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To: texas booster
FairWitness, you will be over 1,000 points in another day or so.

Thanks for noticing. I have 3, and sometimes 4, computers going on it now, although my old HP 734n is not too happy with the program so I give it a "rest" every couple of days. My newer HP's (1-3 years old) have no problem with the program, but the older one (a little over 5 years I think) says (according to its "task manager" program)it is literally working at 110% of capacity! It clearly slows it down for other tasks. I know that is not supposed to happen according to the FAH writeup; is there something I should know about that would make it work a little easier?

87 posted on 02/17/2007 9:38:26 AM PST by FairWitness
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To: FairWitness

The 734n desktop is a pretty good system. I run many systems from that era and all fold just fine. If you are having F@H problems then try the following:

1. Take the case outside, remove the cover (one side only) and blow it out with canned air. F@H will run whenever nothing else is happening so CPU utilization can hit 100%. I haven't seen 110% but you must be a sports coach to get the computer to accomplish that!

2. Check for Spyware and viruses. It can cause EUEs but not often.

3. Check for updates on the MS website. It is possible that you have an outdated DirectX graphics core.

4. Set the monitor to turn off after 10 minutes rather than run a screensaver.

5. Do not let the system drop into hibernation. Hibernation mode on those old chipsets, added with the M$ kludge, meant that it never worked reliably.

You can PM me if you want to sent the FAHlog.txt for review.

TB


89 posted on 02/17/2007 10:32:18 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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