*Note* There is a sticky called "
Project Lists" that has links to many of the different BOINC projects; overall there must be hundreds though. Many of us started with
World Community Grid but there are many others listed in that thread. After signing up on those individual projects' sites, with your user name, and then joining the Crunching@EVGA team on the same site, then you go to step 2. Hope that clears up Step one
(Thank you for your help with that wording Punchy!)
Also note, that these steps may change as the software develops. Please feel free to let me know as I do want to keep this thread up to date best we can. Thank you!
Step one... - Start here... http://join.worldcommunitygrid.org?recruiterId=549285&teamId=3X6C6CKD02
- Go to each project(s) that you chose home page and create an account.
- Then make any and all changes to that project you want made.
- Gpu Usage? Type? (AMD or NVDIA or both)
- CPU usage?
- Internal project options, (Many have multiple projects available)
- Once complete, "Then" add the project(s) to your BOINC Manager.
- Each Computer will need one BOINC Manager installed. I only do certain project on certain Computers. This way I can leverage that particular computers strength and maximize the project efficiency.
The following is for those who might have missed a step in the above mentioned... We have noticed a small item that has repeated a few times and would like to offer a friendly reminder.
First and foremost welcome to your team and thank you for all that you have done and will do in Distributed Computing.
The item we keep seeing is not attaching your work to this team. Each time you start a new project, on that project page you need to search for the team name after creating the account for each project.
Most of the projects use the same format. In the upper right panel on your main member page (Where you see all you info like Change Preferences/View tasks/ETC) see example below.
You have to search for the team name and then select add/join team.
Now once you have selected the team of your choice, each BOINC manager will see that change the next time you communicate to that project and adjust all future WU's. Keep in mind. All WU's retrieved and stored in BOINC waiting to process or are in process, will not be a part of the numbers for the team. Only new WU's retrieved after the change will take effect.
The best practice for all projects to not have this issue is...
- Create your user name/log in for project.
- Search team name Crunching@EVGA. (Thank you z3r0t0l0rence )
- Join Team name.
- Adjust preferences to your liking for Work and Home (If you so desire)
- Load BOINC.
- Attach new project to BOINC.
- Update new Project.
- Sit back and enjoy
Thank you for your help with this as we help humanity and climb the ranks.
Step two... Install BOINC Manager.
Now some of you may have done this part first. That is just fine actually. It is suggested to NOT add any project to the BOINC Manager until you have completed all of Step One is all...
- Download the version called "Recommended Version" for your platform (Windows, Linux, ETC) from this (Link Updated 05/23/2020 to version 7.16.5).
- Follow the installation process.
- After downloading BOINC you must install it:
- Save the file to disk.
- Double-click on the file icon and or click on Run.
- Now there are two views for the BOINC Manager. A simple View and an Advanced View. The majority of us use the Advanced View as this gives us all the flexibility we are looking for and "Data" of progress that is a bit easier to understand...
BOINC Manager..se Project - Notice the two screen shots below. THis is where folks lose points on Crunching@EVGA. The first one allows you to create the user for the selected project. However as soon as you do, and "If" you forgot to add Crunching@EVGA to the project in the "Sign up" of this project, and did not select how you want the project to utilize your system... The BOINC Manager downloads right away the default settings and if that icludes GPU usage, it will download those WU's. It is best to do as suggested above and sign up for all projects, and set them up how you want them to be "First". That takes us to the second screen shot below as you have selected "Yes, existing user"... ***Please note... Yes I know it is asking for the "Email" address. I simply do not want to advertise my email, and used my user name in the screen shots so at least something was there***
BOINC Manager...r project BOINC Manager...o Project BOINC Manager...cessfully - Now there are two views for the BOIN MAnager
- Looking for a "One unit Mode" type for your BOINC Manager? (Link)