Seems harder to get tasks anymore.
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Seems harder to get tasks anymore.
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 bcavnaugh  Send message Joined: 26 Jun 14 Posts: 12 Credit: 6,994,108 RAC: 5 
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It seems that tasks are harder to get for GPU even when the Server Status shows 648,902  Crunching@EVGA The Number One Team in the BOINC Community. Folding@EVGA The Number One Team in the Folding@Home Community. ID: 1891191 ·  |
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Kiska Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 31 Mar 12 Posts: 255 Credit: 2,331,836 RAC: 449 
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It seems that tasks are harder to get for GPU even when the Server Status shows 648,902 Must be a Arecibo VLAR storm in that buffer. Which means any Nvidia gear won't get any tasks for some time ID: 1891199 · |
Keith Myers  Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 4615 Credit: 296,398,904 RAC: 614,463
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Because you have Nvidia cards, it is harder to get tasks if the splitters are sending out Arecibo VLARs which they will not send to that card type. Also, the splitters have been malfunctioning since last December after a failed update for ATI cards. That causes the servers to "forget" about your task requests. The problem has been discussed widely at Number Crunching but nothing has been done about it by the project scientists. We have just grumbled annoyingly in the the threads and developed a tedious work around that always works. Read this message. Message 81776 It discussed about a "ghost" recovery protocol but it also works to get the servers to "wake up" and send you work when you request it after performing the protocol. The servers will happily let your cache drop to zero if you don't take an active role in maintaining your cache level. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours  
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Keith Myers Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 4615 Credit: 296,398,904 RAC: 614,463
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I just reviewed my four crunchers GPU caches and they are filled almost exclusively with Arecibo "shorties" So not a case of Arecibo VLARS being your reason as far as I can tell. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours
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Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 9985 Credit: 130,833,738 RAC: 83,239
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It seems that tasks are harder to get for GPU even when the Server Status shows 648,902 Is it even asking for any GPU work? You're attached to a lot of projects, and BOINC could just be doing other work to meet your Resource Share settings. Grant Darwin NT ID: 1891259 · |
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bcavnaugh Send message Joined: 26 Jun 14 Posts: 12 Credit: 6,994,108 RAC: 5
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Well I dumped all my ATI and AMD Graphics Cards so if Seti is going to Drop NVIDIA then when that happens I will have to drop Seti. What a Bummer. Crunching@EVGA The Number One Team in the BOINC Community. Folding@EVGA The Number One Team in the Folding@Home Community. ID: 1891443 · |
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Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 9985 Credit: 130,833,738 RAC: 83,239
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Well I dumped all my ATI and AMD Graphics Cards so if Seti is going to Drop NVIDIA then when that happens I will have to drop Seti. Since Seti hasn't dropped Nvidia, and since you haven't answered any of the questions people trying to help you have asked, and since your systems that are still contacting Seti are still getting work, and since you can still use the CPU even if your GPUs weren't getting work (which they are), there's not much anyone can do to help you. Grant Darwin NT ID: 1891446 · |
Wiggo "Socialist"  Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 14470 Credit: 187,426,955 RAC: 72,451
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Your other projects maybe preventing you from getting GPU work from here as I've had no problems at all (expect for running out of work during the weekly outages). Cheers. ID: 1891476 · |
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