The Sony PlayStation Blog has reported that since Sony is close to approaching 1 million PS3 consoles participating in the Folding@Home program, the company will be improving the FAH client with the release of a new Firmware v2.1.
The new Folding@Home Firmware v2.1 offers a host of new features. The updated version of FAH can be automatically downloaded by clicking on the FAH icon.
If you happen to be one of the people that wants to leave their machine running after they finished their late-night gaming session, but wish to shut it down after a limited period of time, check this out:
Go to Settings menu, select Automatic Shutdown and then After Current. You will see a little clock appearing on the top right hand corner of the screen. When this clock reaches zero, the machine will power off completely so you can sleep quietly through the night. In this option the machine will power off after sending the data back to Stanford University so your contribution to the project is maximized.
You may also choose to shut down after a limited period of time (for example, 3 or 4 hours). To do that choose the Automatic Shutdown option and click on the “In 01h:00m” timer. You will now be able to change the timer settings. After rotating the timer to a new time, you should now see your selected timer appear at the top right corner of the screen. This timer will count all the way down to 0 and then power off the system.
To disable active timer at any time, go to Settings, choose Automatic Shutdown and then Disable.
Sony has also added a new feature in this update in the form of a background music player. This allows users to listen to music while the console is performing calculations on units for the project.
To activate the music player select Music and then a channel. The channels are automatically populated with songs you have stored on your Hard Disk Drive!
If you wish to skip to another track, just use a combination of X + left or right arrow. You can also change the channel by choosing X + up or down arrow. Happy listening!
To stop music from playing, select Music again from the main menu and choose “disable.”
Your music playback selection will be saved between consecutive runs of Folding@home.
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