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by gwildperson
Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:09 am
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Nvidia GeForce 344.11 WHQL drivers
Replies: 47
Views: 16574

Re: Nvidia GeForce 344.11 WHQL drivers

Why is this topic about 344.11 when 344.16 was released five days later?

Does anybody know if 344.11 is the cause of all the problems?
by gwildperson
Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:48 pm
Forum: GPU Projects and FahCores
Topic: Any idea how many Core 16's are left?
Replies: 53
Views: 12350

Re: Any idea how many Core 16's are left?

I would actually like to see a response from PandeGroup on this because I don't think the request is unreasonable. Is it more reasonable for every donor to take responsibility for knowing which projects cannot be run on their system and managing them 24 hrs per day or is it more reasonable for the ...
by gwildperson
Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:15 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Ubuntu 14.04 amd R9 gpu folding
Replies: 31
Views: 6796

Re: Ubuntu 14.04 amd R9 gpu folding

Ok, with that Bruce and your guess might be right and there is something else installed. Is there a folder in /opt or /etc indicating OpenCL packages/config ? Maybe this is somehow related to the problems reported elsewhere with lots of failed WUs on Windows. The client or core should be smart enou...
by gwildperson
Sun Oct 05, 2014 11:03 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: PS4 / XB1?
Replies: 32
Views: 19650

Re: PS4 / XB1?

I think you may have missed Bruce's point. The designer who figures out how big a heatsink is needed and what kind of fans are needed should design for an expected worst-case environment. A computer running under a pile of laundry cannot be expected to cool itself. Living in the Sahara Desert withou...
by gwildperson
Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:43 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: New to folding! Hello!
Replies: 91
Views: 27113

Re: New to folding! Hello!

I'm not impressed with Win8, from the little I've used it. I still have a copy in my drawer, uninstalled. IF I had a tablet or other touch screen, I'd use it. Otherwise, Win7 (or Linux) is perfectly adequate for Folding. I don't think any of the "old timers" are impressed with Windows 8. ...
by gwildperson
Sat Sep 13, 2014 12:01 pm
Forum: FAH Hardware
Topic: New to folding! Hello!
Replies: 91
Views: 27113

Re: New to folding! Hello!

Napoleon wrote:PS: FahControl allows you to pause individual folding slots.
To do that, you have to right-click the slot, itself. That may not be obvious.
by gwildperson
Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:19 am
Forum: Problems with AMD/ATI drivers
Topic: Video Playback with F@H 7.4.x Series
Replies: 10
Views: 4085

Re: Video Playback with F@H 7.4.x Series

I think the answer is: in comparison to innovation in GPU gaming. Look at the list of changes in any recent generation of drivers and count the percentage of fixes associated with games vs. those associated with GPGPU. It probably closely matches the numbers of GPUs sold that play games vs, the numb...
by gwildperson
Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:33 pm
Forum: Scientific discussions (Non-FAH)
Topic: Hardware technology marches on. [URL]
Replies: 2
Views: 2142

Re: Hardware technology marches on. [URL]

Some science fiction shows have assumed that a bluetooth-like chip will be imbedded in the brain. It sounds like a more realistic picture of the future than direct mind-to-mind telepathy.
by gwildperson
Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:16 am
Forum: Scientific discussions (Non-FAH)
Topic: Hardware technology marches on. [URL]
Replies: 2
Views: 2142

Re: Hardware technology marches on. [URL]

Google is testing out body sensors like the Fitbit and Google_Glass which can hold enough battery to store useful information and talk bluetooth. In 30 years, an entire PC will be imbedded in things like that.
by gwildperson
Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:43 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Change in BA requirements
Replies: 699
Views: 1747189

Re: Change in BA requirements

Long sermon, but I actually came up with an idea. How about demoting some of the existing BA projects to SMP on April 17th, giving them high priority on the AS and requiring 16 or more cores to fold them? They would no longer receive the BA-specific 20% bonus , but other than that, business as usua...
by gwildperson
Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:14 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Change in BA requirements
Replies: 699
Views: 1747189

Re: Change in BA requirements

I'd suggest that the reason a new points system hasn't been implemented is because it suffers the critical flaw in that it will be a change, and leave some folders worse off as a result. :!: I'm absolutely in favor of a new points system as long as I'm not one of the people who ends up being worse ...
by gwildperson
Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:47 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Folding movies
Replies: 31
Views: 8138

Re: Folding movies

The website for viewer.exe says "Folding@Home client's port. 61469 by default" which is (IIRC) is the port the V6 client used to connect to it's viewer. I don't believe V7 is supported by viewer.exe though I'd be happy to hear from the OP that I'm wrong. If I''m correct, it's unfortunate t...
by gwildperson
Thu Aug 09, 2012 1:03 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Failed to connect
Replies: 29
Views: 9407

Re: ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Failed to connect

Stanford is not likely to disable IPv6 for the entire campus just because of a minor problem with one server. They're more likely to find and fix the underlying problem.
by gwildperson
Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:48 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Sleep Mode
Replies: 10
Views: 2511

Re: Sleep Mode

Unfortunately I can't think of a way to know if it was processing slowly or if during three and a half hours, the CPU was sleeping for two and a half or something like that. The TPF is estimated from previous frames and that average could easily be distorted by adding in some time of doing nothing.
by gwildperson
Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:40 am
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: PC freezes after installing new video card
Replies: 30
Views: 11280

Re: PC freezes after installing new video card

It might be helpful if you told us which WUs are being assigned. There was a problem with the Assignment Server that was fixed quite recently but it might have caused your problem earlier.