Does SETI@home do CPU-Only Work Any More?

Questions and Answers : Preferences : Does SETI@home do CPU-Only Work Any More?

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ex_brit Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 179 Credit: 407,119 RAC: 109	Message 1330374 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 14:56:41 UTC
	I've dropped GPU work because of various issues and wondered if SETI now only does combined CPU/GPU work or can us 'old-fashioned' people still contribute? Sorry I did search for answers and couldn't find any and BOINC website is hopeless at delineating between CPU and GPU projects. ____________ Peter. Toronto, Canada
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Ex Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 2883 Credit: 1,158,172 RAC: 843	Message 1330379 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 15:51:59 UTC
	Yes absolutely! Some of us (like me) are running Seti on servers or similar, which don't have GPUs that can be used to compute. I was looking for where the option is but cannot find it... If I recall correctly, when you attach a new project (seti) it asks you if you want to use your GPU as well, and you just disable that option. Someone else may be able to be more specific. ____________ -Dave #2 3.2.0-33
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ex_brit Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 179 Credit: 407,119 RAC: 109	Message 1330381 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 16:01:44 UTC - in response to Message 1330379.
	Click 'Account' below then on that page Seti@home preferences and you can turn it off there. My question is still valid as several posts dotted around the message boards state since turning off GPU settings they haven't received any work at all. ____________ Peter. Toronto, Canada
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Ex Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 2883 Credit: 1,158,172 RAC: 843	Message 1330382 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 16:02:06 UTC Last modified: 23 Jan 2013, 16:04:18 UTC
	Ah, found it. Here on the website: Navigate to "Account" "Preferences for this project"- Click "Seti@home preferences" Scroll down and click "edit Seti@home preferences" Uncheck "use ATI GPU" and "use Nvidia GPU" (If you don't have a usable GPU you probably don't even need to bother with these steps above, as you won't be sent GPU work :-)) Keep in mind in the future if you add a second machine or new first machine and want to use GPU, you will need to adjust your project settings accordingly. We will gladly explain that if needed in the future. ____________ -Dave #2 3.2.0-33
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Ex Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 2883 Credit: 1,158,172 RAC: 843	Message 1330383 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 16:03:37 UTC - in response to Message 1330381.
	Click 'Account' below then on that page Seti@home preferences and you can turn it off there. My question is still valid as several posts dotted around the message boards state since turning off GPU settings they haven't received any work at all. Someone else may be able to explain more. The Number Crunching folks know all about those details, let's hope they see your post. Good luck sir. ____________ -Dave #2 3.2.0-33
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ex_brit Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 179 Credit: 407,119 RAC: 109	Message 1330384 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 16:07:06 UTC - in response to Message 1330383.
	Thanks, appreciate your help. I tried this before and for weeks got no work and was hoping to get a definitive answer from a SETI person. ____________ Peter. Toronto, Canada
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ex_brit Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 179 Credit: 407,119 RAC: 109	Message 1330389 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 16:11:59 UTC - in response to Message 1330384.
	Well I partially answered my own question, one solitary work unit just downloaded. The question is will there be more to make it worth while? ____________ Peter. Toronto, Canada
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Ex Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 2883 Credit: 1,158,172 RAC: 843	Message 1330391 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 16:18:07 UTC
	Yea there are lots of little things that could be going on. Some possibilities come to mind. Work scheduling "Keep enough work to keep busy for:" People have to set this option in strange ways sometimes to get work. (4 (days) and .01 (additional) IIRC) Also maybe run Boinc for a little while with Seti connected as a project, and then check "event log" in the "advanced" menu of Boincmgr, that could give some hints. ____________ -Dave #2 3.2.0-33
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ex_brit Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 179 Credit: 407,119 RAC: 109	Message 1330406 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 16:52:27 UTC - in response to Message 1330391.
	That's true. At the moment I have 1 day and nothing for the additional. ____________ Peter. Toronto, Canada
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BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 2020 Credit: 3,025,822 RAC: 6,689	Message 1330501 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 21:27:23 UTC - in response to Message 1330374.
	wondered if SETI now only does combined CPU/GPU work ... There is no such thing here as "combined CPU/GPU work" (save one special case of 'Hybrid optimized app' for old ATI GPUs, there is no standard app that can run SETI task simultaneously on CPU+GPU) The tasks are the same, they are labeled 'for CPU' or 'for GPU' the moment they are sent to you. The same task that is sent to you as 'CPU task' may/will be sent to somebody else as 'GPU task' Examples: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=1131364100 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=1131492967 ____________ - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)
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ex_brit Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 179 Credit: 407,119 RAC: 109	Message 1330509 - Posted: 23 Jan 2013, 21:54:11 UTC - in response to Message 1330501.
	OK, thanks. ____________ Peter. Toronto, Canada
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Questions and Answers : Preferences : Does SETI@home do CPU-Only Work Any More?