Overclockers Australia Folding@Home Version 5 Client Setup Guide.

Ok, I’ve decided which client I’m going to run, how do I install it?

1. Download the graphical client from here - http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html

2. Once downloaded double click the installer

3. Follow the steps through. It is similar to the installation of any other program so I won’t walk you through it. The only question that is different is that it asks you for a username, this is your F@H username (which you choose), you can enter this now or later on during the configuration steps, which this guide will cover

4. Once installed the configuration window should open up, you should see this:

5. Enter your username and your team number. Your team number for OCAU is 24.

6. That’s it!! Click ok, and you are off and folding! You should see a red cog in the taskbar, that is the F@H taskbar icon. If you double click that a window should open that displays the protein you are working on, the time to finish folding that protein etc.

Standard Installation - Console Client

1. Download the console client from here - http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html
2. Make a directory where you want to store your folding data (such as C:\Program Files\F@H)
3. Copy the downloaded client to that directory.
4. OPTIONAL: This is extremely useful if you want to change any parameters later on, and is how I do all of my installs. Create a shortcut to the F@H executable in the same directory and rename it to FAH502-Console –configonly.
5. OPTIONAL: Following on from point 4. Right click the shortcut, choose properties, in the target field you should have “…(FAH Directory)\FAH502-console.exe” Change this to “…(FAH Directory)\FAH502-console.exe” –configonly. Ensure that there is a space between the …console.exe” and the – of –configonly. Click apply, then Ok or close.
6. Double click FAH502-Console.exe. If you created the –configonly shortcut click that instead. A screen looking like this should open:
7. Enter your username (you can see in the above shot that I have entered mine already!) and press enter.
8. Next thing it asks you for is your team number. Enter 24 and press enter:
9. It then asks you if you want to run it as a service. I personally feel that running it as a service is better – it means that F@H will be running if no one is logged into the computer. If you want to run it as a service type in yes and press enter, otherwise just press enter.
10. The next three questions (Ask before sending/receiving work units, Use Internet Explorer settings, Use Proxy) are personal preferences, I usually just press enter for these. If you are folding through a proxy you will have to answer yes to this question, it will ask you for your proxy server, username and password.
11. The next question is “Allow receipt of work assignments and return of work results greater than 5MB in size (such work units may have large memory demands) (no/yes) [no]?” Press enter for this for the moment. This question relates to receive work units worth a lot of points, I will explain how to configure this in a later section.
12. Press enter for the final question “Change advanced options”
13. You’re done!! If you decided to run F@H as a service firstly press Ctrl+C to close the console then reboot your computer. If you aren’t running it as a service you don’t need to do this, you may find it a good idea to create a shortcut to the F@H client and place it in your startup directory so that F@H starts every time you log in.