Posts by Ncard00

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1) Message boards : Suggestions : add option to prefer GPU projects Message 1831 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	I'd also love to only get projects added that have native Apple Silicon support on my base M4 Mac MIni, or the option to select native or Rosetta 2 projects only.
2) Message boards : Questions : Who else uses BOINC primarily on someone else's electricity? Message 1830 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	Sort of, running BOINC on my base M4 Mac Mini doesn't use enough power to affect room temperature. And for my desktop Windows PC, I use it instead of electric heating, and during summer, I just have the Window open and a table fan running. But I still live at home, so my parents are paying for the extra power, they just think I'm gaming on my PC like my kid brother :)
3) Message boards : Questions : Funding secure? Message 1829 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	Not sure, but some individual projects have donation pages, these 3 even have specific goals with progress bars: https://www.rnaworld.de/rnaworld/donations.php https://www.primegrid.com/donations.php https://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/donations.php
4) Message boards : Questions : nVidia Quadro vs RTX GPU's Message 1828 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	I asked Google's Gemini chatbot, and here's the summary I got: "In summary, for BOINC, NVIDIA RTX GPUs are almost always the better choice in terms of both raw performance and, crucially, performance per dollar. The Quadro line is a specialized product for professional applications where certification, stability, and specific workstation features are paramount, rather than raw computational throughput per dollar for distributed computing. If your primary goal is to maximize your contribution to BOINC projects efficiently, an RTX card will give you more computing power for your money."
5) Message boards : Questions : I keep getting "Your computers haven't reported work in the last 7 days." Message 1827 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	Try reinstalling BOINC, check your Science United project and locations account settings, or add the projects manually from the BOINC manager project list, instead of using Science United.
6) Message boards : Problems : fix to seti@home Message 1826 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	Then it should be removed from the BOINC manager project list, so people don't waste time trying to make something that's not supposed to work.
7) Message boards : Problems : Milkyway@home Working for Anyone? Message 1825 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	Not a solution to your issue, but I would just add the project manually from the BOINC manager project list.
8) Message boards : Questions : Nothing to do? On PC? Message 1824 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	What projects settings do you have, interms of "prefer", "as needed" and "never"?
9) Message boards : Problems : "As needed" option not working properly - chooses projects with no current WU's Message 1823 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	Even if this is by design, the current way the "as needed" option work, if you set all locations and projects to "as needed" in your account settings, it doesn't work properly. I did this, and got BOINC Central and Denis@Home, both of which didn't have any WU's currently available. And then hit the Syncronize button, and got PrimeGrid, which of course always have WU's available. But still, why does the account manager behave liked this?
10) Message boards : Problems : Hi. Signup link not working. Message 1822 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	It works now :)
11) Message boards : Problems : Join science united green button not working Message 1821 Posted 24 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	Update: Both "join" buttons work now :)
12) Message boards : Problems : Join science united green button not working Message 1820 Posted 23 Jun 2025 by Ncard00	When clicking the big green "join science united" button on the home page, it doesn't work, saying the site doesn't exist. Please fix this :)