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I've just acquired a Compaq Presario laptop model CQ50-115NR running 32bit Vista Home Premium with the following hardware specs:

Processor: AMD Turion Dual-Core RM-70 2.00 Ghz

Ram: 2814 MB ( out of 3 GB )

Display adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

This machine, like the 9 others already running FAH, will run 24/7.

Should I run the 7.1.43 beta or rather the 6.23 console client ?

Greetings to Bruce, PantherX, bollix47, 7im, Jesse_V, Zagen30, and all the other cool people who've responded to my past requests for advice/assistance

I'd go for the v7 client myself. Just realize that the ETA is one of the more noticeable bugs in it, but other than that it should configure itself for you just fine. Just make sure you watch for the updates, so that bugs and whatnot get fixed for you.

I'd never heard of your GPU before, so I Googled it and found this page: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_ge ... pu_us.html So apparently it's a built-in GPU, not a separate card. I've no idea what kind of PPD you'd expect from it, but hopefully its on the v7 whitelist. If not, use GPU-Z to report it, and then run v6.

Jesse,

Where do I find the whitelist ?

I'm not too familiar w/ GPU-Z -- I'm sure I can find the download but don't understand how to

use GPU-Z to report it

Sorry, won't make the whitelist, no CUDA on that gpu chip. V7 install guide has link to supported HW list.

But cpu client will do well...

So I guess it's unlikely that you will be able to fold with it. Oh well. To my knowledge, there's no whitelist that you or I could access. Since it sounds like your interested in v7, I'd just go ahead and download it from here: http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinGuide and then just install it. As 7im said, it should run only on your CPU. What I said about GPU-Z no longer applies now, because it's one of the processes you can use to get a GPU on the whitelist. So never mind!

Hi 7im & Jesse,

I've installed 7.1.43 -- it says its running SMP:2 -- I'll watch to see how long it takes to process a frame -- LOL I think it'll be a lot slower than the machine w/ the hardware listed under my signature

GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel MB
Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Proc.BX80605I7860
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel F3-10600CL8D-2GBHK

Questions ? --- 1. if it takes too long to process a frame should I uninstall and go to 6.23 ?

2. What would you consider the maximum allowable TPF for the project it's currently on ( PRCG 10084 (3,29,7) ?

I guess my previous 2 ? just got answered -- it's taking 28 min 52 sec to do a frame --that's ok by me since at that rate it'll finish the project well before the timeout.

barebear wrote:...Questions ? --- 1. if it takes too long to process a frame should I uninstall and go to 6.23 ?...

The difference between the v6 and V7 with respect to the WU assignment is very little. Only a handful of Projects require V7 while the majority will run on both hence installing a different version isn't really helpful in your case (it might be helpful in some specific cases). If you find the the SMP:2 Slot does make the Preferred/Timeout Deadline, than all's good. If not, then you can consider changing the SMP:2 Slot to either one or two UNI Slots.

Please note that the current Open Public Beta doesn't show proper TPF so it is best if you calculated it from the log (you can view it if you change the mode to Advanced/Expert and is in the log tab).

Hi PantherX,

Its done 21% in 10 hrs, so I'm happy.

What version to install on below described rig ?

Postby barebear » Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:28 pm
I've just acquired a Compaq Presario laptop model CQ50-115NR running 32bit Vista Home Premium with the following hardware specs:

Processor: AMD Turion Dual-Core RM-70 2.00 Ghz

Ram: 2814 MB ( out of 3 GB )

Display adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

This machine, like the 9 others already running FAH, will run 24/7.

Should I run the 7.1.43 beta or rather the 6.23 console client ?

Greetings to Bruce, PantherX, bollix47, 7im, Jesse_V, Zagen30, and all the other cool people who've responded to my past requests for advice/assistance

Hi all,

I've been running 7.1.52 smp:2 on this machine for several weeks.

The machine was getting its assigned projects completed way ahead of timeouts

It just started project 11021 ( 0, 4039, 48 ) using core 0xa3

In 30 minutes it hasn't completed anything -- it's still at 0.00%.

At this rate it will never make the expiration, let alone the timeout.

I have made no software changes of any sort, and am not using the machine to perform any other tasks.

Please advise what to do and what other information ( if any ) is needed to help resolve this.

Regards, barebear

barebear wrote:It just started project 11021 ( 0, 4039, 48 ) using core 0xa3

In 30 minutes it hasn't completed anything -- it's still at 0.00%.

At this rate it will never make the expiration, let alone the timeout.

Why do you say that? If you were running V6 you wouldn't know if that were true or not. Nobody that I know has decoded how V7 reports progress in the beginning of a new WU.

(As your teacher probably said when you were in math class . . . show your work.)

What I would do is pause the WU and then restart it so we know how far it's gotten as of the last checkpoint.

That project has a preferred deadline of 8 days and an expiration of 12 days. That means you would need a TPF of around 1hr 55min before you'd miss the preferred.

I don't have a similar setup to compare with but based on my experience with those WUs I wouldn't be surprised if your TPF is 40-50 minutes at least.

Hi Bruce and Bollix,

I guess I'm just too impatient --- the project is now 2.57% complete --about 7 min after posting earlier, the progress bar instantly jumped from 0.00 to 1.11% ?!

The TPF is showing 42 min 48 sec and ETA of 2.89 days.

I'll advise if anything odd happens ---just was TOTALLY confused by originally seeing no progress at all --- the instant jump from 0.00% to 1.11% was a big surprise for me.

Thanks for your time !

Regards, barebear (Peter)

For Bruce and Bollix.....

Hi guys,

It's exactly 2 hrs since my last post.

Things appear to have gotten even better ---- TPF is down to 40 min 19 sec and ETA is now 2.64 days ---- progress bar is at 5.75% .

I'm off to work now and will be back on computer approx. 10PM ---- will send a progress update then.

Best, Peter

For Bruce and Bollix.......

It's 10 PM and things are running fine ---- progress bar is at 16.17% TPF a very tiny rise to 40 min 37 sec.

I'll only post again if problems develop.

Best, Peter