I can mine 3 different coins. with a 3+3+4 rig set up and only 1 coin with a 10 card setup.
you can mine different coins on the same rig, just use the miners "select gpu" commands and point one miners cards at one coin, and the other miners card at the other coins. i use ewbf and claymore on my rig, the amd cards use claymore for xmr, and ewbf uses the nvidia card to mine zcash. you could run 2 instances of the same miner too, doesnt have to be different ones. say mine both etc and eth on the same rig for example, using 2 instances of claymore with some cards selected for eth, the others selected for etc. thats using win7, if you use smos/nvoc or something dunno if you can do that. its certainly easier to just mine one coin per rig though. the order of card identification is all over the place in different miners, even versions of the same miner. |
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Drifted to about -5.0%
heh. good for btc miners, sucks for us contestants  |
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Thanks for the explanation. I was just wondering what would happen if one of those two services were to go down. Would there be a manual way to still get to your coins or are you screwed?
worse comes to worse you can import the trezor seed words/passphrase into another (bip38 or bip39? cant remember) wallet and all your addresses will be there. so even if all the trezor related stuff goes down you still have access to your coins. |
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6.9 spread so far. -2.4 to +4.5
is this one of the biggest spreads the contest has had?
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We have 12 6 GPU rigs (actually 2 of them are 7), and all but 1 are on 120 GB SSDs with Windows 10 Pro. All of the ones on SSD are mining within ~30 seconds of hitting the power button, so I'm curious as to why it's taking so long in your case. Even on A HDD it should be less then that I think...
I really don't know why but this is what happens: 1. BIOS splash screen appears 2. Black screen 3. 3-5 minutes waiting ... 4. Desktop appears I think it has something to do with the drivers. Im running both nvidia and AMD cards on the same rig.That might be the difference there. I don't have any experience mixing AMD and NVIDIA together, but it seems plausible to me that it could take longer to boot up that way. Someone else running both NVIDIA and AMD on the same rig will have to verify or disprove that theory though... We have 12 6 GPU rigs (actually 2 of them are 7), and all but 1 are on 120 GB SSDs with Windows 10 Pro. All of the ones on SSD are mining within ~30 seconds of hitting the power button, so I'm curious as to why it's taking so long in your case. Even on A HDD it should be less then that I think...
*11 of our rigs are on 4GB RAM, the other is 8GB.
Why do you choose windows over Linux and what miner(s) are you using ? We chose Windows because my wife is the one who deals with the machines the vast majority of the time and that was scary enough for her at first without bringing in a brand new OS on top of it. Windows keys are pretty cheap these days so the tiny extra cost is worth it for us. have a rig with 4 amd and 1 nvidia. 120 gig m2 sata ssd, 8 gb ram, g1840 cpu, win7 pro. takes about 30 seconds from power on to claymore mining window to appear. |
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kinda funny, this.
think about it.. actors are paid to lie. the better that they can lie (regurgitate whats in the script) the better they can sell that lie. even win awards for that talent.
and some of their real world views are the funniest, most uneducated views there are.
i dont think i would rely too much on most actors tech skills in this space.
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wont work.
the usb cable is used to transfer the pcie signals from the mobo pcie slot to the pcie slot on the add in card. it does not use the usb protocol, it just happens to use the usb cable as it has the right amount of shielding and signal wires.
try plugging that into a standard usb port and at best, nothing will happen. at worst, something will fry.
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I would be worried about the moisture in the air in your basement more so than noise or heat because those things are not detrimental, but condensation inside your rig will destroy your components
i mine in my basement. while the humidity occasional goes up due to heavy rain it has never been enough to effect the mining rig or the freenas box next to it. been running a couple years now worse comes to worse i run a dehumidifier. main concern is ventilating it well. |
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Phil (and others using Nicehash).
Are you guys just running the Nicehash miner (2.0 or Legacy) and letting it pick your coins or are you pointing your own miner software to the mining pool?
Reason I am asking, I set up a miner on Nicehash 2.0.1.1 and benchmarked it (4x 1080ti). It bounced between Lyra2v2 and Dagger but when I look at the calculator they have on line it is showing 1080ti's should be most profitable bouncing between Lbry and Keccek and Equihash? Mine has been steady mining Lrya2v2 and Dagger? When I look in the Benchmark section I don't even see Keccek Skunk or any of the other algo's 1080ti's are supposed to be good at?
1) Did I miss something on the setup?
2) Dagger? on a 1080ti?
Thanks
Bones
i use my own choice of miner software and point it at nicehash. main reason is switching algos can cause the cards to be unstable unless you run very generic settings, ie no tuning for each algo. for example eth and xmr tune differently. |
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What about doing a complete disk wipe and reinstall of the OS? It is more radical. Or perhaps creating a new user and deleting the old one. http://www.dban.org/In case you need to provide the same application profile you may use [dpkg --get-selections > list] dban. it is a tried and true time tested utility. it will totally wipe the drive by overwriting every sector and can be set to do it multiple times. just reinstalling the OS may not do it. same with just deleting an account. dban is a bootable image, put it on CD or flash drive. make sure the disk you want to nuke is the ONLY disk attached. |
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I keep 2 btc in my core wallet
I keep under
.3btc in blockchain wallet + bittrex + polinex + coinbase + nicehash + viabtc.com + trezor
I have 3 back up drives of my core wallet.
one of those backup sets (and copies of paper wallets/papers with seed words) should be off site. i use a safe deposit box at the bank and rotate drives through it. just in case my house burns completely down, ransomware encrypts my rigs and NAS or something. i figure anything that take the house and the bank 15 miles away at the same time.. well money will probably be the least of my problems. |
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I can use a propane torch and get it to 2000F but I'm not sure that's a fair test:
Using the propane torch to me seems more like a test of the metal quality/spec than proof of survivability. I could easily have spent 8x more on really high quality steel/titanium/tungsten to be certain it would survive but that takes it out of the realms of an affordable home project for most people.
I got the metal business cards from ebay, and as it's a prototype it was on the cheap. I think all steel has a melting point above what my open fire produces (and a house fire), my concern is that the card softens and distorts before that melting point, if it does I would consider it a failure.
not meant to be a fair test, just a cheap and dirty test. 2000F is still below the melting point of the metals mentioned in the thread (IIRC), figure if it can survive that, it can survive a house fire, no ifs, ands or buts.  too bad there are no cheap IR temp guns that can hit 1100F (typical house fire temp), my cheap one maxes out at 830F. otherwise you could use the IR gun with the torch to hit 1100F and hold it there to see if it deforms/melts. only some fireplaces/fuels burn at 1100F so not sure how you could easily and reliably check that. |
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As for fire, we have an open fire at home and I don't mind putting this test piece into it, I may be month or so until it gets cold enough in the house to light it, you may have to wait for those results, the best I can do is phone the supplier of the metal and ask what the metal spec was for our best guess at a melting point, although it will of course soften before that.
quick search says fireplaces can be 500F-1100F depending on fuel etc. house fires can be 1100F. a propane torch can hit 2000F. so if you can test it with propane torch (which are very cheap) and heat it to red hot say and have it survive that would be a good test. |
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560 already has all shaders enabled. 460 did not, hence unlocking to get them.
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All my rigs are shut down. Water level is breeching 30% up driveway. It's not looking good.............7 more days of rain. All detention ponds and bayou are breached.
Only thing we can do is pray. Only 1 life jacket in the house, who gets it? L3 or 1080TI?
pretty bad  stuff can be replaced. stay safe. sending prayers in your direction. |
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definitely makes the contest different.
before you could try to find trends and pick based on that.
before towards the end of a contest you could see who was closest and those folks could pick up a bit of excitement. now in one day a wild swing could end up with a pick at the other end of the range winning.
now its like throwing darts at a dart board.
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Hey Nicehash...
You guys should increase the transaction fees when making payouts.
Otherwise it takes forever (all day?) to arrive if not longer.
I don't think that's a good idea. You could end up paying 20€ or more for a transaction (I'm been asked for that value on other places). And for small miners it would be bad. But they could make a option for users chose there transaction fee. i see no need for them to increase fees, where do you think that will come from? we would get less payout. personally i could care less if the payout takes a day or two, as long as it gets here. making it an option would be OK for those who need it asap, but it needs to be an option, not mandatory. |
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What's everyone's thoughts on mixing brands of cards? 2 x MSI 1060 + 2 x Asus 1060 for example. Is this more work with managing OCs?
no problem. in afterburner you can group similar cards and set them all at once, or not and set individually. |
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had msi 470/4 armor blow a vrm (must of shorted), psu would not turn on with its pcie cable connected. cards was run undervolted, core underclocked, memory overclocked (strapped vbios) temps genrally in high 60s.
RMAd it, replacement is going strong, same settings.
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