The, better,? version of F@H?

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 15:08

Where do i get said version, apparently i have the single core version or something so its not doing a lot?

Speed · 9 May 2011 at 15:11

http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/release/FAH6.34-win32-SMP.exe

Other High Performance Clients: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadWinOther

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 15:13

Can you give me an idea to get it set up so it performs well in the OCUK folding team?

im sure my rig will lend a decent hand

Speed · 9 May 2011 at 15:23

There is a guide here: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinSMPGuide

It is all pretty straight forward, make sure to run CMD as admin by right clicking on it and selecting that option.

Basically you want to use the -smp 6 flag when you get to Additional client parameters []? I'd also use -verbosity 9 for trouble shooting. -smp 6 makes the client use all 6 cores and -verbosity 9 increases the detail of the logs it creates while running which will help you trouble shoot if you get any issues.

If you get stuck just reply and someone will be along to help!

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 15:24

i think its setup, should it be just a cmd prompt and no GUI?

Speed · 9 May 2011 at 15:25

Yup, just run CMD as admin. If you want something to monitor progress I'd suggest HFM.NET. It can also create webpages to monitor while away from home etc.

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 15:26

hmm i started it without setting smp 6, how do i stop it?

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 15:32

Argh i can't stop it

and its not even installed

Frozennova · 9 May 2011 at 15:41

Have a read here mate it should make things a little easier for you

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18207443

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 16:20

Thanks

Frozennova · 9 May 2011 at 16:38

Are you all up and running with 100% cpu usage.

Also if you havent grab a passkey from here to earn bonus points

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 16:55

frozennova said:
Are you all up and running with 100% cpu usage.

Also if you havent grab a passkey from here to earn bonus points

Im still chilling around 17% usage, even on a game XD

Frozennova · 9 May 2011 at 19:37

Thats still a standard cpu unit, running SMP you should be seeing 100% usage, can you fire up task manager and look for a process that looks like "fahcore_xx.exe" and tell us what the "xx" are.

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 20:23

78_32.exe

Speed · 9 May 2011 at 20:29

Are you using the SMP flag as per my instructions in post #4?

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 21:40

ok smp6 is working now, 100% load

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 21:53

belial8321 said:
ok smp6 is working now, 100% load

However it doesn't seem to be making any progress

Speed · 9 May 2011 at 21:55

Odd, might be a larger WU so the time per frame is higher than before. Fire up HFM.NET, add a client and point it in the direction of the folding folder, that should give you some more info.

http://code.google.com/p/hfm-net/downloads/list

belial8321 · 9 May 2011 at 22:06

I dont get any of this, can someone explain the basic principles ;(

Speed · 9 May 2011 at 22:13

belial8321 said:
I dont get any of this, can someone explain the basic principles ;(

That is a rather large topic.

What in particular don't you understand?

If it still hasn't made any progress close the CMD window, delete the work folder and queue file from the folding folder where the exe is located. Then run CMD as admin and start it up again.

HFM.net is a simple application that uses the work folder to provide info on the clients you have, including the progress, size, type, estimated time of finishing and PPD (points per day) for the current Work unit that you CPU is working on.