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Folding on an iBook?

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ChingChang

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Alright I got this laptop recently which I will be able to use for about a year. So the first thing I do is install F@H. I installed the graphical one so I could check my progress, but I think I might just uninstall that one and get the one that runs in the background.

I was just wondering if there was a way to run it while the laptop's closed. I will be leaving it on like 24/7, but it will be closed most of that time.
 
I don't think that's such a good idea.
Laptops tend to overheat running DC proggies anyway. Running them closed will likely really bake the internals.

I love seeing extra GHz DCing for [H], but I'd rather not see you toast your expensive laptop.
 
I am running F@H on a closed docked laptops, and I would highly recomend a laptop cooling device. The one's I use can be found here. The laptop gets toasty as relic says, and make sure you blow out the HSF every month.
 
It runs while closed? I left mine on overnight and it hadn't moved, but it's a G3 700mhz 256mb ram so maybe it's just slow. Only 8.8% since last night. Wish you could see what frame you're on, maybe there's like 10,000 or something
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and it will be stored in a room with AC, so I don't think I will run into overheating problems.
 
relic said:
I don't think that's such a good idea.
Laptops tend to overheat running DC proggies anyway. Running them closed will likely really bake the internals.

I love seeing extra GHz DCing for [H], but I'd rather not see you toast your expensive laptop.
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Da relic man is right, you can toast one without too much effort. I leave mine open, have the cooling fan on high (software mod) and blow out the HSF about once a week. I was wandering around Circuit City the other day and ran into a product made by Antec. A personal USB fan. Yes, I started laughing my butt off and left the store. Thought harder and realized it might actually have a real use. Dropped 5c off my laptop temps. “antec USB fan” in goolge will yield a link or a few hundred.

Stay cool :cool:
 
RancidWAnnaRIot said:
Can't you just drop the CPU usage to like 50%?
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Yup, you sure can, it's in the setup. I didn't find my laptop ran much cooler that way. If you think in real terms of CPU usage the real world probably never gets much over a few percent at any one time. Doesn't take much to get a CPU hot these days.

Gamers and DC people aside of course. We/They are not of the real world ;)
 
When it Folds I run mine open (P4 2.8) and yeah it gets warm and both cooling fans run constantly, but you know what ? I've got a 4 year warranty on that biotch and if it can't handle the processing load I put on it in that time then it can malfunction and they can pay to fix or upgrade it for me. So when that one is on and Folding it's the Peddle to the Metal. :D
 
CIWS said:
When it Folds I run mine open (P4 2.8) and yeah it gets warm and both cooling fans run constantly, but you know what ? I've got a 4 year warranty on that biotch and if it can't handle the processing load I put on it in that time then it can malfunction and they can pay to fix or upgrade it for me. So when that one is on and Folding it's the Peddle to the Metal. :D
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That's soooo classic CIWS.
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Now if he could just get a computer to produce WU’s at a cyclic rate of 4500 WU’s per minute he would be a very happy man. :D
 
Mine doesn't seem to be running while it's closed :( I left it on last night and it was at 12%, and right now it is still at 12%. I think when it's closed it like goes to sleep or something, or maybe the processor is just slowed down. There a way to fix this you think?
 
I suppose you are using WinXP... So go to the Power Settings in the Control Panel, there is a setting that tells the computer what to do when you close the lid...

Edit: Boy, am I dumb... XP on an Apple :rolleyes:
 
I really wish it was on Windows XP... however it is an iBook using Panther (os X). I have checked the power settings in the control panel, and I set it to not sleep. But right when I close the lid the screen shuts off and it cools down, like it's not doing anything, kinda like sleeping or hibernating. Maybe I'll ask in the Mac forum if there's a way to disable this.
 
Heh, words you thought you would never see in the same sentence:

"In windows that task is really easy" ;)
 
Try posting in our Apple Products forum.
The Mac guru's there are pretty sharp.
 
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