LTT Official Folding Month 2020!!!

[BlazerBuddy]

On 9/18/2020 at 7:54 AM, marknd59 said:

Each WU has a deadline that it has to be finished by normally it is about 3 days, that's how long you have to complete it and return the results.

What is the LinusTechTips team number, I cant find it. Oh and is it possible to only fold on my gpu?? My cpu temps are getting to high ad will be getting a new cooler soon, but how can I just fold on my gpu??

[Tristerin]

12 minutes ago, BlazerBuddy said:

What is the LinusTechTips team number, I cant find it. Oh and is it possible to only fold on my gpu?? My cpu temps are getting to high ad will be getting a new cooler soon, but how can I just fold on my gpu??

New to this too, just took my R7 1700 off the list because it wasnt worth the power consumption - on client click configure in upper left, SLOTS tab and remove the CPU 

 

BTW the client said I was going to average 480-500k points per day (both CPU and GPU), not sure what this means tbh, but after taking CPU off, the GPU is around 750k points per day at least on this current WU - again this is all new to me

[Tristerin]

My question:

 

Will using a mobo that has x4 on one of the PCIe (full size GPU slot) slots destroy a GPU's ability to fold?  

[RollinLower]

11 minutes ago, BlazerBuddy said:

What is the LinusTechTips team number, I cant find it. Oh and is it possible to only fold on my gpu?? My cpu temps are getting to high ad will be getting a new cooler soon, but how can I just fold on my gpu??

the linus team number is 223518.

 

you can just delete the CPU slot, and it will only fold on your GPU.

[marknd59]

18 minutes ago, BlazerBuddy said:

What is the LinusTechTips team number, I cant find it. Oh and is it possible to only fold on my gpu?? My cpu temps are getting to high ad will be getting a new cooler soon, but how can I just fold on my gpu??

LTT team #223518. You can turn off CPU folding from the Client advance control. Click on Configure, then Slots. You can add and remove folding slots.

[BlazerBuddy]

4 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

the linus team number is 223518.

 

you can just delete the CPU slot, and it will only fold on your GPU.

Ahh thx I figured it out and a now only folding on gpu thx everyone! I also put the Linus team number in

[Tristerin]

Found my answer 

 

But, I havent messed in a dual GPU environment in a while, this system would have 2x R9 Fury 1 @ PCie x8 and 1 @ PCie x4 - is there a way within the Radeon software to designate GPU1 to go into compute mode while leaving GPU0 in gaming mode?

[vsteel]

I just signed up.  Not a super fast machine but I keep chugging along.

 

 

I started folding long ago because my wife passed away and I wanted to fight what took her life.

[Favebook]

43 minutes ago, vsteel said:

I just signed up.  Not a super fast machine but I keep chugging along.

 

 

I started folding long ago because my wife passed away and I wanted to fight what took her life.

I see that you are folding for Team AnandTech which is good too, but folding for LTT is a tiny bit better  .

 

But seriously, if you want to be a part of Folding Month and be on daily leaderboard once event starts (AND BE ELIGABLE to win prices), you will have to change teams and sign up for the folding month (you can find the link in first post).

[dxzone12]

Just started my folding machine up again for the first time in a month or two to get it ready for this.
The last time I was folding was earlier in this pandemic when there were huge issues getting work units for GPU.

This seems like it is still an issue as only one of my GPU's has picked up a work unit.

 

Are there any good ways around this, particularly those that are automated. The method I use at the moment is just occasionally checking to see if it is waiting then pausing and restarting the GPU.

[RollinLower]

4 minutes ago, dxzone12 said:

Just started my folding machine up again for the first time in a month or two to get it ready for this.
The last time I was folding was earlier in this pandemic when there were huge issues getting work units for GPU.

This seems like it is still an issue as only one of my GPU's has picked up a work unit.

 

Are there any good ways around this, particularly those that are automated. The method I use at the moment is just occasionally checking to see if it is waiting then pausing and restarting the GPU.

there is a fan-made python script that automatically pauses and unpauses the slots, which forces them to ask for new WU's more often.

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1181338-foldinghome-babysitter/

[dxzone12]

1 hour ago, RollinLower said:

there is a fan-made python script that automatically pauses and unpauses the slots, which forces them to ask for new WU's more often.

 

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1181338-foldinghome-babysitter/

Thanks, this sounds like exactly what I am after.

[RollinLower]

Just now, dxzone12 said:

Thanks, this sounds like exactly what I am after.

i'm running it on all my machines and it works wonders! i havn't had a slot sitting idle since.

[vsteel]

9 hours ago, Favebook said:

I see that you are folding for Team AnandTech which is good too, but folding for LTT is a tiny bit better  .

 

But seriously, if you want to be a part of Folding Month and be on daily leaderboard once event starts (AND BE ELIGABLE to win prices), you will have to change teams and sign up for the folding month (you can find the link in first post).

I have already signed up and I switched teams.  The work units should start showing up in a few hours.

[RollinLower]

28 minutes ago, vsteel said:

I have already signed up and I switched teams.  The work units should start showing up in a few hours.

i can confirm that you are indeed signed up registered in the sign-up sheet.

[marknd59]

1 minute ago, RollinLower said:

i can confirm that you are indeed signed up registered in the sign-up sheet.

Hey that's my job stop cheating 

[cbigfoot]

On 9/20/2020 at 10:16 AM, marknd59 said:

Hey that's my job stop cheating 

apparently you where taking too long

 

 

[marknd59]

15 minutes ago, cbigfoot said:

apparently you where taking too long

 

 

No the problem is I've been working to fast. When someone new signs up and starts to fold F@H does not update user names and stats rightway so when I check for the folding name I get no results. What I have now started to do is everytime I go validate signups I recheck the last couple that had no results the 1st time I checked just to make sure and I've had a few that have come back with results on the 2nd check. A bit more work for me but less no name found errors.

[tarfeef101]

Man wish this started next month, I am shipping all my PCs right now, so I can't have them running
Plus the later in the year, the easier it is to justify because heat+winter

[cbigfoot]

thats the point though if it was 100% convenient every one would do it lol...

[RollinLower]

10 minutes ago, tarfeef101 said:

Man wish this started next month, I am shipping all my PCs right now, so I can't have them running
Plus the later in the year, the easier it is to justify because heat+winter

it does tough? it starts 12 october.

 

i dunno where you live, but out here it's still september

[tarfeef101]

2 hours ago, RollinLower said:

it does tough? it starts 12 october.

 

i dunno where you live, but out here it's still september

F

 

I just saw it was posted on Aug 31st and didn't bother reading more. Assuming nobody loses my stuff in shipping, I'll be back to folding (probably) then. Though my hydro costs are about to be fully mine now, so that's a factor

[chaozbandit]

1 hour ago, tarfeef101 said:

F

 

I just saw it was posted on Aug 31st and didn't bother reading more. Assuming nobody loses my stuff in shipping, I'll be back to folding (probably) then. Though my hydro costs are about to be fully mine now, so that's a factor

 

Toronto Hydro's fixed rates are in effect until Oct 31, so it should help dampen the blow depending on where you are moving to (for this event at least). 

[homeofmew]

Add ME IN
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[justpoet]

Sooooo many "no work units available for this configuration"….why does this have to start up just because we're going into folding month?