Folding@home Team 56895 and Life with PlayStation - Page 42 - Blu-ray Forum

phlydude · 03-17-2008, 02:11 PM

team:
If you can spare 5 hours a day on your PS3, you will help us move up in the rankings. Right now, we are in position 112 and the only team that we can't beat that is immediately ahead of us is the Dell XPS team. Everyone else from here to 100 is not folding as much as us and we have a chance to overtake them and break into the top 100.
The problem is that lately, our overall production has dropped and is trending downward. This means people are leaving their PS3s off and not using them to fold in downtime (or you guys are watch a heck of a lot of movies or are playing COD4 all the time).

Any extra time you can allow the PS3 to complete a unit will be great...remember, you can turn it on, let it fold and it can shut off the PS3 when completed. Very simple to do in the options.
Any extra time you can give is for a great cause.

Brian Cash · 03-17-2008, 02:12 PM

my ps3 has been on now for like 10 days straight i just started on blu ray maybe 2 weeks ago

savage1984 · 03-17-2008, 02:36 PM

Hey,
I have a question. I like to leave my ps3 folding when I'm at work. Sometimes, I forget to turn it off and it will run for days straight. Because of these extended periods of FOLDING, am I cutting down the TOTAL life of my ps3? I hope not.

melikefish · 03-17-2008, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Cash

my ps3 has been on now for like 10 days straight i just started on blu ray maybe 2 weeks ago

Yes - see you are working your way up the ranks. Thanks for joining the team!

melikefish · 03-17-2008, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by savage1984

Hey,
I have a question. I like to leave my ps3 folding when I'm at work. Sometimes, I forget to turn it off and it will run for days straight. Because of these extended periods of FOLDING, am I cutting down the TOTAL life of my ps3? I hope not.

Many of us in this forum leave our PS3s on day and night folding. I can't think of a case where someone claimed folding shortened the life of their PS3.

A common sense approach would be to ensure your PS3 has good ventilation / stays cool to reduce any possible chance for issues (this would go for not just folding, but playing games or movies also).

DC_Street · 03-17-2008, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phlydude

team:
If you can spare 5 hours a day on your PS3, you will help us move up in the rankings. Right now, we are in position 112 and the only team that we can't beat that is immediately ahead of us is the Dell XPS team. Everyone else from here to 100 is not folding as much as us and we have a chance to overtake them and break into the top 100.
The problem is that lately, our overall production has dropped and is trending downward. This means people are leaving their PS3s off and not using them to fold in downtime (or you guys are watch a heck of a lot of movies or are playing COD4 all the time).

Any extra time you can allow the PS3 to complete a unit will be great...remember, you can turn it on, let it fold and it can shut off the PS3 when completed. Very simple to do in the options.
Any extra time you can give is for a great cause.

been running mine 24/7 but later this week I will be shipping my PS3 off to repair to have it exhanged, so I will be out of commission for a couple weeks

savage1984 · 03-17-2008, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by melikefish

Many of us in this forum leave our PS3s on day and night folding. I can't think of a case where someone claimed folding shortened the life of their PS3.

A common sense approach would be to ensure your PS3 has good ventilation / stays cool to reduce any possible chance for issues (this would go for not just folding, but playing games or movies also).

Well, I think it's ventilated well. It rests next to my center speaker below my tv.
My plasma is hoisted above the stand. So the top of the stand contains my center speaker and my ps3.
This is the stand I have. If you're facing it, it would be on the left-hand side.

Of course, I bought for $185, but that's beside the point.

phlydude · 03-17-2008, 03:16 PM

I leave my PS3 on 24/7 and have been doing so for about 9 months now (aside from when I will not be in the house for longer than a day, then the thing gets completely powered off).
No issues whatsoever and I have a 60GB from about 1 month after launch (just missed out on the Ricky Bobby Blu-ray)

reider · 03-17-2008, 05:05 PM

phlydude:

You just passed me in the rankings!

I don't think I like it... nobody did that to me since I joined the team.
Ok, I'll have to do something about it...

phlydude · 03-17-2008, 08:03 PM

Yeah, I'm completing a SMP unit in 15-16 hours, plus picking up the PS3 250 points per unit every 6 hours or so and have points coming in from 2 other machines...I'm climbing up the ranks

Better watch out, AlaskaDon is on your heels too!

AlaskaDon · 03-17-2008, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phlydude

Yeah, I'm completing a SMP unit in 15-16 hours, plus picking up the PS3 250 points per unit every 6 hours or so and have points coming in from 2 other machines...I'm climbing up the ranks

Better watch out, AlaskaDon is on your heels too!

Nah, he's safe from me. Just look at our daily averages. I'm only running a single core PC, and a single PS3. Both fold pretty much 24/7 though

phlydude · 03-18-2008, 04:45 PM

reider!!
you moved up in front of me...just wait, there is bound to be another SMP unit hitting soon for a cool 1700 points.

I just want to know...what are you running your SMP units on?

reider · 03-18-2008, 08:07 PM

Q6600 @ stock; but I heavily use this machine for my work physics calculations, so it's using only 50-60% CPU load for Folding.
And last Sunday I've added E6700 @ 3.6GHz with SMP client on it to fight you off. Let's see how this goes... if I still can't catch you, I will start using the Quad at it's full power for Folding only.

stow123 · 03-19-2008, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DC_Street

been running mine 24/7 but later this week I will be shipping my PS3 off to repair to have it exhanged, so I will be out of commission for a couple weeks

24/7 and off to repair cant help thinking theres a link there ,i try and use folding when i can as i know its for a good cause but theres no way im leaving mine on 24/7 its out of warranty and i havent the money to repair it.

reider · 03-19-2008, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stow123

24/7 and off to repair cant help thinking theres a link there ,i try and use folding when i can as i know its for a good cause but theres no way im leaving mine on 24/7 its out of warranty and i havent the money to repair it.

1. If you think games stress PS3 any less then F@H you are wrong. And Blu-ray playback is no "walk in the park" either.

2. There is no indication, information, or even just a credible rumor whatsoever that "folding" PS3's have higher mortality rate then the average.

3. My 60Gig was folding 24/7 since June '07 (minus (53x2)hrs for watching BD's); it also survived Houston's summer, folding 24/7 in 80F ambient.

4. Do you really think Sony would create, approve, and promote something that could destroy their PS3's and risk hurting their reputation??

GreenMotion · 03-19-2008, 02:17 AM

Cool .. a fellow houstonian. Where are you located?

80 ambient? wow, we try to keep the house at around 72.

Quote:

Originally Posted by reider

1. If you think games stress PS3 any less then F@H you are wrong. And Blu-ray playback is no "walk in the park" either.

2. There is no indication, information, or even just a credible rumor whatsoever that "folding" PS3's have higher mortality rate then the average.

3. My 60Gig was folding 24/7 since June '07 (minus (53x2)hrs for watching BD's); it also survived Houston's summer, folding 24/7 in 80C ambient.

4. Do you really think Sony would create, approve, and promote something that could destroy their PS3's and risk hurting their reputation??

reider · 03-19-2008, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenMotion

Cool .. a fellow houstonian. Where are you located?

80 ambient? wow, we try to keep the house at around 72.

Memorial Villages area...
Yeah, our AC units are begging to be replaced. The only room we're able to cool below 75 in summer is the master bedroom

.

GreenMotion · 03-19-2008, 02:36 AM

we had the complete ac system as well as the ducts replaced....but i guess i can see your point. When it is really hot outside, we can't get the temps below 75.

I live in the clearlake area and work downtown houston.

Quote:

Originally Posted by reider

Memorial Villages area...
Yeah, our AC units are begging to be replaced. The only room we're able to cool below 75 in summer is the master bedroom

.

stow123 · 03-19-2008, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reider

1. If you think games stress PS3 any less then F@H you are wrong. And Blu-ray playback is no "walk in the park" either.

2. There is no indication, information, or even just a credible rumor whatsoever that "folding" PS3's have higher mortality rate then the average.

3. My 60Gig was folding 24/7 since June '07 (minus (53x2)hrs for watching BD's); it also survived Houston's summer, folding 24/7 in 80C ambient.

4. Do you really think Sony would create, approve, and promote something that could destroy their PS3's and risk hurting their reputation??

im not saying folding has anything to do with ,i just mean leaving it going all that time,all pcs,tvs have a lifespan now and the more its off the longer youre gonna get out of it .Ive had my laptop going about 18 hours a day since i got it 2 and a half years ago and the screens packing in and other bits.Its whats technically known as F****d

bilbravo · 03-19-2008, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reider

Memorial Villages area...
Yeah, our AC units are begging to be replaced. The only room we're able to cool below 75 in summer is the master bedroom

.

80C? You sure that wasn't supposed to be F? :-D

03-18-2008, 04:45 PM	#832
phlydude Power Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Winter Garden, FL USA Playstation ID: phlydude Blu-ray collection:132 Trading Score:1	reider!! you moved up in front of me...just wait, there is bound to be another SMP unit hitting soon for a cool 1700 points. I just want to know...what are you running your SMP units on? Last edited by phlydude; 03-18-2008 at 06:25 PM.

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03-17-2008, 02:11 PM	#821
phlydude Power Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Winter Garden, FL USA Playstation ID: phlydude Blu-ray collection:132 Trading Score:1	team: If you can spare 5 hours a day on your PS3, you will help us move up in the rankings. Right now, we are in position 112 and the only team that we can't beat that is immediately ahead of us is the Dell XPS team. Everyone else from here to 100 is not folding as much as us and we have a chance to overtake them and break into the top 100. The problem is that lately, our overall production has dropped and is trending downward. This means people are leaving their PS3s off and not using them to fold in downtime (or you guys are watch a heck of a lot of movies or are playing COD4 all the time). Any extra time you can allow the PS3 to complete a unit will be great...remember, you can turn it on, let it fold and it can shut off the PS3 when completed. Very simple to do in the options. Any extra time you can give is for a great cause.

03-17-2008, 02:12 PM	#822
Brian Cash Special Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Chicago Blu-ray collection:13 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:3	my ps3 has been on now for like 10 days straight i just started on blu ray maybe 2 weeks ago

03-17-2008, 02:36 PM	#823
savage1984 Banned Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Los Angeles	Hey, I have a question. I like to leave my ps3 folding when I'm at work. Sometimes, I forget to turn it off and it will run for days straight. Because of these extended periods of FOLDING, am I cutting down the TOTAL life of my ps3? I hope not.

03-17-2008, 03:16 PM	#828
phlydude Power Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Winter Garden, FL USA Playstation ID: phlydude Blu-ray collection:132 Trading Score:1	I leave my PS3 on 24/7 and have been doing so for about 9 months now (aside from when I will not be in the house for longer than a day, then the thing gets completely powered off). No issues whatsoever and I have a 60GB from about 1 month after launch (just missed out on the Ricky Bobby Blu-ray)

03-17-2008, 05:05 PM	#829
reider Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Houston, TX Blu-ray collection:42	phlydude: You just passed me in the rankings! I don't think I like it... nobody did that to me since I joined the team. Ok, I'll have to do something about it...

03-17-2008, 08:03 PM	#830
phlydude Power Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Winter Garden, FL USA Playstation ID: phlydude Blu-ray collection:132 Trading Score:1	Yeah, I'm completing a SMP unit in 15-16 hours, plus picking up the PS3 250 points per unit every 6 hours or so and have points coming in from 2 other machines...I'm climbing up the ranks Better watch out, AlaskaDon is on your heels too!

03-18-2008, 08:07 PM	#833
reider Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Houston, TX Blu-ray collection:42	Q6600 @ stock; but I heavily use this machine for my work physics calculations, so it's using only 50-60% CPU load for Folding. And last Sunday I've added E6700 @ 3.6GHz with SMP client on it to fight you off. Let's see how this goes... if I still can't catch you, I will start using the Quad at it's full power for Folding only.

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