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    BOINC question

    I was wondering if BOINC (WCG in particular) is like folding in that the linux client outperforms the windows client by a fair margin. I might consider switching to ubuntu if its a decent boost.
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    Upgrade of stats server

    Was just looking at the F@H stats page and this little tidbit was found on there for anyone interested.
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    Happy New Year!

    Hope everyone has a great year :D
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    Media Center

    Anyone know if there is a plugin for media center that can show what fahmon does? Or maybe something that will interface with fahmon? That would be sweet.
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    Wow

    So ive ben folding for some time now and recenty just picked up a 8800gs. Put her to folding today and holy cow. The damn thing is doing a percentage point every approx 2 mins. Got to say im damn impressed. Havnt even oc'ed the shaders yet :D
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    Chipset cooling

    I just purchased a M3a79-t deluxe motherboard and the chipset cooling has heatpipes running to the mosfets and the southbridge. Do you think it would work ok if i just attached the waterblock to the top of this cooler and maybe help cool the sb and mosfets as well? Heres the board...
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    Stupid Question

    Hey guys im sure this is a dumb question but I just purchased an Asus M3a79-t motherboard and it has 4 slots. It says it has support for crossfire. Will multiple nvidia graphics cards work ok in it for folding? I know it cant do sli so its no good for gaming. Thanks
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    Boo Cry!

    So apparently i blew up my computer last night. Big black spot all around the mosfet area. Dont know if the cpu survived yet. Gunna be a huge ppd drop. :(
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    Memory or mobo

    Hey guys i just built my first watercooling loop and it works great. I decided to try my hand at overclocking my phenom 9750 but i seem to have hit a wall. I can get it up to 2.76 Ghz rock solid stable but nothing over that. FSB is at 230 mhz. Is there any way i can determine where im...
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    New loop

    So just got my loop going and im pretty happy. Temps on my 9750 sitting around 29 full load. The only prob is i cant overclock it worth shit. Hit 230 FSB and the thing is so unstable it isnt even funny. Tried adding more voltage to the proc but nothing. Oh wells
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    Waterblock deposits

    Hey guys im putting togethr my first loop and i took apart the apogee gtz to clean it before i set it up and noticed a few spots that werent flat and had some sort of dark grey crap in them. I tried cleaning with ketchup and vinegar as the guide stated. Also tried boiling water and they wont...
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    King of teh interweb?

    I swear every website that i have looked at in the past week computer related i see Xilikon's posts or comments on there. How do you have time for anything? Seems like with the folding and all the posting everywhere u must not sleep haha :p
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    Fillport

    Hey guys just wondering if a fillport is really necessary for a watercooling loop or can i just fill up the resevoir? The website is out of stock on fillports and i dont want to wait any longer to get my first wc setup up and running
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    Help please

    Heres my problem guys. [21:06:06] Completed 12500 out of 250000 steps (5 percent) [22:06:14] Writing local files [22:06:15] Completed 15000 out of 250000 steps (6 percent) [22:16:31] Warning: long 1-4 interactions [01:06:14] At least 3 hours since checkpoint written... [01:08:14]...
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    Cases

    Anyone have any recommendations on a case that can either fit a triple rad in the top of the case or the very bottom venting out the side?
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    Drink + Computer Hardware = FAIL

    So i think ive had a few too many of the drinks tonight and decided to whip out thge plastec and buy me some new hardware . I dont think the wife will; be too happy when she finds out....... hehe
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    Apogee GTZ and i7

    Just to let everyone know there is an adapter plate out now for the swiftech apogee GTZ to use with the core i7 processor. Grab it if you need it
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    Tis the season for giving

    Hey everyone in the spirit of christmas (or any other holiday you celebrate this time of the year) I am giving away a special gift. For the month of december only I will donate my points to the person that sends me the 5th pm asking for them. I dont make alot of ppd but its the thought that...
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    What Pump

    Hey guys I am building my first WC setup and i need help choosing a pump. From the site I buy from there is the swiftech 655, the swiftech 350, and the danger den ddcpx-pro. What would you guys suggest? Also not looking to buy a custom top or anything like that right now. Thanks!
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    Question for folders.

    Hey are any of you guys watercooling your boxen? Im looking for a high performance rad and no idea what to get. Dont care so much about noise as long as its not overly annoying. Let me know guys. Used mainly for cpu/nb right now but gpu's will be added to the loop down the road. Size dosnt...
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    First time water cooling

    Hey guys im new to the water cooling thing and wanted some opinions on if this setup will work ok for me. Swiftech APOGEE GTZ Swiftech MCW30 Chipset Waterblock for Most AMD & Intel Motherboards 1/2IN &3/8IN Barbs Swiftech 7/16IN ID Vinyl Tubing 10 Feet HW Labs Black Ice Xtreme III...
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    Best PPD

    Hey guys i just saved up some cash and was looking at adding some more 'D' Ive got $250 CDN and i might be looking at adding a GPU. My board only has 1 PCI-E slot so what would be the best PPD solution for me? Thanks for the help
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    Video Card for HTPC

    Hey everyone just a quick question. Are there any video cards that will output component video? Im looking for a newer model card. Any tips will be appreciated.
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    Folding Powar!

    I just saw this out there and my first thought was this has got to be the most powerful folding laptop ever. Pretty bad when u look at something and only see ppd. Anyways check this thing out. *drools* http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13398
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    GPU folding in linux

    Hey guys i dont know if this has been posted here but i thought it might be useful for some. It seems they have gotten GPU folding to work in linux. See here: http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=6793 Happy folding!
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    Am i retarded?

    OK so heres the deal. I decided to switch to linux (of which i know nothing about btw) and was trying to set up FAH. So i was following the guide Xilikon graciously provided and im stumped. So i have the fah tar file extracted and i try to run the command in the terminal: ./fah6 -configonly...
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    WTF

    [18:55:04] Completed 250000 out of 250000 steps (100%) [18:56:07] [18:56:07] Finished Work Unit: [18:56:07] - Reading up to 21128112 from "work/wudata_02.trr": Read 21128112 [18:56:08] trr file hash check passed. [18:56:08] - Reading up to 27598852 from "work/wudata_02.xtc": Read 27598852...
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    Deino MPI = teh suck?

    I put the deino MPI on my phenom as I was having problems with the MPICH version. Is there a reason its so bad? I went from like 1900ppd down to 1100. Is there anything I can do?
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    Ouch!

    Damn you dannifood4less! You said you would be gentle!!
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    Milestone

    I just hit 250k guys! Grats to me lol. Only took 3 years
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    Remote Desktop

    Ok so ive figured some stuff out here. When I am using remote desktop to tap into my boxen if i try to open the GPU client it says GPU not supported but it doesnt do that if I am logged into that computer. Just a warning for anyone that has this problem.
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    Gah WTF

    So my gpu just finished a work unit 100% then got a mdrun error and then kept getting eue's. It hit the 24 hr limit so i shut it down and restarted the client. Now the damn thing says my card isnt supported. Any ideas?
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    Drive in the trash?

    Hey guys i have a WD 500gb hd that i bought (Mybook) and im having problems with it. I ended up taking it out of the enclosure to run some test on it. I ran WD diagnostics on it and it says it has too many bad sectors to replace. Is there any way i can just mark these sectors as bad and not use...
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    Help!

    Anyone know what this means / how to fix it? [00:09:48] Completed 500000 out of 500000 steps (100 percent) [00:09:48] Writing final coordinates. [00:09:48] Past main M.D. loop [00:09:48] Will end MPI now [00:10:48] [00:10:48] Finished Work Unit: [00:10:48] - Reading up to 3722496 from...
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    Noob question

    Hey guys ive been folding for a few years but it was mostly just a turn on and forget thing. Now that you got me addicted i have a stupid question. Can u use sli for folding? Will the work units go twice as fast? Also whats the best PPD gpu? The 280 or the 9800GX2?
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    Standard loops

    Anyone know what working with standard loops means? Fahspy shows it as an error of some sort.
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    Project Summary

    I was just looking at some points values for some projects and noticed that some projects are using NVIDIA-DEV and ATI-DEV. Are these different then the regular GPU2 core?
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    Now we're getting somewhere

    So now that my new computer is up and running its folding 24/7 and so far i have to say im impressed. Im putting out 2700ppd compared to the piddly 200 on the old computer. Look out everyone! hehe well not really, but at least its more respectable now
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    New Hardware

    Hey guys i just upgraded some gear and need a little advice. I just recently bought a motherboard with the geforce 8200 igp. Can i fold on this? and is it even worth it. Also i finaly have a quad core with my 9750 phenom. I have SMP set up on it but will i get more PPD running 2 SMP on it...
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    PPD down the tube

    Hey guys does anyone know what the heck is going on with these new ps3 WU? Ive gotten like 5 in a row that take like 7 hours to complete but they are only worth 20 points. It says project 9914 but i cant find any info on it. :(
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