Which program do you most want us to team up in? - Page 3

**Doby** · 09-06-2007, 05:08 PM

John,

What client are you running?

I just installed this client "2000/XP/Vista Graphical client" on a semperon 2500, running XP, install was easy and its up and running without problem.

If you are running this client right click the icon in the tack bar and choose "configure" then click the "advanced tab", there is a slide bar to ajust "cpu usage percent"

I am new to this particular project but have run similar programs before, it will take some time to learn this one.

I plan on installing folding@home on several different machines from a 455mhz gateway to a amd 3400 64 so hopefully I'll learn what clients work best with some machines and be better at answering all your questions as best I can.

**Doby** · 09-06-2007, 05:21 PM

kodi,

What client are you running?

What are your system specs? The one listed under " My System"?

I suggest running the "2000/XP/Vista Graphical client" and run windows XP, for that machine,it works well with XP although I have not tried it with vista just yet but will and report how it works.

Bare with me I am still learning.

The error you are getting and the WU points awarded seem to suggest the client quits part way thru the WU. You still get some points because you did complete work but not the complete WU so the total amount of points are not awarded.

There could be several reasons for this and I am looking into it

JohnthePilot · 09-06-2007, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doby

John,

What client are you running?

I just installed this client "2000/XP/Vista Graphical client" on a semperon 2500, running XP, install was easy and its up and running without problem.

That's what I was running. I set it to minimum and it was still taking 100% so I removed it. I might have another go.

**Doby** · 09-06-2007, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Go The Power

I have installed it and set up the user name. Do I have to do anything? lol

What client are you running?

You do have to joint Team TSF, to do this with "2000/XP/Vista Graphical client " you right click the icon in the task bar and choose "configure"

Then under the "user tab" enter a user name and under "team number" enter "85015"

You must click "OK" to save these settings

I have not completed any WU's yet so I have not sent info to the folding@home server, but I have recieved WU's so I assume other than joining the team nothing else is necassary.

NOTE: If you don't enetr a user name or team you will still process WU's but it will be anonymously with no credit to the team or a user for that matter

**Doby** · 09-06-2007, 05:59 PM

John please do, I have confirmed the instructions in post #41 work, I tried the slide bar and my cpu usage went down to 5%

You mentioned you could not shut the program down. Did you right click in the task bar and choose " quit"? You can also choose "pause work" this will temporarily pause the program and return the cpu usage to normal.

Did you try killing off the process in task manager?

Just asking cause I want to know of any bugs, obviously we are having problems and I really want to work these out but its going to take some time, cooperation and patients amongst all of us.

BTW I have run computers at 100% cpu usage 24/7 for over a year with just a occasional reboot no problem. May I ask what concerns you?

**kodi** · 09-06-2007, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doby

kodi,

What client are you running?

What are your system specs? The one listed under " My System"?

I suggest running the "2000/XP/Vista Graphical client" and run windows XP, for that machine,it works well with XP although I have not tried it with vista just yet but will and report how it works.

Bare with me I am still learning.

The error you are getting and the WU points awarded seem to suggest the client quits part way thru the WU. You still get some points because you did complete work but not the complete WU so the total amount of points are not awarded.

There could be several reasons for this and I am looking into it

I cannot install the gui client in Vista, if i could I think there would be no problems.
This system is dual boot so will change to XP and try

**Doby** · 09-06-2007, 06:40 PM

Hey Brian thanks, and let me know the results, I will try vista and let you know my problems because it sure looks like i am going to have them, but it might not be till sunday.

1 g0t 0wn3d · 09-06-2007, 06:51 PM

vista has problems for me to

**kodi** · 09-06-2007, 06:51 PM

Have got it working perfectly in XP now if only it could work in Vista as I prefer to use Vista
Have installed the Gui version and have regulated the CPU usage to about 75% just what I want

**Doby** · 09-06-2007, 07:11 PM

Well guys thats great news, I'll see what I can find out about vista but like I said it will be a few days.

I have sucessfully installed and processing a WU with this client "Windows 98/ME Graphical client" on a 455mhz celeron, the computer is a gateway with onboard graphics and 128mb ram running 98se.

Weather or not it is cabable of completeing the WU in time is beyond me but we will see.

The WU has a time limit of October 30th I think.

I am trying various machines and OS to see what will work and what can be made to work.

**kodi** · 09-06-2007, 07:21 PM

You can set your preferences to do work units without a a time limit

**Doby** · 09-06-2007, 07:47 PM

Quote:

You can set your preferences to do work units without a a time limit

Hmm thanks Brian, I wonder if I can do that while the current WU is running?

I don't think I can do that though because it might have to be set before the WU is downloaded so that only WU's without time limits are loaded to the computer but thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

**koala** · 09-06-2007, 07:52 PM

yustr, sorry I'm clueless when it comes to Linux. Check out the FAQs on their site. They might be easier to follow than the wiki.

Go The Power, don't forget the team number.

John, I'm not sure why your CPU is at 100%. I have a dual core Athlon and Folding@Home running at normal priority only uses 50% spread over both CPUs. What happens when you stop Seti and just run Folding at normal priority?

kodi, the NaN error in your log file relates to RAM problems. Have you overclocked or changed the timings at all?

**Doby** · 09-06-2007, 08:10 PM

yustr, me to, I am sorry, I have limited experiance with linux but as we gain members someone will know so keep checking in.

I have "2000/XP/Vista Graphical client" running in vista, I did have trouble getting it to install, I did have to close all windows and try a few times. Once it installed it seems to be running, I will let it run overnight and thru tomarrow and let you know.

I will be away for the weekend and I don't know if I will let these machines run or not but I will have internet access through my laptop so I will be checking in

**kodi** · 09-06-2007, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koala

kodi, the NaN error in your log file relates to RAM problems. Have you overclocked or changed the timings at all?

No running at stock standard timings,will run memtest now

View Poll Results: Which program do you most want us to team up in?
SETI@home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/	1	5.56%
Folding@Home http://folding.stanford.edu/	5	27.78%
Compute Against Cancer http://www.computeagainstcancer.org/	10	55.56%
GIMPS http://www.mersenne.org/	1	5.56%
Rosetta@home http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/	1	5.56%
Other	0	0%
Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll

09-06-2007, 05:08 PM	#41 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 6,982 OS: XP sp2/ Vista	Re: Which program do you most want us to team up in? John, What client are you running? I just installed this client "2000/XP/Vista Graphical client" on a semperon 2500, running XP, install was easy and its up and running without problem. If you are running this client right click the icon in the tack bar and choose "configure" then click the "advanced tab", there is a slide bar to ajust "cpu usage percent" I am new to this particular project but have run similar programs before, it will take some time to learn this one. I plan on installing folding@home on several different machines from a 455mhz gateway to a amd 3400 64 so hopefully I'll learn what clients work best with some machines and be better at answering all your questions as best I can. __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

09-06-2007, 05:21 PM	#42 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 6,982 OS: XP sp2/ Vista	Re: Which program do you most want us to team up in? kodi, What client are you running? What are your system specs? The one listed under " My System"? I suggest running the "2000/XP/Vista Graphical client" and run windows XP, for that machine,it works well with XP although I have not tried it with vista just yet but will and report how it works. Bare with me I am still learning. The error you are getting and the WU points awarded seem to suggest the client quits part way thru the WU. You still get some points because you did complete work but not the complete WU so the total amount of points are not awarded. There could be several reasons for this and I am looking into it __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF Last edited by Doby : 09-06-2007 at 05:26 PM.

09-06-2007, 05:59 PM	#45 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 6,982 OS: XP sp2/ Vista	Re: Which program do you most want us to team up in? John please do, I have confirmed the instructions in post #41 work, I tried the slide bar and my cpu usage went down to 5% You mentioned you could not shut the program down. Did you right click in the task bar and choose " quit"? You can also choose "pause work" this will temporarily pause the program and return the cpu usage to normal. Did you try killing off the process in task manager? Just asking cause I want to know of any bugs, obviously we are having problems and I really want to work these out but its going to take some time, cooperation and patients amongst all of us. BTW I have run computers at 100% cpu usage 24/7 for over a year with just a occasional reboot no problem. May I ask what concerns you? __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

09-06-2007, 06:40 PM	#47 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 6,982 OS: XP sp2/ Vista	Re: Which program do you most want us to team up in? Hey Brian thanks, and let me know the results, I will try vista and let you know my problems because it sure looks like i am going to have them, but it might not be till sunday. __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

09-06-2007, 06:51 PM	#48 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,141 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: Which program do you most want us to team up in? vista has problems for me to __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

09-06-2007, 06:51 PM	#49 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 6,267 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate, XP Professional My System	Re: Which program do you most want us to team up in? Have got it working perfectly in XP now if only it could work in Vista as I prefer to use Vista Have installed the Gui version and have regulated the CPU usage to about 75% just what I want __________________ Brian

09-06-2007, 07:11 PM	#50 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 6,982 OS: XP sp2/ Vista	Re: Which program do you most want us to team up in? Well guys thats great news, I'll see what I can find out about vista but like I said it will be a few days. I have sucessfully installed and processing a WU with this client "Windows 98/ME Graphical client" on a 455mhz celeron, the computer is a gateway with onboard graphics and 128mb ram running 98se. Weather or not it is cabable of completeing the WU in time is beyond me but we will see. The WU has a time limit of October 30th I think. I am trying various machines and OS to see what will work and what can be made to work. __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

09-06-2007, 07:21 PM	#51 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 6,267 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate, XP Professional My System	Re: Which program do you most want us to team up in? You can set your preferences to do work units without a a time limit __________________ Brian

09-06-2007, 07:52 PM	#53 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 8,236 OS: XP/UBUNTU My System	Re: Which program do you most want us to team up in? yustr, sorry I'm clueless when it comes to Linux. Check out the FAQs on their site. They might be easier to follow than the wiki. Go The Power, don't forget the team number. John, I'm not sure why your CPU is at 100%. I have a dual core Athlon and Folding@Home running at normal priority only uses 50% spread over both CPUs. What happens when you stop Seti and just run Folding at normal priority? kodi, the NaN error in your log file relates to RAM problems. Have you overclocked or changed the timings at all? __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

09-06-2007, 08:10 PM	#54 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 6,982 OS: XP sp2/ Vista	Re: Which program do you most want us to team up in? yustr, me to, I am sorry, I have limited experiance with linux but as we gain members someone will know so keep checking in. I have "2000/XP/Vista Graphical client" running in vista, I did have trouble getting it to install, I did have to close all windows and try a few times. Once it installed it seems to be running, I will let it run overnight and thru tomarrow and let you know. I will be away for the weekend and I don't know if I will let these machines run or not but I will have internet access through my laptop so I will be checking in __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF