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Title: Ivy bridge i5 + Nvidia Optimus - issue GPU mining
Post by: radar67 on October 19, 2012, 02:10:28 PM
Hello, I have new laptop core i5 3210 Ivy bridge with GPU intel HD4000 + Nvidia GT640, I using GUI miner and CPU minig working perfectly but GPU mining doesn´t work "unable to load CUDA module", drivers 306.94, please help. Thank you very much!


Title: Re: Ivy bridge i5 + Nvidia Optimus - issue GPU mining
Post by: kuusj98 on October 19, 2012, 08:44:06 PM
There is a newer driver out:
http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/50007

Maybe that the standart driver dint come with the cuda driver, the drivers of the nvidia driver site have the cuda, physX and that sorta stuff incluided so try it out!

Hope this will help you :D



Title: Re: Ivy bridge i5 + Nvidia Optimus - issue GPU mining
Post by: legolouman on October 19, 2012, 08:47:24 PM
I'm not going to knock you for your attempts at mining, but keep in mind:
  • Mining on a laptop makes things a lot hotter than they should be
  • Nvidia isn't efficient for mining
  • CPU mining isn't efficient for mining either

It probably isn't worth the risk that could be done to your new laptop.

With that said, good luck!


Title: Re: Ivy bridge i5 + Nvidia Optimus - issue GPU mining
Post by: Gabi on October 19, 2012, 08:54:04 PM
+1 to what legoluman said

CPU mining is wasted time
Nvidia mining is more or less wasted time too.