I did switch to my working build CGMiner build directory as the instructions said:
     Build cgminer.exe:
     Run the MinGW MSYS shell (Start icon => All Programs => MinGW => MinGW Shell).
     Change the working directory to your CGMiner project folder, \MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Aurum\cgminer-3.3.1

But, what is not stated is where to install other packages such as GTK-Win or Portable Git. It's implied to install them somewhere other than my CGMiner directory because it says "Extract" this and that to the, \MinGW\bin for example. I interpreted "extract" to be copy files rather than move files.

I'm not a UNIX programmer so all I can do is follow instructions and hope they work.

2. Yes of course I tried the canned CGMiner.exe! Why would anyone go to all this trouble unless they were desperate?!?!?!
I tried every combination of parameters, with and without auto-gpu. BTW, my 5970s run fine, but hot, with the BitMinter Client but gpu BTC mining is dead. I've tried the 5970s one-at-a-time, in pairs and quads. I have plenty of memory and have tried using 4 GB to 32 GB with matched sets of DDR3s. Also, they won't mine SHA-256 with CGMiner either.

1. I've previously tried 12.6 but I'll try again today with 12.8. I'm going to use Win7 to remove Catalyst 13.4 and all of its components. I'll follow with AMD's Cleaner program. Reboot into Safe Mode and run Driver Sweeper. Someone said that installing AMD-APP-SDK-v2.5-Windows-64.exe first is important.

Oops, correction: Should I install ADL_SDK_5.0 or a retro version? Yes, I'll use the Catalyst 12.8 included SDK as you said.

Then I'll install Catalyst 12.8 drivers & SDK only.

How about two scrypt MPs, one for microCap coins and another for midCap coins? My intuition says too many coins in one multiport cannot be optimal.

I don't see any problems today on the US servers. I have a dedicated miner on NVC, a dedicated miner on PXC and the others are on MP.

Is CGMiner stopping when you switch to NVC?

I'm using Windows 7 and all the latest ATI drivers, SPP and SDK work fine for 7970s. But, I cannot mine scrypt on 5970s to save my life. The documentation confuses me. SCRYPT-README.txt says, "The choice of driver version for your GPU is critical, as some are known to
break scrypt mining entirely while others give poor hashrates. As for the OpenCL SDK installed, for AMD it must be version 2.6 or later." But the GPU-README.txt says, "The best version for Radeon 5xxx and 6xxx is v2.5, while 7xxx cards need v2.6 or later, 2.7 seems the best." (2.8.1 works fine with my 7970s.)

So I installed the latest drivers from Catalyst 13.4, the latest SDK v5.0 and SPP v2.5. I compiled CGMiner 3.3.1 and 5970s cannot mine scrypt. I noticed during compiling that "--enable scrypt" is an unrecognized option. I also tried:
           CFLAGS="-O2 -msse2" --disable-option-checking ./configure --enable-scrypt
but that did not work either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA.

Thanks, that's the only thing that correlates. Of my ten miners the ones on bigger LTC never seem to hang, but, the ones mining microcoins do.
I'm trying to install Git and pull the latest changes, but, git pull isn't working. I did the following (from Windows-Build readme.txt) and it seemed (me neophyte) to work fine:

Install Git into MinGW/MSYS:
http://msysgit.github.io/, click Downloads tab for the latest "Portable" git archive.
Copy the git*.exe files from the bin folder and put them into \MinGW\bin.
Copy the share\git-core folder to \MinGW\share.
To test if it is working, open a MinGW shell and type the following:
     git config --global core.autocrlf false (note: one time run only)
     git clone git://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer.git

$ git clone git://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer.git
Cloning into 'cgminer'...
remote: Counting objects: 15869, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (7353/7353), done.
remote: Total 15869 (delta 10238), reused 14028 (delta 8504)
Receiving objects: 100% (15869/15869), 10.79 MiB | 44.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (10238/10238), done.

Then I tried permutations of the following and nothing worked:
If you just want to update the source after you have already cloned, type:
     git pull
   "git pull" did not work for me. Try the following which does the same thing:
     git fetch && git merge FETCH_HEAD
Now you can get the latest source directly from github.

$ git pull
git: 'pull' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.

$ git pull origin master
git: 'pull' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.

$ git fetch && git merge FETCH_HEAD
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

I'm plagued with these stratum interrupted disconnects. Several of my miners will print a couple more lines and then just stop. Anything I can do to keep them running??? TIA

They would be properly priced at $25, NOT $300. Just an expensive toy.

I left a few miners on LTC for the last day and their rejection rate is 0.0986%
Keep up the good work.

I had a great day in LTC!!! I think I'm making double what I was making at WML.

The site just keeps getting better n' better. I like pool stats starting with the current MP coin. And the profit summary is nice too.

BTW, my hash rate values are right on.

I just sold my FTCs on BTC-e.com, another option.

Yes, cgminer 3.3.1 compiled with the latest AMD drivers etc.
I added "disable-no-pool" : true a few days ago but it still does it. Which reminds of a suggestion for the todo list.

I wish the Worker status was on its own succinct page. Workers down the left column, coins across the top, and hash rate in the table. No need for Active as that's redundant to hash rate. It'd be great if it auto-updated so I could check all my miners at a glance. You could put ads on the right side and turn the menu vertical on the left side. Cheers, Aurum

One of my miners stops mining a few times a day after displaying "Stratum connection to pool 0 interrupted" it prints two more lines and stops. On my workstation I've occasionally seen that message but it'll recover and go back to mining. Some days a couple other miners freeze. Is there a configuration option or anything I can do to cure that??? TIA

I'm trying to compile cgminer for 5970s and 5830s. I tried AMD ADL SDK v2.8.1 but it crashes. ReadMe recommends v2.4 or 2.5, but, AMD does not provide it in the archives any more. Does anyone know where I can download AMD ADL SDK v2.5??? TIA

markm, that was complete babbling gibberish. Are you drunk?

That's a most excellent plan. I know it'll give me more incentive to stick around.

What is the most profitable thing to do??? Keep all miners in 7777???

I agree for a dedicated LTC miner on MultiPool. I make more in MultiPort 7777. But, if 7777 does not spend enough time on LTC every day then I'm forfeiting shares.

It feels like it would be wise to leave a dedicated miner on 3334 and the rest in MP.

Thanks for clarifying that. So, unless we find a block in less than 24 hours everyday then we will forfeit some shares. Clearly we don't have the critical mass to mine LTC in MultiPort. Compare that to WeMineLTC where they've found over 50 blocks today, 6,000 versus 500 MH/s.

So where would I get paid more if I left a miner dedicated to LTC 24x7???