Ultimate Guide To Folding@home

[quackerz0]

i jus noticied tht my sig is gone!

[ihate.people]

Originally posted by bulio@4 March 2004 - 18:14
wonderful prog, I on it now with k-lite team. I think it is great and will try to 24/7 it as my grand pa has cancer

Sorry to hear that.
That's why we must do anything we can and find that cure...

[Jordan Walnutz]

ive got an athlon 2500 barton 512mb @169fsb, running nearly 24/7, sometimes used for gaming.

athlon 1500-mobile 320mb, running 24/7 not used, just surfing net.

and my g/f's celeron 2ghz 240mb, running nearly 24/7 at the mo, but its usaully just on when getting used.

ive got an old amd k6-2 500, 256mb that i gave to my gran and grandad i could put it on too,

and my g/f old via 533, but it doesnt have net access. her bro uses it now.

[digimonkid_2000]

im catching up to him

he has 3 pcs running for him and i only have one...

[pretty shiny things]

Installed and running now.
Good idea moving it to the lounge, I'm sure a load more peeps will see this now.

[evy is bored!!]

[quote][i]Originally posted by _John_Lennon_+29 January 2004 - 23:12-->QUOTE (_John_Lennon_ @ 29 January 2004 - 23:12)










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[Stephanie Rothslisberger]

I didn't notice mine when it happened either.

[bridgett s]

_JOHN_LENNON_:

1. Doing ANYTHING stresses the life of your processor, but this F@H (Folding @ Home) uses spare CPU cycles, so you dont notice it while your playing BF 1942, or while im playing Halo. But if say you leave your computer for a bit, it will notice the free processor, and pick up the slack.

2. It really doesnt hurt your computer like I said above, I konw people that have this running on no less than 20 machines and have been doing for awhile.

3. Yes, I said 20 MACHINES. People take this very seriously, as over at AMDMB.com.

4. I have been folding for over a year now for the AMDMB.com team, and I think were maybe 5th or 6th world wide. I know from our forums that we have several people like I said with the 20+ Computers running 24/7 just to fold for cancer. (yes the electric bill gets raised a few ticks) I know that also we have taken donation on 4 complete machines, and then given them to people to they can be Folding for the team in the privacy of their own homes. I think were currently taking donations for the 5th one.

5. You guys should all get into this, haha Bigdawg, being about my age I know your parents have asked you around the house at times (whats your computer doing on right now, when your not even infront of it.) Well, atleast now you could say Fighting Cancer Mom! Heh, no but serious guys, every computer can help, even if its just a few work units a month. And we all have Spare CPU Cycles to spare because none of us are maxing out our PC all day. Half the time I have my PC on im just tinkering with some and I have WMP on and Folding @ Home.

6. Now everyone go download the folding at home command Client

OC TEAM:
[quote][b]What are the system requirements for folding?
You will need to have the equivalent of a 200MHz Pentium to be able to process the work in time. The time limits for turning in completed work vary depending on the size and complexity of the protein that you are given to work on. NOTE: in some cases users have gotten even slower computers than this to fold and get units on time. The slowest i have seen get units in on time is a P166 mhz. If you think it is too slow to fold, give it a chance, what's that worse that can happen.




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[Josh Banerjee]

[quote]Originally posted by 4th gen@19 March 2004 - 07:56
[b]Just got my first 2500 part WU. My other 4 up until now have been 500 parts, so this one is gonna take a long, long time...

Just out of interest, how long (on average) does it take you chaps to complete a 500 part WU, and what CPU have you got?

[Hitch hiker]

My main rig just got back online after 2 weeks of repairs.



Let me guess, im in last?