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Glad to hear.
I can recommend OverdriveN Tool for configuration. If you dont install the AMD settings...
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I posted this in another thread, but if someone stumbles upon this one, here is the solution:
Ok, so I got it up and running!
Thank you toptek12 for the useful script.
The thing I did not notice and that I was up to try next was the Crossfire settings. I remembered that someone told me something about this for AMD cards (these were my first AMD cards for mining). You have to turn Crossfire and Ultra Low Power mode off in order to get the cards to work. This is possible via the registry, what takes some time to set. Then I found out that the AMD-Compute-n-Stability-Script_v2.0 that toptek12 mentioned in another thread does exactly that in a conveniant way. So I used it (DL from Anoraktech).
Step by step:
1.) Remove any drivers in Safe mode with DDU.
2.) Reboot, get into BIOS and make sure everything related to Link speeds is on Gen1. Disable the 2 virtualisation settings. Enable above 4G encoding.
3.) Boot.
4.) Shut down.
5.) Plug in ONE single Vega.
6.) Start up, install recent AMD drivers (ONLY drivers!).
7.) Reboot, check if everything works.
8.) Shut down.
9.) Plug in all the other cards. I just had the riser disconnected for convenience.
10.) Reboot, open Device Manager and wait until every card is installed and no triangles or unknown devices are shown.
11.) DONT REBOOT! Apply the AMD-Compute-n-Stability-Script_v2.0 (Both parts, read the readme.)
12.) Only after this is done reboot.
Everything should work fine now.
Regards
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Ok, so I got it up and running!
Thank you toptek12 for the useful script.
The thing I did not notice and that I was up to try next was the Crossfire settings. I remembered that someone told me something about this for AMD cards (these were my first AMD cards for mining). You have to turn Crossfire and Ultra Low Power mode off in order to get the cards to work. This is possible via the registry, what takes some time to set. Then I found out that the AMD-Compute-n-Stability-Script_v2.0 that toptek12 mentioned in another thread does exactly that in a conveniant way. So I used it (DL from Anoraktech).
Step by step:
1.) Remove any drivers in Safe mode with DDU.
2.) Reboot, get into BIOS and make sure everything related to Link speeds is on Gen1. Disable the 2 virtualisation settings. Enable above 4G encoding.
3.) Boot.
4.) Shut down.
5.) Plug in ONE single Vega.
6.) Start up, install recent AMD drivers (ONLY drivers!).
7.) Reboot, check if everything works.
8.) Shut down.
9.) Plug in all the other cards. I just had the riser disconnected for convenience.
10.) Reboot, open Device Manager and wait until every card is installed and no triangles or unknown devices are shown.
11.) DONT REBOOT! Apply the AMD-Compute-n-Stability-Script_v2.0 (Both parts, read the readme.)
12.) Only after this is done reboot.
Everything should work fine now.
Regards
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Ok, so I will try a bunch of things on 1803 and then will switch back to 1703 if you say it works. Funny thing is that I had the startmenu not working problem on my NVIDIA rigs. Rebooting several times helped and then the problem disappeared. It was gone since 1803.  |
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If you open Device Manager and leave it, does it refresh for you every 15-30 sec, as in like scanning for device?
Mine seems to do so..
Yes it does that. I will try tomorrow a clean install, then putting in one vega, install drivers, reboot, check and so on. Erverybody says that should work. |
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I have 16 GB RAM and virtual memory is 96GB minimum. So thats not the problem.
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Yes, time to sort drivers etc. I have two B250 motherboards with AMD but only 5/6 cards (Vega 56/64). A few times while setting the cards up, the remote desktop session would hang with a black screen at startup. In these time I also re-booted the whole thing when stuck, but it never helped. I had to re-install Windows and then allow time to settle down. Getting AMD based setup working is just PITA sometimes.
But looks like you have done this already.
Yes, I know that phenomenon. I went past that. What drivers are you using? |
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Here's a crazy thought, can Windows activation possibly have anything to do with this?
Trying on un-activated Win 10 instance..
I am using an i3. It does not help at all... Also (just a coincidence) this one Rig I am using has an activated windows. So both points should not be relevant.  It occurs AFTER installing drivers, right? So maybe we have to try even older drivers? Can you install the Blockchain drivers? I am getting blue screen. |
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So please, stop with the 16GB RAM tips, or the GPT UEFI partitions, or whatever other crazy idea comes to mind.
Hey mate, nobody says it is not working in general! We are saying it does not work for us. And we try to find out why. Maybe you can help us find the problem. I have 4x of the same 580 Special Edition cards. right now 3 of them are working with 5x 1070 Tis. When I add the 4th 580, system lags. What drivers do you use? Did you change anything special in general? Regards |
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Thanks for mentioning that. Perhaps its a common issue.
Have you tried opening Task Manager to see if anything is eating up the CPU when lag occurs?
For me it seams to be "Windows audio endpoint builder", but not always.. but killing it or stop/disabling the service does not seem to solve it..
I also checked that. That was the first thing I have done. Nothing suspicious. Furthermore I just installed the drivers, without the settings and hdmi drivers etc. Did not work either. So now I will check some BIOS settings. But if this also does not help, I am out of ideas. Did you find out something I did not mention so far? |
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Have you tried only Vegas or only 580s? Maybe mixing them is also a problem.
Yes. So far 3x 580 run fine, even if i add the 1070 tis. 6 Vegas wont run. I managed to get 5 running. As soon as i add aanother one, it stutters. I need to solve this  Have you tried leaving the system alone, say for an hour, when it stutters? Maybe it will sort it out after some time, if its a one time thing. So like it needs time to sort drivers and stuff? Since I was eating once and doing several other things while trying out different things, the system was on its own for some time for sure. Problem is, that often then lag became so severe that system froze. So far i found out: -It is not card related since it does not matter if I replace one card with another on the same place when having 3 cards in the rig. No stutter occurs. It occurs as soon as I add another card. -It also occurs when I put in only Vegas or only 580 of the same vendor. -DDU or windows reinstalling did not work. -Its an UEFI system with GPT -12 NVIDIA GPUs work on the exact same motherboard -Installing one after the other did not help. -Blockchain driver gives me blue screen and boot loops. -Older drivers also have the problem I dont know what to try next. Maybe its some kind of BIOS settings? |
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I run several Rigs with 12 NVIDIA GPUs on Gigabyte Mainboards and never had a Problem.
So it must have something to do with AMD Cards....
I agree, it must have something to do with AMD cards. I experienced the same thing before on one of my VEGA rigs. I ran 13-GPUs on a G4560 Petium processor with 4GB RAM. GPUs were 4 VEGAs and 7 RX470s. Opening radeon settings took forever too. I reinstalled everything and used blockchain drivers instead, works perfectly even up until today. Did you ever find out what was the actual issue? I've reinstalled Windows 2 times now, doesn't seem to make a difference. Also, just curious did you re-install with all GPUs connected or connect 1 at a time afterwards? Hi, I am still on it since it occured 2 days ago for me. I need a solution. So far, reinstalling Windows or drivers did not make a change. Also I will post mor details in my thread, since it has a more open topic. I opened it to get more attention since the problem is not only related to the B250 Mining Expert. I had the same behaviour on a Gigabyte and on a MSI board. |
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Have you tried only Vegas or only 580s? Maybe mixing them is also a problem.
Yes. So far 3x 580 run fine, even if i add the 1070 tis. 6 Vegas wont run. I managed to get 5 running. As soon as i add aanother one, it stutters. I need to solve this |
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So, since I got 6x Vega and 8x 580, I had combinations to try. Right now, in another rig i mixed 4x 580 to 8 1070Tis. Same problem. Then I removed one and the problem was solved. Then i put it back in and the problem returned. Then i removed another 580 and it was good again.
I dont understand this... Max 3 AMD cards? Lol
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Yeah, I already did that, too yesterday. Took some time... Each card works fine on its own.
Its independent of the miner. System stutters immideately.
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I tried the Blockchain drivers. But my system crashes. I get a bootloop with a bluescreen.
I also had tried the older drivers. Did not work...
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I run several Rigs with 12 NVIDIA GPUs on Gigabyte Mainboards and never had a Problem.
So it must have something to do with AMD Cards....
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Hey guys! I am having exactly the same problem. Here is my thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4353979.0I opened another because the problem is not associated with the ASUS B250 Mining Expert. I had it on a Gigabyte too. Check my thread to read what I tried so far. edit: So I read its a GPT Problem? But windows 10 on a SSD automatically sets UEFI and GPT, or not? All my other 12 GPU rigs did not require any further settings (but they also are all NVIDIA Rigs hmm...) Checked. Its GPT and I still have the problem! Regards |
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Hi guys!
I have a Windows 10 Rig (yeah, I know, Linux is better, but given it is a windows 10 rig for now). All risers are fine, I put in 6 Vega 64 and 4 Radeon 580 one at a time. All are shown fine in the device manager. Then I installed the drivers without any problems. But as soon as the drivers (18.5.1) are installed and I reboot, the system begins to stutter.
No enhanced CPU load
Cards show up in the device manager fine
But miners dont recognize them...
Fresh install
PSUs are powerful enough
All updates applied
RAM 16 GB
CPU is i3
When I DDU the drivers, all is fine again.
This occured on a Gigabyte Fintec and also now on a ASUS B250 Mining Expert. I tried the ASUS I had in another Rig afterwards, because ASUS "guarantees" that the AMD cards work in the configuration shown in the FAQ. I put them exactly as shown and all slots are green. So its not a mainboard problem.
Has anybody an idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
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When mining in Antpool, is PPS = PPS+ ? And would you recommend PPLNS?m, I mean, what do you earn on average with PPLNS?
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