service install is the ONLY option now with the 6.x.x series for windows.

I am running server 2008 x64 with the latest drivers (177.84) and while I haven't yet completed a work unit, I have not had any errors after running for 5 hrs on my 8800 GTS 512. I have the 64bit BOINC 6.3.10 installed. I installed both the app directory and data directory to their own directories on a non OS partition, and selected to give any user access to control BOINC.

would it be possible to put a link for the 64bit BOINC client on the home page with the 32bit win client? The 64bit clients will auto grab 32bit work when 64bit apps are not available from almost any projetc.

I am still not understanding if it works on Vista 64 or not? Does it work on Vista 32 too? Shall I simply put on the home page to install using the advanced features and *do not* click "Protected application execution". ????

gdf

Hi G,

as far as I understand it from the other posts -

If BOINC is installed as a service (protected application mode), it does not detect the coprocessor for most people on Vista64, and BOINC shows the device emulation. That way it does not work.

If BOINC is not installed as a service, it does detect the Coprocessor and it seems to work for the other users.

Unfortunately It doesn't work for me with both installation options. If I don't install BOINC as a service, it is able to detect the Coprocessor and shows the GTX 260, but all tasks error out on my computer. Still in the same way like I described it in the email I sent to you and Rom on the 29th August...

So far I have seen the following -

1)
If BOINC 6.3.10 is installed in protected mode (as a service) it does not detect my GTX 260 graphics card.
It only shows

CUDA devices found
Coprocessor: device emulation (CPU)(1)

I still can get work from GPUGRID, but all WUs error out with

<core_client_version>6.3.10</core_client_version> <![CDATA[ <message> Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden. (0x3) - exit code 3 (0x3) </message> <stderr_txt> Cuda error in file 'deviceQuery.cu' in line 59 : initialization error. Assertion failed: 0, file deviceQuery.cu, line 59 This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. </stderr_txt> ]]>

(Das System kann den angegeben Pfad nicht finden should mean something like "the system can't find the specified path")

2)
If BOINC is not installed as a service and I start it with the BOINC manager, it does detect the card and shows

CUDA devices found
Coprocessor GeForce GTX 260 (1)

I can get work from GPUGRID, but all WUs error out immediately after one second with a Windows error message popup saying-

Problemsignatur:
Problemereignisname: APPCRASH
Anwendungsname: acemd_6.43_windows_intelx86__cuda.exe
Anwendungsversion: 0.0.0.0
Anwendungszeitstempel: 48b5df12
Fehlermodulname: StackHash_8ba6
Fehlermodulversion: 0.0.0.0
Fehlermodulzeitstempel: 00000000
Ausnahmecode: c0000005
Ausnahmeoffset: 00000000
Betriebsystemversion: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Gebietsschema-ID: 3079
Zusatzinformation 1: 8ba6
Zusatzinformation 2: b351d78a8829f7a4b1ffdab18bef7051
Zusatzinformation 3: 5888
Zusatzinformation 4: 7cdf0ced603a54a430d2129923501d3f

BOINC manager shows this in the messages -

29.08.2008 04:59:14|PS3GRID|Starting Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0
29.08.2008 04:59:14|PS3GRID|Starting task Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0 using acemd version 643
29.08.2008 04:59:15|PS3GRID|Computation for task Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0 finished
29.08.2008 04:59:15|PS3GRID|Output file Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0_0 for task Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0 absent
29.08.2008 04:59:15|PS3GRID|Output file Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0_1 for task Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0 absent
29.08.2008 04:59:15|PS3GRID|Output file Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0_2 for task Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0 absent
29.08.2008 04:59:15|PS3GRID|Output file Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0_3 for task Kof6107-GPUTEST2-5-10-acemd_0 absent

And that's in the stderr.out

<core_client_version>6.3.10</core_client_version> <![CDATA[ <message> - exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005) </message> ]]>

3)
If I run boinc.exe manually, and then start the BOINC manager, it is the same as in case 2).
(Actually I don't understand why it would make a difference if I start boinc.exe manually, or boinc.exe is started from the BOINC manager? Don't know why other people say it works for them that way...)

4)
Even if I try to run boinc.exe as an administrator (right click boinc.exe/run as administrator) I get the same as in case 2 and 3.

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All the tests have been made on the same computer - Core2Quad Q9300, 2GB DDR2 1066, EVGA GeForce GTX260, Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit, BOINC 6.3.10 x86_64, Nvidia drivers from 177.35 to 177.92 beta and Folding@home is running fine since a few weeks wihout a single error on this GPU...

If I should try something else please let me know. Or if it would help you, I would also give you remote access to this computer.

Stefan

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Stefan, did you already reset the project? This "Output file ... absent" is typical for not resetting after the upgrade to 6.41 / 6.43,

MrS

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Stefan, did you already reset the project? This "Output file ... absent" is typical for not resetting after the upgrade to 6.41 / 6.43,

MrS

MrS - Thank you! You're da man! ;-)
It's eventually working now!

I completely forgot about the resetting because I actually never computed a WU on this host... Let's see how the GTX 260 on Vista64 performs compared to my 9800 GTX SC and the 8800 GT on Linux 64. :)

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Great news!

So now we have it officially: GPU-GRid works under Vista 32/64, but you mustn't install as a service.

MrS

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Great news!

So now we have it officially: GPU-GRid works under Vista 32/64, but you mustn't install as a service.

MrS

I have added Windows 64 as platform on the from page.

GDF

Of course it works, I work since the 27th of August with my 8800GT under Vista Ultimate 64bit and since 29th of August with my GTX280 under Vista Ultimate 64bit. But the BOINC.EXE 6.3.10 is a memory pig, needs up to 1 GB RAM after some running time. It's no problem for me, I have 8 GB RAM, but better is to restart every day. Maybe the next version runs without a daily babysitter.

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Of course it works, I work since the 27th of August with my 8800GT under Vista Ultimate 64bit and since 29th of August with my GTX280 under Vista Ultimate 64bit. But the BOINC.EXE 6.3.10 is a memory pig, needs up to 1 GB RAM after some running time. It's no problem for me, I have 8 GB RAM, but better is to restart every day. Maybe the next version runs without a daily babysitter.

I have mentioned this problem to BOINC dev.

gdf

That's what would be called a memory leak rather than a memory pig. I had my 6.3.10 running for about a week on XP 32 and just restarted it to check, but it consumed exactly the same amount of RAM as before (read from taskmanager), so no problem here.

MrS

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That's what would be called a memory leak rather than a memory pig. I had my 6.3.10 running for about a week on XP 32 and just restarted it to check, but it consumed exactly the same amount of RAM as before (read from taskmanager), so no problem here.

MrS

BOINCMgr.exe is taking 117MB on my comp after a day n a half of being installed. BOINC 64bit 6.3.10, server 2008 x64, 4GB RAM. Running 4 projects, with several hundred tasks in total queued to run.

On Vista Ultimate 64 bit after a running time of 10.5 hours they use actually 372,340 K, on my XP Pro 64 bit only 25.864 K. On my second Vista Ultimate 64 bit 441.564 K after a runtime of 15.75 hours. Looks not like a one-time error.

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