Need more folding machines

[t1rhino]

We really need to pick up the pace!
So, I just got another machine folding. It's a dual xeon 2.2ghz workstation. It's not as good as an dual AMD workstation, but it should add a few more points. :thumbsup:

C'mon people... We need to find some more folding power.
:fold:

[Necropolis]

The one Keebs is adding is going to help alot. I am working on a few of the guys in work to try and get a few more there. Its not bloody easy I can tell you.:shakehead

[t1rhino]

I know it's not an easy task recruiting... My brother just built a new computer with an XP2500+. I'm going to see if I can get him folding too.

[Kwitko]

I managed to install F@H on my father's work PC using Firedaemon. He's folding for 93 without his knowledge. Unfortunately his is the only machine I can gain access to that has any power.

[BDR]

I'll soon be working on adding another Folder. It won't be a powerhouse, but it will do the job nicely. :D

[DanG]

I'm trying to get my brother to start with his 1gig, 1.2 gig amd's and with his dual p3 700, but it might cost me a couple of quiet case fans, and I'm sure that's something I can handle

[Necropolis]

DanG said
I'm trying to get my brother to start with his 1gig, 1.2 gig amd's and with his dual p3 700, but it might cost me a couple of quiet case fans, and I'm sure that's something I can handle

It will be worth it if you can get a few more machines folding for us.

[muddocktor]

I'm about maxxed out right now. I added my brother's computer a couple of weeks ago after I upgraded him to a Tbred 1700. I only have it running at 1.733 due to the fact that I need to cool it with an Alpha PEP66T without using a Delta screamer 60mm on it.

Maybe later on this year I'll be able to upgrade my dually's to Barton 2500's but I'm in the middle of a porch rebuilding project right now which is just sucking up all my extra money.:(

I'm seriously thinking of a P4/Canterwood setup for around Christmas though.:ninja:

[mmonnin]

I am adding a Celeron 700 and 1800+ full time and 1800+ part time here soon. Maybe some more points when school starts up and the computers turn on again.:)

[Reign]

mmonnin said
I am adding a Celeron 700 and 1800+ full time and 1800+ part time here soon. Maybe some more points when school starts up and the computers turn on again.:)

Won't you get your lab up again?

[TheSmJ]

I'm adding my Dad's work machine as well. A 800Mhz P4 at the moment, but next week it'll be a 1.4 P4.

[Geeky1]

Uhh... 800MHz P4? 1.4GHz P4? You mean P3, right?

[mmonnin]

Reign said
mmonnin said
I am adding a Celeron 700 and 1800+ full time and 1800+ part time here soon. Maybe some more points when school starts up and the computers turn on again.:)

Won't you get your lab up again?

No, new images will be installed. FAH is not on the image.

Wish I could go back. And that was in HS and now I am in college.

[SimGuy]

You can look forward to a few more machines courtesy of this Sim dude.

P4 2.4C @ 3.3
P4 2.26B @ 2.9
AMD Athlon 1000
AMD Athlon 800
2 x Dual P3-800's
P3-500 (eww, Katmai) :D

Give it 2 weeks and I'll have them all folding for 93 :D

[TheSmJ]

Geeky1 said
Uhh... 800MHz P4? 1.4GHz P4? You mean P3, right?


Err.... yeah.

[Leonardo]

Just recently built my sister an Abit KX7333/Palomino 2000 machine. My fee was her running Folding 24/7. (In my name, of course.)

My two office P4 1600 Dell Omniplex (real dogs) I converted to Folding version 3.25 beta to get SSE cranked up. Hope that helps. The "-forecasm switch" - is that automatically enabled in 3.25? I haven't had a chance to research that yet.

[mmonnin]

SSE should be enables by default on Intels unless they experience some type of instability. Its only AMDs that have SSE does it need to have -forceasm because of the way AMD implemented SSE into the cores of Athlons and such. And then it has to be 3.25 to get SSE on an Athlon. Otherwise it will juse use 3dnow! extensions with forceasm.

[Leonardo]

OK, how do I turn on the -forecasm switch? If it's complicated, you could link me to a thread?

[Lincoln]

Right click and choose properties of the shortcut you use to start the program (probably in the startup menu) and in the target line add "-forceasm" (without the quotes) outside of the quotes (if there are any around the target) at the end. Quit and restart using that shortcut.

ex:

Target: "c:\program files\folding@home\fah3.exe" -forceasm

[Mancabus]

I just added 6 more PC's last week that fold for 8 to 10 hours a day, sometimes more if the user leaves it on all night.

In order of power.
2 P4 2.8's
1 P4 2.66
1 P3 Celery 1.4 (256 L2 cache)
1 P4 Celery 1.8 (128 L2 cache)
1 P3 650 (sad but better than nothing)

Some prospects:

2 P4 2.8's
1 P4 2.53
3 P4 1.8's
Pentium M 1.4

[Leonardo]

:eek2: :eek2:

[Leonardo]

Right click and choose properties of the shortcut you use to start the program...

I will definitely do that, after, after that is, I get the computer running again! I'm awaiting a replacement system BIOS chip. It should arrive tomorrow.

[Straight_Man]

Um, ok,I won't ask why a chip. I just flashed an Intel P4 board in about 70 seconds from within Windows. Key is to kill programs not needed for Windows first. It flashes on 98SE through XP, starts as a legal Wise Installer process (standard Windows program installer). I took a BIOS from P10 build 4 to P17 Build 33 (late July, 2003) in about twice as many seconds including reboot as the build number, FLAWLESSLY. This is the first tiem I have taken that route, previously I used iFLash (DOS based BIOS flasher). This was not on your mobo, but the flashing was so easy it was rediculous as the file was in a desktop subfolder to start with. Kudos to Intel.

[mmonnin]

Sometimes the chips go bad or it was a bad flash. Maybe there is another reason. Not sure.

[Lincoln]

Nice work, Mancabus! :cool:

[Leonardo]

The BIOS chip was bad from the start. It would almost always require an Insert function, CMOS discharge, or CMOS battery removal after BIOS upgrades or even very minor FSB attempted changes. I didn't help things by continuing to try. It finally just refused to boot at all. I've ordered a new BIOS chip rather than wait four weeks or more for an Abit RMA.

[profdlp]

t1rhino said
So, I just got another machine folding. :thumbsup:
SimGuy said
You can look forward to a few more machines courtesy of this Sim dude.
Leonardo said
Just recently built my sister an Abit KX7333/Palomino 2000 machine. My fee was her running Folding 24/7. (In my name, of course.)
Mancabus said
I just added 6 more PC's last week that fold for 8 to 10 hours a day, sometimes more if the user leaves it on all night.
This team is Rockin'!

:thumbsup: :fold: :respect: :fold:

[GHoosdum]

Our trendline looks BAD! We've got no conquests at the current rate, and 4 teams will overtake us within a year.

I just added my Secondary rig, currently an XP2500+ at stock, soon to be an XP2100+ at 2.17GHz (XP2700 stock speed). I'm also changing my sister's rig over to WinXP, so I'll run F@H as a service with -advmethods instead of the graphical client. I'm also going to add my primary rig when I build it, which will be the XP2500+ at XP3200+ speed. I just put my work PC on Genomes 4 hours a day each weekday. And I'm going to possibly add another stock 1700 and maybe a stock XP2500 later on... I hope it helps...

[profdlp]

Cripes, GHoosdum. You sound like Geo. Washington at Valley Forge... :eek3: :tongue:

Just kidding, guy - I had it pointed out to me recently (mmonnin?) that the trend line depends a lot on two-week old ups & downs.

You have to factor in things like power blackouts, server (Stanford) whims, etc. It all averages out, eventually. Another factor is that while this is an established team, it's still a young team. Lots of our big point producers are college men and women who suffer a seasonal summer slump - they'll be back when the ol' pigskin starts to fly again.

I might be way off on this, but I think the "NO Conquests" thing is largely a mark of the fact that we were one of the first teams to jump into the project. Look at the #'s of some of those around us, many have four, or even five digit team numbers. Those teams are to be commended for their achievement, but it is easy to spot some built-in advantages for most of them. In our case, having no conquests merely means we got out of the box in a rush, leaving the rest of the pack to chase us. A few have done so succesfully, most have not.

I agree with your attitude wholeheartedly - you set a fine example of someone able to "walk-the-walk". I'm going to follow your lead and get on the phone to my sister and see if we can't bring another computer on-line for good old 93. :thumbsup: :respect: :fold:

(BTW - Things didn't turn out so bad for old Geo., either!:vimp: )

[GHoosdum]

Too true about the school year folding season. However, I think the Conquests section (I'm looking at extreme oc's site here) shows teams we're going to pass in the future judging by current production rates. So in order to gain back our #7 (or was it #6?) slot, we need to increase production. You make a great point with the short-term affects on the trendline though.

And good going on bringing in the sister's PC.

Fold on! :fold: :fold: :fold:

[a2jfreak]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you should also have -advmethods too, right?

winFAH.exe -forceasm -advmethods

3.25b client with either AMD or Intel.

Leonardo said
Right click and choose properties of the shortcut you use to start the program...

I will definitely do that, after, after that is, I get the computer running again! I'm awaiting a replacement system BIOS chip. It should arrive tomorrow.

[shwaip]

you don't need forceasm with the intels =-/

[a2jfreak]

Well, I told mmonnin what I used in a PM and he said all was fine.

I use -forceasm and -advmethods on all my rigs. Athlon XP, p3 and p4 (though the p3 is down possibly permanently right now)

shwaip said
you don't need forceasm with the intels =-/

[mmonnin]

We are still down several thousand a day from what we used to be. The team used to be in the orange color and now its yellow surrounded by orange..

I think the team will grow along with the site. Promote Short-Media.com and you will end up supporting the team. So get out there and write some articles/reviews for the front page.:D;)

[Leonardo]

you don't need forceasm with the intels

Well, I don't know if it will degrade performance with P4s, but advmethods and forceasm are not necessary. They will automatically invoke SSE.

[mmonnin]

It should unless there would be a problem, then you would want to force it again. Advmethods will make you get the "semi beta" WUs which are Gromacs right now.

[Enverex]

Only other machine I will be able to get folding any time soon is my old K6-2 400 which is currently in pieces :(

NS

[SweetLou]

how bout a 2.0 ghz Athlon Xp and a 1gig lappy?? thats all i have but if you want it you got it

[t1rhino]

That's great. Add it to the Team!

[SweetLou]

u got it! when i am done with rearraging my desk i will install folding

[Necropolis]

This is great. Another member to the fold :fold: :thumbsup:

[SweetLou]

correction i am sqeezing 2133 out of my 1700+

[Film]

i wish i had more to add, i remember when i had like 8 computers at one time... but im down to 2 now. i really want to build a dualie so if that ever happens itll be fore 93 :P

[mmonnin]

Got my 2 K7S5A's and 2 1800+ CPUs in today. I will get them set up tonight.

[SweetLou]

Folding for team 93 as we speak! Now i gotta get it installed on the lappy

[Necropolis]

SweetLou said
Folding for team 93 as we speak! Now i gotta get it installed on the lappy

Great stuff. Any questons just ask. We are glad to help :thumbsup:

[mmonnin]

This weekend I swapped out my 1800+ Paly for a 1800+ Tbred B and OCed it an extra 161 mhz, added 2 1800+, and got a friends 1700+ and 1800+ going for only the weekend.

Next weekend I will lose a 1800+ and gain a 700mhz Celeron which I will OC to the max. The 1800+ will be only part time when its on.