24/7 Folding - Fans At 100% - Safe?

ohh yeah, just thought, find the max temp on your cpu when folding for a long time and set it a bit=t above it in bios so if a fan does die then it'll shut down, maybe you can do the same for the GFX card?
 
teddy3578 said:
Doesn't mean you have to have your rig running 24/ though.
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I haven't done it for a while but as i remember you can't quit half way through a task, and you get a certain amount of time to complete those allocated to you before it gets passed to someone else. If you want the most 'points' then you'll fold the bigger units, which take longer.

As for why they personally do it 24/7 and don't just fold when they want to use the computer, well lets call it an addiction :D If you've got all that computing power just sitting there then you might as well use it for something useful.
 
hmm, dont quite understand... so you run the program whenever you want amd it simulates prtein which is sent and received to their servers amd in return you get what? what are these ponts things?? will definatley be getting the software tomos whether you get a reward from it or not, but it would be a nuisense if i was halc way down the stairs and suddenly think, wait lemme start folding before i eat dinner etc...
 
Why I do folding below, the points are there to give it a competitive side as well as for the science :):

dekez said:
Everyone has different reasons, these are 3 main reasons why I do distributed computing.

1) The science - by doing this you are actively contributing to help find cures for diseases, space research, predicting climate change etc. Some people give money to charity, I prefer this as it's hands on and I also enjoy the other 2 reasons.

2) Community - you won't find a friendlier part of the forum than here, there is some great banter and competitiveness as we try to move up the ranks within the team and banding together as a whole to take on other teams and compete in events.

3) The gear - There are very few things that actually need you to build a top of the line system, by crunching you really are making the most of your machine - how many people on here have i7s to browse the web and play the odd game? With DC the challenge is to build the most cost effective powerful crunching machine that is stable 24/7, even under constant load. I love building rigs and this gives me a good reason too. :)

edit: It can be expensive as you want it to be, some people just use there spare cpu cycles while they've got the machine on for other tasks which they would have done anyway. The more enthusiastic among us will build dedicated rigs, but there is no minimum level, anyone can contribute any amount.
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leave everything on auto if you have too? if temps get abit hot motherboard should ramp up the fan speed, also enable cpu fan warning, so if it does stop it will start beeping at you / shutdown, you can also change the shutdown temp of your pc, (mine is set to 70c for example) highest it gets is 32 :P
 
The gpu fan won't have to run 100%, max iv ever had to run mine at for folding was 60% and that was when my room was like a sauna, so leaving that fan on auto is totally fine. If the case has good airflow the temp shouldn't really go over 70c at all, more like 50-60c on average.

As for CPU, set it in bios like others have said so it will shutdown/restart if it reaches a certain temp, but auto fan on that should also be fine, as the computer won't be at full tilt 24/7, due to the gaps in workloads, and as a folder u will know on occasion those gaps can be big lol. Due to server load and what not.

Basically you will be fine if you set it all up right before leaving, also u could do remote access to check on it from time to time.
 
dekez said:
Why I do folding below, the points are there to give it a competitive side as well as for the science :):
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belial8321 said:
just to clarify, folding is the massive pc network to help cure cancer etc?
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oh right, I heard that folding was just to help predict the weather and I thought that was just a waste. however, if it helps space research and to cue diseases, then I'm certainly interested. Good way to test my i7 and 580?

Would anyone care to post a link about folding on OcUK? and how do i join a team?
 
Folding is a good way to test your rig, if something can fold it's solid as a rock stable.

The link in my sig has everthing you need to know, the easiest way is to use the F@H tracker, all the info is on that page. If you have any questions or problems just start a thread in the distributed computing section of the forum here

To join the OcUk team all you have to do is put the team number in the tracker config - we are team 10. :)
 
dekez said:
Folding is a good way to test your rig, if something can fold it's solid as a rock stable.

The link in my sig has everthing you need to know, the easiest way is to use the F@H tracker, all the info is on that page. If you have any questions or problems just start a thread in the distributed computing section of the forum here

To join the OcUk team all you have to do is put the team number in the tracker config - we are team 10. :)
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thnks, will look into it
 
Oh btw, frozen, is the 955 you have good? does it overclock well and how hot does it run, mine is arriving tomorrow for my second rig
 
You've installed the standard cpu client by the looks of things, take a in the team ocuk districuted computing section for a setup guide for the smp client.


The 955 is a pretty good chip, they're roughly the same as s775 quads clock for clock. This sits folding at 4ghz 24/7 with 1.45v, 8hrs prime only needed 1.4125v. 3.8ghz is normally the best you'll get unless you get a good chip, this one won't do 4.2ghz even with 1.6vcore un water cooling.
 
I've had this in windows at 4.5ghz but I couldn't even get a CPU-Z shot before BSOD. Might try again another day, I think I got a valid shot of 4.3ghz though.

Anyway back to the OP, my rig is left 24/7, I've never had a fan fail my 4 case/rad fans all run at <900rpm and the GPU fan @ 40% I'm yet to see above 53'c on the CPU and 80'c on the GPU. So you'll be fine
 
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