Poll: The Great OcUK DC Census [Poll]

[Samtheman1k]

I tried, but couldn't get it to work through our firewall.

I also tried on my other PC that is only a Celery 1GHz, 256Mb RAM & on board graphics. The software took up too much memory and produces a delay between stopping and letting me use my PC again that is really annoying & thus can't be bothered with it.

 

[Joe42]

Well... theres life in the old thread yet.

Lets have a few of you people who voted lazy take a look at the quick and easy guide and start folding... for cancer reaserch and for the good of OcUK. You know you want to...

 

[subxero]

SETI here for ocuk

 

[georges]

My PC struggles to run Firefox and Winamp at the same time. Let alone anything else.

When they aren't on at the same time, my PC is off as it makes my room too hot.

I don't want to spend money to cool my pc down just to run folding as I probably still wouldn't leave it on.

 

[Joe42]

Thats fair enough, but surely a pc old enough to struggle with firefox and winamp isn't going to have a massive heat output?

I mean i'm folding on a p3 733 that gets used for everything except games and its as fast as it is without folding installed. Same goes for my celeron 800.

 

[Joe42]

Since the Quick and Easy guide to folding at home isn't quick and easy enough for some people, i present:

The Quicker and Easier Guide to Folding@Home:

1: Download the client here

2: Make a folder for it in program files or somewhere and put the downloaded client in the folder

3: Run the client and enter the following:
* User name: enter a username, pick one that no other OcUK folder has chosen
* Team number: 10
* Launch automatically at machine startup, installing this as a service: yes
* Ask before fetching/sending: no
* Use Internet Explorer settings: yes/no. yes if you have a proxy, else no
* Use Proxy: yes/no as above
* Allow receipt of work assignments and return of work results greater than 5MB in size (such work units may have large memory demands): If you use the machine for things other than F@H and have less than 256MB RAM no, else yes because these units get far better points
* Change advanced options: no

4: Done! When you reboot the window will disappear and you will never know its there. Your pc is now helping find a cure for cancer and its helping team ocuk.

 

[A.N.Other]

Nice work, Joe.

This message doesn't seem to be getting though particularly well, so I'll say it again ... just because you're folding, it doesn't mean you have to leave your PC on outside it's normal times.

If your PC is not on frequently, you can download deadlineless work units. This can be done by saying yes to "change advanced options" (see above post) and telling the client to download deadlineless WUs. Simple as that.

And a big foldy hello to all the people who have now joined up

 

[Joe42]

There aren't any deadlineless wus atm.
When they pass their deadline do normal wus terminate?

 

[A.N.Other]

There aren't any deadlineless wus atm.
When they pass their deadline do normal wus terminate?

Year, there aren't any at the moment, but there will be soon

WUs terminate as soon as their deadline expires. I've had one do it

 

[dannyjo22]

Didnt even know what it was.

 

[FreeStream]

Well, I am folding, but only with a X2 which is on for ooh, 4 hours a day?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Didnt even know what it was.

Do you know now?

 

[GhostFace]

I do fold, 8 hours a day.

Unfortunately it's not for OcUK.

And unfortunately it's on one of these.

 

[mks2005]

I know you guys mention the "medical research" aspect of all as a primary reason, but I can't help but feel that it's the competitive, technological willy-waving mentality that really drives most people to do this.

Sorry if that's not true, but it's just the impression I get, and the main reason why it's never really appealed to me in any way.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Sorry if that's not true, but it's just the impression I get, and the main reason why it's never really appealed to me in any way.

Nobody said it's not true. The science brings you in and the competitiveness and team spirit keep you going.

 

[Joe42]

Some people do it for the competative side, some for the medical reaserch side, some for both.
I like to feel i'm doing something that could cure cancer, but its the competative side that keeps me interested. You don't need to be interested in it to run it, once its installed you need never do anything again, but it is fun competing and with other users and other teams.

 

[Guru]

I'm now "folding" for team 10

* Change advanced options: no

I want to put yes.

Id there a place to read what they all mean?

or if you know please could u tell me

I'm running it on my laptop and the heat is driving me nuts after just a few hours.

Also how can i see if I've done any WU's yet?

Cheers

G

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Field Value
CPU 82 °C (180 °F)
WDC WD800UE-00HCT0 51 °C (124 °F)

 

[xb8browney]

5/11

 

[Joe42]

Snip

If you want to have a play with the advanced options, just say yes instead of no and if you are unsure what anything means ask in here.
If you want to re-configure it, make a shortcut to the client and right click on it, then put -configonly at the end of the target field. It needs a space between it and whats already in the target field. If you can't get that to work let me know.

You can have a read of the complete guide here, but its quite long so if its easier just ask about everything your stuck on in here.

Thanks for joining anyway.

 

[VeNT]

foldin foldin foldin, keep those crunchers folding, rawhide!