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      12-26-2011
Ok, then your CPU is running 6 individual clients, one on each core, and each client is processing it's own work unit (WU). There is a way to instruct your CPU to process 1 WU across all 6 cores at once. They are SMP WUs. They are larger than the single-core WUs you are doing now, but they were designed specifically for multi-core CPUs like yours. They will garner you more points than the single-core WUs, if that matters to you.

If you want to switch over and get those instead, you will only need one CPU client. You can use the v7 client or the older v6.34 client.
The v7 should automatically recognize the multi-core and set up for SMP folding.
For the v6.34, you will have to set it up in the configuration. Follow Clifford's guide, and when you get to the question:
Change advanced options <yes/no> [no]? type yes, then press ENTER
press ENTER for the next few question until you get to
Additional client parameters. Use space to clear. type -smp 6, then press ENTER
Don't forget the part of Clifford's guide that talks about the passkey. You will need it to get the bonuses.

I hope this helps you. If you have any other questions, ask away.
 
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      12-27-2011
Didn't see any of the options in the current V7 beta that you're talking about. First I tried the GPU & SMP version. It was making my video card run @ 89 degrees celcius. That one was uninstalled real fast. I then tried the Uniprocessor version (not realizing it's for 2+ cpu's) same temp's. It's gone. Now I'm running the plain SMP version. The temp's are good, under 50 degrees celcius, but I think I've discovered a bug in it. I've got my video card and cpu both set to 50%, as I like to be able to do other thing's with my pc.4-5 of the core's are at 100 % with just F@H going and the other 1-2 cores are 92 %. There isn't any malware on my pc, as I ran the scheduled full scan's with MSE 4.0 beta, Malwarebytes Professional and SUPERAntiSpyware Pro. None found any malware. A few hours later I ran Malwarebytes and SUPERAntiSpyware in safe mode. Clean again. The only downloads today were F@H and definition updates. Nothing else. P.S. It automatically set itself to SMP -6 in the SMP version.
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Ok, then your CPU is running 6 individual clients, one on each core, and each client is processing it's own work unit (WU). There is a way to instruct your CPU to process 1 WU across all 6 cores at once. They are SMP WUs. They are larger than the single-core WUs you are doing now, but they were designed specifically for multi-core CPUs like yours. They will garner you more points than the single-core WUs, if that matters to you.

If you want to switch over and get those instead, you will only need one CPU client. You can use the v7 client or the older v6.34 client.
The v7 should automatically recognize the multi-core and set up for SMP folding.
For the v6.34, you will have to set it up in the configuration. Follow Clifford's guide, and when you get to the question:
Change advanced options <yes/no> [no]? type yes, then press ENTER
press ENTER for the next few question until you get to
Additional client parameters. Use space to clear. type -smp 6, then press ENTER
Don't forget the part of Clifford's guide that talks about the passkey. You will need it to get the bonuses.

I hope this helps you. If you have any other questions, ask away.
 
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      12-27-2011
The SMP version just had to be uninstalled. I was watching live tv in Media Center and F@H caused it to freeze up. Not good.
 
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      12-27-2011
There is another option. You can set it to run on fewer cores. Instead of -smp 6, try -smp 5 or some other number from 2 to 6. I always had to do this because of conflicts with the GPU clients running on my Fermi cards. I would leave one or two cores free on SMP and set the affinity of the GPU clients to those free cores. You can do this through Task Manager, I think, but I've always used Process Lasso to set affinities. It is free for personal use.

Hope I haven't come off as pushy. I'm just trying to give alternatives for you to get the most out of folding while not throttling your other usage. I'm always glad to see people donating their resources and time to this effort. Good luck and thanks for folding.
 
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I'm not gseeing/finding any of the options you're talking about. The only FAH process in task manager won't let you change anything, including cpu affinity, so I'm done wasting my time. This version must not like AMD components and the current stable version is too slow.
 
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