Sum of what folding@home is please

Zip · 31 May 2006 at 05:23

Ive only got this computer so am unsure if i can do folding or not but im sure you lot can tell me.
I want you to give me a brief summery of what folding@home is and whats involved and what you need to do.

I know there is a sticky that will tell me what i need to know but its huge and if i try to read it by the time im halfway through i will have lost interest and wont get around to doing anything

Thanks in advance

Zip · 31 May 2006 at 06:09

Whats the difference between SETI@home and Folding@home :confused:

And whats all these certain team ive read about?

Zip · 31 May 2006 at 13:43

Whitestar said:
In a nutshell.

SETI - Listening for aliens.
Folding - Looking for cures for an assortment of desieses.

So SETI wil get no where
Folding will make the world a better place

Zip · 31 May 2006 at 16:22

BillytheImpaler said:
Care to be more specific?

►Folding at Home Stats & Team Competiton:
Folding at home stats page
EOC stats page here (better)
Ocuk Team 10 EOC Stats
Ocuk Team 10 EOC Stats Users List
Rich99Million's weekly team news. Example

Thats from the quick guide Whats the OCUK team :confused:

And there is this

* Team number: 10

Zip · 1 Jun 2006 at 05:46

Ok i just started it then

Its not going to affect the computer performance or internet usage much is it?

Edit: I just closed down the folding thing from, my process lists so i could move all the stuff to there own folder and now i cant get the bloody thing to start folding again :confused:

Ok it works again now but it only works if this screan is open.

Hpw do i get that screan to go away but keep it working?

Zip · 1 Jun 2006 at 12:05

benjo said:
That looks normal really. To get it working without the window, did you set it to run as a process when the computer boots? If so, just restart and it should be running in task manager.

Also, download a program called "FahMon" if you havnt already, i think thats covered in the guide aswell

Yeah i did them both, my cpu usage is basically at idol though :confused:

Is that normal?

Zip · 2 Jun 2006 at 06:05

Its working now

My Cpu is at 100 so im assuming its doing what its supposed to be doing.
Thanks all

Zip · 2 Jun 2006 at 06:45

BillytheImpaler said:
Huzzah! Perhaps with some luck you'll get her finished in time for Rich's news post tomorrow.

(See, I can be up in the middle of the night as well)

Its only 3:15pm here

Edit: is there anything else i should know?

Zip · 2 Jun 2006 at 07:07

BillytheImpaler said:
I think you're sufficiently up to speed. When your machine finishes its first WU it will send it back to Stanford. After that your name and a record of the WU will appear in the stats as soon as the stats server updates itself, usually every hour. EOC stats, derived from the official stats, are updated every three hours. Links to both stats pages are provided in both the last post of the sticky and in the weekly news post. If you've but one machine crunching, sign up as a "Single-Machine Cruncher" in rich99million's application thread.

NINJA EDIT: Have you given your machine's spec? What are you running?

Its only a Celeron D 3.06ghz with 512 ram

I havnt entered that in anywhere yet though, was i suposed to :confused:

And what do you mean by this :confused:

If you've but one machine crunching, sign up as a "Single-Machine Cruncher" in rich99million's application thread.