getting an ATI Radeon HD 3400 to work

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Tom M Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462	Message 1536245 - Posted: 5 Jul 2014, 0:23:30 UTC My impression based on the log is that Seti is happy with ATI cards. The scheduler asks for work for the ATI but nothing comes back. I poked around and it looks like the 3000 series is supported. I am getting a fair amount of CUDA downloads on another machine that is running Nvidia cards (gc-wrksta-4). This machine is gc-wrkathm-00 It is an Optiplex 760 which means that I am limited to half-height pci-16 type video cards. Right now it looks like it would be less trouble to find a Nvidia half height card for it. Right? Or has someone been having any luck at all with ATI cards on Seti at home? Thanks, Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). ID: 1536245 ·

Tom M Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462	Message 1536246 - Posted: 5 Jul 2014, 0:26:23 UTC Almost forgot. Ran across a post that said something about using version 13.1 of the install package for the ATI so tried that. Still not getting any work files. Have also installed version 13.9 no luck there either. Thanks, Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). ID: 1536246 ·

Zalster Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242	Message 1536248 - Posted: 5 Jul 2014, 0:28:23 UTC - in response to Message 1536245. post the first 30 lines from your event log so we can see what it says. Many people run ATI cards, but there are some issues. Mostly with the drivers for them. I'm not as familiar with them but there are others here that know the issues with them. Zalster ID: 1536248 ·

Tom M Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462	Message 1536262 - Posted: 5 Jul 2014, 1:49:02 UTC - in response to Message 1536248. Here is the first 30 lines. 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| cc_config.xml not found - using defaults 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Starting BOINC client version 7.2.42 for windows_x86_64 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Libraries: libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.6 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Running under account The Professor 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| CAL: ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 2300/2400/3200/4200 (RV610) (CAL version 1.4.1385, 256MB, 224MB available, 96 GFLOPS peak) 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| App version needs OpenCL but GPU doesn't support it 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| SETI@home \| Application uses missing ATI GPU 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| SETI@home \| Missing coprocessor for task ap_29jl08ad_B0_P1_00180_20140701_12917.wu_2 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Host name: GC-WRKATHM-00 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10] 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 syscall nx lm tm2 pbe 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Professional x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.01.7601.00) 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Memory: 3.87 GB physical, 9.70 GB virtual 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Disk: 298.08 GB total, 192.21 GB free 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Local time is UTC -5 hours 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| SETI@home \| URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 7196192; resource share 400 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 04-Jul-2014 10:51:31) 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| SETI@home \| Computer location: home 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Preferences: 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| max memory usage when active: 1982.80MB 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| max memory usage when idle: 3767.33MB 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| max disk usage: 4.00GB 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| don't use GPU while active 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 50% 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) 7/4/2014 12:33:10 PM \| \| Not using a proxy 7/4/2014 12:33:12 PM \| \| Suspending GPU computation - computer is in use 7/4/2014 12:33:12 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of libfftw3f-3.dll 7/4/2014 12:33:12 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of ap_29jl08ad_B0_P1_00180_20140701_12917.wu 7/4/2014 12:33:12 PM \| SETI@home \| Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 7/4/2014 12:33:12 PM \| SETI@home \| Reporting 1 completed tasks 7/4/2014 12:33:12 PM \| SETI@home \| Requesting new tasks for ATI A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). ID: 1536262 ·

Tom M Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462	Message 1536263 - Posted: 5 Jul 2014, 1:52:36 UTC Device manager claims I have an ATI Radeon HD 3400 (which apparently supports CAL?). I have two versions of the drivers. Someplace else it mentioned had to use version 13.1 so maybe I need to re-install it, then re-boot the machine and then post the 30 lines from the log. See if the complaint about no "CL" still comes up. brb. Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). ID: 1536263 ·

Tom M Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462	Message 1536272 - Posted: 5 Jul 2014, 2:25:30 UTC This is version 13.1 installed after un-installing version 13.7. Ran a registry cleaner between the two. Then did a warm-boot. Here is the log: 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Starting BOINC client version 7.2.42 for windows_x86_64 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Libraries: libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.6 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Running under account The Professor 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| CAL: ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 2300/2400/3200/4200 (RV610) (CAL version 1.4.1385, 256MB, 224MB available, 96 GFLOPS peak) 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| App version needs OpenCL but GPU doesn't support it 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| SETI@home \| Application uses missing ATI GPU 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Host name: GC-WRKATHM-00 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10] 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 syscall nx lm tm2 pbe 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Professional x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.01.7601.00) 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Memory: 3.87 GB physical, 9.70 GB virtual 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Disk: 298.08 GB total, 192.37 GB free 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Local time is UTC -5 hours 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| SETI@home \| Found app_config.xml 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Config: use all coprocessors 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| SETI@home \| URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 7196192; resource share 100 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 04-Jul-2014 15:44:51) 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| SETI@home \| Computer location: home 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Preferences: 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| max memory usage when active: 1982.80MB 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| max memory usage when idle: 3569.05MB 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| max disk usage: 192.29GB 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| don't use GPU while active 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25% 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) 7/4/2014 9:16:01 PM \| \| Not using a proxy 7/4/2014 9:16:32 PM \| \| Suspending GPU computation - computer is in use 7/4/2014 9:16:32 PM \| SETI@home \| Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 7/4/2014 9:16:32 PM \| SETI@home \| Requesting new tasks for ATI 7/4/2014 9:16:38 PM \| SETI@home \| Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks It is still complaining so maybe I need a different driver. Or maybe what I was reading that claimed the 3400 is supported is either wrong or I mis-interpreted what I read. Hmmmm... anyone with some ideas? I have looked at half height Nvidia cards. Looks like $120 or better to replace my video card with something that is on the GPU list (even if it is the very bottom....). A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). ID: 1536272 ·

Zalster Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242	Message 1536273 - Posted: 5 Jul 2014, 2:33:26 UTC - in response to Message 1536272. Ok, you might want to wait a bit and see if one of the others has an idea. I know it's still early and lots of them like to come on here late in the night. They might have some good ideas for you. In one the other threads they talk about new projects that don't require CAL. Here's the link http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=74789&postid=1528782 It's up to you if you want to get a NVIDIA but since it's the holiday weekend, why not wait and see what some of the others say first and save some money. Zalster ID: 1536273 ·

Tom M Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462	Message 1536293 - Posted: 5 Jul 2014, 3:58:52 UTC - in response to Message 1536273. I am pretty stuck on doing Seti on this particular machine. And I am going to wait. Its been running Seti for near 6 months. So its just a matter of 'time'. I found one more older opencl driver that I will try but otherwise I am looking for advice... Thanks, Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). ID: 1536293 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3	Message 1536316 - Posted: 5 Jul 2014, 5:16:10 UTC The 3400 doesn't support OpenCL, so the only thing you can run on it is CAL/Brook+ That was ATI's version of GPGPU before they fully embraced OpenCL. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/apps.php will show you that the only CAL capable application is one for Astropulse. However, your GPU doesn't have enough memory to run that. Minimum requirement on AP is I think 512miB. ID: 1536316 ·

Tom M Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462	Message 1536417 - Posted: 5 Jul 2014, 13:36:10 UTC - in response to Message 1536316. Thank you. I have run through all the versions of drivers for that Video card and not found anything that doesn't provide an error about "GPU doesn't do this" or something like that. I did stumble across a GE Force 210 that was half height on Newegg for $26. So I ordered that. Problem will go away in a week or so. Thank you everyone for your time on this issue. Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). ID: 1536417 ·

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