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 #961

@SixLitr Your tests showing no difference using TurionPowerControl do not make sense.

I have the exact same Dell R815 servers and both the 6200 and 6300 Series Opterons in them gain 10% by applying the "sudo ./TurionPowerControl -psmax 1" command.

TurionPowerControl must be run as root, thus the sudo in front of all TurionPowerControl commands.

Lets try some troubleshooting to see if the issue can be found.

In the BIOS make sure these processor settings are set to the following values:

Code:
HT assist: Disabled
Core Performance Boost Mode:  Enabled
Processor HPC mode: Disabled
C1E: Enabled

If one or more of these are set incorrectly then TurionPowerControl may not work correctly or at all.

With that taken care of run this command:

Code:
sudo ./TurionPowerControl -l

and note the results:

from my quad 6348 Opteron system I got:

Code:
Main processor is Family 15h (Bulldozer/Interlagos/Valencia) Processor                                                                                                                       
        Family: 0xf             Model: 0x2              Stepping: 0x0                                                                                                                        
        Extended Family: 0x15   Extended Model: 0x2                                                                                                                                          
        Package Type: 0x3       BrandId: 0x0                                                                                                                                                
Machine has 8 nodes                                                                                                                                                                          
Processor has 6 cores                                                                                                                                                                        
Processor has 8 p-states                                                                                                                                                                    
Processor has 2 boost states                                                                                                                                                                

Power States table:                                                                                                                                                                          
-- Node: x Core x                                                                                                                                                                            
core 0 pstate 0 (pb0) - En:1 VID:24 FID:18 DID:0.00 Freq:3400 VCore:1.2500                                                                                                                  
core 0 pstate 1 (pb1) - En:1 VID:30 FID:15 DID:0.00 Freq:3100 VCore:1.1750                                                                                                                  
core 0 pstate 2 (p0) - En:1 VID:40 FID:12 DID:0.00 Freq:2800 VCore:1.0500                                                                                                                    
core 0 pstate 3 (p1) - En:1 VID:43 FID:9 DID:0.00 Freq:2500 VCore:1.0125                                                                                                                    
core 0 pstate 4 (p2) - En:1 VID:47 FID:5 DID:0.00 Freq:2100 VCore:0.9625                                                                                                                    
core 0 pstate 5 (p3) - En:1 VID:50 FID:2 DID:0.00 Freq:1800 VCore:0.9250                                                                                                                    
core 0 pstate 6 (p4) - En:1 VID:54 FID:12 DID:1.00 Freq:1400 VCore:0.8750                                                                                                                    
core 0 pstate 7 (p5) - En:0 VID:0 FID:0 DID:0.00 Freq:1600 VCore:1.5500
                                                                                                                    
<snip>

 --- Node x:                                                                                                                                                                                
Processor Maximum PState: 6                                                                                                                                                                  
Processor Startup PState: 6                                                                                                                                                                  
Processor Maximum Operating Frequency: 3400 MHz                                                                                                                                              

Note that current "Processor Maximum PState" is 6

Now run:

Code:
sudo ./TurionPowerControl -psmax 1

Command should respond with "Done."

Now again run
Code:
sudo ./TurionPowerControl -l

and make sure that the results at the end show that Processor Maximum PState is now 1:

Code:
 --- Node x:                                                                                                                                                                                 
Processor Maximum PState: 1                                                                                                                                                                  
Processor Startup PState: 6                                                                                                                                                                  
Processor Maximum Operating Frequency: 3400 MHz                                                                                                                                              

If you get the correct "Processor Maximum PState: 1" then you should gain 10% in hash rates.



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The HT Assist was in fact enabled, and C1E was disabled, swapped those.

Result of TurionPowerControl:
Code:
Main processor is Family 15h (Bulldozer/Interlagos/Valencia) Processor
        Family: 0xf             Model: 0x1              Stepping: 0x2
        Extended Family: 0x15   Extended Model: 0x1
        Package Type: 0x3       BrandId: 0x0
Machine has 8 nodes
Processor has 8 cores
Processor has 8 p-states
Processor has 2 boost states

Power States table:
-- Node: 0 Core 0
core 0 pstate 0 (pb0) - En:1 VID:19 FID:16 DID:0.00 Freq:3200 VCore:1.3125
core 0 pstate 1 (pb1) - En:1 VID:33 FID:10 DID:0.00 Freq:2600 VCore:1.1375
core 0 pstate 2 (p0) - En:1 VID:39 FID:7 DID:0.00 Freq:2300 VCore:1.0625
core 0 pstate 3 (p1) - En:1 VID:41 FID:5 DID:0.00 Freq:2100 VCore:1.0375
core 0 pstate 4 (p2) - En:1 VID:44 FID:2 DID:0.00 Freq:1800 VCore:1.0000
core 0 pstate 5 (p3) - En:1 VID:47 FID:0 DID:0.00 Freq:1600 VCore:0.9625
core 0 pstate 6 (p4) - En:1 VID:50 FID:12 DID:1.00 Freq:1400 VCore:0.9250
core 0 pstate 7 (p5) - En:0 VID:0 FID:0 DID:0.00 Freq:1600 VCore:1.5500

I went ahead and changed the power control from 6 to 1 successfully and results for all 4 CPUs are [9073H/s]

Code:
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1318.61 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1313.64 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1313.27 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1314.09 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1312.53 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1303.8 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 604.595 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 596.604 hashes per second

A performance increase to be sure for the first 3 CPUs, however I suspect there may be some issues with that last CPU, or possibly a memory placement/configuration issue.

Running the test again now at psmax 6 results a slightly higher performance overall, simply because that last CPU isn't reporting so low [9266H/s]

Code:
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1188.97 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1184.08 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1183.85 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1184.04 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1183.31 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1178.12 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1088.27 hashes per second
Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
Performance: 1078.13 hashes per second
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 #963

@SixLitr

Yes there really is something wrong with that last processor and I believe that it is probably memory related.

Your tests are showing that "sudo ./TurionPowerControl -psmax 1" is working properly.

The other three processors go from 1220 H/s per node to 1310 H/s per node or a gain of 7.4%.

As for that last processor is the system reporting any defective memory modules or complaining about non-optimal memory configuration when booting?

You can set in the BIOS under memory settings that a memory test is always run when booting.

Also to check for bad and or mismatched memory you could swap the memory between processors and see if the problem moves to another processor.

You can also use TurionPowerControl to check the DRAM Configuration Status

Code:
sudo ./TurionPowerControl -dram

Example from my quad Opteron 6348 Dell R815:

Code:
DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=63                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=63                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                             
Node 1 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=8 TrwtTO=7 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=60                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                             
Node 2 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=64                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                             
Node 3 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=60                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                             
Node 4 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=62                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=63                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                             
Node 5 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=8 TrwtTO=7 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                             
Node 6 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=63                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=63                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                             
Node 7 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                             
DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
TrwtWB=8 TrwtTO=7 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=59                                                                             
LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       

Hopefully you can spot the memory problem from this data. MaxRdLatency and DDR3 frequency are probable the most important along with the LDIMM results.

In my system I have four 2GB memory sticks for each Opteron 6348. That means two sticks for each of the two nodes in each Opteron. Thus the LDIMM1=OK/OK shown above.

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On the subject of TurionPowerControl I have found more useful commands.

When I am testing I open three shellinthebox command windows to the server.

In the first one I run the actual benchmark. In the second I run nmon with the "c" key when it opens to observe which cores are active.

In the third one I cd into turionpowercontrol and run various TurionPowerControl commands while the benchmark is running.

This command: sudo ./TurionPowerControl -CM

shows the actual Pstate for all cores in real time. If you run this during testing without doing the "TurionPowerControl -psmax 1" you will see that the Pstate flips from PS1 and PS2 all the time. But if you have done "TurionPowerControl -psmax 1" it stays locked in PS1 which is why you get the gain.

To show useful information about Hardware Thermal Control features of the processors in the system
sudo ./TurionPowerControl -htc

The Dell R815 shows 70c as the high temperature limit and that that temp was exceeded before (which throttles the processor).

This command sets the high temperature limit on active node as a threshold for thermal control activity
sudo ./TurionPowerControl -htctemplimit <value>

I did "sudo ./TurionPowerControl -htctemplimit 75" and reran the benchmark but it resulted in no gain in H/s so I left it at the default 70c
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July 31, 2019, 06:10:22 AM
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You have the system? up and running?  Grin
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July 31, 2019, 08:57:50 AM
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Hello buddies, I have just registered here to ask about  some aspects of altcoin mining. As I have never tried mining maybe you can share some ideas because there is not much available info on the web, thx
Hi, what are you interested in? Because altcoin mining is a huge niche.
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July 31, 2019, 09:09:16 AM
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I want to start mining dash or something like this, have you ever tried mining altcoins?
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July 31, 2019, 09:09:30 AM
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I want to start mining dash or something like this, have you ever tried mining altcoins?
Yes, I have but you need really good rigs to be on top of the game
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July 31, 2019, 09:18:49 AM
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You personally own such rigs? Could you tell more about the miners and where can I get them
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You personally own such rigs? Could you tell more about the miners and where can I get them
So, basically all miners nowadays are called antiminers, in order to not using GPU miners, antiminers like S17 or S17 pro can really make the difference. I buy all antiminers and complemented equipment on globemining com. I buy there for a long time, yesterday, for example, I have ordered another miner there
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So you use different miners for different purposes?
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July 31, 2019, 10:00:22 AM
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So you use different miners for different purposes?
Yes, exactly. I have a small farm on ETH, 2 miners on BTC, the rest is altcoin mining
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July 31, 2019, 10:07:40 AM
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So you use different miners for different purposes?
Yes, exactly. I have a small farm on ETH, 2 miners on BTC, the rest is altcoin mining
And all of your miners are working? No break downs?
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You are a troll f*cking up this useful thread, shilling a scam, right?
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can opteron 6376 be profitable at .18/kwh?

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October 04, 2019, 12:20:02 AM
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Unfortunately no, I am unable to improve that last processor but I am still working on things.

Does that mean that "HT assist" was already disabled in the BIOS?

These are the other settings I have in the processor settings:

HT assist: Disabled
Core Performance Boost Mode:  Enabled
Processor HPC mode: Disabled
C1E: Enabled

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No luck getting TurionPowerControl working either.

I have discovered that TurionPowerControl binary can be downloaded here:

https://github.com/mh0rst/turionpowercontrol/releases

Just download the tpc-0.44-rc2.tar.gz file (or tpc-0.44-rc2.zip) and unzip it.

In the tpc-0.44-rc2/bin/Ubuntu-amd64 folder you will see the TurionPowerControl binary


I pulled down the turionPowercontrol but getting this error when I run it:

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -dram
TurionPowerControl 0.44-rc2 (tpc-0.44-rc2-r144)
Turion Power States Optimization and Control - by blackshard

cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
No supported processor detected, sorry.

Quad opteron 6378 on ubuntu 18

Also, I can't run the benchmark without using --softAes. Why is that? I see your logs show hardware AES. Is that something in the bios I need to setup?

Also, Getting this error:

seq 0 1 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 10000 --init 8 --threads 8
libnuma: Warning: node argument 0 is out of range
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October 04, 2019, 12:42:08 AM
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I pulled down the turionPowercontrol but getting this error when I run it:

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -dram
TurionPowerControl 0.44-rc2 (tpc-0.44-rc2-r144)
Turion Power States Optimization and Control - by blackshard

cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
No supported processor detected, sorry.

You need cpuid installed:
sudo apt install cpuid

And you need cpuid and msr loaded:
sudo modprobe cpuid
sudo modprobe msr

To have cpuid and msr loaded on boot:

Edit /etc/modules file and add these line to it:
 cpuid
 msr


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Quad opteron 6378 on ubuntu 18

Also, I can't run the benchmark without using --softAes. Why is that? I see your logs show hardware AES. Is that something in the bios I need to setup?

Also, Getting this error:

seq 0 1 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 10000 --init 8 --threads 8
libnuma: Warning: node argument 0 is out of range

First make sure you have enough LargePages:

sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=9600
cat /proc/meminfo

also make sure you have numactl installed:
sudo apt install numactl

For a Quad Opteron 6378 system this is the command:

seq 0 7 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl --localalloc -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 100000 --init 8 --threads 8
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October 04, 2019, 12:57:54 AM
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Instructions for installing TurionPowerControl from Source Code:

https://github.com/mh0rst/turionpowercontrol/releases

Install TPC:

https://hardforum.com/threads/multiple-processor-g34-checklist.1669698

Install TurionPowerControl

Code:
sudo apt install ncurses-dev
sudo apt install git

git clone https://github.com/mh0rst/turionpowercontrol.git
cd turionpowercontrol
make

sudo apt install cpuid

sudo modprobe cpuid
sudo modprobe msr

So that you don't have to do the modprobe's after you reboot do this:

sudo Edit /etc/modules file and add these lines:
 cpuid
 msr

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To Run TurionPowerControl commands at Boot:

sudo Edit /etc/rc.local

add /home/miner/turionpowercontrol/TurionPowerControl -psmax 1
add /home/miner/turionpowercontrol/TurionPowerControl -htctemplimit 75

and any other TurionPowerControl commands you would like to run at boot

Change the "/home/miner/turionpowercontrol" in the above line(s) to whatever directory TurionPowerControl is installed in.

------------------------------------------

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -l

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -psmax 1

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -spec

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -temp
sudo ./TurionPowerControl -mtemp

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -dram

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -gettdp

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -CM

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -htc

// To Prevent Throttling when Garage Mining
sudo ./TurionPowerControl -htctemplimit 75


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October 04, 2019, 03:56:24 AM
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I pulled down the turionPowercontrol but getting this error when I run it:

sudo ./TurionPowerControl -dram
TurionPowerControl 0.44-rc2 (tpc-0.44-rc2-r144)
Turion Power States Optimization and Control - by blackshard

cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
cpuid:open: No such file or directory
No supported processor detected, sorry.

You need cpuid installed:
sudo apt install cpuid

And you need cpuid and msr loaded:
sudo modprobe cpuid
sudo modprobe msr

To have cpuid and msr loaded on boot:

Edit /etc/modules file and add these line to it:
 cpuid
 msr


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Quad opteron 6378 on ubuntu 18

Also, I can't run the benchmark without using --softAes. Why is that? I see your logs show hardware AES. Is that something in the bios I need to setup?

Also, Getting this error:

seq 0 1 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 10000 --init 8 --threads 8
libnuma: Warning: node argument 0 is out of range

First make sure you have enough LargePages:

sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=9600
cat /proc/meminfo

also make sure you have numactl installed:
sudo apt install numactl

For a Quad Opteron 6378 system this is the command:

seq 0 7 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl --localalloc -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 100000 --init 8 --threads 8


That cleared up the turion errors and appears to be working.

Still getting this error:
seq 0 7 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl --localalloc -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 100000 --init 8 --threads 8 --softAes
libnuma: Warning: node argument 0 is out of range

<0> is invalid
<3> is invalid
<6> is invalid

Also, still required to have --softAes on the command line. Anything ideas about that?
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October 04, 2019, 05:36:27 PM
Last edit: October 04, 2019, 05:51:28 PM by engineerking
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I fixed the invalid node by swapping ram into all blue slots instead of all white. Now, still having the issue with having to enable --softAes. I checked the bios again but nothing jumped out. Doesn't the 6378 support AES?

Update: Just kidding. Still having 5 and 6 invalid now.

lscpu
Architecture:        x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):      32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:          Little Endian
CPU(s):              64
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-63
Thread(s) per core:  2
Core(s) per socket:  8
Socket(s):           4
NUMA node(s):        8
Vendor ID:           AuthenticAMD
CPU family:          21
Model:               2
Model name:          AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6378
Stepping:            0
CPU MHz:             1444.930
CPU max MHz:         2400.0000
CPU min MHz:         1400.0000
BogoMIPS:            4800.29
Virtualization:      AMD-V
L1d cache:           16K
L1i cache:           64K
L2 cache:            2048K
L3 cache:            6144K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):   0-7
NUMA node1 CPU(s):   8-15
NUMA node2 CPU(s):   16-23
NUMA node3 CPU(s):   24-31
NUMA node4 CPU(s):   32-39
NUMA node5 CPU(s):   40-47
NUMA node6 CPU(s):   48-55
NUMA node7 CPU(s):   56-63


numactl --show
policy: default
preferred node: current
physcpubind: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
cpubind: 0 1 2 3 4 7
nodebind: 0 1 2 3 4 7
membind: 0 1 2 3 4 7

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October 07, 2019, 02:49:25 AM
Last edit: October 08, 2019, 07:16:46 PM by engineerking
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Gave up trying to get the benchmark to work. Went straight to xmrig 4.2.1.

edit/update: Thanks for the detailed guides in this thread. Using turion and the custom bios for overclocking, was able to get 12.8khs. Very happy.

I am building out another identical setup but after flashing the bios, CPU2 does not working. Meaning, if I take the CPU out of CPU2 slot, it boots. If I put it back in, it doesn't boot. I tried flashing the original stock bios but that didn't help either. No bios beeps, no screen, nothing with CPU2 in. I checked for bent pins but don't see anything. Have you experienced that with any of your work?

For now, I will have to just use 3 CPUs which seems a little like a waste but better than nothing I guess...

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