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[duc25]

It makes me feel a lot better by the end of the day.

When I leapfrog someone

[vaioman]

[syntronyx]

When I leapfrog someone

touché.

[blade0r]

Hi guys,
this post is to let you know that, as of today, I started my folding experience with you.
Some stats:

1) Working on p1584_A7pp2_298K_03 GROMACS core;
2) Frames completed 150/5000;
3) WU end at 08:57 Sun Mar 07

Just a simple question: I installed the GUI version, but I'd really like to use the console executable instead.
How can I manage the switching process without losing the job I'm currently doing?
Regards.

[vaioman]

You may as well complete the unit then download the console client.
Welcome to folding

edit: I see you have an X2..........try the beta windows smp client

[Tabajara]

Welcome to the team!

As Vaio said, you would better finish your current unit and then fire another client, I don't know if you can safely transfer WUs between clients.

Configuring the console client is pretty straightforward, you just have to execute the client in a DOS window, reply to some settings questions and it works without you noticing after that. I recomend setting the client as a service.

As you have a X2, if you want to take the most out of your processor, you have to either have two instances of the program running, each on its own folder and with a different ID (one of the initial settings, just have to set a different number for each) or use the experimental SMP client. I'll try it as well.

[blade0r]

Hello Tabajara,
I installed the experimental SMP client, but I'm experiencing some issues.
First of all, if I close the fah executable, the client is not running (I notice the CPU usage drops down).
Second, when the client is actually running, it keeps the CPU usage to 100%, while the GUI version had a percentage of utilization of 76.
I guess this beta client is not optmized at all.
Or am I doing something wrong?
Regards.

Update: do you know how can I uninstall this SMP experimental client? The FAQ is not very specific regarding this topic.

[vaioman]

Just run it minimized...........if you must uninstall just deleting the folder should suffice.
Oh, just looked..........it is also in add/remove programs so pull it from there.

[syntronyx]

whether my SMP client is running or not, MPIexec is using ~23%. We had a few brownouts this morning, and it keeps rejecting the checkpoints. I swear, if I lose another one at 70%, it's back to the basics.

[vaioman]

my MPIexec= 2mb ram zero cpu ...........running a 2651.
I find the linux client more consistent/reliable.