GPU or CPU

[Digital Parasite]

Have any of you ever gotten the message "ATI GPU has become unusable; disabling tasks". Then BOINC doesn't see the GPU any more and stops using it. If I reboot the computer it starts working fine again.

Anyone have this problem or know what is going on? Was working very well for a long time but this has been happening periodically in Collatz over the past couple of weeks.

[outlnder]

The GPU causes itself to "reset" because of some fault. Make sure you have the most resent BOINC and ATI drivers. If necessary, detach then re-attach after all new software has been installed.

[Bigred]

Have any of you ever gotten the message "ATI GPU has become unusable; disabling tasks". Then BOINC doesn't see the GPU any more and stops using it. If I reboot the computer it starts working fine again.

Anyone have this problem or know what is going on? Was working very well for a long time but this has been happening periodically in Collatz over the past couple of weeks.

What your getting is commonly called a VPU error. It just happens sometimes. To make the best of it try the Catalyst 9.12 drivers without the caralyst software. Also make sure there is not a screen saver that will run and that the monitor will not powerdown after so many minutes. The other thing I do is to reboot the systems every 3 days whether they need it or not.

[Digital Parasite]

What your getting is commonly called a VPU error. It just happens sometimes. To make the best of it try the Catalyst 9.12 drivers without the caralyst software. Also make sure there is not a screen saver that will run and that the monitor will not powerdown after so many minutes. The other thing I do is to reboot the systems every 3 days whether they need it or not.

Thanks guys, I upgraded from 9.11 to 9.12+hotfix and so far it seems to be runny without an VPU errors. I don't have any screen savers but I did have the monitor set to power down which I left because I don't really want to use any more power than I have do since the GPU is doing enough of that. ;-)

Anyway, running fine so far.

[Bigred]

Well it's happened again. For the second time since I've been running GPUs, I've had a fan failure on an Nvidia GTX260. This one lasted for about 13 months. I can't stress enough how important a good warranty is. It is on its way back and I should have it again in 2 - 4 weeks. Ok Laurenu2 here is your chance to catch me.

[LAURENU2]

Yes But I am still having trouble getting the Visiontek card I want

And there warranty is for life

[Bigred]

I got my card back today and it is chugging away again.

I pulled my 2 4890s off of MW today. They were both getting almost constant VPU errors. So now they are working on Collatz.

[alpha]

Bigred, do you have any interest in putting some GPUs to work on RC5-72, or do you only work on BOINC-based projects?

The modern ATI cards *really* scream on that project. For instance, my HD 4870 is over 30 times more productive than my dual-core CPU.