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[Phantom]

I'm actually doing pretty good for having 1 computer only. How do you add another processor to your name?

Edited by Phantom, 31 July 2005 - 07:51 PM.

[Crankymonky]

Just got back from camping, kind of tired...Kind of worried...still says I only have 2 CPU's running it...will...check...logs...tomorrow...

Crank'

And 'grats on top 2000

EDIT: What's with the 100ghz Cluster? Now, if we could get condor running, we could do much more important things than FAH, like encode movies really fast. </sarcasm>

Edit 2: I just checked my machines, 2 of them were running as Anonymous, now all 4 are under my name Watch out everyone, Crankymonky's score is about to go up fast!

Edited by crankymonky, 01 August 2005 - 11:06 AM.

[cxwq]

Team NH is accelerating towards the top!

Top 2000 teams, sorted by number of teams they have overtaken in the last 24 hours.



Team NH production at 3 hour intervals.



And of course the team rankings.




Welcome to WEASEL, the newest team member!

Congrats to Baelnorn for holding on to second, The_Trouble for passing Ompa, crankymonky for moving up 5 places into the 8th spot, Black Wrath for moving up 5 places into 17th, and Piney for overtaking earl_the_bunny and Darkshrimp and moving into 11th!

We are now in 1778th place and still climbing quite rapidly. I fully expect us to be in the top 1000 by the end of August and the top 800 by late September. We are currently producing at a level that should keep us climbing into the top 200. With an approximate doubling of output, we could eventually make the top 100.

Keep adding those CPUs!

[duce]

I just downloaded it but mine is stuck saying, completed 0 out of 500000 steps. Any help would be cool.

[cxwq]

I just downloaded it but mine is stuck saying, completed 0 out of 500000 steps. Any help would be cool.

If you just downloaded it, it will be a while before you see any results. If you set it up with the appropriate team number (#45293) and set it to run as a service, just restart your computer and forget about it. it will take anywhere from half a day to a week on average to finish a work unit, provided your computer is on all the time. Potentially much longer if your computer is only on a few hours per day. Happy folding!

[duce]

Alright thanks, I feel so accepted and loved.

[The Infinite Shindig]

This news inspires me to find more CPUs to add. Plus I need to make sure The_Trouble doesn't pass me. It would be pretty cool to see NerfHaven in the Top 100 teams.

I'd like to thank cx for getting us so involved in this, and helping us push our team's stats so far up. His efforts have equaled the point totals of our 2nd through 7th place contributors. Though just because he is so far ahead, doesn't mean we can't increase our efforts. We're in this together.

[Black Wrath]

Is it weird to you guys that I'm actually excited about potentially moving into the top 800 teams? I'm even more excited about moving into the top 200.

This whole thing is just so awesome, what a great idea, Cx.

I have my eye on 15th place in about 5 hours.

[duce]

I'm definately adding more cpus later.

[cxwq]

Man, you guys are cooking. We just turned in 1800 points in 3 hours.

More stats?

We are currently 137th place in points turned in this week and 108th place in points turned in today. We have passed 108 teams in 24 hours and are the day's #1 mover.

[Spoon]

Just added my hyperthreaded P4 2.8 to the team.

For those of you with hyperthreaded or dual core processors, make sure you're running two copies of the console client (from different directories and with different machine ID's specified in the advanced options) so that you're using both cores/logical processors!

[cxwq]

Just added my hyperthreaded P4 2.8 to the team.

For those of you with hyperthreaded or dual core processors, make sure you're running two copies of the console client (from different directories and with different machine ID's specified in the advanced options) so that you're using both cores/logical processors!

You rock, Spoon. I've been meaning to mention this for awhile - my primary box at work is a hyperthreaded 2.8 too.

If you do the above, make sure you configure the console by launching it with the line:

FAH502-Console -configonly -local

This will cause it to store settings in a local cfg file rather than the registry. Then edit the service entries with regedit to have the -local parameter too.

[Black Wrath]

You rock, Spoon. I've been meaning to mention this for awhile - my primary box at work is a hyperthreaded 2.8 too.

If you do the above, make sure you configure the console by launching it with the line:

FAH502-Console -configonly -local

This will cause it to store settings in a local cfg file rather than the registry. Then edit the service entries with regedit to have the -local parameter too.

Okay okay, wait up.

I'm running a dual core P4 3.0 Ghz.

Are you saying I'm only using HALF of it's potential?!

Edited by Black Wrath, 01 August 2005 - 07:17 PM.

[cxwq]

Are you saying I'm only using HALF of it's potential?!

If it's in hyperthreaded mode (set in the bios) then you should see the FAH process taking up 49% or so of your CPU. If you're running non-hyperthreaded, you're using about 80% of your computer's potential. Either way, you can benefit from doing what Spoon described. I've seen about a 20-30% increase in performance by running two FAH threads on my hyperthreaded machine vs running one process in non-hyperthreaded mode.

[Crankymonky]

One of those machines I fixed the config is rockin'. Too bad I didn't do that 3 days ago!

Crank'

[Black Wrath]

Cx, ignore my PM, I figured it out.

All I did was c/p the console into a new folder (F@H2) and then ran it. I configured everything as default, but went into advanced options and waited until it came to "Machine ID" and then entered in a "2".

It's now downloaded a WU, and I'm running 2 consoles at once!

I'm damn excited now!

[Spoon]

Cx, ignore my PM, I figured it out.

All I did was c/p the console into a new folder (F@H2) and then ran it. I configured everything as default, but went into advanced options and waited until it came to "Machine ID" and then entered in a "2".

It's now downloaded a WU, and I'm running 2 consoles at once!

I'm damn excited now!

Yeah that's all you need to do. If you look in your services (in Administrative Tools) you'll see two Folding services, one from each directory, running. If you're running hyperthreaded mode and your Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del) shows 100% CPU usage then you're good to go.

[taita cakes]

[settings]
username=taita_cakes
team=45293
asknet=yes
bigpackets=yes
machineid=1

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=yes

[core]
priority=0
cpuusage=100
disableassembly=no
checkpoint=15
ignoredeadlines=no

[power]
battery=no

[clienttype]
type=1

I'm still getting minor conflicts, is there anything worth changing there? I'm going to run it from now on no matter what, so my work unit will be done soon. I'm on a P4 3GHz as I said before, but I'm pretty sure its HT'd. I can't get anyone else into it, because they all run SETI

[LordoftheRing434]

Ok, I've downloaded the software, and I've tried running it. It's recognized my ID, and core. I've gotten to the point where it says "Completed 0 out of 250000 steps (0)". Does this mean it's running? My PC doesn't seem to be working any faster, and after about 10 minutes it's still at 0. Sorry to be asking these sort of questions, but I'm 100% new to this, so bear with me. It's just, it doesn't seem to be doing any good. Is it supposed to take this long to run?

My PC is an old p-o-s (1.7 Ghz, Pentium 4, dial-up). Not to mention the various problems it has aquired over the past 4 years...My point is that it's still functional for gaming, which is nice. At least I'm willing to give this a shot and help in any way I can. If I get it running, we've got a vintage PC to help out.

So, with that in mind, if you can answer my preguntas, that would be fab. Thanks!

~Rings

[taita cakes]

It goes in jumps for the steps, so one time it'll say 0 complete, and then about 15 minutes later it might say 1250 complete. It's like that.

[LordoftheRing434]

Aha. After about 25 minutes, I've jumped to 2500 steps. Slowly but surely, it's working.

So, does this automatically upload to the F@H stats, or is there something I need to do? And can I exit at any given time? Once again, I'm a n00b at something.

~Rings

[duce]

From what I understand, yes. You can leave turn it off at any time and it just picks up where it left off.

Mine's been on for a few hours and is still just at 30,000.

Edited by duce, 01 August 2005 - 11:38 PM.

[Black Wrath]

Yeah that's all you need to do. If you look in your services (in Administrative Tools) you'll see two Folding services, one from each directory, running. If you're running hyperthreaded mode and your Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del) shows 100% CPU usage then you're good to go.

Based on that, I'm good to go! Thanks Spoon, and Cx.

[LordoftheRing434]

Well fother mucker, I finally understand this!! This is really awesome guys. Keep up the good work. Hell, we should keep this team working actively even past Christmas.

Unfortunately, I have been stuck with a larger WU, and I have a slow PC. I look to finally be on the team "officially" in a week. Currently 15000/250000...

~Rings

Edited by LordoftheRing434, 02 August 2005 - 12:35 AM.

[Black Wrath]

Unfortunately, I have been stuck with a larger WU, and I have a slow PC. I look to finally be on the team "officially" in a week. Currently 15000/250000...

Sadly, that's one of the smaller WUs availible. Be glad that's your first one.

My first one was a 1 million step, and I'm currently working on a 500 000 step, and a 1 000 000 step.