Any Folders?
 

Just wondering if any of you do the Folding@Home ...



I just started late last week. Its for a good cause. It doesn't suck up CPU power. You can run it while playing games, surfing etc. It basically runs with a low priority so it only gets the leftovers. Of course if you're not doing anything, it will grab all the cpu power it can.

Anyhow, I fold for Team #32 which is www.overclockers.com. #1260 on my team in just a matter of days, #56221 overall.My Stats

So if you fold, what's you stats? If you don't fold, what are you waiting for? This a very worthy cause and it doesn't kill your CPU (like I said). http://folding.stanford.edu

i dont understand :paranoid:

:rambo:
Nothing complicated.
Basically what Stanford does is utilize everyone's 'excess' computing power to help understand protein folding. You don't need to know what protein folding is other than misfolding causes some of the diseases I listed above. It takes alot of CPU power to perform the calculations.
Maybe THIS LINK will help a litle more.

I hope that helps somewhat.

oh my head hurts now....

mine too.

Hmm.

I don't think I can explain it any better. I'm pretty sure 94_Accord_Ex folds as well.

I thought about posting this here before, but I never did. I do fold with a 3 computers, so does Maxvla if he pops his head in here.

Its a distributed computing project. Stanford is studying how proteins fold (remember Biology?) and this is key to curing some diseases such as Altzheimers (sp?) and some forms of cancer. You simply download the program, enter in a username and hopefully team #32 and it does everything for you. No more interaction is necessary. It gets new work units, etc. Check out the folding forum @ www.overclockers.com for more info, or the folding.stanford.edu site has a forum also.

I used to run Seti, but I fold now because disease has affected my life. Family members have had cancer, and now my best friend's cousin just passed away at the age of 19 after a battle with cancer :no:

Folding is for a good cause, and I encourage all of you to sign up.

Hey C_A, did you get your work computers signed up yet? That will be really nice!

I have my workstation & my laptop going. I also have a dual P4 XEON 1.8Ghz that I'm testing the console version on. I had to use the console since its a dual processor. Man is it a powerhouse. Nothing like killing 2 work units at one time..:bow:

Also I'm going to have to switch to console on my home computers too. Can't play Battlefield 1942 or Warcraft III with it running. Odd, but fixable.:yes:

On duallies, some people run more than 2 instances to get full processor usage. You might want to make sure that both procs. are maxxed out.

Yeah it was only running at half load. Muhaha. So tomorrow I will kick in the other 2 instances....

Haha.... more power!


I can't believe more people around here aren't interested. :confused:

It sounds good..but i don't really understand it...
Do you need to have an internet connection?...
does it work on networked comps?
will it slow down the network?
maybe i could get my school to "fold" or whatever...
What does fold mean anyway?

Yes
yes,
no (only uses net to connect after a work unit is done - depending on work unit, 4-48 hours. It will auto dial if you'd like.

Your school folding would be great! But learn how to do it yourself first before you try to set it up yourself. I HIGHLY recommend reading the FAQs in the folding forum @ www.overclockers.com It will answer all of your questions.

i fold with trev on o/c forums.

o/c's team is #3 in the world.

w00t

4 instances running without it even flinching. Gotta love dual processors.... Now onto the other servers......:yes:

Glad you got that going. You'll climb to the top in no time. I'm rising pretty fast, and I have 3 full time/1 part time computer. You'll kick my ass :D



Come on people, I know you want to fold! It ONLY uses your idle time on the computer and won't slow it down at all.

ttt

Its not that technical...
You don't have to understand protein folding to know that its a good cause. Nothing hard about the setup either. And like its been said, it will not slow you down at all.


Currently #37539 overall.
#1013 on Team 32.

I'm coming for that #1 spot soon baybee! I still haven't gotten it installed on any other servers at work... Hoping to be in the 700's by the end of the week. NEED MORE POWER!

You think you're flying now, wait until the Gromacs core is used again.

Come on people, why not use your computers for a good cause? The program ONLY runs when you're not using it for something else.

just give me the damn link for the download, i'm too lazy to look for it :crazy:

This link is for the text only console. Sits open in a DOS window. You can download a program called EMIII @ www.em-dc.com if you want to hide it, view your stats, etc.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandeg...AH3Console.exe

Save the program in a folder off of the root drive c:\FAH3
The first time you run it, it will ask you questions.
Username (just make one up and type it in),
Team #(PUT 32!!!),
Change advanced options?: yes
fah/gah/no preferance?: fah
priority: idle
proc. % usage: 100

That should be it. If you mess up, you can restart the program with a shortcut that reads FAH3Console.exe -config

Any questions just ask.

I was folding for a while....under drdingo21 but i have pretty much stopped because it stoped dialing in automaticly (dunno why) i was in the top 150... but im sure i have droped

http://folding.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/...name=drdingo21

User drdingo21
Team www.overclockers.com (id # 32)
Score 875.3
User Rank 3768
WU 400

You're #241 on the team now. Still not too bad. Why not start up again? The team really could use some help getting ahead now.

I've had my dual XEON offline most of today. :-/ Had to do some routine maint. crap. Bah.. Hopefully I'll have it back online tonight before I leave.... I miss working on 4 units at once on one machine.

Ok...i d/led it...and set it up...
now what?

the DOS screen thingy is just sitting there...

thats all it does... every now and then it will say finished a frame then when it gets to 100 it will download another WU

Which one did you get? Console or GUI client?

um...i dunno...I got the third one on the list i think...the text only thing...

Console.

That's all it does, just sits there. Let it run forever. I'd suggest checking out www.em-dc.com for a program called EMIII that will take it to a nice little icon in the system tray. It also keeps track of your stats, etc.

Oh, wait...i got the console...it says fah3console ...

Oh yeah, what's your username?

Kyle;)
I've done 2 frames so far...

:)

welcome to the fold!

make sure you put team 32 for your team number :D

What kind of computer is it running on? Its best to leave it on 24/7 if you can :bandit:

I've got a pretty shitty 733 mhz compaq presario...
it costed like 400 brand new..so i'm not complaining...
It's 5:00 now...and it's been on since like 7:00 yesterday...
only 50 frames done...is that bad?

it depends on what protien you are folding. Some protiens take longer than others and some have more frames than others....and the bigger ones are worth more points...

oh, alright.