New members welcome and advice thread

[pythagoras]

Thanks for taking the time to check out the team. Any question you have on starting to fold and help us advance up the league just post here and we'll help you out.

Regards

John.

[One_Hertz]

I'd do it once in a while but definately not 24/7. Like I can prob fold while playing cs :rolleyes: . i am on a 2.8ghz 3800 venice. last time I tried installing it didnt like me very much or maybe it was just my 64 bit windows.

[JBREAKS]

well i leave mine on when im asleep and when im just surfin the web

[ButtUglyMartian]

whats the xtremesystem stanford team number?

[twiggy]

whats the xtremesystem stanford team number?


36362. Welcome to the team! :toast: :woot:

[pythagoras]

Correct as in this new sig ;)


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=35218&stc=1

Regards

John.

[angra]

I am considering throwing some spare cycles that I have toward this, but I have a few challenges that might be a bit unique.

First off, my machines all have multiple CPU, and all run linux. Will the linux client natively use multiple CPUs? I tried to launch 2 copies of the client concurrently and it complained and quit.

Second, I have a bunch of machines behind a firewall. I am not running any sort of NAT or routing to the outside world, but I can probably set up a SSH tunnel. Has anyone gotten the client to work in this sort of environment? Any ideas/hints/methods to share?

[pythagoras]

All dual machines you will need two seperate directories with a client in each.

Its probably easier to use this installer:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17334682&goto=nextoldest

I'm not sure on the firewall issue, but I'll hunt around.

Regards

John.

Oh, and Welcome to the team :toast:

[angra]

OK I have set up a proxy on the front machine. I have been doing a fresh run of "./FAH502-Linux.exe" on each machine to initial configure, and it seems to be the case that every machine gets the same "Machineid=" line. I have read on the internet that each copy needs to have its own "machineid". So, I am not sure if this is a problem or not.

[angra]

Well I think I have figured out a setup that will work. I've thrown 50 dual cpu machines (100 CPU total) at the problem for now. How long before I should start seeing my results on the stanford page?

[Ugly n Grey]

a day or two depending on the procs...

happy 100 and welcome to the team :bounce:

[angra]

a day or two depending on the procs...

happy 100 and welcome to the team :bounce:

well, I hesitate to call myself part of the team just yet...I don't know if I'll be able to leave the machines running this all the time. There are some cooling issues in my computer room, and there are also some actual work that has to be done on them at times, so we'll just see. Maybe I will get addicted to the rush of "points" though :). I am mainly curious to see if I set everything up correctly.

[pythagoras]

100 machines :slobber: If they only fold 10% of the time thats a tremendous effort :toast:

Regards

John.

[angra]

100 machines :slobber: If they only fold 10% of the time thats a tremendous effort :toast:

Regards

John.

Well, _something_ is FUBAR. Ran the machines overnight, and most of them completed at least one work unit, but all of them except the front node quit the client immediately on completion, and none of those that quit seem to have reported their results. I'm going to scale back to just a few nodes until I figure out how to get a proper setup, then turn the rest on for a while.

[twiggy]

Well, _something_ is FUBAR. Ran the machines overnight, and most of them completed at least one work unit, but all of them except the front node quit the client immediately on completion, and none of those that quit seem to have reported their results. I'm going to scale back to just a few nodes until I figure out how to get a proper setup, then turn the rest on for a while.


Can you post a log file from one of the machines that didnt send in the results? Or are you sure its a networking problem?

BTW- Welcome to team Xtreme! :toast:

[angra]

Can you post a log file from one of the machines that didnt send in the results? Or are you sure its a networking problem?

BTW- Welcome to team Xtreme! :toast:

well I have a few leads on the troubleshooting. I think actually that it is a problem with "screen" as doing a "screen -d -m ./FAH502-Linux.exe" does not produce the expected resutls. My current try is to do an expect script that will launch an interactive shell, _then_ run the client, then escape out of screen. Looks promising so far, but it takes so long to see positive or negative results that I won't really know for half a day if this try worked.

[angra]

Can you post a log file from one of the machines that didnt send in the results? Or are you sure its a networking problem?

BTW- Welcome to team Xtreme! :toast:

Here is a sample log file from one of the machines that apparently completed a work unit, then quit, and open restart did not seem to try to send in its results.

[dmo580]

screen
./FAHCore...
CTRL A + D

screen -x to reattach...

[angra]

screen
./FAHCore...
CTRL A + D

screen -x to reattach...

yes, I know how to use screen :). But when you are launching 100+ sessions , it's worth investing a little time in automating the process. Unfortunately, it takes so long to do a work unit that I have to wait a day to see if the automation went right.

[twiggy]

Just noticed you were using Linux and I have never used it before so Im useless here. :slapass:


I see you got 5 CPU's going so far, we'll see you at the top quickly. :toast: :woot:

Fold on! :banana: :cool:

[angra]

well I was able to leave 38 CPUs to run over the weekend. I'm still waiting on a power drop in the machine room so that I can spread the electrical load out from one UPS that is a little bit overloaded before I can run all of them full bore.

We'll see how many points we can add to the team in a few days :). I'm afraid we'll never catch up with the mega teams but we can move up a little in the standings.

[twiggy]

well I was able to leave 38 CPUs to run over the weekend. I'm still waiting on a power drop in the machine room so that I can spread the electrical load out from one UPS that is a little bit overloaded before I can run all of them full bore.

We'll see how many points we can add to the team in a few days :). I'm afraid we'll never catch up with the mega teams but we can move up a little in the standings.

Excellent! :toast: :woot:

Yeah its gonna be hard to compete with the big teams but we arent doing too bad for only having 12 active folders(which I cant believe thats all we have:(). We need to do something to gain some attention to F@H. :fact:

[pythagoras]

We could all use my sig pic until we get something better?

Angra you have quite a few machines returning work now, looks like you sorted the installation out ;)

Regards

John.

[Ugly n Grey]

Pythogoras, can we sticky this please?

[pythagoras]

Done ;)

[Ugly n Grey]

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

We as team 36362 are gaining considerable momentum and Pythagoras and I are not going to sit on our hindmost parts and not take notice. A membership drive and some other interesting things will definitely be happening for xtremesystems.org in the not distant future. Sign up now and be a part ! We will be kicking some serious buttocks!

****The above statement is a highly biased view of team 36362, the owners and operators of xtremesystems.org take no responsibility for the ranting of a madman.

[Revv23]

We should put the Guide up on the front page as news, and then like a week later put the roster up on the front page as news...

maybe we can get some more users on the forum that way at least.

[Haltech]

I just got done setting up a 3800+ X2 @ 2800 mhz with 2 F@H cores running. I did the usual tweaks.. I needed to test stability and this is the best way imho :) So, we will see how many WU i can crunch. Hopefully it will help you out. I was hoping i could have xfered my points from another i crunched for before, but i see standford disable that option now.

[Big Deel]

Welcome to the team.Let us know how that X2 is doing.If it can maintain 2800mhz then it will crunch good.

[Ugly n Grey]

Yeah that's some serious MHz :)
Welcome to our team!!

[Haltech]

I installed that FAHmon tool. my cores are showing up orange. Can someone point me out to what to look for to get them both green? Less than 24 hrs i hit like 245 WUs. Im not to pleased with the results.

[Ugly n Grey]

I think your systems are erroring out, it takes a very stable rig to run F@H. what version of the program are you running? command line or GUI? in either case, start it with a switch -verbosity 9 so I can get some log details from you and figure our what is happening

[Haltech]

i figured it out.. I had the switch used for Intel instead of AMd. i used ForceSSE and now it shows green. thanks

[Ugly n Grey]

That's excellent news, your stats will start climbing. If you wish to use it, the link to your personal stats box for you signature is

"http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php?u=156834"

Just take the quotes off and use that URL to your stats picture in your siggy.

Cheers
UnG

[cronic]

hey guys, just downloadd the gui for folding and installed. i am running a3800x2 at 2550 with 2 gig of ram. anything i need to know about running on a dual core.?

[pythagoras]

Hi and welcome chronic,

To take full advantage of a dual core you could download the console version as well as running the gui, that will use both cores.

Yes, you can. Additional processors must run the console version (with the "-local" command-line argument if run on Windows). First, make additional directories for each processor and copy the FAH Console executable file into each. Then configure them with the -config switch, filling in settings for each. It is very important to make sure that under the "Advanced Settings" option each copy is given a unique machine ID (from 1 to 8). The first copy will default to a machine ID of 1, so additional copies should be given IDs of 2, 3, 4, etc. Each may then be run out of their installed directory, using the -local switch on windows."

So make a new directory and download the console version to that directory and then follow the directions above.

Regards

John.

[lawrywild]

I installed the GUI :D

I burn in my cpu a lot so this seems ideal :p:

[[XC] moddolicous]

Ok, I guess this can also be considered the Q&A thread? I have a couple:
1) I downlaoded this version (the one at the top)
http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html
I check the tweaking guide, but its all for a console version or something. Any tweaks.
2) How much can I expect from an A-XP 2200 @ 2.1ghz a day?
3) finally, how can I get one of those snazy sigs?

[Ackbar]

Ok, I guess this can also be considered the Q&A thread? I have a couple:
1) I downlaoded this version (the one at the top)
http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html
I check the tweaking guide, but its all for a console version or something. Any tweaks.
2) How much can I expect from an A-XP 2200 @ 2.1ghz a day?
3) finally, how can I get one of those snazy sigs?

1) Personally, I'd strongly recommend the console version. It seems to offer a lot of "tweaks" and runs quicker than the graphical version.

2) I get 200-300 ppd on my A64 @ 2.5GHz (pretty variable depending on what core I get)

3) Here's the link to your sig: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php?un=moddolicous&t=36362

Doesn't appear to be working yet, but should be once you get some WU submitted...

Welcome to the team! :up:

[[XC] moddolicous]

DO you have a link to the console version? And, would it be worth it to me to uninstall the version I have now to run the console version and tweak it?

[heater918]

Hi all just getting up and running i'm installing console version and have made it to. Change advanced options? yes or no.
Hope i don't have to post for every question :)

[sc00p]

Hi all just getting up and running i'm installing console version and have made it to. Change advanced options? yes or no.
Hope i don't have to post for every question :)
Yes... if you just might want to check over that -advmethods flag is set on (or yes) which allows with Intel-cpu to get QMD WUs (for the best PPD rate).

[sc00p]

DO you have a link to the console version? And, would it be worth it to me to uninstall the version I have now to run the console version and tweak it?Should uninstall first that GUI version before you setup console version. You find the console version from the same download link you put to your own post;) Third option downward -> 5.04Beta "no nonsense" http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/release/FAH504-Console.exe.

[sc00p]

I thought it would be useful to put link also to this very robust monitor for F@H-cores
http://fahmon.silent-blade.org/download/FahMon_203.zip (662KB).

[heater918]

Thanks for the help i'm up & running should show up on the team page shortly. heater :)

[heater918]

Installed beta 5.04 and chose to run as a service everthing is running but i have yet to be added to team. It ran overnight before i rebooted to run as service would that explain why i don't show up? After reboot it stared on same client i believe. Also does it upload manually or do i upload results.
Pic of log txt.

[pythagoras]

Need to see the log file to see whats going on. Any chance of attaching it to your post?

Regards

John.

[heater918]

I hope this is it:) Edit: I'm on now. Ahead of Mod ha ha better re-instal quickly Mod ! Thanks for help and i will look for some tweeks now that i'm on the XS F@H team.

[[XC] moddolicous]

Alright, I got a question. This rig looks like its time to reinstall windows. Is there anything I have to save from the F@H folder so that its still sees I have only 1 cpu?? Or can I just save what I need and, reinstall windows, then reinstall F@H??

[heater918]

Alright, I got a question. This rig looks like its time to reinstall windows. Is there anything I have to save from the F@H folder so that its still sees I have only 1 cpu?? Or can I just save what I need and, reinstall windows, then reinstall F@H??
This is just a bump for you. I have no clue as i was struggling to get my name on the stat chart :) F@H for Team XS:woot:BTW i'm on now.

[pythagoras]

Just save the work folder.

When you reinstall swap the new work folder for the saved one and it will start from where you left off.

Regards

John.

[[XC] moddolicous]

Alright, thanks pythagoras. Just the work folder (C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\work)

[Dizzario]

Alright, I got a question. This rig looks like its time to reinstall windows. Is there anything I have to save from the F@H folder so that its still sees I have only 1 cpu?? Or can I just save what I need and, reinstall windows, then reinstall F@H??

A single F@H will only run on 1 cpu, to do 2 cpus you need to install 2 clients in seperate folders using the -local command in windows and different machine IDs int he client. If you want to save the work you have done on your current block I would save the whole client folder and just copy it back when your done reinstalling.

[[XC] moddolicous]

What I meant about the 1 cpu was thats how much the website says I have. If I reinstall F@H, will I have 2, or will it still say one?

[Jupiler]

Should normally be 1.

[[XC] moddolicous]

Alright, thanks Jupiler & Pyhagoras. I'll re-install windows & set it all back up.

[[XC] moddolicous]

Alright I got 2 more questions: How do I figure out how many points a WU is worth?? And, are there any tweaks I can make to the gui version (currently in taskbar) to make it crunch faster?

[[XC] moddolicous]

Sry for double post.

[Admiral~X~]

I dont believe you even have to worry about that, since I dont believe the number of CPUs is all that critical. You are talking about having on the stats page it would maybe show 2 CPUs?

Alright second, you can go to http://fah-web.stanford.edu/psummary.html to find out how much each project is worth.

Third, there is really no way to make it crunch faster other than the obvious overclocking more. I would recommend getting the console however since the gui tends to have a effect long term on 3d games

[[XC] DragonOrta]

Well, I finally finished a new WU for the team. Took me over a week to do though. 500 frame Gromac, which seems absurd that it would take so long, because I just got another 500 frame Gromac, and it's almost halfway finished. This is on my 2.8 P4 laptop.

[Dizzario]

mod: i dont reccomend the GUI cause people have done tests apparently and over a whole block the gui can take upto 30 minutes longer than the cli(command line interface) client. Also like Admiral said, there is a negative and sometimes debilitating effect on 3D games. I installed the cli client on all my machines, even my main machines that I game and work on and have no problems with it running 24/7; that I notice.

Dragon: the time per work unit can vary cause there is more than one single type of 500 frame gromac unit, it can vary quite drastically as you have found out. I have also noticed that the same project # WU can vary even on the same cpu, which I find strange.

You guys should install FahMon http://fahmon.silent-blade.org/ if you want to see how long its taking you, what work unit your on, and what its point value is. Even if you have just one client, its a nice to know whats going on :)

[[XC] moddolicous]

Alright, so can you give me notes on how to install the command version? I'll give it a shot if its better.

[Revv23]

Alright, so can you give me notes on how to install the command version? I'll give it a shot if its better.

check UnG's guide (It's in my sig.)

[[XC] moddolicous]

Thanks revv, I got it installed as a service on my dad's P3. I'll install it as a service on my A-XP later today.

[[XC] moddolicous]

Alright, I got them both installed as services, but now I have no way of seeing how far they are (and how much is left). I found a program around here called fahmon, but I'm not sure which file to use to show the progress. Can anyone help me there?

[oublie]

Sure thing,

When you run fahmon point it at the folder you have folding at home installed in
for example all my boxes have a folder called FAH (where the folding data resides) so fahmon points to d:\fah (it automatically does the rest itself) btw with multiple machine on a network you can share the folder and point fahmon at the network address.

p.s if you are just running it from the root of a disk e.g running from c: then just point it a that.

Hope this is clear enuf :)

[[XC] moddolicous]

it says it needs a file though. The folder is C:/folding if that helps.

[oublie]

I thought i may have been that you hadnt started folding yet so to test i pointed a new 'test' client at an empty folder but no errors so thats not it.

I haven't seen this before but you could try the following ,

open fahmon and click fahmon then download new projects

also open task manager and ensure that folding is running if it is you will have a fahcore_**.exe running and a fah.exe running if they are not your not folding

Theres not much to it really with fahmon,
just ensure your folding project is running
and ensure that your are pointing fahmon a the folder i.e. c:\folding

Heres a screenshot of what everything looks like when its running i've
included the taskmanager, fahmon and the services.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=42477&stc=1&d=1137549332

hope this helps you fix the problem.

[nawsmoking]

Thanks for taking the time to check out the team. Any question you have on starting to fold and help us advance up the league just post here and we'll help you out.

Regards

John.




This seems to be the noobiest forum, which is where I was hopeing i could start... I'm looking to upgrade soon and didn't realize how many options are out there now days. I'm not a total noob and I know the basics of what I want. Money isn't an problem as long as I'm not waisting it.
It seems like ASUS is one of the favorite motherboards, AMD processor (athlon or opteron???), RADEON graphics (I'll wait for the x1900 w/ 48pipelines) and it seems gigabyte has the best on out, OCZ or Ballistix ram (2 to 4 gig) or best on the market, plus I'll need a cooling unit and I don't think I'm going water cooled just yet.
btw I don't go to LAN parties but will buy that type of motherboard if it is the best thing out there... please help!!! and spare the dictonary of acronyms, I'm still a noob :confused: :toast:

[oublie]

No Mate your in the wrong section, in fact if you were any further off topic you would be asking us about knitting patterns! :slap:

You need to ask in one of the other areas of the forum, I would suggest
the AMD forum.

BTW Welcome to Xtreme Systems :D

[nawsmoking]

thanx for help guideing my nooberism around... :slapass:


I'll try to post there

[Revv23]

yup us XS noobs leading the benchmarking world :)


Welcome nawsmoking.

[[XC] moddolicous]

when I press alt, ctrl del, all I see running is FAH504-console.exe and Fahcore_78.exe. I dont have any fah.exe. Is that a prob??

[Jupiler]

Nope, should be fine.
AFAIK, the file "fah.exe" doesn't even exist.

[[XC] moddolicous]

Its in Oublie's post though.

[Jupiler]

Maybe he renamed FAH502_console.exe to fah.exe to make it easier or so.

[oublie]

yup sorry modd, fah is actually fah_console i should have said. Looks like your running fine, did you get fahmon working ?

[[XC] moddolicous]

I think I did. It looks like this though, so I'm not sure if its correct. I still had to choose the file though:
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2923/fahmon2zo.th.png (http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fahmon2zo.png)

[oublie]

Yeah thats spot on mate :) all you have to do now is convert all your D2ol and Rosetta rigs to fold for us. :D

[[XC] moddolicous]

I've got a few d2ol rigs I'll switch over soon, but rosetta has to stay on my brothers sempron rig.

[Pirated]

How can i joined folding at home.
any requirements?

[oublie]

None whatsoever (apart from having a computer :) ) Just download the client (i recommend using the console), run it, choose a name and set your team id to
36362 (thats us) and let it run in the background, if you look around this forum you'll find some pointers on how to get the most points for your machine.

:)

[Deadeye550]

I just signed up for the XS team and am folding for most of the day when I'm at work or when my comp is just sitting close it idle.

Deadeye

[Jupiler]

Thanks for joining the team, Deadeye. :toast:

[vok]

Hi, just joined the team. I won't have too much of an impact I'm afraid, but hey, every little bit helps right? :toast:

[[XC] moddolicous]

Yea, every bit help. Thanks for joining the team vok. And welcome to xtremesystems.

[introvert]

ill be joining 24.7 as soon as i get my spare machine up and running.

[Jupiler]

Thanks for joining the team, introvert.
Welcome to XS. :welcome:

[[XC]melymel]

HI all i just started folding for XS a couple of days ago. I used to fold for OcUK a while ago but i run rosetta for XS now. F@H was the first D'C'ing i did and it got me addicted so i thought it would be nice to return here. I only have my laptop running 24/7 atm as my other rigs are running R@H, but i will be switching fully to F@H very soon.

however one question i have is whether cpu cache is important for F@H?
I ask because semprons and celeron m's are great for rosetta because only mhz really matter.

Happy Folding :toast:

[FemFolder]

In my experience, cache does make a difference.
I have a amd 64 3000 sempron and a amd 64 3000 NewCastle, and the NewCastle out crunches the Sempron by quite a bit.

This is from FahMon-
Project : 2390
Core : Double Gromacs
Frames : 100
Credit : 1112


-- amd64 --

Min. Time / Frame : 57mn 11s - 280.03 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 57mn 13s - 279.86 ppd


-- sempie --

Min. Time / Frame : 1h 46mn 32s - 150.31 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 1h 46mn 32s - 150.31 ppd

[Bloody_Sorcerer]

just joined my mom's 2.4(something) to the team (F@H is far less visible than R@H, thus its my borging DC project of choice). Hopefully, I'll be adding a few more machines soon, but we'll see how things go.

[[XC]melymel]

Cheers for that femfolder!! guess ill have to get a presler then. :D

B_S I agree, it's much easier for borging than any others thanks to the service install, i have already attacked my parents rig hehe.

:toast:

[walt466]

I just joined the team today,i am running a x2 3800 cpu and 2gig pc4000 mem
i can only run one instance of the program as i have a problem with my second core being real weak it fails dual prime but will pass single, my machine runs 24/7 so it should help some.

[sc00p]

Thank you for joining Bloody_Sorcerer and walt466 :cool: :toast:
Not sure if I already welcomed melymel2789... umm who's counting ;) Happy FolPing :toast:


@ walt466: your sig image: that is link to Haltech's stats ? Carefull with that ;) You'll be added automagically here (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&t=36362&p=2) after you've finished first WU. Then you could ad own ID&stats- based sig from there. Patience ;) (remember also with your sig])

[walt466]

Im trying to run a console and a gui at the same time, i set console to machine 1 and gui to machine 2, when i run them both end up as machine 1 and the console log shows that i am a anounmos user and no team even tho i set it in the config file. both are working fine i just need to resolve this before the console finishes its work.

[sc00p]

Did you put the -local switches... you find a guide at my sig ;)

[walt466]

Did you put the -local switches... you find a guide at my sig ;)
yes, i used your guide to help me set it up

[sc00p]

Not sure if restarting your os would help anything... and ofcourse you did install those instances different directories ?
I'm sorry... I'm really noobish with dual cores... *folding with old crap*

(off to work->)

[walt466]

Not sure if restarting your os would help anything... and ofcourse you did install those instances different directories ?
I'm sorry... I'm really noobish with dual cores... *folding with old crap*

(off to work->)
heres what my log file show.

Launch directory: c:\folding
Service: c:\folding\FAH504-Console.exe
Arguments: -svcstart -local -forceasm -verbosity 9

Launched as a service.
Entered c:\folding to do work.

Warning:
By using the -forceasm flag, you are overriding
safeguards in the program. If you did not intend to
do this, please restart the program without -forceasm.
If work units are not completing fully (and particularly
if your machine is overclocked), then please discontinue
use of the flag.

[01:34:54] - Ask before connecting: No
[01:34:54] - User name: Anonymous (Team 0)
[01:34:54] - User ID: 24A644591CD1C9AE
[01:34:54] - Machine ID: 1
[01:34:54]

thats the console

this is the gui

Launch directory: C:\Program Files\Folding@Home


[03:06:44] - Ask before connecting: No
[03:06:44] - User name: walt466 (Team 36362)
[03:06:44] - User ID: 24A644591CD1C9AE
[03:06:44] - Machine ID: 1
[03:06:44]
[03:06:44] Loaded queue successfully.
[03:06:44] Initialization complete
[03:06:44] + Benchmarking ...
[03:06:48]
[03:06:48] + Processing work unit
[03:06:48] Core required: FahCore_7a.exe
[03:06:48] Core found.
[03:06:48] Working on Unit 02 [May 3 03:06:48]
[03:06:48] + Working ...
[03:06:48]

note user id is the same.

[sc00p]

Maybe good idea to shut down from task manager console and gui (don't kill cores... they stop auto after that).
Then run console with -configonly flag to put ID 2 to it and restart your os...
...I haven't have this prob... so yet not sure if that helps :)

EDIT: http://forum.folding-community.org/viewtopic.php?t=15110
so you should open console with -configonly -local -switch, to put name,team and cpu ID info for that client. Hope this solves probs :)

[walt466]

Maybe good idea to shut down from task manager console and gui (don't kill cores... they stop auto after that).
Then run console with -configonly flag to put ID 2 to it and restart your os...
...I haven't have this prob... so yet not sure if that helps :)

EDIT: http://forum.folding-community.org/viewtopic.php?t=15110
so you should open console with -configonly -local -switch, to put name,team and cpu ID info for that client. Hope this solves probs :)

fixed now i waited untill gui finished work and deleted it and started another cosole in a different dir. its working now, thanks for the help

[switch7]

hiya all :)
im one of those silent type of people that spends loads of time reading the forum but never posts, so i decided the least i could do was join the folding team!


switch x

[jimwah]

Welcome to the team Walt466 & switch7 :banana: Its a good time to join, we've got a few teams in our sights over the coming weeks. Fold on!

[switch7]

thanks!

i run my comp a good 16hrs a day and i'll put folding on my file sever in the loft when i can be bothered to drag it down.


switch

[sc00p]

Good that you got that sorted walt :)

And :welcome: switch7

:cool:

[GibbonThree]

Hello All,
I have been coming here trolling the so thought I should give back by join the team.

Started yesterday but computer is run 24/7 hope it helps.

[Big Deel]

Hello All,
I have been coming here trolling the so thought I should give back by join the team.

Started yesterday but computer is run 24/7 hope it helps.

Welcome and thanks for your support.

[SparkyJJO]

I have 3 CPUs going right now, my 3700+ @ 2.86GHz, a P4 2.8GHz, and - don't laugh ;) - a P3 750MHz "ghetto box" :cool: I'll post pics of it once I get my lens for my camera, then you'll see why I call it that :D I got the P3 online on the 15th and it still hasn't completed a WU yet, amazing how slow that thing is.

I plan to get a 3000+ folding too at some point here.... if my parents will let me do it to their comp :p: Maybe install it on some friends' computers too... :rolleyes: :cool:

[pythagoras]

Welcome to the team sparky:toast:

Regards

John.

[THX1138]

Hi I just started folding a few days ago and I was wondering how much of a difference going to a dual core cpu whould make ? Atm i'm using a 3200+. Also has anyone seen what the conroe can do with folding@home ?

[norse]

I just started running. Will be left on a lot. Opty 165 @ 2745 mhz. Hope this helps! My username is norse for stats I believe.

Also, I noticed it's not using both cores, how do I fix this?

[[XC] moddolicous]

@ THX1138: In theory, it should run twice as fast. I'm not sure what a conroe would do in F@H.
@ norse: load it twice (there should be a guide around here on how to load it twice).
Welcome to all the new faces!

[C_K]

hey guys i just started folding for xtremesystems hopefully i can get a couple of
computers so i can leave them on over night.. but i got a question how much bandwitdh does it use?

[Big Deel]

F@H uses very little bandwidth,only when uploading and downloading data.
Welcome to the new members.If we keep growing we can get into the top 100,that is our next goal. :toast:

[ahmadmz]

Hi, i have no idea what this is about.. :) could someone plz explain what is folding? who does it? benefit? thx

[[XC] moddolicous]

Folding uses protein structures to help find out cures for diseases and such. It benefits mankind. There are many different folding projects. This one is ran by Stanford.

[Shift]

O what a shame, I'm folding for Team 596 and currently we are getting owned by Vietnam. It's basically a back and forth thing - we need more GHz :slap:

[sc00p]

Hi, i have no idea what this is about.. :) could someone plz explain what is folding? who does it? benefit? thxHow about last link at my sig... would that help at understanding project: F@H.

[Moonraker™]

Hello,

I only have a Athlon XP 3000+ - would that be of any use right now? It's going start of next month, so I'd just like to know.

BTW, I have no clue what "Stanford" is over "Rosetta @ Home". I thought folding for XS was the same thing. Either way, exuse my noobness on this with my willingness to help contribute!!! :D

But please do explain and lemme know if good ol' Socket A can help for a week or two!

[pythagoras]

Hello,

I only have a Athlon XP 3000+ - would that be of any use right now? It's going start of next month, so I'd just like to know.

BTW, I have no clue what "Stanford" is over "Rosetta @ Home". I thought folding for XS was the same thing. Either way, exuse my noobness on this with my willingness to help contribute!!! :D

But please do explain and lemme know if good ol' Socket A can help for a week or two!
Hi

And welcome to the team, that pc is more than enough to contribute to the science and to the team:toast:

If you need anymore help, just give us a shout;)

Regards

John.

[Moonraker™]

Hi

And welcome to the team, that pc is more than enough to contribute to the science and to the team:toast:

If you need anymore help, just give us a shout;)

Regards

John.

Thanks.

I'll have a C2D system next month when this one goes to my mother! lol. So I'll should be ok to do more on that.

Can you PM me or post here one what I need to get up and running.

Program to download / configuration on my system (if I need to do anything?!?!) / login to start for the team and of course, where to get the sig that shows your points off!

[jimwah]

Welcome to the team Moonraker :wave:

You can download the app here: http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html I always use the text-only client, to get going just throw it in a folder ( C:\fah\ ) and run the exe, it'll run you through a brief setup. Team # is 36362, thats the crucial bit, & your username of course. Check UnG's setup guide in sc00p's sig for more details on setup etc.

Sigs Guide: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/?nav=IMAGES
Stats page: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_list.php?s=&p=2

( We'll be on page 1 soon :D )

[Moonraker™]

OK, having said that. I did the Graphic interface install and it says (after 15mins!!) 5 frames completed. Is that right? Here's a screenie:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/757/1stfoldve8.jpg

Also, how does the points system work? - I know I won't be giving much on a Socket A - Athlon XP 3000+

[pythagoras]

Yes that looks right, some wus take along time.

Regards

John.

[miochza]

Just joined up, I have 2 Conroe cores (E6600 at 3.2 ghz) running and a Northwood 3 Ghz P4. I also have a 800 mhz PIII lying around, would it even be worth hooking it up?

[SparkyJJO]

Just joined up, I have 2 Conroe cores (E6600 at 3.2 ghz) running and a Northwood 3 Ghz P4. I also have a 800 mhz PIII lying around, would it even be worth hooking it up?
Yes definitely worth it. I have a 700MHz P3 running - well not at the moment, having some trouble with it :( - but while it can't do stuff really fast it can still be productive :)

[miochza]

Yea I started it this afternoon, its only on 1% :eek: But then again, this is a 2414

[jimwah]

Welcome to the team miochza, we should see you on the Top20 producers list soon with that C2D folding away. :cool:

[hadron]

hi to all of you! as u can see i'm quite a freshman here but it's time to change that. am passionate about folding for a long time now, been on seti before. i'm kinda loner on the folding, always been on my own, never joined any teams as i've been searching for the proper one, and my search has come to an end at the number 36362. i've folded almost 50k point which i'll gladly contribute to this team, the only thing is i can't join right now as i'm runing a console version of fah on this poor old sempron 2800 @ 2.2 and a don't think there is an option to join enywhere there. i think u people will give me some ideas how to do it. also i will put some stress of folding on my dad's laptop which he'll get shortly and my own new E6300 that i plan to get it runing by next weekend and OC the heck out of it, probably on P5B-D, just hope it goes high on those Mhz's. can't wait to compare the time to complete a WU with this pore rig. we'll that's my first post, am glad of meeting you all and see you soon. B-bye!

[Moonraker™]

Welcome to the team Hadron. I too ave just joined, but my first WU is taking forever on this system I'm on (I'm building my C2D rig behind me now! lol) - I'm folding right now, I feel like I've just graduated from the academy and have just got my debut (lol).

I dunno how it works for Americans... maybe ummm... graduated from college and "drafted" ?!?!?!? :confused:

Either way, I don't feel worthy of the team until that first WU is done! - but I do feel part of the team

[sc00p]

Welcome, well come Moonraker, miochza and hadron :welcome:

First of all, it is great you decided to join to this team. It is about a time to have some shine and glory to our team... and you (all) help very much... and science is the most benefiaciry :toast:

Hadron: look at my sig. UnG's f@h setup guide. There is some pics about phases to do. You could join to the team just starting your console by adding a -configonly -flag to your console (then the console won't install itself again), for exsample c\folding\fah504-console.exe -configonly... and input the right team number at second row :)

[hadron]

that's nice Moonraker, i think u wont have problems producing some decent results with that new gear thats under construction.

thanks sc00p for the guide but i had a flashback just after writing my post that there must a .cfg file in the fah folder and surely there was, so i just changed the teamnumber there and it's seem to work as the console is puting me now to this team. just have to complete this wu to make it official as the fah server is still taking me for a loner. too bad it's a tough wu, taking an hour for one percent and only 53% done. just can't wait, for the new pc's as we got some conqering to do.

[bouc]

just installed f@h ;)
I'm in guys

[jimwah]

Welcome to the country club of DC'ing bouc :D :wave:

[sc00p]

just installed f@h ;)
I'm in guys
Welcome... I don't remember anyone being from France before you :) :welcome: :toast:

[bouc]

yeah, thx all ;)

[hoax]

very nice to see so many new team members..:welcome: everyone

[jbmv]

GPU beta caught my attention, so count me in for 36362 :D

My FAH name (nemin) is different than my XS name hope that doesn't matter cause I've had that FAH name since like 2002...

BTW looks like you guys will be in the top 100 within next 2 months for sure, I'm glad I can be a part of that.

[sc00p]

Welcome onboard to the train :)
Yeah I've noticed nemin days ago...
...there are quite a few folders using aliases, thanks for reporting in :toast:

BTW: :wtf:

[jimwah]

Great output jbmv, welcome to the team :wave:

[GAM]

:welcome: new folding members. :wtf: guys!

I think we all 'noticed' nemin! You can't miss him ;)


@jbmv, I'd just like to say that I don't like you and your production rate very much. I've been watching your progress with utter distaste. You'll be flying past me soon and there's nothing I can do about it!!! :(
:tongue:

...Just jokin' man, way to go. You're up there, frequently (if not always :rolleyes:) at no. 2 for production. XS needs you and we appreciate it! I really am joking above :). Pure jealousy/envy ;)

[mrh1]

Just signed up and just saying hi :banana:

[SparkyJJO]

welcome :D

[sc00p]

Welcome mrh1... nice timing as well as good to have new members... we are heading to top 100 at the speed of top 50 :toast:

[GAM]

:welcome: mrh1!

This is great seeing all these new(er ;)) members. Bring it on XS, top 100 soon!

[hoax]

Just signed up and just saying hi :banana:

:welcome: to the team :thumbsup:

[embeejay]

Hey guys, just set up 2 console versions to run as services on my machine, lets hope they do some good ;)

[jimwah]

:wave: E6600 will always do some good here, welcome embeejay, you're just in time to be here when we hit the front page (Top100 teams) :D

[GAM]

:welcome: embeejay! Your E6600 will crank :D

[justin_c]

dual core e6600 @ 3.7 ghz
fah 5.04 console, no gpu

Config #1 for Core 1:

[settings]
username=Justin_C
team=36362
asknet=no
bigpackets=yes
machineid=1

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=no


Config #2 for Core 2:

[settings]
username=Justin_C
team=36362
asknet=no
bigpackets=yes
machineid=2

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=no


Shortcut:

"C:\F@H\1\FAH504-Console.exe -forceasm -local"
"C:\F@H\2\FAH504-Console.exe -forceasm -local"

Should I enable -advmethods?
And should I make a clean Windows install for folding, as i'll plan to run overnight ~8 hrs a day.
Does anybody have any advice on "how I could persuade my parents to let me run this noisy box every night?" should i just turn the fans down?

im proud to be folding for team 36362!

thanks,
jc

[xVeinx]

Configs look fine. As to the parental units, what is their issue? If it's the noise, then turning down the fans may help as long as it isn't the HSF. Conversely, you could just pull the Mobo out of the case and and use a tower HS with a 120mm fan for cooling-real quiet, works great. Then they might have a problem with the "eyesore" however... :p:

[[XC] DragonOrta]

One of the guys on the [H] team that's got a big farm says that you get better WUs by not setting the -advmethods flag, as long as you have the -bigWU flag set.

You don't really need a clean install, but if you want to, you can. Just to make sure that there isn't any spyware or such stealing your precious cycles.

As for the parents, just tell them that it will keep the room warm overnight, so they can turn the thermostat lower. :D

:welcome: to the team!

[SparkyJJO]

One of the guys on the [H] team that's got a big farm says that you get better WUs by not setting the -advmethods flag, as long as you have the -bigWU flag set.

You don't really need a clean install, but if you want to, you can. Just to make sure that there isn't any spyware or such stealing your precious cycles.

As for the parents, just tell them that it will keep the room warm overnight, so they can turn the thermostat lower. :D

:welcome: to the team!
Really? Hmm, maybe I should try that on my systems. I'll disable the -advmethods flag on a couple of them and see if anything changes.

[[XC]melymel]

Sorry for the lazy post here guys but whats the current situation on flags and clients? It seems the 5.04 client has been the newest for ages :p:. As for the flags I'm hearing conflicting views on flags like "-advmethods" so what's the general consensus? Anyway I'll throw what I have back on F@H to TRY and keep up with DAK and help you guys with the TPR battle so long as we're numero uno in QMC.

Cheers all :toast:

[vaio]

Ooh another Southwester :toast:

[justin_c]

I think I've gotten the go ahead.
Got EM3/Chime up and FahMon (which is better; I somewhat prefer Fahmon's simpler interface, less plastic gunk)
Completed to 23500000 on p2126 villin sigd3
is ~24 mins per a frame ok? 40 hours for a WU? C2D @ 3.7 GHz, cut down background tasks.

jc

[SparkyJJO]

Funny I've never gotten project 2126 :shrug: But 40 minutes per percentage point (frame) doesn't sound out of place but I don't know how fast the C2D chips fold. How many points is it?

*EDIT* haha I said that and fold1 just downloaded 2126 :lol2: 373 pointer, hmm... Wonder if it is as bad as 2124 and 2125, probably considering the numbers are close and I have a feeling that means they are part of the same group - slow.

[justin_c]

o well; ill let it run. EM3 predicts finish at about 4:30 PM tmrw (its 7:42 PM now).

[SparkyJJO]

In FahMon under fahmon > benchmarks you can see what the average PPD is on that project for your system once it is done with the WU. When it is, could you report back what it says so we can compare it? Thanks :)

[xVeinx]

I got a 2125 for both cores of my main rig :(. Sorry to drag a bit...

[vaio]

New teamie alert.........

Please give an xtreme welcome to buick454wnos :)

[IanY]

Hi Everybody,

I just signed up. I am new to folding, so I have to learn all the tips and tricks. I bring with me a couple of AMD dual cores, one older S940 Opteron quad core and the Kentsfield I am putting together below.

Yes, the machines are being put to good use, and while the show-off appeal is there, I don't put together machines to boost my ego, or else I would need to get my head examined. I have a household of heavy computer users.

I guess I'm late to the game, but better late than never, right?

I do need to learn how to optimize machines for multiple cores because I am an absolute newbie here (really, never done it before), even though I know how to build machines (obviously).

[jimwah]

Dual cores & quad cores :D Welcome to the team IanY :wave:

A basic setup would consist of making as many folders as you have cores, and copying the downloaded fah.exe file into each folder, then run each client & it'll start with the configuration. Enter your preffered name, team number 36362, don't use IE proxy settings (unless these are genuinely required) & DO edit the advanced settings. Each client on the same machine, must have a different machine ID (1-8); otherwise the box gets confused with multiple clients running. If you have x86_64bit linux running you will want to look into the SMP client which is still in beta but yields good points. Hope this goes some way to help :up:

[xVeinx]

Welcome to the team!

[vaio]

Welcome to the fold IanY :)

[GAM]

Benchmark for 2126 on 'Main' (see sig.)

-- Main1 --

Min. Time / Frame : 25mn 23s - 211.60 ppd
Avg. Time / Frame : 26mn 13s - 204.88 ppd

[pr33tz]

Someone want to give me a quick lowdown on folding? What do I need to start folding?

[SparkyJJO]

Someone want to give me a quick lowdown on folding? What do I need to start folding?
:welcome:

Go here (http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html) and download the "no nonsense" 5.04 console client. Put it in a folder where you want it to stay. If you have a dual core CPU you want to fold with make a copy of that file and stick it in another folder, for example C:\FAH1 and C:\FAH2. Then follow the directions below :)

1. Make two folders, one for each client and put one FAH504-console.exe file in each. Let's assume you have C:\FAH1 and C:\FAH2 for example for the two folders.

2. Start menu > Run > Type in "C:\FAH1\FAH504-console.exe" -configonly
include the quotes!

3. Here are the settings I use:
> User name: your name
> Team number: 36362
> Launch as a service: yes
> Ask before fetching/sending work: no
> Use IE settings: no
> Use proxy: no
> Allow 5MB or larger WU's: yes
> Change advanced options: yes
> Core priority: idle
> CPU usage requested: 100 (you can set this a little lower if the system sems to slow down much, but I've never noticed a slowdown)
> Disable highly optimized code: no
> Pause if on battery power: no (I don't run it on any laptops so this doesn't matter much)
> interval between checkpoints: 5 (default is 15, use whatever you prefer)
> Memory to indicate: full amount
> request WU's without deadlines: no
> set -advmethods always: yes
> ignore deadline info: no
> Machine ID: 1

3. Repeat for the second client in C:\FAH2 and use the same settings except have Machine ID set to 2.

4. After that, go to Start menu > run > regedit. Do a search for -svcstart, this will bring up the first client service command line. Edit that line, and after the -svcstart I add -local -advmethods -forceasm
the -local is very important for running multiple clients on one computer, it makes sure they don't get confused at all. the -advmethods just makes sure that it is turned on, -forceasm is good in case you have a system crash (like a power outage) it won't allow the client to disable SSE optimizations when restarting from the improper shutdown.

4. Continue the search for the -svcstart and on the second client command line in the registry add the same stuff.

5. Exit the registry editor.

6. Reboot and you should have 2 F@H clients running.

I use FahMon (http://fahmon.silent-blade.org/) to monitor my clients.

Feel free to ask any questions :toast:

[jimwah]

Welcome to the team pr33tz :wave: and another UK folder for XS :)

[heater918]

I will have to get a pci video card tomorrow for the Opty rig, i put the P4 on last night untill i get Opty back up and running.:) I allways give pieces of equipment away and than i need one :p:

[SparkyJJO]

:welcome: :woot:

And tell me about it, I do the same thing :p: I gave away a whole bunch of 128MB PC100 sticks of RAM awhile ago, then found out later on I needed some :p:

[pr33tz]

I've followed the instructions and I seem to be folding (cpu usage 100%). However, FahMon doesn't seem to be monitoring. The message windows contains the following:

[12/12/06 - 14:54:30] Reloading pr33tz 1
[12/12/06 - 22:54:30] pr33tz 1 [ETA] | avg=N/A | last=N/A
[12/12/06 - 22:54:30] pr33tz 1 has an unknown state (Unable to find a complete frame)
[12/12/06 - 22:54:30] Reloading pr33tz 2
[12/12/06 - 22:54:30] pr33tz 2 [ETA] | avg=N/A | last=N/A
[12/12/06 - 22:54:30] pr33tz 2 has an unknown state (Unable to find a complete frame)

Any ideas??

[SparkyJJO]

I've followed the instructions and I seem to be folding (cpu usage 100%). However, FahMon doesn't seem to be monitoring. The message windows contains the following:

[12/12/06 - 14:54:30] Reloading pr33tz 1
[12/12/06 - 22:54:30] pr33tz 1 [ETA] | avg=N/A | last=N/A
[12/12/06 - 22:54:30] pr33tz 1 has an unknown state (Unable to find a complete frame)
[12/12/06 - 22:54:30] Reloading pr33tz 2
[12/12/06 - 22:54:30] pr33tz 2 [ETA] | avg=N/A | last=N/A
[12/12/06 - 22:54:30] pr33tz 2 has an unknown state (Unable to find a complete frame)

Any ideas??
Click on FahMon (where file usually is) and hit Download New Projects. Also make sure that the path is correct.

And :welcome: to the team :D

[pr33tz]

Thanks guys, left it overnight and it's working fine! Now I'm officially folding for team 36362! :D

[jimwah]

:woot: Nice rigs pr33tz, should get some decent points there :up:

[pr33tz]

:woot: Nice rigs pr33tz, should get some decent points there :up:

Thanks!!

Where can I check my F@H stats compared to the rest of the XS team? I've seen some of the F@H'ers have a sig that shows the stats. I want I want!! :banana:

[jimwah]

Stats are here: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_list.php?s=&p=1
(we are the orange team at the bottom tearing up the chart :fact: )

And the howto on stats sigs is here: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/?nav=IMAGES although it'll only work once the first WU is uploaded & your name has appeared on the stats for XS :)

[pr33tz]

Thanks, again!

I've already completed a WU but the stats page hasn't updated yet :(

Another quick Q, if I restart my PC, do I lose my current WU's and have to start again?

[pr33tz]

I've already completed a WU but the stats page hasn't updated yet :(


:banana: :banana: :banana: Updated! :banana: :banana: :banana:

[SparkyJJO]

Yeah it takes awhile for the stats page to update.

You don't have to restart the WU when restarting or shutting down the computer, it saves checkpoints and will resume when the computer is rebooted.

[IanY]

Well, I'm up to 132nd place in 7 days and I haven't brought in the heavy guns yet :) I hope to clear at least 120th place by year end and 50th place by the middle of next year :)

[SparkyJJO]

sounds good IanY, keep it up :thumbsup:

[IanY]

I'm so sorry for being an idiot. I can't get the signature thing to show up.

[SparkyJJO]

Hey now you aren't an idiot. Just replace the tag with IMG and...

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php?un=IanY&t=36362

:)

[IanY]

Now its so much better. Thanks :)

I have a long long way to go. Better speed up with the machine building heh :)

[SparkyJJO]

Now its so much better. Thanks :)

I have a long long way to go. Better speed up with the machine building heh :)
More machines the better :D

[IanY]

So far, my scores are only from one machine. Not bad eh? I got to get the whole family behind this hahaha... Threaten my sons to get rid of their computers if they don't fold lol :)

[SparkyJJO]

So far, my scores are only from one machine. Not bad eh? I got to get the whole family behind this hahaha... Threaten my sons to get rid of their computers if they don't fold lol :)
Or... just put it on their computers, I'll betcha they won't notice the difference :cool:

[IanY]

Well, I'm up to 132nd place in 7 days and I haven't brought in the heavy guns yet :) I hope to clear at least 120th place by year end and 50th place by the middle of next year :)


Well, I'm either lucky or the folks around me are not folding. I'm up to 110th place now, so I have met my objective of 120th place by year end. I'm not holding my breathe, but maybe I can get into the top 100 by December 31st? lol :)

The signature thing seems to have a 1/2 day lag?

[jimwah]

The stats should update once every couple of hours, but the times are a bit skewed because the server's based on the time in the US somewhere I think, eg. minus about 6hrs for us in the UK. Push for the front page mate, good luck :)

[GAM]

@IanY, take note of this link to see your 'conquests and overtakes (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_overtake.php?s=&u=202702)'. Bookmark it ;) then check out the other pages for both your username and team XS.

You should be ranked 100 in 3 days! :cool:

[IanY]

Omg Omg !! :D Thanks for the link :)

Woo Hooo... :D

[pr33tz]

Just as a matter of interest, if the FAH client isn't set to start as a service, how do you start it manually? And likewise if it is set to start automatcially, how do you stop it temporarily?

[RyderOCZ]

Just as a matter of interest, if the FAH client isn't set to start as a service, how do you start it manually? And likewise if it is set to start automatcially, how do you stop it temporarily?For startup manually, just execute the Console exe file in your F@H directory.

To stop a running service: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.. Find the F@H service (1 or both of them if running 2), right click on it and select Stop.

HTH

[pr33tz]

Thanks for the quick reply...(not that I'd ever stop my FAH clients!! :D)

[IanY]

Congratulations, pr33tz. You're rocking!

[pr33tz]

Thanx IanY, you're not far behind me though!! Last couple of days my production has been low due to changing rigs but I'm back up now and ready to roll!

[lamboman]

Hi guys,
I am just wondering, do I have to do anything, or do I just start with a new username, and start Folding in the team? I presume I just start. Anyways, I plan to do some with my Mac now, and then do it 24/7 when I build my Core 2 Duo rig. :woot:

[jimwah]

Hey lamboman :wave:
Just put in the username you want in the FAH client setup, team number is 36362, and start folding :) Once the first unit has finished, you should turn up in the stats pages - we tend to use EOC stats page (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_list.php?s=&t=36362) Welcome to the team :up:

[GAM]

Welcome to the fold, lamboman!

Do a name search on your desired Username first if you don't want any confusion.

[lamboman]

Thanks guys, I have started :) its nice to have a system running for good cause (if it doesn't crash like Macs always do...)

[dextructor]

I am in!

:banana:

[sc00p]

I am in!

:banana:Fabulous first post :D :toast:

:welcome: to the team :woot:

[jimwah]

:wave: Welcome dextructor! Already on the scoreboard too, good stuff :)

[GAM]

:welcome: folders!

[sc00p]

Just wanted to make a proper welcome some of the quieter folders to the team ;)...

Couppi... that was a hard decision to switch the team :cool: :toast:
osiris
jeramie
strumf666
blink hi
zhigangfu
opiumden34
davidletterboyz
lightingcrash... are you really The Founder Of The Folding Team? :). (I did some digging at forums and profiles) There is very much a need to A Homecoming-party :fact: :woot: :toast: :party3:

:welcome: to all new folders... :wtf: Your presence at forums would be also highly welcomed :toast: There is some deserting for time to time...:( :D

[ziddey]

Hi, I'm imagining this has probably been asked a million times, so I figure once more won't hurt :)

I'm looking to contribute some of my computing power, and am looking for something that'd make the most use. I see that fah has an smp version. But I'm curious if it supports sse2/3? I recall skimming around and seeing something about how deadlines are assigned with a p4 2.8 with sse2 disabled. Does this mean fah has the optimizations in place for sse2? I was running rosetta, but noticed that it doesn't carry any sse optimizations, although I saw links to such, although they're all seemingly dead links now.

[jimwah]

The SMP versions are a slightly different setup, and I think the benchmarks come from an Intel Mac for those - have a little sift through http://forum.folding-community.org/forums.html for more information. I do see the message 'Extra SSE boost OK' when I fire up the clients, but I can't remember if it's plain SSE or SSE2/3. The Rosetta optimisations were regarded by some as a hack/cheat because they altered the points benchmark, but there's plenty already been written on that subject, and it's a BOINC-based project, whereas f@h has it's own clients :)

I hope Folding@home becomes your project, it has its quirks but it's a good project & will work your CPU hard, there are a few ways to run it on a rig like yours, so weigh up the options. :up:

[jimwah]

Couppi... that was a hard decision to switch the team :cool: :toast:

Welcome couppi & nice production too :up:


lightingcrash... are you really The Founder Of The Folding Team? :). (I did some digging at forums and profiles)

Detective sc00p, busy at work again I see :p: I don't see a lightningcrash on the stats tho' :confused:
edit> okay I found some early posts, always interesting to look back ;)

[Caparroz]

I'm in, too.:toast:

I was really addicted to F@H a few years ago but you know... You grow up and real life kicks you in the arse.

Having a 1950pro just for browsing and reading emails is just plain stupid.:slap:

Tell me... the X19xx vgas are really that great at F@H as I've been reading?

[sc00p]

I'm in, too.:toast:

I was really addicted to F@H a few years ago but you know... You grow up and real life kicks you in the arse.

Having a 1950pro just for browsing and reading emails is just plain stupid.:slap:

Tell me... the X19xx vgas are really that great at F@H as I've been reading?Welcome to F@H :toast:
And yes I might know what are you talking about real life :slapass: but nice to have you back to folding :toast:

I do not know about gpu folding, but can guess the coming R600 (preferably R650) would kick arse (again ;)) with some quad core and SMP-client. That's my plan I had... then I couldn't wait and bought 8800GTS.
Oh well... with only dual core... I'm happy with SMP-client. I believe scientists are too.

[silentgear]

just joined console mode folding

[kaosInc.]

I guess I'll join too. I've been doing some personal folding for past year, so it's about time I join a team.

Edit: Finally my first post. :D

[SparkyJJO]

:welcome: kaosInc. glad to have you with us :toast:

[chillman]

I use to fold 4 another forum but that place *cough* amd forums *cough* turned into a s***hole :rolleyes: so here I am. Just installed my wireless router and got my ps3:D up and running. Later this year after a upgrade my comp will once again start to fold:rocker:

[SparkyJJO]

glad to have you here with us chillman, I'll bet that PS3 will put out some decent numbers :up:

[jimwah]

Welcome chillman :D :wave:

[tylerdustin2008]

Right now i will be running 2 machines 24/7, and maybe a third. This is my first time folding so.... lets fold.

[GAM]

Big welcome to all the new Folders!!!! :welcome:

[A101Sugar]

I just downloaded the client and set it up :)

I am running this on my temporary comp, until I build my new gaming machine.

Specs:

E6300, Intel DG965WH, 4gb DDR2 667, 2 Raptor X's in Raid 0, 6600GT/128mb.

[sc00p]

:welcome: A101Sugar

Do not forget C2Qs (for SMP-client) when you're choosing new parts ;)

[jimwah]

Welcome A101Sugar, not a bad temporary machine there - I look forward to seeing the specs of the permanent machine :D

[Don_Dan]

I use to fold 4 another forum but that place *cough* amd forums *cough* turned into a s***hole :rolleyes: so here I am. Just installed my wireless router and got my ps3:D up and running. Later this year after a upgrade my comp will once again start to fold:rocker:



I am also using a wireless router, but I can't get F@H starting to work. All it does on any of the computers is benchmarking etc, but it does not get past "Attempting to get work packet". I have tested both the console and the graphical version, same problem. Could anyone help me how to set up Folding@home and my router?

[sc00p]

First of all... welcome Don Dan.

Secondly: do you've configured your f@h exactly like in the setup guide (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1875632&postcount=2)?

[Don_Dan]

Hi and thanks for your fast reply. I just deleted every rest of F@H and installed the console version again, and configured it according to the post. I will now make a restart and then report again!


I downloaded FaHMon to monitor the clients, but I'm not sure if I typed in the address of the clients correctly, because both clients are marked yellow/ orange. However, my computer is running at a load of 90 % and the taskmanager that two FahCore_78.exe are running.

[SparkyJJO]

Hi and thanks for your fast reply. I just deleted every rest of F@H and installed the console version again, and configured it according to the post. I will now make a restart and then report again!


I downloaded FaHMon to monitor the clients, but I'm not sure if I typed in the address of the clients correctly, because both clients are marked yellow/ orange. However, my computer is running at a load of 90 % and the taskmanager that two FahCore_78.exe are running.

They would be gray if the address wasn't correct. Yellow is fine in Fahmon, it is yellow half the time for me (not sure why). In Fahmon go to Monitoring > show/hide FAH log so you can see what is going on with the clients. If your CPU is at 90% (I'm guessing in the setup you didn't set it to 100% CPU usage) and the cores are runnng then that sounds like it is running properly :)

:welcome: to the team :toast:

[Don_Dan]

Thank you very much for your help! Finally it works.

Yes, I set it to 90% load. FaHMon shows a progress of 1%, although it's still yellow, so I assume everything is ok.


However, now it changed to green.

[stealthbomber]

I've added the XS team ID to my Folding@home GPU client, getting an average of around 6min 46s per frame with my X1950 GT :D

[SparkyJJO]

Glad you got it working Don Dan. Sounds like it is functional to me :up:

stealthbomber, that sounds good! I take it you must be using ATItool or ATT to overclock your card? What speed do you have the core and memory at?

[stealthbomber]

708MHz GPU, 729MHz Mem

[SparkyJJO]

Sounds like you've got a nice core then :) mine won't get above about 682MHz without having the random artifact and causing trouble. Though I suppose if I had voltage control I might be able to get higher, unfortunately no voltage support in ATItool 0.26

[stealthbomber]

Not sure about a nice core, just brute force volt/cap mods :D

[Sir_Loin]

Not sure about a nice core, just brute force volt/cap mods :D

That card runs gddr3, right? What were your temps? I had a x1950xtx that I oc'd to 702c/927m and would chew up WUs at about 5m45s/frame ~ 830ppd. The gddr4 is the main difference here. I kept core temps around 70c with fan overrides.

Nice OC, stealthbomber :up:

@SparkyJJO, you've used the tool to override the fan settings as well, I presume?

[SparkyJJO]

That card runs gddr3, right? What were your temps? I had a x1950xtx that I oc'd to 702c/927m and would chew up WUs at about 5m45s/frame ~ 830ppd. The gddr4 is the main difference here. I kept core temps around 70c with fan overrides.

Nice OC, stealthbomber :up:

@SparkyJJO, you've used the tool to override the fan settings as well, I presume?

Mine is cooled by water :D
Currently I have my core at 682, that is about as high as it seems to go without artifacting on stock volts.

[stealthbomber]

That card runs gddr3, right? What were your temps? I had a x1950xtx that I oc'd to 702c/927m and would chew up WUs at about 5m45s/frame ~ 830ppd. The gddr4 is the main difference here. I kept core temps around 70c with fan overrides.

Nice OC, stealthbomber :up:

@SparkyJJO, you've used the tool to override the fan settings as well, I presume?

Yeah DDR3, can't clock the memory any higher than 729MHz without artifacts but the core is good for 708MHz (stock is 500 for X1950GT) under load 24/7:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=147846

[andymg350]

hello there i read about folding a little while ago but never got involved and seeing as i tend to leave my pc running 24/7 ive decided to put those wasted clock cycles to good use! ive got my qx6700 running f@h console x4 one on each core its my first time so im not sure if its working correctly yet but we'll soon find out :)

[SparkyJJO]

Hey there andymg350 :welcome: Glad you decided to put those clock cycles to use :up:
If you have any questions, feel free to give me a holler :)

[jimwah]

Hey andymg350, welcome to the team :up:

[andymg350]

looks like ive got everything up and running and for the first time ive got my processor running 100% haha quad cores are evil. seems to be taking a while to complete each project like, i started last night and its still going this afternoon, so far each core is 34% 34% 35% and 54% for each project according to fahmon. im not used to this so i dont really know the average time it takes to complete a project does it usually take about a day and a half?

[jimwah]

Sounds about right mate, depending on the project. Check out the benchmarks(?) that are available in FAHMon; in there will be some facts & figures about the projects you have running, and the ppd (points per day) on these units. You will quickly find out that some projects yield a better ppd than others, and what kind of figures you should expect on your cores :D

[Aivas47a]

I just installed the SMP beta client on my quad core rig yesterday. All seemed to go well (thanks to the setup advice on this thread) and the first work unit completed this morning, but I keep getting messages that the program "could not transmit unit 01 to Collection server" and is retaining the work in queue.

I'm guessing there is some simple setting that I have configured incorrectly ... any suggestions? Working with dos commands is new territory for me. Note, although I am unable to transmit results I had no problem downloading and beginning a new work unit.

[angra]

I'm not the configuration and tweaking expert around here, but my intuition is that if you are able to download work fine, but not upload it, then it was probably a transient failure on the server side. you could interrupt your process, try fah5 -send all to try to force a result send, and then restart your client after it's been a while since your last send attempt.

[Aivas47a]

Thanks, I'll give that a try!

[sc00p]

If you mean you cannot upload to main CS (=Collection Server 171.54.65.58) ?... from your fah log you could check where it tries to upload ;)...
...then you could continue to check from this (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/serverstat.html) page about condition of the servers. See... main cs is on Reject Mode and it has been already noticed at official forums. But it's weekend.
Just left f@h on, it tries to upload finished wus periodically. When main CS is up again... wus will go through :) Maybe tomorrow...

[Aivas47a]

If you mean you cannot upload to main CS (=Collection Server 171.54.65.58) ?... from your fah log you could check where it tries to upload ;)...
...then you could continue to check from this (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/serverstat.html) page about condition of the servers. See... main cs is on Reject Mode and it has been already noticed at official forums. But it's weekend.
Just left f@h on, it tries to upload finished wus periodically. When main CS is up again... wus will go through :) Maybe tomorrow...

Thanks for the help guys ... using the "send" command seemed to do the trick, but from now on I'll know to check the server status as well. (Thanks to DAK too for additional help!) Starting to get the hang of this ... :D

[angra]

Welcome to the "fold", Aivas47a! Glad you were able to straighten it out. :up: on the avatar, btw :)

[SparkyJJO]

:welcome: and glad you got it figured out :up:

[evoic]

I'm in.

I've seen info about it for a while, so I decided I should probably put these overclocked cores to use.

Hope I can add some cycles to the team.

[SparkyJJO]

:welcome: evoic, glad to have you :D

Any questions, feel free to post a message or shoot me a PM or whatever :)

[kmon]

Hey guys, just loaded up the smp client on my xeon 3220 and have my ps3 crunching as well. The xeon is at stock speeds right now till I get the water loop sorted. I do have a quick newbie question, I have 5 boxes that are all similar speeds to an athlon 2000+. Are the boxes 'worth' it to run fah on them or are they more suited for other projects like dimes, rosetta, etc.