Quote from: HellDiverUK on September 10, 2013, 12:05:33 PM

Quote from: snakee on September 10, 2013, 11:51:41 AM

to minimize downtime i found a loop for the batchfile, looks like this

If you need that loop batch file, then you've got something wrong with your machine. You should only need to run bfg once.

Yes, in an ideal world you *should* only need to run bfgminer once. But the fact is that it does crash. And the machine isn't the cause. Having said that, version 3.2.0 is one of the more stable releases and I'm quite happy with it.

Snakee isn't the only one with the crashing problem. That's why programs like cgwatcher and akbash exist; to restart the mining software if something goes wrong. The batch file snakee quotes actually comes from me. I have 4 separate machines running BFL Singles in various configurations; all 4 have experienced bfgminer crashes at one time or another. Sometimes it would happen within a day or two; other times it could take a week or two. I can't say for sure if I've experienced a crash with 3.2.0 yet, but I haven't been running it all that long. From what I have seen with past versions the crashes seem to be related to network or pool problems.

I use that batch file myself; it is cheap insurance. If bfgminer does crash when I'm not around to notice, it will automatically restart it for me and I don't lose any mining time. That is, of course, if you have your Windows Error Reporting deactivated so that 'crash dialog' doesn't pop up asking you to 'click ok'. In fact I wouldn't even know if bfgminer crashed unless I look at its uptime display.