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Yeah, nothing 'wrong' with molex risers. Just older design, so don't pay top money for them. Also molex connectors are horrible to seat properly.
Worth considering your PSU - very safe having 6pin risers, but not so clever if you run out of cables.
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First response already nailed it in the head. Your USB media is no good. Have you tried recreating the USB installer? Based on my experience, simply downloading the win10 iso from Microsoft works. Then after that i use the "Rufus" app to select a USB device and make the ISO bootable. Sometimes the bootable media gets corrupted so i simply repeat the process and it will work fine again.
Been doing this for a few rigs over the last few months without fail.
Rufus is awesome. Also worth creating several bootable USBs while you're at it - some MBs just don't like some brands of USB key. Try another type of USB before you conclude there's an issue with the MB/SSD/etc... |
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Read this thread about 8 times when I was having a mare setting this board up with vegas. In case it helps anyone - the 16x slot seems to use resources differently to the others.
Enabling mining, Gen 2, using internal graphics brings the shorter slots online, but if you use that longer slot it hogs <something>, especially with Vegas. I had crash after crash till I swapped from using that 16x slot.
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Just a quick note for Moonlander folk in UK and Europe - Am currently using this Plugable 7-port hub with x4 sticks, running fine so far: http://[Suspicious link removed]/2zkGMOu
Tried this Orico number: http://[Suspicious link removed]/2jdmoGn failed at more than two.
I have the same setup, you going to try 5x ? Also what speeds you running ? I'm aiming for 6, 2 more sticks in the post. Running at 720 at the moment, stable, 4MHs per stick. Can obviously go higher, sink temps at mid 60's... Will post what happens with 6! Ok. I have three more in the post on top of the four I have connected now. I think it's just a matter of speed & amps that each one draws in order to get all seven running. From my post on page two if this thread I think (in theory) we have 1.71a to play with per port... "If you were to split all 7 ports up equally and assuming 100% efficiency you could in theory draw about 1.71A per port." What we could do with is accurate amp / speed table for these. UPDATE (and a WARNING!) : I'm now running 5x moonlanders at clock=756 on the plugable 7 port usb 3 hub and my meter is showing power usage (for the hub alone) at 53.08w, i personally wouldn't like to try running 6x as this will exceed the rating of 60w (12v x 5a) so you're running the risk of overload, over heat / maybe fire etc. I can confirm it's stable though  Time for a new hub... Ha. I've got 6 up and running, but that adaptor is white hot. Didn't check the meter, but suspect you're right...<goes to check meter>/ edit - Yes, I've got c. 54w running 5 @ 768. Had 63.8w with 6, which is toooo much. Stolen the ebay idea of yours, looks good, and thanks... Cool - let us know how you get on. I've got 10x of these on the way to (5x left / 5x right) to help with spacing.. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F282430334062eBay Sipolar hub has arrived, running 6 @768 without any fuss. Looks the part, very pleased. Thanks! |
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Hi Folks, Have spent quite a while trying to get this board http://amzn.to/2C9if24 up and running with 2 WC Vega 64s. 8gb Ram, 1000w EVGA PSU. Had PSU and Vegas running on another MB, so know they're not DOA. I can get one Vega recognised and hashing happily, but cannot for the life of me get the second to fire up. Lights are on, fan is spinning, there's even a light on the board that says the PCIE lane is occupied, and I can get the bios to accept another gpu is plugged in if I swap to slot 2, but then win10 won't boot. I've tried enabling 4g, but that seems to prevent boot entirely too, and tried setting PCIE gen 1. Basically, it'll either not boot, or only recognise one GPU. I've also checked all cables about 4 million times, and tried several other risers in case this one has mystically died. I know this board has issues running multiple cards, but expected it to be able to run two. Any thoughts before I rebuild the whole thing again on a different - less crap - board? ;-) Thanks! |
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So I been thinking its more cost effective to run 2 boards with 12 gpus rather than 4 boards with 6gpus.
Can windows now handle 12 gpus from nvidia? Is one specific 12gpu board better than the others? I believe there is asus, asrock and biostar.
I was also thinking of using a server power supply or multiples with the pico power supply adapter to power everything. Will these boards work with the pico adapter? On parallel miner it seems most boards won't work off the pico supply adapter.
It's nothing really to think about, it's simple math. Cost effective till you get a persistent issue, then you're doubling your downtime costs. |
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Just a quick note for Moonlander folk in UK and Europe - Am currently using this Plugable 7-port hub with x4 sticks, running fine so far: http://[Suspicious link removed]/2zkGMOu
Tried this Orico number: http://[Suspicious link removed]/2jdmoGn failed at more than two.
I have the same setup, you going to try 5x ? Also what speeds you running ? I'm aiming for 6, 2 more sticks in the post. Running at 720 at the moment, stable, 4MHs per stick. Can obviously go higher, sink temps at mid 60's... Will post what happens with 6! Ok. I have three more in the post on top of the four I have connected now. I think it's just a matter of speed & amps that each one draws in order to get all seven running. From my post on page two if this thread I think (in theory) we have 1.71a to play with per port... "If you were to split all 7 ports up equally and assuming 100% efficiency you could in theory draw about 1.71A per port." What we could do with is accurate amp / speed table for these. UPDATE (and a WARNING!) : I'm now running 5x moonlanders at clock=756 on the plugable 7 port usb 3 hub and my meter is showing power usage (for the hub alone) at 53.08w, i personally wouldn't like to try running 6x as this will exceed the rating of 60w (12v x 5a) so you're running the risk of overload, over heat / maybe fire etc. I can confirm it's stable though Time for a new hub... Ha. I've got 6 up and running, but that adaptor is white hot. Didn't check the meter, but suspect you're right...<goes to check meter>/ edit - Yes, I've got c. 54w running 5 @ 768. Had 63.8w with 6, which is toooo much. Stolen the ebay idea of yours, looks good, and thanks... |
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 The wallet is the easy part... it's my wallet more important, do you understand when you get paid? how often? is it what you suppose to get for your hash rate? Can you tell that the fee is really 1.5% ? can you know if it's 15% maybe? Maybe look at your pool stats? Fee is a tricky one, as there's nothing to really indicate (unlike Claymore that displays a dev fee hashing connection) when and how much. If it really bothers you try comparing the revenue from a day or two's mining with the same rig using a different miner. Also you could check against the many hashpower calculators out there. |
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Well, none of the mining servers are accepting connections at the moment, so ethics aside you can't mine anyway...
Are you trying the nVidia miner? Legacy miner(AMD) works fine since yesterday... Nope, using the tcp stratum address in Claymore/Cast. Tried EU, US and Asia versions. Maybe a temp glitch... |
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Vega 56 it's a good price/hashrate power and you can find bios mod
Which is why they're sold out everywheeeeere. If you find any, buy them. |
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Well, none of the mining servers are accepting connections at the moment, so ethics aside you can't mine anyway...
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Just a quick note for Moonlander folk in UK and Europe - Am currently using this Plugable 7-port hub with x4 sticks, running fine so far: http://[Suspicious link removed]/2zkGMOu
Tried this Orico number: http://[Suspicious link removed]/2jdmoGn failed at more than two.
I have the same setup, you going to try 5x ? Also what speeds you running ? I'm aiming for 6, 2 more sticks in the post. Running at 720 at the moment, stable, 4MHs per stick. Can obviously go higher, sink temps at mid 60's... Will post what happens with 6! Ok. I have three more in the post on top of the four I have connected now. I think it's just a matter of speed & amps that each one draws in order to get all seven running. From my post on page two if this thread I think (in theory) we have 1.71a to play with per port... "If you were to split all 7 ports up equally and assuming 100% efficiency you could in theory draw about 1.71A per port." What we could do with is accurate amp / speed table for these. Yes indeed. As a side note, I used these 90-deg adaptors http://amzn.to/2yXp5Ba so the ports that were blocked are accessible. Should have got the left hand version really (for the hub to be right way up) but the build quality seems pretty good. |
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Just a quick note for Moonlander folk in UK and Europe - Am currently using this Plugable 7-port hub with x4 sticks, running fine so far: http://[Suspicious link removed]/2zkGMOu
Tried this Orico number: http://[Suspicious link removed]/2jdmoGn failed at more than two.
I have the same setup, you going to try 5x ? Also what speeds you running ? I'm aiming for 6, 2 more sticks in the post. Running at 720 at the moment, stable, 4MHs per stick. Can obviously go higher, sink temps at mid 60's... Will post what happens with 6! |
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Just a quick note for Moonlander folk in UK and Europe - Am currently using this Plugable 7-port hub with x4 sticks, running fine so far: http://amzn.to/2zkGMOuTried this Orico number: http://amzn.to/2jdmoGn failed at more than two. |
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if you want to restart miner x time due hash drop here is simple script . my miner restart every 30 min Ps don't close script terminal. creat bat file and put this. Edit set commandline and set u config @echo off
echo -------------------------------------------------------------------
echo Restart Cast miner every 30 min
echo -------------------------------------------------------------------
echo:
set executable=cast_xmr-vega.exe
set commandline= -S youpoolhere -u youwallet here and others cmd from you bat file. %* --fastjobswitch --forcecompute
set runforseconds=1800
set restartinseconds=2
set /a counter=0
timeout 2
:start
start "cast_xmr-vega" %executable% %commandline%
echo:
echo The software will run for %runforseconds% seconds
timeout %runforseconds%
taskkill /f /im %executable%
echo:
echo Restarting the software in %restartinseconds% seconds (%counter%)
timeout %restartinseconds%
set /a counter+=1
echo:
echo:
goto start Thanks!! That is awesome stuff. Ever since I plugged 6 Vega either the drivers or the program are less stable and have to restart things over with a bat file, which I use, but it is manual and different than this one. How could your bat file be done to have onedrivetool and devcon.exe settings included too?  I really want to switch the drivers to the new Adrenalin ones... but it seems like the hash rate is quite slower for Vega 56 here is script to restart video cards , start overdrive and start mining. juts copy,creat new bat file and edit. SET MinerOpts -S xmr-eu.dwarfpool.com:9100 -u .... etc SET VidTool1= OverdriveNTool.exe -r0 -p0Vega56 -r0 -p1Vega56 ... etc set runforseconds=1800 secs to restart , 30 min default. sorry but bitcointalk does not let me post the complete script in the code  Credits @TheJerichoJones http://fgteambr.esy.es/start.txtDumb question: I'm already using the excellent @TheJerichoJones script to restart video cards , start overdrive and start mining. Works brilliantly, just currently needs restarting every hour or so. Would this bat be tweakable to run JJ's script, rather than the miner? (EDIT: using the script from your link seems to work! Testing now - Thanks!) |
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1. what to mine and how to mine and what to expect. (I am unclear on where to start)
Started from you reading about Mining types (like Mining use hardware or Cloudmining), Pools of Mining. 2. I also want to know how to find out the hash rate of a device.
2. you can go to this : https://whattomine.com/4. Suppose I start mining coin 'A' and then I want to mine coin 'B'. Is it a good thing to switch? Is is even possible to switch like this?
4. Yes, maybe if you think a coin 'A' profit is low than a coin B. Reagrding Question 1 I will go for the use of Hardware and than maybe pool later. I don't have any plans for going for Cloud Mining whatsoever. 2. Thanks for the source. Also if you can enlighten me about the temp and clocking the device? I have read somewhere that the clocking to device also effects whattomine  (You see what I did there? No, Ok I will stop)  4. My point in this question was what changes will I have to make if i want to shift from one coin to another. 2: temp and clocking depend on exactly what 'device' you're talking about - ASIC, GPU, CPU are all very different, but could be used to mine, depending on what algo you're aiming at. Each GPU has it's own optimum clocks, which you'll have to test. 4: Ditto. Depends what hardware you're running to begin with. Might be as easy as clicking a toggle in your pool settings, or might need you to trade/buy a coin that you can't mine with your hardware (eg: you have a gpu farm but want BTC). Switching is all very well, but there are many hidden variables, such as pool payout levels, time taken to setup and optimise, and the fact that yesterday's great idea might be todays awful one, because everyone else has done it too. 2. I will be using GPU for mining and won't go for Bitcoin as I feel that it is already too crowded to be of any good. Also I have read that AMD is better than nVidia as it is cheaper and good for coins like Ether/Ripple (Sorry for taking names ) 4. I will be using GPU and won't be joining a pool any time soon. I don't know that many people and I don't trust websites that much as well. Also I don't want to wait for my payouts and risk the fact that there are a lot of players who don't give you the payout when it is time. I would love to look into the toggle thing, please guide me with any resource if you can for the same. Me is saying this is because I don't want to be stuck with today's great idea which eventually turned into tomorrows' blunder Thanks in advance. 2) Good, GPU won't mine BTC or Ripple (for different reasons). What are you planning to mine? That will dictate whether AMD or Nvidia is 'better'. 4) Um, well, if you don't want to use a pool you'll be solo mining, no toggles. No payouts unless you hit a block either. Basically, you'll need to get Googling - most of the answers are out there, you just need a step-by-step approach. Suggest starting at the difference between solo mining and pool mining, and the various algos you can mine with GPUs. |
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1. what to mine and how to mine and what to expect. (I am unclear on where to start)
Started from you reading about Mining types (like Mining use hardware or Cloudmining), Pools of Mining. 2. I also want to know how to find out the hash rate of a device.
2. you can go to this : https://whattomine.com/4. Suppose I start mining coin 'A' and then I want to mine coin 'B'. Is it a good thing to switch? Is is even possible to switch like this?
4. Yes, maybe if you think a coin 'A' profit is low than a coin B. Reagrding Question 1 I will go for the use of Hardware and than maybe pool later. I don't have any plans for going for Cloud Mining whatsoever. 2. Thanks for the source. Also if you can enlighten me about the temp and clocking the device? I have read somewhere that the clocking to device also effects whattomine (You see what I did there? No, Ok I will stop) 4. My point in this question was what changes will I have to make if i want to shift from one coin to another. 2: temp and clocking depend on exactly what 'device' you're talking about - ASIC, GPU, CPU are all very different, but could be used to mine, depending on what algo you're aiming at. Each GPU has it's own optimum clocks, which you'll have to test. 4: Ditto. Depends what hardware you're running to begin with. Might be as easy as clicking a toggle in your pool settings, or might need you to trade/buy a coin that you can't mine with your hardware (eg: you have a gpu farm but want BTC). Switching is all very well, but there are many hidden variables, such as pool payout levels, time taken to setup and optimise, and the fact that yesterday's great idea might be todays awful one, because everyone else has done it too. |
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Are you guys all trying to say that ethminer and claymore won't work with my card? Or are you just saying it's not profitable?
Again, I don't care about the profit. I just want it to work so I can say I can successfully setup mining. It has nothing to do with profit.
I just need a clear answer on this. . .
Of course you can...my 6 year old daughter did it, its not complicated I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but in my original post I specified the painstaking steps I went through. I literally went through a whole afternoon and night installing/uninstalling/reading wiki. I installed all those components, but ethminer and claymore were still not working. Not being funny, cos I'm sure we've all been there at one point or another, but if you had spent £150-200 on a secondhand rx470 you would probably be up and running by now. Cost benefit analysis is something rarely mentioned on here, but kinda important unless you have infinite time to waste. Either splash out on the necessary minimum hardware to mine ETH, or try Cryptonight. |
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Ummm, I was about to buy Gold, but then I saw this:  Failed SEO or what happend there? yeah, that is very weird. Other than that it all seems legit though! |
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