Cleaning computer of F@Home

Guardsmon · 17 Mar 2009 at 16:14

Hi. I've been interested in Folding@Home for some time, but never got around to trying it.

I've got a report to write on Grid and cluster computing so I though I'd give F@H a try to waste some time.

Went through the installation instructions provided here to install it on my cubit3 system (T2600 2.16GHz x2, 2048mb)
Went through setting it up for one core, the did the reg edit. Restarted and opened Fahmon to see how things were going....

a second or two later my heat alarm is screaming at me and my CPU is running at 94 degrees... both cores near max.

Stopped service. Nothing. Cleaned the registry. Nothing. Removed the folder. Nothing.

Any ideas. I don't like my CPU running just under 100 degrees!

A.N.Other · 17 Mar 2009 at 16:26

Killing all fah processes in the taskman will stop the application running (fah6 and then the various Fah_core_xx processes, if you're using the SMP client). Removing the service through the FAH application is the best way to go - the same way you installed it (just change the flag). Delete the folder and delete the registry entries for folding (if there are any left). If you want rid of the SMP client completely, then you'll also have to uninstall DEINO.

After that, you should be good to go.

Though fah causing your CPU to get that hot means that either the heatsink is seated incorrectly or there is an issue with airflow across the heatsink.

Guardsmon · 17 Mar 2009 at 16:38

I used the console version of Fah. What are the names of services? (I want to give the computer another 5 minutes to cool)

I know it shouldn't get that hot, but I've just made the whole thing passive, which I'd forgotten a week ago would have been fine. It normally only runs around 1Ghz.
Just need to get it clean off that computer might try it on this one which can handle it.

A.N.Other · 17 Mar 2009 at 16:44

The processes all start with 'fah'. It depends on what client you're using as to the exact name. Are you using the standard console client (here) or the SMP console client (here)?

If it's only the standard one, then reversing the service install through the fah console app (make a shortcut to it and add the '-configonly' flag to get back to the setup) and deleting the folder and registry keys will take it all off.

Guardsmon · 17 Mar 2009 at 16:47

standard console. Thank you for your help. I'll have a try in a little while and let you know the outcome.

Berserker · 17 Mar 2009 at 17:09

On some systems the sensors don't reset until you reboot (or power cycle). My laptop does that with one sensor.

Guardsmon · 17 Mar 2009 at 18:37

Thanks. For the help guys. The sensors were working fine, there was a service running which i hadn't killed. I'm leaving it on for now, but not as a service and only to use 40% when it does run.
When I have time I'll have a play with putting it on this computer instead, but for the time being I think I'll leave it be.

Cheers once again. Happy Paddies day!