Folding @ Home Help (solved!)

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley) 04/30/2020 at 14:58 • Filed to: None

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I am not knowledgeable about computers (or cars) so I need some assistance.

I had uninstalled the program after it stopped working after 1 day. I then installed it again the next week, but since then have not received even 1 GPU unit.

Is this common or have I done something wrong?

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/30/2020 at 14:59

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Is F@H client detecting your GPU?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 04/30/2020 at 15:02

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Looks like no. It did before though. Should I uninstall/reinstall?

Nom De Plume > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/30/2020 at 15:02

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If in doubt

- Revo Uninstaller or similar that will remove all traces and previous logs/settings/etc.

- Shut computer off

- Flip switch on PSU to fully shut down from resting C-state

- Unplug from outlet for a minute or two

- Undo all of that and try installing their program again.

Edit: Unplug your router to reset it too.

TheRealBicycleBuck > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/30/2020 at 15:11

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Before you uninstall anything, open up FAHControl and follow the steps to add a GPU outlined here: https://foldingathome.org/support/faq/installation-guides/configuration-guide/

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/30/2020 at 15:16

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https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=34834

i followed this for f@h to detect my gpu

check your log in the advanced control panel so see if the gpu is mentioned there

gin-san - shitpost specialist > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/30/2020 at 15:26

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This looks right - I basically followed some of the steps here to remove the CPU slot so that my system only does GPU folding.

I don’t think a full uninstall is needed here, either. 

facw > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/30/2020 at 15:46

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No need to uninstall. Open the FAHControl.exe, go into configuration, look at the slots and add a GPU slot.

Brickman > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/30/2020 at 15:49

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Thanks. Looked like I was only using my CPU to fold too . Time to work those GPU fans :D

SmugAardvark > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/30/2020 at 15:53

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https://oppositelock.kinja.com/1843110517

If you scroll down to the comments, here’s the instruction I gave farscythe. Seemed to work okay for them.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 04/30/2020 at 16:13

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got it! thanks!

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 04/30/2020 at 16:22

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np!

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Brickman 04/30/2020 at 16:51

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You should notice a big  difference in how many WUs get completed if you have a decent GPU.

Brickman > gin-san - shitpost specialist 04/30/2020 at 17:05

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AMD RX 5700. Should be decent :)

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/30/2020 at 18:19

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I had to do that recently when a recent Ubuntu upgrade caused my FAH install to go kaput. Ended up doing an uninstall and an manual reinstall and then a manual GPU add .