Setup-trouble?

Kasper_MC · March 21, 2020

I've just installed the folding client-app-thing on my PC, I can only adjust 3 values on my slider for "Folding power"; low, medium or high.

GPU problem: Not that I mind it being used at all - but the fans will ramp up and get noisy on my GPU when on medium or high - and when I set it to low, it just goes to 2% complete and pauses, no movement. I can't figure out how to set it to use the GPU at maybe 20-30% and not the 100% it'll use on medium and high... When I set the folding power to "light" it just says under status "paused waiting for idle" even when I've checked the box "on idle" - I don't want that, but I don't wont it to go for 100% usage either...

CPU problem: I can't figure out how to get the client to even start using the CPU... It just says "ID: 00", "Status: Ready", "Description: CPU 14" in folding slots, and "Status Download" in selected work unit....

Can someone post a guide to get more detailed control of this thing... it makes zero sense to me, and I've used up own know-how...

Also, do I need to set something up specially for COVID-19 research, can't find the "Disease" with the other ones I can choose.

Spotty · March 21, 2020

5 minutes ago, Kasper_MC said:

GPU problem: Not that I mind it being used at all - but the fans will ramp up and get noisy on my GPU when on medium or high - and when I set it to low, it just goes to 2% complete and pauses, no movement. I can't figure out how to set it to use the GPU at maybe 20-30% and not the 100% it'll use on medium and high... When I set the folding power to "light" it just says under status "paused waiting for idle" - I don't want that, but I don't wont it to go for 100% usage either...

https://foldingathome.org/faqs/fah-v7/v7-introduction/web-control/folding-power-slider/

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The Power slider has three positions and two running options:

Light

CPU is Folding at half speed, GPU Folding is off.

Medium

CPU is Folding at three-quarter speed. GPU Folding is on. This is the default setting, and recommended for most users.

Full

CPU is Folding at full speed. GPU Folding is on. This is the most productive setting. Will cause fans to run faster and may produce more heat.

You can't set the GPU to only use part of the GPU. Either on or off.

5 minutes ago, Kasper_MC said:

CPU problem: I can't figure out how to get the client to even start using the CPU... It just says "ID: 00", "Status: Ready", "Description: CPU 14" in folding slots, and "Status Download" in selected work unit....

That means it's waiting to download a new work unit. Might take a while to get a new work unit since there's a lot of people folding at the moment.

Edited March 21, 2020 by Spotty

Kasper_MC · March 21, 2020

2 minutes ago, Spotty said:

https://foldingathome.org/faqs/fah-v7/v7-introduction/web-control/folding-power-slider/

You can't set the GPU to only use part of the GPU. Either on or off.

That means it's waiting to download a new work unit. Might take a while to get a new work unit since there's a lot of people folding at the moment.

Ok thanks, that's not what I've understood from the WAN-show introduction, there's no more granular control? So I'd have to run my GPU 100% if I want to use it - and I can't run my CPU at 100% without also fully loading my GPU, seems very strange...