Pollywaffle (OP)
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April 04, 2013, 09:09:58 AM |
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Hey everyone, I'm very new to litecoin mining but really interested in it all. Now, I've set up the necessary programs to start mining, however, GPU based programs do not seem to want to work for me. Whenever I open them, I get this error instantly: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/russel_coight/cgminer_zps4e2e2195.jpgThis happens when I use cg miner, Reaper and a couple of others (forgotten their name). ScryptMiner does work for me, but it's CPU based and I'm only getting 30kH/s. Please help!
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RaTTuS
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April 04, 2013, 09:14:07 AM |
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what graphics card have you got and where did you download cgminer from
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In the Beginning there was CPU , then GPU , then FPGA then ASIC, what next I hear to ask ....
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Pollywaffle (OP)
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April 04, 2013, 09:16:54 AM |
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Sorry, I completely forgot to mention that. It's a 7950 and I got cgminer from here: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/The rest of my PC specs if you need it: Intel i5 3570K @4.2ghz / Sapphire 7950 / Asrock Z77 Fatal1ty Performance / 8gb Corsair 2000mhz / 750w SilverStone Strider
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r470r
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April 04, 2013, 09:32:35 AM |
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Did you try the usual stuff? Like redownloading/reinstalling it?
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lbr
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April 04, 2013, 09:34:52 AM |
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What does GPU-Z about your OpenCL support?
Drivers and/or OpenCL issues are very likely.
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Pollywaffle (OP)
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April 04, 2013, 09:46:31 AM |
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Cheers for that. I already have SDK, so I'll get the new beta drivers for Catalyst (seeing as I already have the latest) and try again. I'll report back.
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lbr
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April 04, 2013, 09:51:45 AM |
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Cheers for that. I already have SDK, so I'll get the new beta drivers for Catalyst (seeing as I already have the latest) and try again. I'll report back. There are also issues when using certain Catalyst version with certain APP SDK versions.. As it is easier to reinstall SDK - no reboot required, I suggest you start with SDK ; ) You can try different version of SDK or just find version of Catalyst which includes OpenCL already and was tested to work by ATI
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Pollywaffle (OP)
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April 04, 2013, 10:08:33 AM |
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Ok, well, now there's no errors when I open GPUZ, the OpenCL box is ticket AND cg miner doesn't instantly close when I open it. However, when I put all my pool details etc in cg miner, it closes itself but with no errors...
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lbr
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April 04, 2013, 10:11:40 AM |
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Ok, well, now there's no errors when I open GPUZ, the OpenCL box is ticket AND cg miner doesn't instantly close when I open it. However, when I put all my pool details etc in cg miner, it closes itself but with no errors... Create startup script f.e. "start.cmd" write there two lines cgminer.exe --blah --blah ur params pause launch that start.cmd now you will see what cgminer says
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Pollywaffle (OP)
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April 04, 2013, 10:19:49 AM |
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I have no idea what you just said
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lbr
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April 04, 2013, 11:12:10 AM |
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I have no idea what you just said 1) Open notepad 2) Write there cgminer.exe --url http://api.bitcoin.cz:8332 -u YOUR_USER -p YOUR_PASSWORD pause 3) File->Save As-> Locate to the folder where your cgminer.exe is located -> Save as "start_cgminer.cmd" 4) Close notepad 5) Launch "start_cgminer.cmd"
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Pollywaffle (OP)
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April 04, 2013, 12:05:54 PM |
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Oky dokes, I've done that and it seems to be working off the GPU now. Progress! Thanks! However, it doesn't seem to be processing anything though. The GPU is under load, but I'm getting now kH/s results and it keeps on rejecting blocks.
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April 04, 2013, 12:09:06 PM |
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I got such error when my gpu wasnt actually compatible with gpu miners tho it seemed to work on something
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lbr
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April 04, 2013, 12:09:35 PM |
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Oky dokes, I've done that and it seems to be working off the GPU now. Progress! Thanks! However, it doesn't seem to be processing anything though. The GPU is under load, but I'm getting now kH/s results and it keeps on rejecting blocks.
Now you need to optimize cgminer setup for your card. F.e. add to parameters -w 128 or -w 64 or -w 256 -v or -v 1 or -v 1,1 -I 7 or -I 10 Find the best for your card and run ; )
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April 04, 2013, 12:10:09 PM |
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I would give Ubuntu a try, beats the $hit out of M$ IMO. I can walk you through a mining configuration if you choose to do that.
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lbr
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April 04, 2013, 12:19:28 PM |
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I would give Ubuntu a try, beats the $hit out of M$ IMO. I can walk you through a mining configuration if you choose to do that.
That's simply not true. I've tried mining on Windows 2003 x86/x64, Windows Vista x86, Windows 7 x64, Mac OS X 10.6.8, RHEL, CentOS and Ububtu. I've noticed no correlation between OS and speed. Though I've noticed straight correlation between mining speed and straightness of the hands ; ) Oh, and Mac OS X just sucks ; )
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Pollywaffle (OP)
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April 04, 2013, 12:22:35 PM |
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Now you need to optimize cgminer setup for your card. F.e. add to parameters -w 128 or -w 64 or -w 256 -v or -v 1 or -v 1,1 -I 7 or -I 10 Find the best for your card and run ; )
Where do I add those parameters? Man, I feel so dumb. This is all so new to me.
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