Hi everyone. I am new to this and need some help. My rig has a gtx 1060 and an RX 570. They've been producing close to 700k ppd until now, Im only producing just over 90k ppd. My settings are at full and while I'm working. Yesterday I update the GTX 1060 with the latest drivers and it stopped folding, Ive rolled back the drivers and it started folding again but my PPD are still extremely low.
 
I have uninstalled and reinstalled the program but nothing i know how to do is fixing this. Ive also done a search and havent been able to find any answers. My temperatures are the same as they were when folding 700k ppd. Any advice would be appreciated ;)

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What is your Folding name ?



 
If Microsoft update changes your GPU drivers, you'll have to manually download & install the full Nvidia driver. 
 
The Error you will see:  
[FahCore_21.exe - System Error  The program can't start because OpenCL.dll missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem]
 
MS update does Not load the OpenCL part of the Nvidia driver .... just the way it is & you Need the OpenCL to Fold

I only install the GPU drive & G-Sync driver ... using custom install - after DDU to remove the old driver



This is the thread I started when learning about the ins and outs of Folding: (some good info from fellow Team members)
Folding advice new to Folding Day1 PPD 275K

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that is great information, Thank you!
 
next ill try to get my stats in the signature, is that an app?

Check this out: https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/?nav=IMAGES
 
This requires yours number which is: 486762
 
Then edit your sig and add that img link between [img][/img] 
 
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Thanks again everyone!
 
last n00b question, I cant find where to change my username, is it possible?

so I am stuck again and tried to the best of my ability to make it work. I downloaded and installed the latest video drivers from geforce not windows and now i get all of these wonderful attempts at folding but no actual work happens. I went to my device manager to install the drivers manually from the NVIDIA display driver folder and it says the latest drivers are already installed. so Ive uninstalled and reinstalled fah but nothing changed except my stupid cpu wanted to fold again.
 
Ive never had this problem and am having trouble wrapping my brain around why this is happening..
 
I do not know what the DDU or open-CL terms mean...please HALP!
 
edit: I looked into the error messages and it said "01:59:05:ERROR:WU02:FS01:Failed to start core: OpenCL device matching slot 1 not found, try setting 'opencl-index' manually" i googled it and found people talking about copying and pasting x86 to 64 files and what not but i searched and found opencl in both folders...ive never felt so computer illiterate hahaha...ill keep trying

The drivers from the geforce website are not full? Im running two 1060s now...the latest version is 417.01. which version should I use?
 
I guess i could always build another for gaming :)

I have swapped cards between mobos so often lately that I actually still have this one thing fresh in my failing memory
go to > configure > slots and double click on one of your gpu's
in the widow that opens up you will see "opencl-index " with -1 in the field
change it to 0 then hit "OK" then "save"
try to fold. if it fails with that same error, set it to 1, try to fold. then 2, try to fold
Whats strange is that I have gone through this and ended up back to -1 > save and then it folds. Real pita if ya ask me
 
Keep in mind , each time you do this it will try to add a cpu slot. make sure to un-tick that choice or just remove it afterwards.

 

You shouldn't worry too much about Driver updates.
Generally you don't see many game fixes after a few pist launch driver versions. Max folding points can vary based on driver version, but I don't find it worth worrying about.
Just make sure to reinstall Nvidia drivers from the Geforce website or Geforce experience after every Windows Major Update and it frequently hoses your OpenCL installation needed for compute tasks like Folding @ Hone.