Posted on 08/02/2006 5:16:19 PM PDT by texas booster
Time for a new FreeRepublic folding@home thread.
Our FreeRepublic team of 358 members comprised primarily of Free Republic members in good standing have banded together to donate their excess CPU cycles to a worthy cause. Via distributed computing, millions of computers around the world, contribute directly to scientific research, in the quest for a greater understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Cancer, and Mad Cow (BSE).
Currently, the team is in 75th place (with 1009 active CPUs - 55,700 completed Work Units and 9.75 million points).
This is an entirely voluntary program, and if you want to learn more, please see the links posted below (or read one of the previous 20 folding threads)
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Congrats K_D for breaking into the top 100 of all users!
We should overtake team "pcabusers" tomorrow
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=36120
With our on and off electricity problem, I have to use console.
This one has a dual processor. :-) :-)
My new FR username has changed as well, will that be a problem with my old name, pbrown?
DISCUSSION CONTINUED ON THE FOLLOWING THREAD:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1710457/posts
"Mine isn't my dos. This is a new computer with no trace of F@H on it. Will I have to start from scratch again? Will I be able to reclaim my, I think 47 WU's or are they gone with the wind?"
Sorry about the delay in responding - I've been offline for a few days.
You mentioned that you changed your FR username - that won'[t affect your FAH stats and number of Work Units as long as you KEEP the same name ("pbrown") that you started out with on the FAH program. If you change that, then your stats will show you starting over.
Keeping the old name for FAH is no big deal - if you want to brag here on the FAH threads, just remind everyone that your stats are under "pbrown".
It's really a matter of personal preference.
I found my F@H stuff but, there's no red cog to click on to get it up and running again. Any idea how I do it?
"I found my F@H stuff but, there's no red cog to click on to get it up and running again. Any idea how I do it?"
If you are running the console version, there won't be a Red Cog to click on. The first time you double-click the file 'FAH504-Console.exe' - it will start the configure process where you tell it to run as a service. It will then always run in the background whenever the computer is turned on.
If you are running the Windows version - you have to double-click the file that you downloaded so that it will start an install process. When it's done, you need to reboot - then the Red Cog icon should show up on the desktop.
Let me know if you need more help or ask someone on the current thread. I have to go back to work and may not be able to post for a couple of days because of a move I'm still trying to get done.
Good Luck. (and remember, it's team 36120)
RT
1)Windows XP GPU client console version (recommended) 5.05 beta download GPU FAQ License 64ac27508f932ed1c9eaa89bb9c201c7
2)Windows XP GPU client GUI version 5.05 beta download GPU FAQ License b618f87c139b323fb9b6a305bb5fb832
3)Windows XP GPU client GUI (fancy graphics) version 5.05 beta download GPU FAQ License 113d66af961c83a299212da810662018
I don't want the fancy graphics if I don't have to have it.
4)Windows 2000/XP Graphical client 5.03 download Install info License a820f3db9363611ee6494b4c489a94cb
5)Windows 98/ME Graphical client 4.00 download Install info License 36c8132eef5615e28b9ea45962b8911f
6)Windows NT/2000/XP "No nonsense" text-only console (with built-in Windows-service-install option) 5.04beta download Console info License 51268b890d4e35437667ae6186640158
7)Windows NT/2000/XP "No-nonsense" text-only console (with built-in Windows-service-install option) 5.02 download Console info License 5be6f82311bfabd7ee3fe102dfb55b20
"My question now is, which one do I download ..."
That depends on your system, OS, and how you want FAH to run.
First, make sure you got all of FAH uninstalled. Did you go to the FAH folder and delete it after uninstalling? If not, do it now. Then search your hard drive for "FAH" and delete any associated files. Now, let's review what the 4 links on each row of the table of download choices will do.
Now, the best place to get more info on which version you want is to read the install info pages. I suggest that after you choose which one to download, you print out the install info page for that version so that you will have it available as you go through the install process. Here are some general tips that might help you to decide.
I hope this helps - let me know how it goes.
FReegards,
RT
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