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[.kmh.]

I'm not really sure .kmh.. The started with the bonus points when they started the passkey a few years ago.

Edit: Here is a link explaining passkey: Folding@home - FAQ-passkey

thank you =)

 

[tmcase]

What's the difference between base credit and est. credit?

 

[sashwa]

I think the base credit is what you get without a passkey and the Estimated credit is what you get if you use a passkey.

 

[tmcase]

I think the base credit is what you get without a passkey and the Estimated credit is what you get if you use a passkey.

Hmmm. Can you enter a passkey at anytime while a WU is working?

 

[beebopnjazz]

Pause it first I think.

 

[sashwa]

Pause it before you enter the key, Terry. It takes a while before the key is sent to you, if I remember correctly.

 

[tmcase]

Pause it before you enter the key, Terry. It takes a while before the key is sent to you, if I remember correctly.

I went ahead and requested a passkey and got it instantly but I'm kind of afraid to mess with anything with only 2 days to go on this WU. I would hate to lose it.

 

[sashwa]

Wow, they are sending them out fast now.

Can't say that I blame you for not wanting to mess it up. Go ahead and wait then. Your current WU should still count as 1 of your 10 WUs. So you won't be losing out.

 

[Throttles]

Also if you have an AMD GPU you plan on folding on.....make sure the drivers are up to date.......I failed to even check that

 

[.kmh.]

I went ahead and requested a passkey and got it instantly but I'm kind of afraid to mess with anything with only 2 days to go on this WU. I would hate to lose it.

If it makes you feel better I paused mine and put in the passkey and started back up without issue.

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[Rellen13]

Something for the over-clockers out there. Ran into an issue the last couple of days with BSOD's while my GPU's were working on proj 7624. It was a long project, and was made even longer by the crashes. Figured out that I had to take the OC off my cards (560 Ti's) to get the project to finish. Had worked fine on 30 plus other projects, so I think different ones will stress your system more than others. Have not run into any issues with my OC'd CPU yet (2600k).

 

[.kmh.]

Found this in the faqs

Why are some projects given significantly more points than others?

Certain projects require substantially more computer resources than others, either in terms of more disk space, more network transfer, or more RAM used. By default, these work units are given out to clients that opt in to request them. To reward those contributors for donating resources beyond the typical client, we currently give bonus points for these larger work units.

How much higher are the bonus points?

Currently the bonus points are a 50% increase over the standard benchmark point determination (described above). Please note that this value is subject to change at any time, and may be increased or decreased to better align points with specific scientific goals.

How do I configure my client to get bonus point WUs?

Please see our Configuration FAQ for these details.

Is there any risk of taking on bonus point work units?

These work units are larger and more experimental. For example, they often involve new cores, such as the SHARPEN core. Thus, one should not run big work unit clients on non-dedicated machines. The bonus points are a reward for contributing more resources to FAH, and so you should not be surprised if these work units impact system performance and use the full resources of the computer

This explains why my computer runs slower and why I am getting more points. The version 7 client detects your hardware and then utilizes what it can.

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[L7D4N]

I'll be getting my Precision 690 back in a few weeks after a friend used it as a temporary Co-Lo Server. It's got Dual Xeon 5365's, 32GB FB DIMM's and Dual 9800GTX's. The last time I did F@H I completed a work unit in 2 hours

I'll join the Team as soon as I get it back and have it up and running. The Power Bills kill me on it though, the 1KW Power Supply and 4 15k SAS Drives in RAID-0 make for $400 electric bills

 

[.kmh.]

I'll be getting my Precision 690 back in a few weeks after a friend used it as a temporary Co-Lo Server. It's got Dual Xeon 5365's, 32GB FB DIMM's and Dual 9800GTX's. The last time I did F@H I completed a work unit in 2 hours

I'll join the Team as soon as I get it back and have it up and running. The Power Bills kill me on it though, the 1KW Power Supply and 4 15k SAS Drives in RAID-0 make for $400 electric bills

I honestly am not sure I want to see the power bill.

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[L7D4N]

I honestly am not sure I want to see the power bill.

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Trust me, you don't

My personal record was $697 in 28 days, but that was running a full rack of Servers in a spare room during Summer of 2010

 

[.kmh.]

I'll be getting my Precision 690 back in a few weeks after a friend used it as a temporary Co-Lo Server. It's got Dual Xeon 5365's, 32GB FB DIMM's and Dual 9800GTX's. The last time I did F@H I completed a work unit in 2 hours

I'll join the Team as soon as I get it back and have it up and running. The Power Bills kill me on it though, the 1KW Power Supply and 4 15k SAS Drives in RAID-0 make for $400 electric bills

Not, going to lie, you got me worried about the electric bill now. I have a i7-2600 3.4GHz and 2 GeForce 450 GTS's and F@H uses all my resources while running. And it is running for 21 to 22 hours a day. . . .

 

[L7D4N]

I wouldn't worry too much about it, the reason mine uses so much electricity is because of the SAS Drives in RAID-0 (which means a single write occurs on all 4 drive simultaneously, using more power), I leave it running 24/7, and no power management features enabled so it's always running at 100% at all times.

I'd rather pay a higher electric bill than fight with Intel's poor Power Management capabilities, and having it screw up making my PC need a reboot when I'm on-call :/

 

[.kmh.]

I wouldn't worry too much about it, the reason mine uses so much electricity is because of the SAS Drives in RAID-0 (which means a single write occurs on all 4 drive simultaneously, using more power), I leave it running 24/7, and no power management features enabled so it's always running at 100% at all times.

I'd rather pay a higher electric bill than fight with Intel's poor Power Management capabilities, and having it screw up making my PC need a reboot when I'm on-call :/

understandable, I guess we will see how much it goes up.

 

[vsummer1]

Mine worked! And I am on the team, with one completed. I guess I just couldn't figure the thing out (nothing new there, I am NOT computer savvy).

How do I get my fancy new badge thingy with Team ECF on it

 

[.kmh.]

Mine worked! And I am on the team, with one completed. I guess I just couldn't figure the thing out (nothing new there, I am NOT computer savvy).

How do I get my fancy new badge thingy with Team ECF on it

Welcome to the team =) and thanks for the extra help =)

You can apply for it here http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/forms.php?do=form&fid=22