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1) Message boards : Number crunching : GPU only running one wu at a time? (Message 32968)
Posted 1297 days ago by Lord Tedric
Since upgrading to Windows 7 (64bit) I have a problem in that the GPU only runs one work unit at a time.

copy of app_info

<app_info>
<app>
<name>milkyway</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>astronomy_0.20_ATI_x64.exe</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>
<file_info>
<name>brook64.dll</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>

<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway</app_name>
<version_num>19</version_num>
<flops>1.0e11</flops>
<avg_ncpus>0.5</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>1</max_ncpus>
<coproc>
<type>ATI</type>
<count>1</count>
</coproc>
<cmdline>n2</cmdline>
<file_ref>
<file_name>astronomy_0.20_ATI_x64.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>brook64.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
</app_version>

<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway</app_name>
<version_num>20</version_num>
<flops>1.0e11</flops>
<avg_ncpus>0.5</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>1</max_ncpus>
<coproc>
<type>ATI</type>
<count>1</count>
</coproc>
<cmdline>n2</cmdline>
<file_ref>
<file_name>astronomy_0.20_ATI_x64.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<file_ref>
<file_name>brook64.dll</file_name>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
</app_info>

system info.

Windows 7 (64 bit)
4 GB RAM
Phenom 9650 Quad core 2.30 GHz
ATI 4870
ATI graphics v8.12
BOINC v6.10.16

Anyone help?
2) Message boards : Number crunching : 6.10.8 Released (Message 31589)
Posted 1335 days ago by Lord Tedric
I've just installed 6.10.7 and got this message during the benchmark,

26/09/2009 19:20:22 Starting BOINC client version 6.10.7 for windows_intelx86
26/09/2009 19:20:22 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Data directory: C:\BOINC\data
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Running under account Lord tedric
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor [x86 Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 3]
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Processor: 512.00 KB cache
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 3dnow mmx
26/09/2009 19:20:22 OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Memory: 3.25 GB physical, 7.99 GB virtual
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Disk: 76.32 GB total, 52.48 GB free
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Local time is UTC +1 hours
26/09/2009 19:20:23 No NVIDIA library found
26/09/2009 19:20:23 No usable CAL devices found
26/09/2009 19:20:23 No coprocessors

Should my ATI 4870 have been detected?


Yes, it should. What driver version RU running?


I'm running ver 8.12
3) Message boards : Number crunching : 6.10.8 Released (Message 31578)
Posted 1335 days ago by Lord Tedric
I was not planning to make a change anyway ... I am still proof testing 6.10.7 and now have it on two systems (or is it three?) and I am playing to see if I can avoid the most critical of the bugs that UCB probably still does not see as a bug ... (FIFO on GPU tasks causes BOINC to ignore resource share) ...


I've just installed 6.10.7 and got this message during the benchmark,

26/09/2009 19:20:22 Starting BOINC client version 6.10.7 for windows_intelx86
26/09/2009 19:20:22 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Data directory: C:\BOINC\data
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Running under account Lord tedric
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor [x86 Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 3]
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Processor: 512.00 KB cache
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 3dnow mmx
26/09/2009 19:20:22 OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Memory: 3.25 GB physical, 7.99 GB virtual
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Disk: 76.32 GB total, 52.48 GB free
26/09/2009 19:20:22 Local time is UTC +1 hours
26/09/2009 19:20:23 No NVIDIA library found
26/09/2009 19:20:23 No usable CAL devices found
26/09/2009 19:20:23 No coprocessors

Should my ATI 4870 have been detected?
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Milestones II (Message 31378)
Posted 1338 days ago by Lord Tedric
7 million MW credits
and soon to be
9 million BOINC credits
5) Message boards : Number crunching : 3rd.in - optimized apps (Message 30851)
Posted 1347 days ago by Lord Tedric
Strange, I have no problem with boinc 6.10.3, win xp 32 and 0.20 ATI, my mv racs on a 4850 is growing every minute and able to do some cpu work too, like malaria. I am very, very happy! Thank you all....


Well i've downgraded to 6.6.36........and all is running merrily away now.
6) Message boards : Number crunching : 3rd.in - optimized apps (Message 30833)
Posted 1347 days ago by Lord Tedric
I had your same issue. I hadn't read the readme.txt like I was supposed to. Your issue is that there are a few lines in the appinfo.xml file that need to be deleted if you are not using BOINC v 6.10.x

Copied from the readme:
Configuration for older BOINC clients (before 6.10.x):

The included app_info.xml declares the app as GPU app for the new 6.10.x clients. This is done
with a <coproc></coproc> statement, which may confuse older versions as they don't recognize the
type of required GPU. Theses clients may refuse to run the app in such a case. To get it running,
just remove the lines
<coproc>
...
</coproc>
and everything between those tags. It is twice in the .xml file, you have to remove both. After
that you should adjust the value <avg_ncpus>0.05</avg_ncpus> (just above the coproc statement)
to something higher (depends on your needs, but I would recommend 0.5 or even 1).

That should fix your problem. Hope it works.


OK, upgraded to 6.10.4, now I receive the following -
14/09/2009 16:35:58 Milkyway@home Message from server: Your app_info.xml file doesn't have a version of MilkyWay@Home.
7) Message boards : Number crunching : 3rd.in - optimized apps (Message 30824)
Posted 1347 days ago by Lord Tedric
This does not work for me at all.

I've copied the relevant opt files, made sure that MSVC++ 2005 SP1 is installed and rebooted the system.

BOINC then deletes astronomy 0.20 ATI SSE2.exe and brooke32.dll leaving the app info.xml in place then...nothing!

Have I missed something?

running AMD Phenom 9650 Quad, ATI 4870, heaps of RAM and WinXP Pro SP3
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Server can't open database? (Message 30649)
Posted 1348 days ago by Lord Tedric
What's this all about?

13/09/2009 11:01:18 Milkyway@home update requested by user
13/09/2009 11:01:19 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
13/09/2009 11:01:19 Milkyway@home Reporting 20 completed tasks, requesting new tasks
13/09/2009 11:01:24 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
13/09/2009 11:01:24 Milkyway@home Message from server: Server can't open database

Then update backs off for 60mins
9) Message boards : Number crunching : unusual behaviour (Message 30514)
Posted 1350 days ago by Lord Tedric
I stopped the bad searches that were giving the really small WUs. All the ones running now should be of the right size.


seems to be back to normal ........
although run times are shorter, hence the lower grated credit?
10) Message boards : Number crunching : unusual behaviour (Message 30512)
Posted 1350 days ago by Lord Tedric
Looks like Matt gave me some bad parameter files to start up searches with. Should fix this real quick-like.


Now they're starting to Abort....


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