FR Folding@Home Project Update -- We're in the Top105 of all teams with 6.4 Million points

I'm running whatever the default setup is for Windows XP.

I'll take a look "under the hood" and see if I can figure out what's going on in there.

This may be totally unrelated to your problem, but whenever the frames in my WUs begin to take longer than usual to complete (my PC is working on p1152 for the 12th or 13th time) I restart my computer. This is true for both my PC and my iBook laptop. Frame completion times always go back to normal.

I took command and got my heat issue under control today. I went to Radio Shack and bought a $25 120mm, 120Vac brushless cooling fan that I mounted at a 116mm port I cut in the upper rear of my computer desk. Now, the hot air discharged from the computer case gets exhausted OUTSIDE the desk enclosure instead of being continually recirculated. Fresh, cool air is drawn in through the 1" gap at the floor and keeps the CPU within an acceptable operating tempereature range. No more CPU shutdowns due to thermal overload.

Sorry, I meant which version of the FAH software are you running; there are TWO that could be considered 'default' for XP. On has really cool graphical displays of the current work and the other -- the console version -- has no display, it just saves progress info to a log file.

I'm assumiing you meant you're running XP in "out of the box" configuration; no added bells and whistles -- yet.

If that's true AND you're running the graphical version of FAH, be aware that your OpenGL graphics will be monopolized by FAH; no other app will be able to run if it uses OpenGL.

This is because OpenGL does not allow multiple applications simultaneously; it's not a 'bug' in FAH. If you have other OpenGL apps that you want/need to run, switch to the console client. I ended up having to do exactly that, myself. It was very straightforward and painless.

Here's a link to my post on that topic. In that post is another link to further detail about making the switch.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1638783/posts?page=39#33

Good luck!

That makes sense. Thanks for the great information.

Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan

Date of last work unit	2006-05-30 11:15:51
Active CPUs within 50 days	1002
Team Id	36120
Grand Score	6592567 (certificate)
Work Unit Count	37394 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate)	105 of 44206
Home Page	http://www.freerepublic.com
Fast Teampage URL	http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36120.html

Team members

Rank (within team)	User	Score	WU
1	Klutz_dohanger	1659255	9453
2	lrenh	488845	2896
3	Malsua	414600	2147
4	Texas_Booster	150423	830
5	davemaher	137110	648
6	andyk	109532	515
7	LSimpson	108494	556
8	Andrewksu	81170	537
9	Craigon69	76950	445
10	walkerk	72004	360
11	dfwddr	70177	433
12	VeniVidiVici	68229	367
13	Chris_Primavera	66712	321
14	Advil000	66662	348
15	Kingu	62671	305
16	Egon	62573	510
17	Ken_in_Texas	58260	344
18	farsighted	53378	225
19	Uriah	47915	283
20	zeugma	47093	234
21	rach_FR	46450	283
22	Derllak	45341	226
23	FRpapasmurf	44352	278
24	FreeAtlanta	43587	227
25	Senator_Bedfellow	42977	197
26	greenbo	42942	221
27	smith288	40901	224
28	mouser	40465	225
29	stylin19a	39971	200
30	ValorDaus	39165	279
31	HangThemHigh	38869	198
32	Drango1	36665	212
33	TheMightyQuinn	35550	154
34	DocRock	35500	195
35	Bobibutu	35188	206
36	Chesterbelloc	33279	212
37	Linda_Geiger	32909	158
38	Bush_Democrat	30870	192
39	TChad	30744	207
40	FrogMom	30109	180
41	houeto	29181	146
42	ezsmoke	28738	133
43	abner	27720	127
44	mediamole	27613	215
45	colinhester	26733	132
46	sirtaurus	26698	203
47	Thom_Pain	23690	139
48	JohninWAGL	23568	118
49	MathyKathy	22937	104
50	HangnJudge	22620	105
51	Swordmaker	22285	101
52	Compaq_Owner	22136	172
53	MarkeyD	21011	122
54	RedWing9	20138	132
55	Route66_FreeRepublic	19843	126
56	ahayes	19743	107
57	arderenne	19554	79
58	InfraRed	19290	123
59	sshultz460	18832	98
60	RebelTex	18800	139
61	A.Hun	18723	136
62	fostendug	18717	109
63	Brian_Allen	18483	100
64	Dads_AMD3000	18445	64
65	SilentServiceCPO	18000	89
66	doc11355	17974	102
67	FReeper_Dundee	17809	122
68	hessian	17596	95
69	Treb	17526	136
70	Petronski	17450	104
71	oblomov_1	16134	64
72	Mount_Athos	15679	72
73	BurbankKarl	15640	79
74	Tonystransportation	15419	83
75	Foldspace	15369	78
76	j_tull	15310	82
77	LynnHam	15301	98
78	holly_go_rightly	15212	77
79	Happy_Babymoon	15115	82
80	KJC1	14791	82
81	paengineer	14780	84
82	bbarr	14705	78
83	patricia_bell	14398	84
84	Hawkeyes_Girl	14095	92
85	Professional_Engineer	14023	83
86	mombrown1	13986	72
87	1066AD	13858	76
88	Jacy	13853	73
89	PCBMan	13827	73
90	Freeper_KOZ.	13749	66
91	Ladypixel	13670	67
92	ewg	13554	82
93	_MontanaDal	13530	72
94	Flyer_FR	13049	75
95	evilC	12934	67
96	Mike_Medved	12834	67
97	FRstentor	12712	68
98	Compaq_Owner3	12490	105
99	Sgt_Schultze	12379	60
100	MnJohnnie	12051	59
101	FourtySeven	11926	80
102	SC_Swamp_Fox	11586	73
103	spunkets	11578	69
104	nsa2318	11472	61
105	Tatze	11351	62
106	Mississippi_Freeper	11232	61
107	idiots_will_catch	10915	68
108	Steve_Wilson_1	10777	68
109	GoldCountryRedneck	10759	73
110	eyespysomething	10561	55
111	Jim	10333	70
112	ShakeNJake	10283	65
113	BoT	10067	166
114	Rate_Determining_Step	9989	127
115	auboy	9971	44
116	MRadtke	9953	51
117	Slothful1	9832	58
118	BigBro1	9822	56
119	SW6906	9601	44
120	Tim_Colman	8866	43
121	kacknor	8818	46
122	Mrs_1066AD	8803	49
123	tsomer	8799	41
124	rodneymatlock	8747	53
125	Hiredhand	8430	56
126	Incorrigible	8362	46
127	Harmless_Teddy_Bear	8346	41
128	Suzzee	8109	39
129	umbagi	8073	74
130	ThirdOrder	8072	39
131	MrBlueSky2005	8055	62
132	Katya	7993	46
133	bubba_sales	7846	64
134	Weasel	7565	55
135	Pikus	7527	41
136	fzx12345	7484	47
137	dangermouse	7455	42
138	Camel_Joe	7225	51
139	Seamoth	7164	61
140	Freeper_Drago	7151	45
141	GL-Bartaholic	7022	42
142	vulture	6899	27
143	Chip_Leonard	6839	41
144	T_Admin	6796	53
145	Sunshine55	6721	39
146	Clara_Lou	6676	37
147	pbrown	6570	40
148	kenth	6366	46
149	VICI	6289	49
150	brityank	6264	41
151	Angry_Elephant	6198	28
152	NAPA_Laurel_MS	6158	30
153	Jack_of_All_Trades	6140	31
154	SoCalRocket	6126	38
155	AndyKaz	6120	25
156	Recovering_Hermit	5933	29
157	Incredulous	5846	32
158	William_Helvig	5819	31
159	hoping2help2	5809	33
160	Bella_bru	5662	25
161	vidi	5634	52
162	Thomas_Bernardo	5619	27
163	jimfree	5612	28
164	dbender5555	5530	25
165	conoverc	5507	30
166	Izzy_Dunne	5483	22
167	Cody	5379	37
168	David_White	5376	33
169	ovrtaxt	5368	26
170	fatboynic	5322	28
171	non-anonymous	5294	34
172	Veni	5263	53
173	Wormwood_01	5203	21
174	feefee	5034	25
175	Vern_1	5020	44
176	Hoplite	4938	23
177	rrapson	4862	31
178	glockrocks	4806	36
179	grey_whiskers	4699	24
180	Clintons_Are_White_Trash	4682	22
181	Dr_Quin	4582	28
182	susan	4532	29
183	amigatec	4420	23
184	cephalopod	4348	18
185	Tony1	4331	31
186	SamFromLivingston	4287	27
187	Compaq_Owner_David	4265	38
188	The_Seeker_Veritas	4264	38
189	Dplowdude	4235	30
190	WESTPALMSENIOR	4217	24
191	freeper_krb	4162	29
192	GaltMeister	4071	26
193	geritol	4049	22
194	manwiththehands	4014	26
195	Fire_on_High	3997	21
196	greedo	3988	21
197	KGJ1	3973	27
198	Susan_Ramsey	3903	18
199	ltcj	3877	24
200	c505ber	3801	22
201	Zcrack	3797	23
202	Jubal_Harshaw	3744	18
203	mastercylinder	3681	17
204	Chanticleer	3646	18
205	NonValueAdded	3641	17
206	Fanfan1	3632	17
207	Jinx	3613	38
208	hoping2help	3611	20
209	OldsDontFloat	3391	15
210	KGJ2	3348	23
211	Drachenfels	3304	24
212	FReeper_Marie	3289	22
213	StrictTime	3225	12
214	paulat2	3174	19
215	bpolhemus	3112	27
216	Regina_Plumm	3037	21
217	uglybiker	3019	19
218	ArgentCent	3018	16
219	cgk	2919	26
220	Tigermoth	2749	21
221	knewshound	2695	14
222	DTwistedSisterS	2590	19
223	Termite_Commander	2387	30
224	VAcharonD1	2319	14
225	ENDUSER_Michael	2298	16
226	BitDrifter	2214	23
227	ArgentCzar	2182	13
228	EasySt	2105	16
229	gl_terri	2092	14
230	Klutza_dohanger	2064	11
231	DaveMSmith	2060	13
232	Reactionary	2039	9
233	Yokiepoo	2037	12
234	INFOOL7	1786	8
235	unruly.human	1774	7
236	PureSolace	1717	7
237	xeniast	1685	8
238	Brian_Admin	1649	12
239	B.O._Plenty	1635	8
240	placerville9	1539	15
241	GLDoug	1491	11
242	RetroSexual	1489	18
243	GL_DAME	1460	8
244	In_Memory_of_DUKE	1438	6
245	Clintons_Are_White_Trash_1	1405	7
246	SV	1388	8
247	Cralic	1363	10
248	captnorm	1359	8
249	Jeff_Musselman	1352	8
250	Tactical	1322	9
251	JCEccles	1307	9
252	Linda_Geoger	1290	5
253	Pusterfuss	1274	9
254	Turbopilot	1271	14
255	SlicksaDk	1262	8
256	Anonymous	1245	7
257	HBAR223	1243	9
258	just_deserts	1243	7
259	melt	1241	5
260	3626Hawthorn	1163	5
261	David_G_1	1143	9
262	josephw	1130	5
263	Tax_Government	1108	6
264	Trax_Admin	1089	8
265	Kevin_Inspiron	1088	7
266	neb52	1059	8
267	Suzy_Que	1050	7
268	ShadowSnakeX	1048	8
269	IandJ	1021	6
270	Clintons_Are_White_Trash_2	994	5
271	TheLooseThread	982	7
272	MyMacMini	934	12
273	bgalbreath	932	16
274	Becky1	923	6
275	Roger__Heidt	921	7
276	Cementjungle	872	7
277	Kevin	863	5
278	SoDak	836	6
279	spankalib	778	4
280	sales_don	749	5
281	DB5555	749	4
282	cdgent	747	3
283	Kosst_Amojan	740	6
284	y	717	3
285	Professor_Poindexter	690	4
286	usnjay	674	2
287	Mind-numbed_Robot	645	2
288	Theres_millions_ofem	639	3
289	datajockeys-admin	631	4
290	MassLengthTime	606	2
291	Where_are_my_marbles,_Nancy?	600	1
292	aaiken	600	1
293	Tami	594	4
294	desert_girl	581	4
295	Big_Bobs_FTW_1	549	3
296	freestatefour	529	3
297	G_Thomas_Wilson	518	4
298	twinzmommy	516	6
299	RIP_DUKE	480	2
300	Westlake	476	5
301	David_Griffith	453	4
302	motohockey	404	1
303	Gary	372	2
304	Big_Texan_in_Boston	354	3
305	4_DUKIE_SCHMOOKIE	306	2
306	IoCaster	306	2
307	datajockeys-genserv	306	2
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309	ARubin	287	2
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311	BurbankKark	226	1
312	SW6906_2	202	1
313	ShadowAce	202	1
314	CPQ_1700	197	2
315	11Bush	192	1
316	MONTANADAL	187	3
317	Michael_K	182	1
318	FRpapasmurf_client	181	1
319	Heil_Dad	171	3
320	ChadGore	168	4
321	Jess35	166	1
322	GL_Doug	153	1
323	MontanaBeth	153	1
324	datajockeys-lab	153	1
325	knewshound2	153	1
326	yummibox	153	1
327	Aleck	153	1
328	unruly.human	133	3
329	Shadow_Deamon	128	1
330	BellStar	92	2
331	LiveFreeOrDie	56	1
332	Pitcherfan19	48	1
333	Fanskar	48	1
334	Klurz_dohanger	46	1
335	linda_gei	46	1
336	greenbo__	46	1
337	DocRock_2	46	1
338	Zach_Erskine	41	1
339	jarod_1	19	1
340	Cincinnatus	1	1

This may be totally unrelated to your problem, but whenever the frames in my WUs begin to take longer than usual to complete (my PC is working on p1152 for the 12th or 13th time) I restart my computer. This is true for both my PC and my iBook laptop. Frame completion times always go back to normal.

Hmm. This might be a good enhancement for the Monitor. It might be possible to compare times... I sense a nerd-out coming on...

The graphs in reply #21 have been updated.

What's up with the DUmmies? I just went over to catch up on their folding thread, and not only are there no posts since 21May, but they have closed the thread, with no links to a new one. Seems their sail has a big hole in it, and they've only been on this journey for 5 months. Did they expect to overtake us AND cure Alzheimer's all within 5 months? Just under half a year may symbolize a long term commitment to the DUmmies, but it's going to take a bit longer than that. I also just noticed almost 25% of their top 100 are no longer folding. It really must sux to have such a short-term mindset that you can't stick with something for six months. Of course, in their minds, all we really have to do is to throw some money at it, and the problem will go away.

We should overtake Team MacCentral.com (currently ahead by 3,561 points) with the next update.

Keep folding!

"...all we really have to do is to throw some money at it, and the problem will go away"

DUmmies are more like:

...all we really have to do is to throw some of YOUR money at it, and the problem will go away.

Yep, rapidly closing in on number 1 (hundred).

Looks like it takes about 168,000 points (as of today) to get into the top 1% of individual folders and perhaps 400 pts per day to stay there.

What's up with the DUmmies?

I don't know, those losers gave up a lot easier and earlier then I expected. I am surprised that they couldn't do any better for such a good cause. I originally graphed DU's progress in red, and then switched to pink as they started fading. I am considering not tracking their progress at all since they are truly irrelevant at this point.

bump so I can find the thread.

Thursday AM Bump

Yay! 20,000 points for me at last!

"and not only are there no posts since 21May, but they have closed the thread, with no links to a new one."

Typical DUmmie, when the going gets tough....retreat and pull-out! There's probably a post from Murtha somewhere on DU telling them that the Folding battle against Cancer and Alzheimer is lost, so bring your over extended CPU's home now!

There's probably a post from Murtha somewhere on DU telling them that the Folding battle against Cancer and Alzheimer is lost

LOL, that's funny

We should overtake Team Folding For Ancient (ahead by 15,761 points) at some point today, making us team #101.

We should finally reach #100 tomorrow

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=36120