So my AMD rig updated to the latest Windows build and screwed my drivers up.  Downloaded the latest AMD drivers (18.2.1) and MSI Afterburner 4.4.0 and Claymore 10.6.  I cannot get afterburner to recognize the cards / control the cards at all.  Is Afterburner not yet compatible with the latest drivers?  Didn't find anything via google searches

Maybe slightly off topic but I have Finally gotten my GTX 970 overclocked.  Even in Windows 10 with afterburner it took some creativity.  I am wondering about trying this in linux but I really don't want to take my Win10 rig down now since I am trying to test stability duration.  

If anybody wants to try a 970 overclock here is what finally worked in windows for me.  Not sure how the commands should be changed for linux.  This MUST be done BEFORE any overclocking done by afterburner and I would assume nvidia x server settings.  After running these commands I can then overclock the card.  If you try applying any overclock settings before running these commands it will not work and you must reset all overclock settings, apply these commands, and then try overclocking with afterburner again (i would assume nvidia x server would be treated the same?).  The following also must be run in elevated command prompt.  I created a scheduled task to run a .bat file with highest privileges on startup.

cd C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\
nvidia-smi -acp UNRESTRICTED
nvidia-smi -ac 3505,1455

The overclock values may not be compatible with other cards but it doesn't matter.  It will ignore it.  If nobody else tries this on Maxwell I will go back to nvOC, try it and report back.  Thanks for the work!!  

Also, I my power graphs on this rig are way way different than my other Windows 10 desktop that only has 4 cards.  This one the power graphs go all over the place and the other machine they are a rock solid line.  Is this normal or does this indicate a problem?  Thanks again

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7yTVsE3BqDWRjQ2c1dCTWVEemM

Edit:  ^^^ That is a link to a screenshot picture.  I guess I can't figure out how to insert a picture in my post

Hello.  Excuse my newbish question but I am trying to learn how to interpret the log files to diagnose stability issues I am having.  Does this mean GPU 2 is the GPU I should be questioning?  They all go out, but GPU 2 always leads the pack.  Any help is much appreciated!

21:48:57:240   2168   ETH: job is the same
21:48:57:240   2168   new buf size: 0
21:48:58:319   1434   recv: 51
21:48:58:319   1434   srv pck: 50
21:48:58:319   1434   srv bs: 0
21:48:58:334   1434   sent: 326
21:49:02:866   2138   GPU 2, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:866   2138   GPU 2, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:866   2138   Set global fail flag, failed GPU2
21:49:02:866   213c   GPU 2, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:866   2138   GPU 2 failed
21:49:02:882   214c   GPU 4, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:882   2128   GPU 0, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:882   213c   GPU 2, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:897   213c   Set global fail flag, failed GPU2
21:49:02:897   2158   GPU 6, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:897   2164   GPU 7, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:897   2140   GPU 3, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:913   214c   GPU 4, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:913   2128   GPU 0, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:913   2128   Set global fail flag, failed GPU0
21:49:02:913   213c   GPU 2 failed
21:49:02:928   2158   GPU 6, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:928   2164   GPU 7, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:928   2140   GPU 3, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:913   214c   Set global fail flag, failed GPU4
21:49:02:944   2154   GPU 5, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:944   2128   GPU 0 failed
21:49:02:944   212c   GPU 0, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:928   2158   Set global fail flag, failed GPU6
21:49:02:960   2158   GPU 6 failed
21:49:02:960   2130   GPU 1, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:928   2140   Set global fail flag, failed GPU3
21:49:02:960   2148   GPU 4, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:975   214c   GPU 4 failed
21:49:02:975   2154   GPU 5, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:975   212c   GPU 0, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:928   2164   Set global fail flag, failed GPU7
21:49:02:991   215c   GPU 6, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:02:991   2130   GPU 1, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:991   2144   GPU 3, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:03:007   2140   GPU 3 failed
21:49:03:007   2148   GPU 4, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:975   2154   Set global fail flag, failed GPU5
21:49:03:007   2154   GPU 5 failed
21:49:03:007   2160   GPU 7, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:03:022   2164   GPU 7 failed
21:49:03:022   215c   GPU 6, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:991   2130   Set global fail flag, failed GPU1
21:49:03:038   2144   GPU 3, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:02:991   212c   Set global fail flag, failed GPU0
21:49:03:007   2148   Set global fail flag, failed GPU4
21:49:03:053   2148   GPU 4 failed
21:49:03:053   2160   GPU 7, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:03:038   215c   Set global fail flag, failed GPU6
21:49:03:053   215c   GPU 6 failed
21:49:03:069   2130   GPU 1 failed
21:49:03:038   2144   Set global fail flag, failed GPU3
21:49:03:069   2144   GPU 3 failed
21:49:03:069   2150   GPU 5, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:03:053   2160   Set global fail flag, failed GPU7
21:49:03:085   2134   GPU 1, GpuMiner cu_k01 failed 73, an illegal instruction was encountered
21:49:03:085   212c   GPU 0 failed
21:49:03:085   2150   GPU 5, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:03:085   2160   GPU 7 failed
21:49:03:100   2134   GPU 1, GpuMiner kx failed 1
21:49:03:085   2150   Set global fail flag, failed GPU5
21:49:03:100   2150   GPU 5 failed
21:49:03:100   2134   Set global fail flag, failed GPU1
21:49:03:116   2134   GPU 1 failed
21:49:03:335   1f94   recv: 51
21:49:03:335   1f94   srv pck: 50
21:49:03:335   1f94   srv bs: 0
21:49:03:335   1f94   sent: 243
21:49:05:616   1c48   GPU0 t=60C fan=100%, GPU1 t=50C fan=70%, GPU2 t=58C fan=100%, GPU3 t=55C fan=100%, GPU4 t=63C fan=100%, GPU5 t=58C fan=100%, GPU6 t=59C fan=100%, GPU7 t=59C fan=100%
21:49:05:616   1c48   em hbt: 0, dm hbt: 0, fm hbt: 16,
21:49:05:616   1c48   watchdog - thread 0 (gpu0), hb time 2922
21:49:05:616   1c48   watchdog - thread 1 (gpu0), hb time 2813
21:49:05:632   1c48   watchdog - thread 2 (gpu1), hb time 2938
21:49:05:632   1c48   watchdog - thread 3 (gpu1), hb time 2829
21:49:05:632   1c48   watchdog - thread 4 (gpu2), hb time 2954
21:49:05:632   1c48   watchdog - thread 5 (gpu2), hb time 2875
21:49:05:632   1c48   watchdog - thread 6 (gpu3), hb time 2954
21:49:05:647   1c48   watchdog - thread 7 (gpu3), hb time 2859
21:49:05:647   1c48   watchdog - thread 8 (gpu4), hb time 2797
21:49:05:647   1c48   watchdog - thread 9 (gpu4), hb time 2906
21:49:05:647   1c48   watchdog - thread 10 (gpu5), hb time 2875
21:49:05:647   1c48   watchdog - thread 11 (gpu5), hb time 2969
21:49:05:663   1c48   watchdog - thread 12 (gpu6), hb time 2985
21:49:05:663   1c48   watchdog - thread 13 (gpu6), hb time 2891
21:49:05:663   1c48   watchdog - thread 14 (gpu7), hb time 2875
21:49:05:663   1c48   watchdog - thread 15 (gpu7), hb time 2985
21:49:05:663   1c48   WATCHDOG: GPU error, you need to restart miner
21:49:06:851   1c48   Restarting OK, exit...

Claymore 9.7 is out and on my Windows10 machine I went from Dual Mining ETH: 94.5 MH/s and SC: 945 MH/s increased to ETH: 99 MH/s and SC: 990 MH/s.  No other changes and exactly the same OC.  We will see if it stays stable.  Possible addition to v18? 

I am just unable to keep my nvOC stable.  It keeps hanging and locking up the OS.  I am currently loading Windows 10 on my rig just to see if I have a hardware issue that I can't figure out.  If Windows 10 stays stable I don't know what I will do.  I REALLY like nvOC.  If I had another stick of ram laying around I would stick it in.  I will order one if I have to.

Is anybody else experiencing nvOC hang / lockup to the point of needing a hard powerdown when Genoil crashes?  I can log in but when I try to close the miner and shutdown the OS becomes locked up. I am wondering if it is hardware related?  I am only using 4GB of ddr4 is that enough???  I believe I will be going back to Claymore.  I can't seem to get Genoil stable even dialed 300mc back from Claymore.  I will reimage a USB stick and go back to Claymore to see if stability comes back. 

Although the posts in this thread using SSH and Screen are helpful I have not gone through that.  I have the rig in my basement with a monitor hooked to it as well as Teamviewer installed on all my PCs and cell phone.  With Teamviewer you can remote in from anywhere although it uses more system resources. 

I have that exact board and have been running 8 cards for several days now.  You should be fine as long as you have the onebash file configured correctly for the new cards already.  Just shut down, add cards, and reboot.  You will of course need 2 m.2 adapters if you haven't got them already.  I am running 6 1070s, 1 1060, and 1 970.  Right around 224 MH/s.  Could be closer to 230 if I could figure out how to overclock the Maxwell card.

Sorry I missed that had already been implemented.  I had another hang less than 8 hours from the the one this morning.  This time was different though.  All the previous Genoil issues gave me a memory error so I attributed it to OC.  This one was "Error CUDA mining: the launch timed out and was terminated. CUDA error in func 'search' at line 346: the launch timed out and was terminated. "

I have no power limits set.  I now have my clocks set to -100 core and +950 memory on gtx 1070s.  On Claymore I was running +100 and +1150 stable.  Ill see how it does now.  I do believe it is still beating Claymore but I may do some 24hr tests back to back.  

I will add that I am now running 8 cards in this rig via 2 M.2 adapters.  It does seem as though the stability issues rose not long after the last 2 cards however I had only been running V17 / Genoil a day or so before adding the 7th and 8th card.  Running 6 1070s, 1 1060, and 1 970 in the nvOC rig. 

Thanks again for all your hard work!!  Is the default address in your onebash files yours?  I would like to give you some hashes

Sorry im a Genoil newb.  I was using Claymore until nvOC 17 and now that I am using Genoil I am getting some crashes possibly from overclock.  Is there a switch or a watchdog or something to auto restart Genoil like Claymore does?  I've lowered the OC a bit.  For now it could be down for hours before I realize Genoil crashed.  With Claymore I could just look back and see if it reset itself / instable etc.  Thanks a bunch !!

I'm a newb but to my knowledge you can't.  I started with a 970 and got it hashing 19 MH/s but was unable to use it and the 1070s I started buying.  I only have 10xx series cards in my windows machine now.  My Linux rig runs 1070s, 1060s and 1 970s all without any trouble however I cannot figure out how to overclock the 970 in Linux so its running around 18.5 MH/s.  But at least its running and I can control the fan speed.  The 10xx series cards all overclock via server-x settings without any problem

I understand.  There probably isnt a bunch of those cards out there anyway.  Even I only have 1 although I though about buying 2 used ones local.  Thanks for your help and the fantastic product!

You guys running reference style 1070s and mentioning 1400-1600 mem OC is this with only Samsung memory?  I cant seem to go much beyond 1150 on 5 MSI AERO cards with Micron memory which gets me about 30.1 MH/s.  Funny thing is on my desktop with an EVEGA SC 1070 with Micron memory I was able to push it higher in Afterburner and break over 32 MH/s.  It is now being used as my primary with 3 monitors so I dialed it back to 30.3 MH/s to keep from getting memory artifact.  Right now I am running 0 / 1200 in Genoil v17.  Seems to be holding.  I also havent noticed any improvement in core oc other than some slight improvements with 1060s in Windows using Claymore.  nvOC v17 is my first experience with Genoil.  Seems to be running good and the total hashrate seems to be higher.  But I miss seeing the individual card hash rate.  

Edit: I really wish I was smarter in Linux and was able to figure out how to overclock my gtx 970.  Its running in nvOC around 18.5 MH/s and I feel like I am giving up around 4 MH/s while pulling the most power of any GPU I have including the 1070s

Thanks for the prior replies and help a few days ago.  My nvOC rig has been running for a few days now and I keep playing with it / etc.  Once I get it all dialed in I am going to move some more 1070s from my Win10 machine and move them over to the dedicated mining rig (nvOC).  Currently the nvOC rig has 3 gtx 1070s and 1 gtx 970.  The fan speed seems to be working on all cards but can anybody tell me if they have gotten GTX 970 cards to overclock?  The cards say they overclock in the startup but the hashrate does not actually increase.  It stays rock solid at 18-18.5 MH/s which is stock speeds for a GTX970.  Any help appreciated.  Thanks

Thank you this worked.  The fans are definitely working now and the overclock seems to have stuck but I am not getting the hash rate I would expect for the mem clock speed when compared to same card in Windows 10 using claymore 9.5.  I notice my card is not at full power and is staying in P2 state in the NVIDIA-SMI window.  Is this normal?  Huge thanks for the help!

Yes I did both of those questions.  I will follow the procedure in your link when I get off work.  Thanks!

Hi!  New member / user / and miner.  Thank you for all the work put into this project.  I am trying to use an ASUS Prime Z270-P mobo.  I downloaded the image off the OP and have my miner up and running but my cards are not overclocking or manual fan control.  I get an error for each card regarding fan control (I specified 90%).  Is this mobo not supported or am I doing something wrong?  I specified 600 mem overclock.  I am currently using 2 GTX1070 and 1 GTX 970 in this rig.  All 3 are running at stock speeds like they do in Windows.  Any help is greatly appreciated. 

PS.  I could not find the 2nd and 3rd items mentioned for the BIOS changes you have talked about for the PRIME Z270-A.  Is this the reason?  Any help greatly appreciated.