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Board CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware
Re: Issues with 2 GPU setup: 7790 + 5870 (invalid nonce - HW error)
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plonk420
on 29/05/2013, 07:49:17 UTC
how about bitcoin? that's all i'm mining.

edit: i've tried all the way back to 2.6.6 and i'm still getting errors. tried 1 gpu thread and intensity 1 and 2. still no improvement. looked at shaders, but it looks like it's LTC only.
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Board Beginners & Help
Re: New in town need some help with cgminer
by
plonk420
on 29/05/2013, 06:55:59 UTC
imo, just get a 6 slot mobo (fill with 7790s) and good power supply (GPUs should be 480-540 watts without OCing) and you're at the same price as just the 7990 before PSU and mobo. plus they're a lot easier to get ahold of and get replacements for.
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Board CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware
Re: Issues with 2 GPU setup: 7790 + 5870 (invalid nonce - HW error)
by
plonk420
on 29/05/2013, 06:45:47 UTC
Your driver/cgminer is bugged... Just try reloading the "saved" card profile, and restart the miner program.
what do you mean "saved" card profile?

Using any single 16x slot may make it 16x... but using both, may degrade them to 8x each... or only one is 16x, the other turns into 8x... etc... (Less bus-speed/volume)

Could also be that a pin has "dust" on it, thus, no contact... or the card is not completely seated right... (pin touching two contacts, or not touching "enough".)

the 5870 slot runs at 4x (which someone i know from IRC says should even run a 5970 just fine). i'll have to play with thread and other settings, i guess.

would i be getting 94+% accepted shares if it was a bad pin connection?

cgminer 3.1.1 seems to have this issue for me on random gpu's too, it happens over time after hours of mining, randomly start to get HW errors - invalid nonce.
I went back to older cgminer version and problem went away...
what's a good version? (or at least for you)

also, thanks for the suggestions!
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Board CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware
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Issues with 2 GPU setup: 7790 + 5870 (invalid nonce - HW error)
by
plonk420
on 28/05/2013, 11:30:30 UTC
to save some power, i added a 7790 to my 5870 for a mini dual card setup.

it pretty much seemed to take an OS reload to even get just the 7790 working (and THAT didn't even work until i manually installed OpenCL via the MSI file from the CD that came with the card).

after a fair bit of uninstalling and reinstalling, i finally got the cards to even show OpenCL support in GPU-Z (i think it took the ULPS registry entry to do this). however, even then, all clients were crashing: CGMiner and BFGMiner; GUIMiner won't even start.

FINALLY, after i put the 7790 in the top PCI-e slot (out of 2 16x-length slots), would *anything* get a result: CGMiner, however, the 5870 only gives "invalid nonce - HW error." the 7790 works just fine. and all the other apps still only crash.

my most recent fix attempt included hooking the monitor to the 5870, it's exactly the same.

i'm at a loss.

any ideas?

currently running
Athlon II X4 630 on GA-970A-D3
Mushkin 2x1GB DDR3-1333
Server 2008 R2 x64
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 watt
CCC 13.5 beta (but also most recently tested on either "12.101.2" (whatever came on the disc) or 12.101.2.1-130416a from the website--i can't remember)

a side note just to verify the GPU doesn't seem faulty: Furmark works on the 7790 as well as the 5870.



additional finding while waiting for my ability to post:

i got finally Phoenix2 working alongside CGMiner, but the hashrate is 10m/hashes lower than it should be, but more concerningly, i'm getting ~3-6% rejections (CGminer has 0.3%). it would also be nice to be able to use just 1 app.
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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: [ANN] Bitcoin blockchain data torrent
by
plonk420
on 28/05/2013, 11:23:34 UTC
it's a pity the torrent isn't 7zipped...

could the next iteration of it be compressed?

edit: i wouldn't mind seeding it on my seedbox, either.
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Board Beginners & Help
Re: CGminer - Invalid Nonce - HW error
by
plonk420
on 28/05/2013, 09:39:03 UTC
.conf is a configuration file for the app. kinda like a .ini for a windows app.
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Board Beginners & Help
Re: CGminer - Invalid Nonce - HW error
by
plonk420
on 28/05/2013, 04:30:28 UTC
i started with intensity dynamic and 8 (my usual). just now i tested 13 with -g 2 and worksize 256, but it still crashed.

ah well, i'm NEARLY back to my normal hashes with Phoenix2 (5870) and CGMiner (7790). just 10 Mhashes short of 5870 by itself!
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Re: CGminer - Invalid Nonce - HW error
by
plonk420
on 28/05/2013, 03:56:47 UTC
--worksize 256 -g 2 crashes CGminer, as does --worksize 256. -g 2 simply brings back the Invalid nonce
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Re: CGminer - Invalid Nonce - HW error
by
plonk420
on 27/05/2013, 22:27:05 UTC
i'm assuming i separate each card's settings with a comma like you do Intensity?
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Board Beginners & Help
Re: CGminer - Invalid Nonce - HW error
by
plonk420
on 27/05/2013, 21:32:59 UTC
changing to what settings?
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Board Beginners & Help
Re: CGminer - Invalid Nonce - HW error
by
plonk420
on 27/05/2013, 21:22:13 UTC
i can't do that as i'm attempting to also mine with a 7790 :/
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Re: Bitcoin as a savings account
by
plonk420
on 27/05/2013, 19:58:35 UTC
I'm sorry to hear about your situation. As many have already stated, while a physical paper (laminated) wallet is a good way to keep your bitcoins secure, "betting the farm" on a savings of strictly bitcoin is probably not the smartest move right now. If you have a coinbase account, two-factor authentication is another good way to get that "warm fuzzy". All you need is an app called "Authy" - research it at www.coinbase.com if you've never heard of this before.

I wish you the best my friend.


you don't even need an app. you can use an SMS for two-factor.
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Re: CGminer - Invalid Nonce - HW error
by
plonk420
on 27/05/2013, 19:52:52 UTC
i'm getting this, too, on a dual card setup
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Board Beginners & Help
Re: How long until I can post outside the newbie area?
by
plonk420
on 27/05/2013, 19:38:45 UTC
there's a time restriction, too?

ugh, i've been "using" the board for months ;/

possibly even 1.5 years, but i dont' remember what i did when i first started out
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Board Beginners & Help
Re: Counters in pool websites - what do they mean?
by
plonk420
on 27/05/2013, 19:34:38 UTC
what does the client say?

if you google "mining hardware comparison litecoin" the github table seems to indicate 345-350 should be normal
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Board Beginners & Help
Re: New in town need some help with cgminer
by
plonk420
on 27/05/2013, 19:30:06 UTC
you should probably mine in a pool.

edit: oops, missed second post. but yes, i echo that.
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Board Beginners & Help
Re: What is the point of 5 worthless posts?
by
plonk420
on 27/05/2013, 19:27:11 UTC
at least there's no BTC charge like the .it wiki site ;/