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Message 59316 - Posted: 25 Sep 2022 | 15:57:44 UTC

I am wanting to change my driver from the 510 series to the 515 series. For the ACEMD tasks, if you paused a task and changed drivers it would fail after the reboot. Is that also true for the Python tasks? Should I finish the current tasks before changing the video driver?

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Message 59317 - Posted: 25 Sep 2022 | 16:02:14 UTC - in response to Message 59316.

If you’re not in a rush, it’s probably best practice to just finish up your existing work before changing the drivers.

But technically these Python tasks do restart properly even when stopped. They will restart at about 2% for a few mins before resuming at the correct checkpoint percentage.
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Message 59318 - Posted: 25 Sep 2022 | 16:07:34 UTC

Thank you. I had seen the Python tasks act as you say, but wasn't sure if they would survive a driver change.

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