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Re: TSR Folding Team?It most likely means your pc is overheating. A similar program to folding@home is actually used to stability test pcs.(Original post by cRaig)
Hey.. i installed the F@H software, and it just caused my pc to crash when restarted- i had to go into safe mode and uninstall it. Any idea what Im doing wrong, cos i would like to help out with this
The program is called orthos. Download it and see if it crashes. If it does it means theres a problem with your pc. If you want to pursue this further, just make a thread in the Tech forum and people will help you solve the problem. -
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Re: TSR Folding Team?No.. sorry, i mean it crashes as soon as it boots up-ie. wont load windows. Therefore i assume its nothing to do with overheating, plus i have a fairly decent coolermaster heatsink, and its a fairly stable pc.(Original post by ghost101)
It most likely means your pc is overheating. A similar program to folding@home is actually used to stability test pcs.
The program is called orthos. Download it and see if it crashes. If it does it means theres a problem with your pc. If you want to pursue this further, just make a thread in the Tech forum and people will help you solve the problem.
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Re: TSR Folding Team?I had that, then my computer deleted all my system files...I wasn't a happy bunny...(Original post by cRaig)
No.. sorry, i mean it crashes as soon as it boots up-ie. wont load windows. Therefore i assume its nothing to do with overheating, plus i have a fairly decent coolermaster heatsink, and its a fairly stable pc.
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Re: TSR Folding Team?@the OP:
If it matters, I was the original admin. I only just saw this thread.
I stopped folding with F@H a few weeks ago 'cos I was having problems with it crashing fullscreen games and I got fed up with having to remember to turn it off... but if you want me to do anything to revive the thread or the F@H team then sure. -
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Re: TSR Folding Team?I dont use the graphical client so im afraid i dont know. But id have thought logging in and out should fix it. You may lose upto 15 mins of work though.(Original post by Cortez)
Nice idea with the stats update.
My icon has gone from the taskbar and when I try to open it from the Start Menu it says it's already running (task manager says it is aswell). How do I get the icon back so I can see my progress? -
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Re: Join The TSR Folding TeamSorry if this put's a dampener on things but how likely do you think it is this is actually going to make a difference. The chances of you ever finding a solution to a protien folding problem is tiny.
Put it this way:
When a protein folds it doesn't try out all the possible forms randomly until it finds its native state; if you assume that each of these possible amino acid residues can occupy 10 possible positions and that trying each possibility out takes 1x10^-13 seconds, the shortest possible time i.e. the time for a single molecular vibration then to try out all the combinations for the average protien would take on average 1x10^77 years. Given the process of working out conformations on a protein will be much slower I'm wondering what they can actually be using your processing power for since any biochemist worth his salt would know that randomly generating solutions isn't going to produce results.
By the way those figures I quoted are from a biochemical principle known as Levinthal's paradox.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levinthal_paradox
I guess you might get lucky though.
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Re: Join The TSR Folding TeamWell this page (http://folding.stanford.edu/papers.html) claims that the data provided so far has been of some scientific use, at least as far as advancing research is concerned.
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Re: Join The TSR Folding TeamBut they arent aiming at random. You can focus your search as you get more and more information. Rather than SETI(dont get me started on that stupid project) which is completely random, folding@home can eliminate useless routes. Each new series of projects that come out are more likely to find useful information.(Original post by Nefarious)
Sorry if this put's a dampener on things but how likely do you think it is this is actually going to make a difference. The chances of you ever finding a solution to a protien folding problem is tiny.
Put it this way:
When a protein folds it doesn't try out all the possible forms randomly until it finds its native state; if you assume that each of these possible amino acid residues can occupy 10 possible positions and that trying each possibility out takes 1x10^-13 seconds, the shortest possible time i.e. the time for a single molecular vibration then to try out all the combinations for the average protien would take on average 1x10^77 years. Given the process of working out conformations on a protein will be much slower I'm wondering what they can actually be using your processing power for since any biochemist worth his salt would know that randomly generating solutions isn't going to produce results.
By the way those figures I quoted are from a biochemical principle known as Levinthal's paradox.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levinthal_paradox
I guess you might get lucky though.
However, even then it could take dozens or even thousands of years. But if thats the only route to finding possible cures to these diseases which arent understood at all, so be it IMO. In the mean time statistical information from protein folding may prove very useful. Hopefully, advances in Computer technology will also cut the time. In the past year alone, if you look at folding@home and other BOINC projects through www.boincstats.com you will see that the overall processing power is growing exponentially.Last edited by Jaffaholic; 28-01-2007 at 15:38.
