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#201 Yourhighness

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Posted 16 February 2007 - 04:02 PM

Well thanks all. I guess that means I can never leave it on at nite and unse PowerOff to shut the PC down. (might test again with smaller unit). LOL trying it with my 1240 / 2000 it d be a pita to start over again XD

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#202 rowal5555

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Posted 16 February 2007 - 11:30 PM

This has been mentioned several times before, but rightclicking on the gear icon>configure>advanced and moving the checkpointing slider all the way to the left will save your progress each 3 minutes so you should lose very little data if anything happens. It should just take off again from that point when your machine restarts.

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#203 yano

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Posted 19 February 2007 - 12:50 AM

That is our team history. Look at how sharp of a climb we are off to! :thumbsup:

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Posted 19 February 2007 - 01:26 AM

Wow! We've really started the year off well! :thumbsup:

Thanx for posting that yano!

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#205 yano

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Posted 19 February 2007 - 10:24 AM

Here is another tip if for some reason it is taking a long time for a few folds to compute and you get

You get the "timing estimate," it's normal for it to be there when you first open it... but if it stays like that for more than 20minutes or so, then restart the application and you can get this: (where you get the estimate).

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#206 tink536

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Posted 20 February 2007 - 07:33 AM

Thanks for the tip. Mine does sometimes go more than 20 min establishing the timing.

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#207 fozzie

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Posted 20 February 2007 - 07:56 AM

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#208 DSTM

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Posted 20 February 2007 - 08:12 AM

To the team,Fozzie :thumbsup:

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Posted 20 February 2007 - 08:17 AM

Out of curiousity how long did it take before you finished your first WU?

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#210 DSTM

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Posted 20 February 2007 - 08:31 AM

fozzie, on Feb 21 2007, 12:17 AM, said:

Out of curiousity how long did it take before you finished your first WU?

I'm trying to remember,Fozzie.I know the first WU was 40,000,and I think about 4 or 5 days.After which your user name appears on the Member list.
What was the size of other Members first WU,under 5.03?
Or does everybody start with a 40,000 WU?

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#211 tink536

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Posted 20 February 2007 - 08:54 AM

I had a 50000 frame first up, took me about a week.

Great to have you aboard fozzie! :thumbsup:

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Posted 20 February 2007 - 11:30 AM

Welcome to the Team fozzie...Rock n Fold :thumbsup:

I can't remember the first one but a couple of days to a week seems avg. Depends a lot on WU size 5000-50000 and time PC is on and the rate running at the top of config screen.

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Posted 20 February 2007 - 08:43 PM

Great to have you on the Bleeping Computer Team fozzie! :thumbsup:

Work progress is quickest when the CPU Useage slider bar is set to 100%.
Sometime I change it to 50% for a day or two, just to give my computer a little rest. :flowers:

BTW, a 50000 frame takes me a couple/three of days going 24/7 at 100%.

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