Claymore's Dual Ethereum AMD+NVIDIA GPU Miner v15.0 (Windows/Linux)

[Claymore]

When can we, exactly  expect temperature dependent eth mode/eth+dcri mode  switching?

I'm testing what approach is more effective, for now it looks lowering -dcri automatically is better, so probably I will select it instead of disabling DCR mining at all. An update will be available in 1-2 days.

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But dual mode   costs 2percent fee instead of 1% so if lowered dcri will give decresese earning increase it could be unprofitable..

Yea thats why I suggested to have a thereshold value for -dcri so people can adjust it depending on their own electricity costs/profitability.

For example if you calculate that you need at least -dcri 30 for it to cover the extra 1 % then you would set -dcri changing between 30-50 or something. When your card couldnt keep the temperature setting even at -dcri 30 it would then change to the 1 % ether only mode.

Right now devfee is not card-related, it is either 36 or 72 seconds. With your approach, if some cards mine DCR and some not, time must be recalculated and it will be between 36 and 72 seconds. Ok, I'm going to do it, but it will require more time to implement it.

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[Ajeto]

Claymore, could you please add an option to show Hashrate for individual cards in monitoring please? It helps to spot a problem tremendously!

Already done, set checkbox on "Options" tab.

Great, did not notice it before!

[azibert]

Sorry if you have already discussed, someone has a step by step guide to install claymore in ubuntu?

[d57heinz]

Confirmed, today after reboot Windows 10 closed v4.5 (on one rig it even removed .exe). I disabled "Windows Update" service in past, but it didn't help, Windows downloaded some update anyway. Damn, how to stop it? It seems I can disable all services and it still downloads all that it wants.

just move to Linux :-)

See my edited questions above.  Would love to see how everyone's experience is with Linux.  Trying to find best stability if I'm going to scale more than 100+ GPUs.  

Or disable the garbage windows defender and windows update =).

For stress free mining 24/7, do the following:

1. Install Windows 7 x64
2. Disable windows defender and windows update
3. Install 15.12 drivers
4. Run 6x GPU mod if needed from https://lbr.id.lv/6xgpu_mod/6xGPU_mod.html
5. Install free Comodo Anti-Virus (Optional)
6. Disable all automatic power options for sleep/hibernate for a certain amount of time. (To make sure computer stays on 24/7)
7. Increase pagefile to 16gb.
8. Run Claymore Dual Mining and configure to your options.
9. Grab a beer and chill
10. Profit

That's basically it, unless you use your computer for other things besides mining, but if it's just for mining only, no need for all the other junk to be on there.

You da man.  I disabled Windows Update but Defender caught me off guard as many today.  The 6GPU trick was what I wanted Linux for but since you reference another method, that is just pure awesomeness!  Now I will just stick with Windows for now.  Currently I'm only mining Eth, is it even worth mining Decred at the expense of hottest GPU and more power consumed?  

@adamvp - There's no need to waste money on more than 4GB of RAM.  My rig performed the same with 4, 8 or 16GB of RAM for 5x R9 390 cards.  So I just split my RAM for 4 rigs instead.

Edit - Actually I just read the 6GPU trick.  That's not my issue.  My issue is that Windows won't boot or be able to see the screen with the 6GPU in.  I've been told to make 6GPU to work will required a headless option and Linux.  Anyone got it to work with Windows 10 with the ASR H81 BTC pro board?

http://imgur.com/o4LyhAH


I have that exact board running 6 gpu in win 10. Did you manage to get this to work.. I use powered risers and power to the two molex on the mobo.  Then my monitor is connected to the 1st full 16x slot card.  I did however once i got it setup hook a headless to it so that it would boot w/o monitor but that was only after i spent a few days tweaking it..

Best Regards
d57heinz.

[soyab0007]

For stress free mining 24/7, do the following:

1. Install Windows 7 x64
2. Disable windows defender and windows update
3. Install 15.12 drivers
4. Run 6x GPU mod if needed from https://lbr.id.lv/6xgpu_mod/6xGPU_mod.html
5. Install free Comodo Anti-Virus (Optional)
6. Disable all automatic power options for sleep/hibernate for a certain amount of time. (To make sure computer stays on 24/7)
7. Increase pagefile to 16gb.
8. Run Claymore Dual Mining and configure to your options.
9. Grab a beer and chill
10. Profit

That's basically it, unless you use your computer for other things besides mining, but if it's just for mining only, no need for all the other junk to be on there.


Above looks best solution to me....  cheers

[Trimegistus]

For stress free mining 24/7, do the following:

1. Install Windows 7 x64
2. Disable windows defender and windows update
3. Install 15.12 drivers
4. Run 6x GPU mod if needed from https://lbr.id.lv/6xgpu_mod/6xGPU_mod.html
5. Install free Comodo Anti-Virus (Optional)
6. Disable all automatic power options for sleep/hibernate for a certain amount of time. (To make sure computer stays on 24/7)
7. Increase pagefile to 16gb.
8. Run Claymore Dual Mining and configure to your options.
9. Grab a beer and chill
10. Profit

That's basically it, unless you use your computer for other things besides mining, but if it's just for mining only, no need for all the other junk to be on there.


Above looks best solution to me....  cheers

I did something similar to this, without any Comodo AV, and my rigs work flawlessly.

But I guess we'll have to change something in our setups if we want to use the new R9 480 GPU, right?

I mean, will this new GPU work under the 15.12 drivers? I'm assuming we'll have to install the latest AMD drivers in order to take advantage of the new Polaris stuff.

I'm planning on buying some as soon as they are available but I wonder how long will it take for our miners to be fully optimized for the new architecture.

@Claymore: How will your miner perform with this new GPU? Any comments on this?

[fredeq]

Could someone please post 390 wattage mining ETH only / dual with DCR? (stock and undervolted would be best)

[vapourminer]

Sorry if you have already discussed, someone has a step by step guide to install claymore in ubuntu?

hardest part is installing the video driver. i followed a youtube video. ill try to find the link and post it. once that stuff is installed just decompress claymore to /home or desktop, set up the config and pool text files.

i used ubunto 15.10. btw DONT update the install, i did and it broke claymore. may of been operator error though.

[BitJunkie223]

Sorry if you have already discussed, someone has a step by step guide to install claymore in ubuntu?

hardest part is installing the video driver. i followed a youtube video. ill try to find the link and post it. once that stuff is installed just decompress claymore to /home or desktop, set up the config and pool text files.

i used ubunto 15.10. btw DONT update the install, i did and it broke claymore. may of been operator error though.

Exactly what I needed to know...

But wait... I put the folder where I thought I could run it, but I still can't straight up run any of it... Good lord, I remember I used to complain about people not using Linux (because of Microsoft bullcrap). Now that I find myself having to use it, it literally makes no sense for any normal person to adopt it for anything other than web browsing and some office work...

I can't even get a file to run, let alone try to install video drivers...

[Q_R_V]

Could someone please post 390 wattage mining ETH only / dual with DCR? (stock and undervolted would be best)

ETH only: 235W
Dual: 275W
Both undervolted

[fredeq]

Could someone please post 390 wattage mining ETH only / dual with DCR? (stock and undervolted would be best)

ETH only: 235W
Dual: 275W
Both undervolted

Thanks!
Think I will buy more 380 then.

[adamvp]

Sorry if you have already discussed, someone has a step by step guide to install claymore in ubuntu?

Do you have ATI or nVidia cards?
I could tell that I made it in about 15minutes..

• First I installed fglrx driver:
  

Code:

$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates
$ sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial
$ aticonfig --list-adapters

last should show your card info
(BTW My friends tell me to config with one card on board before adding more)[/li]

• next some dependencies and libaries:
  http://www.ethdocs.org/en/latest/ethereum-clients/cpp-ethereum/building-from-source/linux-ubuntu.html#ubuntu-wily-werewolf-15-10
• At last I download .tar.gz and decompressed it..
  than open ethdcri.. : ./ethdcri - your config or write your config in config file
  If everythings fine.. add next cards..

[vapourminer]

Sorry if you have already discussed, someone has a step by step guide to install claymore in ubuntu?

hardest part is installing the video driver. i followed a youtube video. ill try to find the link and post it. once that stuff is installed just decompress claymore to /home or desktop, set up the config and pool text files.

i used ubunto 15.10. btw DONT update the install, i did and it broke claymore. may of been operator error though.

Exactly what I needed to know...

But wait... I put the folder where I thought I could run it, but I still can't straight up run any of it... Good lord, I remember I used to complain about people not using Linux (because of Microsoft bullcrap). Now that I find myself having to use it, it literally makes no sense for any normal person to adopt it for anything other than web browsing and some office work...

I can't even get a file to run, let alone try to install video drivers...

claymores miner already has correct permissions when you decompress the files. i execute it like this from its folder:

Code:

./ethdcrmier64

no command line parameters i set everything in the config.txt, dpool.txt and epool.txt

this is the video i followed, it sets up 15.12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8s5yhylbo

nothing else is needed for claymore.

[bitwitt]

By the time you get the new card, you will mine the same amount with the same price as the difficulty will be much higher.

You have a valid point there.  By the time they come out and a ginny pig spends $200 to find out if it will mine ETH and we get word of it, it's quite possible my 3,000 MH/s from 100 x MSI 390's will have mined approximately $10,000 worth of ETH at current difficulty, block time and price of ETH.

That's $10,000 towards a $34,000 to $35,000 investment.  That investment could be paid off in 4 months.

I'm an ignoramus as to how ETH works.  Any idea who or what determines when ETH changes from POW to POS?  Of course, I could research to find out for myself.  However, if someone knows the answer, I would appreciate the info.

Its simple really.

They will release the new software for nodes to update to and if they mine then wont update and POS will be delayed.  The guys at ETH put a difficulty bomb to make mining impossibility hard in the future so the majority will update or the network will freeze and kill the coin.  In crypto generally once 51% of the network decides to use a update then it becomes official, its like share holders making a vote in a publicly traded company.

Sounds like all of us need to begin kick starting our own ETH nodes to have a vote to keep the mining going a bit.  eh?  

Be careful with this Idiot  dmwardjr . He had over 3000 posts on the bitcoin boards. He took his wife 401k and spent it on miners trying to become a bitcoin millionaire. He wasted many hours of peoples time trying to make a a bad investment  good. A true bitcoin MORON. if you reply to him  do it at your own risk.  
He filled 5 pages of BS on how he was going to move to Washington St. and start a mining farm. HA HA . DON'T REPLY TO THIS IDIOT !!!


  
  

[citronick]

Could someone please post 390 wattage mining ETH only / dual with DCR? (stock and undervolted would be best)

MSI 390, AB settings: -100mV, 1050, 1125 @ 30MHs
5 x 390 with above settings drawing about 1350w@150MHs
ETH mining mode only. CDM v4.4
Currently running 230 hours, 30k shares and 2-3 rejects (0.01%)

[ps_jb]

MSI 390, AB settings: -100mV, 1050, 1125 @ 30MHs

What is the purpose to downclock Memory Clock to 1125 (I assume the stock value was 1500)?

[citronick]

MSI 390, AB settings: -100mV, 1050, 1125 @ 30MHs

What is the purpose to downclock Memory Clock to 1125 (I assume the stock value was 1500)?

Stock is 1500 and 1125 works fine, and it helps bring the total power draw around 1300w for 5 x 390s.
The 390 has plenty of VRAM and 1125 is good enough for it to perform DAG activities.
I observe CDM take a bit more time to write the DAG files, but once it's in there no issues since its on board VRAM.
The 390 is a power hungry card so I needed to tame it down as much as possible without too much reduction in MHs.
The combination of "-100mV, 1050, 1125" without any ROM mod is perfect for now.
I haven't tried Heliox rom mods yet - but if it can further reduce power consumption for the 390, it's worth a try.

[hawkfish007]

MSI 390, AB settings: -100mV, 1050, 1125 @ 30MHs

What is the purpose to downclock Memory Clock to 1125 (I assume the stock value was 1500)?

Stock is 1500 and 1125 works fine, and it helps bring the total power draw around 1300w for 5 x 390s.
The 390 has plenty of VRAM and 1125 is good enough for it to perform DAG activities.
I observe CDM take a bit more time to write the DAG files, but once it's in there no issues since its on board VRAM.
The 390 is a power hungry card so I needed to tame it down as much as possible without too much reduction in MHs.
The combination of "-100mV, 1050, 1125" without any ROM mod is perfect for now.
I haven't tried Heliox rom mods yet - but if it can further reduce power consumption for the 390, it's worth a try.

What is your power limit (- %) if you are using MSI Afterburner?

[nhando]

Here are my settings.  I have mostly Asus Strix R9 390 and a few MSI cards.  I will test the same when my Gigabyte, Visiontek and XFX cards arrive next week.

Stock settings

28.7-30.5MH

I use MSI Afterburner even though most of my cards are Asus.

-100mV
-30%
1100
1500

5 GPU Righ with 4 Asus and 1 MSI R9 390 with ASR H81 and Intel Celeron 1820 does 1340W at the wall.  So I'm getting 154MH which is 4-6 more than stock setting while saving some wattages too.  Very awesome.  The MSI cards are hit, they perform anywhere between 29-31.5 with the same exact settings on different machines.  The Asus seems more consistent but runs a little hotter hence why it have 3 FANs vs 2 on the MSI.  I'm not sure if the driver 15.12 is still the best way to go anymore, doesn't seem as stable at that version for me.  I got 1-2 MH more using the latest driver.

P.S I set my fan to manual and run it at 100% just to test reliability on this RIG compare to Auto on the other rig to see if they would last longer than 6 months that way.  I'm guessing it will as most MTBF are done at 80-100% fan speed but I'm sure there will be plenty of naysayers so it's best to let real life testing to validate.  I rather have a dead fan then a dead GPU as these GPUs are running in Texas heat of 90-105F.  So far they are doing well but I'm sure it will be much more challenging the more GPUs I add.
 

[moroz]

There's a glitch with remote management in Linux, multiple miners from farm start dropping connections after some time (v4.5).
I have a nodejs webgui for monitoring (drowned somewhere in this thread), but i also tested official EthMan.exe via wine and via simple linux tools - it's loud and clear:

nc -zv m10.lev 3333
nc: connect to m10.lev port 3333 (tcp) failed: Connection refused

Restart the miner (no need to restart the machine):

nc -zv m10.lev 3333
Connection to m10.lev 3333 port [tcp/*] succeeded!

Miners are barebone 14.04 without iptables.
Please let me know if i need to provide additional info