My second ZEC + XMR+ ETH thread builds info links thoughts and photos.

[philipma1957]

New toy  came to me yesterday.


48 ports  refurbished  and really nice price.

http://shop.us.dlink.com/shop/shop-oulet/certified-refurbished/d-link-48-port-fast-ethernet-smart-managed-switch-des-1210-52.html


I now have lots of expansion on tap.

I had a 16 port now i have a 48 port.

I bought that WiFi extender: http://a.co/5Sln4gs
And WiFi dongles for 2 of my rigs: http://a.co/2TMibYp

Have a super straight signal everywhere and no mess with cables
 

you are lucky,  but I am 15-20 miles from a major military airbase.  They wreak havoc with wi-fi  at least 5 times a week and sometimes 5 times a day they fly overhead with this plane  or a variation of it. When they do this   wi-fi dies for 1 -5 minutes




worse was blimp testing  they stopped those tests  but when they did them from 2005-2009  cell phones and wi-fi were pretty much dead  for a day at a time.

[AriesIV10]

Switched back to ZEC....Again.

[ps_jb]

you are lucky,  but I am 15-20 miles from a major military airbase.  They wreak havoc with wi-fi  at least 5 times a week and sometimes 5 times a day they fly overhead with this plane  or a variation of it. When they do this   wi-fi dies for 1 -5 minutes

worse was blimp testing  they stopped those tests  but when they did them from 2005-2009  cell phones and wi-fi were pretty much dead  for a day at a time.

Cool technology. It also should be good if they test the WiFi extenders from AWACSes

[GabryRox]

So, I am getting ready to strap-mod the bios on my 2nd mining rig. However, I realized that I need to know the device numbers of each of the 5 GPUs in order to do this, since the actual bios flash command line specifies the device to flash.

This was not a concern on rig#1 because this has 4 identical MSI 470s in it.  However, on rig #2 I have 1 sapphire nitro 470 8GB in the mix, so I need to make sure I am flashing the correct cards.  It may actually be that that sapphire takes the same strap-mod (more on that later) but i really need to know how to identify which device number windows as assigned to each of my 5 GPUs.

If someone could point me to a resource of education on this or suggest a way to easily identify them on Windows 7 I would appreciate it.

For instance, what determines which device # is assigned? Is it the order you install the cards? Or the PCIe slot they are plugged into? Or, is it something else?

The PCIe slots on my ASRock BTC R2 Mobo are numbered 1-6 from right to left, with the lone x16 slot (currently unoccupied) being slot #2.  However, when I go into device manager and check the properties for each GPU, it shows only PCI Bus 2-6 for the 5 GPUs, meaning it shows nothing as PCI Bus 1, but I really don't know how that correlates anyway since I know the device #s I am looking for begin with 0, so am assuming i should be looking for device #s 0-5, not 1-6.  FYI, my lone Sapphire is plugged into PCIe slot #4 (3rd installed slot from the right) and I am pretty sure (but not 100% confident) that it was also the 3rd GPU I installed.  Should this mean that this is device #2 (after 0 and 1)?  or, is it not that straight forward. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

do not be stupid  pull the sapphire  and just flash  the other cards. (all the same correct?) msi rx 470's


then flash the sapphire by itself.  and I am really pretty sure you need a different bios to flash it or brick city

Well yeah, obviously I could pull that orphan Sapphire as you mention, but I would rather avoid that if possible for a couple of reasons.  Firstly, I had a hell of a time getting 5 GPUs working on this rig so aside from eventually trying to get a 6th working in that x16 slot, I'm not eager to start unplugging and re-plugging cards in case it screws things up again.

The other reason is this... I am even unsure how pulling that card would affect my device numbers? For instance, will windows re-number the GPUs after reboot only based on the now 4 that are plugged in?  meaning they would then be 0, 1, 2 & 3? 

Is windows really so lame that it doesn't have a utility or easy way to ID which GPU it assigned which device number?  It seems more likely that there is a way, I just can't figure it out.

 Partly Windows IS that lame, partly limitation of the device drivers, partly that there are very few folks that run more than ONE card per machine so it is a very low priority for M$, AMD, or NVidia to bother trying to fix.

 Best way to flash the cards is do ONE AT A TIME - only one in the rig you are using to flash them with - that way you only have to worry about bricking one card at a time, and can verify that the flash for each card worked.

Thanks to all for your advice on my issues. I had somewhat of a breakthrough last night in regard to getting a 6th GPU working on my ASRock BTC Pro R2 Mobo.

I realized that I had not tried plugging it in (to that pesky x16 slot) since I ran that 6xGPU registry mod, so I figured I would give it a try.  So, I shut down rig#1 and stole a MSI 470 from it, plugged it into that x16 slot on rig #2 and powered up.  Unfortunately, I got the same problem of the machine not booting up.  However, out of the blue an idea came to my to try to plug the monitor into that x16 slot card and see if that did anything.  Amazingly, after making this switch, I was able to get it to boot with 6 GPUs for the first time.  Unfortunately, 2 problems (maybe the same problem but 2 symptoms) showed up. #1 was when it made it to the Windows login screen, it switched to that weird magnified view... you know, where the screen is showing like 3-4x zoomed in so you can't even see full windows that you open?  To me, this usually occurs when there is a video driver issue.  So, I check device manage and of course, this newest GPU is showing up with that error 43.  Slightly optimistic due to the fact that running the 6xGPU registry mod fixed this problem with GPU#5 on this machine, I ran it again, as Admin, but instead of fixing it, it momentarily showed all 6 GPUs with error 43, but then after reboot, 1-5 are ok again but #6 still shows error 43.  I tried it several times with the same result.

After about an hour of down-time on both rigs, I decide to return the GPU to it's home on rig#1, but encouraged that I could at least get it to boot up with 6 GPUs, I went ahead and ordered another 470 from Amazon to arrive Saturday. This way I can experiment on rig#2 without taking rig #1 down.

I think the first thing I probably need to try is using the GPU driver cleaner that Citronick recommended, them hopefully running 6xGPU mod again will get that 6th GPU working.  I also had a thought that maybe putting a dummy HMDI plug in that x16 GPU could help, meaning keep my monitor plugged into PCIe slot #1 (x1) and using the dummy plug in #2 (x16) just to get it to boot.

Anyway, seems like a little progress and have some things in mind to try, but other suggestions would be welcomed.

[xleejohnx]

Btc right now is just going through the roof!!
885$ Coinbase

[philipma1957]

Btc right now is just going through the roof!!
885$ Coinbase

it cracked 900

and I sold a coin

oh the evga board came today.

it has its own power switch.

it has a pci-e six pin jack to help boost the mobos power

the spacing seems good same as the biostar z170 that i like.

I have an issue I can not get it to see a m2 ssd

Soo I had a spare 2.5 inch ssd that i used.

If the mobo can not use m2 ssd i do not recommend it.

but I will need to research this issue. maybe I have a bad mobo with a dead m2 slot or maybe the m2 ssd I have is bad.

if anyone gets the evga please let me know if your m2 slot works. Also please mention what m2 ssd worked for you.

[jimmy_007vn]

Sold mine at 908. This will go back down to 780$ after Christmas

[bittawm]

god damn i am getting sick of black screen with no display

grrrr

one of my brand new rigs that was working 2 weeks ago now has a red dram light on

[LoneRangir]

Btc right now is just going through the roof!!
885$ Coinbase

it cracked 900

and I sold a coin

oh the evga board came today.

it has its own power switch.

it has a pci-e six pin jack to help boost the mobos power

the spacing seems good same as the biostar z170 that i like.

I have an issue I can not get it to see a m2 ssd

Soo I had a spare 2.5 inch ssd that i used.

If the mobo can not use m2 ssd i do not recommend it.

but I will need to research this issue. maybe I have a bad mobo with a dead m2 slot or maybe the m2 ssd I have is bad.

if anyone gets the evga please let me know if your m2 slot works. Also please mention what m2 ssd worked for you.

Is the m.2 slot on a secondary data controller? Do you have to enable the controller in the bios?

I was able to get two of the five cards to work before it was time to hit the road. The reloading of the drivers did the trick. Thanks for the tip.

[philipma1957]

Btc right now is just going through the roof!!
885$ Coinbase

it cracked 900

and I sold a coin

oh the evga board came today.

it has its own power switch.

it has a pci-e six pin jack to help boost the mobos power

the spacing seems good same as the biostar z170 that i like.

I have an issue I can not get it to see a m2 ssd

Soo I had a spare 2.5 inch ssd that i used.

If the mobo can not use m2 ssd i do not recommend it.

but I will need to research this issue. maybe I have a bad mobo with a dead m2 slot or maybe the m2 ssd I have is bad.

if anyone gets the evga please let me know if your m2 slot works. Also please mention what m2 ssd worked for you.

Is the m.2 slot on a secondary data controller? Do you have to enable the controller in the bios?

I was able to get two of the five cards to work before it was time to hit the road. The reloading of the drivers did the trick. Thanks for the tip.

Can't find a setting in bios.

I have an asus z170 same issue can't get the m2 to show.

Could never find out how to get it to work. So in both cases I have yet to find any info.

[Redrose]

Heck my mining days might be coming to a close
Power company is inceasing rate by 7% starting July 1

Every year, our electricity goes up by 9%.

Wow ! In which crazy country are you living ? You know here, the if the price goes higher by 2% that's a very big increase, and that's not yearly of course ! Well if you start at 0,01$/KWh that might be worth but I doubt that it is the case !

[citronick]

Heck my mining days might be coming to a close
Power company is inceasing rate by 7% starting July 1

Every year, our electricity goes up by 9%.

Wow ! In which crazy country are you living ? You know here, the if the price goes higher by 2% that's a very big increase, and that's not yearly of course ! Well if you start at 0,01$/KWh that might be worth but I doubt that it is the case !

wow..... the power company is printing money!
Curious which country has this kind of rates.
Would it follow a certain market energy rate?

>> Phil, I will get 1-2 EVGA Z boards and test it out -- if same as Biostar but cheaper then why not. The Biostar build is very good actually and good to know that the on/off button is available in the EVGAs.

>> I made a good return with the recent BTC , XMR and ZEC rise. Its going to be a nice Christmas. Thanks Phil on the ZEC tip, I bought 2 BTC worth at 34.99 and just sold them at 50.04. Will buy again when it goes below 50$ -- you are on to something here, the charts and trending for ZEC is strangely going up and it has a "follow pattern" with XMR. This makes sense that XMR and ZEC are both dark-web designated coins.

[Hotmetal]

Heck my mining days might be coming to a close
Power company is inceasing rate by 7% starting July 1

Every year, our electricity goes up by 9%.

Wow ! In which crazy country are you living ? You know here, the if the price goes higher by 2% that's a very big increase, and that's not yearly of course ! Well if you start at 0,01$/KWh that might be worth but I doubt that it is the case !

wow..... the power company is printing money!
Curious which country has this kind of rates.
Would it follow a certain market energy rate?

I'm living in Cape Town, South Africa.. There is only 1 energy provider (Eskom) and they have a monopoly and protected by (corrupt) government officials thereby preventing any external energy providers from entering the market

[citronick]

Heck my mining days might be coming to a close
Power company is inceasing rate by 7% starting July 1

Every year, our electricity goes up by 9%.

Wow ! In which crazy country are you living ? You know here, the if the price goes higher by 2% that's a very big increase, and that's not yearly of course ! Well if you start at 0,01$/KWh that might be worth but I doubt that it is the case !

wow..... the power company is printing money!
Curious which country has this kind of rates.
Would it follow a certain market energy rate?

I'm living in Cape Town, South Africa.. There is only 1 energy provider (Eskom) and they have a monopoly and protected by (corrupt) government officials thereby preventing any external energy providers from entering the market

Sorry to hear this -- monopoly is bad - esp for basic necessities like electricity

You should explore other options like off grid solar or ISP outsourcing.

[Hotmetal]

Sorry to hear this -- monopoly is bad - esp for basic necessities like electricity

You should explore other options like off grid solar or ISP outsourcing.

I have solar but that limits my night time usage only

[xleejohnx]

Heck my mining days might be coming to a close
Power company is inceasing rate by 7% starting July 1

Every year, our electricity goes up by 9%.

Wow ! In which crazy country are you living ? You know here, the if the price goes higher by 2% that's a very big increase, and that's not yearly of course ! Well if you start at 0,01$/KWh that might be worth but I doubt that it is the case !

wow..... the power company is printing money!
Curious which country has this kind of rates.
Would it follow a certain market energy rate?

>> Phil, I will get 1-2 EVGA Z boards and test it out -- if same as Biostar but cheaper then why not. The Biostar build is very good actually and good to know that the on/off button is available in the EVGAs.

>> I made a good return with the recent BTC , XMR and ZEC rise. Its going to be a nice Christmas. Thanks Phil on the ZEC tip, I bought 2 BTC worth at 34.99 and just sold them at 50.04. Will buy again when it goes below 50$ -- you are on to something here, the charts and trending for ZEC is strangely going up and it has a "follow pattern" with XMR. This makes sense that XMR and ZEC are both dark-web designated coins.

I'm in Florida USA.
Gulf power wants to build another power plant again
Even those 3 years ago they rasied rates to build one and said well we won't build it now
The 4% rate increase made them 608mil that year
Right now it hasn't been approved by florida commission board but that's all in due time I'm sure

Zec is the coin to mine again at whattomine.com
Might move over if it stays steady

[64dimensions]

Phil,

You called it on ZEC!

In terms of bypassing wifi, you may want to try this cable: http://www.ebay.com/itm/60-ft-Premium-CAT6-Ultra-Flat-Ethernet-Network-Cable-/222127760062

This is what I use instead of wifi. This cable is thin enough to go through the door jam.

[xleejohnx]

Phil,

You called it on ZEC!

In terms of bypassing wifi, you may want to try this cable: http://www.ebay.com/itm/60-ft-Premium-CAT6-Ultra-Flat-Ethernet-Network-Cable-/222127760062

This is what I use instead of wifi. This cable is thin enough to go through the door jam.

That's a good cable I have the 50ft
Run it along the base boards and you'd never know it was there

[citronick]

Switched back to ZEC....Again.

Its a great day to be mining ZEC - all my rigs are back at ZEC, except for 1 or 2 on XMR.

[ps_jb]

I'm living in Cape Town, South Africa..

We have some collaboration with HySA Systems on hydrogen fuel cells - so hopefully in 10-15 years situation will be better!