Installation Trouble
I am trying to reinstall WCG and something is all screwed up. I want it on another not my ssd, C drive. I would like it on my G drive, but it now says Program Directory F:\ Data Directory F:boinc\ How...
View Articlewanting to contribute
i just signed up for WCG and have downloaded the software im wanting to contribute some cpu power to this but im lost as to what i should do next
View ArticleKill The Cancer Challenge 2020
Hi, I'm Buro87 from the team Boinc.Italy Like last year, from 1st to 7th February we want to remember the fight against cancer. So...I'm here to invite you to participate to our Kill The Cancer...
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Dang! How long has this been going on?
Twenty years crunching with BOINC and World Community Grid. I never realized there was such an active community here on TPU. :O Hello, All!
View ArticleDown again. No work units being delivered.
Twice this week, my work hopper emptied as results were reported. Then sat idle, doing nothing. Today it is down currently. The News articles had scheduled down time for system updates Thursday. There...
View ArticleBOINCstats BAM! co-exist with Linux (Manjaro)?
Due to my competitive nature, I check my WCG crunching often during the day to ensure it is hard at work. I imagine this must be pretty common amongst all number crunchers. During last weekend's...
View ArticleBOINC Ransomware Behavior
I keep getting notifications from my anti-virus software that ransomware behavior originating from a BOINC process was blocked and that my files are safe. Is this normal? Any insight would be...
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COVID-19 on WCG
Hey team, Decided to dust off my Cruncher and get her back in the game, running 24 cores on MIP and COVID-19 only. Would be nice to see our team join the latest COVID-19 team challenge
View ArticleHow efficient is your cruncher?
Inspired by @Mussels thread here lets see how efficient are our rigs when crunching. This can also be useful as to know the expected PPDs for different configs. So if you have a power meeter feel free...
View ArticleBranching out to other BOINC projects thread
As discussed in this thread, some want to branch out into other BOINC projects again. I commented on that with: We once had an unofficial TPU team on there, started by me (others had started similarly...
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BLOOPER: Two server racks to work on WCG using PXE diskless Linux Nodes.
Hey guys, I’ve spent the past weekend prepping these machines to join the WCG collective Feel free to drop me any questions as to how Or what hardware I’m running , Id love to answer them
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WCGrid News and Talking Points!!
The goal is to post project updates along with interesting tidbits / opinions thrown in. Suggestions are welcome, criticism, is not. PM me with stuff you'd like to see, and I will possibly respond....
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Show off your WCG farm
The guys in the F@H area have a thread to show off everybody's farms, we need one to. It doesn't matter if you have 1 rig or 50, or if they are all P3s or i7s, lets see everybody's rigs. 1 pic of the...
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Hey guys, I setup my 3950x on WCG with TPU as the team last night and I have yet to see my name on FreeDC. How long does it normally take to show up?
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WCG - 16th Birthday Challenge
Dear members of TECHPOWERUP, For Nov 16th to Nov 22nd 2020 SETI.Germany is arranging a challenge at World Community Grid on the occasion of the grids 16th birthday: We would like to invite TECHPOWERUP...
View ArticleA Moment Of Silence (My cruncher died)
Well after about 11-12 years of use (past 8 in my cruncher rig), my PC Power and Cooling PSU gave up the ghost. And it looks like it took at least the motherboard with it. Hooked up another PSU, and...
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Hiatus is over
It ain't much, but I wanted to get back to doing this in some fashion. I may mess around with resurrecting one or two crunchers in addition over New Year's weekend.
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New Life
Welcome to your new life i9 Going to play with the voltage some, see if I can get the temps down a little. I prefer to keep my CPUs under 70 when crunching
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Show Off Your WCG Badges
Here is a place for everyone to show off their WCG badges. It doesn't matter whether you have a sapphire badge in every single project or just a single bronze badge, you can share it here. I'll start:
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TPU's WCG/BOINC Team
I know alot of people fold for TPU and thats great. but for those of you who want to do something else to help others than here you go.... a perfect way to volunteer! it's really easy... click...
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