FAH: Joining a team

I perhaps posted this in the wrong thread but I couldn't be sure where to post it.
Yesterday, I decided to assign some of my ressources to FAH, for Covid.
I am new in folding, so I started by watching several videos about it, and the lastest one who finally decided me was that one from Harware Canucks:

So I did it, and I even installed my latest GPU in the PC to upgrade from my old R9 Nano...
It's the second unit I'm folding and I stopped folding after the first one this morning so the GPU counter is back to zero for now...

What I am wondering is, what are the benefits to join a team ?

 

Nothing beyond a bit of friendly competition.

Make sure you get a passkey if you are interested in competition as well, get a lot more points after 10 units.

 

Ohh I see better now, thanks to shed a light on it I'll consider that...BT's team seems to be high in the stats BTW, may be the best choice for a member

 

It's definitely the best choice

 

done

 

^ Post of the week

 

Welcome to the team

 

I am happy as well, thanks for the welcome,
I feel like a c..t not to have done this before with such a hardware hoard, may be one of the rare benefits of Covid: beeing usefull to community

 

Hi Jeff, I'm reading a lot of threads here on BT, you're a very active member this I am aware of, but TBH, I didn't notice something bad happened to you...would you mind to elaborate ?

 

Jeff had some crashing/restarts when folding. It's not common though, I have 6 or 7 PCs folding continuously and have never had any hardware issues with any of them in 9 months, so you'll be fine.

 

thanks @Shirty , yes, I made some research in his contents, I found the the issue he mentioned...
"Anyone know what would make my PC crash/reboot while folding?
I've had a restarted machine 2 mornings in a row since I started; after a restart, this morning, it crashed & restarted as soon as I opened FAHControl..."

In that case, I understand better now, well, I'm sorry for him, yet, it seemed to me he had great hardware, I might be lucky but since I built my own PCs, I never had any crash or BSOD...... but I will admit that folding produces a lot more heat, I reached 125°F permanently since I started folding, but I add a couple of fans blowing towards the MB and now I am swinging between 107°F and 113°F...that's acceptable...

 

Yup, I was wondering if I could not install the folding soft on another PC, I still have some questions I'm wondering about, like for exemple: does PCs have to be switch on permanently even after a unit is done folding? and if so, would I lost the points won for the team?, I have a lot to learn about it still, sorry to be such a noob

 

yes, you're certainly right, but luckilly in my case, I have several PC like you can see in my signature...as of now, my main computer (PC2) is dismounted while trying to build a suitable case for it, the PC4 is in my room and it's only an HTPC, I use my ryzen build only for gaming and crowling on internet, my FX 8370 is actually doing the F@H but my old Q9650 might be dedicated to folding as well...

 

Joined today and waiting for my first WU to complete... I put the B-T team no in and remembered to get a passkey.
Let's see how it goes on this little machine

 

I installed F@H on my oldest PC too, but the temps scared me , the Q9650 is cooled by a Cooler Master V8, so I stayed at medium power, and yet, it's hot, but well

 

Great to have some new folks on the team - welcome aboard kim and Arboreal

@kim: Those temperatures will not be an issue, you've got plenty of head-room.

 

Thanks for the welcome @DocJonz , it feels good to contribute to the fight against Covid
about temps, you're right, I just put a few more fans to stabilize the heat under 140°F, it will do the job

 

Came back top my PC this morning and teh GPU has stopped folding and I have gained a mere 1000 points overnight. The WU that the GPU was working on was may more than that.
Is there a better graphical control than the web interface? Feeling a bit lost and underperforming here.

Found the control panel, and the log. I think I can see what's going on. Seems to say no WU available for this configuration. i5 6 core is working through a WU but surprisingly nothing for the GTX 970.

I'm sure it'll make more sense when it's been up anad running longer

 

yes, I noticed WU are assigned mainly on the CPU, but after 2 days folding, I noticed GPU was also assigned, but seldom both in the same time...
this morning I could see how much points I earned during the night: 1399 points; it looks like both PCs points are added on a single score as it is the same amount of points on both; to end, I was also surprised to see that one of them is completely idle this morning, but I guess it's just waiting for a new unit to work on...