SETI out of work?

[staticpage]

For the past three weeks my gpu has not had any work is this normal for SETI?
log said something like this
10/6/2011 9:30:38 PM | | Starting BOINC client version 6.12.34 for windows_x86_64

10/6/2011 9:30:38 PM | | NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 465 (driver version 28026, CUDA version 4000, compute capability 2.0, 993MB, 855 GFLOPS peak)

10/6/2011 9:31:44 PM | SETI@home | Project has no tasks available

I have seen it check for CPU work about ten times a day but only once for GPU. Is there a way for me to manually check for work? will that even help?

 

[Evochuck]

Not normal, I have 2-3x more cuda tasks then others........do you use an optimizer?

 

[eaglescouter]

I know there is currently a work shortage due to the project being offline most of last week (which causes all machines to ask for lots of work, the excessive demand drains the work cache until things normalize a few days later.)

 

[staticpage]

No I don't use optimized versions don't have the time right now to fix it if problems arise and I have had problems in that past with optimizers.

Never mind
10/7/2011 5:34:42 AM | SETI@home | Reporting 8 completed tasks, requesting new tasks for NVIDIA GPU
10/7/2011 5:34:47 AM | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 3 new tasks

 

[JasonHOUTX]

For the past three weeks my gpu has not had any work is this normal for SETI?
log said something like this
10/6/2011 9:30:38 PM | | Starting BOINC client version 6.12.34 for windows_x86_64

10/6/2011 9:30:38 PM | | NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 465 (driver version 28026, CUDA version 4000, compute capability 2.0, 993MB, 855 GFLOPS peak)

10/6/2011 9:31:44 PM | SETI@home | Project has no tasks available

I have seen it check for CPU work about ten times a day but only once for GPU. Is there a way for me to manually check for work? will that even help?

I am now getting Astropulse. Do we have the option of seeing the data that we've processed for SETI?

 

[Convicted1]

How do I tell if my GPU is actually doing anything?

Currently I only see 8 tasks running in the manager... Which would fit my 4 cores and 4 threads....

Just want to make sure I'm crunching as much as I can...

 

[eaglescouter]

Within the boincmanager I go to advanced view, then there is a tab that shows all my work units. Sort that tab by % completed.
Now look at the work unit name, the GPU units will say CUDA at the end of the name.

If you do not see a CUDA unit on the list then you need to optimize, the easiest way is to install the lunatics installer for your OS and GPU brand.

 

[Convicted1]

Well... I've installed the Lunatics Optimizer 4 times now.. Making sure I followed the instructions from the sticky to the "T".

Still no Cuda WU's being worked on.

Any ideas what to check out? Or is it possible there just isn't any Cuda work right now?

 

[Convicted1]

Here's my event log after installing the Lunatics Optimizer and Restarting BOINC.

Says there is no usable GPU.... ???

10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Starting BOINC client version 6.12.34 for windows_x86_64
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Libraries: libcurl/7.21.6 OpenSSL/1.0.0d zlib/1.2.5
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Running as a daemon
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Running under account boinc_master
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz [Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7]
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Processor: 256.00 KB cache
10/13/2011 5:14:43 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 sse4_1 sse4_2 syscall nx lm vmx tm2 popcnt aes pbe
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Professional x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.01.7601.00)
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Memory: 7.91 GB physical, 15.81 GB virtual
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Disk: 111.79 GB total, 38.84 GB free
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Local time is UTC -5 hours
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | No usable GPUs found
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 6146521; resource share 100
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 23-Jul-2011 06:03:57)
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | Computer location: home
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Reading preferences override file
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Preferences:
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | max memory usage when active: 4048.18MB
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | max memory usage when idle: 7286.73MB
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | max disk usage: 39.16GB
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 %
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | | Not using a proxy
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | Restarting task ap_28se11ac_B4_P0_00138_20111012_30398.wu_1 using astropulse_v505 version 505
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | Restarting task 27se11ah.30380.16553.16.10.146_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | Restarting task 27se11ah.30380.16553.16.10.131_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | Restarting task ap_28se11ac_B4_P0_00200_20111012_30398.wu_1 using astropulse_v505 version 505
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | Restarting task 28se11ac.4505.25309.12.10.168.vlar_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | Restarting task 28se11ac.4505.25309.12.10.167.vlar_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | Restarting task 28se11ac.4505.25309.12.10.161.vlar_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
10/13/2011 5:14:43 PM | SETI@home | Restarting task 28se11ac.4505.25309.12.10.160.vlar_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
10/13/2011 5:15:44 PM | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
10/13/2011 5:15:44 PM | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
10/13/2011 5:15:47 PM | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
10/13/2011 5:15:47 PM | SETI@home | No tasks sent
10/13/2011 5:15:47 PM | SETI@home | This computer has reached a limit on tasks in progress

 

[eaglescouter]

no useable GPU means either you are running the incorrect drivers, or your gpu does not support cuda.

Check out the data here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/GPU_computing

 

[Convicted1]

Well... I am running the BF3 Beta drivers... So I guess I'll try rolling back to the old ones and see if that changes anything.

I'll report back.

 

[Convicted1]

Well... Installed the older driver... Still no dice.

I do notice that it appears none of the optimization stuff is running in task manager... I've installed the Lunatic program 4 times now, and it still doesn't seem to be working.

Here's a screenshot of task manager...

(EDIT: I'm a moron... Forgot to click the 'Show all users' button!)

 

[Convicted1]

Well that didn't work... Lemme try this...

They do show up in in Process Explorer though... Which is weird. Every other computer I've ever installed BOINC to and run the optimizer shows them in task manager. (EDIT: I'm a moron... Forgot to click the 'Show all users' button!)

I wonder if this problem could have anything to do with the fact that I installed the BOINC Manager as a service so that it would run even when nobody is logged in on the computer?

 

[Convicted1]

Ha! Figured it out!

Uninstalled and Reinstalled.... Then Re-Ran the optimizer.

Now crunching on all available processors and GPUs!

Now to see what kind of difference it makes when I add in the second Matrix card.

 

[Convicted1]

OK... One last question...

Should I run a really stable overclock on my 580 or leave it at the stock clocks?...

I know running some hardcore "bawls out" OC would be a bad idea, but I can run my card at 875 - 925 or even better and not ever have any stability issues.

 

[eaglescouter]

I run a modest overclock then log into SETI and look at my work units for that machine. Watch for an increased number of invalid units which indicates that the overclock is unstable for SETI.