Can I run 5 cards on there with just 1 PCIe extender?

Also I'd be using 2 PSU and I don't really know how to set it up. Can some one point me in the right direction?

I initially wanted to get 2 rigs with cheap set ups and now am turning to this Mobo for 1 rig with more cards as the savings there justified itself with an extra GPU.

The miners are responding to the rise in the market price of Bitcoin.  If the price stalls, so will the rise in difficulty.  If the price falls, the difficulty will slowly drop off to meet it.  Changes in difficulty tend to follow changes in price with a 6 week lag.

Any chance of getting a kernel optimized for the 6xxx series?

I'd rather get a PCIe splitter...

Alright, I figured it out.  The problem stems from the fact that I was trying to do the setup/configuration through a terminal server window, which apparently strips out the actual video drivers.  Of course, now I need to figure out how to manage the box without having to stick a keyboard, mouse and monitor on it.  I thought going to the 'console' through RDP would work, but I guess not.  Also tried VNC with no luck.  I had to be on the machine with a monitor to do all the config.

What do you guys that have multiple rigs do to monitor/manage your machines?  You hook a monitor up to every one, or is there some software out there that I can use to connect once in a while and check in?

They do work, and you can find them on ebay for 20$.. Btw, I got 10Mhash less with the adapter but some MoBos can adjust the lag..

I did this in college quite a bit and frankly have a little spare time on my hands.  I was a writing tutor for years in college and used to be able to reliably turn out a ten page paper a night.  Made for good beer money.  This seems like a great way to get back into it and bitcoins are a perfect medium to protect both me and the person buying the paper.

Let me know if you need a paper done for high school, college, or whatever else you have.  I am thinking 1 bitcoin per page.  I will also stand by the quality of my work, if you don't receive a B or better I will refund half of your bitcoins.  If you fail the paper I will find your teacher and punch him/her in the babymaker for being an idiot.

I will try to write any and all topics that come my way, and should be able to piece together the information needed to write just about any paper you need.  However, if I encounter a topic overly technical or incredibly obscure I will of course just let you know that I am unable to write it.

If you are interested let me know and we can discuss the paper and the terms of payment over email.

I could ship internationally but it will cost more then listed prices. Send me a pm to discuss details.

Use this link: http://docs.cacti.net/manual:088:3a_advanced_topics.1_data_input_methods#data_input_methods
from Cacti documentation to help you to do this:

1. Place the above mentioned script into cacti installation scripts folder .. name it deepbit_hashrate.php, test it if it dumps the rate
2. Create Data Input Method attached to this script (input this: /usr/bin/php <path_cacti>/scripts/deepbit_hashrate.php)
3. Create Data Template using the given Data Input Method, use GAUGE for hashrate, set range from 0 to 1000 or higher if you need
4. Create a Graph Template and add the Data Template as AREA graph type and also as GPRINT type of LAST VALUE
5. Go to Devices and add the Graph Template to your localhost graphs
6. Click on the link at the top to Create Graphs, check the box of graph and click Create
7. After a 5-minute poll interval, check in Graphs tab if the graph shows
8. Go to Graph Templates and fine-tune the template, add AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, etc.

Seems awkward at first, but thats the way Cacti is designed.

Seems cool. How do we replicate what you're seeing?

It's Diamond Brand. I just bought it brand new 5/13/11.

My friend mined with it in his computer for <1 day. I'm still setting up the computer that I was going to use to mine with it.

I have a 5970 I could trade with you for the 6990. The difference in price is only $100USD so I'm not sure how we can make this work with the shipping cost but make me an offer.

So I've had a text file I've been using when setting up new miners under CentOS 5.5, and I figured I'd share it with the community.  Everyone seems to be using Ubuntu, which is great, but I've only run into problems when trying to get everything configured in Ubuntu.  For me, CentOS has been much easier than Ubuntu, so here goes:

First off, when I install CentOS I choose only the Server GUI package group which I then customize by clicking the Customize Now radio button.  I then deselect everything under the Servers group, and make sure I select Development Libraries and Development Tools (or something like that).  This guide starts off after logging into the system after a fresh install.

Install ATI Drivers:
wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-11-4-x86.x86_64.run
sh ati-driver-installer-11-4-x86.x86_64.run
<go through the install process>
aticonfig --adapter=all --initial --force


Install and configure AMD APP SDK
wget http://download2-developer.amd.com/amd/APPSDK/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64.tgz
tar -xf AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64.tgz
cd AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64
cp lib/x86_64/* /lib64/
cp icd-registration.tgz /
cd /
tar -xf icd-registration.tgz
rm -f icd-registration.tgz
cd ~
echo AMDAPPSDKROOT=/root/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64 >> .bashrc
echo AMDAPPSDKSAMPLESROOT=/root/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64 >> .bashrc
echo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/root/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64/lib/x86_64 >> .bashrc

Install Python 2.7
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.1/Python-2.7.1.tgz
tar -xf Python-2.7.1.tgz
cd Python-2.7.1
./configure
make && make install
cd ~

Install NumPy
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/numpy/NumPy/1.6.0b1/numpy-1.6.0b1.tar.gz
tar -xf numpy-1.6.0b1.tar.gz
cd numpy-1.6.0b1
python setup.py install
cd ~

Install PyOpenCL
wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyopencl/pyopencl-2011.1beta3.tar.gz
tar -xf pyopencl-2011.1beta3.tar.gz
cd pyopencl-2011.1beta3/
python configure.py \
  --cl-inc-dir=/root/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64/include \
  --cl-lib-dir=/root/AMD-APP-SDK-v2.4-lnx64/lib/x86_64 \
  --cl-libname=OpenCL
python setup.py install
cd ~

Install JSON-RPC
svn co http://svn.json-rpc.org/trunk/python-jsonrpc
cd python-jsonrpc/
python setup.py install
cd ~

Install Git
wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
rpm -i epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
yum install git -y

Clone latest poclbm
git clone git://github.com/m0mchil/poclbm.git
-or-
git clone https://github.com/m0mchil/poclbm.git

REBOOT
reboot

TA DA!  After you reboot, you should be able to run poclbm and start mining!  Please let me know if there's anything I can change here to improve this guide, or if anyone has any problems when using this.  Using this method I'm currently able to mine at 375 Mh/s on a 5870 clocked @ 900 MHz.

I'll give you 80 BTC for it if you overnight it to me.