With FAH, there is a kind of job you can run on your computer if you have 2 or more cores, it's referred to as an SMP job. While you can run one normal client for each core of your computer, the SMP's yield Bonus Points based on how fast you finish the job. The bonus can be very large, a 1400 point job can net 9000 points or more on a fast multicore machine.
Now, the basics: These are more hassle, less stable, and require babysitting. These have tight return date on them. If you don't hit it, you get nothing. These are intended for computers that run 24/7. I'd avoid using anything less than a 2-core @ 2.8ghz, or 4-core @ 1.4, but there is nothing wrong with experimenting.
All Mac jobs are SMP. I haven't used the Linux client, so this is about Windows. You need XP, Vista, or Win7. You should be familiar with working from the Command Line, as this is 100% console controlled through the DOS Prompt.
Read this first and follow directions carefully:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinSMPGuide
The download link is on that page.
You also need a Passkey or you won't get bonuses. Passkey can be found at http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-passkey and they email it to you. It will often end up in your Junk Mail folder, so if you see it in 10 minutes, look there.
When you first start and you have followed the instructions, you will type in:
Fah6 -configonly (if you renamed the executable like the instructions suggest).
The important options are:
Username has to be exact. Uppercase/Lowercase.
Team is 195247
Passkey must be exact. There are no letter "O" and all the letter (a,b,c,d,e,f) are all lower case. You can cut and paste to play it safe.
It will ask you for file size, the answer MUST be big. No - sign, just big.
Hit enter for everything you aren't sure of, DON'T hit the spacebar on one, that will delete the value.
It will ask you if you want to change advanced settings, and the answer is yes, then go all the way through list until you find Additional Options. You want to put -smp here, but you don't have to as long as when you want to run the program, you always type fah6 -smp, either way is OK, and if you're going to type it out every time you launch, then you don't have to do the advanced settings.
To start the program, type fah6 or fah6 -smp if you didn't put it in the config.
To stop the program, hit CNTL C.
To change the settings, type fah6 -configonly again. You only have to change what you want, the rest stays the same.
To stop at the end of the job, first CNTL C, then type fah6 -oneunit and it will halt after sending in the results.
If you type fah6 -help it will list these options.
You must complete 10 SMP jobs under the same user and passkey in under the time limit before the bonus starts. You can have multiple computers with the same user and passkey to get there faster. You must keep a success record of 80% to get bonus, so don't experiment with overclocking on a username you want to keep.
You can also run the GPU client at the same time, but be warned, ATI cards will slow down the SMP a LOT, and usually aren't worth it, you need to test this. nVidia slows down much less.
I'm new at this myself, but feel free to ask questions in this thread and I'll do my best to help.
Now, the basics: These are more hassle, less stable, and require babysitting. These have tight return date on them. If you don't hit it, you get nothing. These are intended for computers that run 24/7. I'd avoid using anything less than a 2-core @ 2.8ghz, or 4-core @ 1.4, but there is nothing wrong with experimenting.
All Mac jobs are SMP. I haven't used the Linux client, so this is about Windows. You need XP, Vista, or Win7. You should be familiar with working from the Command Line, as this is 100% console controlled through the DOS Prompt.
Read this first and follow directions carefully:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/WinSMPGuide
The download link is on that page.
You also need a Passkey or you won't get bonuses. Passkey can be found at http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-passkey and they email it to you. It will often end up in your Junk Mail folder, so if you see it in 10 minutes, look there.
When you first start and you have followed the instructions, you will type in:
Fah6 -configonly (if you renamed the executable like the instructions suggest).
The important options are:
Username has to be exact. Uppercase/Lowercase.
Team is 195247
Passkey must be exact. There are no letter "O" and all the letter (a,b,c,d,e,f) are all lower case. You can cut and paste to play it safe.
It will ask you for file size, the answer MUST be big. No - sign, just big.
Hit enter for everything you aren't sure of, DON'T hit the spacebar on one, that will delete the value.
It will ask you if you want to change advanced settings, and the answer is yes, then go all the way through list until you find Additional Options. You want to put -smp here, but you don't have to as long as when you want to run the program, you always type fah6 -smp, either way is OK, and if you're going to type it out every time you launch, then you don't have to do the advanced settings.
To start the program, type fah6 or fah6 -smp if you didn't put it in the config.
To stop the program, hit CNTL C.
To change the settings, type fah6 -configonly again. You only have to change what you want, the rest stays the same.
To stop at the end of the job, first CNTL C, then type fah6 -oneunit and it will halt after sending in the results.
If you type fah6 -help it will list these options.
You must complete 10 SMP jobs under the same user and passkey in under the time limit before the bonus starts. You can have multiple computers with the same user and passkey to get there faster. You must keep a success record of 80% to get bonus, so don't experiment with overclocking on a username you want to keep.
You can also run the GPU client at the same time, but be warned, ATI cards will slow down the SMP a LOT, and usually aren't worth it, you need to test this. nVidia slows down much less.
I'm new at this myself, but feel free to ask questions in this thread and I'll do my best to help.
