Posts by Whirling Steel

1) Message boards : Number crunching : NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units (Message 2015199)
Posted 12 Oct 2019 by Profile Whirling Steel
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One thing I know about Technology Companies. its all about the numbers.
If enough people complain I think they will. But honestly, since Seti@home is the
only program on my system that is/was affected, I honestly don't think the Seti user
base is enough to move the great NVidia to action (just my opinion)
2) Questions and Answers : GPU applications : GTX 1070 ti - " GPU missing" (Message 2015044)
Posted 11 Oct 2019 by Profile Whirling Steel
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Darrell, is it possible that you tried to use both your onboard GPU AND your vid card together, and then at some point decide not to do that anymore, so you disabled the "keep using onboard video if there is an external video device", in the system bios? I had tried running both as well and made the change on the site's config page in my account info to the "Seti@home preferences" link . using both GPUs were giving my system issues. But my system had already downloaded many jobs already set for the onboard GPU and became "GPU missing".
if you go ahead and leave those tasks and just wait those tasks WILL run in spite of being marked "GPU missing". my NVidia card does pick those jobs up. I hope this helps you in some way.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units (Message 2015035)
Posted 11 Oct 2019 by Profile Whirling Steel
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thanks man I appreciate it
4) Message boards : Number crunching : NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units (Message 2014979)
Posted 11 Oct 2019 by Profile Whirling Steel
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I have a semi off-topic... ok completely off topic question, as this is the only thread I have posted to :/
and you folks are really kind of the first folks I have communicated with at Seti, other than the team I am in's leader.
Two things really, any advice would be appreciated.
#1 Does anyone know of the "Fly's Eye" project, and if so, how or where to join it?
#2 Can someone PLEASE tell me what the "credits" are for? Please god tell me! lol (I kill me!)
5) Message boards : Number crunching : NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units (Message 2014977)
Posted 11 Oct 2019 by Profile Whirling Steel
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Agreed Bernie. in my experience, end users never use the "custom" or "advanced" options when installing software :)
but right now as I write this I realize you were probably talking to that same user base as I was! I suppose that would render
this post uhhhhh invalid! hahaha /sigh
6) Message boards : Number crunching : NVidia 436.xx and later drivers can cause very long compute times especially on Arecibo VHAR work units (Message 2014905)
Posted 10 Oct 2019 by Profile Whirling Steel
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If you are experiencing difficulties with this driver, I found that when I updated my system to this driver NVidia sleazed a program with the driver named GeForce Experience. This program was a huge problem for me. If you installed this driver and see that GeForce Experience is loaded, get it the heck out of your system. I had no more issues after I removed that program.
Obviously all users won't experience the same issues but I found this to be the issue with my lockups etc.... whether I installed the service that attempts to deal with other apps that might take ahold of the GPU or not.
7) Message boards : SETI@home Science : Triplets (Message 2014037)
Posted 3 Oct 2019 by Profile Whirling Steel
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Thanks Bob for taking the time to reply.
Have a great Day!
8) Message boards : SETI@home Science : Triplets (Message 2013892)
Posted 1 Oct 2019 by Profile Whirling Steel
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The recordings that my system is reading now are showing a tremendous amount of triplets.
Recordings earlier have not shown nearly as many as I am seeing right now in succession.
What should I do about this?
How do I ask to be informed when my system makes hits?





 
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