This may take some time

[Reeltime]

Do GPUGrid tasks checkpoint?

And if your computer crashes, will it automatically make GPUgrid wus error out?

cheers, I'll get crunching on this yet

[Nightlord]

I can't say with 100% certainty that they checkpoint in the normal way we understand CPU tasks do, but I've re-booted my GPU systems many times before without shutting down the client and the tasks have resumed.

I have however had, urm, shall we say alcohol induced malfunction of the carbon based lifeform, and lost work as a result. If there are toys to play with, little fingers sometimes can't help poking around....

GPU grid is pretty stable after they fixed the server side issues a week or so back and it pays mightily well, so ask away - there's plenty here who can help.

[Reeltime]

cheers Nightlord.


Just lost yet another wu, this one after 14 hours crunching

output file reads:

<core_client_version>6.4.5</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
Incorrect function. (0x1) - exit code 1 (0x1)
</message>
<stderr_txt>
# Using CUDA device 0
# Device 0: "GeForce 9600 GT"
# Clock rate: 1625000 kilohertz
# Number of multiprocessors: 8
# Number of cores: 64
MDIO ERROR: cannot open file "restart.coor"
# Using CUDA device 0
# Device 0: "GeForce 9600 GT"
# Clock rate: 1625000 kilohertz
# Number of multiprocessors: 8
# Number of cores: 64
# Using CUDA device 0
# Device 0: "GeForce 9600 GT"
# Clock rate: 1625000 kilohertz
# Number of multiprocessors: 8
# Number of cores: 64


Does that make sense to anyone?

[Nightlord]

The clock rate of the card seems a little high to me (but I haven't the 9600 so I can't be sure about that).

Since you are running under Vista, you could try de-clocking it just a bit with the Nvidia NTune tool.

Don't worry about the "MDIO error" that happens all the time and is a symptom rather than cause.