Posts by magarity

Posts by magarity

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Amount of CPU for AMD Radeon vs NVidia GTX on Einstein (Message 105224) Posted 23 Aug 2021 by magarity Post: I gave away my GTX graphics card and bought a Radeon and now it says 0.9 CPU + AMD/ATI where I could have sworn Einstein@Home used to say 0.1 CPU + NVidia. Am I remembering incorrectly or what's the deal with that ratio?
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : WHS2011 - will not use GPU (Message 47668) Posted 7 Feb 2013 by magarity Post: If it's an nVidia error, should I downgrade the driver a few more versions?
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : WHS2011 - will not use GPU (Message 47652) Posted 6 Feb 2013 by magarity Post: OK, so I downgraded the video driver and switched to VNC and at least it recognizes the GPU now. Alas, there is a new error: Scheduler Wait: "Error creating command queue failure" This happens with a SaH Astropulse work unit waiting.
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : WHS2011 - will not use GPU (Message 47546) Posted 27 Jan 2013 by magarity Post: It's not running as a service; I used remote desktop to log in and then just disconnect to leave BOINC running. Here's the startup log. I see the line that says GPU has become unusable, but it doesn't say why. 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| No config file found - using defaults 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Starting BOINC client version 7.0.28 for windows_x86_64 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Libraries: libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.6 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Running under account Administrator 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6] 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Processor: 2.00 MB cache 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 syscall nx lm vmx tm2 pbe 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 "R2": Home Premium Server x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.01.7601.00) 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Memory: 7.75 GB physical, 15.49 GB virtual 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Disk: 232.71 GB total, 202.20 GB free 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Local time is UTC -7 hours 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| No usable GPUs found 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| Einstein@Home \| URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 5703332; resource share 100 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| SETI@home \| URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 6686061; resource share 100 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 08-Jul-2005 23:08:15) 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| SETI@home \| Computer location: work 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: no separate prefs for work; using your defaults 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Reading preferences override file 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Preferences: 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| max memory usage when active: 3966.54MB 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| max memory usage when idle: 7139.78MB 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| max disk usage: 100.00GB 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| max download rate: 10004 bytes/sec 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| max upload rate: 10004 bytes/sec 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) 1/26/2013 10:52:51 PM \| \| Not using a proxy 1/26/2013 10:52:53 PM \| \| GPUs have become unusable; disabling tasks 1/26/2013 10:52:53 PM \| SETI@home \| Restarting task ap_29jn12ae_B4_P0_00121_20130120_00604.wu_0 using astropulse_v6 version 601 in slot 2 1/26/2013 10:52:53 PM \| Einstein@Home \| Restarting task p2030.20120204.G194.30-03.81.N.b0s0g0.00000_3368_0 using einsteinbinary_BRP4 version 122 (BRP4SSE) in slot 0 1/27/2013 6:36:09 AM \| Einstein@Home \| Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks. 1/27/2013 6:36:09 AM \| Einstein@Home \| Reporting 2 completed tasks, not requesting new tasks 1/27/2013 6:36:12 AM \| Einstein@Home \| Scheduler request completed 1/27/2013 11:19:38 AM \| SETI@home \| Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 1/27/2013 11:19:38 AM \| SETI@home \| Requesting new tasks for CPU 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| SETI@home \| Scheduler request completed: got 3 new tasks 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| SETI@home \| New computer location: home 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 08-Jul-2005 23:08:15) 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| SETI@home \| Computer location: home 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| \| General prefs: using separate prefs for home 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| \| Reading preferences override file 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| \| Preferences: 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| \| max memory usage when active: 3966.54MB 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| \| max memory usage when idle: 7139.78MB 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| \| max disk usage: 100.00GB 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| \| max download rate: 10004 bytes/sec 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| \| max upload rate: 10004 bytes/sec 1/27/2013 11:19:43 AM \| \| (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) 1/27/2013 11:19:45 AM \| SETI@home \| Started download of 01ja13ab.7325.59364.5.10.85 1/27/2013 11:19:45 AM \| SETI@home \| Started download of 28dc12aa.9819.22504.9.10.176 1/27/2013 11:21:00 AM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of 28dc12aa.9819.22504.9.10.176 1/27/2013 11:21:00 AM \| SETI@home \| Started download of 01ja13ab.7325.59364.5.10.55 1/27/2013 11:21:00 AM \| SETI@home \| Starting task 28dc12aa.9819.22504.9.10.176_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 in slot 1 1/27/2013 11:21:59 AM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of 01ja13ab.7325.59364.5.10.85 1/27/2013 11:22:52 AM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of 01ja13ab.7325.59364.5.10.55 1/27/2013 1:51:10 PM \| SETI@home \| Computation for task ap_29jn12ae_B4_P0_00121_20130120_00604.wu_0 finished 1/27/2013 1:51:10 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task 01ja13ab.7325.59364.5.10.55_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 in slot 2 1/27/2013 1:51:12 PM \| SETI@home \| Started upload of ap_29jn12ae_B4_P0_00121_20130120_00604.wu_0_0 1/27/2013 1:51:20 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished upload of ap_29jn12ae_B4_P0_00121_20130120_00604.wu_0_0 1/27/2013 3:19:26 PM \| Einstein@Home \| Restarting task p2030.20120204.G194.30-03.81.N.b0s0g0.00000_3368_0 using einsteinbinary_BRP4 version 122 (BRP4SSE) in slot 0
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : WHS2011 - will not use GPU (Message 47538) Posted 27 Jan 2013 by magarity Post: The local computer superstore had 8400GS based cards for $12 so I got one to stick in my Windows Home Server 2011 system that runs BOINC for Seti and Einstein. While the Win7 x64 version of the latest NVIDIA driver didn't seem to have any problem installing and the 8400 shows up in the device manager OK, BOINC never lists it as being used in the tasks list despite the 'use GPU' box checked. Any ideas on how to get it going? The system is headless even with the new card installed; I only log in with remote desktop. Might that have something to do with it? PS - Yes, I know 8400GS is a sad old chip, but for $12 what the hey.

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