Haven't Quit
 

Hi all,

I have not quit folding, but it has been a trying 8 days.

All of the sudden my smp clients have stopped completing.
I have had 4 units of about 68k go most of the way to finished, then stop, and download a new unit.
This morn, I had one get to 99%, before it died.

My O/C has not changed, so I am wondering if a bad batch of units are out there, or it is at my end.
I find it hard to believe, all of the sudden, they quit running on my stable system tho.

Oh well, sooner or later, I may get one completed. :bananafunky:

Take care, and CONGRATS Prokaryote for the gentle stomp on my poor head!!.............. Way To Fold

Can you copy and paste a snippet of the log where the unit finishes, and then downloads a new one?

Also, if you can add the -verbosity 9 flag the log files generated give more details.

Hi Chris,

Here is the requested info:

10:29:11] Completed 217500 out of 250000 steps (87%)
[10:56:34] Completed 220000 out of 250000 steps (88%)
[11:25:05] Completed 222500 out of 250000 steps (89%)
[11:57:02] Completed 225000 out of 250000 steps (90%)
[12:28:25] Completed 227500 out of 250000 steps (91%)
[12:51:41] Completed 230000 out of 250000 steps (92%)
[13:14:56] Completed 232500 out of 250000 steps (93%)
[13:38:10] Completed 235000 out of 250000 steps (94%)
[14:01:29] Completed 237500 out of 250000 steps (95%)
[14:24:45] Completed 240000 out of 250000 steps (96%)
[14:47:59] Completed 242500 out of 250000 steps (97%)
[15:11:14] Completed 245000 out of 250000 steps (98%)
[15:34:29] Completed 247500 out of 250000 steps (99%)


--- Opening Log file [October 7 16:12:05 UTC]


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

Folding@Home Client Version 6.34

Folding@home - Main

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

Launch directory: D:\SMP 1
Executable: D:\SMP 1\FAH6.34-win32-SMP.exe
Arguments: -smp -bigadv

[16:12:05] - Ask before connecting: No
[16:12:05] - User name: lechumbl (Team 54196)
[16:12:05] - User ID: 65A976CD6FB2B091
[16:12:05] - Machine ID: 1
[16:12:05]
[16:12:05] Could not open work queue, generating new queue...
[16:12:05] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[16:12:05] Cleaning up work directory
[16:12:05] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:12:05] Passkey found
[16:12:05] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:12:08] - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.22).
[16:12:08] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[16:12:08] Loaded queue successfully.
[16:12:41] + Closed connections
[16:12:41]
[16:12:41] + Processing work unit
[16:12:41] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[16:12:41] Core found.
[16:12:41] Working on queue slot 01 [October 7 16:12:41 UTC]
[16:12:41] + Working ...
[16:12:41]
[16:12:41] *------------------------------*
[16:12:41] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[16:12:41] Version 2.27 (Mar 12, 2010)
[16:12:41]
[16:12:41] Preparing to commence simulation
[16:12:41] - Ensuring status. Please wait.
[16:12:51] - Looking at optimizations...
[16:12:51] - Working with standard loops on this execution.
[16:12:51] - Created dyn
[16:12:51] - Files status OK
[16:12:55] - Expanded 24820787 -> 30791309 (decompressed 124.0 percent)
[16:12:55] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=24820787 data_size=30791309, decompressed_data_size=30791309 diff=0
[16:12:56] - Digital signature verified
[16:12:56]
[16:12:56] Project: 2684 (Run 14, Clone 17, Gen 93)
[16:12:56]
[16:12:56] Entering M.D.
[16:13:02] Mapping NT from 12 to 12
[16:13:07] Completed 0 out of 250000 steps (0%)

Take care, and thanx for the assistance, ya da man!!...............

Whoa. No Core shutdown sequence, no Core error? That is really weird. Have tried searching for corrupted WUs over at the Folding Forum? There can be a bad batch out there indeed.

Yeah thats strange. I took the only min I had and I don't see any messages over there.

Is the entire snippet you gave continuous Lee or is this two different pieces you gave?

In any case, add that -verbosity 9 flag and if it happens again, copy the results here...there might be something gong on that the flag will tell us.

Hi guys,

Yes, no core shutdown sequence is VERY strange.

I just cut the last part of the log, for room sake, but it is continuous.

If it had a sequence, I would drop my Clock and see if that corrected it.

But without one, and has been stable for quite a while on this clock, I am stumped.

Will add -verbosity 9 flag and keep you all in the loop.

Take care, and thanx for the input and replies!!.......

I experienced that before when there was a sudden power outage (obviously), or sometimes when there's a Windows update.

Have you tried downclocking your CPU by a bit? What about reinstalling the client?

Hi geokilla,

No power outages, and I keep my Windows updated at all times.

I dropped my clock from 4000 MHz to 3940 MHz, will see what that does.
I guess the 60 MHz will make such a small PPD I won't notice. :thumb:

I just wish there was a little more in the log to go by. :angry2:

By the way, just for curiosity, what are all running for SMP client build?
Maybe I need to upgrade?
I am running FAH6.34_win32_SMP.exe now.

Take care............