finally got my 7 digits

[twoodcc]

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Unfortunately I don't have access to my work computer, I'm just a user, not an administrator. Would have loved to have this machine running 24/7. Unfortunately, no such luck. Will try to talk to one of the ICT guys on a Friday with a beer, maybe I'll get access and install F@H on it!

Also, will look into the gpu folding this weekend with windhell om my iMac. I'm curious about this!

hey! yes an i7 iMac would be wonderful! are you running -bigadv units on it?

if you can get an i7 to fold at work, that'd be great also. but we don't push people to fold at work if they don't approve it.

[twoodcc]

congrats to rwh202 for 9 million points!

congrats to badlight for 4 million points!

[Dreadnought]

hey! yes an i7 iMac would be wonderful! are you running -bigadv units on it?

if you can get an i7 to fold at work, that'd be great also. but we don't push people to fold at work if they don't approve it.

If I understood correctly, the bigadv have to be done ASAP. I don't let it fold 24/7, just a couple of hours per day, so I probably won't make the deadline. Now I also have a job (P6701) that has to be finished in a couple of days that needs a lot of work. Already let the iMac on all day to get it finished on time. I can use the points, can pass two people if it's finished :D

It's good to be back, also see a lot of old names that I used to battle for a position. Especially with Issmit02, so let's see when I can overtake him!!

[SciFrog]

What's up with whiterabbit (no points for several days) and lyzardking?
Our 24h average is dropping dangerously.

[DoFoT9]

What's up with whiterabbit (no points for several days) and lyzardking?
Our 24h average is dropping dangerously.

maybe they are out of units?

[Dreadnought]

What's up with whiterabbit (no points for several days) and lyzardking?
Our 24h average is dropping dangerously.

Maybe they are on holiday... Here in Holland it's the Autumn holiday (we've got toooooo many holidays here...).

What about MC68K? He always was like a folding father for the MacRumors Team. Helped me a lot with his infinite wisdom. ;)

[twoodcc]

If I understood correctly, the bigadv have to be done ASAP. I don't let it fold 24/7, just a couple of hours per day, so I probably won't make the deadline. Now I also have a job (P6701) that has to be finished in a couple of days that needs a lot of work. Already let the iMac on all day to get it finished on time. I can use the points, can pass two people if it's finished :D

It's good to be back, also see a lot of old names that I used to battle for a position. Especially with Issmit02, so let's see when I can overtake him!!

well yeah if you don't fold 24/7, you won't make the deadline. but i'm curious, why not let it fold all the time? you can still use the computer while its folding. i know some people worry with heat. but that shouldn't be a problem. you can always monitor the temps if you are worried.

but i'm glad you are back. we need as many members as possible right now

What's up with whiterabbit (no points for several days) and lyzardking?
Our 24h average is dropping dangerously.

i have no idea. i haven't heard anything.

maybe they are out of units?

i guess it's possible, but i highly doubt it. it's pretty clear that he stopped.

Maybe they are on holiday... Here in Holland it's the Autumn holiday (we've got toooooo many holidays here...).

What about MC68K? He always was like a folding father for the MacRumors Team. Helped me a lot with his infinite wisdom. ;)

anything is possible.

MC68K was here for a good while. up until about 6 months ago or so i think. i'm not exactly sure what happened

[techfreak85]

Speaking of bigadv's....I've got bigadv turned on my home built i7 rig (just as an experiment, I'm new the the whole scene) and I really hope I can meet my deadline. It's due in 2 days and 17 hours, but the ETA is 2 days 6 hours. This would be ok if I could let it run for 24/7, but unfortunately this is the computer in my bedroom....and it sounds like a jet engine :p.
That means I can only let it be off for 5.5 hours each night... I usually sleep about 7-8 hours a night.
So, do I choose sleep, or meeting my deadline?:p

[DoFoT9]

i guess it's possible, but i highly doubt it. it's pretty clear that he stopped.
maybe due to energy usage ;)

[twoodcc]

Speaking of bigadv's....I've got bigadv turned on my home built i7 rig (just as an experiment, I'm new the the whole scene) and I really hope I can meet my deadline. It's due in 2 days and 17 hours, but the ETA is 2 days 6 hours. This would be ok if I could let it run for 24/7, but unfortunately this is the computer in my bedroom....and it sounds like a jet engine :p.
That means I can only let it be off for 5.5 hours each night... I usually sleep about 7-8 hours a night.
So, do I choose sleep, or meeting my deadline?:p

hey! well if there's nothing you can do to make the computer less loud, then i guess you gotta get some sleep of course. but maybe there's some way to re-arrange your room or something?

are you over clocking or anything?

maybe due to energy usage ;)

haha, i wouldn't blame him for that!

[DoFoT9]

Speaking of bigadv's....I've got bigadv turned on my home built i7 rig (just as an experiment, I'm new the the whole scene) and I really hope I can meet my deadline. It's due in 2 days and 17 hours, but the ETA is 2 days 6 hours. This would be ok if I could let it run for 24/7, but unfortunately this is the computer in my bedroom....and it sounds like a jet engine :p.
That means I can only let it be off for 5.5 hours each night... I usually sleep about 7-8 hours a night.
So, do I choose sleep, or meeting my deadline?:p
pffft! who needs sleep! get some headphones and listen to relaxing musik :D

[techfreak85]

hey! well if there's nothing you can do to make the computer less loud, then i guess you gotta get some sleep of course. but maybe there's some way to re-arrange your room or something?

are you over clocking or anything?

Yep. Its an i7 920 and I've got it at 4Ghz right now.
Maybe I'll stick it in the other room tomorrow night....
pffft! who needs sleep! get some headphones and listen to relaxing musik :D
:D

[DoFoT9]

Yep. Its an i7 920 and I've got it at 4Ghz right now.
Maybe I'll stick it in the other room tomorrow night....

:D
no wonder why its soooo LOUD!

[twoodcc]

Yep. Its an i7 920 and I've got it at 4Ghz right now.
Maybe I'll stick it in the other room tomorrow night....

:D

yeah that will do very well with bigadv units! but you gotta fold 24/7 though. yeah just put it in another room, or listen to music lol

[twoodcc]

well i hit 17 million point yesterday, around 9 Oct. about 12 days

i hit 18 million points today, 28 Oct. so that's about 19 days.

congrats to SciFrog for 10 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to lyzardking for 13 million points!

[SciFrog]

Whiterabbit folded another unit, first one in a few days. Let's hope he comes back...

[twoodcc]

Whiterabbit folded another unit, first one in a few days. Let's hope he comes back...

yeah i noticed that. but only 1. but hopefully he is back

[jav6454]

How do I join you guys? Macross is ready for Folding.

[twoodcc]

How do I join you guys? Macross is ready for Folding.

alright! just follow this link. (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=21908) that link might be a little dated, but if you have questions, just start a new thread in here about it and we'll be glad to help you!

[jav6454]

Alright, it's downloaded and running.... let's see the difference.

[twoodcc]

Alright, it's downloaded and running.... let's see the difference.

what machine are you folding with?

[jav6454]

what machine are you folding with?

The one in my signature.

[twoodcc]

The one in my signature.

nice. so what are you running it at? are you running -bigadv unit for folding?

[jav6454]

nice. so what are you running it at? are you running -bigadv unit for folding?

I wouldn't know how to tell... total noob here...

[DoFoT9]

nice. so what are you running it at? are you running -bigadv unit for folding?
surely it wouldnt pick up bigadv? dont they hvae to be completed in 24hrs?

[twoodcc]

I wouldn't know how to tell... total noob here...

so you're folding with the "macross" right? are you running windows?

EDIT: i see you are folding with it, and you are running windows. first question: which client did you download?

if you run -bigadv units, it will push your computer to the max. if you are willing to do that, you can meet the deadline and get the bonus points. to run the -bigadv units, you need the console client (the latest one).

my advice is to just start a new thread (since this is getting a little off topic, and it's a super long thread) about setting up your system. that way others will see what you are going thru, and others might decide to join in on the fun!

surely it wouldnt pick up bigadv? dont they hvae to be completed in 24hrs?

you have like 3 days usually

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 32 million points!

[twoodcc]

Congrats to lssmit02 for 1 million points!

Congrats to rwh202 for 10 million points!

[twoodcc]

i hit 18 million points today, 28 Oct. so that's about 19 days.

congrats to SciFrog for 10 million points!

I hit 19 million yesterday, 16 November. That's about 19 days

[DoFoT9]

I hit 19 million yesterday, 16 November. That's about 19 days

that a decent time there! you should check out the new GTX580's that have been released. they will absolutely blow your mind (and probably your budget, ~$500). linky (http://www.anandtech.com/show/4008/nvidias-geforce-gtx-580)

[twoodcc]

that a decent time there! you should check out the new GTX580's that have been released. they will absolutely blow your mind (and probably your budget, ~$500). linky (http://www.anandtech.com/show/4008/nvidias-geforce-gtx-580)

thanks! yeah i've heard. thanks for the link though, i'll check it out! ;)

[SciFrog]

What kind of PPD you get from that?

[twoodcc]

What kind of PPD you get from that?

i would like to know that as well

[twoodcc]

congrats to designed for 6 million points!

[twoodcc]

I hit 19 million yesterday, 16 November. That's about 19 days

i finally hit 20 million on 5 DEC! that's about 19 days again.

congrats to whiterabbit on 33 million points!

[SciFrog]

Congrats to all you guys!

The team has stabilized, new guys, old guys still here albeit Folding a bit less. There are a handful of VERY strong teams behind us though and not a real fighting chance. It seems the Folding community has really cranked up the PPD... What we need is a few multi cores running bigadv, or fast NVidia GPUs...

[DoFoT9]

im with scifrog, we are going strong but need some more. ive cut back for now due to money restrictions but id love to start up again - i may invest in a GPU for my PC, even the most low powered ones will perform better then my i7 for sure.

[techfreak85]

I moved my computer into another room and am trying to be up 24/7 with an OC on my i7 920 to 4ghz. Right now, I am running advmeathods. I will start running Bigadvs in about a week after I get my return rate back up. I had a night a few days ago where my client got messed up and would loose the WU a few mins into folding and download a new one...did this multiple times so I hope my return rate wasn't screwed up too much. We shall see if I am getting bonus points after the deadlines for those units pass. If I am still getting them, count me in for some Bigadvs!

[DoFoT9]

nice techy! let us know how those points are going for you, what GPU do you have in there again?

[techfreak85]

nice techy! let us know how those points are going for you, what GPU do you have in there again?

I have a 9800 GTX +, but haven't used it for folding for a while. I am back to using OS X full time because it seems to crash less while OC'ed. Plus, I don't really see THAT big of a need to use a GPU (although it would be really, really nice:p) since I started getting bonus points.

[DoFoT9]

I have a 9800 GTX +, but haven't used it for folding for a while. I am back to using OS X full time because it seems to crash less while OC'ed. Plus, I don't really see THAT big of a need to use a GPU (although it would be really, really nice:p) since I started getting bonus points.

Bonus points interesting. How do you get those?

Yay for osx :D

[SciFrog]

You need a passkey, and all SMP2 and bigadv units will give a bonus if you can return them before the deadline...

[jav6454]

I went from #888 to #77 in a week after having folded 6 -bigadv units. So far, I have been getting 3 consecutive 6900 Project units.

[twoodcc]

congrats to rwh202 on 11 million points!

yeah i agree that we need more folders! gpu, smp, bigadv, ps3, hey every little bit helps! i might be starting up cpu folding again, now that it's getting cold around here. we'll see

[SciFrog]

Well the 6900 bigadv keep coming, no more 2684 in sight, if that can make a difference for you...

[techfreak85]

My i7 is just finishing up an a3 unit. Before I left for school this morning, I configured the client for Bigadv. Hopefully some more 6900 juiciness coming our way soon! I'll let you guys know tonight when I get back. :D

[twoodcc]

Well the 6900 bigadv keep coming, no more 2684 in sight, if that can make a difference for you...

that's good to hear. i'll start off with just regular units, and see how this power bill is. if not too bad, i might overclock again and run the bigadv units. we'll see. i got a new case for one of my rigs, so i'll wait until after i set it up

My i7 is just finishing up an a3 unit. Before I left for school this morning, I configured the client for Bigadv. Hopefully some more 6900 juiciness coming our way soon! I'll let you guys know tonight when I get back. :D

good! let us know!

[badlight]

Well the 6900 bigadv keep coming, no more 2684 in sight, if that can make a difference for you...

I've just finished a 2684 after a run of 6900s. At least 2684s are better than advmethods. 2686 now.

[SciFrog]

2686 run fine no? Not like 2684?

[techfreak85]

So, I got a 6900, TPF of about 55 mins. Does this sound right for an i7 920 oc'ed to 4GHz? Seems a little slow to me...(but I'm a noob at this so I don't really know..) CPU is at 100%/800% Also, it is only using about a gig of ram. This just seems odd to me cause I have always read that you need 0.5 gigs of ram per core...

[twoodcc]

So, I got a 6900, TPF of about 55 mins. Does this sound right for an i7 920 oc'ed to 4GHz? Seems a little slow to me...(but I'm a noob at this so I don't really know..) CPU is at 100%/800% Also, it is only using about a gig of ram. This just seems odd to me cause I have always read that you need 0.5 gigs of ram per core...

well i'm not doing bigadv units at the moment, but that does sound slow to me.


congrats to SciFrog for 11 million points for our team!

[OrangeSVTguy]

One of these days I'll build myself a nice tower. Will probably be another year before I get to 6 digits at the rate I'm going :o lol. But it's still better than nothing.

Congrats to everyone!

[twoodcc]

One of these days I'll build myself a nice tower. Will probably be another year before I get to 6 digits at the rate I'm going :o lol. But it's still better than nothing.

Congrats to everyone!

hey, just build it when you can. and stick with it! you'll get there! ;)

[jav6454]

So, I got a 6900, TPF of about 55 mins. Does this sound right for an i7 920 oc'ed to 4GHz? Seems a little slow to me...(but I'm a noob at this so I don't really know..) CPU is at 100%/800% Also, it is only using about a gig of ram. This just seems odd to me cause I have always read that you need 0.5 gigs of ram per core...

Yes it's taking way too long. 6900 units take the Macross 32 minutes tops and 27 minimum per step. At least, that was last I checked.

[OrangeSVTguy]

hey, just build it when you can. and stick with it! you'll get there! ;)

Yeah I will :D Just have to get rid of some of the old tech for new. I only game on a console so any rig I build would be basically strictly for folding/encoding.

I just have it running on my MBP while I'm away/idling. What's the best solution I have to run? I only average 417 in 24 hours.

[twoodcc]

Yes it's taking way too long. 6900 units take the Macross 32 minutes tops and 27 minimum per step. At least, that was last I checked.

yeah that's what i thought.

Yeah I will :D Just have to get rid of some of the old tech for new. I only game on a console so any rig I build would be basically strictly for folding/encoding.

I just have it running on my MBP while I'm away/idling. What's the best solution I have to run? I only average 417 in 24 hours.

oh ok. well the next time you decide to buy/build a computer, just get a real powerful desktop, and use that as your main computer, and fold on it as well. that's one way to go about it.

there really is no best solution. you can only work with what you have, and how much you are willing to spend

[techfreak85]

Yes it's taking way too long. 6900 units take the Macross 32 minutes tops and 27 minimum per step. At least, that was last I checked.
Are you OC'ed at all? I'm assuming you are...
Well, I'm back at stock speeds. Maybe there was something funky with my OC (either way, I was having stability issues)? I doubt I'll be able to make the deadlines for bigadv, and if not, I'll go back to Advmethods until I get this figured out.

[twoodcc]

Are you OC'ed at all? I'm assuming you are...
Well, I'm back at stock speeds. Maybe there was something funky with my OC (either way, I was having stability issues)? I doubt I'll be able to make the deadlines for bigadv, and if not, I'll go back to Advmethods until I get this figured out.

why not make a new thread about your overclock? i would like to try and help you out! you may not get back up to 4 ghz, but even at 3.7 - 3.9, you can fold bigadv units.

we really need the bigadv points

[jav6454]

Are you OC'ed at all? I'm assuming you are...
Well, I'm back at stock speeds. Maybe there was something funky with my OC (either way, I was having stability issues)? I doubt I'll be able to make the deadlines for bigadv, and if not, I'll go back to Advmethods until I get this figured out.

3.8GHz OC (19*200) @ 1.3V

[twoodcc]

congrats to badlight for 5 million points!

[twoodcc]

i finally hit 20 million on 5 DEC! that's about 19 days again.

congrats to whiterabbit on 33 million points!

i hit 21 million on 18 Dec, so that's about 13 days or so. getting better

[SciFrog]

Nice, bigadv again?

[DoFoT9]

very impressive. did you add any more components?

[twoodcc]

Nice, bigadv again?

yeah, on 2 machines. i finally got both overclocked to 4.0 ghz

very impressive. did you add any more components?

thanks. i just got a better case and cpu cooler for one of my machines, so it runs at 4.0 ghz on air with the case closed and everything

[DoFoT9]

thanks. i just got a better case and cpu cooler for one of my machines, so it runs at 4.0 ghz on air with the case closed and everything
impressive! if you want air flow, get an Antec TWELVE Hundred - i just put my PC into it. IT COMES WITH 6 FANS! one on the top is 20cm! its massive lol. :)

[twoodcc]

impressive! if you want air flow, get an Antec TWELVE Hundred - i just put my PC into it. IT COMES WITH 6 FANS! one on the top is 20cm! its massive lol. :)

dang. i just got a cooler master HAF 922. it was on sale for $90

[twoodcc]

congrats to lyzardking for 14 million points!

[jav6454]

impressive! if you want air flow, get an Antec TWELVE Hundred - i just put my PC into it. IT COMES WITH 6 FANS! one on the top is 20cm! its massive lol. :)

Antec 1200 is nice, but THOSE LEDS!!! You can't turn them off...:eek::(

However, airflow wise, it is an outstanding case.

[twoodcc]

Antec 1200 is nice, but THOSE LEDS!!! You can't turn them off...:eek::(

However, airflow wise, it is an outstanding case.

hmm. i'll keep that in mind on my next case

[DoFoT9]

Antec 1200 is nice, but THOSE LEDS!!! You can't turn them off...:eek::(

However, airflow wise, it is an outstanding case.
the leds are pretty but also annoying - but they arent that bright in reality, not for me anyway. the cooling is AWSOME

hmm. i'll keep that in mind on my next case

:)

30°C idle CPU + HDDS. im impressed!

[twoodcc]

i hit 21 million on 18 Dec, so that's about 13 days or so. getting better

22 million on 27 Dec, about 9 days!

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 34 million points!

congrats to rwh202 for 12 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to designed on 7 million points!

[twoodcc]

22 million on 27 Dec, about 9 days!

23 million on 8 Jan. About 11 days. Not bad, but the next will take longer since I'm moving

[DoFoT9]

23 million on 8 Jan. About 11 days. Not bad, but the next will take longer since I'm moving

yay moving. get over that aircon issue? ;)

[twoodcc]

yay moving. get over that aircon issue? ;)

Hopefully. I'll find out soon though

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 35 million points!

congrats to badlight for 6 million points!

congrats to techfreak85 for 1 million points!

[techfreak85]

Thanks.:D Next million should be quicker.:p

[twoodcc]

Thanks.:D Next million should be quicker.:p

sounds good! :cool:

[twoodcc]

congrats to rwh202 for 14 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to Snousa for 2 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to designed for 8 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to rwh202 for 15 million points!

[DoFoT9]

im going to install this on my work computer ;) get me some numbers!

[twoodcc]

im going to install this on my work computer ;) get me some numbers!

sounds good, but make sure it's okay with your work!

[twoodcc]

congrats to crazzyeddie for 1 million points!

[DoFoT9]

sounds good, but make sure it's okay with your work!

id rather not :P im sure it will be fine :D

[DoFoT9]

example of what i do:

./fah6 -smp 2 -bigadv -verbosity 9 -local



thank god for forums! i was so lost :)

i now have my work iMac trying to get some units, it seems to be faultering though (it was working a minute ago).

NODE (s) Real (s) (%)
Time: 210.590 210.590 100.0 3:30
(Mnbf/s) (GFlops) (ns/day) (hour/ns)
Performance: 100.684 6.507 1.429 16.800


it unfortunately gets stuck :/
[21:59:25]
[21:59:25] *------------------------------*
[21:59:25] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[21:59:25] Version 2.22 (May 7 2010)
[21:59:25]
[21:59:25] Preparing to commence simulation
[21:59:25] - Ensuring status. Please wait.
[21:59:34] - Looking at optimizations...
[21:59:34] - Working with standard loops on this execution.
[21:59:34] - Created dyn
[21:59:34] - Files status OK
[21:59:35] - Expanded 1761519 -> 2246261 (decompressed 127.5 percent)
[21:59:35] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=1761519 data_size=2246261, decompressed_data_size=2246261 diff=0
[21:59:35] - Digital signature verified
[21:59:35]
[21:59:35] Project: 6071 (Run 0, Clone 13, Gen 280)
[21:59:35]
[21:59:35] Entering M.D.
Starting 2 threads
NNODES=2, MYRANK=1, HOSTNAME=thread #1
NNODES=2, MYRANK=0, HOSTNAME=thread #0
Reading file work/wudata_05.tpr, VERSION 4.0.99_development_20090605 (single precision)
[21:59:41] CoreStatus = 0 (0)
[21:59:41] Sending work to server
[21:59:41] Project: 6071 (Run 0, Clone 13, Gen 280)
[21:59:41] - Error: Could not get length of results file work/wuresults_05.dat
[21:59:41] - Error: Could not read unit 05 file. Removing from queue.
[21:59:41] Trying to send all finished work units
[21:59:41] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[21:59:41] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[21:59:41] Cleaning up work directory
[21:59:41] + Attempting to get work packet
[21:59:41] Passkey found
[21:59:41] - Will indicate memory of 1024 MB
[21:59:41] - Connecting to assignment server
[21:59:41] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[21:59:42] Posted data.
[21:59:42] Initial: 40AB; - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.54).
[21:59:42] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[21:59:42] Loaded queue successfully.
[21:59:42] Sent data
[21:59:42] Connecting to http://171.64.65.54:8080/
[21:59:43] Posted data.
[21:59:43] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 1762031)
[21:59:50] - Downloaded at ~245 kB/s
[21:59:50] - Averaged speed for that direction ~304 kB/s
[21:59:50] + Received work.
[21:59:50] Trying to send all finished work units
[21:59:50] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[21:59:50] + Closed connections
[21:59:55]
[21:59:55] + Processing work unit
[21:59:55] Core required: FahCore_a3.exe
[21:59:55] Core found.
[21:59:55] Working on queue slot 06 [February 7 21:59:55 UTC]
[21:59:55] + Working ...
[21:59:55] - Calling './FahCore_a3.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 06 -np 2 -priority 96 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 39101 -version 629'



i run it using "./fah6 -smp 2 -verbosity 9"

anything obvious?

EDIT: oh.

[22:00:48] Initial: 0000; - Error: Bad packet type from server, expected work assignment
[22:00:48] - Attempt #2 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
i guess it needs time then :)

EDITx2: got it. started it with
./fah6 -smp 2 -bigadv -verbosity 9 -local
instead.

EDITx3:
[22:03:43] Completed 0 out of 500000 steps (0%)
[22:16:28] Completed 5000 out of 500000 steps (1%)
not bad for an i3 21.5" running 200% :)

[twoodcc]

thank god for forums! i was so lost :)

i now have my work iMac trying to get some units, it seems to be faultering though (it was working a minute ago).

NODE (s) Real (s) (%)
Time: 210.590 210.590 100.0 3:30
(Mnbf/s) (GFlops) (ns/day) (hour/ns)
Performance: 100.684 6.507 1.429 16.800


it unfortunately gets stuck :/


i run it using "./fah6 -smp 2 -verbosity 9"

anything obvious?

EDIT: oh.


i guess it needs time then :)

EDITx2: got it. started it with

instead.

EDITx3:

not bad for an i3 21.5" running 200% :)

if you have an i3, and are only running it on 2 cores, then you should do this:

./fah6 -smp 2 -advmethods -verbosity 9 -local

you won't make the -bigadv bonus

[twoodcc]

congrats to 4jeg for 1 million points!

[DoFoT9]

if you have an i3, and are only running it on 2 cores, then you should do this:

./fah6 -smp 2 -advmethods -verbosity 9 -local

you won't make the -bigadv bonus

ahhh. wonderful. ill do that! thank you :)

[twoodcc]

ahhh. wonderful. ill do that! thank you :)

alright let us know how that works for you. :)

congrats to jav6454 for 1 million points!

[DoFoT9]

alright let us know how that works for you. :)

sure thing, wish i could use the 150 or so iMacs (i3 and i5/i7) machines that we have at my work during the night time ;)

[OrangeSVTguy]

sure thing, wish i could use the 150 or so iMacs (i3 and i5/i7) machines that we have at my work during the night time ;)

Sneak in at night, I'm sure no one will notice till they see the electric bill.

[twoodcc]

sure thing, wish i could use the 150 or so iMacs (i3 and i5/i7) machines that we have at my work during the night time ;)

Sneak in at night, I'm sure no one will notice till they see the electric bill.

haha yeah. they will notice then for sure!

[DoFoT9]

Sneak in at night, I'm sure no one will notice till they see the electric bill.

haha yeah. they will notice then for sure!

HAHA! yeh you are probably right. but they wont notice one ;)

[twoodcc]

HAHA! yeh you are probably right. but they wont notice one ;)

well you better hope that they don't!

[DoFoT9]

well you better hope that they don't!

hahahaha. it will be fine, we have an incredible amount of machines here idling 24/7 (power mac g5s! they chew the power) and nobody cares.

1,800 for half a days work - thats not too bad i guess. maybe i will turn my i7 imac back on at home, now that we have solar panels ;)

[Dreadnought]

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So, we're talking about folding on iMacs now. Still have a question about that: How do you guys get the iMacs screen go to sleep when folding? Mine screen keeps going out of sleepmode after a few seconds.

[DoFoT9]

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So, we're talking about folding on iMacs now. Still have a question about that: How do you guys get the iMacs screen go to sleep when folding? Mine screen keeps going out of sleepmode after a few seconds.

you have that problem too!?!?

its so weird, current my imac screen will rewake after a few seconds of turning off (i have a hotkey to turn it into off mode) - but then it turns back on. the thing is though that its not even running. so i dont know.

my work imac isnt effected by this.

[twoodcc]

no idea about the iMac screen. maybe try to just turn the brightness all the way down?

[DoFoT9]

no idea about the iMac screen. maybe try to just turn the brightness all the way down?

it doesnt go down all the way into an off state like a laptop - it always stays on :(

[Dreadnought]

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you can use a little app called Shades, or something like that. It will put the contrast all the way down (first remember the hotkeys of this app! Trust me on this one!!) but haven't found anything to get the brightness all the way down or get the monitor to stay asleep...

[twoodcc]

congrats to rwh202 for 16 million points!

[DoFoT9]

congrats to rwh202 for 16 million points!
im nearly at 200,000!!! :D

[lordonuthin]

Hey all! been kind of apathetic for awhile... Our team numbers look really good, keep it up! I should fire up another machine or 3, maybe...

congrats to whiterabbit for 35 million points!

Thanks.

[twoodcc]

im nearly at 200,000!!! :D

hey keep it going, you'll get there!

Hey all! been kind of apathetic for awhile... Our team numbers look really good, keep it up! I should fire up another machine or 3, maybe...



Thanks.

nice to hear from you whiterabbit! well, we could use a few more machines that you have lying around. how's that 6-core doing for you?

[ConnorCG]

May I ask what the heck you guys are talking about?

[twoodcc]

May I ask what the heck you guys are talking about?

folding@home. check out this link. (http://folding.stanford.edu/) it's a distributed computing project that helps scientists solve diseases like cancer.

a user downloads work units, and gets points for completing those units. this thread is to congratulate those that get over 1 million points. feel free to join our team! we'd love to have you

[lordonuthin]

nice to hear from you whiterabbit! well, we could use a few more machines that you have lying around. how's that 6-core doing for you?

I fired up the 6 core machine and it is working on a bigadv unit.

I suppose I might as well get the rest of the hardware going for awhile to see what we can do for team points. Maybe we can hit 4 grand for 7 day points, that would be cool.

[lordonuthin]

I fired up the 6 core machine and it is working on a bigadv unit.

I suppose I might as well get the rest of the hardware going for awhile to see what we can do for team points. Maybe we can hit 4 grand for 7 day points, that would be cool.

OK, everything is running again, 7 gpu's and a bunch of cpu cores.

Now I just wait for the electric bill.

[DoFoT9]

wahts this mean?


NOTE: Turning on dynamic load balancing


(apart from the obvious)

[rwh202]

wahts this mean?



(apart from the obvious)

Hi, my limited understanding is that this is normal for the smp client.

It occurs when one or more threads start to get desynchronized due to other processes taking CPU time, so it starts to reallocate/balance threads.
I think there is a slight performance hit having to do this, which is why it isn't on by default. However, it's better than having to wait for all threads to sync at the end.
If you run a system that doesn't have many other processes running you may see it getting most of the way through a unit before it has to enable it, whereas a heavily used system may trigger it straight away.

Hope that helps
Rob

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 36 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to k2kyo for 1 million points!

[twoodcc]

23 million on 8 Jan. About 11 days. Not bad, but the next will take longer since I'm moving

i hit 24 million on about 18 Feb. that took about 41 days. not good, but i did move during that time, and i was down for over a week.

[OrangeSVTguy]

Congratulations! 24 million is a lot. How long have you been folding? I should have hit 7 digits by now.... :p

[AlphaDogg]

Congratulations! 24 million is a lot. How long have you been folding? I should have hit 7 digits by now.... :p

If your i7 rig hadn't blown up, you probably would be!

[twoodcc]

Congratulations! 24 million is a lot. How long have you been folding? I should have hit 7 digits by now.... :p

thanks! i started back in Jan 2008, but didn't really get into for real until late 2009 or early 2010 though.

If your i7 rig hadn't blown up, you probably would be!

yep! that's right!

btw, do you plan to fold again after your rig catching on fire? i don't think anyone would blame you for folding anymore

[twoodcc]

congrats to rwh202 for 17 million points!

[OrangeSVTguy]

thanks! i started back in Jan 2008, but didn't really get into for real until late 2009 or early 2010 though.



yep! that's right!

btw, do you plan to fold again after your rig catching on fire? i don't think anyone would blame you for folding anymore

Oh yeah, I'll be folding again. I know the next few weeks are gonna be kinda slow but after I get everything situated in my new house, I'll be folding 24/7 again :D

[twoodcc]

Oh yeah, I'll be folding again. I know the next few weeks are gonna be kinda slow but after I get everything situated in my new house, I'll be folding 24/7 again :D

oh ok, i wasn't sure. but glad you will be back! got big plans for that 970 still?

[DoFoT9]

Oh yeah, I'll be folding again. I know the next few weeks are gonna be kinda slow but after I get everything situated in my new house, I'll be folding 24/7 again :D

what sort of power usage bill would you have with those :o farout

[twoodcc]

congrats to badlight for 7 million points!

congrats to rwh202 for 18 million points!

congrats to whiterabbit for 38 million points!

[OrangeSVTguy]

what sort of power usage bill would you have with those :o farout

I'll see what my bill will be when I finally move. They are taking forever to close lol.


Just checked EOC and I was supposed to finish a bigadv wu earlier but I think my computer shut off/restarted :( EOC says I didn't complete any WUs on it's last update :(. I'm only a couple thousand from my 7 digits.

[DoFoT9]

ZING
whats up with these DPs? few people have changed.

I'll see what my bill will be when I finally move. They are taking forever to close lol.


you dont see the bill on a monthly basis or anything? :/

[twoodcc]

congrats to OrangeSVTguy for 1 million points!

[OrangeSVTguy]

whats up with these DPs? few people have changed.



you dont see the bill on a monthly basis or anything? :/

DPs?
OH and I don't pay the bill so I never really knew what it costs :p

congrats to OrangeSVTguy for 1 million points!

Thanks! The next millions are gonna start racking up rather quickly. :D

EOC says I'll overtake Twoodcc in 28.2 years. Watch out ;):cool:

[DoFoT9]

DPs?
display pictures. :)
OH and I don't pay the bill so I never really knew what it costs :p
HAHA! lucky you.

Thanks! The next millions are gonna start racking up rather quickly. :D
congrats :)

[lordonuthin]

congrats to badlight for 7 million points!

congrats to rwh202 for 18 million points!

congrats to whiterabbit for 38 million points!

Thanks.

We are at about 4.5 million point per week now! I don't think we have ever gotten that high, way to go team!

[twoodcc]

Thanks! The next millions are gonna start racking up rather quickly. :D

EOC says I'll overtake Twoodcc in 28.2 years. Watch out ;):cool:

keep it coming! now it says 6.5 years!

Thanks.

We are at about 4.5 million point per week now! I don't think we have ever gotten that high, way to go team!

yeah i know! i'm excited for the team!

congrats to rwh202 for 19 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to SteveMoody for 8 million points!

[twoodcc]

Congrats to techfreak85 for 2 million points!

[twoodcc]

Congrats to whiterabbit for 39 million points!

[OrangeSVTguy]

Congrats to whiterabbit for 39 million points!

I swear I just looked a few days ago and he had 37 million :p:eek:
Congrats though. http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile_cheers.gif

twoodcc, just check and you'll reach 25mil in a day. But your last hour work unit had zero.

[twoodcc]

i hit 24 million on about 18 Feb. that took about 41 days. not good, but i did move during that time, and i was down for over a week.

25 million on 13 Mar. about 23 days. better than last time.

congrats to rwh202 for 20 million points!

[DoFoT9]

i added another mac mini :)

so now its
i3 imac 200%/400% CPU
i3 imac 300%/400% CPU
mac mini 200%/200% CPU

getting about.. 30,000 per week! not too bad i guess.

[alphaone]

Team Russia has been dispatched.

[twoodcc]

Team Russia has been dispatched.

yep! :cool:

i added another mac mini :)

so now its
i3 imac 200%/400% CPU
i3 imac 300%/400% CPU
mac mini 200%/200% CPU

getting about.. 30,000 per week! not too bad i guess.

nice! every bit helps! ;)


congrats to lyzardking for 16 million points!

[DoFoT9]

nice! every bit helps! ;)

my tummy feels warm :D

[twoodcc]

congrats to SciFrog for 13 million points for our team!

[OrangeSVTguy]

...

[SciFrog]

Thanks. The lack of bigadv for Mac made my average drop by roughly half. Well at least it seems that version 7 of the client is almost going to beta phase...

[lyzardking]

congrats to lyzardking for 16 million points!

Thanx!

Just treadin' water here waiting for the next MP release

Hopefully they'll come out before I get run over by Orange

;)

[OrangeSVTguy]

Thanx!

Just treadin' water here waiting for the next MP release

Hopefully they'll come out before I get run over by Orange

;)

LOL! And I'll be getting a couple more GTX 460s for my rig soon :D 100K PPD in one box here we come. Don't worry at my rate, it'll take me over a year so I think you have plenty of time haha.

[twoodcc]

congrats to OrangeSVTguy for 2 million points!

congrats to crazzyeddie for 2 million points!

congrats to P_Mentior for 1 million points!

[OrangeSVTguy]

We seemed to have picked up a few new members and they are putting out some good numbers.

P_Mentior (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=545671)

206pilot (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=547203)


Keep it up :cool:

We are also set up to take over another team in about a week.

[techfreak85]

That's great since we do seem to be taking a daily production hit without bigadv for OS X. I'm dying to do bigadvs again! :(

[alphaone]

We seemed to have picked up a few new members and they are putting out some good numbers.

P_Mentior (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=545671)

206pilot (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=547203)


Keep it up :cool:

We are also set up to take over another team in about a week.
206pilot is me :)

[twoodcc]

We seemed to have picked up a few new members and they are putting out some good numbers.

P_Mentior (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=545671)

206pilot (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=547203)


Keep it up :cool:

We are also set up to take over another team in about a week.

yeah we are starting to get good numbers from more members! good job team! we just gotta keep it up!

That's great since we do seem to be taking a daily production hit without bigadv for OS X. I'm dying to do bigadvs again! :(

yeah hopefully a new client will be released soon!

206pilot is me :)

that's nice to know! keep it up! :cool:

[twoodcc]

congrats to whiterabbit for 40 million points!

congrats to rwh202 for 22 million points!

congrats to designed for 9 million points!

congrats to Ryanimal for 1 million points!

[twoodcc]

25 million on 13 Mar. about 23 days. better than last time.


26 million on 16 Apr. about 34 days.

[OrangeSVTguy]

26 million on 16 Apr. about 34 days.

Congrats! How do you check your "milestones"? I'd like to know The same.

Also we to get this section fired up. Seems it's been slacking lately :(

[twoodcc]

Congrats! How do you check your "milestones"? I'd like to know The same.

Also we to get this section fired up. Seems it's been slacking lately :(

thanks! i just use This (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=3446), but i add up how long it took myself.

yeah i haven't been updating this thread lately. i've got a lot going on right now. but anyone can update it :)

congrats to rwh202 for 25 million points!

congrats to OrangeSVTguy for 3 million points!

congrats to sparky76 for 4 million points!

congrats to Snousa for 3 million points!

sorry if you got a milestone and i missed it

[OrangeSVTguy]

thanks! i just use This (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=3446), but i add up how long it took myself.

yeah i haven't been updating this thread lately. i've got a lot going on right now. but anyone can update it :)

congrats to rwh202 for 25 million points!

congrats to OrangeSVTguy for 3 million points!

congrats to sparky76 for 4 million points!

congrats to Snousa for 3 million points!

sorry if you got a milestone and i missed it
Ok gotcha. I thought there might be a place to see other people's milestones like that certificate looking one on Stanford's site how it tells you the date and all that.

I've had a lot going on too with work and the remolding of my house on nights/weekends. I'll be back up at full capacity within the next week or two.

[twoodcc]

congrats to Ryanimal for 2 million points!

congrats to rwh202 for 26 million points!

congrats to whiterabbit for 41 million points!

sorry if i missed a milestone

[twoodcc]

congrats to 206pilot for 1 million points!

[techfreak85]

Congrats to RiskyMr for 1 million points!
Congrats to Ryanimal for 3 million points!

[DoFoT9]

great work guys! keep it up, i have 2 imacs at work folding for us. :)

[SciFrog]

We are ranked 59! We need to fend off the heavy teams behind us... WHERE ARE THE BIGADV for MACS???????

[twoodcc]

thought i'd revive this thread. i think it's great to support each other and keep the motivation up!

congrats to Louis_Wu on 6 million points!
congrats to techfreak85 on 4 million points!

[techfreak85]

Congrats to aednichols For 18 million points!
Looks like you've added some new hardware as well! Awesome!

[twoodcc]

Congrats to aednichols For 18 million points!
Looks like you've added some new hardware as well! Awesome!

yeah congrats! still wondering what you are folding with though.

also i just hit 30 million points today (20 Dec). the last 15 million took me 461 days and the last 10 million took 380 days. hopefully the next 10 million won't take as long!

[techfreak85]

Congrats man! Legendary!

[twoodcc]

Congrats man! Legendary!

thanks!

i was out of town for a few days, and of course there was a power outage while i was gone :rolleyes: but i'm back up and running now

[twoodcc]

congrats to wernerru for 9 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to aednichols for 20 million points!

congrats to powermac666 for 3 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to Louis_Wu for 7 million points!

[twoodcc]

congrats to rwh202 on 50 million points!

congrats to Louis_Wu on 8 million points!

[Louis Wu]

I really should check in more often.

my congrats as well to rwh202 on the 50 mil milestone -- incredible!

[rwh202]

congrats to rwh202 on 50 million points!

I really should check in more often.

my congrats as well to rwh202 on the 50 mil milestone -- incredible!

Thanks guys!

Aiming for 100 million by the end of the year - 1 million a week so need to step on it for a while!

Also, congrats to our new superstar aednichols for 25 million points!

[techfreak85]

Thanks guys!

Aiming for 100 million by the end of the year - 1 million a week so need to step on it for a while!


Bring it on!:D

[twoodcc]

I really should check in more often.

my congrats as well to rwh202 on the 50 mil milestone -- incredible!

we'd like for you to! :)

Thanks guys!

Aiming for 100 million by the end of the year - 1 million a week so need to step on it for a while!

Also, congrats to our new superstar aednichols for 25 million points!

go for it! you can do it!

man, the weather here - over 62 degrees today, and 75 inside my house. had to open up windows, in January!

[twoodcc]

congrats to SciFrog on 20 million points for our team!

[techfreak85]

congrats to SciFrog on 20 million points for our team!

Congrats!

[DoFoT9]

congrats! i've basically stoppedmy folding for now :(

[techfreak85]

congrats! i've basically stoppedmy folding for now :(

No! Is it too hot out down there?;) It would be great to have you back.

[twoodcc]

congrats to Louis_Wu on 9 million points!

[DoFoT9]

No! Is it too hot out down there?;) It would be great to have you back.

it has been fairly hot actually! i had to move a computer out of my room (and it was only idling!) i couldnt imagine if it was actually folding!

ill try to do some in the coming weeks :)

[Ayemerica]

does macrumors have its own team number?

[techfreak85]

does macrumors have its own team number?

Yes. 3446. Are you joining?:)

[Ayemerica]

Yes. 3446. Are you joining?:)

defiantly, i'll put my quad core phenom to work since it has been doing nothing since i got my mac min and MBA.

[techfreak85]

defiantly, i'll put my quad core phenom to work since it has been doing nothing since i got my mac min and MBA.

Sweet! Make sure to get a passkey as well.:)

[Ayemerica]

Sweet! Make sure to get a passkey as well.:)

i can't find the CPU based client, and will it utilize all 4 cores?

[techfreak85]

i can't find the CPU based client, and will it utilize all 4 cores?

The cpu client is here (http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Download). If downloading the Windows client, make sure you get the smp version. If you put in an argument of
-smp
and it will utilize all cores.

[Louis Wu]

don't know if anyone else will find this but it's just a warning

I uninstalled using the new uninstaller and then installed the new beta and when it started up, it wiped out my user and passkey and started folding under team 0.

of course, I didn't notice this had happened for a day...

will let this current 13-hour long WU finish up and then enter my info...

[twoodcc]

don't know if anyone else will find this but it's just a warning

I uninstalled using the new uninstaller and then installed the new beta and when it started up, it wiped out my user and passkey and started folding under team 0.

of course, I didn't notice this had happened for a day...

will let this current 13-hour long WU finish up and then enter my info...

thanks for the heads up

[twoodcc]

congrats to rwh202 on 60 million points!

[Louis Wu]

congrats to rwh202 on 60 million points!


Yes indeed! Congrats!

that is insane! (in a good way)