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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 10/04/2018, 16:58:26 UTC
Any pointers on getting a miner that is stable for RVN?

I've tried a few of them that are linked in the ANN thread.  I think they're all ccminer variants.  None of them will run longer than 10 minutes without crashing my rig, rigs that are stable 24/7 for days mining Zcash with EWBF's Zcash CUDA miner. 0.3.4b.
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 09/02/2018, 17:02:29 UTC
What's a good way to monitor 4 rigs that are running Windows 10 mining Zcash at flypool?

I had two of the 4 go down yesterday (restarted apparently) and I didn't notice until today.  Flypool had a beta feature where they'd email you but that doesn't seem to work.

 Put worker names on them, or EthMonitor.


That's what I did, I got ethmonitoring.com and set that up.  Really like it so far.  Thanks!
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 08/02/2018, 19:34:30 UTC
What's a good way to monitor 4 rigs that are running Windows 10 mining Zcash at flypool?

I had two of the 4 go down yesterday (restarted apparently) and I didn't notice until today.  Flypool had a beta feature where they'd email you but that doesn't seem to work.
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 03/02/2018, 02:33:28 UTC
Very low maintenance, ever since I added automatic restart scripts on a 24 hour interval and watchdog scripts to restart and log automatically whenever it notices 0% GPU use or network disconnection. I take a little hit while it restarts though.
Care to share more about these scripts?  I'd find that very helpful.  Thanks!
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 31/01/2018, 06:30:43 UTC
I have 4 rigs now and would like to put all four screens on one.  I'm not talking about a KVM where I switch between full screens on each, I want to be able to see all 4 screens in a matrix.

Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P

It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products.  Have used plenty of KVMs.

Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy

That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.

Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??

Interesting. But ... why? Miners just need to be monitored, not sure why you want continuous access to all 4 at the same time at all times. Just install a remote monitoring tool and use a KVM or remote in if any of them go down is the usual go to that just makes sense for most folks. So that's why I'm asking... just wondering ... why.
Well, because it would be cool Cheesy

That and because it would be useful.  Useful because all I've done so far as a miner since I started 8 months ago was Nicehash and Zcash with Flypool.  I did a little SIGT shitcoin and tried a few other things, but it's mostly been those two.  I want to learn to mine other things, and tweak my settings, etc. and with 4 machines right now and one monitor dedicated to all the rigs it would be easy to do. 

Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 30/01/2018, 22:48:06 UTC
I have 4 rigs now and would like to put all four screens on one.  I'm not talking about a KVM where I switch between full screens on each, I want to be able to see all 4 screens in a matrix.

Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P

It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products.  Have used plenty of KVMs.

Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy

That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.

Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 30/01/2018, 20:33:57 UTC
Hey Everyone, been busy with life recently so ive not had a real chance to come on here much, plus i was kinda licking my wounds on the whole Bitconnect thing and stepped away from crypto for a few weeks... granted i technically didnt loose any money, because i withdrew more than my initial amount, but i had a nice little nest egg built up in that system and had done a new loan of 30k+ 2 days prior to the site shutting down and exiting.......

So....been just letting the newer rigs just do what they do best working out some kinks i had with my watercooling system and actually redesigned it compared to the origional way i was going about things.. I had 2 industrial inline waterpumps fail on me in the first month of running the watercooling system due to the bushings around the shafts getting to tight and causing resistance on the motor to overcome, leading to excess motor temps, now im running some submergable pumps in hopes of longer life out of them, if these end up failing im planning to switch to externally driven waterpumps that a friend of mine recommened... basically pulley driven chevy automotive waterpump.......

I have really come to a standstill with my mining setup due to the lack of GPU's available at reasonable prices... curious what all of yall been involved with...... Im only up to 47 GPU's at the moment, wishing i could get more around MSRP pricing... Sad, My rigs have been super super stable with the new watercooling setup, the ability to maintain temps on all the cards within +/-3 degrees has allowed them to produce more overall hash power and less buggy lockups and restarts that i had prior to going watercooling. Currently i have 100% of my entire mining rigs running on watercooling.

 


I'd love to hear more about your water cooling setup.  Have you posted details elsewhere already?  Care to share some?  Thanks!!
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 26/01/2018, 13:04:53 UTC
So if you're powering a GTX 1080 Ti that uses 250 watts and power is supplied by 2x 8 pin PCIe power connectors, you'd feed the power to the board on the short side.  That single lead would give the board the bus power it needs and then the power for the cards would route through the board out the long side connector to a double headed PCIe power lead to the top of the GPU?

I can see how cabling and wire management would be neat and clean.  BUT, seems like you'd be pushing a ton of watts through the board as a result.
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 23/01/2018, 20:53:00 UTC
Sewing machine oil and a syringe does wonders for fans.
I've never tried this.  Where do you inject the oil?  I thought those things were sealed up pretty good.

Is this what I'd need?

https://www.amazon.com/Precision-Premium-Machine-Lubrication-Commando/dp/B00500UVNQ
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 21/01/2018, 07:37:08 UTC



You'll have safety Nazis come in but I've been running all year with just shorting the 2 pins on the cable, no add power adapter or anything. I was just using a paperclip at first but since every PSU is EVGA now I have tons of their "tester" adapters that short the 2 pins.


I'm not afraid to start a power supply by shorting the two pins together with a paper clip, done it before for testing.  But what about the sequence of power being applied.  The power supply will light up the graphics cards with the two 8 pin connectors and power would be supplied to the "risers", in this case additional PCIe connectors that connect to the motherboard.  I'm kinda worried that 1/2 of the cards and part of the mb will receive power before the rest of the system.
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 21/01/2018, 04:39:44 UTC
Phil - if you get a chance I would love to see the internals of the thermaltake box.

How cool has it been running in comparison to the other rigs in the room?
Did you mean me?  Right now mine is open, so temps are fine.
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 21/01/2018, 04:00:24 UTC
So, I got the Onda board up and running with my normal 4x GTX 1080 Ti setup.  

http://infotime.com/images/Onda_build_with_4_cards.png

I'm tempted to add four more cards to it.  Putting a rig in the Thermaltake Core X9 didn't impress me.  So I'm thinking of taking it's 4 cards and adding them to the Onda.  Could also take the Corsair AX1200i power supply.  Then I'd could use two of those PSU to power the combined rig.


What do you all think?


Nice you have the new version without the blocking mobo power cable. I'd say just do it, since your cards are watercooled and temps won't be an issue.


I've got a rig of 3x hybrids and 3x 1080ti sc2 (soon to be 4).
http://preview.ibb.co/duZygw/3_EC2_D97_A_D47_B_4_B41_AA3_E_B23_F1_D0_BBC84.jpg

Those 3700rpm fans pushing through the radiators man, the cards are never above 37 degrees even at the hottest time of the day of 32 degrees. I had to lower core OC, it was boosting too high due to the low temps lol.
I would need some kind of adapter to run two power supplies.  What's recommended?  The harness with two 24 pin connectors or the little board with a 24 pin connection, a SATA or Molex, on a little PCB?  The latter is on Amazon, but one I looked at had a bunch of fishy looking reviews (i.e. fake reviews planted by the seller).
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
by
timeshifter
on 21/01/2018, 02:52:54 UTC
So, I got the Onda board up and running with my normal 4x GTX 1080 Ti setup. 

http://infotime.com/images/Onda_build_with_4_cards.png

I'm tempted to add four more cards to it.  Putting a rig in the Thermaltake Core X9 didn't impress me.  So I'm thinking of taking it's 4 cards and adding them to the Onda.  Could also take the Corsair AX1200i power supply.  Then I'd could use two of those PSU to power the combined rig.


What do you all think?
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 17/01/2018, 22:33:05 UTC
okay I am building a rig for a guy using the b250 version 1  onda.

he wants windows. and I loaded windows 10 did the up date loaded nvidia drivers booted and I am at black screen.

pissed to say the least.  any guess at what to do next.

I tried a few tricks but going nowhere fast here.
I had to reboot after adding the drivers.  I had connected a monitor to the on-board HDMI to start with.  Have you tried removing the card(s) and seeing if you can boot with the on board video?
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 17/01/2018, 20:14:45 UTC
Got the Onda 8 GPU mobo up and running.  Really pleased with how easily this all went together.  Just need to make or buy a frame or a case.  Also considering doubling up.  Was just doing 4 cards per rig, might add another 4 to this.

http://infotime.com/images/Onda_8_GPU_mobo_build_test.png
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 16/01/2018, 03:36:51 UTC
Question about the Onda B250 D8P motherboard.

I got the version that has the PCI power connectors.  There are 8 slots but only 6 PCIe power connectors labeled "PWR_PE1", "PWR_PE2", "PWR_PE3", "PWR_PE4", "PWR_PE5", "PWR_PE6".  My guess is that they provide power to "PCIEX3, "PCIEX4", "PCIEX5", "PCIEX6", "PCIEX7 and "PCIEX8"?  Also guess that slots "PCIEX_16X" and "PCIEX2" get their power from the ATX connector?

Finally, is the 8 pin connector "PWR12" for the CPU?

most likely  that is correct   pwr12 uses a cpu cable  but you must be very carefull as I do not have that one .  I have the other version.

measure  your  8 pin cpu cable  before you plug it in.

+ + + +
-  -  -  -   this is an eight   cpu cable


not

+ + + -
-  -  -  -   this is an eight pin pcie  

also if the cable measures like a cpu cable make sure you orient it correctly into the cpu input jack
Thanks.  Haven't hooked them up to a meter, but did a test fit.  I've got a Corsair AX1200i power supply.  The cable for the CPU is the only one that will fit, it's connectors are keyed.  If I try an 8 pin PCIe cable it won't go in.
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 16/01/2018, 03:19:16 UTC
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 16/01/2018, 03:12:03 UTC
Question about the Onda B250 D8P motherboard.

I got the version that has the PCI power connectors.  There are 8 slots but only 6 PCIe power connectors labeled "PWR_PE1", "PWR_PE2", "PWR_PE3", "PWR_PE4", "PWR_PE5", "PWR_PE6".  My guess is that they provide power to "PCIEX3, "PCIEX4", "PCIEX5", "PCIEX6", "PCIEX7 and "PCIEX8"?  Also guess that slots "PCIEX_16X" and "PCIEX2" get their power from the ATX connector?

Finally, is the 8 pin connector "PWR12" for the CPU?
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Re: Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!
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timeshifter
on 15/01/2018, 19:45:44 UTC
I discovered this case, Thermaltake Core X5 ATX Cube Chassis, can hold up to 8 GPUs.

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/hx29TW

Going by the specs, it might even fit the Onda 8 GPU Motherboard?

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model_Specification.aspx?id=C_00002806


The cases from China will me cost way too much because of shipping to Canada ($180+ per case).

So, I got one of these cases for less than $ 200 CDN. It's depth is just a bit too short for the Onda 8 GPU Mobo. ( I still have my dead Onda MoBo.) Anyway, I will use it with my 7 GPU MSI 170A Pro Carbon MoBo rig.  There's lots of room to add fans to cool everything.

I  ordered the Thermaltake Core X9 ( $230 CDN) and will try it out for size with the Onda 8 GPU MoBo. If it fits, I will buy another Onda 8 slot board. If not, I can still use it for my 12 GPU Biostar MoBo and likely put 10+ GPUs in this case.
I put together a rig with the Core X9.  Used a standard motherboard with risers and have (4) GTX 1080 Ti hybrid cards with the radiators mounted to the roof of the case.  Still lots of room left over.  I'm pretty sure the Onda board will fit in there.  I'll post some pics of the build if you're interested.