Team THGC at Folding@Home

priyajeet · Oct 11, 2004

Hey guys,
I have created a team <A HREF="http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=40051" target="_new">Toms Hardware Guide Community (Team id 40051)</A> at Folding@Home. Every major website has a team there - google, hardocp, anandtech etc. Just not ours. Lets join the team. All you need to is download the client from <A HREF="http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html" target="_new">Folding@Home</A>, install it, and enter 40051 as team name/id. You can use your own username. Lets compete with others. Its optional though, but I bet most of us have their computers running all the time doing nothing. Might as well use those wasted cycles for usefull purposes !

:tongue: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/priyajeet/Fing.jpg" target="_new">Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.</A> :tongue: Edited by priyajeet on 10/10/04 05:13 PM.

SidVicious · Oct 11, 2004

Signed in !

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jammydodger · Oct 11, 2004

phial · Oct 11, 2004

im doing it

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DonnieDarko · Oct 11, 2004

what is folding@home?

Watch out for the bloody Fanboys!

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SidVicious · Oct 11, 2004

Click the <A HREF="http://folding.stanford.edu/" target="_new">Clickie</A> and read the <A HREF="http://folding.stanford.edu/science.html" target="_new">FAQ</A>...

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ChipDeath · Oct 11, 2004

I joined last night before going to bed. I noticed there are actually 2 Tom's Hardware teams - This one and a "Toms Hardware FR" or something (France? no idea)...

Wonder how we'll get on?

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tombance · Oct 11, 2004

Yay! I've been waiting for this for ages, since I used to be part of the Overclockers.com team. You can count my A64 power in there.

priyajeet · Oct 11, 2004

yeah there the .fr team. but thats not us. we are the community.
I ve put this on my work comp too, which runs 24/7

Also, these can be used to test computer stability. If you OC your computer you can let this run for a few days (1-2 Work units) and if that works out, ur OC is stable. Actually this is where i came to know abt folding@home - thru OCing articles. You can change the config settingd to use 100% CPU. Its like prime95 for CPU and a bit graphics(with a more practical purpose).

Graphics - yes for that too, read abt it intheor FAQ - protein reconstruction uses GPU cycles.

:tongue: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/priyajeet/Fing.jpg" target="_new">Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.</A> :tongue:

raretech · Oct 12, 2004

Sounds like fun, count me in.

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xeenrecoil · Oct 12, 2004

heya Priya;

If folding@home will run on BOINC you can count me in.

coylter · Oct 12, 2004

Woot my post was deleted!

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Vapor · Oct 12, 2004

Your post is in the graphics card forum.

Maxtor disgraces the six letters that make Matrox.

coylter · Oct 12, 2004

Ahhh you screwed my head!!!

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SidVicious · Oct 12, 2004

Come on guys ! I am doing most of the folding !

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priyajeet · Oct 12, 2004

my WUs are large like 400 frames and ~16K molecules. will take a few days befoer i get like 200 points !

:tongue: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/priyajeet/Fing.jpg" target="_new">Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.</A> :tongue:

priyajeet · Oct 12, 2004

For those lucky users with dual-processor machines or rigs with hyperthreaded P4s, you can run two instances of the Console version simultaneously. It's rather involved, but well worth it to see both of your CPUs (or both of your virtual CPUs) being utilized to their fullest. These instructions assume you are running Win2K Pro or XP Pro.

1) First, create two separate directories and dump FAH3Console.exe in each one.

2) Then, you're going to have to make a shortcut to each FAH3Console.exe. Paste the Shortcuts into the C

ocuments and SettingsAll UsersStart MenuProgramsStartup folder so that both FAH consoles will startup every time the system boots up.

3) Right click on each shortcut you've created. You'll see the "Target" line: "C

rogram Filesetc.etc.FAH3Console.exe"

Now, you MUST add the -local flag in the shortcut, just like in games to get console.

4) Now, you're almost set. Double click on one of the shortcuts you created. The first time you do, you'll be asked to configure FAH. Aside from your username and Team No. (select team No. 40051 for Team THGC), one of the configuration options is to set the Machine ID for the first FAH3Console.exe program to "1" (when you get to the point where we run the second FAH3Console.exe, you'll need to set the second one's Machine ID to "2").

5) Now that one instance of FAH is up and running, go into your task manager and hit the "processes" tab. You'll see FAH3Console.exe there. Right click on it and choose "Set Affinity" and set it for CPU 0 only (uncheck CPU 1). You'll also see FAHCore_xx.exe running. Set that for CPU 0 too.

6) Now you're ready to run the second console (again, launch it by clicking on your second created shortcut). When you configure it, set it for a different machine ID ("2").

7) In take manager, you'll set the Affinity for your second instance of FAH3Console.exe for CPU 1. Now, this will be tricky as you'll see two FAH3Console.exe's running. You can check which one is the first one by checking the affinity. The new one will have both CPU 0 and 1 checked, while the first one was just set to CPU 0.

8) Do the same thing with the second FAHCore_xx.exe. Set it to CPU 1 only.

9) Now you're running two instances of FAH, and they are taking full advantage of your processors.

10) As long as you don't close out the Console programs, they'll remember their affinity. If you close them, or restart or reboot your computer, you'll need to go back and set the affinity again.

:tongue: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/priyajeet/Fing.jpg" target="_new">Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.</A> :tongue:

ChipDeath · Oct 13, 2004

hmm... Not doing too badly for a new team that's only been going a few days, and only has 5 people so far.. Ranked 8079 of 33689.

Come on guys, let's get into the top 1000 at least!

[/sad elitist technology bigot]

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blackphoenix77 · Oct 13, 2004

Ah...too bad I'm not on my "good" computer. The hard drive is out on my computer with mobile 2500+. Right now I'm on a 2000+.

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ChipDeath · Oct 13, 2004

Who is Cow-Man? Not seen him on here, but he's suddenly at the top of the team... He wasn't there 10 minutes ago..

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raretech · Oct 13, 2004

No kidding on those large work units. Crapola. They better make with the points on these.

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SidVicious · Oct 14, 2004

Shameless bumb until we get this thread stickied !

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RichPLS · Oct 14, 2004

I've been folding for almost 1 day, still another before a WU credited. 24-7 here, ya hear.
Genetic Mutations and beyond.

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 And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" Huh
So I got me a pen and paper And I made up my own little sign

raretech · Oct 14, 2004

[engage trash talking]
Now *I* am number 1. Nobody will catch me, I repeat, NOBODY will catch me. Not you overclocking girlie men, not you little gamerboys, not anyone.
[/end trash talking]
:lol:

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sjonnie · Oct 14, 2004

Nice dude, glad you guys decided to join the folding@home community. You can check out your team's progress at <A HREF="http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com" target="_new">http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com</A> ... once it enters the top 2000 that is. My own personal team is ranked 1086 with a Points 24hr Average of 717. In order to compete with the best you guys are going to need something like a >50K+ average. Good luck!

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