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Folding@home is a distributed computing project aimed to help scientists develop new therapeutics for a variety of diseases.

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3

All 6 cores at 100% but F&H should only use 5 cores?

7 Comments
2024/11/02
04:06 UTC

2

Low GPU usage but high temp?

16 Comments
2024/11/02
04:05 UTC

0

I seem to be getting less and less Bano coins as time goes on

What up dudes!

I have been using Folding@home for a few years now. I get paid out in Bano coins for doing so.

However in the past few months I have noted the rewards in bank coins is getting less and less even though I have not changed to setting on program at all??

Can anyone explain why I'm making next to nothing in terms of Bano coins.

Thanks

3 Comments
2024/10/30
04:38 UTC

3

GPU greyed out

So, I've been running my rig for a few days off and on until i realized i had an extra gpu to throw in. everything looked fine but it shows as greyed out and doesn't seem to work. any suggestions?

https://preview.redd.it/q7fe1xyggdxd1.png?width=1019&format=png&auto=webp&s=837070af70eca8d9f79f1cd8697b3444fe95f546

UPDATE: bios chip is bunk, im going to flash it and fingers crossed i can get it to work.

4 Comments
2024/10/27
22:04 UTC

11

Folding month VII

our 5 week folding event starts next month, sign ups close on Monday, there's prizes.

You need to folding for teamLTT 223518 and sigh up on the Google form before Monday to be a participant. All prizes are random draws from participants who qualify, meaning even if you come dead last you could win a prize.

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1584154-folding-month-vii-nov-1st-dec-6th/

0 Comments
2024/10/26
17:48 UTC

7

Getting really low PPD on my GPU's right now !

Cards that would normally get 8M PPD are getting 3 or 4M per day. I setup another pc that has 2x 1M PPD cards in it and it says they might get 250,000 PPD right now. Not sure what is going on. I am using the same account and passcode as always. Not sure if someone else out there is seeing the same.

Thanks,

7 Comments
2024/10/22
21:34 UTC

53

I reached 4 million points!

Hello. I am a 17-year-old student living in South Korea.

I achieved 4 million points with my Xeon GOLD 6138 * 2ea and NVIDIA Titan XP!

I have only started FOLD a few days ago, but I will continue to work hard.

https://preview.redd.it/vwaomq4peuvd1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=536000da8eef0984c7c6388cb770a562a0052d03

4 Comments
2024/10/20
04:57 UTC

25

I just cleared 6 billion points (mostly Linux platforms, some Windows)

5 Comments
2024/10/19
09:56 UTC

11

Is there any point to running the CPU?

https://preview.redd.it/yeyyd09e7jvd1.png?width=835&format=png&auto=webp&s=f704225cb0be60e45dcbca23954b4f2996030107

It seems to way underperform as compared to the GPU, and it's running at a comfortable 85C while the GPU is steady at 66. Am I missing something?

28 Comments
2024/10/18
15:17 UTC

4

fastest reaserch?

What reaserch task has the shortest time to compleat a task for both or either CPU and GPU. I was wonderingg what someopne with not the best computer could do faster to help out more

4 Comments
2024/10/12
11:38 UTC

7

Possible to get a higher resolution certificate?

Not super important, but the current certificates are 640x480 and do not look great on regular printer paper. Is there a way to get a 1080p version? Thank you!

2 Comments
2024/10/09
19:28 UTC

1

How to see WU0 or WU1 completed in recent log?

Hello fellows on the glory way traveling

I use F@H 7.6.21 and HFM v10.3.2016. Imgur Imgur When WU finished I can not see it separately in these apps. It shows current WU not previous. How can it be resolved?

Thanks in advance

UPD. *right category is #helpanddiscussion

0 Comments
2024/10/09
09:17 UTC

11

ITS GETTING COLD AGAIN . . . Can i use folding @ home to curb german heating bills

(my pc is gonna be my heater) . How does one even get paid for it . like . I can't find any tutorial ... How does one go about getting paid . Do i need a crypto wallet ? . T.T thx for any replies :D .

18 Comments
2024/10/06
23:05 UTC

6

How to enable folding on my GPU? How to acess the advanced control panel?

2 Comments
2024/10/04
03:37 UTC

3

Optimal Settings for older system

I'm using an older laptop for folding in the background. I just reformatted it to Rocky 8, currently on 8.10. The system has 4 i3 2.3GHz cpus and 11G RAM. No GPU that I can find.

I'm using version FAHClient 7.6.21 in the FAH-GPU image (docker.io/foldingathome/fah-gpu).

It's running the default configuration which currently takes 2 CPUs and not even 500M. Any newer images or configuration updates I can use to make FAH run more efficiently?

Run-time system block

14:29:01:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0xa8 started
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:*********************** Log Started 2024-09-29T14:29:01Z ***********************
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:************************** Gromacs Folding@home Core ***************************
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Core: Gromacs
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Type: 0xa8
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:    Version: 0.0.12
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:     Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:  Copyright: 2020 foldingathome.org
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:   Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Date: Jan 16 2021
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Time: 19:24:44
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:   Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:    Options: -faligned-new -std=c++14 -fsigned-char -ffunction-sections
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:             -fdata-sections -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:   Platform: linux2 4.15.0-128-generic
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Bits: 64
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Mode: Release
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       SIMD: avx2_256
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:     OpenMP: ON
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       CUDA: OFF
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Args: -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 706 -lifeline 16 -checkpoint 15 -np 2
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:************************************ libFAH ************************************
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Date: Jan 16 2021
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Time: 19:21:38
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:   Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:    Options: -faligned-new -std=c++14 -fsigned-char -ffunction-sections
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:             -fdata-sections -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:   Platform: linux2 4.15.0-128-generic
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Bits: 64
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Mode: Release
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:************************************ CBang *************************************
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Date: Jan 16 2021
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Time: 19:21:24
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:   Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:    Options: -faligned-new -std=c++14 -fsigned-char -ffunction-sections
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:             -fdata-sections -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie -fPIC
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:   Platform: linux2 4.15.0-128-generic
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Bits: 64
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       Mode: Release
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:************************************ System ************************************
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:        CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:     CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 78 Stepping 3
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:       CPUs: 4
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:     Memory: 11.33GiB
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:Free Memory: 10.79GiB
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:    Threads: POSIX_THREADS
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8: OS Version: 4.18
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:Has Battery: true
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8: On Battery: false
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8: UTC Offset: 0
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:        PID: 20
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:        CWD: /fah/work
14:29:02:WU00:FS00:0xa8:********************************************************************************

Thanks.

2 Comments
2024/09/29
15:14 UTC

6

WU completion time not what I expected

I'd like the community's thoughts on why I'm not seeing the performance that I expect from a 4090 and 4070 ti Super GPUs. Because I am an enthusiast and believe in what F@H is doing I built a daily use PC with an RTX 4090 GPU and a dedicated 2 GPU (4070 Ti Super) rig that is not used for anything other than F@H. I decided to track and compare the time it takes each GPU to complete work units from the same projects. Since the RTX 4090 has 16,384 cores and the RTX 4070 ti Super has 8,448 cores (which is 51.5% as many as the RTX 4090 but lets round to half as many cores to make things easier) I think that if both types of GPUs process a WU from the same project then the 4070 ti Super should complete the WU in about twice the time that it takes the 4090. That's not what I've seen. Times are not even close to what I expected. The 4070 ti Supers are completing WUs much faster then expected or the opposite is true: the 4090 is completing WUs much slower. My data collection methodology involved tracking the time to complete at least 3 WUs for each project listed below on each GPU type and averaging the times. I refrained from using the PC with the 4090 during data collection.

4090

projectAverage time to complete WU
1677044 minutes 55 seconds
1822752 minutes 5 seconds
1892751 minutes 51 seconds
1822342 minutes 22 seconds

4070 ti Super

projectAverage time to complete WUExpected completion time:
1677067 minutes 12 seconds89 minutes 50 seconds
1822780 minutes 24 seconds104 minutes 10 seconds
1892776 minutes 59 seconds103 minutes 42 seconds
1822362 minutes 17 seconds84 minutes 44 seconds

PC with 4090 in it:
OS: Linux-x86_64
NVIDIA driver version: 535.183.01
NVIDIA NVML Version: 12.535.183.01

PC with dual 4070 ti Supers in it:
OS: Linux-x86_64
NVIDIA driver version: 550.107.02
NVIDIA Version: 12.550.107.02

12 Comments
2024/09/28
14:59 UTC

11

Xeon Phi/ any value in CPU folding anymore?

Hi all, I asked a question here before about using old Tesla K80’s and seeing if I could prioritize FP64 (I collect old hardware). Anyways, I was drunk and on eBay and bought a quad node Xeon Phi 7210 server. The things pretty sweet and I tested it out on FAH. It clears about 2 million PPD across 4 nodes with HT on (1024 threads). Power is not an issue (cheap + I put solar panels in my backyard). Is there any point in CPU folding or will I be better off using just graphics cards?

5 Comments
2024/09/15
14:12 UTC

2

Improved PPD for V8?

Is there an improvement in PPD for version 8. Should I install immediately?

2 Comments
2024/09/14
19:57 UTC

16

what happened?

It is getting chilly again so it is time to fold but after installing it on a fresh Windows I don't recognize anything. Advanced control gone? Having to create an account to log in? Pretty much non-funcional web control? Can't launch folding after a restart?

What is all this?

5 Comments
2024/09/14
11:09 UTC

7

Does CPU folding impede GPU folding?

I have a dedicated folding rig with 2 GPUs. Up until recently I also had it folding on all CPUs. I've disabled CPU folding now. I know that it's best to not fold on 1 CPU per GPU and I wonder if disregarding that actually impedes GPU folding in some way. Does anyone know?

8 Comments
2024/08/19
20:36 UTC

2

Teams and points

How do teams work? What do I do with points?

4 Comments
2024/08/14
05:58 UTC

7

Newbie

Hi, I am a GPU miner with 6900xt AMD cards and I found out about this project. How do I enable folding in my gpu? I am currently testing out fah on my pc and my cpu seems to be doing all of the work. Thank you in advance!

15 Comments
2024/08/13
08:41 UTC

3

Does anyone know the ppd for a h100?

Tittle

2 Comments
2024/08/01
04:21 UTC

5

Help - Can't see my stats.

Hello, So I recently installed and created a account, I got my passkey emailed to me and I added that to my account.

Eversince, I can no longer see the stats page where it shows the points/WU. Instead I am greeted with a blank browser page. Any idea why this is happening ?

2 Comments
2024/07/28
23:17 UTC

2

Stats don't show up?

The other day I started folding, I have finished around 5 different projects but haven't gotten any points for them. I was wanted to check again to see if I gained any but the stats page is just blank, nothing on it at all. No ui, nothing. Are either of these normal?

2 Comments
2024/07/28
17:25 UTC

2

RTX 3050 Compute mode: Proxmox VM with GPU Passthrough

I am currently folding on a proxmox VM with a RTX 3050 on compute mode using CUDA for compute of course. Is compute mode optimal for FAH or should I not use compute mode?

3 Comments
2024/07/25
22:37 UTC

2

2 different brand gpus one pc?

Is it possible to use a amd and a nvidia card in the same system? Or will the two different drivers cause issues?

5 Comments
2024/07/17
18:24 UTC

4

Latest client doesn't award bonus points?

Latest client (8.3.18) only gives me base credit of 36,000 or 67,000 points (depending on work unit). I have gtx 3070. Installed 7.6.21 and got the bonus points for submitting work unit early of around 477,000. Same project and I assume same type of WU.

I had user name, team and even API key configured on both clients. I did not log in with FAH account on new client. Is there a trick to getting the new client to give out bonus points for submitting WU early/faster?

1 Comment
2024/07/17
15:49 UTC

5

GPU suggestions

So im putting together a older rig for folding and I was wonder which of these few cards I should use, RX 470, RX 480, RX 570, or RX 580? Im currently thinking of getting the 470 cause its cheapest but not sure if its the best choice

14 Comments
2024/07/17
03:32 UTC

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