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tpenguin
09-26-2003, 11:06 AM
I'm putting together a computer out of old parts I have lying around (1700+). I'm can't decide whether to make it a dedicated folding machine or a dedicated UD machine. I want to put it to work where it will do the most good, so which project should I donate my CPU time to?
egarrard
09-26-2003, 12:19 PM
UD Agent
Tivon
09-26-2003, 02:40 PM
UD agent!

Why? Because it's going to help the real world and not some
Alien pissing in space.:lmao
XxFaeryOnFirexX
09-26-2003, 03:17 PM
Originally posted by Tivon
UD agent!

Why? Because it's going to help the real world and not some
Alien pissing in space.:lmao

actually... that would be seti@home

Folding@home is okay, but UD agent is more useful... but it takes a whole lot longer that the other 2. In Seti, I could get a WU done in 2-2.5 hrs. In UD, w/o any breaks, it takes at least 11hrs.
Tivon
09-26-2003, 03:33 PM
Originally posted by XxFaeryOnFirexX
actually... that would be seti@home

Folding@home is okay, but UD agent is more useful... but it takes a whole lot longer that the other 2. In Seti, I could get a WU done in 2-2.5 hrs. In UD, w/o any breaks, it takes at least 11hrs.

Ohh.. your right.. not sure why I was thinking Seti?:spin
Must have been a brain fart?:KICK ASS
thephenom
09-26-2003, 03:37 PM
I know F@H and S@H, but what's UD Agent?
XxFaeryOnFirexX
09-26-2003, 03:44 PM
Originally posted by thephenom
I know F@H and S@H, but what's UD Agent?

Finds ways to treat and possibly cure cacer. By default it also will do SmallPox... which is lots quicker than the cancer ones

I set smallpox off in settings so I would only do cancer. lets see...

it has been 4 hours and I am 23% done on a cancer one.

I have a P4 2.4B (533 FSB)

Lots of processing time.
egarrard
09-26-2003, 04:32 PM
Join our team and cure cancer! (http://3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1807&highlight=UD)
:banana :banana :banana
efernandez_98
09-27-2003, 08:07 AM
Originally posted by egarrard
Join our team and cure cancer! (http://3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1807&highlight=UD)
:banana :banana :banana :thumb
tpenguin
09-27-2003, 02:03 PM
It looks like I won't be curing anything. The old ECS K7S5A motherboard I had for the system was dead. I don't know why. It was working a couple months ago. Oh well...
Gadget421
09-27-2003, 02:21 PM
replace the cmos battery!!
It is a cheap fix and if it was working before I would bet it is the problem
tpenguin
09-27-2003, 03:30 PM
Originally posted by Gadget421
replace the cmos battery!!
It is a cheap fix and if it was working before I would bet it is the problem

But a bad CMOS battery should only cause it to lose its settings every time the computer is turned off. When I power it on, nothing happens at all, other than the fans and HDD spinning up.
XxFaeryOnFirexX
09-27-2003, 03:37 PM
Originally posted by tpenguin
But a bad CMOS battery should only cause it to lose its settings every time the computer is turned off. When I power it on, nothing happens at all, other than the fans and HDD spinning up. sometimes CMOS batteries can cause other problems
tpenguin
09-27-2003, 03:44 PM
Originally posted by XxFaeryOnFirexX
sometimes CMOS batteries can cause other problems

well, I suppose it's worth a try.