Folding@Home Computer Hope team

[Zylstra]

I just realized something...

I could have all the computer lab computers doing this... heck, the entire school.
Thats... about 250 computers? Give or take about 50.
Hmm...
Is it possible to make it run completely hidden, so as not to cause any visual problems?

Time to make and distribute an Automatic Installer package...

[harry 48]

good idea , go to it

[Calum]

The console client doesn't show up, when installed as a service it runs silently.
Copy the config file, and no need to create an installer package.
Do get written permission though, or you risk consequences.

[harry 48]

got the icon in the startup will try it to-morrow and i also got it on my desk top very easy to do , harry

[Zylstra]

My server had another crash, due to a freak hardware failure, so its not folding anymore... not until I fix it.

[harry 48]

the icon appears in the tray so it works fine

[Zylstra]

My server had another crash, due to a freak hardware failure, so its not folding anymore... not until I fix it.

I found out it was an IDE Cable, and in incredibly easy fix once FSCK got things figured out. Its back on now.

[computeruler]

Dont you hate it when those cables go bad! You buy new stuff to find out its still not working then its a $1 ide cable that you proabably have lying around anyways!

[harry 48]

weeks ago i got folding up and working fine 320/500 and then i went to task manager to look for things that should not be there and found , fahcore_78.exe , i open it and went through it and what i saw i thought it was malware or something and took it out

i found out it was for folding so downloaded it again , but the settings changed from queue 2 to q 3 and 0/5000 , ok i got to 850 and it went back to zero again

its my fault so what can i do , if nothing i'll just take it all out

please help , harry

[Aegis]

I don't believe you can recover that particular work unit.  Please don't be discouraged.  You may have to take out all the existing, so you can reload the software and start again. 

Someone else here may be more familiar, and better tell you what you might be able to do.

[harry 48]

thanks aegis , i know theres a big time difference so i might hear later

[Quantos]

So I am trying to convince my roommate to do some folding.
I told him that I can set it up to use the minimum amount of resources.  I think he might be open to it, are there any articles that you guys can throw my way that might sway his decision?

[Calum]

How about this article, from the official forums?

[Quantos]

Thanks Calum, I'm going to pass that one on.

I'd used the argument that it wouldn't interupt his movie conversions, but that's amazing, thanks man.

[Calum]

You're welcome.
If he's doing intensive stuff it might be best to set the F@H usage to 90 or 95% - on my machine I don't notice any performance difference, but on the other hand F@H can slightly affect my family's machine with an Athlon 3200+, making it feel a little sluggish.  Setting F@H to use 95% CPU cleared that right up.
Also, remember the client can be easily paused or stopped if he needs every last bit of performance.  With the tray client it's just a click to pause, with the console client (which you can run invisibly as a service, if that appeals) it's easy to make a batch file which can pause, stop, resume etc folding - that's what I do.