I have Armory v0.93.3 running on a Windows 7 box as a watching only wallet. A couple weeks ago I started getting "The scanning process interrupted unexpectedly. Armory will shutdown." First I deleted the database directory. Still same problem. Next I did a complete factory reset in the Armory UI, including the blockchain. Still same problem. Any idea how to fix?

Thanks. I understand now how it is working. One enhancement that would be good is if you could still do the multi-algo switching to the most profitable algorithm of just the algorithms you want to mine. A lot of people are like me where scrypt mining is just to hot this time of year.

I am still unable to connect to the auto switching X11/X13 pools. Connection dropped about 3 hours ago and has not come back. Restarting sgminer had no effect.

stratum+tcp://stratum.nicehash.com:4336
stratum+tcp://stratum.nicehash.com:4337

Any ideas?

Have any of you used one of the plastic outdoor deck boxes for mining with some 120mm fans attached to the back for air flow? I'm wondering how many intake and exhaust fans would be need for running 6 or so GPU's mining X11/X13.

I've got a covered patio so I am thinking about going this route with the box next to the back wall where little rain reaches.

FYI: Pimp 1.5.5-amd-14.4 version fixed the issues with the above box. Now happily mining on Nicehash X11/X13 auto-switching pool.

Not having much luck with PIMP 1.4.2 on an Asrock H81 Pro BTC motherboard with 6 Sapphire 270's using powered PCI-E USB risers. After boot up xorg shoots the CPU up to 100% for about 3 minutes. Then I get the following fault. I can RDP into the desktop.


Also, when starting any miner they lock up after printing out "Starting miner". A kill -9 will not even kill them. I have to reboot the machine. This machine worked fine using the SMOS distro. Any ideas?

TigerDirect doing something shady? Never. There is a reason this company used to always get thumbs down on the hot deal forums no matter how good of a deal it was.

Yes, a quality 850w psu will power two 270's and one 78XX just fine. Heck, I've got 3 7870's running on a 650w XFX unit without issue (no overclocking though). Newegg has the XFX 850w non-modular bronze unit for $100 AR.

+1. Something way off with that guy's numbers. My 4.4ghz 3570k system with two 290's, not overclock, pull ~650w from the wall when mining. CPU is idle of course.

Received my 12 risers from this past weekend's order yesterday. Seem to be of good quality and 6 of them are working fine in a H81 BTC MB.

In 2011 the card to have was the 5830. Newegg sold them at $109 and could not keep them in stock. Oddly Newegg had not figured out how to price gouge at that point in time...

Personally I'd go for an 850w XFX PSU to power the MB, risers and one or two of the 280x's. Then power the remaining 280x's with 12v server power supplies off ebay. You can get them for dirt cheap. I just picked up two 700w HP units for a total of $15 shipped. I will use one of these in my 270 x 6 build this week. A popular power supply is an HP 900w unit for ~$20 shipped:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&LH_BIN=1&_nkw=hp+1200w+power+supply&_sop=15

Main thing to worry about when choosing a server PSU is to make sure people have figured out how to turn them on. Radio controlled plane guys have been using 12v server power supplies for years, pulling major wattage from them.

While I could not find a review of the XFX 1050w at jonnyGuru every XFX PSU there have reviewed has been excellent. I personally have been mining with XFX PSU's for years without a hiccup. Can not say the same for crap OCZ PSU's I made the mistake of buying in the past.

Concerning power supplies XFX is a good choice. They are rebadged Seasonics but generally a little cheaper than other brands, especially after rebate.

I know a lot of people say you need a decent amount of memory for scrypt mining but I still don't understand why. If I look in taskmgr I see cgminer taking up ~55MB. I am using two 290's. Thoughts?

Cool. Thanks for the quick response.

In for 12 of the 60 cm versions. One note. Before placing the order the site said 18 available. After placing the order the site still says 18 available. Please confirm these are in stock and will ship out tomorrow. Order #2092.

Thanks.

The forced fee is masked under a "donation" link on the website. The forced fee is not mentioned anywhere in the first post of this thread or in the official SMOS thread on the litcoin board. Somewhat shady. Makes one wonder what other things might be hidden in the distro...

What's the consensus on whether powered risers are needed or not with the H81 Pro BTC motherboard? Seen a lot of posts saying they are not needed while I've seen other posts still saying they are needed.

Definitely a little shady about the "fee" in the SMOS distro. I turned it off. If the author was more forth coming about it I would have left it on.