Cuda Cores

[storm5510]

Is the VGA on the motherboard?

There is one on the motherboard. There is nothing in the BIOS setup about it. I have not seen a jumper on the board either, so I don't know if it is active or not. It doesn't interfere with the GT-610 if it is.

Just noticed that you said you switched from DVI to VGA

The card has a DVI, type I, connector. It came with an plug-in adapter to convert the signals to VGA. There is nothing on the cable to determine what type it is. It just works.

I can't find any specific details about how old your system is above. Is it the first gen Core 2(65nm)?

I believe so. The CPU is an Athlon64 x2 running at 1.9 GHz. The bios revision is 0202, and I doubt it was ever updated. It came from an office environment. The board is an Asus M2V-MX SE.

[henryzz]

Originally Posted by storm5510

There is one on the motherboard. There is nothing in the BIOS setup about it. I have not seen a jumper on the board either, so I don't know if it is active or not. It doesn't interfere with the GT-610 if it is.

The card has a DVI, type I, connector. It came with an plug-in adapter to convert the signals to VGA. There is nothing on the cable to determine what type it is. It just works.

I believe so. The CPU is an Athlon64 x2 running at 1.9 GHz. The bios revision is 0202, and I doubt it was ever updated. It came from an office environment. The board is an Asus M2V-MX SE.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...h-graphic-card suggests that your motherboard is 1.0 not 1.1. The bios update situation only applies to 1.1 according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Ex...CI_Express_2.1. It looks like your motherboard maxes out at 2.0 rather than 2.1.
It looks like your system is slightly too old for a PCIe 3.0 card.

[storm5510]

...suggests that your motherboard is 1.0 not 1.1.

This is directly from GPU-Z

PCI-E 1.1 x16 @ x16 1.1

I have setup a return to Amazon. So much for that. I would still like to flash the BIOS. I have revision 0601. It may help some other things, and then again, it may not. I downloaded a small app called WinFlash. It won't install. It says my security settings are "too weak."

[henryzz]

Originally Posted by storm5510

This is directly from GPU-Z

I have setup a return to Amazon. So much for that. I would still like to flash the BIOS. I have revision 0601. It may help some other things, and then again, it may not. I downloaded a small app called WinFlash. It won't install. It says my security settings are "too weak."

I would recommend using software directly from the motherboard manufacturer. In my similar period also asus motherboard it was possible to put the bios files on a usb stick and load them from that. Looking at the manual yours may only support doing that via floppy disk. That would be an option if you still have any.
ASUS Update seems to only be available upto vista 64-bit. I would guess that you are on 7 or 10 though.

I had trouble working out whether mine was 1.1 or 1.0 as well. There was conflicting information around. If you can update your bios it would confirm the incompatibility.

[storm5510]

Originally Posted by henryzz

If you can update your bios it would confirm the incompatibility.

I have the ROM file. I found it in Asus' web site. I cannot seem to find anything to perform the update with. I've tried several. None work. It shouldn't be so difficult to find one that will do the job.

[sdbardwick]

Motherboard manual says BIOS has built in updater, accessed by <Alt>+<F2> during POST.

I think it will search first for a floppy disk, then optical drive, then USB drive for ROM file named "M2V_MX SE.ROM" so you need to rename the BIOS file you downloaded.

EDIT: small (tiny) USB stick formatted with FAT16 would be best, but FAT32 might work. I'd be surprised if NTFS works.

[storm5510]

I think it will search first for a floppy disk, then optical drive, then USB drive for ROM file named "M2V_MX SE.ROM"

I didn't know about Alt-F2. Of course, I don't have a manual. I have a USB floppy, designed for use with a laptop. It doesn't "see" that. I just removed a regular floppy drive not two weeks ago. I never used it and didn't see the need for it. For the record, the updater only searches for a CD or a floppy.

[storm5510]

....file named "M2V_MX SE.ROM"

I flashed it successfully. GPU-Z still reports PCIe 1.1. This particular updater looked for a file named "M2VMXSE.ROM." It wanted the 8.3 format, I suppose. The GTX-750 Ti is going back. It's all back in its box. Most likely incompatible, or even defective.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

[sdbardwick]

Originally Posted by storm5510

This particular updater looked for a file named "M2VMXSE.ROM." It wanted the 8.3 format, I suppose.

Yeah, that space in the filename was suspicious, despite even the manual's 'screenshot' showing it...
Sorry that flashing didn't improve the situation.

[storm5510]

Originally Posted by sdbardwick

Yeah, that space in the filename was suspicious, despite even the manual's 'screenshot' showing it...
Sorry that flashing didn't improve the situation.

Not an issue now. The Asus Athlon is retiring on Sunday. There is something coming to replace it early next week. It has two PCIe 2.0 slots and one PCIe 3.0 slot.

[TheJudger]

Hi,

Originally Posted by ATH

You need to download the CUDA library files for the version you selected in the "CUDA Libs" directory here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/cudalucas/files/

are you sure?

Oliver