primegrid - teamanandtech

[chronodekar]

I found this on someone's signature,

http://www.primegrid.com/team_display.php?teamid=132

Unfortunately, I closed the original page, so I don't remember from who (I strongly suspect Ken_g6).

Anyways, do I need to register anywhere or I just download the client and enter the URL ?

I'm downloading the client now.

-chronodekar

 

[Philippart]

just download the client, when you finished installing it, it will ask you for the project url. It will guide you through the registration. Once you'redone withthat, a page will open, there you can look for our team and press "Join". You canstill join us at a later time from your profile page.

 

[waffleironhead]

welcome to the teAm chronodekar!

I am currently working on primegrid as well. If you have any questions about the client just ask.
Also, you may want to be aware that there is a primegrid race that starts tomorrow.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2031743

cheers

 

[Ken g6]

Welcome, chronodekar! I suspect it was me, too. Nice to know my sig is doing some good.

It looks like you got signed up alright, but I'm guessing you didn't narrow down the projects you want to run? You seem to have two WUs of the kind that takes the longest to run, Prime Sierpinski Project LLR WUs. If you follow waffleironhead's link, I have instructions there on how to do AP26 WUs for the race. They only take an hour or so each, so you'll see results much faster that way.

(By the way, if you install a 64-bit OS, such as with wubi, the AP26 WUs will only take half that time. )

 

[chronodekar]

welcome to the teAm chronodekar!

I am currently working on primegrid as well. If you have any questions about the client just ask.
Also, you may want to be aware that there is a primegrid race that starts tomorrow.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2031743

cheers

Welcome, chronodekar! I suspect it was me, too. Nice to know my sig is doing some good.

It looks like you got signed up alright, but I'm guessing you didn't narrow down the projects you want to run? You seem to have two WUs of the kind that takes the longest to run, Prime Sierpinski Project LLR WUs. If you follow waffleironhead's link, I have instructions there on how to do AP26 WUs for the race. They only take an hour or so each, so you'll see results much faster that way.

(By the way, if you install a 64-bit OS, such as with wubi, the AP26 WUs will only take half that time. )

Thanks for those links guys. I think I have a better understanding of how BOINC works now. There are these projects that run under BONIC and each project has "tasks" associated with it. What a client can run on their systems are these "tasks".

When I joined up for primegrid, I didn't really know what the "tasks" were about, but it looks like some are easier (and quicker) to run, so I followed your instructions Ken, and set my tasks to AP26. I selected "update", so its just a matter of time, I guess, for it to switch over.

BOINC doesn't slow down my system, right? I am under the assumption that it runs similar to the SETI@home project. Running during my screen-saver. Or am I wrong ?

Hope my contribution will help !

-chronodekar

 

[Ken g6]

If I'm not mistaken, those two WUs should be just about done by now, so probably the best thing to do is just to wait. You can verify that in the Tasks tab of BOINC Manager.

SETI@Home runs under BOINC now - that's actually what BOINC was created for. So yes, it's very similar to SETI@Home.