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OverclockersClub.com Folding@Home Contest

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OverclockersClub.com is running another contest. This time, all you have to do is be an active member of the OCC Folding@Home Team (#12772). There is a number of really cool prizes, and a chance that there will be some additional prizes added.

More information can be found in the OverclockersClub.com Forums.

Keep in mind, while you could win a prize for participation, the real goal here is to encourage more people to run Folding@Home even if you don’t continue to do so for our team after the contest is over with. By running the program, you are helping find cures for cancer and many other nasty diseases.

Grrr. Hard Disk Failure

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Came home this afternoon, and my Windows Vista system was sitting on a screen everyone loves to see. No, not the BSOD, but rather the boot disk failure screen. Yippie.

After a few reboots, the system came back online for a while. Though I did notice an odd sound coming from the system. Upon further inspection, I was able to narrow it down to one of two hard disks. And about that time, the system crashed again. Grrr.

Disconnected the FUBAR disk, disabled the RAID in the BIOS, and now Windows has been reinstalled and is downloading the available updates. I reckon a 2x 500GB setup was a bit overkill for a system that did nothing more than sit and run Folding@Home. I do have to hand it to Microsoft, Windows Vista does feel like it installs much faster than XP. Granted, it’s been ages since I’ve done a full install of XP.

OCC Folding@Home Contest – Coming Soon

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Hot off the heals of that awesome Christmas contest, OverclockersClub.com will soon be running another contest of similar awesomeness. This new contest however is aimed at those that run Folding@Home for the OverclockersClub.com Team. More specific details about the contest, including prize information, will be announced sometime in the next few weeks.

Do you have a PS3 or a computer running Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, BSD, or some other operating system? Good news, you can run Folding@Home, and participate in this contest! :) There is more to it than just this contest though. You see, Folding@Home is a research program that is looking to find a cure for cancer and various other diseases. The program is designed so that when you aren’t busy using your computer (or PS3) it’ll run as a screen saver or background process. After it’s up and running, you’ll probably notice no difference with your system, unless of course you enable the screen saver option. ;)

To join the OCC Folding@Home Team, simply plug in 12772 when it ask you for a team number. If you have any questions, or need any help getting it running feel free to drop by the OverclockersClub.com forums, or leave me a message in the comments.

I’ll let everyone know when more details about this contest are available.