Have 2 GPUs only 1 gets used

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kmcjeep Send message Joined: 6 Jun 12 Posts: 13 Credit: 4,832,970 RAC: 11,314	Message 1331295 - Posted: 25 Jan 2013, 21:40:17 UTC
	I have 2 GTX 550TI's. Only 1 is being used. Tried different drivers, no change. What can I do? Why does it show 8381361MB available? 1/25/2013 1:30:00 PM \| \| NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 550 Ti (driver version 310.90, CUDA version 5.0, compute capability 2.1, 1024MB, 8381361MB available, 731 GFLOPS peak) 1/25/2013 1:30:00 PM \| \| NVIDIA GPU 1 (not used): GeForce GTX 550 Ti (driver version 310.90, CUDA version 5.0, compute capability 2.1, 1024MB, 945MB available, 731 GFLOPS peak) 1/25/2013 1:30:00 PM \| \| OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 550 Ti (driver version 310.90, device version OpenCL 1.1 CUDA, 1024MB, 8381361MB available) 1/25/2013 1:30:00 PM \| \| OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 1 (not used): GeForce GTX 550 Ti (driver version 310.90, device version OpenCL 1.1 CUDA, 1024MB, 945MB available)
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Claggy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 3514 Credit: 26,383,400 RAC: 17,785	Message 1331308 - Posted: 25 Jan 2013, 22:05:31 UTC - in response to Message 1331295. Last modified: 25 Jan 2013, 22:08:41 UTC
	Why does it show 8381361MB available? Because Boinc 7.0.28 has a Nvidia GPU memory reporting Bug, in combination with later Nvidia drivers, Boinc 7.0.36 has a partial fix, Boinc 7.0.38 has the full fix (but is best avoided because of other issues), you can use Boinc 7.0.44 safely, Or you can make a cc_config.xml (with Notepad) with the following in it: <cc_config> <options> <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus> </options> </cc_config> Make sure you save it as cc_config.xml (set the save as type to 'all files') with ANSI encoding, drop the file in your Boinc Data directory (the location is in the startup messages of the Event log), the directory is a hidden directory, so you'll need to unhide it, and restart Boinc, if you've done it right the should be a 'use all gpus' config entry right near the start of the Event log messages. Claggy
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rob smith Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 5572 Credit: 22,638,312 RAC: 40,846	Message 1331312 - Posted: 25 Jan 2013, 22:15:19 UTC
	A quick question, given that the current default download is 7.0.28 where does one get 7.0.44 from? ____________ Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?
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juan BFB Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 2727 Credit: 158,691,084 RAC: 156,832	Message 1331318 - Posted: 25 Jan 2013, 22:21:38 UTC
	Go to: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php and choose the one you need. ____________
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Claggy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 3514 Credit: 26,383,400 RAC: 17,785	Message 1331338 - Posted: 25 Jan 2013, 23:10:38 UTC - in response to Message 1331318.
	Or look in the Boinc 7 changelog thread. Claggy
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kmcjeep Send message Joined: 6 Jun 12 Posts: 13 Credit: 4,832,970 RAC: 11,314	Message 1331354 - Posted: 25 Jan 2013, 23:46:47 UTC
	The cc_config.xml file fixed it, both gpu's working. Thank you Claggy
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