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Greetings Horde! Its been a while since I've done any active folding. Looked up my stats on the F@H homepage to see how far I had come before I stepped away only to find that I still had boxen folding away!!!! Looks like a few of the machines I had deployed the client on so long ago are still crunching away. This has renewed my interest in becoming active in folding again! However, I have a few questions that will bring me back up to speed and I was hoping you all could help out.

1 - My username is still up and active, but how do i go about linking new clients to my username? I remember doing something along the lines of putting in a user id number into a text file somewhere??? Again, its been a while, and my memory isn't that sharp.

2 - I noticed that the new console client installs as a system service! This is great news and i'm guessing that this negates having to install a seperate program to run the client as a service. Nothing extra needed?

3 - From what I can remember, the client only works during unused cpu cycles, is this still the case? Is there an on/off command for the console, other than killing the process, that allows me to start/stop the work?

I cant think of anything else I could be doing with my many machines sitting around just storing files. Thanks for your help everyone. :)
 
Welcome back.

1. When your asked to configure the client at the start, just use your folding name.
That way all the points go to your name.

2. Correct.

3. You dont normally need to close folding down when working on the computer.
Just leave it running.

4. There are a couple of new beta clients out.
First is the SMP client. Runs on a fast dual/quad core boxen. Big points bonus.
Second is the GPU client. Runs on ATI vidio cards X16** or better. Better points bonus than the standard client.

Luck ........... :D
 
Thanks Tigerbiten

Is electron microscope still around?


When you run the console as a service, does it typically hang up and remain "starting" in the services console?
 
EM is no longer used.

There are other programs... FAH spy or mon? I don't use them... but others really like them.

Welcome back! Do you still have a badge, or know how to link to your badge?

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Pocatello said:
EM is no longer used.

There are other programs... FAH spy or mon? I don't use them... but others really like them.

Welcome back! Do you still have a badge, or know how to link to your badge?

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I actually dropped off just after the badges started up, and never made one up. I saw on the hardfolding site the spot to create one. I'll get one up and posted. Its crazy to see so many people folding now. I love it! Competition was exciting back in the day and its no surprise to see Flecom still leading the boards. Hopefully I can tap into the 200+ systems I have at my avail.

Is there a setting in the cp to have your badge show up everytime you post or is that something you do manually each time?
 
You have to manually do it each time.

But you can make it a "link" and put it on your toolbar so it is a one-click deal.
 
Hey all, finally crunched out my first unit since coming back but now my username no longer shows up at hardfolding. Any idea why? Is there anyone specifically to contact?
 
Wondering if anyone could clear up some confusion on folding on a dual core proc.

Do you have to run a special client to get the most out of both cores or just run two folders and have one marked as client #1 and the other as #2?
 
If you run the SMP client... it will use 2 or 4 cores without any special instructions.

Sounds like you are asking about running single clients. Don't run single clients if you can run the SMP.
 
Pocatello said:
If you run the SMP client... it will use 2 or 4 cores without any special instructions.

Sounds like you are asking about running single clients. Don't run single clients if you can run the SMP.
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Got it, run the smp client. This also stands for dual processor systems i assume?
 
SMP client = 2+ cores ;) I run the SMP client on all computers who have 2 cores or more and this account for my big ppd :)
 
Make sure the rigs you are running the SMP client on are either dual processor Opteron or dual processor Core2 Xeon based or X2 or Core 2 based dual core or better.

The reason I mention this is that it is possible to run the SMP Windows client an dual AthlonMP boxen, but they have to be very highly clocked to make deadlines. It's similar with the dual processor and dual core netburst based Intels. I'm not 100% sure about the netburst based processors but I think most of them would struggle to meet the deadlines unless clocked rather high. The Pentium D's might be a different story. I've only done SMP on a C2D rig and have never owned a netburst based system of any type so I'm a bit in the dark about the netburst based processors.

Don't bother with the SMP client if it's single core with hyperthreading. I'm not sure the SMP client will even work on that, but I know it won't get close to making deadlines. As for running the SMP client on dual core P4's with hyperthreading enabled, I think it actually hurts folding performance if I remember correctly. Someone else would have to chime in for the definite answer, though.

 
SmokeRngs said:
Make sure the rigs you are running the SMP client on are either dual processor Opteron or dual processor Core2 Xeon based or X2 or Core 2 based dual core or better.

The reason I mention this is that it is possible to run the SMP Windows client an dual AthlonMP boxen, but they have to be very highly clocked to make deadlines. It's similar with the dual processor and dual core netburst based Intels. I'm not 100% sure about the netburst based processors but I think most of them would struggle to meet the deadlines unless clocked rather high. The Pentium D's might be a different story. I've only done SMP on a C2D rig and have never owned a netburst based system of any type so I'm a bit in the dark about the netburst based processors.

Don't bother with the SMP client if it's single core with hyperthreading. I'm not sure the SMP client will even work on that, but I know it won't get close to making deadlines. As for running the SMP client on dual core P4's with hyperthreading enabled, I think it actually hurts folding performance if I remember correctly. Someone else would have to chime in for the definite answer, though.

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Well its good you bring that up. I'm testing out a dual core rig and its taking 25-26mins for each percent. Only 512 mb ram, on a Pentium D 945 3.4ghz, in this machine so im not sure if that effects it negatively. I have access to a few dual opteron systems running as test beds for some minor systems. However theres no admin password on those and that stops me from running the smp client. There's also two other win2k servers running AD and no one ever password'ed the admin account.

I've got a 64bit xp install at home on an athlon 64 3000+ with 2gig ram just sitting around collecting dust. Eventually i'll be able to borg all the systems i manage at work, but for now i get to play with a handful.
 
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