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FR Folding@Home Project Update -- We're in the Top 75 of all teams with 9.75 Million points
Stanford University's Folding@Home Stats page ^ | 08/02/2006 | Texas Booster

Posted on 08/02/2006 5:16:19 PM PDT by texas booster

Time for a new FreeRepublic folding@home thread.

Our FreeRepublic team of 358 members comprised primarily of Free Republic members in good standing have banded together to donate their excess CPU cycles to a worthy cause. Via distributed computing, millions of computers around the world, contribute directly to scientific research, in the quest for a greater understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Cancer, and Mad Cow (BSE).

Currently, the team is in 75th place (with 1009 active CPUs - 55,700 completed Work Units and 9.75 million points).

This is an entirely voluntary program, and if you want to learn more, please see the links posted below (or read one of the previous 20 folding threads)


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To: texas booster

I'm getting closer to the top 100 every week!

Eventually I am going to bring that third machine back up and running.


21 posted on 08/02/2006 6:03:38 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: texas booster
Are you folding GUI or service?

I'm using the GUI... it's been rock solid since March or so when I got the new machine... the last few weeks it just refuses to dowload a new WU. It sends the results in just fine... then gets stuck on downloading new work.

I can ping the IP address of the server, Stanford's stats say the sever is working fine... but day after day my laptop keeps saying that it cannot download a WU.

If there's some evidence that the service works better I might switch, but would prefer not to.

22 posted on 08/02/2006 6:10:29 PM PDT by ken in texas (come fold with us.... team #36120)
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To: texas booster

Still in the 50's here although my production has dropped dramatically. With thunderstorms my chief computer has been off a lot, now we have a heat wave so I'm shutting it off to save electricity and prevent overheating (AC at 80 likewise to save electricity!), and for some reason the people at work keep rebooting the computer there and it doesn't restart the program, so that's lagging too. I should go set that up to restart on reboot as well.


23 posted on 08/02/2006 6:11:42 PM PDT by ahayes ("If intelligent design evolved from creationism, then why are there still creationists?"--Quark2005)
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To: ken in texas

Same here, locks up after each WU and won't resume.
Plus, the lap top runs so hot, afraid of burning it out...

So, I'm off for a while.


24 posted on 08/02/2006 6:13:31 PM PDT by GRRRRR (WHERE is the next Ronald Reagan? Virginia?)
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To: GRRRRR

I run a cooling fan under my laptop. They are fairly inexpensive, I think I spent about $20 on the one I have. Hooks up through the USB port. My system seems to love it.


25 posted on 08/02/2006 6:18:32 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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To: GRRRRR
Same here, locks up after each WU and won't resume. Plus, the lap top runs so hot, afraid of burning it out...

I know what you mean about running hot... I throttled the CPU usage down a bit and the temp seems to be normal.

What's strange is all the other places I go to via the wireless access work just fine... the darn thing just won't download a new WU during the last two weeks.

26 posted on 08/02/2006 6:19:38 PM PDT by ken in texas (come fold with us.... team #36120)
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To: GRRRRR; ken in texas

Occasionally, I'll have this problem with one of my machines. I delete the client.cfg file, and reconfigure the application, and everything runs great.

I suspect it refreshes the FAH server-of-choice that it pulls new projects from, goes to a different one, and works thereafter.


27 posted on 08/02/2006 6:20:50 PM PDT by Egon (We are number one! All others are number two... or lower.)
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To: IslandJeff
Run as service (or console version)is the WinXP version of the old DOS TSR. You will need to download the console version and install it in place of what you now have.

After installing the console version and rebooting, the Folding program will run automatically whenever you start the machine and it will even run if you aren't around to log on.

If you need help installing, I, or most any of the friendly folks, here will be glad to help.
28 posted on 08/02/2006 6:33:35 PM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy's not what it used to be.)
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To: texas booster

Take that tasmania!


29 posted on 08/02/2006 6:37:59 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: texas booster

These graphs will be periodically updated. You may have to refresh your browser to see the update.

30 posted on 08/02/2006 6:46:56 PM PDT by SC Swamp Fox (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword: folding)
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To: texas booster

Laundry bump!

85 / Flyer_FR / 19902 / 123


31 posted on 08/02/2006 6:49:45 PM PDT by Flyer (Don't question the questioner)
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To: texas booster
The DUmmies did start a thread #13 after their 12th ended badly. Nobody has posted on it since July 2nd.
32 posted on 08/02/2006 6:55:27 PM PDT by SC Swamp Fox (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword: folding)
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To: NerdDad

bump to home pc


33 posted on 08/02/2006 7:07:45 PM PDT by NerdDad (Aug 7, 1981, I married my soulmate, CDBEAR. 25 years and I'm still teenager-crazy in love with her.)
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To: texas booster

I got the new box yesterday and I would have completed a WU by now if the #@$*& power co would stop turning the %$#&* power on and off!

I am somewhat annoyed.....


34 posted on 08/02/2006 7:08:14 PM PDT by ezsmoke (http://www.freebsd.org/)
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To: texas booster

Thanks for starting the new thread.

I've been really busy the last few days.


35 posted on 08/02/2006 7:10:02 PM PDT by soccer_maniac (My new blog: http://capitalistpundit.blogspot.com/)
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To: Egon
Occasionally, I'll have this problem with one of my machines. I delete the client.cfg file, and reconfigure the application, and everything runs great.

Been there, done that. On restart it gets assigned the same IP address to download a WU. I can ping it, and Stanford says it's running fine, but no go on the download.

36 posted on 08/02/2006 7:43:15 PM PDT by ken in texas (come fold with us.... team #36120)
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To: texas booster

BTTT


37 posted on 08/02/2006 7:47:47 PM PDT by DocRock
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To: ken in texas

Do you have it set to get deadlineless WUs? If so they have run out of those. I had this problem a week ago. Setting the client to get any units fixed it.


38 posted on 08/02/2006 7:50:38 PM PDT by ezsmoke (http://www.freebsd.org/)
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To: ezsmoke; texas booster; GRRRRR; Egon; All
Do you have it set to get deadlineless WUs? If so they have run out of those. I had this problem a week ago. Setting the client to get any units fixed it.

Excellent suggestion... I am now folding away on the laptop again. How did you discover that Stanford was out of Deadlineless WUs?

Many thanks.

39 posted on 08/02/2006 8:30:48 PM PDT by ken in texas (come fold with us.... team #36120)
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To: ken in texas

It was mentioned on their forums.


40 posted on 08/02/2006 8:35:28 PM PDT by ezsmoke (http://www.freebsd.org/)
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