im using gtx260 to fold only.......
mind put up a guide on what we should and should not do , what we have to do.
or maybe a step by step guide for newbies like me....

This post has been edited by karthyhu: Oct 29 2010, 04:54 PM

Hi karthyhu,

Thanks for joining us! I'll try to provide you with step-by-step instructions :

1. Download the GPU3 client

2. Install it and run it :


3. Add your own userid (you may want to check first to confirm it is not used globally by anyone yet) :


4. Team is 2999

5. Let it download the work unit (WU) and confirm it is working by mousing over :


6. You can also pause the simulation at any time you choose (e.g. if you want to play a game) by right-click -> Pause :


7. For easy monitoring of your WUs and to estimate the ppd (points per day), you can use FAHmon which can be used to monitor multiple clients all from one easy to read GUI. Add the new client by pointing it to the work directory. In Win7, the work directory is in "C:\Users\<your Windows user>\AppData\Roaming\Folding@home-gpu\". To find out your work directory, you can goto the F@H shortcut -> right-click -> and copy the "Start In" location :


8. Finally, once your WU is completed, check your ranking at the EOC stats page

Remember that we are doing this for the science, and are also competing with other global teams like Hardocp, Anandtech, EVGA, Google, and many many more, in order to push lowyat.net and Folding@Malaysia up the charts!

Fold on!

i didn't use 3rd party firewall and didn't set any proxy.
windows firewall disable.
but i m using a wireless connection provided by school.
client.cfg


and do i need a passkey?
and what is PPD?
how it related to point, score, work unit?

saturn85,

Could you try accessing the following via ur web browser :

http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
http://assign2.stanford.edu/

Do you use any AV programs then? Try disabling momentarily and see if it works?



Points/scores are Stanford's way of rewarding donors like you and me - there are various protein "projects" and each project has a different number of credits or points assigned. When your client connects to Stanford to download these projects, it is typically called a work unit. When the work unit is 100% processed by your PC it is uploaded back to Stanford, and then you get assigned the points.

So when we say PPD, it means Points Per Day ie. estimated number of points your CPU/GPU can process per day. It is a way Stanford "rewards" its donors and keeps us donors continuously interested in the project. We as individuals then join or form our own teams (e.g Folding@Malaysia) to compete against other teams and this friendly rivalry ultimately benefits the folding community.

A passkey is a unique id given by Stanford to differentiate donors with the same userid. Eg if there is another person called saturn85 running F@H then u could generate a passkey for your own id so the points u contribute would be recognised individually.

Let me know if you need more info! Fold on!

This post has been edited by Diademz: Oct 29 2010, 08:18 PM

Ah. This does answer why I don't see any of my own contributions even when completing one work unit at the page. Now I see it after getting Fahmon. Thanks .

problem:
after installing fahmon.
i run it,it says language not suppoted by system

Perhaps you may have downloaded a wrong version of Fahmon. Try going back and checking again .

still the same i dl-ed the windows zip version and installer version still same

... Have you tried compatibility options? Are you using Windows 7 or Windows XP?

win7 ulti 64bit

In that case, have you tried compatibility options, administrator privileges option? .

bioinformatics stuff
i can try ask my frens help ya too

yeap tried that still the same tho

In that case, have you already tried re-installing the whole thing? .

ya like i said just now i try installer version and the zip version

Well... that's pretty strange.. .

yeah... Diademz help pls

I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits myself too, and I had no problems using it for the first time.

Have you tried deleting any traces of the Fahmon files ( manually deleting files that aren't deleted through the Control Panel's uninstaller ) before initiating an re-install again?

Wow, it really stress my graphic card, max 54C, pretty good cooling from my chassis fan, it really does make a different.
Haven tried the CPU one since I'm using my CPU more.
Anyway how do I obtain the passkey, just in case I need it, not really urgent.

Btw I'm using Windows 7 64-bit, not so stable for the first time, I think need to restart the PC then run the program, or should one of the movie player affected it? Opening the viewer crashed when running Zoom Player 7, after closed the Zoom Player and open the viewer again have no issue.

Will continue to fold when I have the resource to do so.

Oh yeah, had anyone accessed their user page yet? Why mine is empty 0.0;; hoho~

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: Oct 29 2010, 10:45 PM

i give up... nth i do can make fahmon works = =