Not sure what the issue is, but I cannot get my 240 to compute. I have the card attached to a monitor and have that display enable with my desktop extended.


1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Starting BOINC client version 6.10.18 for windows_x86_64
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Running under account Ben
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz [Intel64 Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5]
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Processor: 256.00 KB cache
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni mmx
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM OS: Microsoft Windows 7: x64 Edition, (06.01.7600.00)
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Memory: 3.99 GB physical, 7.98 GB virtual
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Disk: 465.76 GB total, 426.16 GB free
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Local time is UTC -5 hours
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 260 (driver version 19562, CUDA version 3000, compute capability 1.3, 896MB, 667 GFLOPS peak)
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM NVIDIA GPU 1 (not used): GeForce GT 240 (driver version 19562, CUDA version 3000, compute capability 1.2, 512MB, 257 GFLOPS peak)
1/17/2010 3:44:13 PM Not using a proxy


I didn't see anyone else with a "(not used)" sort of issue....

Thanks

Have you read the "6.10: No GPUs Found" thread?

Boinc 6.10.x only uses the most Capable GPU by default, to enable the other GPU,
you'll need to make a cc_config.xml file, copy the following and paste it into Notepad,
then save it as cc_config.xml making sure it doesn't have a .txt extension,
then drop the file in your Boinc Data folder, and restart Boinc,
you should get a line in Boinc's messages saying: Config: use all coprocessors

<cc_config>
<options>
<use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
</options>
</cc_config>

Claggy

Have you read the "6.10: No GPUs Found" thread?

What's that got to do with this issue?

Claggy

Claggy!

That did it. Thank you for the explanation!

I did read a lot of threads, but couldn't find anything specific to this, plus I couldn't find my cc_config.xml file. Didn't realize you had to create it.


Thank you again.

For all the options and flags see the Boinc wiki:

Client configuration

or Boinc FAQ:

How do I configure my client using the cc_config.xml file?

Claggy

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Oops sorry Claggy you are right. I realize now that my post has nothing to do with this issue at hand. I'm still learning:) My mistake. I apologize :(

I have learned a lot about NVIDIA GPU from your posts here in this thread.

thank you so much for your excellent posts, information and links you provided :)

Best Wishes
Byron

I recently upgraded to Win 7, 64 bit and noticed that my cc_config.xml file is ignored. (i.e. I've generated a cc_config.xml file when the <use_all_gpus> flag set, exactly as I used previously in Vista 32 bit with success). I've tried Bionc manager 6.10.18, 6.10.29 and now 6.10.32. Both cards in the PC are identified and the slower card (9800GTX+)is ignored. Is this a known bug? Or: are there additional considerations that I need to take into account?

Do you see any indications in the Messages tab that the cc_config.xml file is read at all ("Config:" messages, log flags set in cc_config.xml)?

In which directory does your cc_config.xml reside? Is there a recent client_state.xml too?

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

I found the problem: I appear to have one Program Data and one ProgramData directory - BIONC was aimed at the "ProgramData" directory. Must have fumbled that when attempting to copy over the ongoing work directories during the upgrade. cc_config is now working. Thanks for your response.