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Hi everyone, a new folder on board..

I've decided to set all pcs in my house to fold when they are on. Just set mine and I need help. I have AMD 6000 X2 and 3850 AGP. Using GPU and CPU (normal) clients, each using 1 core. Is that good or is anything better?

So the main question is, as our PCs are set to go to sleep after 30mins if not used, im wondering how to set them now to go to sleep after same amount of minutes when using folding clients? PCs are still like 6-12hours a day on so it is something.
Thanks in advance,
prescott

The system will not sleep while fah is running. If you want the PC to turn off at a certain time each night, set it in the BIOS, or use a scheduled task with the shutdown.exe programe.

I would suggest running a second CPU client since you have a dual-core processor. I won't recommend the SMP client since a dual-core that's only running 6-12 hours probably won't make the deadlines.

It might also be a good idea to set the environment variables so that the GPU doesn't use a full CPU core.

7im wrote:The system will not sleep while fah is running. If you want the PC to turn off at a certain time each night, set it in the BIOS, or use a scheduled task with the shutdown.exe programe.

ya that's what I mean. it wont go to sleep if it's running. but i'm wondering if its somehow possible to ignore FAH? like windows goes to sleep if only internet explorer is opened and when it comes back it reruns IEs sessions.

Putting a machine to sleep mode is a bit contradictory with how FAH is supposed to work ... how FAH could work if the machine is sleeping/shut down ?

No, it is not possible it ignore fah. Fah uses 100% of the CPU, so it's not possible to sleep.

Again, either shut the system down with a scheduled task, or just let fah run.

If you only run a CPU client, you can run it as a service, and stop and start that service with a scheduled task. Then when the fah task is stopped, the PC will sleep. However, the GPU won't run as a service, so that kills that idea.

toTOW wrote:Putting a machine to sleep mode is a bit contradictory with how FAH is supposed to work ... how FAH could work if the machine is sleeping/shut down ?

well it would work like 12 hours a day when im browsing on the net, chatting, downloading, doing anything.. :p and normally PC would go to sleep after 30mins im off the pc.

That should be your clue. As you said, the PC goes to sleep 30 minutes after all the programs you were using are shut down, no longer using CPU cycles. Well, fah never stops running, so the PC never sleeps.

Hope that answers your question.

I found out unfortunately that Windows 7 can go to sleep with FAH, CPU and GPU running. It's annoying to wake up in the morning and find that if folded for only 30 minutes after you last used it.

Please let us know how you fix this, and we'll add it to an FAQ somewhere.

@tmillic: You can stop that by changing your power plan to High Performance.

DanGe wrote:@tmillic: You can stop that by changing your power plan to High Performance.

. . . or explicit by setting the monitor to sleep but setting the CPU to never sleep.