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Mr N8 · 09-02-2003, 08:12 AM

Stats: 9-2-03 8:10am CST

Date of last work unit 2003-09-02 06:01:58
Active processors within a week 38
Team ID # 13761
Grand Score 13910.6591100693
Work Unit Count 389
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 777

Milestones:

1000 score: Andrew Smith
1500 score: David14259

Welcome to all the new members! If you haven't read the articles that David posted, you should. Some great stuff about F@H and also some good tweaking options.

David14259 · 09-02-2003, 03:28 PM

And we can't forget Mr. N8 who has reached 2511 points!!!!

Kov-Ice · 09-03-2003, 12:03 AM

I know one of the articles stated there was very little impact caused by Folding in the background, but have you checked temps? While running Folding (even at standard processor speed), my temp would hover near 50C. When I looked back in the temp history tho, anytime a fold was completed and the processor idle, temps dropped to @35C.

I also found that I couldn't run some graphics intensive games (like 1942) with Folding on in the background. It would cause crashes back to Windows.

Not trying to disparage Folding, as I will continue to keep 2 machines working. Just something to watch is all...

andyms18a · 09-03-2003, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kov-Ice
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I also found that I couldn't run some graphics intensive games (like 1942) with Folding on in the background. It would cause crashes back to Windows.

...

i had the same problam with age of mitholgy i update my vid and sound drivers and installed direct x 9b and it works ok now
it was working ok befor instaling folding

Mr N8 · 09-04-2003, 10:03 AM

Kov-Ice, the CPU is running at 100% capacity for a long period of time. The temps will stay up there a bit, just because of the processor usage. You have great cooling, though, since it cools down so fast at idle.

As far as the games go, I haven't had any problems with BF1942 running with F@H. Do you have the priority set to lowest, or did you increase it, to get more CPU usage for F@H while using your machine?

teamgta · 09-04-2003, 02:02 PM

My processor runs at 57*C at 100 %. This is another reason i dont want to leave my pc on 27/7 to fold. Upgrading my heatsink soon so hope that helps.

Mr N8 · 09-04-2003, 02:29 PM

But winter is coming soon! Folding saves on the the gas bill!

andyms18a · 09-04-2003, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr N8
Kov-Ice, the CPU is running at 100% capacity for a long period of time. The temps will stay up there a bit, just because of the processor usage. You have great cooling, though, since it cools down so fast at idle.

As far as the games go, I haven't had any problems with BF1942 running with F@H. Do you have the priority set to lowest, or did you increase it, to get more CPU usage for F@H while using your machine?

set to lowest but direct x v9 only and a older vid driver once updated every thing works grate i need to get folding on the other computer on the network but i want to test it fully first as the other computers are critical to the bissniss and we cant have any problams with them at all

Kov-Ice · 09-04-2003, 09:34 PM

I'm at lowest priority, tho cpu usage is all the way to the right, which I think is 100% when not in use by another app.

The new drivers I just put on for vid card did not help, but I still have DirectX 8.1 on. Think x9 will make a difference?

QUESTION: My slower computer dials up, sends results, and receives new work package in a matter of seconds. The faster of my two takes nearly 10 mins to upload/download info. They are on the same slow dial-up connection. Why is that?

David14259 · 09-04-2003, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kov-Ice

QUESTION: My slower computer dials up, sends results, and receives new work package in a matter of seconds. The faster of my two takes nearly 10 mins to upload/download info. They are on the same slow dial-up connection. Why is that?

The Folding@Home Application benchmarks your computer at some point....if you have a slower computer, you will download smaller proteins to fold. The faster computer will get the larger ones, so that may be why it takes longer for it to download/upload.

David14259 · 09-04-2003, 10:06 PM

The Currents PCMech.com Folding@Home Team Stats:

Team ID # 13761
Grand Score 16488.6149711609
Work Unit Count 472
Team Ranking 683

683rd Place!!!!! Wow guys, I can't believe how good we are doing! Already we have almost 500 completed Work Units!!!! The team hasn't even been running for 2 months yet!!! Keep up the good work!

If you're not already a member, we need you! Sign up today!

brassman · 09-04-2003, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr N8
But winter is coming soon! Folding saves on the the gas bill!

LOL. From what I read last night, we are going to need all the help we can get saving on the gas bill this winter. Prices for natural gas are going to increase 30% here in Minnesota.

John

bigpuma · 09-05-2003, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr N8
But winter is coming soon! Folding saves on the the gas bill!

I will be moving my second computer into the bedroom this winter and running folding@home 24/7

james8547 · 09-05-2003, 07:14 AM

Joined last night! 1st WU is 80% complete.

CPU temp 46-48C, mobo 32C. I am thinking of OC'ing my 2.6 to at least 3.0. I will read on it and see if I can.

David14259 · 09-06-2003, 09:19 PM

Welcome to all our new members! The PCMech.com Folding@Home team now has 40 Members (that have completed a WU)!!!!!!

And, we are currently in 600th Place !!!!!

Visit our Stats Page at: http://folding.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/teampage?q=13761

Not a member? Join today!

Blue_Gundam2002 · 09-06-2003, 11:54 PM

In just over 2 1/2 hours we went up 5 places to 595...or is it down 5 places very confusing.... lol

ZANEY123 · 09-07-2003, 08:49 PM

count me in just downloaded it

james8547 · 09-07-2003, 09:00 PM

Oh yeah we're climbing up the charts. I'll OC when I get 2 more fans. I want to keep the temp in the mid 40s C. I know I don't have to. But for $9 on 2 Antec fans, I'll do it.

**pam123** · 09-07-2003, 09:26 PM

Joined 3 days ago, just in time for one small wu and now I'm on the second.
It doesn't seem to be stessing the comp and I'm not having heat problems.
I let the comp pick up whenever I'm on-line but I don't pause it.
Should I ?

David14259 · 09-07-2003, 09:30 PM

Welcome! We're glad to have you on the team!

Pam - you can let it run 24/7

**pam123** · 09-07-2003, 10:40 PM

Thanks !

jimmyrules712 · 09-08-2003, 05:45 PM

im in, i might get 2 or 3 more family computers while im at it

Blue_Gundam2002 · 09-08-2003, 05:58 PM

40 more frames and I'll have me 4th WU, only 8.6 hours to go.

David14259 · 09-08-2003, 06:04 PM

Welcome Jimmy!

In less than 2 days, the PcMech.com Folding@Home Team has gone from 600th place to 546th Place!

At this rate, we'll be in 1st place in under 2 weeks!

Happy Folding!

lil Jimmie · 09-08-2003, 06:25 PM

I joined last night and have knocked out one unit. Should have two maybe even three more done tonight.

Blue_Gundam2002 · 09-08-2003, 06:32 PM

I dout we'll beat google any time soon, or any of the top 50, we just don't have enough computers going yet. Maybe if some more join we'll be able to.

I'm trying to get my mother to buy me a laptop by telling her it will help cure Parkinson's

because "If we have another computer running folding at home it will help scientist lern more about proteins."

vacanthead · 09-08-2003, 06:59 PM

I'm in!

james8547 · 09-08-2003, 08:00 PM

I work as a bookkeeper for a small company. I also maintain the office PCs and network. We have another company that takes care of the system also but they usually go to me first. I have the admin pw and I am pretty much the admin for the production area and office administration PCs.

I'll talk to my supervisor if I can put them to work at night. The production workstations should be able to crunch 500 level proteins in less than 24hrs. I can easily get 10 P4 2.4Ghz. We also have a few P3 oldies that can be of some help.

Keep your fingers crossed. Worst they can do is say no.

yellohut · 09-08-2003, 08:35 PM

Mello Yello's in.... and I'm bringing about 4 computers with me!

lil Jimmie · 09-08-2003, 09:42 PM

Argh!!!!! Just when I have a unit ready to upload my broadband goes down. I am on dialup at the moment and I'm not going through the hassle to setup ICS on my network so the units will have to wait. I will be able to upload the unit off of my main pc tonight which is at 89% and the other two will be later which one is idle with a unit to upload and the other is at 70%.

This P4 will put out.... temps are at 40C and running at 50% cpu usage, gotta luv HT'ing!

09-03-2003, 12:03 AM	#183
Kov-Ice Member (12 bit) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 3,296	I know one of the articles stated there was very little impact caused by Folding in the background, but have you checked temps? While running Folding (even at standard processor speed), my temp would hover near 50C. When I looked back in the temp history tho, anytime a fold was completed and the processor idle, temps dropped to @35C. I also found that I couldn't run some graphics intensive games (like 1942) with Folding on in the background. It would cause crashes back to Windows. Not trying to disparage Folding, as I will continue to keep 2 machines working. Just something to watch is all... __________________ Kov Are You Foldin'? Join PCMech's Folding@Home Team and Help Save Lives! Click Here!

09-05-2003, 07:14 AM	#194
james8547 Member (11 bit) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,099	Joined last night! 1st WU is 80% complete. CPU temp 46-48C, mobo 32C. I am thinking of OC'ing my 2.6 to at least 3.0. I will read on it and see if I can. __________________ P4 2.6C @ 3.12 \|\| ASUS P4C800-E Dlx \|\| Antec SOHO File Server w/ 5 case fans \|\| Antec TruePower 430w PSU \|\| 2 x 512MB Crucial PC3200 DDR \|\| 280GB of total storage 7200rpm ATA100 8mb cache \|\| LiteOn CDRW 52x32x52 \|\| LiteOn DVD+/-RW SOHW-812S \|\| WinXP Pro \|\| Solarism 15" TFT LCD \|\| 500VA TrippLite UPS \|\| Logitech MX-700 Duo \|\| ATI 9800 AIW \|\| Sennheiser HD-555

09-08-2003, 06:25 PM	#205
lil Jimmie HOT ROD Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: On the Edge Posts: 4,565	I joined last night and have knocked out one unit. Should have two maybe even three more done tonight. __________________ Fast enough 2 get by.....old enough 2 know what not 2 try -You know it was me

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09-02-2003, 08:12 AM	#181
Mr N8 Member (12 bit) Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 2,094	Stats: 9-2-03 8:10am CST Date of last work unit 2003-09-02 06:01:58 Active processors within a week 38 Team ID # 13761 Grand Score 13910.6591100693 Work Unit Count 389 Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 777 Milestones: 1000 score: Andrew Smith 1500 score: David14259 Welcome to all the new members! If you haven't read the articles that David posted, you should. Some great stuff about F@H and also some good tweaking options.

09-02-2003, 03:28 PM	#182
David14259 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 611	And we can't forget Mr. N8 who has reached 2511 points!!!!

09-04-2003, 10:03 AM	#185
Mr N8 Member (12 bit) Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 2,094	Kov-Ice, the CPU is running at 100% capacity for a long period of time. The temps will stay up there a bit, just because of the processor usage. You have great cooling, though, since it cools down so fast at idle. As far as the games go, I haven't had any problems with BF1942 running with F@H. Do you have the priority set to lowest, or did you increase it, to get more CPU usage for F@H while using your machine?

09-04-2003, 02:02 PM	#186
teamgta Member (8 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 220	My processor runs at 57*C at 100 %. This is another reason i dont want to leave my pc on 27/7 to fold. Upgrading my heatsink soon so hope that helps.

09-04-2003, 02:29 PM	#187
Mr N8 Member (12 bit) Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 2,094	But winter is coming soon! Folding saves on the the gas bill!

09-04-2003, 09:34 PM	#189
Kov-Ice Member (12 bit) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 3,296	I'm at lowest priority, tho cpu usage is all the way to the right, which I think is 100% when not in use by another app. The new drivers I just put on for vid card did not help, but I still have DirectX 8.1 on. Think x9 will make a difference? QUESTION: My slower computer dials up, sends results, and receives new work package in a matter of seconds. The faster of my two takes nearly 10 mins to upload/download info. They are on the same slow dial-up connection. Why is that?

09-04-2003, 10:06 PM	#191
David14259 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 611	The Currents PCMech.com Folding@Home Team Stats: Team ID # 13761 Grand Score 16488.6149711609 Work Unit Count 472 Team Ranking 683 683rd Place!!!!! Wow guys, I can't believe how good we are doing! Already we have almost 500 completed Work Units!!!! The team hasn't even been running for 2 months yet!!! Keep up the good work! If you're not already a member, we need you! Sign up today!

09-06-2003, 09:19 PM	#195
David14259 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 611	Welcome to all our new members! The PCMech.com Folding@Home team now has 40 Members (that have completed a WU)!!!!!! And, we are currently in 600th Place !!!!! Visit our Stats Page at: http://folding.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/teampage?q=13761 Not a member? Join today!

09-06-2003, 11:54 PM	#196
Blue_Gundam2002 Member (11 bit) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,340	In just over 2 1/2 hours we went up 5 places to 595...or is it down 5 places very confusing.... lol

09-07-2003, 08:49 PM	#197
ZANEY123 HOCKEY FREAK Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: philadelphia pa Posts: 1,078	count me in just downloaded it

09-07-2003, 10:40 PM	#201
pam123 Computing Professor Staff Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 11,943	Thanks !

09-07-2003, 09:00 PM	#198
james8547 Member (11 bit) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,099	Oh yeah we're climbing up the charts. I'll OC when I get 2 more fans. I want to keep the temp in the mid 40s C. I know I don't have to. But for $9 on 2 Antec fans, I'll do it.

09-07-2003, 09:26 PM	#199
pam123 Computing Professor Staff Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 11,943	Joined 3 days ago, just in time for one small wu and now I'm on the second. It doesn't seem to be stessing the comp and I'm not having heat problems. I let the comp pick up whenever I'm on-line but I don't pause it. Should I ?

09-07-2003, 09:30 PM	#200
David14259 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 611	Welcome! We're glad to have you on the team! Pam - you can let it run 24/7

09-08-2003, 05:45 PM	#202
jimmyrules712 Member (11 bit) Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,060	im in, i might get 2 or 3 more family computers while im at it

09-08-2003, 05:58 PM	#203
Blue_Gundam2002 Member (11 bit) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,340	40 more frames and I'll have me 4th WU, only 8.6 hours to go.

09-08-2003, 06:04 PM	#204
David14259 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 611	Welcome Jimmy! In less than 2 days, the PcMech.com Folding@Home Team has gone from 600th place to 546th Place! At this rate, we'll be in 1st place in under 2 weeks! Happy Folding!

09-08-2003, 06:32 PM	#206
Blue_Gundam2002 Member (11 bit) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,340	I dout we'll beat google any time soon, or any of the top 50, we just don't have enough computers going yet. Maybe if some more join we'll be able to. I'm trying to get my mother to buy me a laptop by telling her it will help cure Parkinson's because "If we have another computer running folding at home it will help scientist lern more about proteins."

09-08-2003, 06:59 PM	#207
vacanthead Member (9 bit) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fribourg, Switzerland Posts: 273	I'm in!

09-08-2003, 08:00 PM	#208
james8547 Member (11 bit) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,099	I work as a bookkeeper for a small company. I also maintain the office PCs and network. We have another company that takes care of the system also but they usually go to me first. I have the admin pw and I am pretty much the admin for the production area and office administration PCs. I'll talk to my supervisor if I can put them to work at night. The production workstations should be able to crunch 500 level proteins in less than 24hrs. I can easily get 10 P4 2.4Ghz. We also have a few P3 oldies that can be of some help. Keep your fingers crossed. Worst they can do is say no.

09-08-2003, 08:35 PM	#209
yellohut Member (10 bit) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Jacksonville Beach, FL Posts: 879	Mello Yello's in.... and I'm bringing about 4 computers with me!

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09-08-2003, 09:42 PM	#210
lil Jimmie HOT ROD Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: On the Edge Posts: 4,565	Argh!!!!! Just when I have a unit ready to upload my broadband goes down. I am on dialup at the moment and I'm not going through the hassle to setup ICS on my network so the units will have to wait. I will be able to upload the unit off of my main pc tonight which is at 89% and the other two will be later which one is idle with a unit to upload and the other is at 70%. This P4 will put out.... temps are at 40C and running at 50% cpu usage, gotta luv HT'ing!