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About Folding@home™
Folding@home™ is a distributed computing project that is run by Stanford University. The goal of the project is to research protein folding mechanisms in the hope that this will lead to medical treatments for related diseases. By starting the Folding@home™ program that is installed on a PS3™ system, you can participate in this project over the Internet. For more information about Folding@home™, see the Stanford University Web site.
Starting Folding@home™
To use Folding@home™, you must first download and install the program. Select 
(Folding@home™) under 
(Network), and then download from the Internet. Follow the on-screen instructions to perform this operation.
When installation is complete, you can start Folding@home™. For details on how to operate this program, see the Folding@home™ help screen.
Hint
The help screen is only displayed while the 
button is pressed.
Setting Auto-Start
Folding@home™ is started automatically if the PS3™ system has been idle for a certain amount of time. Select (Folding@home™) under (Network), press the 
button, and then select [Auto-Start] from the options menu.
| Off | Set not to automatically start Folding@home™. |
|---|---|
| After 10 minutes | Start Folding@home™ after 10 minutes. |
| After 20 minutes | Start Folding@home™ after 20 minutes. |
| After 30 minutes | Start Folding@home™ after 30 minutes. |
Hint
[Auto-Start] is disabled when the PS3™ system is not connected to the Internet.
Deleting Folding@home™
The Folding@home™ program can be deleted from the hard disk. Select (Folding@home™) under (Network), press the button, and then select [Delete] from the options menu.
Hint
Even if the program is deleted, the (Folding@home™) icon will not be deleted from the XMB™ home menu.
If you select the icon, the Folding@home™ program will be downloaded again.
