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How to solve Receive error: 10053 connection was aborted by the software in your host machine for folding@home?

I wanted to follow Nvidia's call to action to donate unused GPU computing power to fight against COVID-19 and installed the Folding@home Client at Version 7.5.1 on a Windows 10 x64 machine. My logs are full of messages that read: ERROR:Receive…
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Does running constant load help degrade life of a computer? (Ignoring heat generation)

I run Folding@Home on my laptop (2013 MacBook Pro, no GPU). I tried to convince a friend of mine to join me but he claims that running the program will degrade the life of the computer - making it more likely to fail sooner. I know that heat can…
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Why does F@H not bind to more than one core on Windows?

I have been contributing to Stanford's Folding@Home project for some time with most of the computers I own. I just installed the Windows client on a new machine running Windows 7, but see that the F@H process only binds to one CPU core. Is this due…
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Run Folding@Home inside VMs on a single physical host, or just on the parent OS?

From a pure efficiency standpoint, would running 8 VMs on a 8 CPU core system, one in each of 8 1 CPU VMs be more efficient at processing the F@H data, or just running one instance on a dedicated machine with 8 CPU cores?
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How can I make sure my video card is working properly?

Core Question How can I ensure that my GeForce GTS 450 is working properly? Background: I have an AlienWare system with dual GeForce GTS 450 in SLI running Windows 7 SP1. Shortly after I got it, I installed the Folding @ Home GPU client and that…
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Why is my Folding at Home client only using 25% of my CPU?

I have a new rig with an i5 2500k overclocked to 4.8GHz. It doesn't have a GPU yet, so I'm going to let it do some Folding at Home. I installed the latest Folding at Home client, but in Task Manager, it only shows one process – and that process…
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Can't connect to Folding@home server

I'm trying to run Folding@home on a Linux box. After configuration, I get the following output: [17:33:20] Work directory not found. Creating... [17:33:20] Could not open work queue, generating new queue... [17:33:20] - Preparing to get new work…
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Logging when a work unit reaches a timeout/expiration point

When using Folding@Home, is there a way to log when a work unit reaches the Timeout and Expiration points? I'm trying to run it on some older hardware and don't want to be spending compute time for nothing. Basics on Timeout/Expiration:…
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How much computing is required to "unfold" corona? Why is it so slow?

I have seen several challenges to join different Folding@Home teams to unfold the corona virus and am a little surprised about the whole situation. I participated in Folding@Home during the 90s and they made good progress back then in different…
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HFM Client Failing To Connect To FTP

I have setup a proftpd with virtual users using MySQL. I am able to log in with Filezilla and WinSCP just fine. I am also able to upload, delete and edit. The issue that I am facing, is when using HFM.NET to connect via FTP, I get an error stating…
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