Folding@Home Install Guide and Links - LinusTechTips_Team - 223518

[Sharif]

@Whaler_99 WOW your number 1 nice great job

[Whaler_99]

@Whaler_99 WOW your number 1 nice great job

 

You need to complete at least one WU and then give it 24hrs for the stats servers to update. After that, you should start to show up.

[Sharif]

You need to complete at least one WU and then give it 24hrs for the stats servers to update. After that, you should start to show up.

how do i know if i have 1 WU?

[Whaler_99]

Hmmm... you won't... until a stat site updates?   Or you run HFM.NET locally...

[Sernyhough]

Top 200 Yey    

[SinghFlying]

Million points achieved next stop 25 million, this may take a while. 

[Whaler_99]

Million points achieved next stop 25 million, this may take a while. 

 

Awesome job!

[Sharif]

@Whaler_99

if i have no screen saver setup will my computer fold in idle?

and is my sleep disabled when the app is running?

[tobben]

@Whaler_99

if i have no screen saver setup will my computer fold in idle?

and is my sleep disabled when the app is running?

 

when folding you need to disable sleep/hibernate yourself so that your computer doesn't turn off instead of doing number crunching, you should also put a screen saver on 1-5 minutes or so so that it starts folding in idle quickly without wasting to much time, you don't HAVE to have a screen saver, your screen going black/wait modus/turning off should be enough, if anything a black screen is better than a screen saver as screen savers don't make any sense and use resources.

[Sharif]

when folding you need to disable sleep/hibernate yourself so that your computer doesn't turn off instead of doing number crunching, you should also put a screen saver on 1-5 minutes or so so that it starts folding in idle quickly without wasting to much time, you don't HAVE to have a screen saver, your screen going black/wait modus/turning off should be enough, if anything a black screen is better than a screen saver as screen savers don't make any sense and use resources.

1 more thing when its folding in idle which rate is it folding at medium,full or light?   >>>>> in default i didn't touch the settings  

[Whaler_99]

1 more thing when its folding in idle which rate is it folding at medium,full or light?   >>>>> in default i didn't touch the settings  

 

Folding at "idle" means when using your computer, nothing happens. But, when your computer is "idle" it folds at 100%. All the various settings, light, medium, etc. control folding while you are using your system, but they all ramp to 100% system usage when you PC is "idle"

[Sharif]

Folding at "idle" means when using your computer, nothing happens. But, when your computer is "idle" it folds at 100%. All the various settings, light, medium, etc. control folding while you are using your system, but they all ramp to 100% system usage when you PC is "idle"

how do i change that because i don't want it to go 100% and also to use my gpu as it might die any day because well it already died once and i had to cook it in the oven to bring it back to life and i won't buy a new one until GTX 860 comes out   so it should live on till then

 

back to the topic i want to change both the settings of gpu utilization and cpu utilization.Is it possible to change them?

[Sharif]

Top 200 Yey    

 

Million points achieved next stop 25 million, this may take a while. 

 

 

Top 200 Yey    

awesome good job   and i will try to appear in the list 

[Blueprint]

I've just joined, and I'm getting about 2,311 PPD on medium/light. Not sure if this is good?

[Whaler_99]

I've just joined, and I'm getting about 2,311 PPD on medium/light. Not sure if this is good?

 

That is good, for light...

[Whaler_99]

how do i change that because i don't want it to go 100% and also to use my gpu as it might die any day because well it already died once and i had to cook it in the oven to bring it back to life and i won't buy a new one until GTX 860 comes out   so it should live on till then

 

back to the topic i want to change both the settings of gpu utilization and cpu utilization.Is it possible to change them?

 

Unfortunately you are stuck. GPU folding only has two settings - on or off. Either you fold at 100% on the GPU or not at all. Same with CPU, various settings for while you are using it, but when system goes idle, goes to 100%. Now, couple things you can do here. Say you have 4 cores. FAH probably has the CPU slot set to use 3. Reduce it to 2. This will in turn reduce overall load, at 100% folding...

[Sharif]

Unfortunately you are stuck. GPU folding only has two settings - on or off. Either you fold at 100% on the GPU or not at all. Same with CPU, various settings for while you are using it, but when system goes idle, goes to 100%. Now, couple things you can do here. Say you have 4 cores. FAH probably has the CPU slot set to use 3. Reduce it to 2. This will in turn reduce overall load, at 100% folding...

ooohk thanks 

so i thought the best thing i could do is keep it at idle light

[Bloodyvalley]

Unfortunately you are stuck. GPU folding only has two settings - on or off. Either you fold at 100% on the GPU or not at all. Same with CPU, various settings for while you are using it, but when system goes idle, goes to 100%. Now, couple things you can do here. Say you have 4 cores. FAH probably has the CPU slot set to use 3. Reduce it to 2. This will in turn reduce overall load, at 100% folding...

Is it OK to just lock your computer, close your screen and go on with your day? Will the PC still fold 100%? That's what I do

[Madmanchris1]

ive started folding now gpu and cpu, (r9 290, 4770k) just wondering is it safe to fold cpu whilst i browse the web (youtube) and light applications? or should i disable the cpu folding whilst im using it? 

 

Thanks.

[Bloodyvalley]

ive started folding now gpu and cpu, (r9 290, 4770k) just wondering is it safe to fold cpu whilst i browse the web (youtube) and light applications? or should i disable the cpu folding whilst im using it? 

 

Thanks.

lmao it's fine

[Sharif]

ive started folding now gpu and cpu, (r9 290, 4770k) just wondering is it safe to fold cpu whilst i browse the web (youtube) and light applications? or should i disable the cpu folding whilst im using it? 

 

Thanks.

yeah its okay but if your cpu is at 100% that is full then keep it at medium then go with your day because if you don't it will start annoying and the pc will get slow 

[Madmanchris1]

yeah its okay but if your cpu is at 100% that is full then keep it at medium then go with your day because if you don't it will start annoying and the pc will get slow 

Thanks i lowered it down to 90% just to be on the safe side. 

[WelshDdraig]

I just joined. I'll fold for as long as I can per day. I can't do it all the time. But I'll do my best. 

[Whaler_99]

Is it OK to just lock your computer, close your screen and go on with your day? Will the PC still fold 100%? That's what I do

 

That's perfect...

[Whaler_99]

I just joined. I'll fold for as long as I can per day. I can't do it all the time. But I'll do my best. 

 

Welcome!