Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Folding@Home - Updates to F@H Kernal
Folding@home Blog ^ | 02/20/2008 | Vijay Pande

Posted on 02/20/2008 10:40:41 PM PST by texas booster

*** New PS3 client ***

Sony has released an upgraded client for the PS3. Check out Noam Rimon's (he's the lead developer at Sony) post:

Hello,

Starting today a new version of Folding is available. This version is a minor fix to the previous 1.3 version and adds a better tuned algorithm that handles peak performance hours of Folding@home network, by acting differently to certain network errors if those occur.

It is recommended that you update to the new version by quitting the application and restarting it. Your current WU will not be damaged in any way, in-fact Folding will continue from the exact point you have stopped it.

Please also check the official Sony Folding site here: http://www.scei.co.jp/folding/en/update.html

We can already see a stabilized network activity for the last 5 days. With the new update we are certain that the network will continue to be stable for good.

At this point I would like to thank people again for being patient and continue to donate to our project while Stanford & Sony was working on the fix.

Thanks, Noam Sony Development Team

The upgrade should significantly improve the networking performance.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; fh; foldinghome; parkinsons
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last
Lots of updates are flowing through the pipeline now. Expect that you will need to update the software on F@H betas that you may be running.

If you are running F@H on either a PS3 or on an ATI GPU card please head over and download the newest version of the beta for your platform.

Find the latest versions of software for Macs, PC and Linux here:

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Download

So Sony wins the format war and adds even more systems to find a cure for Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease.

Heads up!

1 posted on 02/20/2008 10:40:43 PM PST by texas booster
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: 1066AD; 11Bush; A.Hun; abner; AbsoluteGrace; Advil; aft_lizard; agooga; ahayes; aliquando; ...

Many thanks to EasySt for pointing this new software to us.

Please check to make sure that your systems are folding!


2 posted on 02/20/2008 10:42:22 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LandJ; LanPB01; LearnsFromMistakes; Leofl; leow; LFOD777; LibWhacker; Live free or die; ...

Many thanks to EasySt for pointing out this new software to us.

Please check to make sure that your systems are folding!


3 posted on 02/20/2008 10:43:53 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: texas booster

When will they come out with a kernel upgrade for WFW 3.12, and a p-166 patch?

Thanks for the post, TB.


4 posted on 02/20/2008 10:45:59 PM PST by papasmurf (I'm not worried anymore. I read Obama's "Blueprint for Change".)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: texas booster

Thanks for keeping us up to date TB!


5 posted on 02/21/2008 12:57:18 AM PST by Lost Dutchman ("Weep for the future Na'Toth, Weep for us all." (G'Kar-Babylon 5))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: texas booster

BTTT


6 posted on 02/21/2008 2:54:21 AM PST by E.G.C.
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: texas booster

I had to quit folding at home. My Dell notebook just couldn’t handle it. It’s a 2005 confuser but it don’t got the stuff, evidently.

Also, out here in dial-up land, I wish I could schedule or control when data is exchanged. I’d set it up to do so during dinner, so as to tie up the phone and prevent political and charitable solicitations.

But as it is, it was just unworkable. Darn.


7 posted on 02/21/2008 3:48:58 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: texas booster

Oh, I thought this was about the Antiwar Movement. Which way out of the dungeon?


8 posted on 02/21/2008 4:34:32 AM PST by Humble Servant ( Keep it simple - do what's right.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: texas booster
No linux update apparently.

oh well, I'm still having fun hanging out at #17 of Freeper Folders!

9 posted on 02/21/2008 6:57:21 AM PST by zeugma (John McCain -- he's Richard Nixon without the charm.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: papasmurf
When will they come out with a kernel upgrade for WFW 3.12, and a p-166 patch?

1996.

10 posted on 02/21/2008 10:03:54 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Benedict Arnold was against the Terrorist Surveillance Program)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: texas booster; All

Thanks for the ping TB.

I just bought 2 new laptops, both duel core Turions. Does anybody have any suggestions applying these to folding? I never bothered reading any laptop info, as I never owned one until today. I’m runnin a duel on Viper, so setting up won’t be the problem, I think my concerns would be the health of the laptop. Where does sleeping and hibernating fit in?

Thanks for any and all help/suggestions.


11 posted on 02/21/2008 4:52:55 PM PST by dfwddr (McCain is the new Coke. I want the Classic -- Duncan Hunter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: papasmurf
I think that the F@H 4.0 will work in WFW.

The last I looked there were still about a dozen Win 95 systems worldwide contributing.

A P-166 would work if you could get the work units done in 100 days. Load it up with memory (maybe, 128 megs?) and find a very fast hard drive (I suggest taking a 120 GB drive and making a 2 GB partition). Even then it may not finish in time.

Have it fold away next to your new PS3. The P-166 would get perhaps 3 or 4 work units done in a year, while the PS3 would get about 1,100 complete in the same year.

12 posted on 02/21/2008 6:19:20 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: zeugma
These updates are improvements to the core science in a work unit. It should crunch proteins faster than in the past.

Linux kernals also have time limits, just not at the same time. You should see beta updates next month for Linux.

The SMP kernals are the quickest to expire. Pande Group holds them down to 2 Months max.

13 posted on 02/21/2008 6:23:36 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: dfwddr
I adjust sleeping and hibernating on my lappy as such:

Sleep when I close the cover and hibernate when I push the power button. That it.

F@H disengages just like any other program and resumes as we expect.

HOWEVER, I only run the console version 5.04 on my dual core, running two instances, one on each core.

I quit running SMP since I couldn’t guarantee completion of the work unit before the WU expired.

Two console work units won’t get as many points, but the science is still important and I never lose any work units.

Each core completes a WU in 30 - 48 hours, on average.

14 posted on 02/21/2008 6:28:29 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: texas booster

Thanks for the tips TB.


15 posted on 02/22/2008 4:48:05 PM PST by dfwddr (McCain is the new Coke. I want the Classic -- Duncan Hunter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: dfwddr
Better hurry up and get them folding! Have you checked your six lately? <evil grin>
16 posted on 02/25/2008 7:27:49 AM PST by Egon ("If all your friends were named Cliff, would you jump off them??" - Hugh Neutron)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Egon

LOL, your coming like a freight train, and Dudley isn’t around to untie me from these tracks !!!!!!

Have at it, I’m still not sure if I want to rig these lappys.


17 posted on 02/25/2008 5:11:19 PM PST by dfwddr (McCain is the new Coke. I want the Classic -- Duncan Hunter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: texas booster
Folding@Home FAQ for new users:

What is Folding@Home?
A Stanford University project to find out how proteins fold.

Why it's important: Proteins folding wrong causes all kinds of diseases, like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and forms of cancer. Folding@Home uses novel computational methods and large scale distributed computing, to simulate timescales thousands to millions of times longer than previously achieved. Through Folding@home, scientists now have the horsepower to study the mechanics of protein folding. With its ability to share the workload among hundred of thousands of computers economically, Folding@home can help scientists understand how proteins snap, or don't, into their predestined shapes - and may help to explain the origins of diseases such as Alzheimer's and apparently unrelated diseases. We're fueling research that could end all that.


How does it work?: You download a safe, tested program (see link below) that is certified by Stanford University. It gets work from Stanford, runs calculations using your spare computer power, and sends the results back to the University.

Is it safe? Yes! Folding@Home rarely effects computer performance in any way and won't compromise your privacy in any way. It only uses the computing power you aren't using so it doesn't slow down other programs.


How do I get started folding for Team FreeRepublic?:
1.) Download the folding program from Stanford University's folding download page (Folding@home Client Download). Type in your desired user-name.
2.) Type in 36120 for the team number. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT - if you get the number wrong, you won't be folding for team FreeRepublic!
3.) The third question asks, "Launch automatically at machine startup, installing this as a service?" - We recommend you answer YES. Otherwise you will have to manually start the program after every reboot.


How can my computer help? Even if they were given exclusive access to all of the world's supercomputers, Stanford still wouldn't have as much processing power as they get from the supercluster of people's desktop systems Folding@home relies on. Modern supercomputers are essentially a cluster of hundreds of processors linked by fast networking. But Stanford needed the power of hundreds of thousands of processors, not just hundreds.


There's no reason to not get involved! It's free, easy, and you can know you're helping every minute without lifting a finger.

*******************************************

List of Relevant Folding Links
Why Fold - Watch This !!


Another Folding Clip


The Inner Life of a Cell


Folding@home Client Download


FreeRepublic.com Folder Stats


Extreme Overclockers Stats for FreeRepublic


Another Stats Page


Folding@home New Forum


*******************************************
Competition (Not!!) Dummies ..Daily Kos


Dummie Folding Threads #7 #8 #9#10#11 #12
Hey DUmmies, can't ya'll post a new thread at least once a year?


**************************************************
Other Useful Stuff - Links


How much are those work units worth? And what are they?
All Projects Listed

Point Summary for Workunits


Stat Image Generator


Fahmon Third Party Monitoring Software

**************************************
Past FreeRepublic Folding threads


#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 #36 #37 #38 #39 #40 #41 #42 #43 #44 #45 #46 #47 #48

18 posted on 03/02/2008 10:05:33 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: texas booster
:') Just a little fun...
Folding@Home

19 posted on 03/20/2008 5:25:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/______________________Profile updated Saturday, March 1, 2008)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: texas booster

There used to be a classic OS version for the Mac, any ideas?


20 posted on 03/20/2008 5:27:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/______________________Profile updated Saturday, March 1, 2008)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson