An easy way to TEST would be to:
1) Create a Symbolic link/Junction link to the latest (Stable AMD supported PM drivers) but RENAME the folder to previous drive yet in the system ENV_VARS  %path%  ../../../%Path_to_Symlink% <== OR PATH_POINT_TO >= build 21.12.x (ABOVE) stable 21.11.3 drivers.
2) I suspect WMI maybe queried by PM and this is how driver version is derived.
3) Ask the dev @PhoenixMiner what the checks are AND if its hardcoded in the code to search for driver version or is it because PM fails because of an incorrect dependency contained in drivers grt > v21.11.3 which PM relies on.. OR missing *.dll it could be a million possible things.
4) It could be that AMD drivers compiled past version 21.11.3have been totally refactored and rebased and what PM relies upon is no longer a resource that is in the codebase any longer, thus fail.
5) It could also be a part of PM's dev workflow to test against a set of Drivers to keep development under control by stipulating a range of supported drivers.
..Buts thats what I would do to try and isolate reasons for fail on latest driver above PM recommended.

Hi LoyceV

I can see the utility of having the data in this format..
However call me stupid BUT a far simpler way would be to parse data directly from your own node?

> Dump out in raw addresses which have a positive int, then parse/query. Or am I missing something here??
I suppose another method would be to check for DATES where pub_key was involved in OUTPUT. to figure out addresses with positive balance.
I'm sure there is a far more elegant solution to the problem, with which a little touch of Python could go a long way to solving the BTC address > balance question.

PS. What about a "BTC Address Rich List" This is fundamentally based on a similar principle as what your wishing to achieve, is it not?

Although slightly different from SMS gateway over Lightning
There is another really cool communication app called Sphinx
About this app


Back in the day when Bulk SMS spam was (is still) all the rage you could wire up a ASTERISK PaaS / open source framework for building communications applications for completely integrated communications over IP.

https://www.asterisk.org/products/software/

I have not looked into this in any great detail BUT from what I recall about running Asterisk servers/instances is that it is incredibly robust.
It could be able to integrate with the LND network to broadcast Asterisk would act like a weirdly, freakish endpoint/gateway/middleware Hybrid type Concoction with a bit of fine tuning Sphinx could act as the front end and Asterisk could provide the platform as an alternative for SMS/MMS broadcast over the Blockchain.

There are probably better more elegant solutions out there that utilises the Lightning network that is already open-sourced & has either zero usage costs/ is free or at greatly reduced cost (maybe drop to 1 sat/msg if you open up a channel size of 5,000,000 that's a lot of MMS)

**5mil Sat's Based on  ~£1.7k @ BTC spot £34800 current prices #FoodForThought

FYI:
Signal Dockerized container --> https://github.com/bbernhard/signal-cli-rest-api
I suspect there is a much simpler method to send MMS/SMS over LN - Bitcoin blockchain. Then again, I don't think Bitcoin would be the best network for this purpose as there are several other blockchain based projects which would be a much better fit for such a purpose as a MMS/SMS broadcasting messaging network.

The majority of people born today are born into a form of Debt slavery inherited from their parents or will shortly become highly indebted as they begin their lives. That is the system we are in now. Where minimum wage is not even a living wage, this means that unless born or marry into privilege its quite difficult to generate wealth of any real sort when each year our money value is also being debased. Last year main street had to work 30 times harder to remain at a relative standstill whilst Wall St. made +15% just by holding their hands out.

Regarding work ethic and forming a strong, focused mentality and drive/desire to become wealthy that is another matter .. The long held narrative of work hard to achieve whatever you want has long gone. The traditional & long-held belief to move up the socioeconomic ladder is to Work hard (True) able to attain an education (Also true) which is quite costly to begin with and then work like a slave until your nearly 70 in the hopes of gaining enough of a currency which is continually slipping through your hands through the countless ways Big Business have learned to manipulate us into spending what little we have on shit we often don't need, coupled with the debasement issue caused by the expansion of the global money supply The traditional long held belief system is just an illusion.

The only real way to make money is to be smarter than the rest, Cheat / Steal and or work incredibly hard.
If the tax man doesn't get you or the long arm of the law doesn't reach you and taps on your shoulder then maybe your in with a decent than average shot at making it..

Furthermore, often in life its not what you know its who you know. This definitely applies in the workplace and in very helpful if in business..

The true way to became wealthy is to master your emotions, Love to be fulfilled with life simple pleasures. Be humble & Learn to live within your means. Don't become over leveraged (Not in regards to a trading position) I mean there is only "X" number of hours in a day, You only have "X" percent of alert and focused windows of productivity in any given day. Dont over extend yourself, and learn your limits.

Its important to have drive and clarity of vision. Its important to Dream, but dreams that are actually attainable. Break your Dream(s) down into smaller Goals One goal short term, next goal mid term another goal long term.. You will stand a better change of actually achieving something this way.

If you have Luck on your side and a decent set of genes you stand a good chance of making it.

FYI: I Have been wealthy, I have been Poor, I have been Rich & everything in-between BUT Without your Health you aint shit.

Stress kills you, Running a business whilst under tremendous pressures Almost killed me. Money is not everything, its a Tool; Treat it as such. The single best investment (After Bitcoin ofc) is to own your own Home/Car/Dog (or Cat) and a Partner who is suitable /compatible with you. Have a good Doctor/Dentist. learn to love yourself. the rest will follow and fall into place.

Words of wisdom right there.. Use them with my blessing and I hope you find what your looking for. Life is short before you know it the best parts are behind you. Live your life to its fullest!


-Maj

   

Hi All...

Here are my views on what is Happening to our World & Lives to our Political & Financial System(s)

Introduction

As recent history from the Global Financial Crisis of 2008/09 including the ongoing events of the Pandemic of 2019 has taught me to never take anything for granted, We live our lives on a knife edge in what seems like a Gravity defying balancing act, All whilst juggling with one hand tied firmly behind our backs.

It has shown me that the world in which I imagine is no longer as robust as I once thought. Furthermore, The probability that things can and will change on a dime, if not now, then in the very near future. If your one of the lucky one's who has not already been affected get prepared.

What We Need?
We need a new type of Politics, A New type of Language to be able to properly discuss the issues of the day and that of the future. We do not have a political party in my country who I feel speaks my language, literally! We basically have Two variants of the same thing. The policies of each are variants of the other, nothing is radical, which is what I believe is required in politics urgently.

We Need a Proper version of Capitalism, Not the current version we have today. Neo-libertarian, mixed Renter Capitalism Hybrid cocktail we call Capitalism now. Actual Free Markets No State handouts to the Uber Wealthy or based on which Oxbridge university you went to.  

What I See/Feel & Experience

Currently, I see that there is a distinct line between the Generations. Almost purposefully divided.

Generally, speaking in approximation we see the Boomer generations as being one cohort and then we have Generation Z and Millennials as being in another cohort, A portion of which have embraced a world in which they have adopted an increasingly more Decentralised & Digital world.

We then have a portion of the cohort still stuck in a system where they believe its a good idea to have a close to zero yielding savers account and were taught to believe that saving pays (which would have been correct 15-20yrs ago when there was actual decent interest rates).

Next, we have the remainder of the groups who still TRUST the current legacy Analogue Governance system

This group continues to hold on to the belief that... "Things will get better under our watch", BUT "You must continue to vote for us and we promise in return for your vote We will provide: Job security, provide you with material wealth and ensure you continue to have a roof over your head."  <== This should be standard by Default not conditional.

**Only one of the above, of which, is the current direction of travel. A system that is Flexible and is not Monolithic & Decentralised by nature.**

At All Costs

From my limited observations of our Governance structure/Systems of democracy and just as importantly the Language of Politics today is quite simply outdated and needs a Radical new approach to help fix what the current systems were Designed to protect at all costs:
TOTAL POWER  - For the select few at the very top
ABSOLUTE CONTROL - Over Anything and Everything and insist on trying to dictate to absolute minutiae of every single personal decision made in one's life.

There Seems to be an ever increasing encroachment INTO our lives from either the State OR the Law.  There is a growing "Feeling" of unease & discontent that we are no longer totally in control of our own lives.
There needs to be a point where self sovereignty becomes the norm not the exception.
We Must be allowed to succeed fairly (and fail) without bias.
We are like Supplicants, Slowly But surely being decommissioned, That we are easily replaceable and are being Set aside as we wait for the next generation to replace us.
We feel that we do not have any real Security or Predictability in our own lives.


We have people today who work a +50hr working week and are still not earning enough to move above the poverty line..! How is this fair?
I am not talking about some Latin American despot regime here I'm talking about a western G7 Economy; One of the Wealthiest economies in the World and yet we continue to see Deprivation, people who are Deeply unhappy and Socioeconomically Deprived, With Only very limited access to the most basic of services which often are not even located in their own communities, making them inaccessible to practically the majority of those who these services are supposed to be for with no prospects of being able to "Enhance their lives"

We have one of the first times since records started [1990's] of Life expectances shows to be actually falling/reducing, The exact opposite of where it should be heading.

I could continue listing all these issues we have heard countless times before and have still had nothing been done about it... BUT I WONT...


Causality

It all boils down to a couple of root causes/issues with clear causality (cause & effect)

- We live in a Economy built on state handouts, Handouts to the Super wealthy which means these handouts are going to the people who need it the LEAST and the people who need it the MOST get the crumbs that fall from the top tables above, maybe a little extra TAX on top to continue to hold them down more.

The people who are shouting the loudest about People in receipt of benefits, continue to repeat the same old rhetoric:  "Sitting around all day doing Drugs/Drinking/Gambling" or that having any state hands outs as being a bad thing as they will.. ..Just waste it.

Trickle down economics was/is a Lie. Nothing substantial ever trickles down and whatever token amounts that does manage to fall through the gaps is worth Half as much as what if once did as prices were already inflated by the people at the very top of the ladder frontrunning asset purchases before those at the bottom runs of the ladder even manage to get a look in.


These are the Very SAME people who themselves are GETTING THE LARGEST OF ALL HANDOUTS DIRECLY FROM .GOVS.
 
These come in the form of government "Handouts" via Defence contracts or Contracts for PPE or Tax breaks for XYZ.. This is how the wealth Income gap has opened up, Not only opened up but massively accelerated between the people who "Have" when compared to the people who "Have Nothing"

Rentier-Capitalism I urge you to check out this link to Prof. Guy Standing work "The Precariat Under Renter Capitalism"
 https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/STANDING-The-Precariat-under-Rentier-Capitalism-for-INET.pdf

This is just One tiny aspect to what is clearly happening..

- Currency Debasement .. How the value of mine and your money is being devalued (DEBASED)
Government's, Just like the average citizen are up to the necks in Debt.  The key difference is that Governments (Incl. Big Business) gain access to cheap or very close to cost free Liquidity via close to Zero percent Interest rates in various form. Govs can issue Bonds, T-Note Guilt, Bund etc. and promise to repay in 10, 20, 30yrs at a specific amount OR they can embark on Quantitative Easing "QE" which is where they Literally Print more money and/or add a few more "Zero's" to Treasury acct balances to raise that said stimulus. The problem here is that
1) How to repay after borrowing?
2) What happens to this liquidity after its been passed onto Businesses/institutions at close to Zero percent = In the Price of Asset Increasing/Ballooning Look at the Housing Market today!
3) The value of our money becomes Less valuable, If the .Gov has just added 10%/20% extra Liquidity to the system That means there is a direct effect on the value our same £10 or £20 note as it becomes proportionally less valuable when compared to before they printed that money AKA Currency Debasement
4) The compounding affect arises when you take the expansion of the Money Supply, adding to this the Increase in Asset prices, coupled with the costs of real world inflations multiplied by the costs of Years worth of Austerity makes for a pretty bleak picture for some and a Terrible reality for the majority..  


Solutions

There are a couple of methods and differing approaches which could help address some of these very real issues.
Firstly, This one is pretty fkin simple: PAY PEOPLE A REAL LIVING WAGE AND OFFER REAL JOB SECURITY!

Second, Stop debasing our Currency.
 
Third: Reduce the size of government. IMHO I believe it is to large, to inefficient and most of governments roles can already be replaced by not for profits OR even look into implementing the principles of DAO's/Smart Contracts

Fourth: Begin to TAX some of the Wealthiest top 0.01% NOW, not next year
I'm not even calling for Radical tax reform but rather just to apply Tax fairly now and get that into our Local services and peoples pockets

Fifth: Provide some kind of Universal Basic income Not a crazy amount just enough to allow people to actually live their lives not worrying about if they should Heat their homes or Eat some food. (This is pretty radical But not that far fetched from what is already going on ATM IMO)
 
[cite]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precariat
https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/STANDING-The-Precariat-under-Rentier-Capitalism-for-INET.pdf
https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/life-expectancy-at-birth.htm

Hi,

2022 Will be the year of Digital Currencies/Stablecoin(s) and Institutional Investments => Q1 2022 This will be the year nation states begin their own adoption of "Crypto" & CBDC etc.

Furthermore:

There are many other projects which will require computational resources to power their chains AFTER or IF ETH switches to PoS. It may not happen until 2024 maybe!
Whether it be CPU/GPU/FPGA/ASIC there will be a demand. ETHASH is not the only algo's in town, currently one of the most profitable but not the only minable project.
That being said Hash has already started to drift away to other networks, You can see this on-chain.

Lets not forget The same vibes were being felt when ASIC's were made Publicly available for ETHASH..
The words around the camp fire were just like this thread.. What will this mean for GPU miners. etc.. The same what happened then will apply after ETH goes to PoS, Both will coexist!

GPU mining WILL be around for a long time IMHO. Maybe not on ETH but there are a Plethora of other chains crying out for good old quality GPU hashrate.

FYI. There is nothing stopping GPU miners from mining #Bitcoin over on 2Miners or selling raw hash over on NiceHash as example.
In my experience, not that its worth terribly much BUT if you have a resource that is in demand ON BOTH SIDES of the Equation you will have it Supplied/Balanced.
    (GPU Miners Offering the power / Project Offering the reward) <== Will almost certainly be the case./

My Second point is a bit more forward looking which involves taking a look at the direction of travel for methods of computation in the future and also how the inflow of outside investment besides the VC front will dictate (to a large extent) what will happen with crypto mining, and is as follows:
 
- Short of quantum computers becoming onstream / mainstream there is no real hurry/rush, There is progress on this front Alphabet and Canadian D-Wave plus I think GM all have their own Quantum machines. (Correct me if I am wrong) This will be a sizable shift in how networks are secured/considered secured. But I think we are talking years out here if indeed is feasible
 
- The true and very real threat to Cryptocurrency mining will be and IS coming from the ESG front, Especially, now we have the influx of Large institutions who's shareholders demand Greener/Sustainable investments. Meaning: PoW mining powered by coal fired power plants to run inefficient ASIC's/GPU's is unsustainable.. That is the narrative now which I expect will continue to expand as more larger players enter this scene soon, like now!

Main take away points is: Keep calm, Nothing to see here.. Move along and Carry on Mining..

--POW Miner to the end
 

IGNORE THAT LINK ABOVE

There is No Ver 6 of PHOENIX Miner

@der][meister RE:6900XT I just stumbled on morepowertools RED BIOS EDITOR and MorePowerTool for Polaris, Navi and Big Navi – MPT 1.3.7 Final (New)
Just getting reading now..

https://www.igorslab.de/en/red-bios-editor-and-morepowertool-adjust-and-optimize-your-vbios-and-even-more-stable-overclocking-navi-unlimited/ If interested.
Now, I know there is some life after RX580 bios / modding on Navi /Big Navi cards.. This seems like this tool mods the powertables (in memory) as opposed to flashing the BIOS I maybe wrong tho.. will see.. Research continues.. 

Note, I have Samsung GDDR6 Memory So ,this is great news, idk if these cards come in any other flavour memory chips like my old 580's Hynix/Micron/Elphidia/Samsung..

Now to get these thing running on PhoenixMiner.

jaboneb, So you figured out how to click a link? How's that working out for you.



Hi @PhoenixMiner #v5.9

Quick question about :

So, Say on GPU fail watchdog kicks in and triggers the reboot.bat, Rig reboots and autorun miner_start.bat launches the miner again; loads up the config.txt. <If -resetoc enabled> Does this setting mean that the OC settings in the config.txt will be ignored? Another word will it run the cards at stock regardless of what settings are in the config.txt.?

OR does this setting work <If -resetoc is enabled> by clearing any previous OC settings BEFORE launching the actual mining config and running the process THEN reapplies the clocks/mem & voltage settings from config.txt / clocks.txt and resume.
Like, clear any previous settings then reapply??

- Final question about -resetoc,  Can this be applied per GPU or ALL detected under "-d 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11"

How would you apply this settings to manage a rig.. Can you describe how to apply this and the order of priority in the config.txt file what takes precidance over the clocks Ive set vs. the -resetoc setting.
Thanks.

UPDATE
GPU's ARRIVED today I'm just prepping to load them into my frames.

Man These 6900XT's are monsters!
Wil post speeds/config once sorted and any tweaking /tools/guides I can manage to find.

Hey der][meister
Agreed..  Yeah I will get a little back regards ROI.  Time is nearing for the ETH2 PoS and will be time to look for new POW to mine Maybe ETC/RVN.. OR simply Power down operation and wait OR SELL as already ROI'ed (Excluding the x6900XT's I can keep and repurpose Or sell at current market rate). 
- I'm going to mine with them and retire my OLD R9 290X 4GB (or 8GB I forget ) in my Dev machine and slam one of the 6900XT's into there, Continue Mining with the other..  This is another option.

Regarding ROI in general My Rigs have done like ~2.5x - 3x ROI since 2017 , So, i'm Up..

Already Purchased!.. Shipping Here Monday (Tomoz) I am learning about ML/Deep learning.. and Rendering Mining on the 6900XT's will be Primary role initially but then I can use as test bench *almost* as their secondary role...


I have a partial off-grid type setup Power is Renewable/Not main concern Although, It is a concern if you get my meaning.. But I hear yeah you...

Hummm... Okay.. TBH, I assumed there would be something out there for the 6900XT.. I need to DMyOR on this one..
 

Ok... Yeah, I did think about doing it in a similar way prior to purchase But space is at a premium which was one of my concerns. I could return one of the 6900XT's and swap for a RTX3800 [without LHR] (maybe add a couple of hundred to get 3900 for the tensor cores)

Yeah I hear you.. These 6900XT's were purchased from a position of profits, So, its kind of fked up how I look at this BUT to me these are Free cards.. I know, I know far from it.. but cost me Zero, in real terms Profits from Mining & Trading, this is looked at like CapEx spend for Q1 2022 lol..

It is a Hobby turned into a profitable little enterprise. Make ends meet Plus some..

Ok, So Im based in the UK and ambient temps are currently 19Deg C. To paint a better picture These 4 Now 5th RX580 NITRO+ SE are on the bottom row of a dual row 12GPU Aluminium open air case (Stackable with a rig Above and a rig to the right Hand side.)  As I add more to the Rig I expect temps to climb but as it stands the temps posted *Currently* have lots of breathing room... Once I fully complete populating the rig a row will sit above the row where these are situated now.  (LONG way to say I expect the heat to climb.. AND , I expect there to be a hotspot between the external 2 cards on each side and the 2 gpu's in the middle...  LOL)

 
Ok, Yeah I think there is still room to do a little (*Lot* more) tweaking..
 
Most definitely.. PhoenixMiner has done a cracking job AND TBH I can see that as Diff has climbed they are keeping pace ... I almost guarantee I can make some efficiencies/savings if I take another look at the BIOS mods again OR that amdtweektool to actually find the sweet spot for the timing straps. As IMSMR I used the Polaris Editor just cloned the straps timings from the strap above. NO real effort was made at the time to really "trim the fat", kind of thing.. It was more of a "Wham! bang thank you mam" kind of job.. An area to take another look at and deep dive for sure...   


All in all I've added in another card and am running this in now and adjusting in incremental changes.. I can see that there is still plenty of room to bring the power draw down.

Thanks for the feedback and good points to consider/re-evalaute  der][meister

RIG REBUILD
Ok, Update:
Miner_Ver: Phoenix Miner v5.8c
OS: Win10 x64 Pro
RAM 32GB DDR4
ASUS Mining Expert 19pcie (Really only 13pcie + 6 pcie used for p106's cards)
 
I have rebuilt my rig & gave everything a good clean during rebuild. New GPU Raisers ver009's And now latest ver10x (2021 editions) New GPU Thermal pads/New GPU Fans (Lot of work)..

I partially rebuilt my rig then discovered there was a fault *somewhere* which I was then forced to disassemble to locate the cause of offending malfunction.  Problem turned out to be a Faulty Memory Module of RAM, I may have caught /knocked during the break down/service..

Anyway, I decided that the current PSU(s) EVGA1600T2 + HX1200 was not sufficient to power my rig (As I'm adding x2 6900 XT Monday =)
 
So, I decided to go with a new Corsair AX1600i Paired with the EVGA 1600 T2 (Have the HX1200 as a redundant PSU maybe Ill run a raiser from it.. Will see how we go regards power draw)

This addition of AX1600i should give me more headroom and not over burden the PSU's
 
I'm still testing but I should be able to get at least one of the 6900XT's in and *If required* use the old HX1200 as the Third PSU for the rig to keep my power profile all within specs.

Hopefully, the power draws will all be balanced over the rig's PSU's and  running within the optimal spec for each of the PSU Units to hit the 94% Titanium 80Plus Ratings (or as close as possible)

Each Raiser is connected to 6-pin direct to PSU (No 6Pin - SATA Connections Just asking for trouble)
Some of the larger 8-Pin ATX connections which uses the thicker 16AWG I have Spit to power 2 raisers. ~150w max draw 75w on each raiser (Well within specs)

x10 RX580 8GB (185 TDP + 75w Raisers = 260w)
System @ Idle ~240w-260w peek boot draw reading were off the wall.
Im still digging in to locate the detailed specs from Sapphire for the x6900XT's to see their TDP 300w *I think* (Based on 1x 6-pin + 2x 8-pin) connections.

(Amps X Volts = Watts)  (+20% (520w) Headroom.)

This is what I really wanted to share with you guys.. These hashrates from some of the RX580's 34.2MH/s @ ~92w Stable!!!!  (x4 GPU rig pulling only 620w from the wall !)
I Think this can be improved too..

Feel free to take a Look at screenshot.
RX580 x4 Stable @ 34.2MH/s - Update: Now ~17hrs into this run Stable!.

https://imgur.com/rZxc1ht
[img=https://imgur.com/rZxc1ht]https://imgur.com/rZxc1ht[/img]

RFC
===

Request for Comments regarding running the X2 RX 6900 XT SE OC on the same system as the x580's

I don't know what I should do regarding modding the BIOS'es *Yet* as I had done with my Polaris v20 cards.
- Maybe If I just tune my rig .config using stock BIOS(es) first to get them running stable alongside the RX580's THEN look at Bios/Memory modifying, et al. .

Regarding Phoenix Miner v5.9c<== The Release Candidate I did run this prios to rebuilding this rig and it gave me shit BUT I cant 100% confirm if it was due to My broken rig or Buggy Beta version..
If anybody can give me some suggestions regarding this keeping in mind that i want to if at all possible have the RX580's and 6900XT's running from the same rig.
- Maybe run 2 separate instances of Phoenix Miner (One for the 580's one for the 6900XT's..)

Thanks in advance All..
Feedback / suggestions welcomed

Update.. I discovered I had a burned out pin on one of my Sata>6-pin > raiser connector.
It was intermittent in the fact that it was still powering the raiser/card. gpu2 -- gpu2 was the one always giving me shit and craping out.. Now I know why..
(Lesson learned using shady SATA to 6-pin raiser connectors, Only using the one connection which I will now be switching out..! )
Hopefully this is the source of ALL the instability.. )

@dazmann, Thanks for pointers.. Ive been running this rig since 2017. But since re-format/clean wipe Its getting to grips with how it once was, if you catch my meaning..
Ill slowly tinker away get it humming right again..

@thienduc2, Yeah cheers for that mate.. That's what I just worked up to now after multiple DDU clean uninstallers AMD Clean etc..
-> Adrenalin v20.8.1 <- This used to be what I was running before

@defoto -- Frickin Legend..
I mean Like Yeah I had my rigs rocking But lately since I switched it up All ive been hitting is BSOD TDR Errors..
TYVM for the pointers.. 



I'll be sure to double check/test -mt <n>

FYI: I modded all my BIOS'es I need to recheck them all again.. Re-flash maybe.. Also look into maybe applying amdtweek settings (its a job Ive been putting off, FWIK: it kind of injects dynamically the -vmr timings plus a whole host of other tweaks you can apply if one were so inclined. Phoenix already does great job as is... )

This is the type of Intel I require.. Black ops shit right here.. Sorted ..  Cheers my dude..

@Swogerino Yep, sound advise.. unless in the OP or up on Official site stay well away from any links posted in here.
BUT if you dig a little deeper under ./beta/Phoenixminerv5.9... Beta folder -> https://phoenixminer.info/downloads/beta/

Sup, So PhoenixMiner ver's 5.6-5.8 are driving me crazy.. (Just about to test 5.9beta)


MY QESTION IS: Which is the best drivers to use for each of the Phoenix Miner Releases in order from Ver 5.5 onwards please..?

- A Follow up question would be, What is the best most reliable version of drivers to use on the 5.9beta release? Will I be safe with Adrenalin 21.10.2 OR should I go back to Adrenalin 20.8.1 ??

RIG SPECS


CPU:         i7-7700K
RAM:         8GB
MOBO:      ASUS B250 Mining Expert - Loaded Bios Optimised Defaults. Pcie link > Gen 1, etc..
PSU:         x2 EVGA 1600w T2 Platinum/Titanium (I forget)
RAISERS:  I just replaced All my GPU Raisers to the newer 009s Plus BLACK EDITION
OS:           Win10 x64 Pro [Clean format]
GPUs        RX580 8GB: x2 RX580 8GB Nitro+ (Hynix), x6 Nitro SE RX580 8GB (Samsung), x1 Power Devil RX580 8GB (Micron), x1 Asus ROG RX580 8GB (Hynix)



**Current** Drivers: Adrenalin 19.8.2 Beta

Tweeks: Applied Win10Tweeks.bat and done all the usual tweaks (Win update OFF etc..)

Set: Windows ENV_MEM Initial 60000mb > 88000mb


I am trying to pin down why my rig RXRig (x10 RX580's) keeps throwing errors and/or having the following issues:

I have managed to have a run of about 6hrs then another run for like 12hrs But crashing/BSOD not able to auto_restart miner from shell:startup > miner_start.bat

** Timeout Detection Recovery atikmpag.sys / atikmdag.sys VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE - TDS_BSOD errors.?

I had noticed a big jump in Temps, causing -tstop or -ttli to kick in.. Usually, my cards idle around hi 50's - to low - 60C deg C. (-tt 60)
** Higher than normal stale shares.
** -clKernel 1
** I use -altinit and -mi 12

** The issues began on v5.8c 

I have two separate config's called from 2 different batch scripts depending on time of year/temperature outside

1) Standard config -mt 0
2) Winter (RXBoost config) config -mt 0 -vmr 25 -strap 1 -vmdag 1

All cards are now on -cclock 1150/850mv-900mv  -mclock-2100-2150:900-925mv
I have down clocked my cards and undervolted

I was initially was running a stable -mclock 2170 on gpu's Samsung/Hynix/Micron cards (Mixed) ALL Were stable @ -mclock 2170 between 875-925mv voltages, with a range of -cclocks 1150,1170,1240,1150... etc... STABLE upto version PhoenixMiner v5.8

Now I have formatted my Rig to clean slate. I am running through all the various things I can think of to figure out why my rig keeps crashing.
Current testing on PNX Miner v5.6d - > 5.7 with Adrenalin 19.8.2 Beta drivers..

If still no luck I will bump up to last stable set of drivers 20.8.1 and repeat the testing steps. But as it stands. v5.8 really threw a wrench in the rig and cannot get it to run stable now at all..
Any suggestions would be appreciated...

Cheers Maj

You can find beta versions and other files are found here https://github.com/PhoenixMinerDevTeam/files
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Thanks for that pointer guys

PheonixMiner should/Need's to update the OP...

Sup,


Just catching up on past couple of pages on this thread I noticed a few references to version of PM which to my knowledge DO NOT EXIST

>> OFFICIAL PM Repo:-  https://github.com/PhoenixMinerDevTeam/PhoenixMiner/releases

The Latest Release = PhoenixMiner 5.5c @PhoenixMinerDevTeam released this on Mar 8 <===  (Not 6.6 NOT 5.6b)

Correct me if I'm wrong or have missed a secret drop?..

Cheers,

-Maj

mram2k FAKE


Dont download that fake miner above

ONLY OFFICIAL MINER IS IN THE OP 1st PAGE

@PheonixMiner

Ahh right ok..  Good to know that the suggestion on ability to track pool latency in terms of either ping or as you outline by tracking avg. share time is being considered in the "Nice to have" List and MAYBE in a forthcoming release ..
Agreed, its on the "crossing the boundary between miner, and rig management software" as opposed to a purely miner feature per se, idk like when compared to talking about optimisation of kernels for example..

Anyway PheonixMiner, thanks for reply on this. I'm excited to see what comes next.
I really hope your able to maintain support AND continued development of this project.
Its the best in its field..


E.g
This rig [stats below] uptime is like ~90hrs
My other RX580 Rig's AND my 1070's rig have been up now for like 2 weeks - PheonixMiner is rock solid.!

RX580 RIG001

POWER DRAW / FANS / TEMP

Im trying to figure out a way *if possible at all ** to track pool reply times / stratum get_work response times - if, for example, it takes grater than >100ms from current pool port But at the same time whilst tracking ping reply from the other pool ports are <100ms =40ms (faster) then get the miner to switch to the faster pool port to continue mining.

..in a nutshell monitor real-time (or on average) pool ping/latency times..

My observations is that during the late evening /early hrs morning (my time) they deprioritize traffic coming from .EU region and ping times climb, Then when they have more activity over in .ch time pings drop. along these lines,  similar to that effect.

I haven't manged to track all their ports in-depth but cursory observations confirm this.
To date the best way I have to do this is to restart the miner on the new port when I see my stales counts climb.
But since this requires me to monitor rig console then it can be inefficient as I do need some sleep

Perhaps a way to look at this is to track the stale's report count and if it goes over the set threshold then trigger miner to swap ports.. As opposed to actually tracking stratum-ping times with hat utility i posted a few pages back in this thread maybe this could be one approach to skin the same cat sort of speak.

interested to get feedback/suggestions/tip's/ideas.
cheers

Excellent.. I've just got to wrap my head around how best to implement the calls and if possible figure out how to automate based on some kind of triggers.
**if possible **
Constantly monitor pool ping latency times and then if fall outside agreed spec then switch up pools -- That's basically my challenge.
Thanks for excellent pointer tho much appreciated !

Yeah, clKernel 3  its uses double memory.. now if your running gpu with 16GB Memory i assume you would be fine.. but if like me alll my cards are 8GB and the ETH DAG is a little of 4GB for clKernel 3 to unpack the dag acrosss all your rig's gpu's i guess to work in dual thread mode is how I imagine it works on a 8GB system your out of luck.  But that's not to say its impossible for it to run in clKernel 3 as I have managed to get my rig to run partial clKernel 3

i.e

clKernel 1,1,1,3,3,1,1,1,3,3

specifying for each gpu until the miner fails to initialize / generate the dag's.

As for further reading I stumbled on a similar issue whilst mining XMR. (Cryptonote/Night) before change to (RandomX) *I Think it was XMRig* i forget which miner it was but if memory serves me right there was some info on it over on their (github) miner repo..

If you like I'll dig through my collection of old miners/tools to see what miner it was and then I can look for the repo which contained the info i think you require on how miners handles the kernel / bins. Im sure it was xmrig or xmrminer.. (I forget, but can check ..)


* It could be in here (https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-amd/blob/master/README.md#usage)
* Old Claymore's XMR Miner Here (https://github.com/nanopool/Claymore-XMR-Miner)

OR deep in back of memory maybe it was sgminer where I read something about clKernel and Kernel handling / types....

HTH's