Step by step directions to set up CPU SMP2 6.29 client?
Tim
Southwest PA Icrontian
I could use some specific directions for this, as I've tried it a couple times and I don't think I ever got it right. Do we download the one with Deino in the name or the other one? Include the flags to use, I think it's -smp and -advmethods?
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Grab the new executable listed at the bottom, just in case, and replace the old one with that in your install directory.
Right click install.bat and run as administrator if you're on Vista or 7; if on XP, I don't think you need to do anything special, just run it normally. Make sure you're logged in on an account that uses a password. Make sure it tells you MPI is working (twice).
Right click the SMP executable and create a shortcut. Edit the shortcut and add the -configonly flag to the end of the target.
Run that. Fill in your information. Make sure to say yes when it asks if you want to modify advanced options, and when it asks what flags you want to use, put in "-smp -advmethods". When you've finished running through the setup, it'll quit.
After that, you should be free to start the regular executable, and it should go to town.
Just curious.
NO, once is enough.
Right click install.bat? Where? How? It downloaded the 6.29 MPICH version, and installed it as a console version. I didn't see any install.bat file anywhere. Whatever I clicked on led me to an automatic installer.
Link to the correct file version to download?
It seems to be running on only 1 core of the 4 core 9650. And I did put in the -smp - advmethods flags also.
Go to that directory with windows explorer and download this and replace the version that was in that folder with the one you just downloaded.
When you do that, inside that directory you should see an install.bat file. Run that as administrator under a passworded account, make sure you see the MPI is running message twice, and then the program, when fed the -smp and -advmethods flags, should suck up all available CPU power. Don't forget to assign a different machine ID than the ones your GPUs are using.
I checked before downloading from the second link and the file date matches.
Does the Installer not contain the very same file that your second link points to?
Thanks
Simply telling someone to do that by default saves a possibly confusing and annoying problem right after a correct install, if they are capable of doing a correct copy and paste.
Here's what's in the install.bat file. 5 lines:
@echo off
smpd - install
mpiexec -register
mpiexec -np 2 foo
pause
And that's it!
I did the thing with adding the -configonly flag to the end of the target on the desktop screen. It still sets up the folding and runs it on only one CPU core out of 4. :banghead:
Its the username and password you use to login to windows.
Don't ask me why its needed, I don't have a clue. That really doesn't make since too me. Out of all my years with computers this is the first time I have needed to setup a password on my windows login. However you can setup the password and tell windows not to require the password to login.
Here is my thread on the topic - http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88975
Then I closed all those screens, went to my desktop shortcut, and clicked on the icon to start the CPU folding, with no other folding instances running.
Previously, the CPU folding would run 1 of the 4 CPU cores at 100% in Task Manager.
Now, it runs all 4 cores, all in the 20%-30% range. The usage bounces around a bit but overall usage stays at 30%.
Is it working right? I thought it would use all 4 cores at 100% each. If it's not working right, am I getting closer?
When I open the Properties screen for the shortcut icon on my desktop, I do have -smp - advmethods in the comment section.
"D:\Program Files (x86)\Folding@Home Windows SMP Client V1.01\Folding@home-Win32-x86.exe" -configonly
Note that this path is MY executable path - I am 99.73% certain yours is different. Do not copy and paste this into your shortcut.
Where -configonly is my flag. If you run that and do the setup correctly (enter Yes when it asks if you want to "Change advanced options", then answer "yes" to the "Set -advmethods flag always..." question, and add "-smp" when it asks for the "Additional client parameters." prompt), you won't need to add the flags to the shortcut, either. If you want to keep your shortcut flags, replace the -configonly tag with "-smp -advmethods" and go to town.
Important part: they go in the target section. Click there, hit the end key on your keyboard, and add a space, then one of your flags (-smp), another space, then another flag (-advmethods).
Once you have it set up correctly, all four cores will be pegged at 100%. You may have to finish whatever work unit you're currently chewing on before it pulls an SMP-capable work unit, though; if you want it to start going immediately, you can always delete the entire folder and reinstall (or, shortcut, delete the work folder, the core file (FahCore_a3.exe or what have you), unitinfo.txt, and queue.dat while the client is stopped). Then, next time you start up, if you've configured it correctly, it'll download the core you need and start churning.
Right now it's folding a b4.exe work packet, with all 4 cores ~30%. All by itself. I turned on the 4 GPU instances and it did the same thing again, 1 core is near 100% and the rest are idle or near idle, below 20%.
I don't know if this b4 packet is smp or not, I'll let it go for now and see what happens.
How many PPD should a 9650 quad core @ 2.3 Ghz make, anyhow?
The 8800GTs are working on P6601-P6602-P6605 GROGPU2 packets, all at 4468 PPD each right now.
Well I'll just sit back and watch you fly past me in the stats within the next few weeks! :thumbup;D:fold