[Scott9027]

I have a general question about folding, that does not pertain to the "Folding Team" specifically, but I don't know where else to post this. That being said, if this is in the wrong place, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Now, my question. I would like to know what the possibilities for folding on laptops are. When they enter Standby / Hibernate modes can the folding activity still go on? Do Pentium M processors fold as well as their P4 counterparts? If anyone does fold on their laptop, do you find that heat is an issue?

[TollhouseFrank]

i'll try my best to answer man.

First of all, to The Fold!

You can fold on Laptops, but heat is a big concern. as for when it enters hibernate, i think it will turn off, as hibernate mode turns EVERYTHING off except for the basics needed to bring it back up once ya push a button.

Pentium M's fold very well, especially when OC'd and VERY well on certain BP's. I'm not very good at the PPD. WE recently had a thread about this very subject (and for the life of me, i can't find it)... But it was proven that Clock per clock... Mobile Intels (especially Dothans) are the king with BP's and large-memory Wu's, but small memory WU's (like tinkers) it fell behind at to the Athlons

[enduro]

P-M's fold great I fold on my laptop all the time. THe problem is heat though because the fan will be going constantly and the keyboard gets hot. Best to only allow F@H to use 50% of the cpu.

[orionlion82]

my experience is that low end laptops suffer, even when scaled back to 50%. a decent one, or a high end one should do fine with the above suggestions, so long as its relatively new.

[Steveo989]

Here is what you need to do to fold on a laptop, turn off all the power saving garbage besides turnign off the monitor so your screen doesn't get "burned in" image of your screen. It seems to help, elevate all four corners of the laptop with even things, I used 4 cd cases at each corner and also have it so the cds are not under the laptop so your cpu fan is unrestricted. NUMBER ONE CLEAN THE HEATSINK WEEKLY!!!!!! This will make sure you don't have to dismantle the entire case to get the really stuck on dust that won't come out. When doing this use the canned air and blow through the exaust, not the intake that would just clog it more. Well happy folding and if you are new welcome to the folding team and I hope you enjoy it.

[veryhumid]

I have a Dell 2.8GHz 533fsb that was folding 24/7 before my sister took it to school. Fan stayed on full blast, which means the heatsink needed to get cleaned more often (simply blow a can of compressed air in the inlet and watch the dust fly out!). The laptop uses a pretty decent copper heatpipe setup, and I had no issues with it.

[walaka7]

Ive not heard of any issues as of yet on folding with dothan pentium M's the P4M's, are another story and depend on how well the manufacture did in the department of heat removel. My wife's toshiba will fold 100% but the fan is too loud and while the proc temp is maintained, the other compnants suffer. Hers is a P4 2.8 w/HT 1mb cache

[Steveo989]

I have an 8 inch fan blowing underneath mine.