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Re: Claymore's Dual Ethereum AMD+NVIDIA GPU Miner v15.0 (Windows/Linux)
by
bluspirit
on 02/10/2020, 19:54:02 UTC
⭐ Merited by vapourminer (2)
Are you using Windows 10? Then most likely it was some forced Windows update which included new drivers for your AMD GPUs. I ran into this problem a few times in the past. It would either not hash at all because all the overclocking settings were reset OR it would hash at a slow speed because compute mode was disabled by default.

It was a pain in the butt to disable but somehow with some reg hack I was able to prevent any updates from happening again. Search the web and there is a guide on how to disable Windows 10 updates. Its pretty indepth and you need to block access to certain DNS hosts.

there are (or were) a couple services that i disabled in win10 1709 and that machine has not updated since. pretty sure i didnt do any dns stuff (for instance my hosts file is still stock). but again that version 1709.

that was from a guide i found online a couple years ago. so i have no idea where i got it or if that method (disabling various services only) still works.


I'm still on version 1709 too.
Here is that guide:

1) How to Disable Drivers Update in Windows 10:
Windows key+R > Type gpedit.msc and hit Enter > Navigate to: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update.
Double-click "Do not include drivers with Windows Update" and set it to Enabled.

2) How to Disable Windows 10 Update:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update.
Double-click "Configure Automatic Updates" and set it to Disabled.