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8800GTX - Can't get CUDA Working
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Jason Luttgens Send message Joined: 25 Apr 99 Posts: 2 Credit: 20,294,649 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Hi, I am having trouble getting CUDA working. This is my configuration: - Nvidia 8800GTX w/768MB RAM - Windows Vista Ultimate x64 w/4GB RAM - Loaded the 2.1 Beta CUDA Driver from http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_get.html - Running BOINC 6.5 I did the following: - Completely uninstalled older versions of BOINC and deleted the directories. - Installed 6.5, without Protected Application Execution I see these messages when I start BOINC: 12/29/2008 1:00:03 AM||Running under account Jason 12/29/2008 1:00:03 AM||CUDA device: GeForce 8800 GTX 12/29/2008 1:00:03 AM||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz [Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6] 12/29/2008 1:00:03 AM||OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Ultimate x64 Editon, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00) 12/29/2008 1:00:03 AM||Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 8.17 GB virtual And then: 12/29/2008 1:00:10 AM|SETI@home|Started download of setiathome_6.03_windows_intelx86.exe 12/29/2008 1:01:35 AM|SETI@home|Starting task 23no08ab.394.8661.15.8.214_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 :( Any suggestions? I cannot seem to get CUDA + Setiathome working. |
rawkey Send message Joined: 4 Nov 02 Posts: 1 Credit: 385,691 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I have exactly the same problem, 8800 gtx the correct drivers, have tried reinstallaing boinc no luck yet! 29/12/2008 09:52:17||Starting BOINC client version 6.4.5 for windows_intelx86 29/12/2008 09:52:18||Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11] 29/12/2008 09:52:18||Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 pni mmx 29/12/2008 09:52:19||OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Home Premium x86 Editon, Service Pack 1 29/12/2008 09:52:28||CUDA devices found 29/12/2008 09:52:28||Coprocessor: GeForce 8800 GTX (1) Any help appreciated! |
![]() Send message Joined: 26 Oct 08 Posts: 7 Credit: 108,489 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I have the same problem, but with a 8800 GTS 320MB boinc 6.4.5, driver nvidia 180.43, I have never received a GPU workunit, even if boinc sees a CUDA devices |
Roberto Patriarca Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 22 Credit: 1,967,389 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Same here. And the fun thing is that my machine DID complete some work units using CUDA, between the 24th and the 26th of December. For a couple of days I had both CUDA- and non-CUDA Seti applications running at the same time (!), and then only the standard CPU application was left crunching. Of course I did not change any preference, either online or on the client itself. Looks like people at S@H have somehow disabled the CUDA application at their end, although I did not find it mentioned anywhere. I am running Boinc 6.4.5 and Nvidia drivers version 178.something on a Phenom X4. Any news welcome. |
alpina Send message Joined: 18 Dec 08 Posts: 22 Credit: 32,011 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I had the same problem with my 8800GTS. The remarkable thing is that it allways seem to happen with the 8800 range of cards that have CUDA capability 1.0. Is it possible that SETI is not sending the application to these clients for whatever reason(can someone of the development team confirm or deny this)? 1.0 CUDA cards are perfectly capable of doing the work(I have been doing it for a few days without too many problems) so I don't understand why these cards never seem to get the CUDA work. Nevertheless, there is a workaround if you download the optimized package here: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=50829 |
emoon Send message Joined: 26 Nov 03 Posts: 2 Credit: 31,454,370 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I got the same problem as well: 12/29/08 09:33:55||Starting BOINC client version 6.5.0 for windows_x86_64 12/29/08 09:33:55||This a development version of BOINC and may not function properly 12/29/08 09:33:55||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops 12/29/08 09:33:55||Libraries: libcurl/7.19.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8i zlib/1.2.3 12/29/08 09:33:55||Data directory: D:\apps\BOINC\DATA 12/29/08 09:33:55||Running under account emoon 12/29/08 09:33:55||Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz [Intel64 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7] 12/29/08 09:33:55||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni mmx 12/29/08 09:33:55||OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Home Premium x64 Editon, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00) 12/29/08 09:33:55||Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 3.88 GB virtual 12/29/08 09:33:55||Disk: 44.83 GB total, 7.22 GB free 12/29/08 09:33:55||Local time is UTC +1 hours 12/29/08 09:33:55||Not using a proxy 12/29/08 09:33:55||CUDA device: GeForce 8800 GTX but it won't use CUDA |
Maik Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 163 Credit: 9,208,555 RAC: 0 ![]() |
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try this http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=50829&nowrap=true#845152 This application is for testing (CUDA), has some unsolved bugs, may result in a (serious) crash of your system. So please watch your system a bit while running. You can get this in record time with compute errors (reached daily quota of 200 results) and no word done. But if it works it's fast. |
Jason Luttgens Send message Joined: 25 Apr 99 Posts: 2 Credit: 20,294,649 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Using Raistmer's download works! I'm finally running a CUDA workunit. Thanks. I wonder if the Seti@Home folks are aware of whatever issue exists with their distro? |
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