While using my games or anything I get "Computation error" on every single project. The moment I close the DirectX/OpenGL application, it can run the project without a problem.
I've seen other posts about permissions not being set. I've already given BOINC full permission to its data directory:
F:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data
as well as its install directory:
F:/Program Files/BOINC

Is it possible to just disable CUDA? .. it seems to have too many errors right now, I can't do anything unless my computer is just running BOINC.

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=4717617

CPU type	GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7]
Number of CPUs	4
Coprocessors	[CUDA|GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+|1|511MB]
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP
Professional x86 Editon, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
Memory	2814.48 MB
Cache	244.14 KB
Swap space	7012.26 MB
Total disk space	462.83 GB
Free Disk Space	191.56 GB

Win XP Pro / 32bit
9800GTX Driver version: 180.48

(Incomplete) List of failed projects:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1098300057
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1098300037
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1098297993
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http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1098294597
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http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1098294554
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1098279047
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http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1098279043
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1098279039
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1098279036
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There's a lot more than just this.

7 of your results (with compute error) i've taken a look are reporting a
"Cuda error 'cudaMalloc((void**) &dev_cx_DataArray' in file 'c:/sw/gpgpu/seti/seti_boinc/client/cuda/cudaAcceleration.cu' in line 234 : out of memory."
It seems, that your "games" using to much memory of your grafic card.
If you are not playing do the Cuda WU's run normaly? ;)

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Yes, they seem to, but they only seem to want to run using the CUDA.

Then you should use the option wich suspend the cumputation when user is active to avoid errors.
If you'r running other projects and don't want to suspend it, may you hold the Seti project via BM while playing your games.

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Well, my video games use up maybe 30% of my processor(s).
So.. the whole idea was to let BOINC run another 30% of the processors in the background. But instead .. all it wants to do is run the video card and 0.03% processor.

I think, the "processor-capacity" isn't the problem you have.
At my PC Cuda is using around 185mb grafic-memory (512mb aviable) ...
I think, it is not possible for you to run Seti-Cuda and you'r games at the same time.

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Options you have:

1. Exit BOINC before playing games. This ensures that the whole video card and its memory is available for the gaming environment.
2. Suspend BOINC before playing games. If you do not leave applications in memory, this may leave the videocard and its memory available for your gaming environment.
3. Use the <exclusive_app> option in cc_config.xml

To do so, open a cc_config.xml file in your BOINC Data directory. See here how to make one and what other options you have.
Add into it:

<cc_config>
<options>
<exclusive_app>Fallout3.exe</exclusive_app>
<exclusive_app>Speed.exe</exclusive_app>
</options>
</cc_config>

The Fallout3 and (Need for) Speed executable examples are mine. You'd have to check what the executables of your own applications/games are. Make sure to use the game executables, not the launcher executables (some games, like Fallout3 use a launcher... not the one you want). No need to add the whole path to the executable either. If you have more than one Need for Speed game installed, you can do with one Speed.exe

To get BOINC to know this file is here, go BOINC Manager->Advanced view->Advanced->Read config file. BOINC will suspend computations as soon as one of the exclusive applications stored in cc_config.xml enters the memory. Best is then not to set BOINC to leave applications in memory when suspended.

The reasoning behind this is that Seti's GPU application takes up 200MB at minimum of the video RAM at all times. At minimum. Your game will try to use way more than that, depending on what game it is. But any new game will fill the whole memory and leave nothing left.

Games like Fallout3, Oblivion, Crysis use maps of 750MB and over, which are constantly refreshed in the videocard's memory. If you then also try to store a Seti task in there, things are bound to go wrong.

A possibility to disable GPU comes soon. The next BOINC has the option of <no_gpus> in cc_config.xml, which will disable BOINC detecting a GPU even if one's available. The option to set Seti up with crunching either CPUs or GPU is coming as well, it's in test over at Seti Beta for now.

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Well.. now having a 1024M video card, I'm still running into the same error message ... just how much video memory does this thing require.. cause holy #$%^@ .. I KNOW my game isn't using over 700M of that .. there should still be 300M+ left of vid memory
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=1098325188

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/prefs.php?subset=project
@bottom = sweet...

odd.. i disabled it .. yet it's still using the CUDA feature .. but it's not failing .. and it IS using it, cause i'm at 24(50normal) FPS in game.. which doesn't bother me any, 24+ FPS is perfectly ideal to me

if it aint one thing .....

Suspend feature does not work. Awesome.
me(x_X)0~('_'Q)boinc

If you're really desperate, version 6.2.19 will most likely not have the CUDA version.

http://boincdl.ssl.berkeley.edu/dl/boinc_6.2.19_windows_intelx86.exe


I am not sure if there is a way to disable the CUDA, but I guess until they seperate the CUDA version from the CPU SETI@Home then this will be the best workaround.

Mind you, I don't have CUDA graphics card so I have no idea if the preferences are there.

- Whitefang

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Whitefang Greytail

odd.. i disabled it .. yet it's still using the CUDA feature .. but it's not failing .. and it IS using it, cause i'm at 24(50normal) FPS in game.. which doesn't bother me any, 24+ FPS is perfectly ideal to me

Enabling the feature on the website will only make sure that you won't get further tasks for the GPU. At the next scheduler interval, BOINC will get the new preferences in and only start to send you work for the CPU. Any work you still have in queue for the GPU will first be crunched.

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Well.. now having a 1024M video card, I'm still running into the same error message ... just how much video memory does this thing require.. cause holy #$%^@ .. I KNOW my game isn't using over 700M of that .. there should still be 300M+ left of vid memory

Depends.. which game are you playing?

But the best advice I can give you is to stop running BOINC before you go play the game and continue running BOINC when done. It's how I play games, that way I am also sure I don't get lag at the moment I really do not want any lag!

Heck, why didn't you try any of the advice I've given in my last post in this thread? Option 3 will really work, you know?

The GPU just can't do both things at the same time. Not yet. Not until there is an option to set which GPU cores you want to use for crunching and which you don't, this of course only on cards with multiple GPU cores.

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odd.. i disabled it .. yet it's still using the CUDA feature .. but it's not failing .. and it IS using it, cause i'm at 24(50normal) FPS in game.. which doesn't bother me any, 24+ FPS is perfectly ideal to me

Which version of BOINC are you using?

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@SETIEric@qoto.org (Mastodon)

I had similar results once I finally got some WU running for 6.05, that is 20 WUs ended with "Computation error".

Since my comp has 4 cpus in addition to the gpu, is it possible to cause Boinc to suspend just the gpu tasks when some game is running instead of suspending all tasks?

I had similar results once I finally got some WU running for 6.05, that is 20 WUs ended with "Computation error".

Since my comp has 4 cpus in addition to the gpu, is it possible to cause Boinc to suspend just the gpu tasks when some game is running instead of suspending all tasks?

Well this really sux.
I can't get the CUDA code to work at all, even when there are no games running.
Now, I have reinstalled BOINC client version 6.2.19 but there have been so many "Computation Errors" due to the CUDA code not working that now S@H will not give me any tasks even for the non-CUDA code.
How on earth did this code get past beta test?
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.19 for windows_intelx86
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||Running as a daemon
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||Running under account boinc_master
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11]
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 mmx
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Editon, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 3.85 GB virtual
12/29/2008 12:20:51 AM||Disk: 294.12 GB total, 176.18 GB free
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12/29/2008 12:25:41 AM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 2738058 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
12/29/2008 12:25:46 AM|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded: got 0 new tasks
12/29/2008 12:25:46 AM|SETI@home|Message from server: No work sent
12/29/2008 12:25:46 AM|SETI@home|Message from server: No work is available for SETI@home Enhanced
12/29/2008 12:25:46 AM|SETI@home|Message from server: No work is available for Astropulse
12/29/2008 12:25:46 AM|SETI@home|Message from server: (reached daily quota of 4 results)
12/29/2008 12:25:46 AM|SETI@home|Message from server: (Project has no jobs available)