Ultimate Guide To Folding@home

Originally posted by FlyingDutchman@24 January 2004 - 15:37
Slinger,

Especially when you're folding Gromacs your CPU-temp can go up quite a bit.
For me this was a serious problem as I'm addicted to "silent computing" too, having a low airflow rig etc.

When you fold (and you should when you have your rig running anyway), keep an eye on those temps.

EDIT:

Motherboard Monitor is fine freeware to keep an eye on your CPU and HDs.
Regard the 65 degrees Celsius mark for your CPU as a border you shouldn't cross.

Han.
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Thank you very much ! Will download and install the app.

Damn SS went down when we was talking about this...

Cheers:
-GS-
 
Originally posted by ziggyjuarez@11 August 2004 - 05:05
Am not folding enymore :)
Sorry but thing's keep crashing.
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lol did u overclock ur computer...

ur cpu is probably not stable at those speeds :01:

dowload Prime95 and test to see if the cpu is ok ;)
 
i just got a WU with 2500 in it! thats a biggie....im at 525/2500 :P
also, will a faster CPU work these out faster? i currently run p4 1.4ghz, and in 2 days ill be running p4 3.2ghz.
 
Originally posted by Livy@15 June 2004 - 23:28
yeah, worth a go, although the front page doesnt seem to be changing, nice if we could get a wee link next to post count and members ranks.

i'll hopefully try get the site finished soon, im alo working on my personal site and my monkey one. :) so hopefully soon,
but im also gonna be moving into my flat at the end of the week, so got some packing to do.
i'll get more up tomorrow if i can.

suggestions are very welcome. :D
http://www.livy.myby.co.uk/folding/

edit: also what does everyone think about a team name change? FST F@H or something like that?
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As long as the team number doesn't change (and therefore the stats), I've no problem with a name change.

FST F@H seems a bit of a mouthful though, perhaps we can give that a bit more thought.
 
You've got something seriously wrong there, it takes me about 36hrs to process project 638. Maybe it just hasn't been running long enough to work out the speed, since it hasn't completed a frame yet.
 
As of client 4.0 there is a new switch: -forceSSE

Quote from: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/rema...22116~mode=flat
With an AMD processor, -forceSSE forces SSE on, -forceasm forces 3DNOW on and if you don't code either, you run with just normal processing. -forceSSE = fast, -forceasm = slower and no switch = very slow.
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Quote from: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/rema...29493~mode=flat
The -forceSSE switch forces an AMD processor to use its SSE optimizations. Use this switch only if SSE optimizations work well for you. If running the client under SSE optimizations causes too many problems, then switch to -forceasm, which will force 3DNow optimizations on an AMD processor. Seldom do AMDs have problems with 3DNow, but some do have trouble with SSE.
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Quote from: http://forum.folding-community.org/viewtopic.php?t=6170
The assembly optimization for SSE is the code that occasionally pushes many AMD machines into unstable conditions. The parameter -forceSSE simply gives those who have demonstrated their machines are stable with SSE operations to regain the extra 15% speed boost that they had before the default was changed to 3DNow optimizations.

There are 3 types of code in the PC version of Gromacs: Unoptimized, 3DNow+, and SSE. How you invoke them was changed depending on the flags and the client version, but the fundamental code is still the same.
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So, with the newer AMD CPUs you could use:

-advmethods -forceSSE


Fold on ! :)
 
Virtualbody1234 said:
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Meep Meep!
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:lol: :lol:


w00t i beat bigdawgfoxxx :D 14th place :D :01:
 
Originally posted by Livy@14 February 2004 - 12:44
if anyone has probslems using the -forceSSE command with amd processors, there is a beta gromacs core which fixes the problem. it will be automatically distributed soon if you dont want to use a beta core.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/beta-core/

to install, download the new core. close folding@home, and put the new core in the f@h folder, then run f@h again and it will use the new core for gromacs WU's
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Thanks for that, I'll try it when I've reinstalled XP (AGAIN, damn NIS crap).

And I'll try it on linux tonight. :lol:

Edit: it's a total lemon, locked up my linux system almost immediately.
 
LOL, thanks again. I guess I will leave well enough alone.

I believe I will have my other comp up and running again within the hour so I will just run it as well.

Thanks.

TD
 
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