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April 3, 2010 3:14:43 PM

cely???
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April 3, 2010 3:15:51 PM

Cely = celeron.
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April 3, 2010 3:15:52 PM

shovenose said:
i dont care about the temps, as im ging to improve the cooling. could i use a 20gb laptop hard drive in a usb enclosure to boot off xp home? and then run the client like so? would the 1ghz cpu be fast enough for f@h? and yes id leave it on all day possibly all night! would that kill the laptop hard drive being on 24/7 if its already a cery old 4200rpm model? thanks. i am thinking this is sounding like a better and better idea OMG!

Your HD is not the problem it's your CPU that would be cooked, and the picture is of the Light Bike from Tron II
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April 3, 2010 3:19:37 PM

lol im not sure if ur saying i should do it or mot. i guess ill do it. ill set this thing up tonight then i hope!
April 3, 2010 3:22:48 PM

warmon6 said:
Cely = celeron.

omg i feel sorta stupid right now...how fast id the celeron? 1.4ghz or what?
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April 3, 2010 3:25:36 PM

Yeah. 1.4GHZ and it 4 years old.
April 3, 2010 3:28:07 PM

i think athlon xp cpus are better per clock than celerons thogh! if its a neo nx1500 (but it shows up in the bios and os as an athlon xp) that means its equal to a 1.5ghz p4. am i right?
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April 3, 2010 3:35:38 PM

if the cely cpu was netburst based (micro-architecture the p4's were one),yes it would. although if i remeber right, this cpu is based of the core micro architecture. let me look it up.
April 3, 2010 3:39:04 PM

what does the arch. matter? i dont understand!?
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April 3, 2010 3:45:24 PM

Nevermind. It's a cely M 360 on the pentium M micro-arch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_M

So it is possible that you cpu will perform better than my cpu.
April 3, 2010 3:46:58 PM

pentium m is actually a decent cpu
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April 3, 2010 3:48:52 PM

If you do give it a go then keep an eye on the temps.
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April 3, 2010 3:49:55 PM

shovenose said:
what does the arch. matter? i dont understand!?


Oh yeah the arch does matter. It the reason why back in the Althon xp vs pentium 4 days, the athlon would always wins clock for clock.

It's also the same reason why in single threaded apps, the core i7 920 on par with the fastest phenom II x4. all due to the arch.
April 3, 2010 3:54:56 PM

ok
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April 4, 2010 12:58:03 AM

I just started folding so this is all new to me when its running it only uses about 1/3 of the cpu this is running on a Core 2 quad at 3.1ghz is this normal. I am also running SMP and that has my GPU at 99%.
April 4, 2010 9:33:18 AM

Hey guys any PC don't care of the specs will help the F@H project its nice to see some new PC's on our team keep rocking people!
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April 4, 2010 11:55:46 AM

SHANEMARINES said:
Hey guys any PC don't care of the specs will help the F@H project its nice to see some new PC's on our team keep rocking people!


You could have any pc working on folding but if it's to slow, then it it's really no help. ;) 
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April 4, 2010 2:20:53 PM

Yea if the PC doesnt complete the work order before it expires it is pointless. I read on the Folding@Home forums that really anything belowe a Pentium 4 2ghz will not be very beneficial to the project at all.
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April 4, 2010 2:22:47 PM

Can someone tell me how to use more then 1 core for folding because I noticed that that it will only use 1 core but I heard there is a way to use all my cores I am folding on a Q8200 Quad at 3.16ghz and yes it has plenty of cooling.
April 4, 2010 3:25:49 PM

saaiello said:
Can someone tell me how to use more then 1 core for folding because I noticed that that it will only use 1 core but I heard there is a way to use all my cores I am folding on a Q8200 Quad at 3.16ghz and yes it has plenty of cooling.



What warmon6 just said. You may want to take a look at the "- smp" flag part on that page if you have not apply that yet.
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April 4, 2010 4:00:32 PM

AK419 said:
What warmon6 just said. You may want to take a look at the "- smp" flag part on that page if you have not apply that yet.


:o  ALL HAIL TOM'S HARDWARE FOLDING KING [:mousemonkey:1] [:mousemonkey:1] [:mousemonkey:1] :lol: 
April 4, 2010 9:38:47 PM

warmon6 said:
:o  ALL HAIL TOM'S HARDWARE FOLDING KING [:mousemonkey:1] [:mousemonkey:1] [:mousemonkey:1] :lol: 



Thanks, but only for another half a month or so. Then SidVicious will take over. [:mousemonkey:1] :lol: 
April 8, 2010 4:01:07 AM

I want to be a F@H King lol. . .

What must I do?

A: Spend a lot of money

B: Pray

C: Use GPU pr CPU

Disclaimer: I'm sorry, but don't take this post to heart!

FYI: I'm F@H right now 10:00PM Boise ID and going to keep it running till 11:00AM!

April 8, 2010 11:45:46 AM

I will be folding work unit number 1000 pretty soon- every single one for team 40051!
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April 8, 2010 3:29:09 PM

I just wanted to say Great Job to everyone. The THGC folding team is showing signs of life again. Our 24 hr point ave. is up nearly 20k and new members appear to be on the rise. Thanks to everyone who contributes.

THG has been a great source of knowledge to me over the years. Their news and reviews continue to be on point. I know that there are a lot of great reasons to fold, but keeping my favorite site competitive in the top 100 motivates me.

Foldaholism is not fatal. It cures cancer.

Keep up the great work!
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April 8, 2010 6:02:16 PM

Cunninglinguist said:

Foldaholism is not fatal. It cures cancer.


:lol: 

So true.
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April 8, 2010 10:19:01 PM

Cunninglinguist said:
Foldaholism is not fatal.

Although the electricity bill for using Quad Sli'd GTX480's could well cause a coronary.
April 9, 2010 3:19:40 AM

Cunninglinguist said:
I just wanted to say Great Job to everyone. The THGC folding team is showing signs of life again. Our 24 hr point ave. is up nearly 20k and new members appear to be on the rise. Thanks to everyone who contributes.

THG has been a great source of knowledge to me over the years. Their news and reviews continue to be on point. I know that there are a lot of great reasons to fold, but keeping my favorite site competitive in the top 100 motivates me.

Foldaholism is not fatal. It cures cancer.

Keep up the great work!


*CHEERS*
April 9, 2010 6:31:13 AM

Hey, I'm our forth biggest producer. How'd that happen.
April 9, 2010 6:41:57 AM

Mousemonkey said:
Although the electricity bill for using Quad Sli'd GTX480's could well cause a coronary.


Ya I had to stop for almost 2 years (stayed in the top 100 amazingly) as my electric bill was killing me. I was running a Pentium D machine with 3 clients- 1 for each core and 1 for the gpu. My bill dropped dramatically.

Now I fold often but not 24/7 and sometimes I even shut the machine down for a day or 2.

BTW- I love the quote" Foldaholism is not fatal. It cures cancer. "

:) 

Regards,

Om

PS- I think although my work units are increasing my ranking is dropping I imagine bc I have an old laptop now running FAH 24/7 and only run the gpu/cpu desktop a few days a week. Does that sound right? I don't really care though I do remember being very happy at one point when I reached 52 I think.
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April 9, 2010 9:56:35 AM

I'm not sure how the points for WU's are allocated but it seems that the GPU clients score higher because despite leaving the CPU one running all the time my score really shoots up when the GPU client has been running for only a few hours, it's a shame I can't leave that one on all the time but it messes up the TV as it only a 9500GT and 32 cores are just not enough to do two things at once.
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April 9, 2010 10:02:15 AM

smithereen said:
Hey, I'm our forth biggest producer. How'd that happen.

What are you using CPU, GPU or both?
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April 9, 2010 12:38:44 PM

smithereen said:
Hey, I'm our forth biggest producer. How'd that happen.


well. i got a guess. you folded a lot. :lol: 
April 9, 2010 4:03:21 PM

No, I have the fourth most PPD, not the fourth most points. I'm using my CPU and GPU, and another Athlon II X4 2.6GHZ machine with a 8800GT.
April 10, 2010 8:35:45 AM

Sorry everyone on the F@H forum I won't be around for 12weeks do to BootCamp. So my brother will be using my computer and I'm not sure if he will be F@H for me.
April 10, 2010 8:54:04 PM

SHANEMARINES said:
Sorry everyone on the F@H forum I won't be around for 12weeks do to BootCamp. So my brother will be using my computer and I'm not sure if he will be F@H for me.


You are going to be gone more than 12 weeks there pardner. :) 

You will be a vet. and able to join the VFW like some of the rest of us when you get back. :ouch: 

Good luck and come back safe. :sol: 
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April 10, 2010 9:06:38 PM

SHANEMARINES said:
Sorry everyone on the F@H forum I won't be around for 12weeks do to BootCamp. So my brother will be using my computer and I'm not sure if he will be F@H for me.


were you going for boot camp?
April 11, 2010 12:14:25 AM

SHANEMARINES said:
I want to be a F@H King lol. . .

What must I do?

A: Spend a lot of money

B: Pray

C: Use GPU pr CPU

Disclaimer: I'm sorry, but don't take this post to heart!

FYI: I'm F@H right now 10:00PM Boise ID and going to keep it running till 11:00AM!

Just noticed this one...
The correct answer is D, All of the above :lol: 
April 11, 2010 10:25:38 AM

I really like how nice the people are here and how real all of your are. I know it will be longer then 12 weeks and I'll be lucky if I get out of there in 14, but I will try my hardest! For the next question I will be in San Diego, CA and I guess they say thats where the men join, but all I know is I'm scared and excited as hell!
April 11, 2010 10:26:37 AM

bholland2 said:
Just noticed this one...
The correct answer is D, All of the above :lol: 


lol. . . *Agreed*
April 11, 2010 2:54:45 PM

Omg i managed tokill one of my computers. It was a small form factor p4 2.2ghz hp compaq that i left on over night at work running f@h. Ive besn doing this for a few days now but i guess it is no more. I got there in the mornijg, and saw that the screen was scrambled. It must have overheated seeing that the psu fan ( theonlynexhaust fan in thebsystem got stuck. Lol i guess this needs an equation: f@h + shitty pc = fail
April 11, 2010 5:26:23 PM

Dude, that sucks. It's probably not F@H's fault though - if your PSU fan jammed, it probably would have gone down anyways. Maybe only your PSU is fried?
April 11, 2010 6:51:57 PM

no the fan was working well when i left-i checked. i think the whole thing just overheated, becsause of all the hot air left in it when i touched the case in the morning it was very warm, versus it being nearky room temp usually. im not gonna bother replacing any parts
, i just took it, and threw into the crap bin...512mb ram, 20gb hdd, 2.2ghz p4...why would i want to keep it. anyway, i wouldnt be able to trust the parts anymore because they proble all gotr way too hot!
April 11, 2010 10:56:41 PM

I'll be back to Folding in around 12 weeks!
April 12, 2010 3:29:34 AM

Come back soon please.
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April 12, 2010 3:31:22 AM

well, im done folding until the GPU3 client since i can do more work with my 4870's on milkyway@home and collatz@home (part of BOINC)
April 13, 2010 1:49:42 AM

BOOYAH- 1000 units total as of today- and I jumped to 73 in THG team- I feel proud!
:D 
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April 13, 2010 12:51:19 PM

omaudio said:
BOOYAH- 1000 units total as of today- and I jumped to 73 in THG team- I feel proud!
:D 


Well, another good news is that we gain a ranking.

Edit: meant to add team ranking.
April 13, 2010 2:53:21 PM

Whatathe rNking right now? Whos above us?Havent been folding-getting new internet meanwhile i hVe none right now so i cant fold!?!?
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