Mobius, will there be instructions on updating to 3.0 now that its out?  I believe this is only to update to 2.7.7.

Not at all.  All based on your cards.  I used to mine on Win 7 32 with 1GB of ram with a 5870 and 5830 and a Pentium D.  Will be slow moving around in Windows, especially while mining, but if you want to set and leave it alone it will be fine.

Im guessing you working with a stock, 0.5 BAMT installation, correct?  If so, its because the CGMiner version that comes with the stock version of BAMT isnt compatible with stratum servers, you need to update CGMiner inside of BAMT in order to connect to stratum servers.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=127622.0

Use this, worked for me, took all of 5 minutes.  Only really need to do the updating CGMiner part, dont have to update Mother (plus I think there is a fix that BAMT put out for this anyway, so just make sure you run the fixer to update BAMT itself).

You might have a problem connecting to the eclipsemc server to download the new version.  If you do, download the file in windows, then upload that to like Dropbox and then replace the eclipsemc link with your Dropbox link and let it download from there.

Yes 4 should be fine for a Linux distro or for BAMT. And yes if you are pool mining then you won't need to download the block as the pool is handling that. Just be aware of that if you ever want to switch to solo mining.  And in that case if you do, BAMT will not work because it only uses the amout it needs to install and run and then makes the rest of the drive unusable.

Pardon my ignorance, but in your BAMT conf file, when you declare using cgminer_opts:, do you need the -k phtak --api listen  at the end of that?  I use a similar setup and I dont use those options.  Also, below when you are configuring your GPU, I see that you are enabling it to change your core, clock, and other settings.  Again, I dont do that either.  For my GPU settings I simply enable it, and then enable cgminer for it (cgminer : 1). 

You are redirecting BAMT to the cgminer.conf file and in there is where all of your arguments are and it will get all of its info, nothing else should be needed inside of the BAMT conf.  You dont even need to edit the pools conf file in BAMT, again, cgminer.conf will do all of that for you.

I have recently updated my CGminer running inside of BAMT to the latest version.  Since then, I have not been able to connect to ABC.  Can connect directly to OZ, Eclipse, etc, but cannot get ABC to work. Something change?  I am using a config file in BAMT, which I have always have done, and have had no problems in the past.


"pools" : [
        {
                "url" : "http://pool.abcpool.co:8332",
                "user" : "xxxxxxxxx",
                "pass" : "xxxxxxx"
        },
        {
                "url" : "http://us2.eclipsemc.com:8337",
                "user" : "xxxxxxx",
                "pass" : "xxxxxx"
        }
],

Okay, his suggestion is easy so not bashing him there.  Not everyone is a Linux pro and knows all the ins and outs of SSH access.  If it solves the mans (or womans) problem then by all means use all tools you have available to you.

I have 2 BAMT rigs, both I manage 95% of the time via SSH, but I do have both configured with static IP's, and I did both via the GUI interface. 

Also, I'm not sure because I am no Linux/SSH pro, but dont you need to set the DNS as well?  I get hit with storms and outages all the time, I never have to reset my network settings after being done the first time.

Stupid question, but have you verified that its not the card itself?  Also, what about updating the card itself?  Maybe its not Windows or the board, but the card itself.

What fans are you using in the case?  Airflow can make a huge difference.  If you are using low end fans that do not move enough air, or the flow is not efficient enough, then that also would affect things. Sometimes you have to shell out a bit and get some higher end fans that displace more air to ensure you are getting maximum airflow and cooling.

Most places are fine with a cell bill as your proof of residency, which is all they are worried about.  That you are proving where you live.  House phones are becoming rarer and rarer and this is the evolution of that.  Basically, why would you get getting a cell phone bill at a place you arent living?  Like I said, thats what I used, and it went through just fine for me.

Isnt configuring the API only really needed if you are running some program that is going to access and collect info for display from BAMT?  I dont use that code.  I guess if you are wanting to track things from outside of your network, then yeah.  But not having a properly configured API wouldnt prevent the system from mining would it?  The API would just fail and not work, but that shouldnt stop the miner from actually connecting to the servers and mining, right?

Well when you are dealing with the amount of money they are, it becomes understandable in a way.  I mean we have all heard stories of people using the exchanges to launder money.  With the prices going up as they are, the governments are going to start looking closer into these.  They are just covering themselves, they stand to lose way more than anyone else.

You still have the options like Bitinstant if you want to avoid the whole thing all together.  If you are willing to take the hit and eat the fees, you get your money fast and wont have to worry about the whole verification process.

Mobile phone should work just fine, thats what I used as I am like you, I live with others and the utilities are not in my name.  They accepted mine last year when I had to do it, along with my drivers license (which had my correct address on it) and havent had a problem since.

Sure is, but you have to use cgminer inside of BAMT as cgminer supports proxy.

Okay, so I just downloaded the file in Windows, uploaded it to Dropbox, and then used that address.  Once I did that, everything else went through smoothly.  Now mining on stratum servers.

Thanks.

So, I ran through the process in the OP and I keep getting an error when its trying to connect to eclipsemc.com.  Anyone else getting some sort of certificate error?  Or am I just special?

ERROR: certificate common name âssl3131.cloudflare.comâeclipsemc.comâ
                                                                     To connect to eclipsemc.com insecurely, use â--no-check-certificateâ.

What is the status of ABC and GPUMax and getting that corrected?  I received an alert a couple of weeks ago saying that there was a problem, and because of this all traffic to ABC was being blocked by GPUMax until ABC was able to correct things.  Has this been resolved?

WOW!!  That, made my afternoon.

Its because of the partition that BAMT makes.  It only makes a partition big enough to install the OS on and very little else, the rest of the USB is blocked off as unallocated space, and the only way you can see it is in Windows if you are looking in the Drive Manager.  Basically, BAMT isnt made to have outside things added to it and ran. If you want a Linux setup that you can install and use other programs with, you will need to go with another distro as BAMT is meant for mining bitcoins and thats it.

Rule number one about GPUMax fight club, is you dont talk about GPUMax fight club....

It goes back to old, previous discussions already had on the forums, talking about it and what goes on, specifically about the rates, dilutes it for the users.  So, you either sign up to join, find out about it then, or you ask someone in the know privately.  But users dont want to talk about specific numbers because ones those are out there, things change.