Here's a question that doesn't have to do with points!

I have an old computer that was running Einstein and Predictor. There are its stats:

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=703698

I picked those two projects because I only crunch 4 projects (Predictor, Einstein, Rosetta, and LHC), and those two projects had low RAM requirements.

With Predictor down for awhile I want to add a 2nd project to the computer in case Einstein ever has a problem.

Can that computer run Rosetta? It doesn't have much RAM, and I don't want it to freeze up or anything. It's a dedicated crunching box, sitting there with just a power and network connection. However, I don't want to cause any problems with it since it works well.

I have a similar computer, and it runs fine, so...
(https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=118843)

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I have a similar computer, and it runs fine, so...
(https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=118843)

That computers has 3x the memory though :)

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I'm not sure I'd want to run XP on it's own with 127MB of RAM! :-) You could probably get a cheap stick of ram on eBay which would beef it up quite a bit.

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I've run Rosetta on a 266 MHz PII with 256 Mb of RAM (This was back when the project recommended 512.), and it did just fine. I set the run time to 24 hours. On some large proteins, it might only get 2 or 3 models done, but it always made the deadlines. It was a dedicated 24/7 cruncher running Linux, though, so draw your own conclusions.

You've got about twice the processor (with a faster FSB and all that other fun stuff), but half the RAM. The main issue (as I see it) is how much swap space you have. I'm not sure how to check it in XP, but if it's large enough, you should be okay. Your hard drive will just have to work a little harder. The PII had a 512 Mb swap partition, if I remember correctly.

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I found that computer for $5.95 at a thrift store a month or so ago.

It was the property of a local school district but had never been used. The inside of the case was dust-free and the XP installation was untouched.

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no, it can't, I'm sorry.

check here: https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/rah_requirements.php

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128MB of RAM is really not enough for Rosetta.

You might consider SIMAP. It's a very worthwhile protein related project that uses very little RAM.
http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/

I found that computer for $5.95 at a thrift store a month or so ago.
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That's an amazingly good deal :-)

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I found that computer for $5.95 at a thrift store a month or so ago.

It was the property of a local school district but had never been used. The inside of the case was dust-free and the XP installation was untouched.

Hi Matt,

Great question. I don't think that your computer can run Rosetta with the current requirements. What sort of RAM does it use? If it uses PC100, I have an extra 128MB stick that I could mail to you. Send me an e-mail if you'd like it and I'll get your address.

Maybe this will start some sort of spare parts swap that will allow people to upgrade computers with spare parts to be able to better run Rosetta. I know that I have a couple of other parts around the house that would be much better served in all of your computers than sitting in a drawer in my house.

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I found that computer for $5.95 at a thrift store a month or so ago.

It was the property of a local school district but had never been used. The inside of the case was dust-free and the XP installation was untouched.

Hi Matt,

Great question. I don't think that your computer can run Rosetta with the current requirements. What sort of RAM does it use? If it uses PC100, I have an extra 128MB stick that I could mail to you. Send me an e-mail if you'd like it and I'll get your address.

Maybe this will start some sort of spare parts swap that will allow people to upgrade computers with spare parts to be able to better run Rosetta. I know that I have a couple of other parts around the house that would be much better served in all of your computers than sitting in a drawer in my house.

That's very generous, but I don't know what kind of RAM it uses.

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Rosetta's formal guidelines are for 256MB. You have half of that. I've heard others post saying they are able to crunch Rosetta just fine on 128MB... but keep in mind they aren't using the machine for anything else.

The project's guideline tries to leave you with a usable system while running the project.

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Running Microsoft's "System Idle Process" will never help cure cancer, AIDS nor Alzheimer's. But running Rosetta@home just might!
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I checked the the computer has PC100 RAM.

A friend said I could replace that with PC133 RAM I had around and I did, from 128 to 384 - now things are faster and now Rosetta is attached to it!

Thanks to everyone for their help, especially James Thompson for his generous offer.

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I checked the the computer has PC100 RAM.

A friend said I could replace that with PC133 RAM I had around and I did, from 128 to 384 - now things are faster and now Rosetta is attached to it!

Thanks to everyone for their help, especially James Thompson for his generous offer.

No problem. Thanks for running Rosetta, and congratulations on finding such a good deal on a spare crunching machine.

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By the way, if its a company built computer, crucial.com should be able to tell you what kind of memory it uses. It might even tell you how many slots there are. Perhaps that can help figuring out about sending parts. I think i have a bag of OLD 32mb ram chips or smthing. Prolly time to throw them out :P

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I have a couple of P200's with 128 MB RAM that are crunching (the one with 64MB RAM won't).

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