Nvidia Geforce 2080 adjustment

[alphascorpi]

Hi
I am fighting with an C0000005 error which occurs on and off. Newest PI version, new Windows 10 installation, newest driver and nothing solved the problem.
Now I check my graphic card Geforce 2080 (NVIDIA).
Is there any experience for the adjustment of this graphic card. In the Setup of the card is it possible to set different values.
Perhaps a correct adjustment helps.
Thanks
Ed

[stevek]

I am running 1060 and have the same C000005 errors with latest Nvidia drivers and all PI and Windows 10 fixes.  It is an intermittent issue.  Sometimes I can be doing heavy processing in PI all day and not have one issue.  Other times I get the C000005 constantly.  Like just now.  I am going to test PI before running any other application after reboot to see if it does it then.
If PI does not use HW graphics acceleration - my understanding is that it doesn't (happy to be corrected btw) -  I cannot see why the graphics drivers, which should be abstracted from the PI application by Windows, should be causing PI to bomb like this.

If Juan made a PI debug image with code breakpoints I'd happily run it for him.

I have no issues with my graphics card in any other application.  Adobe CC all work fine as do games such as CoD, Crysis etc.

In desperation my only options left are to reinstall windows to see if a rogue driver (like what since it is a basic machine?) is causing this and another test is to use built in graphics and remove the NVidia card from the equation to test PI on the MB graphics.

Another theory I have is that this seems to happen more when memory intensive tools are run such as blink, BPP, Image Integration etc......  Is it something to do with how PI is interfacing to the memory stack and releasing it back to the heap?

[alphascorpi]

Yes, it seems the same effect.
My mainboard is an ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-F Gaming and 1-2 years old.
Whats yours and do you run a virus software?

[stevek]

Hi,
Nope, I removed AV software.  No need for it IMO if you are not visiting dodgy websites and many say the same.......  Windows 10 Defender is more than equal to the task.

I am running Gigabyte Aurous gaming 7 Optane, Intel i7_8700K, 32 Gig of memory, MSI 1060 graphics card and a 2Tb M2. Samsung Evo 870 disk.  I removed all overclocks and the system is stock.  CPU and memory runs cool.  There is nothing wrong with the HW and it chews through all my Photoshop and PremierePro, Aftereffects and C++ development and compiling tasks with no issues whatsoever.  I am not a hardcore gamer but the games that i do have run fine abnd are hardware accelerated and work great.  I am on all windows and PI fixes and latest Nvidia drivers.  PI on this exact same rig worked perfectly on 1.8.5.

I have also run Astro Pixel processor on this machine - in readiness to abandon PI if this issue is not fixed - and that runs fine as well.  i do not want to give up with PI since i like it so much.  I have a lot invested in it with Adam's videos and I like Juan and the development guys a lot.  I want to stick with it if I can.  These things happen, it is complex and I want to help if I can.

I have noticed something.  If yo start PI immediately after boot up windows, it seems to run much better.  I will take metrics on this.  If I have run ANY other program before launching PI, even Chrome, I always get this C000005 issue. 

I also notice the memory location changes with the PI panic as well.  It is not always the same.

[alphascorpi]

Hi
Fine, I think we have a very similar rig.
I run my desktop also only for PI, APP for tests, Skytools4 and Photoshop CC. Not for Games and Internet only to update this programs.
I will also stay with PI and have deinstalled Norton 360 and run now only the Windows 10 security.

I have teted with the excellent software
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
my rig and have found the malware "Shadow Hammer" 
See this article:
https://www.groovypost.com/news/does-your-asus-have-the-shadow-hammer-malware/

This is a very tricky virus on ASUS motherboards.
Now I have killed him and will do a next roundup of test with PI

Thanks Ed

[Juan Conejero]

I am right now working on an update to the PixInsight core application, where I hope to fix these problems with deficient OpenGL implementations on Windows. An update with core version 1.8.8-3 for Windows should be available in a few days. I just ask for some patience, I am doing all I can do to solve this situation.

[stevek]

Well done Juan.  We are patient, there is no rush.  We are discussing this only and it is no criticism of you.  You do a great job with PI and we thank you for that.

[alphascorpi]

Hi Juan
Same from me 
I have learned much about analyzing Windows 10. My Rig is now off from the Internet and without av software third party and runs primarily for PixInsight.
Thanks a lot for your effort and all the best to you !
Ed