LTT Folding Team's Emergency Response to Covid-19

[GOTSpectrum]

LTT Folding Team's Emergency Response to Covid-19

 

Starts March, 27th (00:00 GMT)

Ends April, 9th (23:59 BST)

 

 

Sign up for the event here:

Sign ups will close March 26th, 23:30 (GMT)!

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Thank you to all who have joined and are folding.

If you have missed the deadline to register for the event you can still fold for the LTT team (# 223518) and help fight Covid-19!

 

 

 

If you are unsure on how to fill in the form ask on the thread below. If you make a mistake filling out the form please use the thread linked below.

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1167867-covid-event-entry-corrections

 

 

Folding@home team LTT id#: 223518

(This event is only for folding for team LTT you will not qualify if you are folding independent or for another team, sorry.)

 

This event will NOT be eligible for F@H event badges.

 

Please read the whole of this post before asking any questions and use the links provided at the end for help and support!

 

If anyone is willing to help with data handling please PM me ASAP!

 

Please follow this thread to keep up to date!

 

Minimum Participation Requirements For Prizes

10 Days with activity* & 500,000 Points

(*activity is defined as completing at least 1WU for the 24 hour period)

This is our highest yet but should be possible for most people seeing as most modern GPUs and CPUs can hit this. These must be met DURING the event. Points produced before the start date do not count!

 

Prizes!!!

(possibly more to come)

Community donated prizes:

17x random Steam keys - Donated by @GOTSpectrum

 

31x random Steam Keys - Donated by @desert1701

 

20x random Steam keys - Donated by @Jaom

 

10x random Steam Keys - donated by @HrutkayMods

 

10x Steam keys for 'Broken Lines' - Donated by the games publisher Super.com

 

10x Steam keys for 'Biped' - Donated by the games publisher META Publishing

 

23x random Steam Keys - Donated by @ShirleyNeko

 

1x uplay key - Donated by @ShirleyNeko

 

23x random Steam Keys - Donated by @Jackz

 

70x random Steam keys - donated by @Cbwgoose

 

7x random Steam keys - Donated by @jakkuh_t

 

13x random Steam keys - Donated by @DocDv

 

x3 random Steam Keys - Donated by @MovvarK

 

25x random Steam keys - Community pool of keys

Draw - All Ranks

 

50USD Steam Gift Card - Donated by @Jawa_Juice

Draw - Ranks 1-49

 

3x 25USD Steam Gift Cards - Donated by @it4hoomanz

Draw Ranks 50-99, 100-149, 150-199

 

1x Humble Bundle Month - Donated by @Rbleattler

Draw Ranks 200-399

 

2x 50USD Steam gift Card - Donated by @Zberg

Draw Ranks - 1-499, 500-1000

 

50USD Steam key - Donated by @Zberg

Rank(undisclosed)*

 

*The rank is predetermined but remaining undisclosed to stop people from trying to target a certain rank. 

 

 

With the advent of COVID-19 WUs we have decided to launch an emergency response of our own. It's time to gear up our clocks and push again. For once more, united we stand, core to core, shoulder to shoulder. Not simply for glory,  but to take the fight to COVID-19. We will not sit by with idle GPUs. We will not go gently into that good night. We will take up arms for all of mankind. This is the oath we will all take to ourselves by signing up here.

We will be folding for 14 days, the recommended isolation period for those with suspected COVID-19.

 

 

MINI GIVEAWAY! (checked if okay with @leadeater)

I have created a Gleam.io giveaway to entice people to share the Folding Event on twitter!

 

5x random Steam Keys - Donated by @GOTSpectrum

 

This giveaway is not endorsed or affiliated with LMG in anyway and it 100% run by me.

 

https://gleam.io/competitions/SwdyW-steam-key-giveaway

 

Please feel free to enter!!!!

 

Folding@home is a network of volunteer computers distributed around the world that aims to perform biomedical research with the single intent of helping to further understand and develop cures for a range of diseases such as; Alzheimer's, cancer, and Parkinson's. The exact research that is done is simulating the 'folding' of proteins in the body, this is important because the function of a protein id directly related to its physical shape. And this, when the protein is created in the body it needs to reshuffle its shape to get into the correct structure to perform its task. Many illnesses can be linked to faulty proteins in the body such as many cancers and neurological issues, along with a wide number of other general health concerns. This network if compared with the TOP500 list of supercomputers would fall into 2nd, Folding@home is one of the world's fastest computing systems, with a speed of approximately 98.7petaFLOPS. It would be 50% faster than the fastest x86 computer currently listed on the top500. 

 

COVID-19

But this is not why we are here, we are here to join the legion of other folders from around the globe who have taken up the fight against COVID-19.

 

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common across the world.  These viruses can cause mild symptoms ranging from a fever and cough to more serious conditions such as severe pneumonia, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. 

In December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan City, China.  This virus has now spread to other countries.  The UK Chief Medical Officers have declared the risk to the public to be moderate. But the risk to individuals remains low.

 

 

PASSKEYS! (they're really important)

 

Don't forget to get yourself a passkey from the link below to ensure that you hit the points requirement, the passkey is a feature that was added a while ago to the Folding Client that helps to authenticate each user on the network, an added bonus of this is the fact that it allows you to qualify for QRB(Quick Return Bonus) Points, QRBs are extra points you earn for submitting work units more quickly, such as if you have faster hardware or let the client fold full time, rather than on idle. QRB credit is awarded after 10 WUs have been submitted. You can get your passkey from the link below.

https://apps.foldingathome.org/getpasskey

 

This is just a PSA for the new guys here, the folding team is a small close knit community, so here's a few things I'd like you all to keep in mind. It doesn't hurt to say thank you, if someone has genuinely helped you out don't forget to drop a reaction on their posts, help others where ever you can and finally we are a team first and always. 

 

Check your stats out here! Bare in mind it can take some time for your first WUs to appear so leave it a day or two.

https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/search.php

 

Please follow the guides below to help with set-up and troubleshooting. These are mostly older guides but are still quite useful for most things, we are working on an improved guide and are hoping to have it ready for prime time withing the next month but in meantime these will have to do. Big Thanks to @Metallus97 for giving me a hand with the FAQ for the event and taking some of the load from me. 

 

Read the Event blog to keep up to date With any announcements!!! 

 

 

 

 

[Arrogath]

Signed up, just have to setup a boot drive to get things going again

[GOTSpectrum]

Just now, Arrogath said:

Signed up, just have to setup a boot drive to get things going again

Welcome back into the fold! May your WUs be high and your Watts low. 

[TVwazhere]

Damn, guess I wont be playing as much Doom: Eternal Borderlands 3 on Steam as I thought GOTTA FOLD BAYBEEEE

Edited March 23, 2020 by TVwazhere
I'm now 36 hours into BL3 LOL

[Arrogath]

Just now, TVwazhere said:

Damn, guess I wont be playing as much Doom: Eternal as I thought GOTTA FOLD BAYBEEEE

I'll just have my primary towers fold and play on my old 4790k with the 5600xt i bought recently, was planning on playing with the 2080 but the cause needs it

[TVwazhere]

Just now, Arrogath said:

I'll just have my primary towers fold and play on my old 4790k with the 5600xt i bought recently, was planning on playing with the 2080 but the cause needs it

I'll leave my 1080ti on "fold when idle" but I'll try to not play FFXIV and Doom during that time casue I want max points

[GOTSpectrum]

With me signing @Den-Fi up we are at 10 sigh ups already, I'm kinda scared, kinda excited! 

[GOTSpectrum]

Yes Bois! Thanks @TVwazhere

 

[GOTSpectrum]

I have added some requirements, these are higher than we have seen before for a folding event but I want you all to push hard. They are still quite low and a GTX 750 or a GT 1030 alternativly for team red a HD 7950, R9 270 or RX 460 should be able to hit them without much trouble.

32 minutes ago, GOTSpectrum said:

Minimum Participation Requirements For Prizes

10 Days Active, 500,000 Points

This is our highest yet but should be possible for most people seeing as most modern GPUs and CPUs can hit this.

 

 

[Arrogath]

I'm packing even more cpu cores this time, only trouble is thanks to my 5700xt getting jobs this time my ups is getting over run with both monitors running

[GOTSpectrum]

I will be bringing foldatron online soon... this is going to be interesting with the electrical problems we have atm. 

[Elektra57]

I signed up! My cpu sucks. Ryzen 3 1200. 

[Beerzerker]

I hope you guys kick some Corona ass with this, I'm doing my part on that right now and will probrably let the machine run for awhile today. It's my daily so I can't let it run all the time but I can throw in anyway towards that end.

@Elektra57 You want to use a GPU instead of a CPU for folding.

The guys here can help you with getting it going that way if they need to. Just remove the CPU slot and create a GPU slot - That's really it and you'll be folding in no time.

[Elektra57]

Just now, Beerzerker said:

I hope you guys kick some Corona ass with this, I'm doing my part on that right now and will probrably let the machine run for awhile today. It's my daily so I can't let it run all the time but I cn throw in anyway towards that end.

@Elektra57 You want to use a GPU instead of a CPU for folding.

The guys here can help you with getting it going that way.

Total noob here, sorry.

[Arrogath]

8 minutes ago, GOTSpectrum said:

I have added some requirements, these are higher than we have seen before for a folding event but I want you all to push hard. They are still quite low and a GTX 750 or a GT 1030 alternativly for team red a HD 7950, R9 270 or RX 460 should be able to hit them without much trouble.

Kind of curious what I'll be able to pull with a 3950 + 5700xt and a 3900 + 2080

[GOTSpectrum]

4 minutes ago, Elektra57 said:

I signed up!

Welcome back into the fold, lets make it rain WUs!

 

 

[Beerzerker]

1 hour ago, Elektra57 said:

Total noob here, sorry.

No problem, we're here to help, not criticize. Just pause the client first, then go into the slots tab and remove the CPU slot, next step is to add a GPU slot - DO NOT CHANGE any values, just select it as is, then add it, save it, unpause the client and let the program configure itself and get going.

[The King of the Undead]

nvm it just took a second

[GOTSpectrum]

@RILEYISMYNAME @James @LinusTech

 

WAN and/or TL shout out? 

 

Lets show that pesky virus who's boss!

[Naamari]

First time folder here singed up!

[The King of the Undead]

is this how it is supposed to look?

[Elektra57]

10 minutes ago, Beerzerker said:

No problem, we're here to help, not criticize. Just pause the client first, then go into the slots tab and remove the CPU slot, next step is to add a GPU slot - DO NOT CHANGE any values, just select it as is, then add it, save it, unpause the client and let the program configure itself and get going.

It already had the gpu slot, removed the cpu slot. Thanks!!!!

[The King of the Undead]

also I kinda assume it has to be online right?

[GOTSpectrum]

Just now, Naamari said:

First time folder here singed up!

Welcome to the team!

 

If you need any help or advice feel free to ask here!

[Beerzerker]

1 hour ago, The King of the Undead said:

is this how it is supposed to look?

Looks good from here!