Posts by Woodgie

1) Message boards : Number crunching : nVidia Titan issue (Message 1867398)
Posted 15 May 2017 by Profile Woodgie
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It's a 3rd act plot twist I could have done without, that's for sure. To answer an earlier question I think I'll just go for a new CPU for the moment.

Makes sense about the cc_config file and identical cards, though, if that is the case.

It's all knowledge and experience which I can pass on if I see someone else in the same situation.

Thanks, all.

OUCH That's a nasty turn of events! Sorry to hear that.

I heard someone mention that you don't need <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus> IF your cards are identical, or very similar. That must have been what was happening before.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : nVidia Titan issue (Message 1867260)
Posted 14 May 2017 by Profile Woodgie
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It worked for about 5 minutes. I was writing a reply explaining I somehow missed the <use_all_gpus>0</use_all_gpus> directive at the bottom of the file (obviously over-riding the <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus> I put earlier in the file) when...

My CPU gave up! (logic board reporting through a hex code display that the CPU is not initialising and a very prominent and red "your CPU is fried" led)

But that's a whole 'nother story...

What I don't quite get is that I never edited the cc_config file when I was running the 2 x 750Ti - so it must have had a <use_all_gpus>0</use_all_gpus> directive - yet BOINC/Seti@Home used both GPUs.

I see it is working now
setiathome_CUDA: Found 2 CUDA device(s):
nVidia Driver Version 376.53
  Device 1: GeForce GTX TITAN, 4095 MiB, regsPerBlock 65536
     computeCap 3.5, multiProcs 14 
     pciBusID = 1, pciSlotID = 0
  Device 2: GeForce GTX 750 Ti, 2048 MiB, regsPerBlock 65536
     computeCap 5.0, multiProcs 5 
     pciBusID = 2, pciSlotID = 0
3) Message boards : Number crunching : nVidia Titan issue (Message 1867000)
Posted 12 May 2017 by Profile Woodgie
Post:
post the first 30 lines of the start up log of BOINC


12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | Starting BOINC client version 7.6.33 for windows_x86_64
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, coproc_debug, mem_usage_debug, task_debug
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | Libraries: libcurl/7.47.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | Running under account zeus
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | [coproc] launching child process at C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinc.exe
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | [coproc] relative to directory C:\ProgramData\BOINC
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | [coproc] with data directory "C:\ProgramData\BOINC"
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0 (not used): GeForce GTX TITAN (driver version 376.53, CUDA version 8.0, compute capability 3.5, 4096MB, 4010MB available, 4707 GFLOPS peak)
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 1: GeForce GTX 750 Ti (driver version 376.53, CUDA version 8.0, compute capability 5.0, 2048MB, 1689MB available, 1388 GFLOPS peak)
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0 (not used): GeForce GTX TITAN (driver version 376.53, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 6144MB, 4010MB available, 4707 GFLOPS peak)
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 1: GeForce GTX 750 Ti (driver version 376.53, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 2048MB, 1689MB available, 1388 GFLOPS peak)
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | [coproc] NVIDIA library reports 2 GPUs
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | [coproc] No ATI library found.
12/05/2017 22:30:02 | SETI@home | Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | Host name: outlander
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz [Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3]
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movebe popcnt aes f16c rdrandsyscall nx lm avx avx2 vmx tm2 pbe fsgsbase bmi1 smep bmi2
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Professional x64 Edition, (10.00.15063.00)
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | Memory: 15.94 GB physical, 18.31 GB virtual
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | Disk: 231.87 GB total, 149.91 GB free
12/05/2017 22:30:02 |  | Local time is UTC +1 hours
12/05/2017 22:30:02 | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 8246123; resource share 100
12/05/2017 22:30:07 | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 24-Mar-2015 23:26:21)
12/05/2017 22:30:07 | SETI@home | Computer location: home
12/05/2017 22:30:07 |  | General prefs: using separate prefs for home
12/05/2017 22:30:07 |  | Preferences:
12/05/2017 22:30:07 |  | max memory usage when active: 8160.73MB
12/05/2017 22:30:07 |  | max memory usage when idle: 13057.18MB
12/05/2017 22:30:07 |  | max disk usage: 10.00GB
12/05/2017 22:30:07 |  | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
12/05/2017 22:30:07 |  | [mem_usage] All others: WS 2126.61MB, swap 1141.48MB, user 22.500s, kernel 20.859s
12/05/2017 22:30:07 |  | [mem_usage] enforce: available RAM 8160.73MB swap 3750.69MB
12/05/2017 22:30:07 | SETI@home | [coproc] Assigning 0.500000 of NVIDIA free instance 0 to 14au08ac.7668.18886.7.34.106_1
12/05/2017 22:30:07 | SETI@home | [coproc] Assigning 0.500000 of NVIDIA instance 0 to 13dc08ac.3470.113515.10.37.180_1
4) Message boards : Number crunching : nVidia Titan issue (Message 1866985)
Posted 12 May 2017 by Profile Woodgie
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Thanks for that.

I didn't have <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus> in cc_config and adding it has made no difference. (It worked without it with both 750Ti, though)

I've re-installed the optimised apps and twiddled with app-info.xml to no avail.

We'll see if any genius can spot what I am sure is obvious. I just can't see it.

I'll re-install the nVisia drivers, if that doesn't work; back to the 2 x 750Ti

It sounds like your cc_config. Do you have <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus> in it under options?

If not that, did you re-install the driver after adding the card? Clean install of course.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : nVidia Titan issue (Message 1866978)
Posted 12 May 2017 by Profile Woodgie
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OK, so it's been a while. A long while. Hi again guys and gals!

I've recently sparked up Outlander after a year or so of down time and am back into the crunching frey but I have encountered a bit of a problem which MIGHT be a case of "Your Graphics Card Is Too Old" and I'm willing to accept that... Begrudgingly.

I have 2 x nVidia 750Ti which crunch away happily, albeit not as fast as I'd like, so I found the old (1st gen) Titan which I used to use, stuck it in the computer, and tried to get it to crunch.

But it won't.

12/05/2017 20:30:44 |  | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0 (not used): GeForce GTX TITAN (driver version 382.05, CUDA version 8.0, compute capability 3.5, 4096MB, 4010MB available, 4707 GFLOPS peak)


I have a feeling that that 'compute capability 3.5' is the kicker here. I'm probably missing something about Hardware version/Driver version too. At least that's what my gut tells me.

-I have the Lunatics 0.44 optimised apps installed in Windows 10

-My app_info.xml has each GPU app set with an avg_ncpus of 0.25 and a max_ncpus of 0.5 (we can debate the wisdom of that later unless it's directly related to the issue at hand :-) ).

-I DID install the optimised apps BEFORE swapping in the Titan, I am going to re-install them after I finish this post to see if that makes any difference. I'll report back.

The Titan seems to be working in all other respects. It'll drive a monitor, the nVidia GeForce Experience application sees it and Device Manager reports it is not throwing any hissy-fits. Well OK, it actually reports "This device is working properly."

Other than that, welcome back, me![/b]
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Welcome to the 18 Year Club! (Message 1866796)
Posted 11 May 2017 by Profile Woodgie
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I have to wait until 6th Dec this year, so until then... :)

I just realized that this will be my 18th year for SETI@home!

Welcome to the 17 Year Club!
Welcome to the 16 Year Club!
Welcome to the 15 Year Club!
Welcome to the 14 Year Club!
Welcome to the 13 Year Club!
Welcome to the 12 Year Club!
Welcome to the 11 Year Club!
Welcome to the 10 Year Club!
Welcome to the 9 Year Club!
Welcome to the 8 Year Club!
Welcome to the 7 Year Club!
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Lunatics forum finally died (Message 1735360)
Posted 19 Oct 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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Might it be somehow related to this post?
8) Message boards : Number crunching : El Capitan and BOINC 7.6.12 jump in performance (Message 1733820)
Posted 12 Oct 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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I was wondering why my RAC was higher than normal.

OK, shall have a look-see and post anything interesting I find for no reason other than I like the sound of my own voi... keyboard clicking.
9) Message boards : News : There was a fire in the data center last night (Message 1727496)
Posted 21 Sep 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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Here is a photo of the machine reportedly responsible.
https://imgur.com/DVWpLk6

Full sized image,
https://i.imgur.com/DVWpLk6.jpg


Ouch!

And this, children, is why we make backups and snapshots frequently and regularly!

Glad to see it was just a server and didn't spread to people.

Whoever's server that is though, they must be a bit miffed!
10) Message boards : Number crunching : best value GPU for seti? (Message 1725908)
Posted 15 Sep 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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I'll throw my hat in with the 750Ti crowd. I have 2 of them and they're doing a very good job.

The main win with them is that they are bus powered, meaning they don't need their own dedicated power feed from your PSU, they get all the power they need from the PCI slot itself. This means they (technically) can't draw more than 75W which makes them very power efficient for the work they do.

Having said all that I'd also take heed of what others have said in the thread which is if you have AMD then stick with AMD in the same computer, it's probably going to cause you a driver related headache to mix and match AMD and nVidia in the same machine.
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Why even do this? (Message 1723528)
Posted 8 Sep 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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For me the point is "Because we can." We as humans have always sought answers. Our curiosity and wonder has driven us to aim for the second star the right and sail straight on until morning. It's what got us here and will get us there, wherever 'there' is.

What has been gained? Science, data. I believe SETI@Home has discovered a couple of Pulsars/Quasars (correct me if I'm inaccurate here) and corroborated other astronomy data too.

Even with 'nobody checking the results' the cleaned up data is there to be checked, maybe not now but it's there and CAN be checked. That is incredibly important. It's also very expensive. So understand that it's not that no-one wants to check it, it's that checking it will cost a lot in manpower and computing power.

As for why we burn up our CPUs? Again, we're human and because they're there.
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Anybody running SETI on a switch? (Message 1711625)
Posted 12 Aug 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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Only 15TB? Try 32TB!

Well, OK, it's only a Mac Pro connected to a NetApp SAN, but I have to beat you in something, right? :-)
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Boinc Latest installer (Message 1708115)
Posted 3 Aug 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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I have

boinc_7.4.42_macOSX_x86_64.zip

available for all you Mac OS X users out there.
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Gripes and Kudos IV (Message 1706938)
Posted 31 Jul 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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Kudos: Matt and the team who keep the servers and infrastructure running through thick and thin. A very happy SysAdmin Day to you all!
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Happy SysAdmin Day 2015 (Message 1706936)
Posted 31 Jul 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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Matt Lebofsky et al. you do outstanding work keeping the project going when things insist on falling over. You are adept at finding out why and picking them up again. Without you the project would have evaporated long ago.

Your work is appreciated and as one SysAdmin to others, I feel your pain :)

To others out there who work as SysAdmins and the like, the same.
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Not that it matters one tiny little bit, but... (Message 1706328)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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Hi Woodgie,

Hehehe :-)


+++Mr. Jelly! Mr. Jelly!+++ 
+++Error At Address: 14, Treacle Mine Road, Ankh-Morpork+++
+++MELON MELON MELON+++
+++Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++
+++Whoops! Here Comes The Cheese! +++
+++Oneoneoneoneoneoneone+++
*Blip* *Blip* *Blip* End of Cheese Error
*Blip* *Blip* *Blip* Can Not Find Drive Z:
*Blip* *Blip* *Blip* Unknown Application Error
*Blip* *Blip* *Blip* Please Reboot Universe
*Blip* *Blip* *Blip* Year Of The Sloth *Blip* *Blip* *Blip*
17) Message boards : Number crunching : Not that it matters one tiny little bit, but... (Message 1706304)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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Not on cross-project stats, he doesn't! :P


Holy..!

BOINC combined : 660,296,907.84

SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND SEVEN (point eight four)?

That's, what, nine times my 75(ish) million cross project? Nope. Nope. Nope.

Lottery win needed :)
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Not that it matters one tiny little bit, but... (Message 1706196)
Posted 29 Jul 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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I just noticed I've broken the top 300 worldwide. 298th as of writing.

Which is nice. And I have a month or so before Richard Haselgrove falls before me. (What AM I going to do to keep this megalomania in check?)

To prove I'm NOT entirely megalomaniacal, here's something possibly of interest I read on The Register today.
19) Message boards : Number crunching : Not that it matters one tiny little bit, but... (Message 1702406)
Posted 17 Jul 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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Yep, I was wondering who would post that first.
20) Message boards : Number crunching : Show and tell your machine. Here's mine. (Message 1702403)
Posted 17 Jul 2015 by Profile Woodgie
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Hmm, we've got two 980Tis on order for my cow-orker's N-body simulations. I'd hoped to snaffle his S2070 for one of my 20-core Xeons, but he has other ideas...


One day, when I can slap 8 nVidia K80 in a box, I will.

Until I win the lottery I worked out yesterday I can probably trade up to 3 x 970 (second hand) for Outlander at little cost to me given what I could trade in for them (the Titan, the 2 x 750ti and a couple of old phones I have lying around doing nothing).

Performance-wise 3 x 970 will be only a shade more expensive (£30 or so) than 2 x 980 but quite a bit more than £30 more powerful. Looking at various benchmarks the 980 is only ~15% more powerful for a lot more than 15% of the price. [edit: Just had a look and the 970 appears to be ~150% more powerful than the 750ti, and as near as dammit comparable to the Titan with the added 'value' that now all the cards in Outlander will be the same)

I will investigate further on Saturday.

Got to love CEX!


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