It seems that a lot of GPU problems revolve around specific versions of drivers. Though AMD has their own support structure, you can often learn from information reported by others who fold.
Hi,
My GPU has been stuck at "Ready" for almost 2 days now and I decided it's time to peruse the forum. Sounds like I have this issue? The status is currently and has been "Download" with Unknown. I can shut down the FAH client and bring it back up, but it just goes back to the same status. The CPU is folding just fine and this is only on the GPU. While looking for a possible solution here, here's what my log is filling up with:
20:35:39:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign-GPU.stanford.edu:80
20:35:39:WU00:FS00:News: Welcome to Folding@Home
20:35:39:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GPU.stanford.edu:80': Empty work server assignment
20:35:39:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080
20:35:39:WU00:FS00:News: Welcome to Folding@Home
20:35:39:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080': Empty work server assignment
20:35:39:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
I've tried rebooting, restarting the client, specifically pausing/resuming/finishing specifically on the GPU slot without success. Any suggestions on getting the GPU folding again shy of uninstalling everything and reinstalling? Thanks much.
Hardware configuration: Intel i7-4770K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR3-2133 Corsair Vengence (black/red), EVGA GTX 760 @ 1200 MHz, on an Asus Maximus VI Hero MB (black/red), in a blacked out Antec P280 Tower, with a Xigmatek Night Hawk (black) HSF, Seasonic 760w Platinum (black case, sleeves, wires), 4 SilenX 120mm Case fans with silicon fan gaskets and silicon mounts (all black), a 512GB Samsung SSD (black), and a 2TB Black Western Digital HD (silver/black).
7im wrote:Different issue. You have no problem exiting and restarting.
What model GPU?
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870. I copied the detailed info from CCC. BTW, I never had this issue with the old v6 and this is the first it happened since I updated to v7. I think I started using v7 about 3 weeks ago so it hasn't been long. Also, I don't want to hijaak this thread. Should a new thread be created for this issue? Thank you.
Graphics Card Manufacturer Powered by AMD
Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Device ID 944C
Vendor 1002
Subsystem ID E810
Subsystem Vendor ID 174B
Graphics Bus Capability PCI Express 2.0
Maximum Bus Setting PCI Express 2.0 x16
BIOS Version 011.013.000.000
BIOS Part Number 11X-B50102-X19
BIOS Date 2008/09/26
Memory Size 512 MB
Memory Type GDDR3
Core Clock in MHz 575 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz 900 MHz
Total Memory Bandwidth in GByte/s 57.6 GByte/s
The Pande Group announced over a year ago that they were removing support and projects that run on ATI Cards prior to the 5000 series. They thought the earliest they would run out of work for the ATI cards from the 4000 series and earlier would be last Fall, the supply started becoming scarce this Spring. As of a month ago they are almost gone, the occasional WU appears to get assigned and returned to the server. So you may not see another one for your 4870.
iMac 2.8 i7 12 GB smp8, Mac Pro 2.8 quad 12 GB smp6
MacBook Pro 2.9 i7 8 GB smp3
The Pande Group announced over a year ago that they were removing support and projects that run on ATI Cards prior to the 5000 series. They thought the earliest they would run out of work for the ATI cards from the 4000 series and earlier would be last Fall, the supply started becoming scarce this Spring. As of a month ago they are almost gone, the occasional WU appears to get assigned and returned to the server. So you may not see another one for your 4870.
. . . and as far as anybody knows, it is identical for V6 and for V7. Pure chance, and a slimmer chance as every week passes.
Huh, I wonder why they did that. I'll have to search for the announcement to find out the reasons. I can't believe the irony in getting this reponse for me. Just a few hours ago, I decided to upgrade my HTPC from an HD 5670 to an HD 7750. So I'll be replacing my 4870 with the 5670 soon. Although it stinks because I have another computer that could have used the 4870 to fold in addition to its CPU which is a shame as it's still a pretty good video card.
Last edited by AYColumbia on Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
ATI dropped support for CAL/Brook and transitioned to OpenCL so Stanford had to do the same. The HD5000 supports a more advanced version of OpenCL than the HD4000 and it's the minimum required for FAH.
All three of them are pretty good video cards, but just two of them will fold.
Since this is a different issue, I'm moving it to it's own thread.
F@h is now the top computing platform on the planet and nothing unites people like a dedicated fight against a common enemy. This virus affects all of us. Lets end it together.