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Re: [BTC2] Bitcoin 2, BTC Fork 1:1, PoS 🔥 Anonymous ⚡️Instant TX
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RigMaster
on 15/08/2021, 03:21:14 UTC
Where would I go to buy Btc 2 if I don’t have any BTC to begin with?
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Board Collectibles
Re: [WTS]Litecoin Foundation LTC Blocks - LTC Block Reward - .999 Silver Card
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RigMaster
on 02/09/2020, 00:50:28 UTC
Is it safe to keep the block in the default wallet that comes with the bullion or should we move it to safe wallet when received? Surely someone knows the private key since it was printed on the bar?
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Help with miner issues - I think Condensation. See pics
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RigMaster
on 06/01/2020, 22:06:03 UTC
you are ventilating open air/oxidation and chip chinese pcb and here is result.Winter times even you think dry there is many particle in air can make oxidation fast, chinese pcb are not protected from oxidation.and also it looks like water leak happened.and also measure humidity outside too.Rigs dry air fast so measuring it inside will be not accurate.

Checked the roof and definitely no leaks. Must be the cold air I’m drawing in. I have ordered a 25L dehumidifier which is coming tomorrow and will place it directly in front of the cold air feed and see if hopefully this helps. Ideally I would box up the air intake, tunnel it through dehumidifiers then pass it through the rigs but i haven’t got time to make this right now.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Help with miner issues - I think Condensation. See pics
by
RigMaster
on 06/01/2020, 10:19:49 UTC

Exactly! I try to do everything right and still I got corrosion. I’m going mad trying to work out what it could be.

How about your room temp.? Maybe you are living on a cold place that is why it still getting corrosion.

The ideal temp is around 60 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit if you get lower than 60 some components will always fail.


I’m in London, UK. Outside temp is like 8c during the day and 1-2c on some nights. Inside temp is only 3~5c higher.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Help with miner issues - I think Condensation. See pics
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RigMaster
on 05/01/2020, 17:35:33 UTC
Perhaps thermal shock due to temperature variation is causing condensation. Extreme variations in room temperature cause this effect.

There’s not really any variation... like I mean the miners are on 24/7 they only ever go off for a reboot if something stops working, which usually may not happen for every 4-6 weeks.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Help with miner issues - I think Condensation. See pics
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RigMaster
on 05/01/2020, 17:34:18 UTC
your meter shows 40 for humidity

you are not near salt water

not show why you have a corrosion issue.



Ie 65% humidity it is a no brainer

Near the sea or a bay  also make it easy.


But 40% humidity is decent


Exactly! I try to do everything right and still I got corrosion. I’m going mad trying to work out what it could be.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Help with miner issues - I think Condensation. See pics
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RigMaster
on 04/01/2020, 20:19:55 UTC
this is a gpu question it belongs in alt coins.  I asked the mods to move it.



Buy a temp/humidty gauge

show it to us


https://www.amazon.com/ThermoPro-TP49-Hygrometer-Thermometer-Temperature/dp/B07WCR5Y4B/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?


also are you within ½ hour drive of salt water?  Such as an ocean or a bay.


Sorry file sharing was off. Try view the links again, you should be able to view them now.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Help with miner issues - I think Condensation. See pics
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RigMaster
on 04/01/2020, 20:07:10 UTC
I added pic of a temp/humidity and pressure gauge, see the gdrive links please. No bay nearby.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
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Help with miner issues - I think Condensation. See pics
by
RigMaster
on 04/01/2020, 19:59:09 UTC
Hi Guys

My setup:

I’ve got 6 rigs set up with 12GPUs per rig (RX470 8Gb Nitro+)
I did put ground vent in but I put way too many stones in and it’s blocked so I later cut out 4 exhaust fans in the back wall (3 behind the rigs and 1 slightly aligned left of the rigs).

I also took a window out in front of the rigs for cold air intake. I put an insect mesh in place to stop bugs coming in and sealed the shed so it is air tight.


My problem:
A PSU failed a few months back and i thought maybe it was a roof leak but I found no leaks. Replaced the PSU and all was well. Now 2-3 months later the same rig has failed, this time it’s corrosive damage to the motherboard.

Any ideas?

I also notice my rigs randomly hang and restart. They sometimes work perfectly for weeks on end without reboots and then days like today they are hanging and restarting the miners on random rigs all day long. I suspect the Ethernet Switch is failing the same way the motherboard and psu did..

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MsMOLCtgtzZVbBANQBrMGj_j7vHLfwuV
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tDP-JKaSyoBXbkj3Aobnv5vF8Yr2RqZx
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18oLp6Go-jrX2nX2VGVVc15Zgr8ue6w20
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FPkA5JtPe42LsnE3wHigtDq5FSmgKCGd
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pfELeGGO9GDMUwzsBKprFfc2Fxjkv-lb
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Board Announcements (Altcoins)
Re: [ANN]Seele is exploring the new peak of blockchain 4.0!
by
RigMaster
on 25/11/2019, 00:51:11 UTC
Can we mine Seele with GPU miners without setting up a node?
If not, can I turn my GPU mining rigs into Nodes?
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: [DIY] auto-hard-reset mining rigs with Raspberry Pi
by
RigMaster
on 06/10/2019, 01:06:49 UTC
is there any way to add a telegram bot?

Can anybody share the telegram commands they use for multiple rigs?

Sorry to drag up an old topic but it's relevant for whoever else may be having this same issue...
Today I've setup a second Raspberry Pi using this script - absolutely love this script!!

I've got 6 rigs connected to it on an 8CH 5V Relay Board and noticed the same... no matter the command, the Telegram Bot would only trigger Rig 0:
/ping m0, m1, m2 etc
/restart m0, m1, m2 etc
/turnon m0, m1, m2 etc

After some digging... I found the cause... remove the 'm'

/restart 0
/restart 1
/restart 2

Without the 'm' it works perfectly... because in the code it looks for machine NUMBER not anything else.

I hope this helps.
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Re: Realtract is SCAM!!!
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RigMaster
on 07/07/2019, 12:35:17 UTC
Up 3400% this month?!
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: [DIY] auto-hard-reset mining rigs with Raspberry Pi
by
RigMaster
on 16/06/2018, 22:21:12 UTC
I've got a strange issue...

I ssh into my raspberry pi and i run the script using:

cd Downloads
./auto-hard-reset-arm7

Then it starts... it pings the rig then it goes to timer "300s" because I made the timer for 5min rather than 30min. It works perfectly while my ssh connection is live and the telegram bot responds fine if I check /status

Soon as I kill ssh connection to the raspberry pi, the script stops working and even the bot is not responding in telegram... it's as if, when i kill the ssh connection it stops the script.

Can anyone help with this issue?

Use the screen utility in linux to keep the script running even if you close your ssh session.


Thank you! That worked perfectly.
The script is now running like a dream and Telegram bot is functional Smiley
Tomorrow I will replace my faulty risers and then hopefully this rig is finished and i can move to the next.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: [DIY] auto-hard-reset mining rigs with Raspberry Pi
by
RigMaster
on 16/06/2018, 16:57:12 UTC
I've got a strange issue...

I ssh into my raspberry pi and i run the script using:

cd Downloads
./auto-hard-reset-arm7

Then it starts... it pings the rig then it goes to timer "300s" because I made the timer for 5min rather than 30min. It works perfectly while my ssh connection is live and the telegram bot responds fine if I check /status

Soon as I kill ssh connection to the raspberry pi, the script stops working and even the bot is not responding in telegram... it's as if, when i kill the ssh connection it stops the script.

Can anyone help with this issue?
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: [DIY] auto-hard-reset mining rigs with Raspberry Pi
by
RigMaster
on 16/06/2018, 13:31:30 UTC
Hi Guys

Firstly, @Kasmetski for the amazing work on this rig resetter. It's exactly what I was looking for after weeks of headache with my rig hanging and I must drive 40 miles to reboot!.

I have purchased a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and installed Raspbian just now. I have also enabled SSH and changed the password for user Pi for security.

Now, I am on Github but I'm not sure what to do from here...

Should I run:
Code:
sudo curl -O https://github.com/Kasmetski/auto-hard-reset/archive/master.zip
to download the file to the default directory?

After this, github mention to run:
Code:
tar -xvzf auto-hard-reset-arm7.tar.gz
chmod +x auto-hard-reset-arm7

But I checked in Github file list I don't see any auto-hard-reset-arm7.tar.gz filename.

Please help, sorry for the noob question... I'm sure I am overlooking something.

It's ok I've now got it working and Telegram working also.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: 8x RX470 GPU Mining Rig - Looking For Paid Support
by
RigMaster
on 23/05/2018, 12:29:00 UTC
Basically it's normal for them to crash from time to time. It depends how frequent however.

I would just lower your memory clock to like 1900Mhz and it will hash at 27.5 but it will be stable at least. Not all GPUs can hash at 29Mhs.

For your power consumption you should undervolt each GPU by 100mV and it should still be stable and consume much less power and be much more cooler.

Thanks - but undervolt not possible in Linux. Unless I add it via Bios I think.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: 8x RX470 GPU Mining Rig - Looking For Paid Support
by
RigMaster
on 23/05/2018, 09:13:11 UTC
When I say custom straps, I mean straps that someone has encoded for a particular card, not a simple copy/paste.  I think ohgodagirl does custom straps for $$$.


Thank you - I've just sent her a message.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: 8x RX470 GPU Mining Rig - Looking For Paid Support
by
RigMaster
on 22/05/2018, 16:11:07 UTC
I would use windows for initial setup at least.  Only modify straps, don't modify anything else in bios.  Run miner.  Use overdrive or afterburner to increase memory clock until you either get memory errors in hwinfo or the hash rate stops increasing, then lower the mclock a bit.  Lower cclock until hashrate decreases.  Last, lower core voltage as much as possible while maintaining stability, then increase it a little.  Sometimes modifying the core voltage automatically modifies the memory voltage too.  If not, then lower memory voltage as low as you can while maintaining stability (check for 0 memory errors), then increase it a little.

Once you've determined the proper settings, you can use them in linux by either programming them into the bios, or setting them in the claymore command line.  There may be other ways, I don't mine eth on linux.

If you don't lower the voltage, your rig will draw way too much power.  Properly undervolted, an 8x rx470 rig shouldn't require more than 900W if mining only eth.

You may not be able to push them to 30 mhs without custom straps, although 29 is usually doable.  But you need to accept whatever hashrate you get that is stable, even if it is 28-29.  Not all cards tune right up to 30 without custom straps.  And even ones that do, they may not be stable, and it will probably cost you more in the long-run to push your cards to their absolute limits.

In general, people who are relatively new and don't entirely know what they're doing expect way too much and push their cards too hard.  If you don't really know what you're doing, and instead are just following guides/instructions online, you should play it safe and be conservative.  Under those circumstances, 230 mhs at 900W, and stable for weeks or even months, should be doable.

Thank you so much - even 230Mhs @ 900w stable for 7 days would do me! lol... I tried oc'ing exactly how you said it but I was trying in linux and i know from past experience it's easier in Afterburner so i might just do that..
I'm going to install Windows 10 on another SSD tonight, then run After Burner and find the best settings for my cards and get it modded in the bios.

You mentioned custom straps - is that not the same as just copying timings from 1 location to all the others... like mine right now at from 1500 all the way down. Or do you mean someone can actually customise a strap specifically for a card? I would pay for a custom strap if i knew where to find a reliable source and what kind of benefits would be involved to determine whether it's viable.


Again, thanks for the advice... I will give it a go tonight.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: 8x RX470 GPU Mining Rig - Looking For Paid Support
by
RigMaster
on 22/05/2018, 11:28:26 UTC
Good day, but what you do not like the Windows?
As far as I know the operating system does not affect the speed of the cards.
You need them to properly disperse and flash, the network has a lot of information about this.
But the main thing do not forget to keep the original BIOS firmware.

I understand from all comments online that Windows is not so stable like Linux.
I like smOS because I can login to smOS from anywhere and see all my rigs in a nice simple dashboard but the reboots all the time are annoying and not good for profits.

I have saved original BIOS Smiley
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8x RX470 GPU Mining Rig - Looking For Paid Support
by
RigMaster
on 22/05/2018, 10:04:00 UTC
Hi Guys

I've searched every corner of the internet to find solutions to my problems and before switching to Windows reluctantly, I wanted to know if anyone out there who has good experience with linux, would be willing to assist me in making my rig stable please? - I will of course pay for your time.

My Setup
8x PowerColor RX470 4GB GPUs (SAMSUNG) bios modded with Polaris Bios Editor 2.2 (one-click) which applies 1900mhz to mem and modify timing straps.
I'm using SimpleMining OS (smOS)

The Problem
The rig will run but draws 1280w from the wall!! And then randomly a gpu will hang (mostly it's either gpu6 or gpu7). Then the miner will restart, until the next time a random gpu hangs. Sometimes during the miner restart... it will hang where it says:

ETH: 1 pool is specified
Main Ethereum pool is eth-eu1.nanopool.org:9999

It will hang there for maybe 20-30 mins and then it will reboot or I will have to do so manually.


I can get the GPU's to hash at around 27mhs and the rig might then run for 4-5 hours but if I try to push it any harder it will crash a lot more frequently. Right now I pushed them to 2000mhz and getting 29Mhs and the rig is restarting every 4-5 mins with invalid shares.


What I Want?
I want a stable and efficient rig get 29/30Mhs as I've seen others achieve. I heard it's possible to get a good hashrate and undervolt the rig to run @ 1000w, I would like to achieve that.


Can anyone help?