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Help a newbie with setups?

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Dalemite

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Hey everybody! I'm looking for a little help setting my machines up for optimal folding. I'm new at this, so please forgive me for not using the word boxen.
I've had my work computer folding for a month or so now and I've just set up my home computer for folding as well. I'll give you guys the machine specs and how they need to be used.

Work Compy:
Dual-Proc Dual-Core AMD Opteron 2.40GHz, 4GB RAM, XP-64
This is a CAD workstation, stays on 24/7, but occasionally needs a reboot. Currently have the SMP client running on this.

Home Compy:
E6750, 2GB RAM, XP-Pro
This does not run 24/7. I just installed the SMP client last night and the Affinity Changer. This morning shutting down, I may have come across a problem.

1. Is the SMP client what I want to be using?
2. Should I only have 1 SMP clint running on the AMD system, and/or should I have the Affinity Changer on either machine?
3. Are there any settings (like WU>5MB) that I should change from the defaults?
4. The requirement of username/password for the SMP client meant I had to enter the admin account info to install on my home compy. This morning I hit Ctrl-C to kill the client. FAH.exe was killed, but the cores were still running. The only way I could get them to shut down was through the Task Manager. Is there something I need to do to shut this down?

I've been building and OCing my compys for over 10 years, so I have a pretty good understanding of things, but it doesn't mean I'm any sort of expert. Even suggesting things that you think I should already know may help.

Thanks a lot. Go [H]orde.
 
Welcome!

1. SMP at work and two instances of the regular client at home since it's not running 24/7. If you look at the deadlines for SMP work units, you'll see that they're very tight.
2. Use one instance of SMP at work without Affinity Changer. It's been known to slow down AMD systems.
3. You should be fine with default settings after you change the ID and team number. I have to enter a proxy server at work but it doesn't look like you had to do that.
4. SMP doesn't like to be shut down. It's a beta, high-performance client. See answer #1.

If you decide to run your home computer 24/7, these answers would obviously change.

 
What Aldamon said...

Also make sure you have permission to run the SMP on the work computer. I didn't see much about that.. :)
 
Thanks for the help. There's no concern with running this at work.
I have one other question.
Idle/Low? What do these mean and how does this setting affect performance?
 
Idle = fold only when it's really idle.
Low = fold even if there is some background activity. This can slow down if you are doing cpu intensive tasks, which is rare (those tasks are encoding, rendering and applying complicated filters to PS or something like that).

 
Welcome to the [H]orde

Folders anonymous meets Tuesdays :D

 
I keep all my boxen on idle always. I can even play Oblivion while folding and notice no performance drop.
 
onetwenty8k said:
I keep all my boxen on idle always. I can even play Oblivion while folding and notice no performance drop.
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Hell, I've played Supreme Commander on one of my boxen. My ppd drops but I can't notice a change in game play.

 
PPD drops, but not by that much, it's better to game while folding than just turn the folding off.
 
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