So earlier today I noticed that one of the gpu's in a 6 card 1070ti rig wasn't hashing.  I checked device manager in Windows 10 and it showed a Code 43 error.  I identified the problem gpu and started searching around online for soluctions.  Found a number of things ranging from a simiple restart to removing and reinstall the video drivers.  I did pretty much everything I could think of ...

Disabled and Re-enabled in device manager, uninstalled the gpu in device manager, I attempted to reboot in safe mode to use ddu, but my system would hang every time I tried to do that. (I later realized that I could get into safe mode just fine when I tried to do it with the gpu's unplugged)  At that point, I tried reverting back to a previous restore point, which failed several times.  So then I decided I would write my base Win10 image to the drive.  It's a pain, but not that big of a deal, since I made an image of every mining rig hdd after installing the OS and tweaking things exactly the way I wanted them, but prior to installing any gpu's.  At this point from what I was reading, I thought maybe it was a driver issue.  Tried different Nvidia drivers, nothing was working.

Still had the same Code 43 error in device manager on that one card.  I had swapped the riser earlier in the troubleshooting process with another in the same rig and I started thinking maybe I had a bad gpu.  So I have another 6 card gpu rig with identical hardware ... Board, processor, ram, gpu's are all the same.  I put the gpu into my other rig and it worked just fine. 

So back to my problem rig ... I put the known good working gpu from the other rig into the problem rig and I was right back to the Code 43 error.  Tried a brand new riser with new usb and power cable, same issue ... One thing I had not checked was the power from the card to the psu.  Earlier in the day I just assumed that it was getting power, if it was showing up in device manager.  So I check ... the cable pops right out of the psu when I moved it.  When I built the rig a few weeks ago, it must not have snapped in the cable on the psu end.  With the way everything is positioned in my rig frame, it is very hard to see what's what when you're looking at the cables plugged into the psu's.  Actually had to shine a flash light in there and still had a hard time seeing it. 

So after 6 hours of troubleshooting it ended up being one cable that had come unplugged from the psu.  I'm guessing the power from the riser was enough to get the gpu to show up in device manager and for some reason, that never occurred to me until I was 6 hours into it.

What a fun day. 

EVGA FTW2 1070ti's I'm running at 60% power (110w), +200 core click, +700 memory clock.  500 sol/s per card on equihash.

Just saying.  It's kinda stupid to be asking here when you can just go to miningrigrentals like everyone else is telling you.

May even burn your laptop ... As in cause it to burst into flames ... Lol.  That would be a funny video.  Guy mining with his laptop and suddenly, it just catches on fire. Lol.

Wow ... Look at the balls on this one.

And yet another stupid fucking question ... First of all, WHICH FUCKING OS ARE YOU SPEAKING OF?  The OS isn't an OS that I've ever heard of.  Do they speak English in THE OS?

Antiquated? Lol ... There is a wealth of information on this forum that is up to date and as you can see, we're all here communicating on a daily basis.  How is that antiquated? 

I'm happy to answer questions that are based on legit research.  I'm angry when I see the same questions asking for the bible to mining on a daily basis.  The OP asked some stupid shit.  If he has been getting his feet wet and mining with his 1060, he would have provided some details.  It wouldn't be "what coin should I mine".  He would have given the details of his experience and the issues that he faces or questions that he has on a very detailed level.  He is another idiot that probably has no knowledge of hardware and expects the rest of us to help him through his A+ certification.  Fuck that.  That isn't what this forum is for.

Did you have to learn how to be stupid or were you just born that way?

I'll rent you my rigs for 10,000,000,000,000 deutschmarks per millisecond.  I control the pricing.  I might change my mind and up it or cancel the entire deal at any given time.  But you stand to make millions.  All deals are paid upfront for the period of 30 days and non-refundable, nor are they negotiable.

You're right.  It's not their fault for being stupid.  They were just born that way and they never learned how to research the ideals that peaked their curiousity. 

Holy shit, this is going nowhere quickly.

Ok ... Let's mine zcash (zec) ... Straight up ZEC mining ... What miner are you trying to use?  What wallet are you using for zec?  And what pool are you trying to use?

If you can't answer those question, I don't think you've even tried to mine zec as a single coin.  If that is the case ... Take a look a Vosk's videos on zec mining.  It will probably clear up a lot of your frustration.

       

I didn't even realize that the OP turned into a doucebag in a thread that he was asking for help in, before your post ... Lol ... I was trying to be nice and not swear at him, but JESUS CHRIST!  DETAILS OR FUCK OFF!  Learn how to ask intelligent questions, please.

Ok then give us specifics ... What miner?  What coin?  What is the problem?  What error are you seeing when you start the miner?  Specifics!!!  We can't help without specifics.  What you asked is basically like me going into an auto mechanic's forum and saying "my car won't start, tell me why".  The answer to your question is out there, but the details are the only way to solve the problem.

You just reminded me of how I miss the days when Bill was in office.

I wonder if his mom is hot?  I might consider helping him, if his mom and I can work out some sort of deal.

Yeah what he said ... If you're interested in building a Vega rig, don't pay insane prices for the card.  I paid $525 per card for my Vega rig.  No one has them in stock and the small timers who are selling them on Amazon and eBay are price gouging based on the shortage.  There aren't any reputable dealers, in the USA at least, that have a ton of them in stock.  Most have zero right now.

Another thing you can research is overclocking and undervolting your 1060.  

Pick an equihash coin to mine.  Do some youtube searching on how to mine the coin you decide on.  There are plenty of people who have made videos on setting up the different miners.  It's basically editing a file to tell the software what pool you want to use and what wallet you want the pool to send your mined coins to.

So you want to buy your way into mining without having to go to the trouble of knowing anything about it?  Lol ...

It's just crazy the number of people like him that keep coming in here asking the same stupid fucking questions without doing a single bit of fucking research.  What the guy above said ... Read the first few pages of this forum for christ sakes.  Actually ... Read this forum non-stop for the next 2-4 weeks for hours and hours every day ... And then come back here with intelligent questions based on your research. 

Now scram!