Folding Forum

My laptop can definitely crunch more than 1000 points per day, so that shouldn't be a problem. :-) Ok, the last question, I suppose, is how can I limit the usage of the CPU to prevent overheating? I would rather contribute a bit more slowly, but in a sustainable way over a longer period of time... I...

All, thanks for your inputs. Being a layman, I suppose the principal question for me now is, whether it actually has any sense to continue folding on my laptop (assuming that I would buy some cooling mat, etc.), or because I don't really have the compatible GPU, I should just bail out...?

Hi all, thanks for your replies. As for the GPU, I have Intel HD Graphics 520, which I suppose is not ideal for folding...?

Hi all I used to be active in folding some time ago and I would like to get back to it. The issue I have is that with my new laptop I only have an SSD hard disc, which seems to be not good for folding computations, judging from some discussions I have read over the Internet. I know that I can set th...

Hi there Some of you have probably already noticed that both global players - Samsung as well as HTC - have almost simultaneously launched new applications dedicated to distributed computing for Android smartphones. Samsung Power Sleep https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.samsung.powersl...

PantherX , thanks for your reply. I indeed see a drop in the CPU load from 50% to 45% when I moved the slider from 100% to 80%. The drop in temperature was only 5C for CPU, but as much as 10C for the motherboard. Anyway, I will test it with various WUs as they come and I will see. In any case, I wi...

Hi PantherX Thanks for your greeting - I am happy to be a part of the community! :) My ambient temperature is almost always 23C (indoors, air conditioned). I do have the back of the laptop elevated (with my wallet for now :D ), but I am afraid it would not be practical for me to remove the rear pane...

Bruce , thanks for your response. I am, however, not concerned about the noise of the fan. What I am concerned about is its lifespan and potential burn down of the CPU/motherboard... As I wrote before, I had Dell XPS 13" a couple of years ago. I ran BOINC on it and didn't care about the temper...

If you can tolerate the running two cores with the CPU slider set at 100% when not using Excel and other apps, then I would recommend that. Running this project on a single core is not an option, as an A3 WU it requires SMP processing on at least 2 cores. With two cores in use, that still leaves tw...

However, as I mentioned before, I am running it only on 2 cores out of 4 and with 30% CPU power, By this do you meant you have moved the CPU slider in the client from 100% to 30%? You had not mentioned that earlier, that setting is really for just single-core processing. That would explain the very...

Can't answer about BOINC, don't use it and that is not the purpose of this forum. However, is the estimated completion still the same after running long enough to finish several percent? The client's estimates can be off if the WU is recently restarted and until 2 or 3% has been processed. I know i...

Thanks. I indeed have the PC turned on cca 18 hours per day (and can keep it running over the night as well), but if I am unable to meet the deadlines, then it is just a waste of hardware, I guess. Could you therefore please advise, which other platform should I try? I would really like to contribut...

All I am sorry for posting another (and a bit off-topic) message, but I have now realised that I might not be able to finish the work unit before its timeout... The project code is 8579 (I guess we cannot choose a project) and the ETA is 7.56 days. However, the Timeout shows 03/11, which is in four ...

Ok, I think that in terms of the next steps I will just properly backup everything on my laptop and will see how it behaves for a couple of days/weeks. As I said, it is a fairly new PC (only 4 months old) and with the 3-year next business day warranty. If I get a feeling that the laptop might not be...

Actually, 59-60C for a machine at idle is quite high. 30C - 35C should be a normal idle temp. A simple google search produced this: Review of Dell Vostro 3460 Notebook . Scroll down and Look at the temperature section to see normal. Thanks for this. Well, I think it might be partially due to the fa...