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Message 21909 - Posted: 29 Aug 2011 | 20:14:18 UTC

Hy there,

i think i got a bug in BOINC.

In the 64-Bit Version, there work 2 WUs on the first GPU at the same time.

Is that possible or will it end with an error ?

Thx

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Message 21911 - Posted: 29 Aug 2011 | 21:17:01 UTC - in response to Message 21909.

On looking at your completed tasks I can see that you have 2 GPU's; a GTX460 and a GT440:

<core_client_version>6.13.1</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<stderr_txt>
# Using device 1
# There are 2 devices supporting CUDA
# Device 0: "GeForce GTX 460"
# Clock rate: 1.66 GHz
# Total amount of global memory: 1073283072 bytes
# Number of multiprocessors: 7
# Number of cores: 56
# Device 1: "GeForce GT 440"
# Clock rate: 1.76 GHz

The details shows that both GPU's are being used interchangeably by the same task:
# Using device 1
# There are 2 devices supporting CUDA
# Device 0: "GeForce GTX 460"
# Clock rate: 1.66 GHz
# Total amount of global memory: 1073283072 bytes
# Number of multiprocessors: 7
# Number of cores: 56
# Device 1: "GeForce GT 440"
# Clock rate: 1.76 GHz
# Total amount of global memory: 1073414144 bytes
# Number of multiprocessors: 2
# Number of cores: 16
MDIO: cannot open file "restart.coor"
# Using device 0

I expect you were running another task at the same time and the tasks swapped cards after work was suspend and resumed (system using >25%, you have deselected 'use GPU when computer is in use', you used snooze, or restarted the system/Boinc).

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Message 21912 - Posted: 29 Aug 2011 | 21:21:45 UTC - in response to Message 21911.
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Thats allmost true, but there running three tasks at the moment.

1 task for device 1
2 tasks at high priority on device 0

any suggestions ?

I used GPU-Z to view memory usage , its at 780 MB at 80% GPU usage on the GTX460.

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Message 21915 - Posted: 29 Aug 2011 | 22:19:39 UTC - in response to Message 21912.

http://www.gpugrid.net/results.php?hostid=104181

That suggests you have 2 tasks in progress.
What do the logs say?
Have you tried restarting your system?

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Message 21922 - Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | 18:09:53 UTC - in response to Message 21915.

I restart the system after WU was completed.

Everythings back to normal.

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