F@H on dual cores?

[harry18]

im really stumped, ive been trying to make it so F@H is on both of my coes i read thro the FAQs, but i was a bit confuesd heres what i did, i downloaded a second version of the f@h, to my desktop same as the first version and opend it, and my firt one, so now they are both open on screen, and doing differnt foldings, does this mean its working? i geuss so right?

[GIBSON]

First off, you can only use two instances of the console client, NOT the graphical client (it will corrupt the wu). Second, you have to assign each core an id in the config of the console client. The two console clients need to have their own directory. For instance CPU1 and CPU2. If you do all that it should work OK.

[werty316]

If you need anymore help read the FAQ here:
http://www.bjorn3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9230

[harry18]

thanks, for the link, i couldnt figure it out, , firstly whats the difference between the console and the grapgical thing, at the mo i have a black box , looks like dos, but when i load up both there doing differnt foldings and my cpu ussage is at 100%, sooo have i dont that right, there both downloaded to the desktop.

i havnt done this: assign each core an id in the config of the console client. The two console clients need to have their own directory. For instance CPU1 and CPU2. If you do all that it should work OK.

how should i do it, cheers:grin:

[werty316]

Console is ran through "Dos" or whatever XP uses for "Dos".
GUI/graphical version shows molecules when running.
I like the console verison more as do others I would bet.

For dualcore operation put the console client each in a seperate folder and thats all you need to do like GIBSON mentioned.

If you want to know if both cores are being used just look at the task manager.

[GIBSON]

Console is ran through "Dos" or whatever XP uses for "Dos".
GUI/graphical version shows molecules when running.
I like the console verison more as do others I would bet.

For dualcore operation put the console client each in a seperate folder and thats all you need to do like GIBSON mentioned.

If you want to know if both cores are being used just look at the task manager.
it's msdos ;) :p

anyhow, back on topic: Don't continue working like you are now. You are risking to fuxor up all your comp's hard work. Just put the id's in the config and make the dir's.

[SwedBear]

First download teh console client. Create two Folding folders (as other has said, CPU1 and CPU2 is a good name) and copy the exe you downlaoded to each folder. Start up the first client in CPU1. Answer all the questions and say yes to change the advanced settings. There you can choose a machine ID for this client. After that is done, go to the other folder and start the client there. Do the same assigning the id2 to this client. Now everything is set.

/B

[harry18]

ahh, good, all sorted thanks all

[harry18]

one last question, i set up the new f@h, and i set it so it is on start up as a service, soo i rebooted my pc and it didnt apperar to open, but my cpu is at 100% is it all running fine and i can just ignore it?

thanks

[werty316]

Service means is runs in the back ground and you won't see it. If you have it setup right both cores should be running at 100%.

Open the task manager and take a look and you should have something like "FahCore_**.exe" running.

[harry18]

ya, thats what i thought, thanks wert:grin: