GeForce GT730 ready to run and unable to get WUs

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byblos
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GeForce GT730 ready to run and unable to get WUs

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I expected a NVIDIA GeForce GT730 to work, as I believe it is whitelisted and supported. However although it recognised in FAHControl System Info the client does not automatically create a slot for it. I can create a GPU slot manually andthe slot displays 'Ready however no WUs are downloaded. The log shows that a connection to work server 192.0.2.1 is timing out, and I understand that trying to get WUs from this invalid location means that my configuration is not supported. Latest drivers downloaded and installed fromNVIDIA. I'm at a loss to figure this one out, grateful for any help!

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*********************** Log Started 2020-06-11T21:47:51Z ***********************
21:47:51:Trying to access database...
21:47:51:Successfully acquired database lock
21:47:51:Read GPUs.txt
21:47:52:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:6 (by user)
21:47:54:****************************** FAHClient ******************************
21:47:54:        Version: 7.6.13
21:47:54:         Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
21:47:54:      Copyright: 2020 foldingathome.org
21:47:54:       Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
21:47:54:           Date: Apr 27 2020
21:47:54:           Time: 21:21:01
21:47:54:       Revision: 5a652817f46116b6e135503af97f18e094414e3b
21:47:54:         Branch: master
21:47:54:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
21:47:54:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
21:47:54:       Platform: win32 10
21:47:54:           Bits: 32
21:47:54:           Mode: Release
21:47:54:         Config: C:\Users\bpugsley.SEVENOAKSAREAMI\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\config.xml
21:47:54:******************************** CBang ********************************
21:47:54:           Date: Apr 24 2020
21:47:54:           Time: 17:07:55
21:47:54:       Revision: ea081a3b3b0f4a37c4d0440b4f1bc184197c7797
21:47:54:         Branch: master
21:47:54:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
21:47:54:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
21:47:54:       Platform: win32 10
21:47:54:           Bits: 32
21:47:54:           Mode: Release
21:47:54:******************************* System ********************************
21:47:54:            CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
21:47:54:         CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10
21:47:54:           CPUs: 6
21:47:54:         Memory: 7.87GiB
21:47:54:    Free Memory: 3.68GiB
21:47:54:        Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
21:47:54:     OS Version: 6.2
21:47:54:    Has Battery: false
21:47:54:     On Battery: false
21:47:54:     UTC Offset: 1
21:47:54:            PID: 16156
21:47:54:            CWD: C:\Users\bpugsley.SEVENOAKSAREAMI\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient
21:47:54:  Win32 Service: false
21:47:54:             OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
21:47:54:        OS Arch: AMD64
21:47:54:           GPUs: 1
21:47:54:          GPU 0: Bus:1 Slot:0 Func:0 NVIDIA:1 GF108 [GeForce GT 730]
21:47:54:  CUDA Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:2.1 Driver:8.0
21:47:54:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:1.1 Driver:382.33
21:47:54:******************************* libFAH ********************************
21:47:54:           Date: Apr 15 2020
21:47:54:           Time: 14:53:14
21:47:54:       Revision: 216968bc7025029c841ed6e36e81a03a316890d3
21:47:54:         Branch: master
21:47:54:       Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
21:47:54:        Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
21:47:54:       Platform: win32 10
21:47:54:           Bits: 32
21:47:54:           Mode: Release
21:47:54:***********************************************************************
21:47:54:<config>
21:47:54:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
21:47:54:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
21:47:54:
21:47:54:  <!-- Network -->
21:47:54:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
21:47:54:
21:47:54:  <!-- Slot Control -->
21:47:54:  <power v='full'/>
21:47:54:
21:47:54:  <!-- User Information -->
21:47:54:  <passkey v='*****'/>
21:47:54:  <team v='1971'/>
21:47:54:  <user v='byblos'/>
21:47:54:
21:47:54:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
21:47:54:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
21:47:54:    <paused v='true'/>
21:47:54:  </slot>
21:47:54:</config>
21:48:23:Adding folding slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF108 [GeForce GT 730]
21:48:23:Removing old file 'configs/config-20200610-190723.xml'
21:48:23:Saving configuration to config.xml
21:48:23:<config>
21:48:23:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
21:48:23:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
21:48:23:
21:48:23:  <!-- Network -->
21:48:23:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
21:48:23:
21:48:23:  <!-- Slot Control -->
21:48:23:  <power v='full'/>
21:48:23:
21:48:23:  <!-- User Information -->
21:48:23:  <passkey v='*****'/>
21:48:23:  <team v='1971'/>
21:48:23:  <user v='byblos'/>
21:48:23:
21:48:23:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
21:48:23:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
21:48:23:    <paused v='true'/>
21:48:23:  </slot>
21:48:23:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'/>
21:48:23:</config>
21:48:23:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
21:48:24:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 192.0.2.1
21:48:24:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF108 [GeForce GT 730] from 192.0.2.1
21:48:24:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:8080
21:48:45:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
21:48:45:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:80
21:48:52:Removing old file 'configs/config-20200611-095327.xml'
21:48:52:Saving configuration to config.xml
21:48:52:<config>
21:48:52:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
21:48:52:  <cause v='COVID_19'/>
21:48:52:
21:48:52:  <!-- Network -->
21:48:52:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
21:48:52:
21:48:52:  <!-- Slot Control -->
21:48:52:  <power v='full'/>
21:48:52:
21:48:52:  <!-- User Information -->
21:48:52:  <passkey v='*****'/>
21:48:52:  <team v='1971'/>
21:48:52:  <user v='byblos'/>
21:48:52:
21:48:52:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
21:48:52:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
21:48:52:    <paused v='true'/>
21:48:52:  </slot>
21:48:52:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'/>
21:48:52:</config>
21:49:06:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 192.0.2.1:80: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
21:49:06:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
21:49:06:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 192.0.2.1
21:49:06:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF108 [GeForce GT 730] from 192.0.2.1
21:49:06:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:8080
21:49:27:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
21:49:27:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:80
21:49:49:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Failed to connect to 192.0.2.1:80: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
21:50:06:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80
21:50:07:WU00:FS01:Assigned to work server 192.0.2.1
21:50:07:WU00:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:GF108 [GeForce GT 730] from 192.0.2.1
21:50:07:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:8080
21:50:28:WARNING:WU00:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
21:50:28:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 192.0.2.1:80
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Re: GeForce GT730 ready to run and unable to get WUs

Post by Joe_H »

There is more than one version of the GT 730. The older versions are based on one of the Fermi chips from nVidia, they may still show up as whitelisted, but they are in a group that is currently not being assigned WUs. Eventually those Fermi based cards may be blacklisted . The problem is that the Fermi chips they are based on only support OpenCL 1.1, the current requirement is 1.2 and support for Double Precision (FP64) calculations.

Some of the GT 730 cards are based on chips from a later series from nVidia, Kepler. Those do support OpenCL 1.2 and can be used for folding.

There is work on a CUDA based GPU folding core, your GT 730 might be able to be used with that. But that first depends on a new core being developed on OpenCL and then a CUDA version being created later. No idea of the timeframe for when that might appear. There may also be minimum versions of CUDA required that have not yet been determined.
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Re: GeForce GT730 ready to run and unable to get WUs

Post by byblos »

Thank you! Disappointing but I'm glad to know. I'll pop it back in a slot from time to time and see if it picks anything up...
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