Quote :

"of the top 20 producers, there were like 17-18 doing 1KPPD+. Now its like 13 and dropping"

weird,

I went from averaging ~1200 per day to like 950 now.

4/22/2008 2:46:02 PM

gs7 i thought i asked you already about it and thought you were too busy.

4/22/2008 3:05:29 PM

I don't remember you asking, sorry ... but I can take a look over the next couple days.

4/22/2008 3:32:53 PM

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What Is It?
Essentially [link]http://folding.stanford.edu" target="blank">Folding@Home uses your unused CPU cycles to model how proteins fold in the human body. The misfolding of proteins is often involved in well known diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, and Parkinson’s disease. Because this endeavor requires massive amounts of computing power, their project uses spare CPU time on computers that would otherwise sit idle in homes and businesses across the world. Here at North Carolina State University, we have formed this team in order to donate our spare CPU time to help this important endeavor.

The North Carolina State University Folding@Home Team (Team # 59) was one of the first teams to join the Folding@Home project, and was the very first University-based team to join. We are currently ranked in the Top 100 teams in the world and are ramping up production in an effort to make it into the Top 50. We are all dedicated to doing our part to help end some of these terrible diseases, and we would appreciate the support of anyone who would like to help.

All it takes is the installation of a small piece of software and your computer will start completing Work Units for the project and the team. The Folding@Home process runs at the lowest possible priority so you can run it 24X7 without slowing down your computer or interfering with your everyday computing tasks. If you have a Sony PS3 Game Console you can also run Folding@Home on it with great results.

How can I Help?
Download and install the software appropriate for your OS (Windows/Linux/Mac). For dual/quad core computers, be sure you install the SMP client. It will get you and the NCSU team far more points than the traditional client. Whichever client you choose, we recommend running the Folding@Home client as a service. The client will run in the background without notification, and will release CPU resources as needed since it runs at the lowest priority. The NCSU Team Number is 59.
The SMP clients are currently located at: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadWinOther We recommend the 5.91 version.

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Windows Computers
We recommend using the "text-only console” client for most windows computers. If you have a dual/quad core processor, be sure to install and run the SMP client to get you and the team far more points than the standard console client In general, its best to stay away from the graphical clients. If you have a Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading, its best to turn off Hyperthreading in the BIOS if you know how. Feel free to post in this thread with any questions.

Mac and Linux Computers
There are both "text-only" consoles and SMP clients for Linux and Macintosh computers too! If you have a dual/quad/etc core processor be sure to run the SMP client as you'll get far more points than the text-only client. But the regular console clients also help out too if you only have single-core processors.

Playstation 3
PS3s currently provide over 60% of the processing power in the Folding@home network and are capable of producing many points for the team. If you have PS3 system version 1.6 or later, you will see a Folding@Home icon in the Network column of the XMB (PS3 Networking menu). Just click on the icon and that's it. If you don't have 1.6 or later, perform a system upgrade. Make sure to use Team #59!

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Links

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F@H Links
F@H Project Homepage - Official Stanford project webpage
F@H Official Forums - Official Project forums. Full of great information about the project and the computer/ps3 clients
F@H Wikipedia Article - General information about the F@H project
F@H Wiki Site - Excellent Wiki site with tons of helpful information about the project. Geared towards F@H users like us.

Stats
Extreme Overclocking NCSU Team Stats Page - The best F@H stats site
Stanford Stats Page - Official Stanford stats site
Monitor your production - Extremely useful little utility. Monitor the point production of local/network F@H clients
Compare your production with other users - Use information from above to compare your points production with other folders

4/22/2008 4:13:37 PM

Quote :

"I went from averaging ~1200 per day to like 950 now."

its gotta be the work units. your PPD will fluctuate based on what WU you're crunching.

4/22/2008 4:14:23 PM

wow. this 1329 pt WU is pulling me back ~25% in my ppd

4/22/2008 5:55:41 PM

if you catch it early enough in the first frame or so, just delete your work folder and the queue.dat file and restart the client it may/may not go find another WU... but the points aren't really what it's about lol

4/22/2008 6:06:29 PM

I keep getting this error:

Quote :

" [22:47:37] Loaded queue successfully. [22:47:37] + Benchmarking ... [22:47:47] - Preparing to get new work unit... [22:47:47] + Attempting to get work packet [22:47:47] - Connecting to assignment server [22:47:47] - Successful: assigned to (0.0.0.0). [22:47:47] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home [22:47:47] Work Unit has an invalid address. [22:47:47] - Error: Attempt #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do. Waiting before retry. [22:48:05] + Attempting to get work packet [22:48:05] - Connecting to assignment server [22:48:05] - Successful: assigned to (0.0.0.0). [22:48:05] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home [22:48:05] Work Unit has an invalid address. [22:48:05] - Error: Attempt #2 to get work failed, and no other work to do. Waiting before retry."

4/23/2008 6:48:16 PM

just let it be, a new workunit will be downloaded eventually. i've seen it take 2-3 hours sometimes to get a new workunit, and wouldn't be surprised if it took longer, esp during a time when stanford is having server issues like today

4/23/2008 7:02:14 PM

ok good to hear since it has been all day today

4/23/2008 8:28:49 PM

make sure the PC has internet connection

4/23/2008 10:28:57 PM

it be cool with me if they fixed the stats...

vijay just posted this:

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"This should be fixed in the next update after we adjust the WU lengths on a server (the server causing the stats updates issues). My guess is that this may take 12-24 hours to work through the system."

4/23/2008 10:29:41 PM

Quote :

"make sure the PC has internet connection"

Fo real? I know it does since I am using the same box.

4/24/2008 8:03:49 AM

didn't realize it was the same box... i just stated it because the only time i've seen it pull 0.0.0.0 was because of a lack of internet

4/24/2008 9:17:58 AM

^ yeah i was actually about to ask about the internet too...cause its either that or stanfords servers being slow

4/24/2008 2:02:16 PM

Update on folding stats...

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2300#p20483

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"Mitsimonsta wrote:The problem is the new small units that are overloading everything. P4's at very mild clocks are getting through up to 10 of these per day. Each unit returned needs to be placed into the stats DB, so with the number of returned workunits going through the roof this means the stats updates are slowed as 5x the amount of entries need to fight to get into the stats DB."

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"This is precisely the problem. I had hoped that recent fixes there would have done the trick. Since it hasn't, I'm going to take more strong action today (potentially stopping new assigns there) until this can get under control. The good news is that the stats are all there, it's just taking 5x longer to get them inputted. Once we get those new projects back to the right size, this should go back to normal. Post by VijayPande on Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:13 pm"

[Edited on April 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM. Reason : ,]

4/26/2008 11:34:46 AM

congrats synapse & 30thAnnZ on reaching 1,000,000 pts

4/27/2008 12:07:59 AM

ok i'm gonna try this shit again...if it fuxors up i'm just gonna say fuxor it

4/27/2008 1:32:09 AM

w00t! thx man

^gl to u

4/27/2008 4:43:49 PM

found a new signature

4/27/2008 10:46:41 PM

I'm waiting to buy a new power supply, since I think my is screwed up. Might be able to get my Q6600 back working then...

4/28/2008 2:30:19 PM

i've stopped folding. sorry guys. it's just not worth an entire room being 5-10 degrees warmer than the rest of the house.

4/28/2008 10:19:30 PM

^ just come back in the winter

4/30/2008 11:23:07 AM

anyone folder a T9500 yet? I'm getting a laptop with one, curious how many points they get.

4/30/2008 8:52:41 PM

anyone seeing these new PS3 workunits? supposedly they take 10X as long to complete (over a day) and are worth 10X the points...

5/1/2008 2:25:59 PM

so essentially they are worth the same (PPD)

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 2:43 PM. Reason : .]

5/1/2008 2:43:07 PM

judging from what i heard from one of the moderators at http://foldingforum.org/

5/1/2008 2:59:35 PM

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"anyone folder a T9500 yet? I'm getting a laptop with one, curious how many points they get."

i'm folding on a T9300...the only differences between the two are 100mhz CPU and the bus/core ratio (i don't actually know what this means...the T9300 is 12.5 and the T9500 is 13...i assume it's just the ratio between CPU and bus speeds and therefore contributes nothing in terms of performance, just conveys information)

how do i tell how many points i'm getting with this machine?

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 3:05 PM. Reason : grammar]

5/1/2008 3:02:37 PM

install http://fahmon.net/ (plz)

5/1/2008 3:19:59 PM

^ okay, so i installed it and it's saying that my PPD is 1537.55, but i have no idea how that works - is that just what it's recorded in this current work unit (which i started at 11:30am this morning and is now 20% finished)? or is that the estimated PPD based on what's completed thus far?

i usually only run the FAH client on the laptop during the day while i'm at work (roughly 8 hours) when i'm not using and and when i can prop it up so that the processor fan has plenty of air (it blows out the back and out the bottom)...other times, i'm on battery and would rather minimize the heat and processor usage

if i need to wait for it to finish (ETA 21h55m), i'll let you know when it's done

5/1/2008 5:21:46 PM

yea, that's about right, 27-28 hours per WU.... ~1500 ain't too shabby

5/1/2008 6:21:28 PM

i've never installed fahmon on any of my folding machines, but maybe i'll go install it on my other 3 machines (all 3 of which are on 24/7)...fun stuff

5/1/2008 6:43:26 PM

^all you have to do is share the f@H directory on the other 3 machines.... fahmon can update across the network

like \\5.2.13.55\fah

[Edited on May 1, 2008 at 9:30 PM. Reason : .]

5/1/2008 9:29:48 PM

Quote :

"i usually only run the FAH client on the laptop during the day while i'm at work (roughly 8 hours) when i'm not using and and when i can prop it up so that the processor fan has plenty of air (it blows out the back and out the bottom)...other times, i'm on battery and would rather minimize the heat and processor usage"

i don't think youll be able to finish SMP work units in time if you only run it 8hrs per day. the final deadlines for them are 4 days from when you download them. i run the SMP client 24X7 on 3 laptops. the only time the clients are turned off is the rare case when I have to run it on battery. you can configure the client so it does turns the client on and off depending if you're plugged in too...it may do it by default, i'm not sure.

5/2/2008 8:54:51 AM

^ hmmm...i didn't think about that

i know i finish units sometimes, because if i work on the laptop at night, i'll leave it plugged in and run folding at night...how can i tell how often i'm actually finishing the work units i take on?

5/2/2008 10:17:58 AM

just keep an eye on FahMon...it displays the log files if u tell it to. you can see when you complete work units, and how long until your current WU will take...and the deadline for it.

but yeah if the only time you stop it from folding is a few hours a day (when you get home from work or whatever) you should be fine.

5/2/2008 10:31:19 AM

almost back up to 70K PPD!! Let keep climbing people!

5/2/2008 8:26:17 PM

holy crap

i'm well over over 8k PPD

this wont last long

5/3/2008 4:14:27 PM

i'm gonna try and start up again on my laptop with 5.92, so far so good

5/3/2008 5:10:48 PM

^ lemme know how that works out for you. i've been sticking with 5.91 for the time being

5/5/2008 8:55:25 AM

didnt work out, but its definitely this laptops fault not the program

this is just a real shitty work laptop

5/5/2008 6:20:45 PM

I think some of the increase in production is just due to different WUs lately. Normally I get 135PPD on a P4 3.2 and with some of the new WUs its closer to 230 PPD.

5/5/2008 10:12:42 PM

i looked at my 2.2ghz p4 laptop that i've been using for folding...95ppd

i just went ahead and shut it down, since it blew a fan (it's an old machine)

5/5/2008 10:22:19 PM

that might be a part of it, but I think most of it is our top 3 producers have all increased production their numbers.

chemp is up to over 15k PPD...from like 10-11 i think
i'm up to well over 6kppd from around 5
j33pownr is up to over 5k ppd from like 1 (but he was 4-5 about a month ago..just took a few weeks off)

in fact ive noticed the smp workunits are earning less points points than they used to. the 1760-pt ones are the best, but im getting more and more 1440,1763, and 2144 workunits which are earning less than the 1760pt ones we used to get exclusively

5/5/2008 11:27:29 PM

I was actually on vacation for a week and my two smp computers either crashed or there was a power failure and they didnt restart till I got back last weekend.

5/6/2008 6:58:56 AM

w0rd well we're glad to see u got em back up!!!

5/6/2008 8:15:50 AM

^^^ you mean top 4/5 producers

30thAnnZ was dragging a couple weeks as was I, but now that I have my desktop running 24/7, it seems me and 30th are consistently at 3500ppd now.

today's a sad day for me as I now no longer see synapse on my radar. have fun up there!

5/6/2008 10:42:31 AM

i should break the top 100 soon

5/6/2008 11:03:19 AM

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"^^^ you mean top 4/5 producers "

oh yeah you're right, sry man I didn't do enough research before posting that

Looks like we all just had a dip there for a few weeks but now we're going strong. Lets keep it going!

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"today's a sad day for me as I now no longer see synapse on my radar. have fun up there! "

w00t! #3 for me!

now I just have a year to wait until I catch up with NeoEraser

5/6/2008 12:46:18 PM

tag your it

5/6/2008 3:28:19 PM