Shripad
ex-Mod
Hello guys.
So finally by popular demand and considering the development in the way Folding@Home now operates. We have decided to start Team Techenclave for this distributed computing project in addition to existing WCG.
You will find short description, links to download and get you started in this sticky.
First of all the Folding@Home Website : Folding@home - Main
What is Folding@Home
The following is quoted from the F@H homepage. All the links can be found on the above page.
How to Get started.
Like WCG, a client program runs in background on you computer and uses our idle computer power for the research purpose. I assure you once again, the bandwidth usage of F@H is minimal. So even dialup users need not worry much about the same.
The reason we decided to start this project is the that, this project has high performance clients which takes advantage of the GPUs in our system. This greatly improves the amount of data that can be processed. Those who have decent Geforce 8 series GPU and ATI 2xxx /3xxx /4xxx series GPU can use the GPU clients. And TE has lots of users with high and mid budget GPUs which can be put to good use.
Step 1 : Download the Folding@home software application
The Application software for Windows, Linux and Mac can be found at this Link: Folding@home - Download the Folding@home software application
High Performance CPU and GPU clients Can be downloaded from this Link(only for windows): Folding@home - DownloadWinOther
ATI GPU owners planning to use the GPU client Read this FAQ: Folding@home - FAQ-ATI2
Nvidia GPU users planning to use the GPU client Read this FAQ: Folding@home - FAQ-NVIDIA
Sony PlayStation 3 users who plan to use their consoles for folding Read this: Folding@home - FAQ-PS3
Step 2: Install the application on your system and run the application
Step 3: You will need to Provide a Team Number in the 'configuration' of the client under 'User' Tab for your work to be counted towards Team Techenclave. Configuration can be accessed by right clicking the F@H client icon in the system tray.
Team Techenclave Team Number is : 136938
If you wish to have unique ID and wish to track your progress over time. You will need to create a unique pass key.
Pass Key identifies you as a unique user.
First to check if user id you wish is available or not, visit this page and scroll to middle of the page : Folding@home - Download the Folding@home software application
You will find the box there.
Once you decide your unique id go to the the link given below and enter your username and email address to receive the unique passkey in email
Link to get the passkey : Folding@Home
The above link can also be used to recover the passkey.
Enter these details under the user tab of client configuration and you are good to go.
You need not change any advance settings, but if you wish, you can change them. They are very much easy to understand.
All done. You are good to go.
I will add more details if and when needed here.
I suggest you visit official F@H FAQ page for your queries if any: Folding@home - FAQ
If you cant find answers there, they do have forum, you can ask there or post here.
Happy Folding and good luck. :cool2:
So finally by popular demand and considering the development in the way Folding@Home now operates. We have decided to start Team Techenclave for this distributed computing project in addition to existing WCG.
You will find short description, links to download and get you started in this sticky.
First of all the Folding@Home Website : Folding@home - Main
What is Folding@Home
The following is quoted from the F@H homepage. All the links can be found on the above page.
What is protein folding and how is folding linked to disease?
Proteins are biology's workhorses -- its "nanomachines." Before proteins can carry out these important functions, they assemble themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, in many ways remains a mystery.
Moreover, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes.
You can help by simply running a piece of software.
Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved.
What have we done so far?
We have had several successes. You can read about them on our Science page, on our Awards page, or go directly to our Results page.
How to Get started.
Like WCG, a client program runs in background on you computer and uses our idle computer power for the research purpose. I assure you once again, the bandwidth usage of F@H is minimal. So even dialup users need not worry much about the same.
The reason we decided to start this project is the that, this project has high performance clients which takes advantage of the GPUs in our system. This greatly improves the amount of data that can be processed. Those who have decent Geforce 8 series GPU and ATI 2xxx /3xxx /4xxx series GPU can use the GPU clients. And TE has lots of users with high and mid budget GPUs which can be put to good use.
Step 1 : Download the Folding@home software application
The Application software for Windows, Linux and Mac can be found at this Link: Folding@home - Download the Folding@home software application
High Performance CPU and GPU clients Can be downloaded from this Link(only for windows): Folding@home - DownloadWinOther
ATI GPU owners planning to use the GPU client Read this FAQ: Folding@home - FAQ-ATI2
Nvidia GPU users planning to use the GPU client Read this FAQ: Folding@home - FAQ-NVIDIA
Sony PlayStation 3 users who plan to use their consoles for folding Read this: Folding@home - FAQ-PS3
Step 2: Install the application on your system and run the application
Step 3: You will need to Provide a Team Number in the 'configuration' of the client under 'User' Tab for your work to be counted towards Team Techenclave. Configuration can be accessed by right clicking the F@H client icon in the system tray.
Team Techenclave Team Number is : 136938
If you wish to have unique ID and wish to track your progress over time. You will need to create a unique pass key.
Pass Key identifies you as a unique user.
First to check if user id you wish is available or not, visit this page and scroll to middle of the page : Folding@home - Download the Folding@home software application
You will find the box there.
Once you decide your unique id go to the the link given below and enter your username and email address to receive the unique passkey in email
Link to get the passkey : Folding@Home
The above link can also be used to recover the passkey.
Enter these details under the user tab of client configuration and you are good to go.
You need not change any advance settings, but if you wish, you can change them. They are very much easy to understand.
All done. You are good to go.
I will add more details if and when needed here.
I suggest you visit official F@H FAQ page for your queries if any: Folding@home - FAQ
If you cant find answers there, they do have forum, you can ask there or post here.
Happy Folding and good luck. :cool2: