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Hi,

Kind of new to this thing and i dont know if this is on the correct discussion group...

Can somebody help me?? guiminer is not recognizing my gpu.. tried a lot of things online but still not detecting my gpu..

i have a r7 250x.. thanks in advance

Have you updated your GPU drivers to the most current version? I have run into this problem a couple times during a new build. I am not familiar with guiminer but I would also double check to make sure it supports the chip set that is currently present in your specific GPU. I know some of the miner programs are only for specific GPU chip set types (AMD/Nvidia) If you have already updated your drivers and verified that guiminer supports your kind of GPU, do you get any error message or just that no GPU is detected?

Also make sure your bios is up to date.

Lets try a few things first. Total system specs including driver version? Can you do us a favor and try running Claymores Zcash miner to see if that identifies and starts the card properly?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1670733.0

Give us new info so we can help you out. What are the oc soecs and can you take a screenshot of exactly what happens ? What make is the GPU ? What settings are you using to try mine ? What drivers are you running ? If you can tell us we can help you better.

The solution might be as simple as rerolling back to an older driver version.If you have a second PCI slot try switching it maybe. Also check in the bios and switch the card to PCI express generation 1 if possible. Just a few random things that might help with such problems in general.

Could be any of those. But it should still be detected. Im curious to know if its actually not detecting at all or its not hashing. Ive seen folks (and even I have done this as well a long time ago) use the terminology of it not being detected when it really just wasnt hashing. I hope he sees the thread. Id like to know the specifics

Thanks for the replies.. im not sure about amd drivers thou.. just switched to amd last week from nvidia..there is no error message that is showing.. it's just detecting my processor..i think it's maybe im using a 32bit os.. let me go ahead and tinker this one for a while and i will let you guys know what i have after :) thanks for the replies thou

i believe that card is too ancient, which is the reaosn why it's not recognized, it's better if you update your gear with soemthign fresha nd new like the rx 570 or 580, they don't cost too much, there is also the 560 which is even cheaper

Nah it should be fine. That card was an entry level miner back in the day. It should work.


Let us know if that helps.


Yes get something second hand if some rich kid gamer boy xP

Like @Lauren Smith said that card should still be detected and used fully by the miner. Even my R5 gpu cores in an APU get detected and fully utilized. You really shouldnt need a 470/480 (or newer) to do this. Even 7970's work pretty good and you can find them used for $65-80. However, if youre going to get 570s or 580's Best Buy still has some in stock and B&H are getting their stock in next week.

hi again :) ok now i got my graphics card read by the miner :D solved it by reinstalling my drivers.. now i  have another problem... now its saying that connection problem and it's not processing anything up... do you guys know how to fix this one? and if someone can teach me also how to add images here on this forum i can send some screenshots of the error.. :D thanks again in advance