Unable to find gpu - Windows 7 x64 / Catalyst 9.11

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shaf* Send message Joined: 9 Mar 09 Posts: 37 Credit: 37,538,556 RAC: 0	Message 34399 - Posted: 9 Dec 2009, 1:16:30 UTC Hi, Hope everyone is well and happy with a good stash of work units. For myself I've run into a brick wall and am having difficulty getting Win64_0.20b_ati.zip to play ball. I've copied the atixxxx.dlls but boinc(6.10.18) still tells me that it can't find any GPUs Any ideas or is Catalyst 9.11 a no go area ? Much obliged ID: 34399 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

arkayn Send message Joined: 14 Feb 09 Posts: 999 Credit: 74,932,619 RAC: 0	Message 34400 - Posted: 9 Dec 2009, 1:55:14 UTC - in response to Message 34399. Is BOINC installed as a service? ID: 34400 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

shaf* Send message Joined: 9 Mar 09 Posts: 37 Credit: 37,538,556 RAC: 0	Message 34401 - Posted: 9 Dec 2009, 1:59:00 UTC - in response to Message 34400. Hi, Yes it's a service (stop, apply new app_info, restart but no joy)... I've done this before, same procedure with the exception of copying the cal dlls as per the instructions. ID: 34401 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Larry256 Send message Joined: 4 Apr 08 Posts: 5 Credit: 123,237,908 RAC: 1,539	Message 34402 - Posted: 9 Dec 2009, 2:13:22 UTC - in response to Message 34401. I don't think Boinc will see the GPU as a service install. ID: 34402 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

shaf* Send message Joined: 9 Mar 09 Posts: 37 Credit: 37,538,556 RAC: 0	Message 34403 - Posted: 9 Dec 2009, 2:16:47 UTC - in response to Message 34402. I don't think Boinc will see the GPU as a service install. Sorry I don't understand ?(!) Can someone confirm this ? I had it running perfectly on win32/0.19f as a service confused ID: 34403 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

arkayn Send message Joined: 14 Feb 09 Posts: 999 Credit: 74,932,619 RAC: 0	Message 34405 - Posted: 9 Dec 2009, 3:00:05 UTC Win XP will allow the use of the GPU while installed as a service, Vista & Win 7 have the drivers sandboxed and will not run in BOINC as a service. You will need to uninstall BOINC and then reinstall, click advanced and deselect protected application mode. ID: 34405 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

shaf* Send message Joined: 9 Mar 09 Posts: 37 Credit: 37,538,556 RAC: 0	Message 34408 - Posted: 9 Dec 2009, 9:38:31 UTC - in response to Message 34405. Thank you everyone. Got it working with 9.11/0.20b (must say that 0.20b is very nice - 99% gpu load/low cpu load too). BTW Is there a work around to getting this working as service ? Running in usermode is not very practical Many thanks again ID: 34408 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

arkayn Send message Joined: 14 Feb 09 Posts: 999 Credit: 74,932,619 RAC: 0	Message 34418 - Posted: 9 Dec 2009, 22:14:38 UTC Not currently, MS changed it for security reasons. ID: 34418 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote