Folding@Home - Let's try this again

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Folding@Home is a project run by Stanford University which simulates protein folding, the root of the cause of cancer. If a protein folds incorrectly it can lead to cancerous growth. This program studies how a particular protein folds to see how we can stop incorrectly folding proteins and effectively ELIMINATE cancer completely.

This is a great cause and you can contribute for free! You can run this simulation on your computer without losing any performance as well. F@H is designed to be the lowest priority task running. If you fire up a game F@H will stop, wait for you to finish, and resume when you are done. This is the case with any program that needs cpu cycles. Folding backs off and lets you use your rig with no performance loss.

Here is a link to a review regarding performance loss while folding (or lack thereof): Folding Benchmarks (http://tech-report.com/etc/2002q4/foldingimpact/index.x?pg=2)

if you want to help out here are links to ultra easy installers. all you do is double click the exe or bat file and you are done! no maintenence, no checking on it, no starting it, no nothing. its installed as a service so it starts with your computer.

Windows 2000 / XP Single CPU Systems (http://www.maxvla.com/folding/OC-FAH.rar)

Windows 2000 / XP Dual CPU or Hyperthreading Systems (http://www.maxvla.com/folding/OC-FAH-Dually.rar)

Windows 98 / SE / Me (http://www.maxvla.com/folding/OC-FAH-Win9x.zip)

Maxvla and myself (and Addict also - if he's still folding) have been going at this for quite some time now. Why waste your extra CPU cycles when you could be using them for a good cause?

[ebpda9]

i hear you. let me change my drives and get some memory and i'll be back at it again. both of my systems are crawling now

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Sweet! Thanks Stefan :)

[c0ng0 b0ng0]

so wait your saying i can run these programs all day and night and it will help fix cancer?

[Maxvla]

exactly :)

[Senshi]

of course very slowing i actually run folding, you pretty much just leave it open and since it has a priority level of low it doesn't draw alot of system resources, so it pretty much itsn't there even tho it is

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by Senshi
of course very slowing i actually run folding, you pretty much just leave it open and since it has a priority level of low it doesn't draw alot of system resources, so it pretty much itsn't there even tho it is

That's cool that you're already folding. What team do you fold for?

Anyone else interested?

[ShagginJet]

I've been doing this since you showed us the link originally. I run it on 3 pc's, a p3 1000, pii 400, athlon xp 1900. U all fold for group 32, right?

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

That's really cool, I didn't know anybody stuck with it. Yeah, team 32.

If any of you are interested in helping Maxvla and myself win a little friendly bet, you could fold under "OSUmaxx" ;) That is, if you don't care about following your own stats.

[ShagginJet]

How many comps do you guys have running under that name?

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by ShagginJet
How many comps do you guys have running under that name?

Somewhere between 30-40 I believe :) Good for almost 3000 points each day. I have Maxvla to thank for the huge power increase though. We need more still... trying to win a race.

[ShagginJet]

^ so what name should I switch to then?

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

If you don't mind, we fold under:

username: OSUmaxx
team: 32

Thanks man!

[Maxvla]

we currently have 59 cpus. our competition has 130.

[Maxvla]

hey trev you tried asking feanor?

[ShagginJet]

I switched my home, will do the work two tomorrow.

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by Maxvla
we currently have 59 cpus. our competition has 130.


Yeah, but he asked about computers. Many of those CPUs are virtual due to hyperthreading and running multiple instances on duallies, etc.

YGPM over @ OC..

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Thanks ShagginJet!

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Bump! We need some more power here :)

Besides, what else is your computer doing when you're not using it? Why not help out?

[ShagginJet]

BUMP!!

FOLD YOU FAGS!!

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by ShagginJet
BUMP!!

FOLD YOU FAGS!!

Ahaha, if that isn't inspiration for the people who don't fold, I don't know what is :D

Seriously though, I can't believe more people won't do this.

[ShagginJet]

It makes no sense, your computer is doing nothing 99% of the time, might as well just fold and use that cpu time for something worth wild.

[Maxvla]

agreed :)

[ShagginJet]

I just got a new system at work, p4 2.8 HT. First thing i did was started the client up. So i'm out a p2 350 for folding but now i have the new sys going, woot!!

For those who don't know what folding is, ASK!! We could always use more systems, it doesn't affect your system at all and it's for a great cause.

I'm going to see if some guys at work will let me set it up on their old p3 1g systems.

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

NICE!!! Are you running the hyperthreading package above? You need 2 clients to get the most out of a HT rig.

[ShagginJet]

^ Uhhh?? Explain pls.

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by ShagginJet
^ Uhhh?? Explain pls.

Read the first post. See how there are different files to download based on what computer you have?

The hyperthreading CPUs won't utilize 100% unless you run multiple FAH clients at once. The service install in the first post will do that.

[ShagginJet]

So i ran the HT install, it's running, 50% on two clients. How do i know it's folding for the right group and name? Can i erase the files i've unzipped?

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Look under program files/FAH or something like that and check out the .cfg file (or the FAHlog. It will say username and team #.

Perfect, running 50% each on two clients = 100%. You can erase the files you unzipped also.

[Maxvla]

great work shaggin.

stats went from 1800 points per day 2 days ago to 3800 points today :bandit:

keep up the good work. :cool:

[CD5Passion]

well damn I'm running a Macintosh:o

[Maxvla]

osx?

[CD5Passion]

^yupper version 10.3.3

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

^^^ You can fold too then.

I'll see if there's a service install for you. Otherwise you can go to folding.stanford.edu and download the client.

When its run the first time, enter OSUmaxx as the username and 32 for the team #.

[CD5Passion]

:thumbsup: up an runnin guyz

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Very nice!

If you have any questions about configuration, etc. just ask :)

Thanks for the help.

[CD5Passion]

no problem now what the hell do you mean by configuration lol

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

^^^ Depending on what version you're running, you can configure different things. If you just got the graphical version, you should be good as long as you entered the username and team #

[CD5Passion]

^ yeah I got the graphical version and i put 32 and what not

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

You should be set then :thumbsup:

[GT40FIED]

I tried dl'ing it back when this thread first started and I think it's on my comp somewhere, but after I dl'ed it and went through the setup, it seemed to disappear. I honestly wanted to do it...but haven't a clue where it went.

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

If you run the install that's in the first post, it should always run in the background until you manually kill the service. When you cntrl-alt-del do you see a Fah_core78 running?

[GT40FIED]

Originally posted by 94_AcCoRd_EX
When you cntrl-alt-del do you see a Fah_core78 running?

Ummmm....no.

[vtecb20gsr]

What's the newest class c cpu?speed? I have catching up to do.

[ShagginJet]

well shiat... they're laying us all off, all those systems will most likely be taken down. If they reformat them then the clients will be removed. Otherwise until the systems are back online things aren't going to be running. I'm going to try and make sure they're on when I leave today. Still waiting to hear the actual word of what's happening.

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Alright guys, time for anothe bump to this thread. We can always use some more folding power and I know your computers are just sitting there ;) There are new versions that hide themselves completely and you'll never have to deal with them!

http://folding.stanford.edu
go to downloads.

Username: OSUmaxx
Team: 32

I know you want to join :)

[ebpda9]

lol trev. i might do it once i am done with some of this shit that's going on in my life

[Kyle]

I tried doing this last time but didn't work.
Everything was setup fine and dandy...but the program never did anything. It just sat there for a while, and after 45 mins to an hour i always got some sort of error and it shut my comp off...and ideas?

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by Kyle
I tried doing this last time but didn't work.
Everything was setup fine and dandy...but the program never did anything. It just sat there for a while, and after 45 mins to an hour i always got some sort of error and it shut my comp off...and ideas?

The program shut your computer down? Strange, never had that happen. But...

This program is a good stability test for your system. If it errors out (you can look at FAHxlog.txt in your folding directory to see what happened), it means you're unstable, too hot, etc. If you post the error I can help you.

Try scrapping whatever you have and download console v 5.02 from Stanford. When it asks you if you want to run as a service, say yes and you'll never see it again unless you look at the log. This version also fixed some problems.

[Kyle]

alright, lemme try that out

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by Kyle
alright, lemme try that out

Sweet, thanks :)

Any questions, just ask.

[IALuder]

i think this thread needs to die.

i dont get the point of this Folding@Home anyways.

[GT40FIED]

Originally posted by SFKing
i think this thread needs to die.

i dont get the point of this Folding@Home anyways.

What the hell? Dude...it could possibly help people understand how cancer works and how to attack it. My dad died from lymphoma....and I'll help any way I can.

[IALuder]

ummm, i didnt mean to offend you.

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by SFKing
i think this thread needs to die.

i dont get the point of this Folding@Home anyways.

Dude, that's pathetic. If you think it should die then stay the hell out of it. Should the thread really die because you can't understand the concept? Is your idle CPU time being used by something else valuable?

Anyway, nobody's forcing you to "fold" so don't worry about it if I pop this thread back up now and then. When ShagginJet had the chance, he brought TONS of CPU power to folding and there's a chance someone else would want to help too.

:no:

[ShagginJet]

Just added a AMD Athlon 64 3000+ HT, running duel client. Will be adding another identical in a month, and an athlon xp 2800 in a min or two...

?? - Is it quicker to run duel client at 1/2 cpu speed or single client at full? Does the HT feature of processor run both processes at full speed?

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by ShagginJet
Just added a AMD Athlon 64 3000+ HT, running duel client. Will be adding another identical in a month, and an athlon xp 2800 in a min or two...

?? - Is it quicker to run duel client at 1/2 cpu speed or single client at full? Does the HT feature of processor run both processes at full speed?

I have a 3200+ here and it doesn't have HT. I don't think any of the 64 bit AMD CPUs have it.... could you be mistaken? The HTT of the AMD64s is not the same as HT of the P4s... If not, let me know and I'll look into it.

I run 1 client on my AMD64 @ 100% and it works just great. Did you go to Stanford and download the new client or did you use the links in this thread? There are new clients @ folding.stanford.edu.

Thanks a lot for adding all of these CPUs! It all helps :) I'd like to see some other members jump on the bandwagon and add some power too!