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.
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.
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Alright, thanks pythagoras. Just the work folder (C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\work)
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.Originally Posted by 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?
Should normally be 1.
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Alright, thanks Jupiler & Pyhagoras. I'll re-install windows & set it all back up.
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?
Sry for double post.
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
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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.
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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
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.)
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.
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?
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
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it says it needs a file though. The folder is C:/folding if that helps.
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.
hope this helps you fix the problem.
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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
No Mate your in the wrong section, in fact if you were any further off topic you would be asking us about knitting patterns!
You need to ask in one of the other areas of the forum, I would suggest
the AMD forum.
BTW Welcome to Xtreme Systems
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thanx for help guideing my nooberism around...
I'll try to post there
yup us XS noobs leading the benchmarking world
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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??
Nope, should be fine.
AFAIK, the file "fah.exe" doesn't even exist.
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Its in Oublie's post though.
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