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June 06, 2011, 09:37:08 PM |
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Hi Folks,
I was wondering if GUIMiner can go beyond 3 GPUs. I have 2 6950s, and 1 5850 plugged in, as soon as I add the 4th 5850 GUIMiner cannot boot up.
Here are my specs incase you're wondering.
MSI 890FXA-G70
Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate
1000W Kingwin Powersupply
All Vidcards have Dummy Plugs
Latest AMD Drivers, so that's 2.4SDK
Can anyone help with this? I've been going at this for over a two days.
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dikidera
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June 06, 2011, 09:40:59 PM |
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People have reported that Windows 7 supports 4 GPUs, other claim to run even more(multi-core at that).
Have you tried Phoenix(with phatk)?
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TheSeven
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June 06, 2011, 09:41:33 PM |
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Does it spit out any error message, or just not come up when you launch it?
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dikidera
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June 06, 2011, 09:42:45 PM |
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I also suggest trying the console version of poclbm(guiminer when with gui), it might give you a hint(and us)
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BTCBuyer (OP)
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June 06, 2011, 09:44:48 PM |
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People have reported that Windows 7 supports 4 GPUs, other claim to run even more(multi-core at that).
Have you tried Phoenix(with phatk)?
I have not tried Pheonix, I have no idea how that works. I don't know Linux or any coding languages. |
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DeiBellum
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June 06, 2011, 09:45:05 PM |
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Are these in a crossfireX configuration or all standalone?
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BTCBuyer (OP)
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June 06, 2011, 09:45:43 PM |
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Does it spit out any error message, or just not come up when you launch it?
There are no error messages on this, it simply boots up shows it's icon on the lower right hand corner, then disappears. It automatically shuts down it's process on the task manager also. |
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dikidera
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June 06, 2011, 09:45:57 PM |
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People have reported that Windows 7 supports 4 GPUs, other claim to run even more(multi-core at that).
Have you tried Phoenix(with phatk)?
I have not tried Pheonix, I have no idea how that works. I don't know Linux or any coding languages. Phoenix is a windows miner albeit 32bit i think...if your OS can also run x86 apps, try it. EDIT: I really suggest running the program in console mode. |
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Lumpy
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June 06, 2011, 09:46:05 PM |
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Can you make sure that the card is enabled in Windows?
Right-click on the desktop, edit Screen Resolution, and verify that you have "Extend Desktop to this Monitor" enabled (instructions are from memory since I'm on XP atm).
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BTCBuyer (OP)
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June 06, 2011, 09:46:13 PM |
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Are these in a crossfireX configuration or all standalone?
These are all stand alone, Should I cross fire? |
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dikidera
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June 06, 2011, 09:47:29 PM |
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Crossfire afaik should in some cases lower mining performance. and you can only CF between series of the same class i.e 6k with 6k and 5k with 5k(and if they are of the same family)
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BTCBuyer (OP)
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June 06, 2011, 09:47:33 PM |
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Can you make sure that the card is enabled in Windows?
Right-click on the desktop, edit Screen Resolution, and verify that you have "Extend Desktop to this Monitor" enabled (instructions are from memory since I'm on XP atm).
Windows and Catalyst Software will detect all 4 cards, GUIMiner refuses to load when I have 4 cards on. 3 Cards it'll load up just fine. |
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Lumpy
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June 06, 2011, 09:48:48 PM |
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Worth a shot.  Hmmm....  |
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DeiBellum
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June 06, 2011, 09:49:18 PM |
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I honestly think that this is just a limitation of the GUIminer. My best opinion would be to switch to a miner that has known support for 4 cards.
Since it seems as if you want to stay away from the CLI, I can script it out for you quite easily. Just name a miner of your choice.
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Lumpy
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June 06, 2011, 09:50:05 PM |
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I could whip up an easy batch script to start the miner of your choice if the command prompt is not your cup o' tea.
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dikidera
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June 06, 2011, 09:50:24 PM |
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Well one, guiminer has no problems running multiple cards with multi gpus afaik. And i also suggested a few things, but seems they were ignored(even if they might not be the cause/solution)
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June 06, 2011, 09:50:52 PM |
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Can you make sure that the card is enabled in Windows?
Right-click on the desktop, edit Screen Resolution, and verify that you have "Extend Desktop to this Monitor" enabled (instructions are from memory since I'm on XP atm).
Windows and Catalyst Software will detect all 4 cards, GUIMiner refuses to load when I have 4 cards on. 3 Cards it'll load up just fine. Do you have all 4 connected to some sort of display? Or at elast some dummy connection for the 4th card? |
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BTCBuyer (OP)
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June 06, 2011, 09:51:39 PM |
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I honestly think that this is just a limitation of the GUIminer. My best opinion would be to switch to a miner that has known support for 4 cards.
Since it seems as if you want to stay away from the CLI, I can script it out for you quite easily. Just name a miner of your choice.
I have seen screen shots of 1, 2, 3, 4 different GPUs on GUIMiner, however, if they were individual cards or 2 Multi cards i'm not sure. |
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June 06, 2011, 09:52:12 PM |
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As above post says your problem probably is you have the 2 6950's crossfired and no display/dummy plug in the third card
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BTCBuyer (OP)
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June 06, 2011, 09:52:39 PM |
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I also suggest trying the console version of poclbm(guiminer when with gui), it might give you a hint(and us)
When I launch this on GUIMiner, it crashes the dos prompt that shows up. |
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