This is a 2 part post.
The first part is being written from the machine that is not working well. I will show you something from the FAHLOG. After I do that, I will go to the machine that is not having any problems, edit this post, and copy in the same part of the FAHLOG so that we can compare the 2. Concerning the machine that is giving trouble: earlier today I uninstalled and deleted everything that had anything to do with FAH; then I went through the registry and deleted every FAH item I could find.
Here's part of the FAHLOG from the machine that is giving trouble.
[22:26:45] Initial: D2E9; + 789667 bytes downloaded
[22:26:45] Verifying core Core_a1.fah...
[22:26:45] Signature is VALID
[22:26:45]
[22:26:45] Trying to unzip core FahCore_a1.exe
[22:26:45] Decompressed FahCore_a1.exe (2035712 bytes) successfully
[22:26:50] + Core successfully engaged
[22:26:55]
[22:26:55] + Processing work unit
[22:26:55] Work type a1 not eligible for variable processors
[22:26:55] Core required: FahCore_a1.exe
[22:26:55] Core found.
[22:26:55] Using generic mpiexec calls
[22:26:55] Working on queue slot 01 [December 27 22:26:55 UTC]
[22:26:55] + Working ...
[22:26:55] - Calling 'mpiexec -np 4 -channel auto -host 127.0.0.1 FahCore_a1.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -priority 96 -cpu 98 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 2360 -version 622'
[22:26:56]
[22:26:56] *------------------------------*
[22:26:56] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[22:26:56] Version 1.74 (March 10, 2007)
[22:26:56]
[22:26:56] Preparing to commence simulation
[22:26:56] - Ensuring status. Please wait.
[22:26:56] Created dyn
[22:26:56] - Files status OK
[22:27:13] - Working with standard loops on this execution.
[22:27:13] - Previous termination of core was improper.
[22:27:13] - Files status OK
[22:27:13] ndard loops.
[22:27:13] - Files status OK
[22:27:24] - Expanded 4820657 -> 24810145 (decompressed 514.6 percent)
[22:27:24] - Starting from initial work packet
[22:27:24]
[22:27:24] Project: 2665 (Run 2, Clone 405, Gen 80)
[22:27:24]
[22:27:36] Entering M.D.
[22:27:43] Rejecting checkpoint
[22:27:50] cosylations
[22:27:50] Writing local files
[22:27:51]
[22:27:51] Writing local files
[22:28:18] Extra SSE boost OK.
[22:28:20] Writing local files
[22:28:20] Completed 0 out of 250000 steps (0 percent)
[22:43:22] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[22:58:27] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[23:13:28] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[23:28:30] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[23:43:33] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[23:58:34] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[00:13:35] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[00:17:52] Writing local files
[00:17:53] Completed 2500 out of 250000 steps (1 percent)
[00:32:54] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[00:47:57] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[01:02:58] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[01:18:01] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[01:33:03] Timered checkpoint triggered.
See -- very slow.
Edit: 12/27/2008 ~2000 pst - from the machine that is not having a problem.
Here is part of the FAHLOG.
20:59:10] Initial: D2E9; + 789667 bytes downloaded
[20:59:10] Verifying core Core_a1.fah...
[20:59:10] Signature is VALID
[20:59:10]
[20:59:10] Trying to unzip core FahCore_a1.exe
[20:59:10] Decompressed FahCore_a1.exe (2035712 bytes) successfully
[20:59:15] + Core successfully engaged
[20:59:20]
[20:59:20] + Processing work unit
[20:59:20] Work type a1 not eligible for variable processors
[20:59:20] Core required: FahCore_a1.exe
[20:59:20] Core found.
[20:59:20] Using generic mpiexec calls
[20:59:20] Working on queue slot 01 [December 26 20:59:20 UTC]
[20:59:20] + Working ...
[20:59:20] - Calling 'mpiexec -np 4 -channel auto -host 127.0.0.1 FahCore_a1.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -priority 96 -cpu 98 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 1896 -version 622'
[20:59:20]
[20:59:20] *------------------------------*
[20:59:20] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[20:59:20] Version 1.74 (March 10, 2007)
[20:59:20]
[20:59:20] Preparing to commence simulation
[20:59:20] - Ensuring status. Please wait.
[20:59:23] - Starting from initial work packet
[20:59:23]
[20:59:23] Project: 2653 (Run 30, Clone 60, Gen 98)
[20:59:23]
[20:59:23] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[20:59:23] Entering M.D.
[20:59:41] al work packet
[20:59:41]
[20:59:41] Project: 2653 (Run 30, Clone 60, Gen 98)
[20:59:41]
[20:59:43] 53 (Run 30, Clone 60, Gen 98)
[20:59:43]
[20:59:44] Entering M.D.
[20:59:50] Rejecting checkpoint
[20:59:51] Protein: Protein in POPC
[20:59:51] Writing local files
[20:59:53] Extra SSE boost OK.
[20:59:53] Writing local files
[20:59:53] Completed 0 out of 500000 steps (0 percent)
[21:14:53] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[21:24:00] Writing local files
[21:24:01] Completed 5000 out of 500000 steps (1 percent)
[21:39:00] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[21:47:55] Writing local files
[21:47:55] Completed 10000 out of 500000 steps (2 percent)
[22:02:54] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[22:11:45] Writing local files
[22:11:46] Completed 15000 out of 500000 steps (3 percent)
[22:26:45] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[22:35:34] Writing local files
[22:35:34] Completed 20000 out of 500000 steps (4 percent)
[22:50:34] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[22:59:21] Writing local files
[22:59:21] Completed 25000 out of 500000 steps (5 percent)
[23:14:21] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[23:23:18] Writing local files
[23:23:18] Completed 30000 out of 500000 steps (6 percent)
Looking at these, it is difficult to see a lot of difference between the 2. The project is different. Oddly enough, on the problem machine, the project is the same as it was befoe I cleaned everything out and reinstalled and reconfigured. The good machine runs a lot faster than the other machine.
I'm going to close this edit so that I can look at the whole post.
2nd edit: 12/27/2008 ~2025 pst
The 2 logs differ. If we eximine the parts after the core starts in each log ( starting with "Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core"), on the good machine it says, "...Assembly optimizations on if available."; Then it says, "Entering M.D.". On the bad machine it never says anything about assembly optimizations, and it says, "Previous termination of core was improper." How could that be? I cleaned everything out. There was no core there --- unless there are things in the registry that I don't know how to find.
Wait!!! News flash!! Rudy Toody just called me to say that someone has responded to this post with a good suggestion about a -forceasm switch or something.
edit terminated.