Hello,

I wanted to try an optimized client for running WU on one PC at home.

I ran CPU-Z and it shows my processor as being Intel Pentium T2080 (Dual Core) with MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3


I downloaded AK_v8.0_Win32_SSE3 from Lunatics site and followed the install instruction of just stopping the boinc service, copying the 4 files to the c:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu folder and then restart the boinc service.

On starting the service Boinc produce the following messages.

09/01/2009 13:30:45||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.19 for windows_intelx86
09/01/2009 13:30:45||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Running as a daemon
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Running under account boinc_master
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|[error] No app version for result: windows_intelx86 603
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|[error] No app version for result: windows_intelx86 603
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|[error] State file error: result 01no08ac.3416.8661.10.8.175_0 not found
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|[error] State file error: result 01no08ad.15291.10297.14.8.247_1 not found
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2080 @ 1.73GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 12]
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni mmx
09/01/2009 13:30:45||OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Home Premium x86 Editon, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00)
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Memory: 1.99 GB physical, 4.22 GB virtual
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Disk: 86.32 GB total, 24.18 GB free
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Local time is UTC +0 hours
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 4639734; location: home; project prefs: default
09/01/2009 13:30:45||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 21-Dec-2008 09:36:19)
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Computer location: home
09/01/2009 13:30:45||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Reading preferences override file
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1018.72MB
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1833.70MB
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.93GB
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Suspending network activity - user is active
09/01/2009 13:32:28||Resuming network activity
09/01/2009 13:32:28|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
09/01/2009 13:32:41||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
09/01/2009 13:32:41|SETI@home|Scheduler request failed: Couldn't resolve host name
09/01/2009 13:32:42||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
09/01/2009 13:33:41|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
09/01/2009 13:33:46|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded: got 0 new tasks


As you can see Boinc only see my process as just having SSE2 and not SSE3 as CPU-Z shows.

Anyway from the messages you can see that Boinc found app_info.xml and running as an anonymous platform as the instructions say. But then there are errors in the messages and Boinc can no longer download tasks.

Please help, do I need an different optimized client or is the problems elsewhere.

Thanks

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I ran CPU-Z and it shows my processor as being Intel Pentium T2080 (Dual Core) with MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3

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As you can see Boinc only see my process as just having SSE2 and not SSE3 as CPU-Z shows.

CPU-Z is more accurate. BOINC only reports what the OS tells it, so if the OS doesn't support higher than SSE2, that's all the OS will tell BOINC. This doesn't mean that using a SSE flavor higher than what the OS supports won't work; in deed it does work as I have them running on my systems.

I downloaded AK_v8.0_Win32_SSE3 from Lunatics site and followed the install instruction of just stopping the boinc service, copying the 4 files to the c:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu folder and then restart the boinc service.

On starting the service Boinc produce the following messages.

09/01/2009 13:30:45||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.19 for windows_intelx86
09/01/2009 13:30:45||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Running as a daemon
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Running under account boinc_master
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|[error] No app version for result: windows_intelx86 603
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|[error] No app version for result: windows_intelx86 603
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|[error] State file error: result 01no08ac.3416.8661.10.8.175_0 not found
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|[error] State file error: result 01no08ad.15291.10297.14.8.247_1 not found
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2080 @ 1.73GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 12]
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni mmx
09/01/2009 13:30:45||OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Home Premium x86 Editon, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00)
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Memory: 1.99 GB physical, 4.22 GB virtual
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Disk: 86.32 GB total, 24.18 GB free
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Local time is UTC +0 hours
09/01/2009 13:30:45|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 4639734; location: home; project prefs: default
09/01/2009 13:30:45||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 21-Dec-2008 09:36:19)
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Computer location: home
09/01/2009 13:30:45||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Reading preferences override file
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1018.72MB
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1833.70MB
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.93GB
09/01/2009 13:30:45||Suspending network activity - user is active
09/01/2009 13:32:28||Resuming network activity
09/01/2009 13:32:28|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
09/01/2009 13:32:41||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
09/01/2009 13:32:41|SETI@home|Scheduler request failed: Couldn't resolve host name
09/01/2009 13:32:42||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
09/01/2009 13:33:41|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
09/01/2009 13:33:46|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded: got 0 new tasks

The messages in red indicate that you were using SETI@Home v6.03 on your system prior to using the optimized application. If you used the default app_info.xml file that came with the optimized app, it only has references for SETI@Home v5.28, so BOINC spits out the errors you saw stating that it can't handle the newer v6.03 results and usually aborts them, which still turn up as errors in your account and reduce your overall daily quota.

The messages in green indicate that BOINC does not think you need any more work. I also noticed that you have your local preferences set to suspend network activity while user is active, so when you are active(ly) pressing the Update button for more work, BOINC disallows network activity meaning that you cannot get more work while active. You'll have to allow network activity while active so that BOINC can finish connecting to the internet when requested.

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You are correct about downloading tasks. As soon as it went Idle the tasks downloaded.

As for the 603 errors, I put 603 into the app_info.xml file and all is now OK.

Thanks again.

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Now that all seems to be running, will the optimized client increase my RAC? if not how can you increase your RAC

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Yes, the optimized apps will definitely increase your RAC. How much depends on many different factors of your system and the Angle Range (AR) of the workunit being crunched, but can be anywhere from 15% up to 50%.

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That's good to hear, as long as the WU get check 100% then I will love to increase my bragging rights.

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