BOINC Won't See CUDA-Enabled Video Card
28 Apr 2011 2:26:47 UTC
Topic 195767
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I popped a GeForce 9500GT (1GB RAM) in one of my PCs, installed the driver from Feb 2011, Windows sees the card, and it appears to be working fine, but BOINC (and more specifically Einstein@Home) won't see it. I tried resetting the project, detatching the project, reinstalling BOINC, messing with BIOS settings (the motherboard has built-in video, which I've turned off), with the same results. Windows XP Pro is fully updated. I have the same motherboard in another computer that runs CUDA fine (though the firmware has been updated on this motherboard) and I have the same video card in another PC that runs CUDA fine. I installed a GeForce 8400GS in this same computer, and BOINC won't see that either (and that card ran CUDA in another PC fine), so it looks like the issue is with the PC itself. I'm going to update the BIOS next. I've never seen anything like this before. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!
BOINC Won't See CUDA-Enabled Video Card
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Since the projects depend on BOINC recognising the hardware, the resetting and detaching wasn't necessary. :-)
Since you disabled the onboard graphics, I suppose you have a monitor attached to the CUDA board, which should be sufficient for BOINC to recognise it.
I'm not quite sure if fully updated XP still supports Protected Application Execution (service) mode with GPUs. So, check that you didn't select that mode when installing.
Gruß,
Gundolf
Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)
RE: I'm not quite sure if
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PAE is OK on XP.
RE: I popped a GeForce
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So what driver version is that? and where did you get it from? i don't think the drivers from Microsoft include Cuda support,
Go to Nvidia and get the one of the latest drivers from there,
Once the drivers are installed you might need to attach a monitor onto any extra GPU's before Boinc will see them,
and you might also need to extend the Desktop onto that GPU so Boinc will continue seeing the 2nd GPU after the monitor is removed.
Claggy
RE: I popped a GeForce
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Hi!
Did you solve the problem? I see thattwo out of your three PCs receive CUDA tasks now:
http://einsteinathome.org/account/66339/computers
If it's the third PC that is making problems, it would be useful to see what messages are displayed in BOINC manager's Message tab after BOINC is started. BOINC should tell you something about the GPU hardware and driver it detects (if any).
HB
RE: So what driver version
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Thanks for the response. It's version 26724, the same as my other two GeForce 9500GT's are running, and all of them came from Microsoft Updates.
I only have a single display setup (like my other two machines), and whether a montior is connected doesn't change the behavior.
Thanks again,
joe
RE: Hi! Did you solve the
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Nope, not yet, unfortunately, I've downloaded the BIOS update from Asus, but won't be able to install it until next week, likely.
Yes, it's the third PC (not showing the video card -- even though it's in there with the correct driver) causing the issues.
Here's some pertinent output from the BOINC messages from that machine:
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM Starting BOINC client version 6.10.60 for windows_intelx86
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM Running under account Admin
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6500 @ 2.93GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM Processor: 2.00 MB cache
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM 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 cx16 nx lm vmx tm2 pbe
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 3.85 GB virtual
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM Disk: 74.52 GB total, 66.67 GB free
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM Local time is UTC -7 hours
4/27/2011 6:35:07 PM No usable GPUs found
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM Einstein@Home URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 3655809; resource share 100
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM Einstein@Home General prefs: from Einstein@Home (last modified 26-Apr-2011 17:21:37)
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM Einstein@Home Computer location: home
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM Einstein@Home General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM Reading preferences override file
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM Preferences:
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM max memory usage when active: 1023.55MB
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM max memory usage when idle: 1842.39MB
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM max disk usage: 4.00GB
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM Not using a proxy
4/27/2011 6:35:08 PM GPUs have become unusable; disabling tasks
I'll have an update next week after I update the BIOS.
Thanks for all your help,
joe
RE: It's version 26724, the
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That's very doubtful, as the drivers gotten through Windows Update are missing things like OpenGL and CUDA support. So why not go get 270.61 from Nvidia, install that one and see how that fares you?
RE: RE: It's version
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For me too the Ati or Nvidia drivers, depending on your card, gotten from the manufacturers website are far better! Now Windows does say it updates the video card drivers when it does Windows updates for me, but as Jord said it does not help with crunching. Perhaps yours came from the disk when you installed the card originally?
[quoteThat's very doubtful,
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[quoteThat's very doubtful, as the drivers gotten through Windows Update are missing things like OpenGL and CUDA support. So why not go get 270.61 from Nvidia, install that one and see how that fares you?