Running as a service problems.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:55 am

I need some input.

I have issues, running Folding as a service. It would stop running a few months ago, so I'd start it and it would stop again.

I figured that maybe I was out of date so I downloaded the newest version and started back up. Same problems.

Can someone lay it out on what I should be using for all the multiple choices in the setup?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:17 pm

Well what CPU and how much RAM do you have?

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue May 20, 2008 6:49 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:Well what CPU and how much RAM do you have?

1 gig ram and I'm running and an AMD 2500 chip at 1.9 ghz. Why? It did fine for a long time. I'm sure it sill will.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:01 pm

Name: downhil
Team #: 15
Launch as service: yes
Ask before fetching: no
Use IE settigns: no
Use proxy: no
Allow work greater than 5MB: yes
Change advance: yes
Core priority: low
CPU usage reuested: 100
Disable optimised code: no
Pause if on battery: no
Interval between checkpoints: 10 if u shut it off alot, 30 if it runs all day
Memory to indicate: 200-300
Request work without deadlines: no
Set advmethods: yes
Ignore deadline info: yes
Machine ID: 1

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:31 pm

Usually the main culprit in this type of thing is a misconfiguation of the ie settings, that can hang things up. You do want to have use ie settings at no. Below is a link that may help you with understanding some of them, including several configuation settings (and why). It took me FOREVER to find out some of them! Hope it is of some good useful information for you

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:43 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:Name: downhil
Team #: 15
Launch as service: yes
Ask before fetching: no
Use IE settigns: no
Use proxy: no
Allow work greater than 5MB: yes
Change advance: yes
Core priority: low
CPU usage reuested: 100
Disable optimised code: no
Pause if on battery: no
Interval between checkpoints: 10 if u shut it off alot, 30 if it runs all day
Memory to indicate: 200-300
Request work without deadlines: no
Set advmethods: yes
Ignore deadline info: yes
Machine ID: 1

Yep..that's how I keep setting it up.
As soon as I set it up, the DOS screen shows it running. The performance tab show's me at 100 percent. Just like it always used to do.

I close down the dos screen and check performance......it's dead. Reboot thinking it should start again automatically and it doesn't.

I give up.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:54 pm

do you have the PC set to use a password ?

maybe just don't run as a service LOL

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:30 pm

downhill wrote:Yep..that's how I keep setting it up.
As soon as I set it up, the DOS screen shows it running. The performance tab show's me at 100 percent. Just like it always used to do.

I close down the dos screen and check performance......it's dead. Reboot thinking it should start again automatically and it doesn't.

I give up.

Well if you close the screen down that session where you just did all the settings then of course it will go dead. But it should start from a reboot.

Try leaving it on and rebooting.

Do you move it to a different directory after you set it up, and shut it down and then reboot?

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:29 am

I should have checked back.

Yardy, no I don't move it at all and I leave it running as a service. I rarely even close down but what would happen is I would check to see if I was still running at 100 percent and noticed I wasn't. I'd check and it would be stopped.

I'll be loading it on the new puters. Let's see what it'll do then.

Thanks for your help!

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:41 am

specs of new PC's ?

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:23 pm

Only one pc, Mark. It's an Intel E8500 running at 3.16 Ghz with 4 gigs of DDR2 800 memory. So far I'm still playing with it.

No luck on getting Folding to run as a service, either.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:12 pm

look into running the SMP client for a major points upgrade, or maybe the GPU client, which i haven't tried yet, but a lot of people are getting mega points from that, depends on what video card ya got though.

http://foldingforum.org/viewforum.php?f ... 339023ea29

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:57 pm

Ok I got it running fine as a service.

Results to be expected soon. Still some work to do and then I'll start doing some overclocking.

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:39 pm

downhill wrote:Ok I got it running fine as a service.

Results to be expected soon. Still some work to do and then I'll start doing some overclocking.

Woo Hoo! Good job!