yuppers, Moving on up!

[GeneralMac]

Hi all,
Im new @ folding. Just wanted to thank all those who helped. Got everything set-up (hopefuly right) :burn:
any hints, thoughts, ideas please feel free to send them my way:attn:

[Adak]

Looks like a hell of a strong system! Should be a great folder and everything else, as well.

Congratulations, Gen. Mac!

[Jolly-Swagman]

Great Looking System you got going there GeneralMac,, well done!!

Fold On !!

[Voidn]

Good job man. I'm hot on your heels, had to setup a second box to keep up! :beer:

Cya on page 3 tomorrow.
http://kakaostats.com/t.php?col=2&t=32&offset=601&search_text=&filter=active

[dfonda]

Nice... Thanks for folding with us.

[GeneralMac]

I had problems today...plus server having problems....just a big brick wall:bang head

now everything is up and running, hopefully should reach 24,000 ppd, I think still new at this

ok thanks all have a great weekend:soda:

[GeneralMac]

just oc the I7 to 4.0 (I know...waiting on mem) I also downloaded VMware-server-2.0.1-156745 and ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386. will try it out sometime this weekend. If these are not the correct downloads PLEASE let me know:D

[Voidn]

You need to get 64-bit linux (ubuntu works fine). Its odd but they usually refer to it as AMD64 (i think thats because AMD designed it). Don't forget to enable Virtualization Technology in the bios, or else VMware won't run 64-bit OSs.

If you know your way around Linux the setup is easy. If not go to the stickies and there are step by step guides. Also you could just download vmware player and a prebuilt system (notfreds).

[harlam357]

Nice stuff there GeneralMac! :) :welcome: to Team 32! :beer: New guys stocks the fridge. :)

VMWare - OK, no problem there

Ubuntu - (as Voidn said) you need x64 distribution - I've heard people say that 9.04 isn't the most Folding friendly... neither is 8.10. I recommend Ubuntu 8.04 if it's going to be used for VM Folding.

Otherwise, you can try out a notfred's VM Appliance... really easy to setup Folding right out of the box. http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p=6061638&postcount=3

@Voidn- I believe everything is refered to as AMD64 because AMD was first with an x64 instruction set extension on an x86 processor. So the terminology has just stuck. ;)

[GeneralMac]

ok got 1 working....now I cant seem to find it using fahmon,
is it c:\VM1\folding\ then the ip address or fold-xxxx
is that correct (I know its not:confused:)
please help

[Adak]

Monitoring with FahMon

1. Download Fahmon, if you don't have it already. You can get 2.3.99+ here.

2. In the main window right click "Add a client". Fill in the name as whatever you'd like to describe it. I find it helpful to use the name I gave it with displayName= in step 4.

3. In the location box you can either use the IP (if it's static) or the client's hostname. To find the host name you can either look at the console, or go to the client's built in webpage. This name will be something like FOLD-XXXX. In the location box enter \\<either the IP, or the hostname>\c\etc\folding\1\

4. Check the box that says "Client is on a Virtual Machine" and click OK.

5. (Optional) You may want to go to FahMon -> Preferences -> Monitoring and check the "Ignore Asynchronous Clocks" option if you are still having problems with it saying it is hung.

I use the hostname: fold-f02c or whatever it displays in the VMPlayer display window. It always starts with "fold-", and then has 4 characters. The IP only works if you have a static IP, which I've never had.

Remember the slash char's are backslashes, not the forward slashes we use all the time on the net:
\\fold-XXXX\c\etc\folding\1\ should be it, just add your 4 char's where the X's are.

[GeneralMac]

Thank you:D
I thought it was something it wasnt (imagine that)
any who found it by browsing the network

[GeneralMac]

I still have windows smp running....I installed 2 vm folders 2 threads ea.
Man..cpu is Very stressed :mad:
Priorities and infinities are set right ( I hope :screwy:)
Thanks for the help couldnt of done it w/o the ocf:clap:

[GeneralMac]

wooot 60,000......and counting......comming to getcha:burn:

[Voidn]

lol nice! I bet if you turned off win smp your vm's would hit 3300+, your temps would drop and the system would still be usable. But you're kickin a$$ regardless. I definitly won't be challenging you now. Though I might strap a chariot to you and hang on while we climb the later :santa:.

WTF(way to fold..took me a min to figure that out):beer::beer:

[GeneralMac]

lol nice! I bet if you turned off win smp your vm's would hit 3300+, your temps would drop and the system would still be usable. But you're kickin a$$ regardless. I definitly won't be challenging you now. Though I might strap a chariot to you and hang on while we climb the later :santa:.

WTF(way to fold..took me a min to figure that out):beer::beer:

LOL......Thanx Voidn I now know what WTF means....and its not What The .....:eek:

about the contest.....not going to do it...too new.....dont know to whom is my arch nem...dont think i got one yet...all i know is im a coming i guess it will be up to some one to challenge me. really i dont have a clue

[Voidn]

Ding! 60031
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=voidn

Yeah we really wont stabilize on the charts for a few days, maybe weeks. And I only know you, cause you're right above me every where I look. :)

[GeneralMac]

your gaining ground fast....ive had troubles here and there redoing stuff

BUUUUUT, should ht 70,000 sometime today

[GeneralMac]

Ive been reading a lot of post today, and as I was reading I realized that as I climb my way up . they are not just Numbers, but real people.
It might of taken them months, years to get where they are. We really have no Idea what problems they went through or what problems they solved. I also read somewhere that people wanted names removed that werent active for 6 months, ......why? Even if they completed only 1 wu they contributed and it might of taken them awhile to do so, Maybe the person helped make folding better today.
Now as I look at the list of folders and previous folders. Im honered to be a part, So as I climb up I take a look at the name and give the respect i should. The respect we all should!

[GeneralMac]

WOOT! Made it....Might be on the bottom, but i made it :thup:



:beer: Click me" (http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=32) :beer: #997 for OCForums

[GeneralMac]

This rig is really putting out the wu's. I have 4 clients(2 threads ea.) on vmware (got rid of the win smp after wu's were complete) Thanks Voidn :beer:.
of course the 2 285HC working hard. Hopefully top 100,000 today!

I have yet to install a few more hardware items on this rig, not completely happy with it yet....I know it can do more, but for know just happy to be part of TEAM 32

[Voidn]

Ive been reading a lot of post today, and as I was reading I realized that as I climb my way up . they are not just Numbers, but real people.
It might of taken them months, years to get where they are. We really have no Idea what problems they went through or what problems they solved. I also read somewhere that people wanted names removed that werent active for 6 months, ......why? Even if they completed only 1 wu they contributed and it might of taken them awhile to do so, Maybe the person helped make folding better today.
Now as I look at the list of folders and previous folders. Im honered to be a part, So as I climb up I take a look at the name and give the respect i should. The respect we all should!

Definitely some good thoughts there. We are very lucky to have joined up when we did. With these quad core procs and good optimizations like vmware, linux a2 cores, 64-bit os's and video cards with a million shaders. I setup my old rig which has 2.7ghz Opteron and 8800GTS and its lucky to get 4k PPD. And thats still a decent comp by most standards. So I can appreciate that most people probably busted their humps to get 100k, over a long period of time. Good job folks :clap:. And we are on a team so every bit counts even if you're not on page 1!

Congrats! You're flying now. #911 of stanford! :beer::beer: I lost half my PPD last night but im back to 16K. So I'll close the gap a little but it aint no 25k!:eek:. Post of pic of FAHMON. I had tried juggling 4 smps but it made my rig crash when I tried to use it. Though I think I was running 16 threads lol. Oh and it gimped the Vid cards PPD, which does just as much as the proc anyway.

P.S. I hope you're using rivatuner to reduce the temps on those vid cards.
P.P.S. I love technology! :attn:

[GeneralMac]

Here ya go....My gpu temps arent but 45c to 50 c ......gota love w/c blocks

[Voidn]

Impressive!

Ahh WC. I'll look into that for when I throw a second vid card in here. And this D0 could go higher with better cooling.

[GeneralMac]

Impressive!

Ahh WC. I'll look into that for when I throw a second vid card in here. And this D0 could go higher with better cooling.

geforce has more 285 Hydrocopers out..gonna get 1 more. then a 9800gt to finish it up:santa: after memory and heatkiller waterblock

[Voidn]

Sweet. Does the Classified have 3 x PCIE 16x slots or is it 2 16x and 1 8x? Or are going to throw the extra cards in a different comp?

I build this system with expandability for 2 x 275's at full 16x. 3rd would be x8 which isn't worth it in my opinion. Not to mention the size and heat of these beasts.

EDIT

Holy **** the hydro copper water block is expensive all by itself. :)

[GeneralMac]

Sweet. Does the Classified have 3 x PCIE 16x slots or is it 2 16x and 1 8x? Or are going to throw the extra cards in a different comp?

I build this system with expandability for 2 x 275's at full 16x. 3rd would be x8 which isn't worth it in my opinion. Not to mention the size and heat of these beasts.

EDIT

Holy **** the hydro copper water block is expensive all by itself. :)

3x16 + 1x8 PCIe 2.0 + 1x PCIe device :eek:
ya I paid $599 ea for the 285 hydrocoper.......but worth every penny

[GeneralMac]

Sorry the 100,000 mark was delayed...My OS drive told me to "take this job and shove it"
unpluged itself from the puter and walked out the door. The HD got 10' out the door and i shot it!.....the police said i had just cause.... LOL

Everything restored and back to folding:D

[Voidn]

LOL & Doh! A bunch of my drives decided to report errors and wipe out my raid array a couple weeks ago. They passed every test I gave them so I reinstalled and every thing has worked since. And a virus attacked some of my drivers on sat. (i'm setting up nightly backups very soon). I suddenly remember how I got so good at computers :).

Oh and its all good cause I'm still at 85K and this will give me a chance to keep up.:beer:

[GeneralMac]

you were right Adak This rig can be a folding monster. and i have yet to really complete it. Actually I am really suprised on this I7 class.
any who fold on and yes MOVING UP:burn: (And yes peeps IM folding on 1 machine)

[Voidn]

Check out the milestone thread, were definitely moving on up. Not bad for a weeks work. i7's rule. And part of me is glad I found something to put it to good use. Instead of it just idling in between gaming sessions.

[GeneralMac]

WOOOHOOOO, :clap: WTF voidn
Me IM sitting at 166,000.......624 on the list! ROCK ON :burn:



SSSHHHHHHHHH :attn:

[Jolly-Swagman]

Great to see you Movin' on up in the Milestone Ranks there GeneralMac,, well done !

Fold on!!

[GeneralMac]

Great to see you Movin' on up in the Milestone Ranks there GeneralMac,, well done !

Fold on!!

Thank you Jolly-Swagman, but the gratitude goes to this forum.
1) for helping a this noob build his first w/c rig
2) getting me started on folding
so thanks to OCForums, my PC is not a dell, sitting useless for 10 a day:D

[harlam357]

Great work Voidn and GeneralMac! :beer: I'm glad you've both found a home here on OCF and Team 32. :)

The people here are second to none. :)

[Voidn]

Thanks guys
//stalks the fridge err stocks the fridge :beer:

[PhysX]

just oc the I7 to 4.0 (I know...waiting on mem) I also downloaded VMware-server-2.0.1-156745 and ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386. will try it out sometime this weekend. If these are not the correct downloads PLEASE let me know:D

do you really get higher ppd when running a VM ?

[GeneralMac]

do you really get higher ppd when running a VM ?

YES! definately, about 3000 ppd better:thup:

[Jolly-Swagman]

Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralMac http://www.ocforums.com/oc_images/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=6105592#post6105592)
just oc the I7 to 4.0 (I know...waiting on mem) I also downloaded VMware-server-2.0.1-156745 and ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386. will try it out sometime this weekend. If these are not the correct downloads PLEASE let me know:D


I would Suggest you use Ubuntu 8.04-2 64bit LTS allot more stable than 9.04

[GeneralMac]

200,000
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&teamnum=32&username=GeneralMac

[Jolly-Swagman]

Well Done and Congrats GeneralMac on your 200K Milestone,,,,

[Voidn]

:blink::blink: oh no blinky smiley? Pretty drastic change between 2 pm and http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=607722 could there be something malicious going on?