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Not without the owners permission, no.

But fah can run on any Windows or linux based computer. It's real work function is only a factor if running fah would impact the performance of that function. Typically it does not.

Not without the owners permission, no.

I take it that's a yes

-smp 6 did not work. Neither did -smp 2. Both caused the program to close within a few seconds,

• [16:33:51] + Attempting to send results [September 30 16:33:51 UTC]
  [16:35:08] + Results successfully sent
  [16:35:08] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.
  [16:35:08] + Number of Units Completed: 9
  
  [16:35:12] + Closed connections
  [16:35:12] + Paused after finishing unit
  [17:00:27] Opening http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/mai ... =SKGiven...
  [19:11:33] Opening http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/mai ... =SKGiven...
  
  Folding@Home Client Shutdown.

When I open Folding@Home again, it keeps closing after a few seconds

bollix47 wrote:The verbosity switch tells the client how much info to write to the log(FAHlog.txt) with 9 being the most comprehensive.

The -smp can be used with a number to restrict the number of cores. Without the number all cores will be used to run one task at a time.

e.g.

-smp is equal to -smp 8 with your system provided HTT is turned on.
-smp 6 would be another option. Prime numbers like 7 should be avoided although 3 works and 5 might work but I believe there have been reports where 5 was a problem so if you're not going to use all 8 then I suggest -smp 6.

Using all 8 should be okay unless you're also running a gpu client. The smp client runs at a very low priority so it shouldn't bother your day to day activies.

Please show more of the log. The first 50 lines, including the startup section with the ##################

--- Opening Log file [September 26 13:10:00 UTC]


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

Folding@Home Client Version 6.23

http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Folding@home-x86


[13:10:00] - Ask before connecting: No
[13:10:00] - User name: SKGiven (Team 0)
[13:10:00] - User ID: 6206B27D3B0CA148
[13:10:00] - Machine ID: 1
[13:10:00]
[13:10:01] Loaded queue successfully.
[13:10:01] Initialization complete
[13:10:01]
[13:10:01] + Processing work unit
[13:10:01] Core required: FahCore_a4.exe
[13:10:01] Core found.
[13:10:01] Working on queue slot 08 [September 26 13:10:01 UTC]
[13:10:01] + Working ...
[13:10:01]
[13:10:01] *------------------------------*
[13:10:01] Folding@Home Gromacs GB Core
[13:10:01] Version 2.27 (Dec. 15, 2010)
[13:10:01]
[13:10:01] Preparing to commence simulation
[13:10:01] - Looking at optimizations...
[13:10:01] - Files status OK
[13:10:02] - Expanded 2053834 -> 5365960 (decompressed 261.2 percent)
[13:10:02] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=2053834 data_size=5365960, decompressed_data_size=5365960 diff=0
[13:10:02] - Digital signature verified
[13:10:02]
[13:10:02] Project: 7808 (Run 5, Clone 448, Gen 1)
[13:10:02]
[13:10:03] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[13:10:03] Entering M.D.
[13:10:09] Opening http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/mai ... =SKGiven...
[13:10:09] Using Gromacs checkpoints
[13:10:10] Mapping NT from 1 to 1
[13:10:11] Resuming from checkpoint
[13:10:11] Verified work/wudata_08.log
[13:10:12] Verified work/wudata_08.trr
[13:10:12] Verified work/wudata_08.xtc
[13:10:12] Verified work/wudata_08.edr
[13:10:13] Completed 550390 out of 1500000 steps (36%)
[13:29:21] Completed 555000 out of 1500000 steps (37%)
[14:32:45] Completed 570000 out of 1500000 steps (38%)
[15:36:41] Completed 585000 out of 1500000 steps (39%)
[16:29:50] Completed 600000 out of 1500000 steps (40%)

v6.23 is a single threaded CPU client. Note the log entry...

[13:10:10] Mapping NT from 1 to 1

It won't work with the multi-threaded -smp 6 switch. You'll need the v6.34 console client for -smp 6. Sorry, SMP only comes in a console (command line) version.

[13:10:10] Mapping NT from 1 to 1

Was wondering what that meant, hardly verbose.

Don't like the sound of a command line client. Can we not just run several GUI clients?

Thanks,

Yes you can run several singles, but the SMP client is more productive.

I also recommend the new V7 beta client. Simple to install and run, works as SMP, and it's a gaphical client.