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Tesla V100 SXM2 GPU module shows power issues and LLaMA errors

A user on Reddit's r/LocalLLaMA subreddit is experiencing issues with their Tesla V100 SXM2 GPU module. The module displays 'N/A / N/A' for power usage in nvidia-smi and generates an NVRM Xid error (44) when attempting to use it, specifically mentioning 'llama-cli'. The user has tried reseating the module, using a different PCIe port, and restarting their system, but the problem persists across different CUDA versions and Ubuntu 26.04 with NVIDIA drivers 580. AI

IMPACT Potential hardware bottleneck for local LLM inference.

RANK_REASON User-reported hardware issue with a specific GPU model used for AI tasks.

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Tesla V100 SXM2 GPU module shows power issues and LLaMA errors

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/MrCatberry ·

    Problems with Tesla V100 SXM2

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi guys!</p> <p>I got a problem with one of my V100 SXM2 Modules.<br /> In &quot;nvidia-smi&quot; its shows with &quot;Pwr:Usage/Cap&quot; as &quot;N/A / N/A&quot;.<br /> When I try to use it i get the following error in dmesg:<br /> NVRM: Xid (P…