- 1 year ago
Running nvidia-smi from Windows PowerShell?
To run the nvidia-smi
command from Windows PowerShell, you can follow these steps:
Open PowerShell: Press the Windows key, type "PowerShell," and select "Windows PowerShell" from the search results.
Check if
nvidia-smi
is accessible: Typenvidia-smi
in the PowerShell window and press Enter. If the command is recognized and executed, you can proceed to step 4. If not, continue to step 3.Add the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit directory to the PATH:
Determine the installation path of the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit on your system. The default path is typically
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI
.Run the following command to temporarily add the CUDA Toolkit directory to the PATH variable in the current PowerShell session:
powershell$env:Path += ";C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI"
Replace
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI
with the actual installation path of the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit on your system.
Run
nvidia-smi
: After ensuring thatnvidia-smi
is accessible in PowerShell, you can now run the command to check the NVIDIA GPU information. Typenvidia-smi
in the PowerShell window and press Enter. The command should execute and display the GPU details.
Note: The nvidia-smi
command requires NVIDIA GPU drivers and the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit to be installed on your system. Make sure you have these components installed and configured correctly for the nvidia-smi
command to work properly.
If you encounter any issues or error messages while running nvidia-smi
, please provide the specific error message so that I can assist you further.