[ mining os ] nvoc

[papampi]

Does anybody used nvOC with AMD/ATI GPU's?
No, I am not asking about rxOC, I tried and can't use it, can't make it working with R9 280X cards.... I nave a 13 GPU rig and I can't make it working, and nvOC is greatest.....
Thank you.

The nv in nvOC stands for Nvidia so I don't think so. I have never heard of anybody modifying nvOC to add the Radeon driver either.

I'm sure nvOC watchdog and temp control won't work with RX cards as they both written for Nvidia cards unless you deeply modify them for RX cards, and then it comes the miners which are mostly different too.

[CryptAtomeTrader44]

To add Verge-Lyra2REv2 (XVG) to the selection of cryptocurrency in the 1bash and therefore also in the WTm switch:

1 / add this in the 1bash (just below the VTC variables you will copy / paste as a template):
 

Code:

# Verge-Lyra2REv2(XVG)
# ## No Need to add stratum+tcp:// to server address
XVG_WORKER="$WORKERNAME"
XVG_ADDRESS="Your_XVG_ADDRESS" 		# Bittrex Wallet Address (for me)
XVG_POOL="lyra2v2.mine.zpool.ca"  		# 1.75% fee but i think this pool is more reliable than other. If you find better, i want it.
XVG_PORT="4533"
XVG_INTENSITY="21"

Add this to the 0miner scrypt file (in the same way below the command to launch the VTC ccminer (and you can copy VTC but be careful to replace VTC_ by XVG_ in the whole command):

Code:

if [ $COIN == "XVG" ]
		 then 
			HCD='/home/m1/ASccminer/ccminer'
			ADDR="$XVG_ADDRESS.$XVG_WORKER"
			screen -dmSL miner $HCD -a lyra2v2 -o stratum+tcp://$XVG_POOL:$XVG_PORT -u $ADDR -p c=XVG -i $XVG_INTENSITY
fi

Finally, because there is more algo to mine XVG Coin, You have to disable the algo Groestl in your Whtatomine selection because in its GPU list, the WTM site lists both the XVG-Groestl and XVG-Lyra2Rev2 which makes a problem with the WTM_SWITCHER python script (need some modifications for multialgo coins recognization and listanng) ...

It will be a small change like NIcehash previously posted on this thread to filter correctly the difference but I have not enough time tonight to make this change and test.
Needless to say that if you mine another Goestl algo coins, you can't disable it in wtm page / URL ! Thus, think carefully about what you choose to do and decide whether or not to mine XVG in place of Groestl according to the best profit

To disable this algo in the WTM list, just click on the blue button dedicated to this algorithm and proceed as usual with the Whattomine URL by adding the .json just behind https://whattomine.com/coins after you have made your request in your browser.

To consult your pool balance : http://www.zpool.ca/?address=Your_XVG_ADDRESS

NB: if you think there is a better ccminer than alexis for lyra2rev2, I'm interested. Same for better pool.

EDIT : Other pools possibility :
https://www.ahashpool.com/ => fee 1%
http://pool.hashrefinery.com/ => fee 1.25%

[CryptAtomeTrader44]

First i want to congrat everyone involved on this beautiful project.
Im having issues, my friends, everytime i try to burn a image (usb drive or ssd) with HDD (aplication) at some point the burning process is cancelled. What i should do ?
i've tried with 1.4 or normal 19 version , but everyone is  having this issue on buring.

thank you all for your kindness

Try this link : https://mega.nz/#!UV9UlASA!JNUSOR0A0XuzWkXYM3YhWWvtTsQlH17PU4v9Pez6Hhc

and use HDDRawcopy software after unzipping with universal latest 7-Zip.

you will be in v0019-2.0 more stable. You will have acces to small fat32 partition at the beginning of disk and then you will have to modify and complete 1bash variables for your coins and Watchdogs and more and more options...You can choose not to start miner at the first boot with the option autostart miner = NO.

Just after that, you can run this papampi script : https://www.dropbox.com/s/cyo86xoqotplges/nvOC-19-2-update

You can also take a look at here 

https://github.com/papampi/nvOC_by_fullzero_Community_Release/tree/19.2

[CryptAtomeTrader44]

Thank you for your help bro, im downloading it.

I have to unzip the nvoc file ? maybe that's my mistake hahaha i wasn't extracting it, in the 1bash file how do i put a suprnova account ? (can you give me an example ?)
how do i run that papampi script on linux ?

thank you for your kindness, bro.

You must unzip it, then you will have a ".img" file that you can put in HDDRawCopy as a source file, to your usb key or SSD or HDD for Target.

Just after that, you have to modify 1bash file with a text editor like notepad++ or notepad if you are on windows. gedit in ubuntu

All options are in 1bash file. You just have to read explanations in 1 bash or you can read here : https://nvoc-mining-os.com/

[papampi]

First i want to congrat everyone involved on this beautiful project.
Im having issues, my friends, everytime i try to burn a image (usb drive or ssd) with HDD (aplication) at some point the burning process is cancelled. What i should do ?
i've tried with 1.4 or normal 19 version , but everyone is  having this issue on buring.

thank you all for your kindness

Try this link : https://mega.nz/#!UV9UlASA!JNUSOR0A0XuzWkXYM3YhWWvtTsQlH17PU4v9Pez6Hhc

and use HDDRawcopy software after unzipping with universal latest 7-Zip.

you will be in v0019-2.0 more stable. You will have acces to small fat32 partition at the beginning of disk and then you will have to modify and complete 1bash variables for your coins and Watchdogs and more and more options...You can choose not to start miner at the first boot with the option autostart miner = NO.

Just after that, you can run this papampi script : https://www.dropbox.com/s/cyo86xoqotplges/nvOC-19-2-update

You can also take a look at here 

https://github.com/papampi/nvOC_by_fullzero_Community_Release/tree/19.2

You dont need to run update script on Image Install, The 19-2.0 Image has all the latest updates.
If we add any new options or edit any thing, we will post on forum about it.

 

[Rig4p]

Thanks for the great effort and support on this SW.
I am presently running 19-1.4 and have made many subtle changes to the 1bash file.
If I run the update script to get to 19-2.0 will I need to reintroduce all my 1bash changes manually? Or will they still be in place?
Thanks.

[WaveFront]

Hello,
I am powering a mobo (Asrock H110 Pro BTC+) with a 1200w power supply. The board is hosting 10 GTX 1060 6gb. In 1bash I limit the consumption to 80W per card.
Whenever I add an 11th card, the system becomes very unstable, rebooting after few minutes Ethminer is running.

I tried to swap cards, risers and slots without finding a solution.
I believe it's a power problem, nevertheless the 11 cards system absorb a total of 910w, that is still within the limits of the power supply.
Any ideas on how I can diagnose the problem?

[CryptAtomeTrader44]

Thanks for the great effort and support on this SW.
I am presently running 19-1.4 and have made many subtle changes to the 1bash file.
If I run the update script to get to 19-2.0 will I need to reintroduce all my 1bash changes manually? Or will they still be in place?
Thanks.

Papampi saves scripts and it seems to me, it's update scripts use diff to reuse values of coins variables. It was very usefull for me latest update.

You can also save them and adapt your modifications in the new version. I think you'll have to remake because if i remmeber correctly, 3main, 0miner, WTM_SWiTCHER, Watchdog, tempcontrol was totally rewrited by leenoox, stubo and all googd coders on this threed.

[CryptAtomeTrader44]

First i want to congrat everyone involved on this beautiful project.
Im having issues, my friends, everytime i try to burn a image (usb drive or ssd) with HDD (aplication) at some point the burning process is cancelled. What i should do ?
i've tried with 1.4 or normal 19 version , but everyone is  having this issue on buring.

thank you all for your kindness

Try this link : https://mega.nz/#!UV9UlASA!JNUSOR0A0XuzWkXYM3YhWWvtTsQlH17PU4v9Pez6Hhc

and use HDDRawcopy software after unzipping with universal latest 7-Zip.

you will be in v0019-2.0 more stable. You will have acces to small fat32 partition at the beginning of disk and then you will have to modify and complete 1bash variables for your coins and Watchdogs and more and more options...You can choose not to start miner at the first boot with the option autostart miner = NO.

Just after that, you can run this papampi script : https://www.dropbox.com/s/cyo86xoqotplges/nvOC-19-2-update

You can also take a look at here 

https://github.com/papampi/nvOC_by_fullzero_Community_Release/tree/19.2

You dont need to run update script on Image Install, The 19-2.0 Image has all the latest updates.
If we add any new options or edit any thing, we will post on forum about it.

 

And that inserts your change on switch 8_wtm_switch ...? because I have it but I think that I have the first version of your image with the counting of the times of mining that does not work.

I also did not understand why at home the specific algo works whereas at home it systematically applies the values of the algo skunk.

Or can it be the pb at home? which file?

Code:

Software info:
Report ver    :  v0019-2.0.002
nvOC (1bash)  :  nvOC v0019-2.0 - Community Release
nvOC (3main)  :  nvOC v0019-2.0 - Community Release
1bash ver     :  v0019-2.0.002
3main ver     :  v0019-2.0.006
5watchdog ver :  v0019-2.0.011
6tempcontrol v:  v0019-2.0.003
wtm switch ver:  v0019-2.0.0011
Kernel        :  4.4.0-97-generic
OS            :  Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
System        :  (gcc 5.4.0 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4)
nvidia driver :  387.34

Hardware info:
Motherboard   :  BIOSTAR Group TB250-BTC PRO
BIOS ver.     :  5.12 06/07/2017
CPU Model     :  Celeron(R) CPU G3900 @ 2.80GHz
CPU Cores     :  2 (Cores + Threads)
Mem Total     :         4011968 kB
Mem Free      :         2179732 kB
Swap Total    :         2097148 kB
Swap Free     :         2097148 kB
Ethernet      :  Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)

HDD and Partion info:
NAME     SIZE FSTYPE TYPE ROTA HOTPLUG TRAN VENDOR  MODEL      REV MOUNTPOINT
sda    186.3G        disk    1       1 usb  ATA     Hitachi H C54P
├─sda1     9M vfat   part    1       1                             /media/m1/12D
├─sda2 184.3G ext4   part    1       1                             /
└─sda3     2G swap   part    1       1                             [SWAP]

VGA info:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1b81 (rev a1)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1b81 (rev a1)

1bash settings:
1bash version .............: v0019-2.0.002
LOCAL or REMOTE ...........: REMOTE
TEAMVIEWER started ........: YES
SSH daemon started ........: YES
SLOW_USB_KEY_MODE .........: NO
SRR .......................: NO
Watchdog ..................: YES

Temp Control ..............: YES
TARGET_TEMP ...............: 60
__FAN_ADJUST ..............: 2
POWER_ADJUST ..............: 2
ALLOWED_TEMP_DIFF .........: 2
RESTORE_POWER_LIMIT .......: 80
MINIMAL_FAN_SPEED .........: 30

CLEAR_LOGS_ON_BOOT ........: NO
AUTO_UPDATE ...............: STABLE
AUTO_REBOOT ...............: NO
_Parallax_MODE (upPaste)...: NO

TELEGRAM_MESSAGES .: YES
TELEGRAM_ALERTS .: YES
TELEGRAM_TYPE .............: papampi
TELEGRAM_TIMEOUT_IN_MINUTES: 30
TELEGRAM_CHATID ...........: CHATID_NOT_SHOWN
TELEGRAM_APIKEY ...........: APIKEY_NOT_SHOWN

P106_100_FULL_HEADLESS_MODE: NO
GPUPowerMizerMode_Adjust...: NO
POWERLIMIT (global) .......: YES
POWERLIMIT_WATTS ..........: 135
CORE_OVERCLOCK (global)....: 150
MEMORY_OVERCLOCK (global) .: 1164
MANUAL_FAN ................: NO
ALGO_SPECIFIC_OC ..........: NO

GLOBAL_WORKERNAME .........: YES
AUTO_WORKERNAME ...........: CUSTOM
CUSTOM_WORKERNAME .........: MINER44
plusCPU ...................: NO

ZM_or_EWBF ................: ZM

COIN ......................: TZC
TZC_WORKER ................: MINER44
TZC_ADDRESS ...............: TtpFnwJ9...
TZC_POOL ..................: pool.unimining.net
TZC_PORT ..................: 4237
TZC_INTENSITY .............: 17

[leenoox]

Hello,
I am powering a mobo (Asrock H110 Pro BTC+) with a 1200w power supply. The board is hosting 10 GTX 1060 6gb. In 1bash I limit the consumption to 80W per card.
Whenever I add an 11th card, the system becomes very unstable, rebooting after few minutes Ethminer is running.

I tried to swap cards, risers and slots without finding a solution.
I believe it's a power problem, nevertheless the 11 cards system absorb a total of 910w, that is still within the limits of the power supply.
Any ideas on how I can diagnose the problem?

It is a power problem. Even though your PS is listed as 1200W you have to account for efficiency and power loss. A premium Platinum rated power supply has an efficiency of 93-95%, Gold has 86-90% while Bronze rated power supply has 80-85% efficiency, the rest is dissipated in heat.

When you add consumption from the motherboard, CPU, HDD or SSD you are running your PS at its limit, hence the instability and random reboots. Since we are running these power supplies 24/7 I recommend  using Platinum power supplies and load them no more than 85%. They cost a bit more but they'll pay off due to power savings.

On a side note, I also use 1060's mining ETH. I have them set at 75W and seen no significant improvement if I increase over 75W. Try lowering yours to 75W, it might save enough juice for your 11th card without restarting.

[Rig4p]

Thanks for the great effort and support on this SW.
I am presently running 19-1.4 and have made many subtle changes to the 1bash file.
If I run the update script to get to 19-2.0 will I need to reintroduce all my 1bash changes manually? Or will they still be in place?
Thanks.

Papampi saves scripts and it seems to me, it's update scripts use diff to reuse values of coins variables. It was very usefull for me latest update.

You can also save them and adapt your modifications in the new version. I think you'll have to remake because if i remmeber correctly, 3main, 0miner, WTM_SWiTCHER, Watchdog, tempcontrol was totally rewrited by leenoox, stubo and all googd coders on this threed.

If that's the case it seems doing a complete 19-2.0 image burn would be just as easy for me.
I think my most important changes would be something that the update would not know how to handle while doing a diff.
Thanks for the reply.

[JayneL]

Here is the Klaust ccminer v 8.17 compiled with cuda 8
So far I get so much better neoscrypt hashrate with it
SPccminer was giving me around 400 with 1060 and KT is giving me more than 630


KTccminer-v8.17

Download, extract and copy it to /home/m1/KTccminer folder.
Please test and check before replacing your old version.

Change 0miner for the coins you want it to be the default miner.

Any one testing KlausT ccminer 8.17 please report your hashrate and changes to default miners so we can change the default miners if its better on those coins.
Thanks.

Just tested yourt KTccminer compiled instead of TPccminer and this is not functional for me.
i just replace TPccminer in command lines by KTccminer in 0miner file.

My rig entering in a loop ...

do I also have to modify the command line in the 0miner file with arguments other than TPcciminer!?

Lower the intensity ...

Ok will try to lower intestity..

for the neoscrypt algo with 1060 what is ur OC settings to get 630 khs?

Oh KTccminer 8.17 not working on my Nvoc19 always screen is terminating

Intensity 17
Power 70
OC 140
MC 600

Still not working on the new KTccminer u link above. tnx for the help i hope we can make it work
i'm using the stable nvoc 19

Hi Guys Happy New Year

Im now using the nvoc 19-2.0 update of Papampi

when im trying to use KTccminer 8.17 to mine x17 algo im stuck on this screen


by the way thanks for all the help so much happy to be part of this community

[papampi]

Here is the Klaust ccminer v 8.17 compiled with cuda 8
So far I get so much better neoscrypt hashrate with it
SPccminer was giving me around 400 with 1060 and KT is giving me more than 630


KTccminer-v8.17

Download, extract and copy it to /home/m1/KTccminer folder.
Please test and check before replacing your old version.

Change 0miner for the coins you want it to be the default miner.

Any one testing KlausT ccminer 8.17 please report your hashrate and changes to default miners so we can change the default miners if its better on those coins.
Thanks.

Just tested yourt KTccminer compiled instead of TPccminer and this is not functional for me.
i just replace TPccminer in command lines by KTccminer in 0miner file.

My rig entering in a loop ...

do I also have to modify the command line in the 0miner file with arguments other than TPcciminer!?

Lower the intensity ...

Ok will try to lower intestity..

for the neoscrypt algo with 1060 what is ur OC settings to get 630 khs?

Oh KTccminer 8.17 not working on my Nvoc19 always screen is terminating

Intensity 17
Power 70
OC 140
MC 600

Still not working on the new KTccminer u link above. tnx for the help i hope we can make it work
i'm using the stable nvoc 19

Hi Guys Happy New Year

Im now using the nvoc 19-2.0 update of Papampi

when im trying to use KTccminer 8.17 to mine x17 algo im stuck on this screen


by the way thanks for all the help so much happy to be part of this community

Compile the miner on your rig 

First copy bn.h from openssl-1.0.1e:

Code:

cd /home/m1/Downloads
wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1e.tar.gz
tar -xvzf openssl-1.0.1e.tar.gz
cp /usr/local/include/openssl/bn.h /home/m1/Downloads/openssl-1.0.1e/bn.h.backup
sudo cp /home/m1/Downloads/openssl-1.0.1e/crypto/bn/bn.h /usr/local/include/openssl/

Then compile the miner again:

Code:

cd /home/m1/KTccminer
./autogen.sh 
./configure.sh
./build.sh

Revert back to openssl installed version :

Code:

 sudo cp /home/m1/Downloads/openssl-1.0.1e/bn.h.backup /usr/local/include/openssl/bn.h

[WaveFront]

Hello,
I am powering a mobo (Asrock H110 Pro BTC+) with a 1200w power supply. The board is hosting 10 GTX 1060 6gb. In 1bash I limit the consumption to 80W per card.
Whenever I add an 11th card, the system becomes very unstable, rebooting after few minutes Ethminer is running.

I tried to swap cards, risers and slots without finding a solution.
I believe it's a power problem, nevertheless the 11 cards system absorb a total of 910w, that is still within the limits of the power supply.
Any ideas on how I can diagnose the problem?

It is a power problem. Even though your PS is listed as 1200W you have to account for efficiency and power loss. A premium Platinum rated power supply has an efficiency of 93-95%, Gold has 86-90% while Bronze rated power supply has 80-85% efficiency, the rest is dissipated in heat.

When you add consumption from the motherboard, CPU, HDD or SSD you are running your PS at its limit, hence the instability and random reboots. Since we are running these power supplies 24/7 I recommend  using Platinum power supplies and load them no more than 85%. They cost a bit more but they'll pay off due to power savings.

On a side note, I also use 1060's mining ETH. I have them set at 75W and seen no significant improvement if I increase over 75W. Try lowering yours to 75W, it might save enough juice for your 11th card without restarting.

Hi Leenox,
Thanks for your answer.
I lowered to power to 75W per card, but the system is still rather unstable.
The power supply that I have is a Corsair HX1200i . It's rated Platinum. I was hoping to use the integrated Corsair link to diagnose these kind of problems but there are no drivers for linux.

Now, I am faced with two options:
1) buy an extra smaller power supply to complement the existing one, for example an HX850
2) leave it as a 10 GPU rig and start afresh with a new rig

Option 1 would be slightly more cost effective, but I never assembled a rig with two power supplies and I am concerned with possible power loops.
What do you think?

[papampi]

Hello,
I am powering a mobo (Asrock H110 Pro BTC+) with a 1200w power supply. The board is hosting 10 GTX 1060 6gb. In 1bash I limit the consumption to 80W per card.
Whenever I add an 11th card, the system becomes very unstable, rebooting after few minutes Ethminer is running.

I tried to swap cards, risers and slots without finding a solution.
I believe it's a power problem, nevertheless the 11 cards system absorb a total of 910w, that is still within the limits of the power supply.
Any ideas on how I can diagnose the problem?

It is a power problem. Even though your PS is listed as 1200W you have to account for efficiency and power loss. A premium Platinum rated power supply has an efficiency of 93-95%, Gold has 86-90% while Bronze rated power supply has 80-85% efficiency, the rest is dissipated in heat.

When you add consumption from the motherboard, CPU, HDD or SSD you are running your PS at its limit, hence the instability and random reboots. Since we are running these power supplies 24/7 I recommend  using Platinum power supplies and load them no more than 85%. They cost a bit more but they'll pay off due to power savings.

On a side note, I also use 1060's mining ETH. I have them set at 75W and seen no significant improvement if I increase over 75W. Try lowering yours to 75W, it might save enough juice for your 11th card without restarting.

Hi Leenox,
Thanks for your answer.
I lowered to power to 75W per card, but the system is still rather unstable.
The power supply that I have is a Corsair HX1200i . It's rated Platinum. I was hoping to use the integrated Corsair link to diagnose these kind of problems but there are no drivers for linux.

Now, I am faced with two options:
1) buy an extra smaller power supply to complement the existing one, for example an HX850
2) leave it as a 10 GPU rig and start afresh with a new rig

Option 1 would be slightly more cost effective, but I never assembled a rig with two power supplies and I am concerned with possible power loops.
What do you think?

I use these add2psu in my 12 card rigs with two 700-750 Watt powers for 12x1060 and biostar btc+ motherboards

How many PCIe 6+2 connections your Corsair HX1200i PSU gives you ?
Usually they have 6 or 8 connectors and I think you use IDE to PCIe or SATA to PCIe 6 pin cables for the rest, and that could cause problems.
I usually try avoid those cables and go with lower powers but keep the number of 6 pin connectors same as number of my cards

So for example I get 2x700 Watt PSU that each has at least 6  6+2 PCIe power cables to get exact 12 6 pin power for the cards and use the IDE and SATA cables only for risers not main power of cards

[WaveFront]

Hello,
I am powering a mobo (Asrock H110 Pro BTC+) with a 1200w power supply. The board is hosting 10 GTX 1060 6gb. In 1bash I limit the consumption to 80W per card.
Whenever I add an 11th card, the system becomes very unstable, rebooting after few minutes Ethminer is running.

I tried to swap cards, risers and slots without finding a solution.
I believe it's a power problem, nevertheless the 11 cards system absorb a total of 910w, that is still within the limits of the power supply.
Any ideas on how I can diagnose the problem?

It is a power problem. Even though your PS is listed as 1200W you have to account for efficiency and power loss. A premium Platinum rated power supply has an efficiency of 93-95%, Gold has 86-90% while Bronze rated power supply has 80-85% efficiency, the rest is dissipated in heat.

When you add consumption from the motherboard, CPU, HDD or SSD you are running your PS at its limit, hence the instability and random reboots. Since we are running these power supplies 24/7 I recommend  using Platinum power supplies and load them no more than 85%. They cost a bit more but they'll pay off due to power savings.

On a side note, I also use 1060's mining ETH. I have them set at 75W and seen no significant improvement if I increase over 75W. Try lowering yours to 75W, it might save enough juice for your 11th card without restarting.

Hi Leenox,
Thanks for your answer.
I lowered to power to 75W per card, but the system is still rather unstable.
The power supply that I have is a Corsair HX1200i . It's rated Platinum. I was hoping to use the integrated Corsair link to diagnose these kind of problems but there are no drivers for linux.

Now, I am faced with two options:
1) buy an extra smaller power supply to complement the existing one, for example an HX850
2) leave it as a 10 GPU rig and start afresh with a new rig

Option 1 would be slightly more cost effective, but I never assembled a rig with two power supplies and I am concerned with possible power loops.
What do you think?

I use these add2psu in my 12 card rigs with two 700-750 Watt powers for 12x1060 and biostar btc+ motherboards

How many PCIe 6+2 connections your Corsair HX1200i PSU gives you ?
Usually they have 6 or 8 connectors and I think you use IDE to PCIe or SATA to PCIe 6 pin cables for the rest, and that could cause problems.
I usually try avoid those cables and go with lower powers but keep the number of 6 pin connectors same as number of my cards

So for example I get 2x700 Watt PSU that each has at least 6  6+2 PCIe power cables to get exact 12 6 pin power for the cards and use the IDE and SATA cables only for risers not main power of cards

Hi Papampi,
The HX1200i gives 6 PCIe 6+2 outputs. However, two are taken by the motherboard, that leaves me effectively 4 outputs.
The PSU has also 6 SATA/molex outputs. Again two taken by the motherboard.

So in practice, each PCIe6+2 output is powering 3 cards and each SATA output is powering 3 raisers.
I could replace the SATA connectors on the raisers with molex connectors that probably can handle more power (I will try this now), but I see that my best alternative is to put another PSU adding more PCIe 6+2 outputs

[papampi]

Hello,
I am powering a mobo (Asrock H110 Pro BTC+) with a 1200w power supply. The board is hosting 10 GTX 1060 6gb. In 1bash I limit the consumption to 80W per card.
Whenever I add an 11th card, the system becomes very unstable, rebooting after few minutes Ethminer is running.

I tried to swap cards, risers and slots without finding a solution.
I believe it's a power problem, nevertheless the 11 cards system absorb a total of 910w, that is still within the limits of the power supply.
Any ideas on how I can diagnose the problem?

It is a power problem. Even though your PS is listed as 1200W you have to account for efficiency and power loss. A premium Platinum rated power supply has an efficiency of 93-95%, Gold has 86-90% while Bronze rated power supply has 80-85% efficiency, the rest is dissipated in heat.

When you add consumption from the motherboard, CPU, HDD or SSD you are running your PS at its limit, hence the instability and random reboots. Since we are running these power supplies 24/7 I recommend  using Platinum power supplies and load them no more than 85%. They cost a bit more but they'll pay off due to power savings.

On a side note, I also use 1060's mining ETH. I have them set at 75W and seen no significant improvement if I increase over 75W. Try lowering yours to 75W, it might save enough juice for your 11th card without restarting.

Hi Leenox,
Thanks for your answer.
I lowered to power to 75W per card, but the system is still rather unstable.
The power supply that I have is a Corsair HX1200i . It's rated Platinum. I was hoping to use the integrated Corsair link to diagnose these kind of problems but there are no drivers for linux.

Now, I am faced with two options:
1) buy an extra smaller power supply to complement the existing one, for example an HX850
2) leave it as a 10 GPU rig and start afresh with a new rig

Option 1 would be slightly more cost effective, but I never assembled a rig with two power supplies and I am concerned with possible power loops.
What do you think?

I use these add2psu in my 12 card rigs with two 700-750 Watt powers for 12x1060 and biostar btc+ motherboards

How many PCIe 6+2 connections your Corsair HX1200i PSU gives you ?
Usually they have 6 or 8 connectors and I think you use IDE to PCIe or SATA to PCIe 6 pin cables for the rest, and that could cause problems.
I usually try avoid those cables and go with lower powers but keep the number of 6 pin connectors same as number of my cards

So for example I get 2x700 Watt PSU that each has at least 6  6+2 PCIe power cables to get exact 12 6 pin power for the cards and use the IDE and SATA cables only for risers not main power of cards

Hi Papampi,
The HX1200i gives 6 PCIe 6+2 outputs. However, two are taken by the motherboard, that leaves me effectively 4 outputs.
The PSU has also 6 SATA/molex outputs. Again two taken by the motherboard.

So in practice, each PCIe6+2 output is powering 3 cards and each SATA output is powering 3 raisers.
I could replace the SATA connectors on the raisers with molex connectors that probably can handle more power (I will try this now), but I see that my best alternative is to put another PSU adding more PCIe 6+2 outputs

Doesnt it gives you 8 pin to dual  2+6 pin cables?
If not you can get 6 pin to 6 pin cables or 8 pin to dual 6 pin cables, just dont use molex or sata to 6 pin cables
I think adding a 600 watt with 4 x 6 pin is more than enough for you

For the future you need 2 x PSU that gives you these at least for 12 x rigs

ATX connector 20+4 pin: 1
4+4 pin CPU:    1
6+2 pin PCIe:    6
SATA + IDE: At least 8 

I use 2x Antec TruePower Classic Series 750 W for my 12x1060
1 x 24(20+4)-pin
1 x 8(4+4)-pin ATX12V/EPS12V
6 x 8(6+2)-pin PCI-E
6 x Molex
9 x SATA

[bumbu100]

I have stucked trying to find a way to mine in 2 or 3 separate sesions, with separate wallets.
The reason: more people mining on the same rig (13 GPU 1080).

Thanks and wish you a very happy new year !

[monck]

So in practice, each PCIe6+2 output is powering 3 cards and each SATA output is powering 3 raisers.
I could replace the SATA connectors on the raisers with molex connectors that probably can handle more power (I will try this now), but I see that my best alternative is to put another PSU adding more PCIe 6+2 outputs

Hi WaveFront,
I am using the same MB with 11 Zotac 1070TIs and Server PS.
To get a better understanding of the power distribution I was measuring some parts.
In my case the risers are using 25W each - means 2Amps
Most PS having a chain of 5 SATA connectors on each channel - this is more than the wire can handle.
As you have only 3 connector areas for each voltage range at the SATA connector, it would be 0,7 Amps for a single connector area which is IMO quite high - as we are using it 24 hours a day.
3 Risers is IMO the maximum and to change to Molex is not bad ;-)

I have my cards limitted to 130W - the whole system is using 1800W, which is an additional power consumption of 370W for the rest of the system.

[papampi]

So in practice, each PCIe6+2 output is powering 3 cards and each SATA output is powering 3 raisers.
I could replace the SATA connectors on the raisers with molex connectors that probably can handle more power (I will try this now), but I see that my best alternative is to put another PSU adding more PCIe 6+2 outputs

Hi WaveFront,
I am using the same MB with 11 Zotac 1070TIs and Server PS.
To get a better understanding of the power distribution I was measuring some parts.
In my case the risers are using 25W each - means 2Amps
Most PS having a chain of 5 SATA connectors on each channel - this is more than the wire can handle.
As you have only 3 connector areas for each voltage range at the SATA connector, it would be 0,7 Amps for a single connector area which is IMO quite high - as we are using it 24 hours a day.
3 Risers is IMO the maximum and to change to Molex is not bad ;-)

I have my cards limitted to 130W - the whole system is using 1800W, which is an additional power consumption of 370W for the rest of the system.

Now that we are in power discussions, I have a question too.
Is it mandatory to connect the additional molex connectors on motherboard to psu?
All GPUs and risers get the powers directly from PSU so are they needed too?