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by doghead9
Sat Feb 13, 2021 6:30 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: constant bad wu-s on my new laptop
Replies: 32
Views: 5650

Re: constant bad wu-s on my new laptop

Days ago I updated my Nvidia driver and it's working properly. then there's some other update ( I think it came from the Windows side ) and now it's not working properly again.
so sad
by doghead9
Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:41 am
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low GPU usage and PPD, no cuda usage
Replies: 13
Views: 25646

Re: Low GPU usage and PPD, no cuda usage

After updating Nvidia driver to the 460.40 version, seems that this issue no longer exists.
by doghead9
Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:26 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: constant bad wu-s on my new laptop
Replies: 32
Views: 5650

Re: constant bad wu-s on my new laptop

My new laptop, an HP OMEN 15 with 4800H and 1660ti has the same issue. My old intel laptop also has iGPU along with dGPU but never had this issue. Now I began to suspect something is wrong on the AMD side.
by doghead9
Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:22 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low GPU usage and PPD, no cuda usage
Replies: 13
Views: 25646

Re: Low GPU usage and PPD, no cuda usage

I have reinstalled the latest version and also have 'pause-on-start' set to true. now it keeps having errors like these *********************** Log Started 2021-01-22T22:10:52Z *********************** 22:14:07:WARNING:WU02:FS02:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72) 22:14:48:WARNING:WU01:FS02:...
by doghead9
Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:50 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low GPU usage and PPD, no cuda usage
Replies: 13
Views: 25646

Re: Low GPU usage and PPD, no cuda usage

Windows has added a new feature whereby you can configure the FAHCore to use the 1660ti GPU specifically. See PantherX's post here . That also allows other applications to use the iGPU (e.g.- for displaying the desktop) hopefully without interrupting CUDA on the FAHCore. I have not been able to tes...
by doghead9
Fri Jan 22, 2021 5:07 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low GPU usage and PPD, no cuda usage
Replies: 13
Views: 25646

Re: Low GPU usage and PPD, no cuda usage

Welcome to Folding@Home! I will give advice until a real expert chimes in. I know that by default, Task manager lies about GPU utilization, someone may come by to explain how to configure it to not lie, But I just use GPU-Z sensors screen for my utilization questions https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu...
by doghead9
Fri Jan 22, 2021 4:26 pm
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Low GPU usage and PPD, no cuda usage
Replies: 13
Views: 25646

Low GPU usage and PPD, no cuda usage

https://i.imgur.com/D4TzN2j.png This PPD doesn't seem right. And there's no activity in CUDA https://i.imgur.com/T5hu7wD.png I have installed the latest version of the Nvidia driver using the Nvidia experience. Should I use an older version of the driver? Log attached below *********************** ...