Bug in server affecting older BOINC clients with NVIDIA GPUs.

I have a rig with an NVIDIA GPU and I noticed this problem like at least one BOINC version ago. In my case the GPU would overheat and shutdown the machine. I disabled the GPU computing on my settings as a result. It seems to be more manageable if you limit the time your BOINC software runs. During the day was the worst time and it got a little better duing the overnight hours. Eventually though it will overheat or crash the GPU. A little hit and miss. I just switch to CPU only until the bug was fixed. Guess I should have said something sooner. I've noticed this bug for at the very least 6-8 months.

-Ryno
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Over the past ten years when I've run S@H, the uptime track record has simply been miserable, in my opinion.

It seems that every time I've tried to run the software for a while, some component or other has been down for one reason or another within a few days, ranging from SW bugs to power outages (third-world electric company?).

IMHO, you'd find the signals a LOT faster, and have more participants if the overall system had a higher level of availability.

I understand some of the problems, and I do appreciate all your efforts.

I've been excited about the project for many years, and I'd love to be able to crank out the 50-60 WUs/day that my system could deliver, but when it's this flaky over and over again I'm out of here - the annoyance level is just too high for me.

Perhaps I'll give it a whirl in another few months. Meanwhile, my processor will be doing Einstein@ and Collatz@ instead.

IMHO, you'd find the signals a LOT faster, and have more participants if the overall system had a higher level of availability.

of course they do they use more resources depends how much RAM and how big your Gpu card and cpus r as this also is a factor i have multi core processors and Seti runs all the time i also play World of Warcraft with the gpu running on ultra with out any noticeable problems hope this helps
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Have the new Nvidia APPs gone out? What would be the version number to tell if you had gotten them?

James

ps I feel you guys and the power outages every day here I have to worry about lightning and thunderstorms taking down either the power or the T1's.
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Joined SETI@Home in 2001
Online since ArpNET days
First activity on Honeywell 1648
Series Mainframe in 1975 at age 12.

This explains the behaviour of my EEEBox starting to overheat. I shall await an update.

Len
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I think I am. Therefore I am. I think.

Well checking my directory with SETI definitions under BOINC. I find that the dates and times do not match the ones listed in the link. But I do find the following 2 entries are not present in any kind of wording....

6.10 (cuda_fermi)

6.04 (opencl_nvidia_100)

And I guess I had some stuff not used anymore like astropulse 5.00, 5.03. And at least twice applications that seemed to have 2 slightly different versions such as

setiathome_6.03_windows_intelx86.exe

setigraphics_6.03_windows_intelx86.exe

James
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Joined SETI@Home in 2001
Online since ArpNET days
First activity on Honeywell 1648
Series Mainframe in 1975 at age 12.

This explains the behaviour of my EEEBox starting to overheat. I shall await an update.

Len

I find that the dates and times do not match the ones listed in the link.

But I do find the following 2 entries are not present in any kind of wording....
6.10 (cuda_fermi)

6.04 (opencl_nvidia_100)

And I guess I had some stuff not used anymore like astropulse 5.00, 5.03.

And at least twice applications that seemed to have 2 slightly different versions such as

setiathome_6.03_windows_intelx86.exe
setigraphics_6.03_windows_intelx86.exe

Not sure where to post this problem:

8/23/2012 7:02:57 AM | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
8/23/2012 7:02:57 AM | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU and ATI
8/23/2012 7:02:58 AM | | App version needs OpenCL but GPU doesn't support it
8/23/2012 7:02:58 AM | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
8/23/2012 7:02:58 AM | SETI@home | Resent lost task ap_24mr10ac_B6_P0_00269_20120701_03541.wu_3
8/23/2012 7:02:58 AM | SETI@home | Project has no tasks available
8/23/2012 7:02:58 AM | SETI@home | [error] App version uses non-existent ATI GPU
8/23/2012 7:02:58 AM | SETI@home | [error] Missing coprocessor for task ap_24mr10ac_B6_P0_00269_20120701_03541.wu_3; aborting

I'm not receiving tasks?
I'm running 7.0.28 (x86) Am I doing something wrong?

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8/23/2012 7:02:58 AM | | App version needs OpenCL but GPU doesn't support it