Getting Started: Updated 12/12/22

[don256us]

Getting started.​

Old guide here.

1) Only use machines that you own or have *express* permission to use.​

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2) Select a user name for yourself and obtain your passkey.​

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a. Check the user stats database to see if the name you want to use is already in use.​

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b. Request a Passkey.​

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c. See below for more specifics.​

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3) Install the Folding@Home client. During setup enter your chosen name, team number 32, and the passkey assigned to you.​

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a. See below for detailed instructions for Windows.​

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4) You are on the team! Post in the New Members Thread to say hello to everyone!​

Go to https://foldingathome.org/?lng=en

Find and click on the button labeled “Start Folding”.

Download the client. The Windows client will be up front and center. Alternate downloads is a smaller link for Windows, macOS, Debian/Mint/Ubuntu, Redhat/Centos/Fedora, ARM Linux/Raspberry Pi. There are also installers for Docker and vSphere.

Install the client (Windows). As of this writing, the current version is 7.6.21.



Next.



I Agree



Next



Finish



Select the radio button to “Set up an identity” and click “Start Folding”.



Fill in the above three fields. Example below. The “Team Number” is 32. Use links to find a name and request a passkey. More specific guide to select user name below.



Name: You want a unique name so that you can keep track of your progress. Using the link, type in a user name that you would like and click search. If that name is returned, it is in use. Try another. If no name is returned, then it’s yours. Enter it into the “Name” portion and fold on!

Enter your passkey once you get it from F@H.



That’s it. No flags are needed. The client will poll your hardware and determine its own settings. Generally speaking, F@H will use all resources including CPU cores and your GPUs. However, for every GPU in your system, one CPU core will be left open. A single CPU core or virtual core, is needed to feed any GPU(s) you have in your system. Again, the client will do this without any intervention on your part.

The old guide can be found here. It is a very well done guide that still has useful information. Unfortunately it aged out. Many links no longer work and some of the information no longer applies. Feel free to poke around and see what you find useful.

 

[JLK03F150]

I'd like to add that the username Anonymous occupies the Name box, so be sure to clear it before entering your username. I've seen users on the list at EOCF with names like...
AnonymousJLK03F150 or JLK03F150Anonymous or AnoJLK03F150nymous Doesn't happen a lot, but it happens.

Thanks for the guide, Don!

 

[TheNewbie]

Where were you 4 days ago Don when I was struggling to remember what all I needed to do when setting up my client . Haven't folded in quite some time now that crypto done for a bit I'm back in it.

 

[WhitehawkEQ]

That’s it. No flags are needed.

Well, there still is flags but like Don said they are not needed to get started, but flags can squeeze out a few more points

Oh and your link to your user stats is broke.

 

[don256us]

Well, there still is flags but like Don said they are not needed to get started, but flags can squeeze out a few more points

Oh and your link to your user stats is broke.

They all seem to work for me so I can't tell what's wrong. Any further guidance?

Post magically merged: Dec 13, 2022

Where were you 4 days ago Don when I was struggling to remember what all I needed to do when setting up my client . Haven't folded in quite some time now that crypto done for a bit I'm back in it.

I think it was your post(s) on the topic that got me to do this. Thank you for folding with the biggest small team i the land.

Post magically merged: Dec 13, 2022

I'd like to add that the username Anonymous occupies the Name box, so be sure to clear it before entering your username. I've seen users on the list at EOCF with names like...
AnonymousJLK03F150 or JLK03F150Anonymous or AnoJLK03F150nymous Doesn't happen a lot, but it happens.

Thanks for the guide, Don!

I'll work on adding that in but your post as the first response will work for now. Thank you.

 

[WhitehawkEQ]

I was talking about TheNewbie's EOC stats link.

 

[TheNewbie]

I was talking about TheNewbie's EOC stats link.

I will fix

 

[WhitehawkEQ]

 

[dfonda]

I will fix

It should look like this(But remove the hyphens)[-FSTATS]442925[/FSTATS-]

thus

 

[TheNewbie]

Hmmm that's what it says already

Post magically merged: Dec 14, 2022

Something broken with my signature not showing my heat link or stats correct. Cleared it out and started new.

Post magically merged: Dec 14, 2022

Maybe now lol

 

[Farwalker2u]

For any "NEW" or "returning" folders that are reading this tread to gain information on how to set up their Folding, I found that once I entered my passkey (Windows 11) my Points Per Day (PPD) went from about one and a half (1.5) million PPD to eight (8) million PPD.
So I emphasis getting and entering your passkey to optimize your PPD.