I have been folding for a few months now 24/7 and before I went to bed last night I was around 350 units completed. Also if the people that don't get what folding is there is another reason to leave the system folding if you want be part of something that's breaking records. A while back the PS3 with all the people that are donateing there PS3 for this cause broke a record of computing power at one time. For me it gives me good feeling that it could help find a cure for diseases that one day help save someone close to me.
[QUOTE="lyndonAPI"]Mine's been going pretty much non stop since it came out. Other than bouts of gaming and occassional power outtages it's been constant folding. 754 work units completed and counting. :Dabdelmessih101
Did it raise your electric bill significantly?
Not that I've noticed, no- not much change at all in that regard.
I have now read 3 pages of the forum and the Folding@Home at folding.stanford.edu and still i am no closer to understanding.
lisauk1
I'll try to simplify things a bit. Folding@Home is a medical research project from Stanford University. Computers and PS3s running the program get sent data called "work units". They run the work unit and send back the results, then get sent the next work unit. The idea is to process all of the various data much faster than they could just using their own computers.
The folding on the PS3 will only run when you want it to- it won't interfere with normal game time/ movie watching. It's easily set up to run after so much idle time or just go to the icon in the Network menu to run it when you can. For those wondering about the benefits, you are helping with research that could one day help someone you know (or even yourself) toward cures for things like Alzeimer's, Parkinson's Disease and various forms of cancer.
[QUOTE="NoWareMan9"]I show 5 units completed... But at least twice my bar filled to 100%, and I didnt get it counted as a completed unit... anyone know why that is? So does anyone know why I can have the bar fill to 100% and not get credit for it?
I folded for about 15 mins then my PS3's fan started going max speed and sounded like a hand vacuum so I stoped and never folded again. Does everyone else's PS3 fan go max speed when folding?
I folded for about 15 mins then my PS3's fan started going max speed and sounded like a hand vacuum so I stoped and never folded again. Does everyone else's PS3 fan go max speed when folding?accord100
If you have the system in a inclosed area this will happen but my consoles fans never go above medium speed and then it's only a few minutes. At first I think the fans ran at a higher speed a little more but after a while the fans tend to hardly run anymore and it doesn't overheat. I have wondered if by folding actually burns the hardware in somewhat that in the long run helps the system.
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