New and Not sure this is working.

[l-lunter]

Hi, I'm new to folding and I've got a cpu client and a gpu client going, i think. The GPU client seems to be working as I've never heard the fan on my GPU rev so high untill now, that and it says working(number/number). I don't know if the CPU one is working though it just sits there and says Attemping to get work.

Any ideas would be great.

edit- I've just seen another post. Maybe the server is down. If my firewall was blocking it what ports would I need to forward?

[Soultribunal]

I wouldn't worry just yet on the CPU client looking for work.
Just Close it and re-start it every hour or so and hopefully it will eventually get its own Work Unit.
Took me 30 hours when I was fiddling with both my CPU's.

Best Regards,

ST

[l-lunter]

Cool, thanks. I've also got a quad core and have been wondering how to open more than one instance of this thing so I can have one per core (if that's even a good idea), how might I get that working?
Actually I just opened it up again and it seemed to work, I just changed the machine id and set the core affinity with task manager. Last Time I tried to do this I got an error. Oh well, so long as this is the right way to do it I'm happy.

[cadaveca]

all you need to do is copy the FAH foldr for each client you want to run, so 4 folders of FAH for four units being crunched.

However, there's also the SMP client, which will use all available cores. You can find info on here about setting each up.

[3.0charlie]

And the SMP client has much better ppd.

What's your hardware?

[l-lunter]

I've got a Q6600, 4 gigs ram, and an HIS 3870.

So SMP Client is CPUs with more then 1 core?

[Jake_HT]

Originally Posted by l-lunter

I've got a Q6600, 4 gigs ram, and an HIS 3870.

So SMP Client is CPUs with more then 1 core?

4 cores, loaded as much as you want!

It gives much better PPD.. but it's a pain in the ass, just a heads up.. Tough to set up, then likes to f**k with you all the time

[Eagle Eye]

I don't agree with the tough to setup part, but I guess if you're a complete noob and have no experience with command prompt it can be a little daunting.

I do agree with the "$%*& with you" I just had to delete a 75% unit due to a I/O error and the unit failing to reload correctly after shutting the client down.

Ah well live and learn, I do like the GPU client far better provided you have a good folding GPU it just flys through units and your PPD overall is far better.

Regards,

EE

[l-lunter]

well I'm not enjoying the 4 instance idea either. Having to assign a core is a pain in the butt especially when you have 5 of them all with the same task name. that and right now I'm only running it on 2 cores but all my cores are high... More playing required I guess.

[cadaveca]

you don't need to set core affinity when running multiple single-cpu clients. the seperate folder for each client, and differing machine IDs are all that is required.