of SMP and GPU, followed the links to set my SMP to 6 instead of using the default 8 ( -1 ) and it is flying along with the CPU's at 100%.

The v7 GUI is much easier to understand and I like the links to the simple scientific explanation of the project being worked on.

Thanks to everyone for your help today,
Dave