It's not my fault when a GPUGRD program crashes. I didn't write the code. My CPU time was still used!

It's not my fault when a GPUGRD program crashes. I didn't write the code. My CPU time was still used!

A bit more detail may help us diagnose why it crashed. Lots of us run the program without it crashing, maybe we can help you figure out why yours is. What other programs are you running at the same time? Is this a machine used ONLY for crunching or do you use it for normal use too? Do you game on the machine? If so do you stop/suspend Boinc when you are gaming? What kind of gpu do you have? What version of the drivers are you using? What operating system do you have? Do you have the latest updates? Are you overclocking anything? Are you underclocking anything? There are soooo many variables that without more details we can't help you.

original posters info (not mine)


GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz [Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5]
(4 processors)

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 (1024MB) driver: 296.10

Microsoft Windows 7
Professional x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.01.7601.00)

Stderr output
<core_client_version>6.12.34</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
The system cannot find the path specified. (0x3) - exit code 3 (0x3)
</message>
<stderr_txt>
# Using device 0
# There is 1 device supporting CUDA
# Device 0: "GeForce GTS 250"
# Clock rate: 1.84 GHz
# Total amount of global memory: 1073741824 bytes
# Number of multiprocessors: 16
# Number of cores: 128
MDIO: cannot open file "restart.coor"
# Using device 0
# There is 1 device supporting CUDA
# Device 0: "GeForce GTS 250"
# Clock rate: 1.84 GHz
# Total amount of global memory: 1073741824 bytes
# Number of multiprocessors: 16
# Number of cores: 128
SWAN: FATAL : swanMemcpyDtoH failed

Assertion failed: 0, file swanlib_nv.c, line 390

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

It's not my fault when a GPUGRD program crashes. I didn't write the code. My CPU time was still used!

Because the result is useless.
You are using the nvidia driver version 296.10, which has this monitor sleep bug. Either you have to disable the sleep timeout of the monitor (and turn your monitor off manually), or roll back to driver version 285.62.

A GTS 250 (CC1.1) is not a recommended card for crunching at GPUGrid. Even with an ideal setup, many tasks would probably fail.

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Nothing else running, no overclocking, GTS 250, window 7 64bit, i5

Most times GPUGRD apps run to completion!

Do you have any update for us? Are you still crunching for GPUGrid?

Use an older driver and you will likely see better results. I think version 266 through version 285 are fine. I run 275.xy and they serve GPUgrid well.

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Thx - Paul

Note: Please don't use driver version 295 or 296! Recommended versions are 266 - 285.