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      MTRisner last edited by

      If you are mining as part of a pool (as I would definitely suggest unless you have a beast of a mining rig), you should be able to find instructions on the pool website. If you post what pool you’re using, I can give you specific instructions on how to set it up.

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        cjflis last edited by

        Hey thanks i figured out how to link it to my wallet, however now im haing another issue.

        GUIminer started going slow so i thought i would try CGminer cause people say its faster.

        Everytime i run the .bat file it instantly closes. Is there something i am doing wrong? I tried reinstalling my graphics driver but still nothing.

        The version of CGminer is 3.8.4 and this is what I wrote this in my notepad

        cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.fcpool.com :3334 -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD --intensity 13

        Any ideas?

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        • Wellenreiter
          Wellenreiter Moderators last edited by

          Two suggestions:
          1.add a ‘wait’ or ‘sleep 1000’ statement to your .bat in a new line. I’m not a Windows guy, but this should keep the window open, so you can read error messages

          2. add a '>> log.txt ’ to the end of your line starting cgminer.

          this sends the output of the script into the log.text in your working directory

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            cjflis last edited by

            Thanks i foun another suggestion to add “pause” at the end which i believe is the same and it is now staying there.

            Initially it said “–scrypt is an unrecognized command” so i deleted scrypt.

            Then it said “–intensity is an unrecognized command” so i deleted that aswell.

            My new file looks like so
            __________________________________________________________________
            cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://pool.fcpool.com :3334 -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD

            GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 75

            pause

            But when i run it it crashes instantly, and i have the AMD SDK installed. Im very confused :S

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              marhaben last edited by

              [quote name=“cjflis” post=“40425” timestamp=“1386314144”]
              Hey thanks i figured out how to link it to my wallet, however now im haing another issue.

              GUIminer started going slow so i thought i would try CGminer cause people say its faster.

              Everytime i run the .bat file it instantly closes. Is there something i am doing wrong? I tried reinstalling my graphics driver but still nothing.

              The version of CGminer is 3.8.4 and this is what I wrote this in my notepad

              cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.fcpool.com :3334 -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD --intensity 13

              Any ideas?

              [/quote]

              I believe cgminer dropped support for scrypt mining after 3.7.2, so I would look for that version. Incidentally that is what I use and it seems to be stabler and more efficient than guiminer.

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                cjflis last edited by

                I believe cgminer dropped support for scrypt mining after 3.7.2, so I would look for that version. Incidentally that is what I use and it seems to be stabler and more efficient than guiminer.
                [/quote]

                Thanks but I just downloaded that version and its crashing again. Is there something else it could be?

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                  marhaben last edited by

                  [quote name=“cjflis” post=“40432” timestamp=“1386316032”]

                  I believe cgminer dropped support for scrypt mining after 3.7.2, so I would look for that version. Incidentally that is what I use and it seems to be stabler and more efficient than guiminer.
                  [/quote]

                  Thanks but I just downloaded that version and its crashing again. Is there something else it could be?
                  [/quote]

                  A number of factors could be affecting you. Cgminer doesnt like having less than 2gb of ram. If you have more than that i would look at the software angle. Did you uninstall your drivers completely before reinstall? Is your batch file set up with the proper hardware specs (shaders, thread concurrency, etc)? Is your batch file syntax correct? As in it properly points at your account? And have you reset since switching versions of cgminer?

                  EDIT: If it helps, this is an approximation of my batch file:

                  “setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
                  setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
                  cgminer --scrypt --device 0 -o https://coinotron.com:3337 -u myaccount.miner -p mypassword -I 14 -g 1 -w 256 --thread-concurrency 8000 --shaders 1536”

                  Also here is a link to setting up cgminer that helped me: https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=7722.0

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                    cjflis last edited by

                    [quote name=“marhaben” post=“40436” timestamp=“1386316819”]
                    [quote author=cjflis link=topic=5488.msg40432#msg40432 date=1386316032]

                    I believe cgminer dropped support for scrypt mining after 3.7.2, so I would look for that version. Incidentally that is what I use and it seems to be stabler and more efficient than guiminer.
                    [/quote]

                    Thanks but I just downloaded that version and its crashing again. Is there something else it could be?
                    [/quote]

                    A number of factors could be affecting you. Cgminer doesnt like having less than 2gb of ram. If you have more than that i would look at the software angle. Did you uninstall your drivers completely before reinstall? Is your batch file set up with the proper hardware specs (shaders, thread concurrency, etc)? Is your batch file syntax correct? As in it properly points at your account? And have you reset since switching versions of cgminer?
                    [/quote]

                    Yeah im trying to go down the list but nothing seems to work. I have 12gb of ram. First I installed the SDK, then i uninstalled the drivers by going to amd driver updater, and then clicking “uninstall all amd software” as recommended on the amd sight, then reinstalled. As for the batch file i wrote it earlier, i just tried to keep it as simple as possible, and yeah its got my correct details filled in. Yeah i reset just before aswell.

                    Im running out of ideas. Thanks for your help so far is there something else i should do?

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                      marhaben last edited by

                      In case you missed it I edited my post with some details that might help. I encountered the same issues with cgminer that you did and that link helped me construct working batch files for my hardware. Having one thing off in your batch file can crash everything, so minding your “grammar” when constructing it is paramount.

                      EDIT: Incidentally, is this information on batch files stickied anywhere else in this forum? Getting to people to mine as much as they can as often as they can is key in pushing FTC up to big boy territory with BTC and LTC 8)

                      EDIT 2: Yes there is. Check out the mining sub-forum in addition to the above links. If you are still having trouble that is the place to go.

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                        cjflis last edited by

                        Thanks guys im really impressed with your knowledge,

                        after having it running for awhile i decided to optimise a little and get the best i can out of the card. Following this guide i entered everything and ran CGminer.

                        [url=http://holynerdvana.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/detailed-settings-for-600khashsec.html]http://holynerdvana.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/detailed-settings-for-600khashsec.html[/url]

                        After about ten seconds it crashes the PC and a reboot is required, i tried this a few times. Is there something I can do to get it stable? SHould i try upping the voltageon the GPU? It was at 1.100 but its currently at 1.111 and neither are stable. :o

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                        • Wellenreiter
                          Wellenreiter Moderators last edited by

                          A hanging PC can have a couple of reasons, one of it is, that one of the power lines is overloaded and the PSU is shutting down a voltage…

                          I strongly recommend, that you start with a stable setting, which is running without problems for a couple of hours, and then read the instruction from the cgminer readme.scrypt.

                          it’s here: https://github.com/fcicq/cgminer/blob/master/SCRYPT-README

                          It says, that the therad-concurrency should be arround 4-5 times the number of shaders, while in the setting you posted it’ 10 times #of shader.

                          It’s more than dangerous to just copy a configuration from a website, as the parameter must fit a given system, not just the GPU.

                          I prefer to stay a bit below the maximum hash rates reported rather than trying to reach the same at teh risk of killing my GPU or the whole system.

                          Also I’d fiddle with the power-tuning parameter at the very end of the tuning process.

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                            cjflis last edited by

                            Thanks but the guide gives me really low hash rates (around 300).

                            Ive gone back to another stable setting but I am having yet another problem, and i cant find the solution anywhere :-\

                            In CGminer it reports i am getting approximately 5xx khash, but in my pool i only get 2xx. I have looked at people who haid a similair problem and they said reduce the intensity for less hardware errors, but im not getting any hardware errors. Also, my WU is hovering at 92% of my hash rate which is normal. So why isnt the hash rate in my pool the same as CGminer?

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                              wrapper Moderators last edited by

                              This is the introduction area.

                              This thread is confusing 2 different topics that could be useful to others members. Please post in support for support and mining for mining.

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