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Help with resetting client needed

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Bill Clo

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I have a slight glitch here, and could use some help. I've been having some power problems here, and all my systems have been powering down (UPS units are small, intended really for momentary power blips, not 10-20 min outages), and now when the boxes power up, they all want to use standard loops (FAH probably thinks it's stability problems).

I seem to recall there was some discussion a while back on how to delete some file to reset the behavior of the client upon system powerup. I have been manually shutting down, and using a desktop shortcut with -forceasm to bypass the use of standard loops, but with the power off and on randomly (and irritatingly too often), sometimes I miss a box, and lose a bunch of production.

So does someone recall what I need to do to correct this (besides bigger UPS units :) )?
 
-forceasm should be doing it.
Did you report this to Dr. Pande ?
I set my machines with this flag and so far they have been runnig properly after an improper shutdown. (knocks on wood)
What core ?
 
If your running Windozes then put a short cut in your Start -> Programs -> Startup with the switches set.
If your useing F@H v3 then use the " -advmethods -forceasm " switches.
If your useing F@H v4 then use the " -advmethods -forceSSE " switches.
That way it should automaticly start with the SSE boost enabled everytime.
Thats what I do so that if I want to set folding without the switches I have to start it manualy.

Not sure with Linux.

Luck.......:D
 
Tigerbitten, thanks, I'll try your suggestion.

Gnewbury: all boxes have v 4.0, and latest cores (core 78 for Gromacs). I have no idea why all of the boxes don't respond to the -forceasm flag upon restart. If I quit FAH manually, and then use the desktop shortcut (which has -advmethods -forceasm - forceSSE) flags, then all appears well. Til the next power outage and forced shutdown, and then it all starts again.

I hope Tigerbitten's idea works. I'm on it and we'll see.


***Addendum***

Tried Tigerbitten's idea, and it worked just fine. Thanks!
 
I'm trying to remember the exact file name, but "speed.emd" comes to mind. If your machine glitches a few times you will probably see this in the folding folder, not the work folder. Once that file is there I have found no matter what you do folding goes to dead slow. Delete anything in the folding file that doesn't look familiar..also delete the old core. Restart and see what happens. You don't need to delete the work file unless your willing to start a new wu.

I've had a couple of these, leme know what you find.

BillR
 
The speed.emd file was a Weatherman special from back in the day.
What I find in my comps are what I put in the EMIII box.
For instance I put "bullshit" in the speed box in EMIII for one of my comps, and that's what showed up in the speed.emd file - bullshit :)
 
As I said, I was trying to recall the filename. I rember back before I had enough UPS's that on the 3.? client if it pooched enough times a file appeard that overrode your switch settings. If you deleted the file all went back to normal. Don't know if this still holds true.

BillR
 
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