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Help required! Cuda on new system crashes!
Gizbar:
Hi Fred, I don't tend to mess around with the Beta drivers much. I only used 191.07 because that was an official release and whql'd by microsoft.
I'm happy that the card is now stable and running well on XPPro-32. Had it running for about 6.5 hours now (got waylaid by the last Grand Prix of the season, lol!) and it hasn't crashed or frozen or glitched once.
Now to try it on Win7-64HP again, and see if I can do a better job of installing it all than I did last time.
Might be offline for a bit.
regards, Gizbar.
Gizbar:
New update! The story so far...
Ran successfully on XPPro-32 for approx 6.5 hours, so think I pretty much proved the card was stable.
Installed Win7-64HP on system. Told me an update had failed, and to re-run setup, choosing 'Get latest installation updates from internet'.
Did this and then installed outstanding updates. Then installed my preferred AV, which in my case is Avast.
Installed Nvidia drivers 191.07 for Win7-64.
Installed new partition just to install Boinc on. (Thanx Brodo!)
Then copied my installation of Boinc to the partition and installed 6.10.17. Installed Lunatics v0.2 32bit and cuda 2.3 dll's. Didn't work too well first off, so spent some time getting it to reread configs and data etc. Did work the first time with XPPro-32, but was still using 6.6.38 then.
Then ran reschedule to get some GPU work as no work is coming from the servers.
Currently have run 3-4 wu's without failing so far... fingers xxxxxd.
Installed Firefox and update to be able to post this. Don't like IE, only use it when I have to.
Haven't installed anything else yet, even my preferred firewall. Just relying on Windows one, the router, and my AV at the mo.
Testing In Progress..... (but looking promising so far!)
regards, Gizbar.
Gizbar:
Ok. Still not perfect.
Had a blue screen overnight (1st blue screen ever on Win7!) but hadn't stopped it rebooting after an error, and can't tell what it's failed on yet. But it did go for over 4.5 hours this time which is unprecedented in this story so far.
Will carry on troubleshooting, but it might mean a voltage boost for something along the line. Have to work today, so won't be about 'til later.
regards, Gizbar.
Pappa:
Gizbar
Monitor Temps the CPU's Win 7 seems to be a bit more sensitive to over temp... experience...
Gizbar:
Update:- 12 more hours on, no crashes. Run 4 wu + 1 cuda units all day, and everything still cooking on gas when I got home. Still playing a wait and see game, but many thanks to all suggestions, ideas, and solutions.
@Pappa - Thanks for the suggestion, but I was monitoring temps pretty closely anyway. Room temp was about 22c (72f) while testing, cpu was sitting around 50-52c (o/c from 3.2 to 3.6) that's approx 122-126f, and the GPU was going from approx 73-78c (163-173f in old money). Was using Coretemp64 for cpu, and GPU-Z for Gfx card. Have to clean the dust out of the filters every 2-3 weeks anyway. It makes a big difference, and does stop a lot of it getting into the pc. I've got an Antec 902 case and it does have good airflow. I can increase it as well if need be, as it's not running full speed yet. I've had a lot of trouble with overheating in the past, and the Antec 902 and another Antec 300 have been the best cases I've ever had. Not saying they're perfect, but the best I've had, and whatever cases I get in the future will always have a 'blowhole' fan to exhaust hot air out of the top of the case.
regards, Gizbar.
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