All,

I'm trying to process tasks for WCG and GPUGrid using this GPU and OS. For both projects the tasks fail. Has anyone been able to successfully process tasks with this combination? CPU tasks run OK.

The stderr_txt from GPUGrid is:

The operating system cannot run %1.
(0xc3) - exit code 195 (0xc3)</message>
<stderr_txt>
12:42:58 (6404): wrapper (7.9.26016): starting
12:42:58 (6404): wrapper: running bin/acemd.exe (--boinc --device 0)
ACEMD failed:
Error loading CUDA module: CUDA_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_PTX_VERSION (222)
12:43:03 (6404): bin/acemd.exe exited; CPU time 0.000000
12:43:03 (6404): app exit status: 0x1
12:43:03 (6404): called boinc_finish(195)

Thanks

I only use Windows in a VM that stops the graphics apps from working but the first thing I would try is uninstalling the current video drivers and then downloading and installing the latest ones from the Nvidia website. Doesn't matter what the OS is, 90% or more of video problems seem to be driver related.

Error loading CUDA module: CUDA_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_PTX_VERSION (222)

I don't think your GPU is supported at GPU GRID - too old/not enough memory.
As for WCG, it's best to ask in their forums as to what the minimum requirements are for GPU's.

All,

Thanks for your help.

I forgot to say that I had tried updating the GPU drivers. However I hadn't tried uninstalling and then reinstalling. I've just done that now and I'll see if it solves the issue.

I wondered if the GPU might not be supported at GPUGrid. Having reinstalled the drivers I'll try one more task and if that doesn't work I'll remove the project so I'm not causing units to be reallocated unnecessarily.

With regards to WCG. Thanks for the suggestion. I posted at their forums. I don't think there is a definitive list of cards which work but I might be wrong.

As I was getting the same issue on two projects I thought it would be worth asking here in case it's a general issue with my setup.

Thanks

May be a bit naive but shouldn't the servers only send GPU tasks out to machines with cards capable of running them?

That would involve a lot more coding for the schedulers to figure out if an app is capable of running on the Boinc reported hardware. And Boinc does not report gpu hardware correctly or in enough depth to know what's on a host. For gpus it only reports the most capable gpu in multi-gpu hosts. And unless you are running very up to date Boinc clients, the client doesn't even report the correct amount of VRAM on Nvidia cards.

So to answer your question, no you are in fact naive about Boinc's capabilities.

So to answer your question, no you are in fact naive about Boinc's capabilities.

Thanks. I thought it worth asking the question.