Hi

Just upgraded memory and got a WU :)

The multi-threading is causing what i hope is an unintended consequence. The GPU is unable to do work. Apparently the GPU work needs some amount of CPU time and when BURP takes all, 8 in my case, the GPU can not work.

Is there a way to have BURP or BOINC use 1 less than all available cores, on multi-core machines, for any one task. This would leave a core available to let the GPU keep working.

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Is there a way to have BURP or BOINC use 1 less than all available cores, on multi-core machines, for any one task. This would leave a core available to let the GPU keep working.

Well, I don't know if this works for the GPU but you can try to lower the multicore-setting in your BOINC client configuration.
I guess you are using a GPU-project that needs "a lot" of CPU-power like DistrRTGen or POEM, they need almost a complete core and therefore can't run, when BURP is rendering. I know that problem also.
Another possibility: use a GPU project what doesn't need much CPU-power (Collatz, PrimeGrid etc.), they can run with BURP.

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Hi

tried running Collatz and no joy. Collatz will run with all 8 cores working on single projects but not with BURP using all 8.

yes there is a workaround playing with the configurations but as described it takes a lot of fiddling and seams prone to errors, problems in timing.

and just to add to the frustration had a power problem and the unit went back to 0% after being over 80%

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Collatz will run with all 8 cores working on single projects but not with BURP using all 8.

Does that mean 8 CPU-cores or 8 GPU-cores on Collatz?
If you have an app_info.xml for Collatz to crunch more units at once for the GPU, I assume it sums up with CPU-usage, don't know, but Collatz is supposed to be one of the projects with the lowest CPU-consumption, it should work theoretically.
Either way, I checked your comps and found out that you are using Intel-CPU and an ATI-card, correct?
No idea if this constellation can run BURP and GPU-projects with less CPU-usage, I have no experience with Intel and ATI, sorry.
I use two AMDs with NVidia GTX 560s and I have no problem with running BURP and GPU-projects with less CPU-usage.

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Hi

8 cpu cores, i7 4 cores hyper threaded for 8 functional cores. 1 ATI GPU
currently a Collatz running with 8 single thread units and 2 non cpu intensives, freehal and wuprop.

just got BURP to start and when it did Collatz stopped.

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Sb

Hm, that's odd - I seem to be able to run BURP on 8 cores along with 4 Einstein GPU WUs simultaneously. Maybe it has to do with the BOINC version? I'm still on version 6

Hi

7.0.28 it may be a version problem . do not want to change anything as i lost this unit once to a power problem.

this was suggested in a thread on the main boinc message board

"It probably depends which version of BOINC you are using - you did remember to tell us that, didn't you?

There was a bug, introduced around v7.0.22 (while fixing another bug) and corrected in v7.0.31. It had the sort of effect you are describing."

is there a way to have the MT applications use one less than the max available
in my case 7?

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