Claymore's ZCash/BTG AMD GPU Miner v12.6 (Windows/Linux)

[gaah]

Please be patient, now it takes a lot of time to improve speed.
As I said before, it's possible to get good speedup but don't expect 30-50% speedups anymore and new versions every day, main speed racing is over.

So will you drop 9.0 today? 

[DStefanov]

Hello,
Pray for some help on the following problem!
What this means, fence in the red rectangle?

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It appears occasionally and stop digging. It is very unpleasant because it can occur after 15 minutes, but can also be done after 3 hours?
How do I solve this problem? If it is important that the intensity is 6.
Thanks!

More volt and/or lower intensity needed.

This only applies to GPU 0 or all 6 cards?

Just for GPU0. Virtual memory doesnt help.

It's the riser. I can tell you. What VER riser is it you use on GPU 0?

The version of risers that use of all cards is ver 006!

[manotroll]

6x 480 give me average 1250 h/s
208 - 210 h/s each

And I am not the only one...

which settings?
I have 480 OC 8gb and getting about 202 h/s, but i think to much W from the wall - 160W!
gpu clock 1410
memory clock 2020

Your consumption is very high

[tjeldik]

what are you guys doing with the mined ZEC?
keep them in zec or exchange to BTC

[gaah]

what are you guys doing with the mined ZEC?
keep them in zec or exchange to BTC

They are so low now so keep them. 

[tjeldik]

what are you guys doing with the mined ZEC?
keep them in zec or exchange to BTC

They are so low now so keep them. 

my idea too

[needhelp2]

Funny, so I've installed windows on one rig, Win 10 Pro, especialy for Claymore 8 and my 480's and like 10 years go, Win freezes completely on a random basis

 Just one of the many reasons serious miners prefer LINUX.

Why, cause "Linux doesn't freeze"?

 1) LINUX is infinitely more stable than Windows (which isn't saying much).
     I have LINUX machines that have run with no outages (hardware failure, shut down to physically MOVE the machine, and power outages excluded) since before Windows XP EXISTED - literally.
     The only Windows machine I've EVER had go a year without crashing was a NT 3.51 SP5 machine - vs MORE THAN 20 YEARS for some of my LINUX machines that were running the same user programs.

 2) If you have a power outage, your miner running under Windows won't restart when power comes back on 'till you LOG IN MANUALLY (I have yet to see any miner program that could be run a a service).
     LINUX makes it easy to set up so the miner will restart automatically after a power outage.


 IMO the only thing Windows has going for it are that the overclock/fan control programs available for it like Afterburner are a lot better.

So you have 20 years of practice and still haven't learned to use search engines? Or linux aces who never update their machines never update their brain content too?
2) BitMoose and/or built in Task Scheduler

Warning: Enable Automatic logon only if you are the sole user of your computer.Your password helps keep your account secure, no matter what PC you sign in to or what apps, settings, and services you use while you're signed in.



1. Right click on Start and select Run, type Netplwiz and then press Enter key.

2. In the resulting User Accounts dialog, select your user account first and then uncheck the option labelled Users

    must enter a user name and password to use this computer. Click Apply button to see Automatically sign in

    box.

3. In the Automatically sign in dialog, type your password and then re-enter the password to confirm the same.

4. Click on OK to save the changes.

5. Restart your PC to see your Windows 10 automatically logging into your account without asking you to enter the password.



Put shortcuts for batch files you use to start your miners in this directory : C:\Users\(your user name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

use a timeout command as first line in batch file so windows can get fully loaded and stable before miner is started > like this

timeout 120

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100



ZecMiner64.exe -zpool us1-zcash.flypool.org:3333 -zwal your t address.worker name -zpsw z ( any command variables you use )


this way if windows restarts for any reason it will log in automatically and start mining after the timeout # of seconds

[Yerba]

Funny, so I've installed windows on one rig, Win 10 Pro, especialy for Claymore 8 and my 480's and like 10 years go, Win freezes completely on a random basis

 Just one of the many reasons serious miners prefer LINUX.

Why, cause "Linux doesn't freeze"?

 1) LINUX is infinitely more stable than Windows (which isn't saying much).
     I have LINUX machines that have run with no outages (hardware failure, shut down to physically MOVE the machine, and power outages excluded) since before Windows XP EXISTED - literally.
     The only Windows machine I've EVER had go a year without crashing was a NT 3.51 SP5 machine - vs MORE THAN 20 YEARS for some of my LINUX machines that were running the same user programs.

 2) If you have a power outage, your miner running under Windows won't restart when power comes back on 'till you LOG IN MANUALLY (I have yet to see any miner program that could be run a a service).
     LINUX makes it easy to set up so the miner will restart automatically after a power outage.


 IMO the only thing Windows has going for it are that the overclock/fan control programs available for it like Afterburner are a lot better.

2)
netplwiz
run - shell:startup ( you can run whatever You want after power outage ).

No manual logon required.

Just for information..

[Rkana]

what are you guys doing with the mined ZEC?
keep them in zec or exchange to BTC

They are so low now so keep them. 

my idea too

You guys realize you are not fooling anyone here.  

[Jinx99]

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0

Bad idea for RX series.

From here:

GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0  BHИMAHИE!!!! Пo вoзмoжнocти нe иcпoльзyйтe дaннyю пepeмeннyю ("пaдeниe" пpoгpaммы пpи paбoтe c кapтaми RX cepии)

[supersonic]

Guys, which MB did You test and recommend for 7gpu rigs? Beside MSI z97 gaming 5 that one is doin fine.

[Marvell1]

eth uses too much power compared to zec so for me
its basically a wash still i think diff will drop as the greedy farms move back to eth

[Altcoining]

Funny, so I've installed windows on one rig, Win 10 Pro, especialy for Claymore 8 and my 480's and like 10 years go, Win freezes completely on a random basis

 Just one of the many reasons serious miners prefer LINUX.

Why, cause "Linux doesn't freeze"?

 1) LINUX is infinitely more stable than Windows (which isn't saying much).
     I have LINUX machines that have run with no outages (hardware failure, shut down to physically MOVE the machine, and power outages excluded) since before Windows XP EXISTED - literally.
     The only Windows machine I've EVER had go a year without crashing was a NT 3.51 SP5 machine - vs MORE THAN 20 YEARS for some of my LINUX machines that were running the same user programs.

 2) If you have a power outage, your miner running under Windows won't restart when power comes back on 'till you LOG IN MANUALLY (I have yet to see any miner program that could be run a a service).
     LINUX makes it easy to set up so the miner will restart automatically after a power outage.


 IMO the only thing Windows has going for it are that the overclock/fan control programs available for it like Afterburner are a lot better.

This leads me to belive that you have used windows for less then a day...

[HashZilla]

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0

Bad idea for RX series.

From here:

GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0  BHИMAHИE!!!! Пo вoзмoжнocти нe иcпoльзyйтe дaннyю пepeмeннyю ("пaдeниe" пpoгpaммы пpи paбoтe c кapтaми RX cepии)

What does that say in English please?

[th00ber]

Funny, so I've installed windows on one rig, Win 10 Pro, especialy for Claymore 8 and my 480's and like 10 years go, Win freezes completely on a random basis

 Just one of the many reasons serious miners prefer LINUX.

Why, cause "Linux doesn't freeze"?

 1) LINUX is infinitely more stable than Windows (which isn't saying much).
     I have LINUX machines that have run with no outages (hardware failure, shut down to physically MOVE the machine, and power outages excluded) since before Windows XP EXISTED - literally.
     The only Windows machine I've EVER had go a year without crashing was a NT 3.51 SP5 machine - vs MORE THAN 20 YEARS for some of my LINUX machines that were running the same user programs.

 2) If you have a power outage, your miner running under Windows won't restart when power comes back on 'till you LOG IN MANUALLY (I have yet to see any miner program that could be run a a service).
     LINUX makes it easy to set up so the miner will restart automatically after a power outage.


 IMO the only thing Windows has going for it are that the overclock/fan control programs available for it like Afterburner are a lot better.

This leads me to belive that you have used windows for less then a day...

+1
My Windows account on the rig don't have a password, so no log in requiered.
I have set "bcdedit /set {current} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures" (in cmd as admin) So if the Windows restart, it will not be stuck in the "repair tool' and will boot normally
And I haved added the shortcut to my miner.bat in the "Startup" folder, so it will start automatically
And last thing, If the claymore miner crash, the reboot.bat is "shutdown /r /t 5", so auto restart the whole rig

With that, I never have problem on my windows rig

[HerrDirektor]

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0

Bad idea for RX series.

From here:

GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0  BHИMAHИE!!!! Пo вoзмoжнocти нe иcпoльзyйтe дaннyю пepeмeннyю ("пaдeниe" пpoгpaммы пpи paбoтe c кapтaми RX cepии)

What does that say in English please?

WARNING! If possible, do not use this variable ("fall" (crash) of the program while working with cards RX Series)

[manotroll]

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0

Bad idea for RX series.

From here:

GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0  BHИMAHИE!!!! Пo вoзмoжнocти нe иcпoльзyйтe дaннyю пepeмeннyю ("пaдeниe" пpoгpaммы пpи paбoтe c кapтaми RX cepии)

GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
rx 480 msi 195s

[ghostfaceuk]

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0

Bad idea for RX series.

From here:

GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0  BHИMAHИE!!!! Пo вoзмoжнocти нe иcпoльзyйтe дaннyю пepeмeннyю ("пaдeниe" пpoгpaммы пpи paбoтe c кapтaми RX cepии)

GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
rx 480 msi 195s

never had a problem using that myself, using a Sapphire 470 4GB OC

[AriesIV10]

Guys, which MB did You test and recommend for 7gpu rigs? Beside MSI z97 gaming 5 that one is doin fine.

My Top Motherboard Picks:
- Z97 Gaming 5,  MSI Z97 Intel LGA 1150 DDR3 USB 3.0 ATX Gaming Motherboard http://a.co/7a6Sut8
- ASRock H97 Anniversary LGA 1150 Intel Motherboard (usually sold out): http://amzn.to/2cl9G48   or   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157564
- ASRock H81 PRO BTC R2.0 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157724
- BIOSTAR TB85 LGA 1150 Intel B85 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboards http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138436

If you want 7 Gpu use the Z97 Gaming 5 or add a PC Peripheral onto any of the other boards:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/141865200790?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Here is a video on how to install the PC Peripheral:  https://youtu.be/F7p6roA8ZCU

-OR Even Better -

See my Rig at:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1676763.0

[Xardas2014]

Someone in chat was asking me for this .bat and thought I should post it here also. The .bat simply deletes the log files from Claymore miners. Mining a multi-algo switching pool can generate a TON of them in a day or too. When you want to clear out all the logs, just run the .bat and you won't have to delete all the logs manually. CHANGE THE PATHS TO POINT TO YOUR DIRECTORIES! You can also set this to repeat or run on a schedule, but I'm not going to explain that.

Code:

:start

cd H:\Users\Me\Downloads\Zcash\Claymore's ZCash AMD GPU Miner v8.0 Beta 
forfiles /p "H:\Users\Me\Downloads\Zcash\Claymore's ZCash AMD GPU Miner v8.0 Beta" /m *log.txt /c "cmd /c del @path"

cd H:\Users\Me\Downloads\Claymore's Dual Ethereum+Decred_Siacoin_Lbry AMD+NVIDIA GPU Miner v7.4
forfiles /p "H:\Users\Me\Downloads\Claymore's Dual Ethereum+Decred_Siacoin_Lbry AMD+NVIDIA GPU Miner v7.4" /m *log.txt /c "cmd /c del @path"