6.62 application fails on my 9600GT :(
I have updated drivers, CUDA, BOINC...rebooted, project reset....nothing helps

BOINC recognizes the card, assigns task that starts and then stays at 0% done and 0 time computing....

Please advice what to try to make it run...I had no such problem with 6.61 version

Here are 2 of the tasks I have aborted due to the above reason:


http://www.gpugrid.net/result.php?resultid=267985

http://www.gpugrid.net/result.php?resultid=267405


BOINC recognizes the 9800GX2 card separately and runs only it...9600 stays idle..


01/31/09 15:24:33||Starting BOINC client version 6.5.0 for windows_x86_64
01/31/09 15:24:33||This a development version of BOINC and may not function properly
01/31/09 15:24:33||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
01/31/09 15:24:33||Libraries: libcurl/7.19.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8i zlib/1.2.3
01/31/09 15:24:33||Data directory: E:\BOINC\DATA
01/31/09 15:24:33||Running under account Administrator
01/31/09 15:24:34||Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz [EM64T Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 7]
01/31/09 15:24:34||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2
01/31/09 15:24:34||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x64 Editon, Service Pack 2, (05.02.3790.00)
01/31/09 15:24:34||Memory: 6.00 GB physical, 17.83 GB virtual
01/31/09 15:24:34||Disk: 48.83 GB total, 34.98 GB free
01/31/09 15:24:34||Local time is UTC +2 hours
01/31/09 15:24:34||Not using a proxy
01/31/09 15:24:34||CUDA devices: GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9800 GX2
01/31/09 15:24:34||Version change (6.4.5 -> 6.5.0)

Another one with doubled time + same credits, I cant explain me why ^^
http://www.ps3grid.net/result.php?resultid=264367

Well, the credit awards are fixed. There are three sizes ... so, regardless of how long it takes you are going to be granted one of the three amounts of credit.

I noticed this wu hung for 12hrs or so last night at around 61.2%. A stop and start of boinc got it going again. Can't give any more info than that.

I noticed this wu hung for 12hrs or so last night at around 61.2%. A stop and start of boinc got it going again. Can't give any more info than that.

Ok, but this WU after the hang on and restart finished generating valid result...mine are giving only errors :(

I'm already suspecting hardware failure..

WOW! look at the reduction in CPU time here! Running stably on Boinc 6.6.3 and Win App 6.62...... And for the first time for days it's reliably running in 2+1 mode not 1+1, fingers crossed it continues.....

Task ID 261187
Name ui13927-SH2_US-26-40-SH2_US1130000_0
Workunit 194661
CPU time 683.3438
<core_client_version>6.6.3</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<stderr_txt>
# Using CUDA device 0
# Device 0: "GeForce 8600 GT"
Time per step: 285.804 ms
# Approximate elapsed time for entire WU: 142902.216 s
Validate state Valid
Claimed credit 2478.98611111111
Granted credit 2478.98611111111
application version 6.62


Task ID 253378
Name LR12278-SH2_US-26-40-SH2_US670000_0
Workunit 189149
CPU time 136292.1
<core_client_version>6.4.5</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<stderr_txt>
# Using CUDA device 0
# Device 0: "GeForce 8600 GT"
# Time per step: 283.640 ms
# Approximate elapsed time for entire WU: 141820.074 s
Claimed credit 2478.98611111111
Granted credit 2478.98611111111
application version 6.61

I've seen a similar drop in CPU times.
For same work type work units the CPU times dropped from about 40.0k sec to 1.4k sec. ms/step went up 2-3.

Not bad.

I lost my database the end of last year and can't do any more anaylsis. When that happened I stopped recording new results and have not had time to rewrite my spreadsheet which did those.

I noticed this wu hung for 12hrs or so last night at around 61.2%. A stop and start of boinc got it going again. Can't give any more info than that.

FYI
Up to now I had two WUs that didn't start although status has been shown as 'running'.
Restarting BOINC helped in this case, too.

NICE improvement

2478 credit wu's used to use 55,000 cpu seconds prompting me to reserve an entire core to feeding the GPU. Now they take less than 1000.

Elapsed times from the task details are in the same range (60-63k seconds)

NICE improvement

2478 credit wu's used to use 55,000 cpu seconds prompting me to reserve an entire core to feeding the GPU. Now they take less than 1000.

Elapsed times from the task details are in the same range (60-63k seconds)

With the 6.62 application you should not have to reserve a core to feed the GPU. I run 3 GPU cores on my i7 and have full speed on 8 tasks on the CPUs ...

Running stably on Boinc 6.6.3 and Win App 6.62...... And for the first time for days it's reliably running in 2+1 mode not 1+1, fingers crossed it continues.....

My problems started with 6.62 wu's. Now my computer is running in 1+1 mode all the time as earlier I was mostly able to get it to 2+1. My boinc version is 6.4.5 though

My problems started with 6.62 wu's. Now my computer is running in 1+1 mode all the time as earlier I was mostly able to get it to 2+1. My boinc version is 6.4.5 though

Try 6.5.0.

I noticed this wu hung for 12hrs or so last night at around 61.2%. A stop and start of boinc got it going again. Can't give any more info than that.

I also had a 6.62 WU hanging and restarting BOINC solved the problem. Didn't have anything like that before. (which may be coincidence)

IIA2000 wrote:

BOINC recognizes the card, assigns task that starts and then stays at 0% done and 0 time computing....

IIA2000 wrote:

Ok, but this WU after the hang on and restart finished generating valid result...mine are giving only errors :(

do they error out or are they stuck and you abort them? How long have you let them run to see if they're really stuck? With 6.62 you won't see the cpu time count up, so you can not readily tell if anything is running. Looking at the GPU temperature would tell you, though. Or waiting >10 min should also make sure that you see progress, even on the slowest of cards.
And which driver are you running, 181.22? Older ones are causing problems / errors on XP64.

MrS

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My problems started with 6.62 wu's. Now my computer is running in 1+1 mode all the time as earlier I was mostly able to get it to 2+1. My boinc version is 6.4.5 though

Try 6.5.0.

That did the job. Thanks.

My problems started with 6.62 wu's. Now my computer is running in 1+1 mode all the time as earlier I was mostly able to get it to 2+1. My boinc version is 6.4.5 though

Try 6.5.0.

I noticed this wu hung for 12hrs or so last night at around 61.2%. A stop and start of boinc got it going again. Can't give any more info than that.

I also had a 6.62 WU hanging and restarting BOINC solved the problem. Didn't have anything like that before. (which may be coincidence)

IIA2000 wrote:

BOINC recognizes the card, assigns task that starts and then stays at 0% done and 0 time computing....

IIA2000 wrote:

Ok, but this WU after the hang on and restart finished generating valid result...mine are giving only errors :(

do they error out or are they stuck and you abort them? How long have you let them run to see if they're really stuck? With 6.62 you won't see the cpu time count up, so you can not readily tell if anything is running. Looking at the GPU temperature would tell you, though. Or waiting >10 min should also make sure that you see progress, even on the slowest of cards.
And which driver are you running, 181.22? Older ones are causing problems / errors on XP64.

MrS

First of all the problem has gone...now I have 3 simultaneous running tasks as earlier. Again latest drivers and BOINC 6.6.4

As I mentioned in my post I had clean install of the latest drivers and latest CUDA...and I had no problems with the earlier versions...so I think it was not an issue with the drivers. I am running XPx64.

The problem units really stuck for an hours...It's not of waiting 10-15 minutes to see the progress..

About the temperatures....YES I've mentioned that the GF9600GT card was idle...at the same moment GF9800GX2 was running 2 tasks.


Here are again links to some of the problem WU:


http://www.gpugrid.net/result.php?resultid=268000

http://www.gpugrid.net/result.php?resultid=267467

http://www.gpugrid.net/result.php?resultid=267302

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