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Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:16 am
by RMouse
Recently whenever I finish a WU, it takes enormous effort to get a new one. My computer just hands on the downloading stage. It is very very tiring. Reboots often fix it but for whatever reason, it takes a LOT of reboots. Usually I can get a new WU after 6 to 7 reboots, but now even that does not work. I am tired of rebooting my computer, simply to get a WU. So much time wasted. Here is some code. I dont know if it helps but at the end of this paste is where my computer hanged for the past 30 mins.

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06:03:26:WU01:FS00:Running FahCore: E:\FAHClient/FAHCoreWrapper.exe "C:/Documents and Settings/name/Application Data/FAHClient/cores/www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/x86/NVIDIA/G80/Core_11.fah/FahCore_11.exe" -dir 01 -suffix 01 -version 701 -lifeline 3916 -checkpoint 15 -gpu 0
06:03:27:WU01:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 1484
06:03:28:WU01:FS00:Core PID:1012
06:03:28:WU01:FS00:FahCore 0x11 started
06:03:29:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign3.stanford.edu:8080
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:*------------------------------*
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Folding@Home GPU Core
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Version 1.31 (Tue Sep 15 10:57:42 PDT 2009)
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Compiler  : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50727.762 for 80x86 
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Build host: amoeba
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Board Type: Nvidia
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Core      : 
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Preparing to commence simulation
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:- Looking at optimizations...
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:- Files status OK
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:- Expanded 62817 -> 336799 (decompressed 536.1 percent)
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=62817 data_size=336799, decompressed_data_size=336799 diff=0
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:- Digital signature verified
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Project: 10504 (Run 435, Clone 3, Gen 3)
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Assembly optimizations on if available.
06:03:29:WU01:FS00:0x11:Entering M.D.
06:03:30:Server connection id=1 on 0.0.0.0:36330 from 127.0.0.1
06:03:32:WU00:FS01:News: Welcome to Folding@Home
06:03:32:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 171.64.65.99
06:03:32:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY smp:2 from 171.64.65.99
06:03:32:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 171.64.65.99:8080
06:03:34:WU00:FS01:Downloading 1.96MiB
06:03:35:WU01:FS00:0x11:Will resume from checkpoint file
06:03:35:WU01:FS00:0x11:Tpr hash 01/wudata_01.tpr:  4135249128 947054785 3001752292 395665186 3104227819
06:03:35:WU01:FS00:0x11:
06:03:35:WU01:FS00:0x11:Calling fah_main args: 14 usage=100
06:03:35:WU01:FS00:0x11:
06:03:39:WU01:FS00:0x11:Working on Protein
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:Client config unavailable.
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:Starting GUI Server
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:Resuming from checkpoint
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:fcCheckPointResume: retreived and current tpr file hash:
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:   0   4135249128   4135249128
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:   1    947054785    947054785
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:   2   3001752292   3001752292
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:   3    395665186    395665186
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:   4   3104227819   3104227819
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:fcCheckPointResume: file hashes same.
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:fcCheckPointResume: state restored.
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:Verified 01/wudata_01.log
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:Verified 01/wudata_01.edr
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:Verified 01/wudata_01.xtc
06:03:41:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 3%
06:03:44:WU00:FS01:Download 3.19%
06:03:59:WU00:FS01:Download 6.38%
06:04:18:WU00:FS01:Download 9.57%
06:04:31:WU00:FS01:Download 12.76%
06:05:10:WU00:FS01:Download 15.95%
06:05:23:WU00:FS01:Download 19.14%
06:05:37:WU00:FS01:Download 22.33%
06:06:11:WU00:FS01:Download 25.52%
06:06:34:WU00:FS01:Download 28.71%
06:07:09:WU00:FS01:Download 31.90%

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:27 am
by Jesse_V
It looks to me like a new WU is downloading for the other slot...

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:28 am
by RMouse
Yes, hours later it is STILL downloading.

I have run Folding at home almost nonstop for 8 months but I'm about to shut her down. Only my GPU has a WU. I am at 88 points/day. Not worth it.

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 2:25 pm
by 7im
If the WU takes hours to download, that is not a client issue, but a problem with your internet connection being too slow, or some other program like torrents using all the bandwidth.

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 2:52 pm
by bollix47
If you're using a router you might want to reboot it as well as your computer.

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 3:24 pm
by PantherX
RMouse wrote:...Only my GPU has a WU. I am at 88 points/day. Not worth it.
Can you please tell us what GPU you have? If you are unsure, please post the initial section of the log which has the system configuration and F@H configuration.

Regarding the Internet speed, you might want to test it (http://www.speedtest.net/) and report your results since SMP WUs are pretty light ( few Kibs to MiBs) and according to your log, the WU size was 1.96 MBs so should take about a minute on a 256 KB DSL line (http://bandwidth.com/tools/calc.html). Moreover, can you please post more of the log since according to the log, the WU for SMP Slot was still downloading and completed 31.90% (over 3 minutes 25 seconds which is very slow for DSL connection) so what happened after that?

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:04 am
by RMouse
My internet connection is just fine. I can download movies or whatnot at very high speed. Just WU's hang.

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:05 am
by RMouse
Still hung, a day later...

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06:03:44:WU00:FS01:Download 3.19%
06:03:59:WU00:FS01:Download 6.38%
06:04:18:WU00:FS01:Download 9.57%
06:04:31:WU00:FS01:Download 12.76%
06:05:10:WU00:FS01:Download 15.95%
06:05:23:WU00:FS01:Download 19.14%
06:05:37:WU00:FS01:Download 22.33%
06:06:11:WU00:FS01:Download 25.52%
06:06:34:WU00:FS01:Download 28.71%
06:07:09:WU00:FS01:Download 31.90%
06:28:48:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 4%
08:05:44:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 5%
09:42:39:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 6%
10:41:15:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 7%
******************************** Date: 09/02/13 ********************************
12:16:53:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 8%
13:53:49:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 9%
15:30:48:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 10%
17:07:47:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 11%
******************************** Date: 09/02/13 ********************************
18:44:40:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 12%
20:21:32:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 13%
21:58:25:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 14%
23:35:20:WU01:FS00:0x11:Completed 15%

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:06 am
by RMouse
PantherX wrote:
RMouse wrote:...Only my GPU has a WU. I am at 88 points/day. Not worth it.
Can you please tell us what GPU you have? If you are unsure, please post the initial section of the log which has the system configuration and F@H configuration.

Regarding the Internet speed, you might want to test it (http://www.speedtest.net/) and report your results since SMP WUs are pretty light ( few Kibs to MiBs) and according to your log, the WU size was 1.96 MBs so should take about a minute on a 256 KB DSL line (http://bandwidth.com/tools/calc.html). Moreover, can you please post more of the log since according to the log, the WU for SMP Slot was still downloading and completed 31.90% (over 3 minutes 25 seconds which is very slow for DSL connection) so what happened after that?
GPU 0: NVIDIA:1 G98M [Quadro NVS 160M]

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:23 am
by PantherX
RMouse wrote:...GPU 0: NVIDIA:1 G98M [Quadro NVS 160M]
It seems that the performance should be similar to 9300M GS (http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-Qua ... 908.0.html) so IIRC, my 9500M GS would get a few hundred points. Not sure why you are getting so low points.

My suggestion is that you set the F@H to Finish. Once the GPU finishes, uninstall F@H and select the option to remove the data files. You can then do a fresh installation of either V7.2.9 or V7.3.2 (viewtopic.php?f=87&t=23582) and see if this issue crops up again or not.

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:24 am
by PinHead
It seems to me that Slot 00 is trying to upload while Slot 01 is trying to download. As a DSL customer myself, I know that current DSL configs no longer handle this very well. I am not sure what changed, but it didn't used to be this way. Even bumping up a tier did not help, the uploads hurt the downloads currently.

If your on a 256Kb DSL line, then it's probably an uploading at the same time as downloading issue. I'm on 3Mbit and it's still a bit painful when I have one client upload while another is trying to download. Then there's the family NetFlix effect!

Re: Sick of downloading problems

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:49 am
by 7im
PinHead wrote:It seems to me that Slot 00 is trying to upload while Slot 01 is trying to download.
What makes you think that? I only see downloading...

06:03:44:WU00:FS01:Download 3.19%
06:03:59:WU00:FS01:Download 6.38%
06:04:18:WU00:FS01:Download 9.57%
06:04:31:WU00:FS01:Download 12.76%
06:05:10:WU00:FS01:Download 15.95%
06:05:23:WU00:FS01:Download 19.14%
06:05:37:WU00:FS01:Download 22.33%
06:06:11:WU00:FS01:Download 25.52%
06:06:34:WU00:FS01:Download 28.71%
06:07:09:WU00:FS01:Download 31.90%
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