Due to the recent success of the BF2s folding team, we're going to try taking it one step further, namely, folding rig adoption and donation.
The concept is simple: If you have an old, unused computer, you can post about it, and get it sent to someone who will give it electricity and bandwidth to fold. If you have electricity, space and bandwidth to spare, you can apply to become a host.
How to donate a computer
To donate a computer, simply post it in this thread. You can also donate parts or money. We (me or max) will contact you about it, and suggest a host. Due to the nature of this community, we will be keeping some strict regulations on that matter. Only one of us will PM you on this matter. If anyone else tries to get hold of a computer, please contact us immideatly. Our e-mail is bf2sfah@gmail.com
Do note that you, the donor, are expected to pay for shipping of the system. If that is a major concern, there might be arrangements.
How to donate money
To donate money, simply click here. We currently accept donations over PayPal only. The money donated would be used to pay for shipping, and possible spare parts. Hosts do not have access to this account. Money donors are honoured under this post.
Minimum requirements for a donated system:
For obvious reasons, we can't accept everything. If we were to accept Pentium 2s, 3s and 486', we'd have a bunch of flooded hosts, not doing any good, in a month.
The minimum class processor you can donate, is a Northwood-core Pentium 4, or an AMD Athlon XP/MP 2000+. Any Athlon with a higher rating, or Core 2 Duo is more than welcome. You can send whole, assembled computers, or parts.
As for parts, here's a list of requirements:
How to become a host
To become a host, you need to contact me or max via e-mail or PM, clarifying what resources you have. We will discuss, and judge if you are capable of becoming a host, and recieve rigs. On top of trust, you will need to fill these requirements:
There will be no public host-list. Everything will go through me and max, in an effort to keep this organized, and above all, legit. If we were to just let this run loose, the risk of someone screwing up (or scamming someone) multiplies. We will make sure needed parts go to the right host, and keep the hosts balanced, so that there isn't one with 15 rigs and three others with 2.
We currently have no US or AU hosts, only EU ones.
The concept is simple: If you have an old, unused computer, you can post about it, and get it sent to someone who will give it electricity and bandwidth to fold. If you have electricity, space and bandwidth to spare, you can apply to become a host.
How to donate a computer
To donate a computer, simply post it in this thread. You can also donate parts or money. We (me or max) will contact you about it, and suggest a host. Due to the nature of this community, we will be keeping some strict regulations on that matter. Only one of us will PM you on this matter. If anyone else tries to get hold of a computer, please contact us immideatly. Our e-mail is bf2sfah@gmail.com
Do note that you, the donor, are expected to pay for shipping of the system. If that is a major concern, there might be arrangements.
How to donate money
To donate money, simply click here. We currently accept donations over PayPal only. The money donated would be used to pay for shipping, and possible spare parts. Hosts do not have access to this account. Money donors are honoured under this post.
Minimum requirements for a donated system:
For obvious reasons, we can't accept everything. If we were to accept Pentium 2s, 3s and 486', we'd have a bunch of flooded hosts, not doing any good, in a month.
The minimum class processor you can donate, is a Northwood-core Pentium 4, or an AMD Athlon XP/MP 2000+. Any Athlon with a higher rating, or Core 2 Duo is more than welcome. You can send whole, assembled computers, or parts.
As for parts, here's a list of requirements:
| Part | Spec |
|---|---|
| Processors | Pentium 4 Northwood or Athlon XP 2000+ and up. |
| Hard drives | 10GB and up |
| RAM | SDRAM modules, 256MB and up, all DDR/DDR2 accepted. |
| Motherboards | Any working Socket 478/462/754/775/939/AM2 boards accepted. |
| Power supplies | 350w and up |
| Video cards | All GeForce 8- and 9 series, all Radeon 2- 3- and 4 series accepted, as well as low-end PCI/AGP/PCI-E cards for monitoring. |
| Optical drives | DVD compatible. |
| Monitors | Any LCD. |
| Input devices | Mice and keyboards might be needed at times. |
| Cooling | Any aftermarket or stock cooler for any of the mentioned sockets and graphics cards are welcome. |
How to become a host
To become a host, you need to contact me or max via e-mail or PM, clarifying what resources you have. We will discuss, and judge if you are capable of becoming a host, and recieve rigs. On top of trust, you will need to fill these requirements:
- You will be able to keep the computers donated online and folding for BF2s 24/7, with minimal downtime.
- You have experience with assembling, installing, and maintaining computers.
- You have a 24/7 internet connection
- You do not use the computers for anything resource-craving, other than folding (Using one as a file server or similar is acceptable, as long as it doesn't have any major impact on the folding capabilities of the computer)
- You will do what you can to repair a computer that breaks. You are not expected to pay for spare parts. If available, we can take money from the BF2sfah PayPal account.
There will be no public host-list. Everything will go through me and max, in an effort to keep this organized, and above all, legit. If we were to just let this run loose, the risk of someone screwing up (or scamming someone) multiplies. We will make sure needed parts go to the right host, and keep the hosts balanced, so that there isn't one with 15 rigs and three others with 2.
We currently have no US or AU hosts, only EU ones.
Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2008-08-25 22:33:28)
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP