Posts by Flashfox-2

1) Message boards : Technical News : recent server woes (Message 1113725)
Posted 6 Jun 2011 by Profile Flashfox-2
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Hmm... I am beginning to wonder if it's not BOINC. The reason I say this is that since the last update, my uploads always wind-up in the "Transfers" section and stay there. I need to "abort" all of them, move to "projects" and select "update". At that time, all of the work units are uploaded. I also noticed that my daily average (graph) is much lower since the last BOINC update. Nothing changed computer wise on this end.

Regarding the recent BOINC update, I deplore the fact that they moved the "Event Log" from a direct "one click" tab to a sub-function under the "Advanced" section.

2) Message boards : Technical News : Take a Break (Nov 26 2009) (Message 951280)
Posted 1 Dec 2009 by Profile Flashfox-2
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Stopped Boinc, ran "ipconfig /flushdns" on my Windows 7 Professional computer then restarted Boinc. Files were downloaded and processing started.

Thanks for the "hint" ;-)
3) Questions and Answers : GPU applications : Snow on the screen ? (Message 855226)
Posted 18 Jan 2009 by Profile Flashfox-2
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=== UPDATED ===
I read the FAQ and determined how to run SETI@Home without CUDA support. However, I decided to leave this message on the board in order add another data point.
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I also want to chime in as I have started to encounter the same "snow" problem since Boinc Manager updated to CUDA support (I am using Boinc Manager 6.4.5 on a Windows Vista Business x32 Sp1). I get a black screen, a display driver restart and 2 times out of 3, "snow". The only way out is to reboot the system. Windows states that it was caused by my drivers... which have been kept current.

My video card, an XFX 8800GT, is supported by nVIDIA's current WHQL drivers, version 181.20. However, this problem started with earlier drivers... essentially, when CUDA support was added to the BOINC application. Temperature wise, the GPU hovers between 50C and 65C depending on the load. The highest temperatures I noted were not while running CUDA but CRYSIS. I am using Everest Ultimate to monitor my CPU and GPU temperatures.

Question: Is there a way to run SETI@Home on this Vista machine without using CUDA (CPU only)? Unless I missed something very obvious, I cannot find a setting to only use the CPU. Prior to CUDA support, everything was working fine. If I cannot disable CUDA, then I will stop the SETI@Home application as it creates problems.

Last comment: I do NOT have this problem if I run GPU Folding@Home in place of SETI@Home. So I wonder if it has something to do with SETI@Home's implementation for CUDA.





 
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