Is it safe to come back to this pool to mine for DASH? I've been trying off and on for about two months and keep getting told I can't get paid until more is found. I really like the service, but it doesn't do much good if I can't collect

I've not been paid for 24 hours, so I'm getting nervous myself.

Just for fun, I've clean installed Windows 10 since I was planning to use my free upgrade anyways. Minergate is performing a little better, but is still WAY underperforming other mining tools. I tried the CCMiner listed on the alternative miners page and got ~300H/s, which is almost 100x faster than the minergate GUI and CLI apps.

Post #1575. I've cleaned / re-installed video drivers using DDU from safe-mode. I'm not re-installing my OS at this point. Mining with CCminer works fine (Cuda CLI miner), and so does gaming.

I'm offering answers below in-case others can find value.

DDU is available and highly reviewed. I've done that and while it removed a bunch of previous driver junk, I get no change in behavior.

That seems a bit extreme for a system that has no problems running games maxed out, or mining using ccminer.

Here is some logging I see out of the CLI miner, which I believe I've setup to match 6 cores and GPU intensity 2... I'm guessing the GUI miner is having the same issue, which is why I can't get anything out of it.

D:\Temporary\MinerGate-cli-4.04-win64>minergate-cli.exe -user <removed for forum> -bcn 6 2 -fcn+xmr 6 2
[2015-07-29 20:21:55.133] [ info]  Pool parameters query...
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.208] [ info]  Loading miners...
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.209] [ info]  Miners loaded successfully
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.209] [ info]  CUDA: Initializing CUDA miner...
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.284] [ info]  CUDA: Device name: GeForce GTX 970
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.284] [ info]  CUDA: Total memory: 4294967296
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.284] [ info]  CUDA: Free memory: 3900645376
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.284] [ info]  CUDA: MP count: 13
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.284] [ info]  CUDA: MP threads count: 2048
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.284] [ info]  CUDA: CUDA version: 5.2
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.284] [ info]  CUDA: CUDA cores: 1664
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.284] [ info]  CUDA: Threads per block: 1024
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.284] [ info]  CUDA: Dim size: 1024 | 1024 | 64
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.284] [ info]  CUDA: Grid size: 2147483647 | 65535 | 65535
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.538] [ info]  CUDA: Calculated threads per block: 8
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.538] [ info]  CUDA: Calculated blocks: 208
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.538] [ info]  CUDA: Total threads: 1664
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.539] [ info]  CUDA: CUDA miner successfully initialized
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.885] [ info]  Successfully connected to pool: stratum+tcp:/
/195.154.181.121:4559. session_id="13ae5a1b-11e5-4f89-8681-e7375ae25422"
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.885] [ info]  New Job: job_id="da9c5d7f-59e6-42e3-a2d6-45de
cbcb8f11" blob="0101a6b1e6ad0561e7a205747606d3b4191c92f6c017b38c34559cbabc5fba81
f4522ee2e1382c000000001228fe5420b13ca358d401832a6b25410de79e692cf3381359da06861 2
af95a301" target="e4a63d00"
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.885] [ info]  New difficulty: 1063
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.943] [ info]  Successfully connected to pool: stratum+tcp:/
/176.9.147.178:4555. session_id="9858790f-b89d-4749-9d5c-445081295b6f"
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.943] [ info]  New Job: job_id="0e1518b7-47b7-4a19-bf40-3f85
f47a8daa" blob="0101a1b1e6ad0561e7a205747606d3b4191c92f6c017b38c34559cbabc5fba81
f4522ee2e1382c00000000e1dcf9429a4c27165955b0263a7a388912ab66c0ab676db6187a5c295 0
d26cc301" target="e4a63d00"
[2015-07-29 20:21:56.943] [ info]  New difficulty: 1063
[2015-07-29 20:22:00.143] [ info]  New Job: job_id="c6cc30c5-4b8d-4294-90fd-3791
05f2d34c" blob="0101a6b1e6ad0561e7a205747606d3b4191c92f6c017b38c34559cbabc5fba81
f4522ee2e1382c00000000d6cc678f63980a457ace4e500453974278a62e2854760c0d580a9e242 2
ba102801" target="e4a63d00"
[2015-07-29 20:22:00.143] [ info]  New difficulty: 1063
[2015-07-29 20:22:01.760] [ info]  New Job: job_id="7728f65e-3313-489f-835a-2265
4ebb14b7" blob="0101a1b1e6ad0561e7a205747606d3b4191c92f6c017b38c34559cbabc5fba81
f4522ee2e1382c00000000a54b17f0aee7c6bb57166758536eb58631186cb3b7e9a9466c5027516 3
e0f15f01" target="e4a63d00"
[2015-07-29 20:22:01.760] [ info]  New difficulty: 1063
[2015-07-29 20:22:01.767] [error]  CUDA: unspecified launch failure
[2015-07-29 20:22:01.817] [ info]  CUDA: Initializing CUDA miner...
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.017] [ info]  CUDA: Device name: GeForce GTX 970
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.017] [ info]  CUDA: Total memory: 4294967296
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.017] [ info]  CUDA: Free memory: 3900645376
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.017] [ info]  CUDA: MP count: 13
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.017] [ info]  CUDA: MP threads count: 2048
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.017] [ info]  CUDA: CUDA version: 5.2
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.017] [ info]  CUDA: CUDA cores: 1664
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.017] [ info]  CUDA: Threads per block: 1024
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.017] [ info]  CUDA: Dim size: 1024 | 1024 | 64
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.018] [ info]  CUDA: Grid size: 2147483647 | 65535 | 65535
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.289] [ info]  CUDA: Calculated threads per block: 8
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.289] [ info]  CUDA: Calculated blocks: 208
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.289] [ info]  CUDA: Total threads: 1664
[2015-07-29 20:22:03.290] [ info]  CUDA: CUDA miner successfully initialized
[2015-07-29 20:22:06.199] [ info]  BCN hashrate: 104989 H/s
[2015-07-29 20:22:06.199] [ info]  FCN+XMR hashrate: 45.5851 H/s
[2015-07-29 20:22:16.209] [ info]  BCN hashrate: 117576 H/s
[2015-07-29 20:22:19.203] [ info]  FCN+XMR hashrate: 46.939 H/s
[2015-07-29 20:22:19.420] [ info]  Share submitted successfully!!!
[2015-07-29 20:22:20.182] [ info]  Share submitted successfully!!!
[2015-07-29 20:22:22.026] [ info]  Share submitted successfully!!!

By comparison, here is without GPU:

D:\Temporary\MinerGate-cli-4.04-win64>minergate-cli.exe -user <removed for forum> -bcn 6 -fcn+xmr 6
[2015-07-29 20:34:36.055] [ info]  Pool parameters query...
[2015-07-29 20:34:37.092] [ info]  Loading miners...
[2015-07-29 20:34:37.092] [ info]  Miners loaded successfully
[2015-07-29 20:34:37.470] [ info]  Successfully connected to pool: stratum+tcp:/
/176.9.147.178:4555. session_id="e36942b1-e656-43ac-9968-43f3c3a71e1a"
[2015-07-29 20:34:37.470] [ info]  New Job: job_id="34116004-4a64-470a-9778-a71e
da8fbcc6" blob="010196b7e6ad056da936cde9dc183b662fc77daae0e2875e0764636cc3abebf4
f417bb1bba83c0000000007a2588d01140fe661af355103bca351d0f3779690f2e9e5c742bab270 a
dee5d502" target="e4a63d00"
[2015-07-29 20:34:37.470] [ info]  New difficulty: 1063
[2015-07-29 20:34:37.495] [ info]  Successfully connected to pool: stratum+tcp:/
/176.9.47.243:4559. session_id="8b1a0ba0-b3ec-4791-9f02-16d4b531bb96"
[2015-07-29 20:34:37.495] [ info]  New Job: job_id="cee330a0-8db3-4488-892d-fb60
3be2ed8b" blob="01019fb7e6ad056da936cde9dc183b662fc77daae0e2875e0764636cc3abebf4
f417bb1bba83c000000000b122f55c29f13188333d19747eefb4f1f4328b257980fdfc24ce05cc0 7
2a9a2e02" target="e4a63d00"
[2015-07-29 20:34:37.496] [ info]  New difficulty: 1063
[2015-07-29 20:34:41.135] [ info]  Share submitted successfully!!!
[2015-07-29 20:34:41.255] [ info]  New Job: job_id="40a5d2b0-14a0-44d7-a145-6084
c75309ec" blob="01019fb7e6ad056da936cde9dc183b662fc77daae0e2875e0764636cc3abebf4
f417bb1bba83c000000000a783c0123d75f898b44fd720e5c67a3ce2b34ab32dc404aa843f7cbbf f
3c716002" target="e4a63d00"
[2015-07-29 20:34:41.255] [ info]  New difficulty: 1063
[2015-07-29 20:34:41.591] [ info]  New Job: job_id="621b1d07-0cc7-495d-8576-3ff1
5f3e891f" blob="010196b7e6ad056da936cde9dc183b662fc77daae0e2875e0764636cc3abebf4
f417bb1bba83c00000000073e043cedd42f0dda5a5545cde9d66e8d29d9571c1cdef44e3293d336 8
8abf8102" target="3e5f1900"
[2015-07-29 20:34:41.591] [ info]  New difficulty: 2583
[2015-07-29 20:34:47.089] [ info]  BCN hashrate: 110.68 H/s
[2015-07-29 20:34:47.089] [ info]  FCN+XMR hashrate: 109.68 H/s
[2015-07-29 20:34:57.095] [ info]  BCN hashrate: 109.334 H/s
[2015-07-29 20:34:59.382] [ info]  FCN+XMR hashrate: 109.434 H/s
[2015-07-29 20:34:59.614] [ info]  Share submitted successfully!!!

Something seems wrong to me when I enable GPU mining.

Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way and should start with basics...

1) Does MinerGate GUI 5.0.3 x64 (latest on site) work with Nvidia GTX 970?
2) If GTX 970 is supported through the MinerGate GUI, can someone please provide an idea of hashpower for a single card so I have a baseline to measure my system against?
3) What logs can I review to get more information about how things are working under the hood? I'm guessing that even though my menu's do nothing, the logs still exist and I should be able to find them?
4) Assuming everything is working correctly, should my hashrate from both CPU and GPU be combined in the website's dashboard?

I'm running an i7 with 6 physical cores, 12 logical cores on Windows 8.1 with 16gb ram. This system is water-cooled, and I have real-time monitoring of power usage and rarely tip 50% of the power supplies capacity. All drivers are current. Daily gaming at max settings, as well as running CCminer for over a year on this system without any issues.

I've tried running the MinerGate CLI, but have not spent enough time with it to know much more other than it appears to detect CUDA 5.2.

I've been sitting in the English chat tool on minergate.com as well if anyone wants to do some real-time assistance.

I don't have a 980 GTX, I have a 970 GTX which is MAXWELL based and uses quite a bit less power than a 980 GTX. I'm also only running a single card, no SLI. I had no optical drives, only SSD, water cooling in an A/Ced house, and minimal accessories via USB. This machine is designed to be cool and quiet even under load.I've got an 860w Platinum certified active PFC power supply. This system has been completely stable for the last year or so I've had it mining and gaming concurrently, it never crashes, and only restarts for updates. Based on the measurement of my battery backup system I'm only hitting ~250w usage while the mining is running @ 6 Cores with GPU intensity 2. I never said full throttle, you did. This is well within stable specs.

I've still got plenty of other questions about this thing though, so please don't get hung up trying to troubleshoot the GPU.

1) How do I get to the logs to try and troubleshoot or offer feedback when asking for support? The log's menu does nothing when I click.

2) Why doesn't the GPU hashrate seem to appear added to my CPU hashrate on the website's dashboard?

3) Why are 40% of the shares I'm submitting bad?

Monero - Good shares:3,628 Blocks:0 Bad shares:2,942
Bytecoin - Good shares:3,110 Blocks:0 Bad shares:3,647

Looks like I'm running stable on Intensity 2, but the GPU speed doesn't appear to be stacked with the CPU when looking at the website dashboard, so I can't tell if it's actually doing anything. Still having issues with high failures, and can't use the logs in the menu. Calling it a night and will hope its better tomorrow.

UPDATE, setting my GPU intensity (unsure how I missed that) to 2-4 dramatically improves the GPU speed, however it causes alot of GPU kernel crash and recoveries. Because of the frequency of the crashing, I got a warning that the miner has been blocked from accessing my GPU.

Running a 12 core system with a 970 GTX, and trying to figure out if I've done something wrong. Windows GUI is reporting ~200H/s for CPU and ~15H/s for GPU. I'm used to running GPU only mining (was on YAAMP forever), but its been my experience that GPU should be faster than CPU. System is fully updated on latest software / patches / drivers. Everything runs as expected against YAAMP clones, and SimpleMulti, so I'm 99% sure its not my hardware.

I've also got roughly 40% bad shares, and none of the logs will open from the menu for me to try and do any of my own troubleshooting.

Might help to mention that I'm using the GUI miner, set to Smart Miner, which at this time has been on XMR for both CPU and GPU, with FCN set for merged mining.

Anyone? Opened a ticket as well, but thought I might get better / faster information from here.

thanks!

No payments today?

My miners have been down for a bit due to constant cycling through "stratum_recv_line failed" as well. It's not just you.

I can second that I've been getting frequent disconnects from the service for the last week or two. What's worse is that it actually crashes my mining executable, so the batch file will never pick back up until the error screen is cleared by human intervention. Leads me to long downtimes, which have me considering alternatives. This pool has been good to me though, so I'm trying to be patient.

Yup!

If your script follows along something like this: http://yaamp.com/site/multialgo

You should be fine.

Quoting right from the yaamp.com front page:



All I had to do for darkcoin was -u and my wallet address, it was detected correctly.

I'm not sure you are understanding. For example, I'm setup to mine X11, X13, X14, X15, Qubit, and Quark. My payout is set to a Darkcoin account, so the mining power I contribute will crunch against the highest paying algorithm / currency available (Yaamp does this auto). I'm paid twice a day in an equal amount of Darkcoin for the cycles I contributed to the pool. It works pretty well, I've never had to do any currency exchanges etc.

Hope that clears things up.

You can mine one or more algorithms, and get paid in whatever coin you want.