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Re: [ANN] NiceHash.com - innovative professional cryptocurrency cloud mining service
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smtn512
on 05/09/2014, 03:21:49 UTC
So I'm in the process of setting up multialgo with westhash, and have a question I didn't see a solid answer to in the FAQ:   I know the multiport section on the homepage shows a "normalized" value (normalized to scrypt I believe), if I want to set a price parameter, can I use a normalized value for all algos or will I need to set a specific one for each individual algo?
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Re: [OPEN] Darkbids.com the Darkcoin Auction and Market
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smtn512
on 24/06/2014, 05:59:53 UTC
Not trolling... But why is so much personal information required* just to bid on auctions? Anonymity is what attracts many to Darkcoin, and this just seems like you're working against the grain... I can get the same thing done on other crypto auction sites (not mentioning names because I'm not here to shill) while only providing shipping info for physical goods on an as needed basis. Great site, and if I can bid and post auctions without providing so much info I will definitely use it.
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Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ASIC Resistant
by
smtn512
on 23/06/2014, 04:31:09 UTC
Is anyone else having trouble accessing darkcointalk.org?

Yes there is a problem with SSL certificates, for me it was just in Safari. On one machine I fixed it by removing the certificates, but it doesn't seem to work on my others. Try Firefox.

Odd... I'm on an android tablet, can't get the forum on any browser but Firefox. But at least I found it works there. Thanks!
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: [ANN] sgminer with X11/X13/Nist5/Quark/Anime kernels compatible 14.6 amd drivers
by
smtn512
on 23/06/2014, 04:26:57 UTC



I found the opencl files in AMD folder inside \Packages\Drivers\Display\WB6A_INF\B171094 (after decompressing the 14.6 driver package without installing it, or with 7zip)
I don't know which are needed, so I copied everything that had "opencl" or "amdocl" in the filename into the sgminer folder (8 files, dlls & exes).
Deleted all previous bins, and now it's even better (+3%) than using the bins from 14.6 (I have 14.4 drivers installed).

Did this... 14.4 drivers with 14.6 opencl files in sgminer folder. Msi 7790s up from 1.17mh to 1.62mh. Sapphire 270s up from 2mh to 2.72mh. If anyone is interested in my configs I'll post them upon request.

I use a 7790 (seven-seven-nine-zero, a bit weak I know, but only ~70W).
With 14.6 it went from 1.2MH/s to 1.8MH/s but with locked memory clock (core clock not locked).
I removed 14.6, kept the .bin files, reinstalled 14.4 and everything is fine.
If I recreate the .bin with 14.4 I get my old low hashrates again...



Yes these little things are great power savers, and they run so cool...wish I had bought more last December when they were .1btc each. I'm very curious to know whats in your 1.8mh config...

I have a gigabyte 7790 with 1Gb GDDR5. Core @1150 Mem @1200 (for less heat)
I'm getting 1.830 MH/s and 0.027 WU/m (currently at fractalcoin)
This is my conf. It's nothing special...

Code:
]
,
"xintensity" : "100",
"vectors" : "1",
"worksize" : "128",
"kernel" : "x11mod",
"thread-concurrency" : "8000",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"gpu-threads" : "4",
"gpu-engine" : "1150",
"gpu-memclock" : "1200",
"queue" : "2",
"scan-time" : "4",
"expiry" : "8",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"failover-only" : true
}

TC doesn't play such important role as in scrypt. I also use 8192 or 2048, without any significant change.
Memory clock also doesn't affect my rate much, so I keep it low to drop the temps.
You can also try more threads (6 or 8 ).
Q/S/E  based mostly on the coin and pool and my experience/hope/illusion/paranoia...

Update: After a full day of mining, the memory clock is again stuck at stock speed (1500).
I restarted the miner but its still stuck. I'm using djm34 version.
I switched to kozmos version (with bins from 14.6), and the clock is again working ok.
I think this is getting too confusing for me to follow...

From what I've read so far, it seems series 5xxx & 6xxx don't benefit as much by 14.6 or the new miners.

Update2:
If the 14.6 opencl files are in sgminer folder, when I run sgminer, mem clock gets stuck @ stock freq.
If I remove them (after I make the bins), then mem clock acts normal. Weird or not, it works.
I've tried this with both djm34 & kozmos versions for both x11 and x13...



Thanks for the follow up. The MSIs have never liked multiple GPU threads, on any algo... Tried it today with 2 threads and most of your settings and I did get into the 1.8mh range, but after a few hours a couple of cards just slumped down to 1.4mh for some reason. Clocks still the same, no proof of a driver crash but yet they slowed down, had to reboot to get full hashrate back...odd. I did change to Xi 100 and moved my clocks around some... Kept 1130/1400 1 thread per gpu which got them to 1.75mh each just fine holding 66C in a Texas garage with AC maintaining 30C (got tired of the rigs fighting my central air) each card pulling 65-70w total. Good enough for me!
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Re: [ANN][DRK] DarkCoin | First Anonymous Coin | First X11 | First DGW | ASIC Resistant
by
smtn512
on 23/06/2014, 04:04:41 UTC
Is anyone else having trouble accessing darkcointalk.org?
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: [ANN] sgminer with X11/X13/Nist5/Quark/Anime kernels compatible 14.6 amd drivers
by
smtn512
on 21/06/2014, 21:06:54 UTC



I found the opencl files in AMD folder inside \Packages\Drivers\Display\WB6A_INF\B171094 (after decompressing the 14.6 driver package without installing it, or with 7zip)
I don't know which are needed, so I copied everything that had "opencl" or "amdocl" in the filename into the sgminer folder (8 files, dlls & exes).
Deleted all previous bins, and now it's even better (+3%) than using the bins from 14.6 (I have 14.4 drivers installed).

Did this... 14.4 drivers with 14.6 opencl files in sgminer folder. Msi 7790s up from 1.17mh to 1.62mh. Sapphire 270s up from 2mh to 2.72mh. If anyone is interested in my configs I'll post them upon request.

I use a 7790 (seven-seven-nine-zero, a bit weak I know, but only ~70W).
With 14.6 it went from 1.2MH/s to 1.8MH/s but with locked memory clock (core clock not locked).
I removed 14.6, kept the .bin files, reinstalled 14.4 and everything is fine.
If I recreate the .bin with 14.4 I get my old low hashrates again...



Yes these little things are great power savers, and they run so cool...wish I had bought more last December when they were .1btc each. I'm very curious to know whats in your 1.8mh config...
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Claymore XPM GPU Miner discussion
by
smtn512
on 17/05/2014, 02:19:30 UTC
Any chance of seeing a diff 11 optimized miner soon? Finding a diff 10 share gives less than a 5% chance of actually being rewarded by the network now...
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: [GUIDE] GridSeed 5-Chip USB & Blade Miner Support/Tuning
by
smtn512
on 15/05/2014, 01:13:54 UTC
Sandor, ever since 0.9g, I'm getting the following message when connecting to MiningRigRentals. As you can see, the stratum server name also changes to some odd characters. Eventually, it says it cannot connect to stratum "http(null)". Not sure if it's an issue on my side or not

http://i.imgur.com/mSV3y1F.gif

Sandor, have you had a chance to look at this please? Something changed after 0.9f, I can't connect to MiningRigRentals with any of the latest versions. I think when they redirect the stratum connection to a different port, it fails?

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[2014-05-12 22:51:13] Stratum connection failed: Couldn't resolve host 'http(null)'
 [2014-05-12 22:51:13] ...retry after 5 seconds
Toxic0n, I've encountered a similar issue with my gblade, with 1.0a and b, on ltcrabbit.com. On a vardiff port, I was eventually pushed up to 512 diff and within hours, sometimes only minutes of hitting diff 512 I would get this connection issue. Ltcrabbit doesn't have any option for fixed difficulty, except a fixed 16 diff port. I've been using the 16 diff port for nearly 48 hours no with no issue at all. I'm looking for a good multipool that offers fixed diff settings now to test further... Hope this helps.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Claymore XPM GPU Miner discussion
by
smtn512
on 14/05/2014, 04:24:09 UTC
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Absolutely, I have 5 msi 7790s on claymore v8 right now, 3 solo and 2 on ypool. They are each getting ~64000 4ch/hr, and estimated 1.95 CPD. With 3 of them solo for the past 40 hours or so I've mined 2 blocks so far. Not officially supported but they work more than well IMO. My clocks are set to 1050/1000

I'm using msi too, just tried with default clocks for 2 hours, I'm getting 69000 4ch/hr, 1.98 CPD and still crawling up.
set the memory down not affecting mining speed?


My stats are virtually the same as yours, I just have 1 card that works a little slower and 10c hotter than the rest, my 4ch/hr is around 69000 for all the other cards. Clocking down memory does not appear to affect the work produced, just saves a little power and reduces heat. Although... I haven't hit another solo block since I dropped the memclock, I'm gonna believe that's just the luck factor right now. Watt usage seems to be around 75w/card.
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Claymore XPM GPU Miner discussion
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smtn512
on 13/05/2014, 18:01:18 UTC
Is it support lowend card like 7790 ? Huh

Absolutely, I have 5 msi 7790s on claymore v8 right now, 3 solo and 2 on ypool. They are each getting ~64000 4ch/hr, and estimated 1.95 CPD. With 3 of them solo for the past 40 hours or so I've mined 2 blocks so far. Not officially supported but they work more than well IMO. My clocks are set to 1050/1000
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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Claymore XPM GPU Miner discussion
by
smtn512
on 10/05/2014, 02:26:28 UTC
Anyone else having trouble downloading v7 from mega.co? I must have tried a hundred times by now, always gets stuck right before its finished... Anywhere else its hosted? Still stuck with v5 for now...


Edit: never mind.... But sucky that it worked for me in IE but no other browser at all...
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Board Mining support
Re: The Official LighteningAsic/GridSeed 5 Chip Setup Guide by UnicornHasher
by
smtn512
on 10/03/2014, 03:22:03 UTC
FYI: $232.94 shipped for a gridseed from ZoomHash with Discount Code UnicornHasher
(The discount box is on step 2 of 2 after you enter your shipping info)

http://i.imgur.com/y2Rn0JEm.png


NOW I find this >.<
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Re: The Official LighteningAsic/GridSeed 5 Chip Setup Guide by UnicornHasher
by
smtn512
on 05/03/2014, 03:52:59 UTC

I scripted 600-900 in 1,5,10,25,50,100 increments.  My units do 600 or 50m increments.

I have found that 750 - 850 is the best spot for clocks.

What is the issue running in dual mode in windows?  I can pull my unit out and test it all/ write up single unit dual mining if needed.  It'll be win7 64 bit.

Not sure there is an issue, just no reports of any users doing it >.> I don't have my units yet, they're still in the mail. Looking at your dual mode for linux writeup, looks like most of that info should be relevant to succeeding with dual mode in windows. My biggest concern with dual mining is amp draw on the PSU cables.... 


It really depends what mode you are running in. For scrypt only mode 3 plugs is actually way underpowered as you can get just about 20 devices @10W on a single PCIe cable.

The 18AWG wire can handle 10A and the minifit pins/housings are rated for 9A. Theoretically you can pull 9Ax12V=108W per wire pair. I would not push it that far but safely getting 80W per wire pair has been done ad infinum by miners. This gives 80W*3pairs=240W per PCIe cable.

Those numbers from the PCIe spec are really safe and are meant to protect the graphics card and motherboard which we will not be using in this instance.

According to this I would only be able to run 1 unit per wire pair (3 per pcie or 1 per molex) in dual mode, which drastically reduces the amount of devices I can put on a single machine. Or am I missing something?

If you decide to expand the writeup for dual mode in windows, I'll be sure to point some hash power towards your donation address once I've got everything running smoothly.
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Re: The Official LighteningAsic/GridSeed 5 Chip Setup Guide by UnicornHasher
by
smtn512
on 05/03/2014, 02:41:59 UTC


Single mode is 6W 12V .5A max 10W 12V .84A dual mode is 60w 12V 5A max 100W 12V 8.4A so I would say the 7AMP recommendation is SPOT ON for providing max needed power for dual mode!

So if you are running in Scrypt mode we can safely say 1Amp/1,000ma provided will be a standard number and plenty of power for scrypt mode.

Once cablez finalizes a standardized design he will be able to send out a lot of orders pretty quick.

Thanks for following up on this! Looks like I have a power supply in the junk bin that will at least get one of these running while Cablez hammers out a solution or I wire up some molex connectors myself. Would be nice if there was a working dual mode for Winblows (my rigs all run windows, I know...), but probably safer to not bother if I'm gonna wire these up myself. Looks like I just found a use for all these molex>pci connectors that come with GPUs. Now to find the soldering iron.... :-)

What is the sefest maximum OC to push this board to when just mining Scrypt? I have the miner hooked directly to my win64 pc since I can not get my hands on a powered usb hub at 10PM at night and just mining scrypt i have it at 850, is it safe to push it much higher??

I've seen users report using 900mhz, but most say 850 performs best. Seems everyone changes these in 50mhz increments, can they be changed in 25, 10mhz intervals or is 50mhz changes all they can accept?
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Re: The Official LighteningAsic/GridSeed 5 Chip Setup Guide by UnicornHasher
by
smtn512
on 05/03/2014, 02:04:44 UTC
I know I read it in one of the gridseed threads somewhere, but I cant seem to find it now. Can anyone tell me what the specific power requirements of a 5 chip Gridseed device is? Thanks.

?

The board says 100ma via USB and 12v (IDK amps) via the 2.5mm barrel plug.

All the power draws are in the power and freqs section of the OP.

Amps is what I'm trying to find, I think I read somewhere that a power supply for these should have 7 amps available, which sounds really high. Maybe 7 amps is for the whole 3Mh kit, when using dual mode. Thinking I'll just rig up a molex>barrel connector cable so I can plug these into the psu running the rig I plan to add them to. Unless Cablez can get me a cable in the mail real soon, but I'm betting he is pretty swamped at the moment.
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Re: The Official LighteningAsic/GridSeed 5 Chip Setup Guide by UnicornHasher
by
smtn512
on 04/03/2014, 22:20:42 UTC
I know I read it in one of the gridseed threads somewhere, but I cant seem to find it now. Can anyone tell me what the specific power requirements of a 5 chip Gridseed device is? Thanks.
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Re: THREE UNITS OPEN MINING NOW UnicornHasher 90 Days at 300+Kh/s Device & Hosting
by
smtn512
on 03/03/2014, 21:33:59 UTC
Three units are up for sale

.5BTC for the device with 90 days hosting.

Apologies for my stupid PM (if you didn't read it yet, don't bother), I obviously didn't manage to read the beginning of the thread. Most of my questions have been answered. Only questions remaining are: How much will the extra fee be for dual mining? And, do I pay shipping if I want the device to be shipped to me at the end of the hosting period, rather than sold to another party?

Interested in 1 unit if I like the answers I get.

Thanks again for all the hard work on the guide!

Smtn


I have to complete the testing of running these in mixed mode from the same box before I officially price out dual mode.  Which as long as dual mode works with say one device in dual and 9 in single I don't know that there will really be an upcharge.

Instead of charging a termination fee or anything else I offer extended hosting or sales/shipping of devices.  So yes you would pay actual shipping + materials if I don't have them lying around once the device is shipped to you or a buyer.

Also uglystick is selling two slots so you can buy a device that has not been disassembled if you like:

0.5BTC
1UHt2pnPvy5JyCXNboaSYJoXJQXR2Z3dS

After some quick math and personal speculation that btc wont be this low for much longer (nice movement already today) I feel .5 is a high price for such a small amount of hashing power. I think I will be acquiring a couple of these on my own and will send you a donation soon, as I will undoubtedly be using your guide to assist with setup. Apologies if there is any inconvenience, and please continue the great work! Gonna keep an eye on this thread in case I ever want to rent some extra hashing power.

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Re: THREE UNITS OPEN MINING NOW UnicornHasher 90 Days at 300+Kh/s Device & Hosting
by
smtn512
on 03/03/2014, 06:17:24 UTC
Three units are up for sale

.5BTC for the device with 90 days hosting.

Apologies for my stupid PM (if you didn't read it yet, don't bother), I obviously didn't manage to read the beginning of the thread. Most of my questions have been answered. Only questions remaining are: How much will the extra fee be for dual mining? And, do I pay shipping if I want the device to be shipped to me at the end of the hosting period, rather than sold to another party?

Interested in 1 unit if I like the answers I get.

Thanks again for all the hard work on the guide!

Smtn
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Re: [CLOSED] CoiningSolutions.com KnCMiner Shares ฿1.05=5GH/s [CLOSED]
by
smtn512
on 04/11/2013, 20:53:47 UTC
Great to see the first payout today! Well done. On another note, I saw Elegius now offers optional namecoin mergemining, and I figure why not collect some free namecoins while were at it? Thoughts?
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Re: [ANN][Pool][Profit-Switch][Optional Auto-Exchange per Coin][Vardiff] ~ Hashcows
by
smtn512
on 01/10/2013, 04:19:13 UTC
So I know we don't mine LTC due to high network difficulty and very low probability of finding a block, but would it be possible to mine it on p2pool? I have no idea how hard this would be to implement but i haven't seen this suggestion or any explanation as to why it wouldn't work posted anywhere yet.