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Title: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: FreedomCoin on April 25, 2013, 02:21:12 PM it seems that CGminer is splitting the load between my two cards so running each one at half speed. When i run one GPU at a time with the -d command i can get my left video card to run full speed. But when i try to run them together the feedback states the mhash but when ending a session i see it was just split between the two cards.. When i try -d 0 and or -d 1 only my left card seems to want to work, and crossfire is not enabled.
This is on an Alienware M17xR2 Laptop with two 5800 Junipers, they should be running at about 185 mhash each See pics in link. my output is: Code: ./cgminer -o stratum.ozco.in:80 -u user -p pass -I 8 -d 0 -o stratum.ozco.in:80 -u user -p pass -I 8 -d 1 --gpu-engine 820,820 --gpu-memclock 1000,1000 --temp-target 80,80 --temp-overheat 90,90 See screenshots... http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o760/FC43/CGminer%20output/running1_zpsba451f9d.png (http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/FC43/media/CGminer%20output/running1_zpsba451f9d.png.html) http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o760/FC43/CGminer%20output/ended1_zpsfba692bd.png (http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/FC43/media/CGminer%20output/ended1_zpsfba692bd.png.html) Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: Rawted on April 25, 2013, 02:43:31 PM Increase the intensity. Nothing will operate at 100% potential with dynamic. Increase to 13, report back.
Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: FreedomCoin on April 25, 2013, 05:52:57 PM Increase the intensity. Nothing will operate at 100% potential with dynamic. Increase to 13, report back. dynamic? I changed to -i 13 but all that did was slow down my laptop to where the GUI would barely respond.... still around 90mhash each card. i tried upgrading to 3.0.1 but seems it will not detect opencl Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: Zanatos666 on April 25, 2013, 05:59:39 PM Increase the intensity. Nothing will operate at 100% potential with dynamic. Increase to 13, report back. dynamic? I changed to -i 13 but all that did was slow down my laptop to where the GUI would barely respond.... still around 90mhash each card. i tried upgrading to 3.0.1 but seems it will not detect opencl I think he means remove you -d argument. Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: FreedomCoin on April 25, 2013, 06:19:31 PM ah the device argument, yep tried that but no change. I am trying to use that to get both cards to mine.
i find it strange that -n will detect both cards and it states shares goto GPU 0 and 1. But when i feel the back of the laptop only one slot is getting hot.. i have a feeling that CGminer is only using one card at half power for some strange reason. sources: http://bitcoin-mining-headless.blogspot.nl/2011/09/finally-cgminer-install-tutorial.html http://rdmsnippets.com/2013/03/20/bitcoin-mining-with-ubuntu-12-04-tls-and-cgminer/ Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: FreedomCoin on April 25, 2013, 08:48:53 PM so i ran the
Code: aticonfig --od-getclocks Code: ./cgminer -d 0 when specifying Code: ./cgminer -d 1 Code: aticonfig --od-getclocks i tried using aticonfig Code: aticonfig --od-enable and then Code: aticonfig --odsc=820,1000 but came back with overdrive not supported. I also tried mining litecoin with the Code: ./cgminer --scrypt http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o760/FC43/CGminer%20output/Screenshotfrom2013-04-25154041_zpsbe8fc01a.png (http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/FC43/media/CGminer%20output/Screenshotfrom2013-04-25154041_zpsbe8fc01a.png.html) http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o760/FC43/6a4c72e2-51d3-4f00-b95a-d5d4b6e7612c_zps232ec135.jpg (http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/FC43/media/6a4c72e2-51d3-4f00-b95a-d5d4b6e7612c_zps232ec135.jpg.html) Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: FreedomCoin on April 26, 2013, 02:32:35 PM Okay so i ran GPU 0 all night and its stable.. seems GPU 1 is the problem.
It seems that cgminer cannot change the clocks or memory nor can aticonfig. Is there any other way to change the clocks? I had this problem when running the laptop on win7 where i had to manually raise the clocks though msi afterburner. Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: FreedomCoin on April 26, 2013, 08:39:02 PM I went into addional drivers and selected the experimental driver, installed and restarted. I got some ADL errors in cgminer but was able to mine at nearly full speed with both cards... But was getting HW errors.
Then i tried installing the Xorg experimental driver and i lost my gui on reboot. I am now reinstalling linux, i tried xbuntu but had the same gui crash issue on start up, though i did not use any 3rd party drivers at that time just ran apt-get update a 2nd time. Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: os2sam on April 26, 2013, 09:41:54 PM Increase the intensity. Nothing will operate at 100% potential with dynamic. Increase to 13, report back. dynamic? I changed to -i 13 but all that did was slow down my laptop to where the GUI would barely respond.... still around 90mhash each card. i tried upgrading to 3.0.1 but seems it will not detect opencl Do not run a 5800 series GPU at an intensity of 13, 8 or 9 is the max you want to go for 5000 series GPU. Make sure you keep a close eye on your temps in laptop. Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: os2sam on April 26, 2013, 09:55:03 PM This is on an Alienware M17xR2 Laptop with two 5800 Junipers, they should be running at about 185 mhash each What in the world kind GPU's do you have? I have never heard of Radeon 5800? It's usually something like 5830 or 5850. Also a Juniper is a 5770. At any rate a 5770 and 5830 should be getting more than 185Mhs. Laptops often have really weird configurations so they don't make the best mining machines. Also with 58xx series GPU's I would use an older Catalyst driver set as it says in the FAQ. Sam Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: FreedomCoin on April 27, 2013, 08:44:46 PM This is on an Alienware M17xR2 Laptop with two 5800 Junipers, they should be running at about 185 mhash each What in the world kind GPU's do you have? I have never heard of Radeon 5800? It's usually something like 5830 or 5850. Also a Juniper is a 5770. At any rate a 5770 and 5830 should be getting more than 185Mhs. Laptops often have really weird configurations so they don't make the best mining machines. Also with 58xx series GPU's I would use an older Catalyst driver set as it says in the FAQ. Sam They are two mobility 5870m's.... thanks for the tip on intensity. as for laptop miners, with the amount of hours ive invested in this thing i would just like it to work. But it seems im going against the grain, i reinstalled ubuntu and got cgminer compiled but i get a seg fault core dump error every time i try to start mining. this time im trying to use the catalyst 13.1 drivers, ive seen others having it work for them. But i did not note which graphics card they are using. Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: FreedomCoin on April 28, 2013, 04:01:24 PM Good news!!
I am mining at a max of 368 mhash combined! See stats below. OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Catalyst ver: 13.1 Cgminer ver: 3.0.1. Cards: x2 5870m Clock 820 Mem 1000 Temps: unknown, sensor not working on aticonfig or cgminer. Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: FreedomCoin on April 30, 2013, 04:21:28 PM okay so shortly after that i am getting all kinds of handware errors with any intensity over 9.
Im going to sell it on ebay as is. Check my sales thread if you are interested... It memtests and Heaven Benchmark Unigine's fine just wont mine worth a damn. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=149446.0 Title: Re: CGMiner splits hashing load between two cards, does not accept -d argument Post by: mccminer on May 01, 2013, 08:58:39 PM HW errors are just a result of pushing the settings to far. Back off a little and retry until it's stable.
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