*** F@H Tech Assistance Thread ***

[Chicken Patty]

so having dual monitors with one per gpu should allow me to fold on both w/o the need of a dummy plug ? i have no idea why its not working then.

Yes, that's correct. I had it like this when folding with my 5770's. Did you disable SLI?

 

[bogmali]

I fired up my main rig to fold using my 2 8800GTS 512 and here is a screenie....

The only difference between my setup and yours is that you physically have a 2nd monitor hooked up to the 2nd GPU while I only have a dummy plug. Oh and I have SLI disabled.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

what driver version?

 

[bogmali]

For now I'm only using 197.45.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

eh, pops, what driver version?

 

[popswala]

i just turned off sli and i have them extended (mouse goes way off screen). but it still doesn't fold on the 2nd gpu. gpu1 usage is 99% while gpu2 is 0%. All I get on gpu2 is EUE limit exceeded.

most recent driver 258.96

 

[Chicken Patty]

i just turned off sli and i have them extended (mouse goes way off screen). but it still doesn't fold on the 2nd gpu. gpu1 usage is 99% while gpu2 is 0%. All I get on gpu2 is EUE limit exceeded.

most recent driver 258.96

You sure your shortcuts and directories are done correctly? machine ID i believe has to be different as well. Tags on the shortcut, etc.

 

[popswala]

yep. i did the same on my laptop and thats working. it has sli also. the gpu2 was working cause its at 74% then it got stuck. been that way for some time now. i don't know what happened.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

i just turned off sli and i have them extended (mouse goes way off screen). but it still doesn't fold on the 2nd gpu. gpu1 usage is 99% while gpu2 is 0%. All I get on gpu2 is EUE limit exceeded.

most recent driver 258.96

Would you post a screen shot of the properties for your client shortcuts, please?

 

[popswala]

http://img.techpowerup.org/100825/folding setup.png

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Ok pops, most of us run the console clients. Here is Stanford's directions for a multi-GPU system with the systray client. I think the consensus around here is that you are having a problem with either machine ID or -GPU 0 / -gpu 1 configuration. If you can't get the systray clients to work, delete the clients and start over with the console clients. We will then be a good resource for you.

 

[hertz9753]

Ok pops, most of us run the console clients. Here is Stanford's directions for a multi-GPU system with the systray client. I think the consensus around here is that you are having a problem with either machine ID or -GPU 0 / -gpu 1 configuration. If you can't get the systray clients to work, delete the clients and start over with the console clients. We will then be a good resource for you.

+1 for console client and starting over.

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=520769

 

[bogmali]

Ok pops, most of us run the console clients

Now how in the hell did I neglect to ask this question? Good eye TBBB, I guess my screenie doesn't help either cause you're running systray Pops. Run the console clients (just like everyone else said) and you should be good to go with both cards

 

[Chicken Patty]

I wish F@H was as easy as WCG, I had my fair share of issues setting up. Hopefuly pops gets them figures out soon.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

+1 for console client and starting over.

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=520769

pops, starting over does not mean a new username.

Points to try to get your existing clients working:
Target line for GPU0: "C:\Program Files\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu (you have a 1 here)\Folding@home.exe" -gpu 0
Target line for GPU1: "C:\Program Files\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu (you have a 2 here)\Folding@home.exe" -gpu 1
Machine ID's: 1 is for CPU, 2-16 is for GPU. It does not matter what numbers are used, just that they are different.

The other thing that I just noticed is that you have your clients labeled GPU1 and GPU2. If you are using -gpu 1 and -gpu 2 in your target line, that will cause problems. Your GPU's are GPU 0 and GPU 1 because computers don't know how to count; They start at 0.

 

[popswala]

I'm redoing it all right now. I hope it'll work this time. It was working for a lil bit. Cause gpu2 stopped at 74% but never started back up. Just kept getting that eue limit thingie. Should I leave sli off or should it work with it still on? Cause I'd hate to go back and forth when I wana get my game on. lol.

http://img.techpowerup.org/100825/folding console.png

 

[popswala]

What I did is make two folders in C:\Program Files (x86)\Folding@home (gpu0 and gpu1). I put the console install in both. Installed separate. Configured both in the advanced settings. Changed gpu id gpu1=2/gpu2=3. I opened fahmon and hfm.net and added the clients. Both gpu's monitors and console is showing the same progress for both. Either of them is doing nothing now.

Is there a way to tweak them so they specifically focus on either gpu? Because I was only able to fold on gpu1. Now it shows that gpu2 is trying to do something while gpu1 is not. Should I not mess with advance settings and leave them to default? I did that first and gpu2 ran right through a fold while gpu1 sat there. I went through advance just to change id and now their doing nothing.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Changed gpu id gpu1=2/gpu2=3.

Are you confusing the GPU numbering scheme and machine ID? You have GPU 0 and GPU 1 with machine ID's 2 and 3.

Get one client running and verify and then shut it down. Get the other client running and verify before restarting the first client.

 

[popswala]

Are you confusing the GPU numbering scheme and machine ID? You have GPU 0 and GPU 1 with machine ID's 2 and 3.

Get one client running and verify and then shut it down. Get the other client running and verify before restarting the first client.

sorry, thats what i meant (machine id). reinstalled them to double check. machine id is gpu0=2/gpu1=3. by installing them with default settings they both show id 1.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Is there a way to tweak them so they specifically focus on either gpu? Because I was only able to fold on gpu1.

Do you have -gpu 0 at the end of the target line for one client and -gpu 1 for the other? That is what you have to do with multi-gpu Folding and it does lock that client to that GPU.

reinstalled them to double check.

Do you know about -configonly? To change your configuration, you do not have to reinstall, just put -configonly at the end of your target line and it will re-run the configuration and then exit. You have to remove the -configonly to get the client to proceed to work.

Other "command line" options: http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/console-userguide.html

 

[popswala]

Do you have -gpu 0 at the end of the target line for one client and -gpu 1 for the other? That is what you have to do with multi-gpu Folding and it does lock that client to that GPU.

Here's the target: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu0\Folding@home-gpu0.exe". Add -gpu 0 after the " or within them right after the .exe? Cause I tried it several ways and it says its not valid.

 

[bogmali]

Put a space in there between home and -gpu

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Here's the target: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu0\Folding@home-gpu0.exe". Add -gpu 0 after the " or within them right after the .exe? Cause I tried it several ways and it says its not valid.

???Folding@home-gpu0.exe??? Did you change the name of the .exe file? Hey finally found this: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1506804&postcount=8 see if that helps. All you needed to do to the target line was add a space-gpuspace0 for GPU0 and space-gpuspace1 for GPU1 after what was already in the target line.

Target: "C:\Program Files\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu\Folding@home.exe" -gpu 0
Target: "C:\Program Files\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu\Folding@home.exe" -gpu 1

 

[popswala]

Put a space in there between home and -gpu

Did that. It wouldn't let me at first. Had to put the space in the folder and the .exe for both of them. I started them up and they both say "extra sse boost ok". Their writing files really slow.

http://img.techpowerup.org/100825/folding console1.png

 

[bogmali]

Oh man I believe you downloaded the SMP client. Go back and download the GPU client HERE