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Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:05 am**

I was just assigned the above mentioned WU. So far, it hasn't crashed my system and the RAM Usage is 100% normal when compared to my other bigadv WUs. I am running with -smp 7 on Windows 7 64 bit with 4 GB RAM.
Memory: 954692 K
Commit Size: 1402668 K
My FAHlog:

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--- Opening Log file [August 12 14:44:58 UTC] 


# Windows SMP Console Edition #################################################
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                       Folding@Home Client Version 6.30

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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Launch directory: D:\F@H SMP2
Executable: D:\F@H SMP2\Folding@home-Win32-x86.exe
Arguments: -smp 7 -bigadv -verbosity 9 

[14:44:58] - Ask before connecting: No
[14:44:58] - User name: PantherX (Team 69411)
[14:44:58] - User ID: 
[14:44:58] - Machine ID: 1
SNIP
[06:35:11] + Attempting to get work packet
[06:35:11] Passkey found
[06:35:11] - Will indicate memory of 4091 MB
[06:35:11] - Connecting to assignment server
[06:35:11] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[06:35:13] Posted data.
[06:35:13] Initial: 43AB; - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.22).
[06:35:13] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[06:35:13] Loaded queue successfully.
[06:35:13] Sent data
[06:35:13] Connecting to http://171.67.108.22:8080/
[06:35:22] Posted data.
[06:35:22] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 24872956)
[06:43:29] - Downloaded at ~49 kB/s
[06:43:29] - Averaged speed for that direction ~45 kB/s
[06:43:29] + Received work.
[06:43:29] Trying to send all finished work units
[06:43:29] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[06:43:29] + Closed connections
[06:43:29] 
[06:43:29] + Processing work unit
[06:43:29] Core required: FahCore_a3.exe
[06:43:29] Core found.
[06:43:29] Working on queue slot 07 [August 15 06:43:29 UTC]
[06:43:29] + Working ...
[06:43:29] - Calling '.\FahCore_a3.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 07 -np 7 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 1904 -version 630'

[06:43:29] 
[06:43:29] *------------------------------*
[06:43:29] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[06:43:29] Version 2.22 (Mar 12, 2010)
[06:43:29] 
[06:43:29] Preparing to commence simulation
[06:43:29] - Looking at optimizations...
[06:43:29] - Created dyn
[06:43:29] - Files status OK
[06:43:33] - Expanded 24872444 -> 30796325 (decompressed 123.8 percent)
[06:43:33] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=24872444 data_size=30796325, decompressed_data_size=30796325 diff=0
[06:43:34] - Digital signature verified
[06:43:34] 
[06:43:34] Project: 2682 (Run 10, Clone 19, Gen 1)
[06:43:34] 
[06:43:34] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[06:43:34] Entering M.D.
[06:43:43] Completed 0 out of 250000 steps  (0%)

My question is that should I dump the WU because it is already announced that P 2682 has been replaced with P 2982 or should I continue to fold?

Thanks for any official response.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:23 pm**

The WU has been running for ~6 hours and so far, there aren't any problems. RAM usage is 2.72 GB. This is what HFM.NET reports:

Project ID: 2682
Core: GRO-A3
Credit: 8955
Frames: 100

Name: SMP2
Path: D:\F@H SMP2\
Number of Frames Observed: 9

Min. Time / Frame : 00:36:32 - 27,890.29 PPD
Avg. Time / Frame : 00:36:36 - 27,814.12 PPD
Cur. Time / Frame : 00:36:37 - 27,781.18 PPD
R3F. Time / Frame : 00:36:35 - 27,806.50 PPD
All Time / Frame : 00:36:36 - 27,793.83 PPD
Eff. Time / Frame : 00:37:21 - 27,235.73 PPD

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:17 pm**

Kasson's posts suggest that PG hasn't replaced all 2682 WUs, at least not yet. Check malloc error thread and the updates thread.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:58 pm**

Well, it seems that the wordings on FAH-Addict gave an incorrect impression:

...the re-released project 2682, it has been retired...

Source

Since the TPF of P2682 is lower than P2684, I don't mind folding it, however, I do hope that I get the credits for this one as they have fixed the Server issue.

I wonder if there could be an update on the P2692 WUs.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:41 pm**

I can't answer your basic question, but if the project has not been disabled, we have to presume the work is still useful so if it's working on your hardware, you should complete the assignment. Dumping work should always be a last-resort.

One possibility: perhaps the server has been configured so that 2682 will only go to hardware that can handle it. If that happened, I can't think of any reason for a researcher to discontinue the project, even if there's a "smaller" project that's gathering more information about the same protein.

I'll see if I can track down a real answer.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:11 pm**

Thanks bruce, I am happy to fold this WU as its TPF is better than P2684. So far, I have finished 20% and everything is perfect. If everything goes fine, I should finish folding this WU within 2 days.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:32 pm**

The work is definitely still useful. As we announced previously (viewtopic.php?f=55&t=15563&p=154823#p154823), we've downweighted 2682 in favor of 2692, but we still have some 2682's around. If they prove problematic enough that people would rather have no bigadv at all than 2682, then we can turn them off.

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:12 am**

Thanks for your prompt response Dr. Kasson. So far, I have finished 30% of the WU and haven't encountered any problems.

Posted: **Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:38 pm**

I am happy to report that the WU completed successfully and was credited with Bonus

Posted: **Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:06 am**

Sure did.

I had made a note earlier and was just coming back in here to check again.

Project: 2682 (Run 10, Clone 19, Gen 1)

Hi PantherX (team 69411),
Your WU (P2682 R10 C19 G1) was added to the stats database on 2010-08-17 16:09:39 for 69240.1 points of credit.

Posted: **Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:38 am**

Thanks a lot for your concern sortofageek

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