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I will pay 50 dollars or 50 Bitcoin for your help.

I need you to install and run Bitcoin with my GPU.  I have a X58 system w/ATI 5870 on Win 7 64bit.  Paym,ent will be made after fist block of 50 Bitcoin is complete.

Email, Skype (putittogether), or post here if you are interested.   Thank you.

No problem, I've done this a few times before. The 50 BTC isn't even necessary.

• Close Bitcoin, make sure you have "show hidden files and folders" turned on, and turn off "hide extensions for known file types"
• Go to "/Users/<username>/AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin" and create a new file named "bitcoin.conf"
• Add "rpcuser=<username>" and "rpcpassword=<password>" to bitcoin.conf on separate lines
• Right click on the Bitcoin shortcut and add " -server" to the end of the "Target:" field
• Download the OpenCL miner (http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1334.0) and extract it
• Create a new file named "miner.bat" in the folder where you extracted the miner
• Add "poclbm.exe -v -w 128 -f 30 --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8332 --user=<username> --pass=<password>" to that file
• Start Bitcoin and then run "miner.bat"
• The Miner will ask you for a device, and list at least two. Enter the number next to your GPU (usually 1). You can then add "-d <number>" to your "miner.bat" and it won't have to ask you next time.

If Quip helps you, you can just send the 50 Bitcoin to me instead.

Thanks in advance.

 ;)

 ;D

I will pay him after my first Block comes in anyways.

Right click on the Bitcoin shortcut and add " -server" to the end of the "Target:" field

Help,  I do not have that option in Windows 7.

You have to click properties first.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Bitcoin\bitcoin.exe"-server

Like so?

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Bitcoin\bitcoin.exe -server"
maybe like this

Getting a message something like:

"Warning  To use the "-server" option you must set rpcpassword=,password> in the configuration file:
c:/users/user/appdata/roaming/biycoin/bitcoin.conf
If this file does not exist creat it with owner-readable-only file permission"

I have done this PLEASE HELP

Did you make the folder under your username, not a new folder named user?

And are you sure it's a bitcoin.conf file (not a bitcoin.conf.txt file)

http://malektips.com/windows-7-view-file-extensions.html

Enable file extensions, and it should only show "bitcoin.conf"

I did. I have created a File named bitcoin.conf in the Roaming/bitcoin folder.   Just to be clear it is a File and not Folder, also how do I add to a .conf flie?

Add "rpcuser=<username>" and "rpcpassword=<password>" to bitcoin.conf on separate lines

Is it a txt file inside a folder?  What kind of file? 

Can somebody use TEAM VIEWER and and help me out for a sec.  Email me.

Thanks.

It's a standard text file. Open it in notepad, enter the text, and be sure to save it as "all files" so it doesn't change the file extension.

Ok that is done.  Now when I start the miner.bat file a black DOS box pops up and goes away very fast cant tell what is says.

What type of video card do you have?


EDIT: Sorry, reread the first post.

Download and install the ATI Stream SDK

http://developer.amd.com/Downloads/ati-stream-sdk-v2.1-vista-win7-64.exe

Once that is done, restart and try to run it again.

I have done this, ATI STREAM SDK is installed, current drivers, etc. Also I checked it with Geeks3D, all is well.  I started Bitcoin and then the miner.bat file.  Bitcoin is fine but the miner.bat file does nothing except open that DOS screen and close it in a split second.

Can you paste the contents of miner.bat for me to see?

poclbm.exe -v -w 128 -f 30 --host=mining.bitcoin.cz --port=8332 --user=myusername --pass=mypassword

I have substituted "myusername" and "mypassword" with the real one in the actual file :)

Good, heh.

And that file is in the folder with poclbm in it?

That file is in the miner.bat file (not a folder) I open it by right clicking and selecting "Edit"  I put the file in their using Notpad and saved it as "All Files".  (I also tried saving it as a txt file)

No I mean, is there a folder with the miner.bat file and the poclbm.exe file in it?

and is the username in the form of:

Login.suffix ?

ie: if you log in to the mining.bitcoin.cz site with "someotherguy" and your miner account (on the my account screen) is "miner1"

it should be:  --user=someotherguy.miner1

Also, it should be noted that if you are trying to mine for yourself, the --host switch should be 127.0.0.1, not mining.bitcoin.cz.

Yes it is in the same folder as I extracted the miner into after downloading it.

I cant even open the Miner.

No - in the miner.bat file, it should read as what myrkul posted to correctly login.

Ok, assuming you have bitcoin running with the -server switch on, the line in miner.bat should be:

poclbm.exe -v -w 128 -f 30 --host=127.0.0.1 --port=8332 --user=myusername --pass=mypassword

myusername and mypassword are the information you put into bitcoin.conf

Ok this might be a problem.  I have never logged into the mining.bitcoin.cz site.  

Heh, yes that is most likely it. Make an account, and it will tell you how to do things from there.

Wish I could.  Registrations is CLOSED !!

important distinction: If you want to mine in Slush's pool, you don't need bitcoin running at all.
If you want to mine solo, you should have the miner.bat pointing at your own computer (the line I posted above)

Advantage of pooled mining: steady income of small amounts
Advantage of solo mining: you get to keep the whole 50 bitcoins, but it may take some time to get them.

Can I run the miner without logging into mining.bitcoin.cz? 

You can solo mine - just change the http://mining.bitcoin.cz to 127.0.0.1, and then the username/pass to the username and pass in bitcoin.conf

Then run it and it should connect.

Yes but now we are back to I cant open or run the miner.  When I click on the miner.bat file it opens a DOS box and closes it right away.

Restart and try again. When you've restarted, right click on the tray icon for bitcoin and click exit. Then run bitcoin from the shortcut that you added -server to. Should work then.

Oops, I messed up. That should read "--host=127.0.0.1".

Perhaps you can share your screen via Skype and I can try to figure out what you're doing wrong.

Yes, we caught that. ;)

Got Team Viewer?  Its free and easy

Downloading now. Is the key in your PM still good?

EDIT: It's not.

Thank you Quip!  I am rock'en it man with this 5870 and core I7 overclocked.  In a few weeks we are going for a 2nd HD 5870 for the crossfire action :)

Careful with that. I've heard other people on the forums having trouble getting two cards to work for mining under Windows. You'll still be able to use both for gaming, but you may have to use only one for mining.

Hmmm ok.  I will check it out before I buy.  Thanks man :)

I was mining for a while just fine with dual 5870s in crossfire.

Cool I will look you up in a 2 weeks :)

-v (or --vectors) still turns on vector math, but you can now also use --verbose for verbose logging.