Am curious . . . I have a pretty complex AMD DUAL CPU 2002 system 1 GIG memory; 1 Gighz; lots of HD storage etc.
XP-P OS . . .
but I also have problems routinely . . . not sure why all . . . I'm on 24/7 and so could probably contribute quite a lot. But I'm hesitant to complicate things further.
Anyone have a similar system or can anyone comment about the process complicating a complex system?
Mother died of Alzheimer's so I have more than one good reason to join.
From what I see the best thing to do is to load the console version v5.04. Download it here:
http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html
If you truly have a dual CPU system you could actually run two copies of F@H console. For now just run one copy and lets see how it runs.
The screensaver will slow down F@H but they will co-exist.
"but I also have problems routinely . . . not sure why all . . . I'm on 24/7"
The first things I think of are memory and HDD utilization/configuration.
Max out your system Ram, if you can, and try to get all the same high quality brand (same batch if possible). Don't do any overclocking until you're sure the system is running stable, then increment slowly.
Add a second HDD if you don't already have one. Configure a small partition at the front of the second drive, large enough for a system swap file and a little more. Configure XP so that there is only one swap file and locate it on that partition. (The XP default is to put a swap file in every partition.) This should result in a more robust system without as many problems. The second HDD uses a different channel to read/write and can do so simultaneously while read/writes occur on the 1st HDD. By limiting the swap partition to only the swap file, there is no fragmentation of it, which is the normal scenario and tends to really slow down systems over time - especially if one does not defrag the hard drives very often.
Routine maintenance should include deleting temp files, uninstalling or deleting stuff no longer needed and defragging the hard drives - all at regular intervals.
Hope that helps.
I run mine at about 85% capacity, and I switched to a 550 watt power supply after my 400 died. Much better.
You could always run it in non-graphical and see waht happens.