Posts by Jason Roner

1) Questions and Answers : GPU applications : Radeon Pro Vega (mobile dGPU on Dell) - GPU tasks can't run. Every 30 secs, keeps changing from 'Waiting to Run' to 'Postponed' continuously (Message 2026458)
Posted 5 Jan 2020 by Profile Jason Roner
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Thanks for replying, so is there anywhere this error is stored locally? Or is it only sent to the servers?

I will need to dig really deep to see what is going on. May have to use the DDU GPU uninstaller utility to do a clean install of the AMD driver.

I hate that I have to keep re-installing the Radeon driver with every Intel GPU driver update for some programs to work properly.

Thanks again

Running on device number: 0
Priority of worker thread raised successfully
Priority of process adjusted successfully, below normal priority class used
OpenCL platform detected: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
BOINC assigns device 0
0 slot of 64 used for this instance
Info: BOINC provided OpenCL device ID used
ERROR: OpenCL kernel/call 'Creating Command Queue. (clCreateCommandQueue)' call failed (-6) in file ..\..\..\src\GPU_lock.cpp near line 1358.
Waiting 30 sec before restart...


this is what's happening on your AMD tasks. I'd say it's probably a problem with the drivers.
2) Questions and Answers : GPU applications : Radeon Pro Vega (mobile dGPU on Dell) - GPU tasks can't run. Every 30 secs, keeps changing from 'Waiting to Run' to 'Postponed' continuously (Message 2026336)
Posted 4 Jan 2020 by Profile Jason Roner
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Thank you for your response.

In fact, I have re-installed them in that order because that's the only way Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve video editor would start.

There's no way to turn off the iGPU in the BIOS (this is one of those hybrid iGPU and dGPU on same die kind of deals)
3) Questions and Answers : GPU applications : Radeon Pro Vega (mobile dGPU on Dell) - GPU tasks can't run. Every 30 secs, keeps changing from 'Waiting to Run' to 'Postponed' continuously (Message 2026311)
Posted 4 Jan 2020 by Profile Jason Roner
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My machine https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8343127

Answers to basic questions I can think:

- Any info in the error logs un c:\ProgramData\BOINC?
- None whatsoever

- Any errors in the Event viewer?
- None at all

- Is Activity set to 'Always'?
- Yes, including GPU and Network Communication

- Any exclusion applications that would keep BOINC from using GPU?
- None set

- Suspend GPU computing when system in use?
- Not checkmarked

- When did this start happening?
- I hadn't opened BOINC for several months. Last time, it was able to process GPU units without issue.

- What was updated on the system since that time?
- Windows 10 feature update to 1909, and I believe 2 Intel HD 630 driver updates for integrated GPU (but because of screen lag, I don't use it to process work units). The driver for the discrete Radeon Vega has not been updated since last year (only place to get it is from the Dell driver support page).

- Have you tried re-installing the GPU driver?
- Yes, to both integrated and discrete


- Have you tried enabling downloading work units for the Intel GPU?
- I have not attempted it yet, should I try?
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Anyone ever play around with adding external GPU's to your laptop via the mini-PCIE? (Message 1889782)
Posted 14 Sep 2017 by Profile Jason Roner
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Had some ideas and went searching eBay and found this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINI-PCI-E-TO-X16-PCIE-RISER-ADAPTER-GRAPHICS-CARD-PLUS-TO-LAPTOP-/263078482873?hash=item3d40b313b9:g:~h0AAOSwFqNZRWuT

I have a Dell M4500 laptop that has two unused internal mini-PCIE slots. I could technically use them to hook up two external GPU's to crunch SETI with. Just wondering if anyone's tried this already and how did it result?

My M4500's nvidia chip is a Quadro FX1800 and not so great since it is stuck using driver 342.
5) Questions and Answers : Windows : Advice please for updating BOINC (Message 1889752)
Posted 14 Sep 2017 by Profile Jason Roner
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While we're here, what are the release notes in the new version? The wiki or release notes link are only showing info for the older versions.
6) Questions and Answers : Getting started : I'm really bummed. Just found that my current machines + Android credits for the last few months were not going to my original 2003 account. (Message 1889588)
Posted 13 Sep 2017 by Profile Jason Roner
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There will be no fix because it isn't broken. It was decided to prevent people from merging accounts because people were abusing the "feature" and inflating their numbers by stealing accounts.

As for your issue, it sounds like you must have fat-fingered the account key. In fact, you should be attaching via email address. If you fat-fingered the email address and didn't switch away from Create New Account to Add Existing Account, this could easily happen. If you had typed the email or account ID of an exising account, it would have told you so.


I think the issue must have been when I changed my e-mail address in my profile here from a yahoo address to a gmail one. However, attaching new projects with my new email wasn't working so I kept on using the old email address which would work (both times I used the original password key). I just assumed all my work would go to my old account anyway and never checked right away if that was the case.
7) Questions and Answers : Getting started : I'm really bummed. Just found that my current machines + Android credits for the last few months were not going to my original 2003 account. (Message 1889587)
Posted 13 Sep 2017 by Profile Jason Roner
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Looking at your computer list the last active computer there was in April 2017.

A user search for your user name brings up just this account you're posting with.



That's correct. I'm still crunching now but everything is going a "new" account now. I am posting this from my original 2003 account.
8) Questions and Answers : Getting started : I'm really bummed. Just found that my current machines + Android credits for the last few months were not going to my original 2003 account. (Message 1888668)
Posted 8 Sep 2017 by Profile Jason Roner
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I've already read in a few places here that there is no way to merge my current machines and credits into my account.

Will there be some kind of fix in the future for this? And how is it that a new account was created if I have been using my original account key ID every single time I've added the project to a freshly built or imaged machine? Even after changing my e-mail address, it should have known not to make a separate account. :(





 
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