# Meta Llama - CUDA Error

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I’m a newbie to this and a newbie to python as well. I have no idea what CUDA is, tried looking up but cannot find any solution.

I tried setting up in Pycharm and Windows 11. Already installed Tensorflow 2.0, transformers, torch using pip. I downloaded Llama from huggingface and I get this error when I try to run. I have also installed bitsandbytes through pip.

The folder path in my code is set this way - bot = Llama3(“C:/Users/RAH/PycharmProjects/LLM/meta-llama/”)

Could this be a folder path issue or an issue with CUDA? Within the folder “C:/Users/RAH/PycharmProjects/LLM/meta-llama” I have 2 sub folders - Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct and Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct. Should I be pointing to one of those folders in the code as opposed to the higher level folder?

\*\*\* Error Message Below \*\*\*  
File “C:\Users\RAH\PycharmProjects\LLM.venv\Lib\site-packages\transformers\integrations\bitsandbytes.py”, line 537, in \_validate\_bnb\_cuda\_backend\_availability  
raise RuntimeError(log\_msg)  
RuntimeError: CUDA is required but not available for bitsandbytes. Please consider installing the multi-platform enabled version of bitsandbytes, which is currently a work in progress. Please check currently supported platforms and installation instructions at [Installation Guide](https://huggingface.co/docs/bitsandbytes/main/en/installation#multi-backend)

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**Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 2:09am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fmeta-llama-cuda-error%2F136764%2F2 "2025-01-22T02:09:54Z")

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Hi there,

It looks like you’re running into an issue with CUDA and the `bitsandbytes` library, which is causing the error.

In this case, `bitsandbytes` is trying to use CUDA to accelerate certain operations, but it seems like CUDA is not available or configured properly on your machine.

### Possible Solutions:

1. **Check for GPU Support:**

2. **If You Have an NVIDIA GPU:**

3. **If You Don’t Have an NVIDIA GPU or Don’t Need CUDA:**

4. **Check Folder Path:**