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TPU's F@H Team

still folding .. a 10 mil unit and its at 1.7

its doing 450 iter/second now.
 
How do I fold on both cores? I have 1 core folding, but I can't figure out how to get the other one going! I've googled it, but to no avail!:confused:
 
thoughtdisorder said:
How do I fold on both cores? I have 1 core folding, but I can't figure out how to get the other one going! I've googled it, but to no avail!:confused:
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cpu or GPU?
 
Firsty uninstall what you have....redownload the consol SMP version and install it.


than make sure your account has a password for logging into windows..if it doesnt do that now.

after youve made your password....go to the folder that f@h was installed in and run install.bat

it will ask for the computers username...type in your user name and yes its case sensative so use those capitols if need be.

hit enter and it will aks for a password....type in the password needed to login to windows...

if you see

"if you see this twice MPI is working" 2 times your good.

restart your computer and log back in.

now run F@H

and enter this info.......only use your username for TPU

fahsetup.png


if all goes well youll be good..


DO NOT START F@H AFTER RUNNING INSTALL.BAT!!! REBOOT FIRST!!
 
*Punches Solaris and takes cookie* nom nom nom eating your cookie
 
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nom nom nom.


Mmm cookie.
 
Solaris17 said:
fahsetup.png
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Hey...wait a minute...I know that image. :laugh::toast:

Up to 4890 with my 8800GS, I really wish I could run it on my 9800GTX, I would love to see what it would do. I hope they add 64-bit support soon.
 
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i have a 9800GTX and 9600GT, however from temps i am certain that only the 9800 is folding, can i get the 9600Gt to fold too?

i am using Folding@home-GPU-systray-612b6.
 
are they in the same machine? i can help people who have dual GPU setups.
 
I know the F@H client uses the Device0 by default, so it will only fold on one GPU. Solaris, do you know how to change that?
 
newtekie1 said:
I know the F@H client uses the Device0 by default, so it will only fold on one GPU. Solaris, do you know how to change that?
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yes sir pics in a sec
 
SLI and XFire on F@H

Ok first we need to do some work....if you havent already go into your control panel


go to folder options

Go to the veiw tab

Check "Show hidden files and folders".

and uncheck "hide extensions for known file types"

no its time so set this up

Go to "My computer"

and go into the windows drive

My comp.jpg


Now go to Documents and settings

documents and settings.jpg


now that your in documents and settings go to YOUR folder

once inside your folder their will be a hidden folder called "Application Data"

application data.jpg


once inside application data

you will see were the F@H work is done....

F@H data.jpg


we want to right click on this and select rename after we do that COPY the name dont change it. After you copy the name of the folder right click and make a new one. when it prompts you to enter a name paste the one you just copyied and simply add a "2" to the end.

F@H data 2.jpg


After youve done this...go into the original "Folding@home-gpu" folder and COPY everything in it.

than paste it in the folder you just made "Folding@home-gpu2"

now that were done with application data we go to our desktops

make sure the client is off....and delete all shortcuts to it from your desktop and startup folder in the start menu..were going to make new ones....

now right click on your desktop and select "New">"shortcut"

shortcut.jpg


after youve done that its time to have some fun.

what we do now is when the shortcut windows pops up we browse to the primary F@H exe and select it.

shortcut2.jpg


after we select it we need to modify the "Target" line a little bit what were goping to do is Click next now type the following exactly as i have it below their will be a space inbetween the "-" in the code and the last "e" in .exe

Code: 
-gpu 0

it will look like this
shortcut3092.jpg


now do the same thing with a second shart cut..only this time were are going to write

Code: 
-gpu 1

now that that is done we have to modify a few more things...first make sure your shortcuts are numbered..like F@H1 and F@H2 this is IMPERATIVE

now that that is done...copy the following into you respective..Target and Shortcut sections...under the shortcuts properties...you can do this by right clicking and going to properties.

shortcut4.jpg


In the "Target" feild of shortcut 1 type the following

Code: 
"x:\Program Files\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu\Folding@home.exe" -gpu 0 
were "x" is your install directory

In the "Start in" feild type the following

Code: 
"x:\Documents and Settings\Solaris17\Application Data\Folding@home-gpu"
were "x" is your install directory


Now that we have done that your good now time to work on short cut #2

the steps are the same so im going to be lazy and simply type the feild code.

In the "Target" feild of shortcut 1 type the following

Code: 
"x:\Program Files\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu\Folding@home.exe" -gpu 1 
were "x" is your install directory

In the "Start in" feild type the following

Code: 
"x:\Documents and Settings\Solaris17\Application Data\Folding@home-gpu2"
were "x" is your install directory

now double click on each shortcut unlike the F@H forums this way DOES work and you DO NOT need to disable SLI or Xfire like the F@H site said.

Happy folding.


This methode can be used with more than 2 GPU's simply repeat the steps as many times as necissary..i have taken the time to writ a small list telling you what gpu tags you should use


first GPU: -gpu 0
Second GPU: -gpu 1
Third GPU: -gpu 2
Fourth GPU -gpu 3
Fifth GPU: -gpu 4
Sixth GPU: -gpu 5

etc...for however many GPU's you have it is always one number below your actual amount because the irst GPU is considered gpu "0"

dual gPU.jpg


and remember if you dont want to use a dongle with SLI enabled you simply add an extra command to the target area were you would put "-GPU X" this command is

Code: 
 -forcegpu nvidia_g80

so the entire line will look like

Code: 
 -gpu x -forcegpu nvidia_g80

remember were X is your GPU number
 
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im heading to work in 10 mins for all day, ill change it when i get back

and yeah theyre both in the same system, but obviously not SLi

can they both fold at the same time?
 
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Just wanted to let everyone know that the nVidia GPU client is running on my Vista x64 machine now, so it seems to work with 64-bit OSes, even though they say it is incompatible. It wasn't working before, it kept giving EUE's. Though I updated my drivers to 177.35 and set the program to run in compatibility mode for XP SP2 and it seems to be running now.

Also, the FAHmon seems to max out at 4980.71 PPD. It is giving the same PPD to both my 8800GS and my 9800GTX, so it must just max out at that PPD per client.

Edit: Never mind the FAHmon part, it just updated my PPD on the 9800GTX to 5644, so it must have just been a coincidence.
 
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Could someone please help me install the new beta smp on ubuntu 8.04. I've been going at it for hours and all I've mangaed to accomplish is creating the need to reinstall ubuntu. i followed the guide at the fah site but no go.



EDIT: Woohoo I got it:) Syntax is a bitch. Folding away.....
 
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Skitzo said:
Could someone please help me install the new beta smp on ubuntu 8.04. I've been going at it for hours and all I've mangaed to accomplish is creating the need to reinstall ubuntu. i followed the guide at the fah site but no go.



EDIT: Woohoo I got it:) Syntax is a bitch. Folding away.....
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NICE dude!!! congrats!!!


wolf said:
im heading to work in 10 mins for all day, ill change it when i get back

and yeah theyre both in the same system, but obviously not SLi

can they both fold at the same time?
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ya they will fold just make sure you install the drivers for both...using device manager if need be...than follow my walk through above and it should work :)
 
new core released man this thing is a whopper F@H mon doesnt know what it is or how many points its worth but it supposed to take a really long time.


25k iteration.jpg
 
hey, im currently not using F@H, but just wanted to know if anyone knows much about running it with diskeeper 2008?

because Diskeeper uses idle processing power & F@H does to... so will F@H stop my system from auto defragging itself?

this is pretty much my only concern for not using F@H
 
Firedomain said:
hey, im currently not using F@H, but just wanted to know if anyone knows much about running it with diskeeper 2008?

because Diskeeper uses idle processing power & F@H does to... so will F@H stop my system from auto defragging itself?

this is pretty much my only concern for not using F@H
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no other programs take priority and F@H slows down...granted it will only slow down the % that diskdefrag takes

like if disk defrag takes 30% cpu usages F@H will use 70% instead of 100...your system will always be busy and a tad sluggish but it wont stop it as other programs always have the priority.
 
I'm wondering if anyone is running vmware to fold with a cpu smp client on windows? I've read that there was performance increases on older client versions and would like to know if it it the same for the new beta release. Thanks
 
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This screenie is based on the ppd of the last frame. Just finished installing the beta drivers and slapped on an oc. I havn't had time to fine tune it or let it run to see what the ppd's average at.

am2 be2350 @ 2.58, 8600gt @ 720/1800/800, XP x32, 177.39
c2d e6750 @ 3.52, 9600gt @ 825/2100/1000, Vista x64, 177.39
 

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