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Title: BAMT locking half way through boot Post by: batman, not crabman on April 30, 2013, 11:34:28 AM So I'm having issues with Windows 7 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=191631.msg1984541#msg1984541) and want to run BAMT. I have had it working before when I only had 2 cards, but switched back to Windows as I couldn't get the hash rates up.
Now when I insert the BAMT USB for the first time the launch menu comes up and it starts to boot but when it is gets to just past the .../ssh bit when the boot text comes up, then the screen goes black and it stops responding. I can't read what loads after ssh causing it to crash as it's too quick. I have tried several USB keys, including the one that used to work a few weeks ago. I'm using BAMT 0.5c and Win32 Disk Imager. I have 4 6950s and a GB 990 FXA UD3. I am aware there are boot issues with the GB boards, but I think my issue is slightly different. As I understand it most of them wouldn't boot BAMT at all (not even the launch menu) Thanks Title: Re: BAMT locking half way through boot Post by: mitak64 on April 30, 2013, 03:38:40 PM BAMT is known to have problems booting on GB mainboards.
There is a workaround using another USB stick with a bootloader, it has been posted in the BAMT support thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28967.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28967.0) What I did was, clone the USB stick to a HDD using Ghost, but make sure to go in Options - Image/Tape - use "Image All" Works fine on my GB boards. Title: Re: BAMT locking half way through boot Post by: batman, not crabman on May 01, 2013, 11:45:05 AM Installed to hdd using clonezilla live cd, exactly the same problem. It gets half way through booting then goes blank.
Same problem with plop bootloader on a separate USB key. Plop loads fine. AAAHHH!!!!! ::) Title: Re: BAMT locking half way through boot Post by: Zanatos666 on May 01, 2013, 01:45:37 PM Just a suggestion, because I know my BAMT installation on one of my systems got a little hosed when first attempting to update CGMiner, but why not just try a clean install and start from the beginning?
Title: Re: BAMT locking half way through boot Post by: batman, not crabman on May 02, 2013, 10:18:41 AM Ok it seems that it's the graphics cards - if I only have one plugged in (at x16) it boots fine.
Windows has been stable for almost 24h now, so I may not need BAMT after all. If I ever go back to BAMT I'll try booting with 1 card, running the updates then booting with more cards. Thanks for the suggestions. Title: Re: BAMT locking half way through boot Post by: Zanatos666 on May 02, 2013, 12:57:51 PM Ok it seems that it's the graphics cards - if I only have one plugged in (at x16) it boots fine. Windows has been stable for almost 24h now, so I may not need BAMT after all. If I ever go back to BAMT I'll try booting with 1 card, running the updates then booting with more cards. Thanks for the suggestions. That would do it too. If you have a bad GPU, it could cause loading issues. Or if you have a bad PCI-E slot that could do it as well. Could be a power issue. It could be a number of things. All the fun that comes with running these things. Good luck. |