Help with CGminer?

[Ace5high]

Since Guiminer simply will not work with my 6950's Id like to try CGminer but im too dumb to set it up

I tired and failed and cant find any decent tutorials...

Can someone point me to a tutorial or explanation on how to setup and use CGminer?  Also will I be able to join slush's pool with it? Thanks for any help

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[xschris]

Why would GUIMiner, that is a GUI front end to CGMiner not work with your cards

If that was the case cgminer wouldn't work xD

[Ace5high]

Why would GUIMiner, that is a GUI front end to CGMiner not work with your cards

If that was the case cgminer wouldn't work xD

Well I thought it would be worth a try. guiminer mysteriously stopped working for no good reason and no solution Ive found anywhere... If you hve any ideas please let me know...

Here is my guiminer trouble post:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=196384.0

[Harry_Styles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4cVKu7j9tg

heres a pretty easy guide on how to easily setup cgminer, if you still want to try it.

[Ace5high]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4cVKu7j9tg

heres a pretty easy guide on how to easily setup cgminer, if you still want to try it.

Thanks but it is not working either... I cant possibly be the only using 6950's with guiminer, since they obviously don't mix... That's a very popular mining card 

[xschris]

Any coins or anything offered to the winning helper? 

a bounty is always nice ^_^

[jasondrey13]

Any reason you're choosing CGminer?

[jomay]

So what kind of settings are you using? Have you tried anything like this:

cgminer -I 7 -v 1 -w 256 -o stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:8332 -u pool.worker.name -p password

Obviously you need to sign up to a pool (in the example bitminter.com) and replace pool.worker.name and password to whatever you chose.

[tubededentifrice]

Why don't you use the miner from bitminter.com?
It seems to be super easy to use, perfect for newbies.
I haven't used them, I prefer eclipsemc, but they don't have the easy to use miner.

[Ace5high]

Any reason you're choosing CGminer?

I was using guiminer on slushs pool for last several months... One day I looked at my miner and it just stopped accepting shares...

Im using bitminter software now, but do not like it nearly as much. Id prefer to be back on slush or similar.


Reward to anyone that helps me solve this!

Reward starts at  .1BTC  just to help me make guiminer (which is already setup and has been working perfect, start working again)

[aurelio]

I'm having issues with cgminer with a 5770 too. When I run it, it works unit the momento it begins gpu processing and force closes (win7 64). I'm minning with bitminter software now, but I prefer using cgminer because is more configurable for over/under clocking. Any help?

[Ace5high]

Cgminer simply wont run it says "started cgminer 3.0.1 but than never starts mining...


guiminer just keeps giving me this error:

2013-05-06 12:57:45: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:57:45, diverted to stratum on stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
2013-05-06 12:57:52: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:57:52, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, b8038fef)
2013-05-06 12:58:15: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:58:15, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, 3120f96c)
2013-05-06 12:58:47: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:58:47, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, bbccefb0)
2013-05-06 12:58:49: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:58:49, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, 82a70289)

[007158]

Also had this thing with closing cgminer by windows, you have to experiment with settings.

[noellajean]

try downloading and installing

Updated ati drivers
*reboot*
latest ATI SDK tools
*reboot*
latest cgminer

Have a look at settings other users have had success with on this page
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_Hardware_Comparison

still no luck?  try bfgminer

still not working, idiot-proof solution is BITMINTER.

remember to mess around with your video cards clock settings with http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

[digicoins]

Interesting tips, thanks

[Marko Ot Balkana]

Are you using CGminer for Linux or Windows?

[Ace5high]

try downloading and installing

Updated ati drivers
*reboot*
latest ATI SDK tools  <-- didn't work  
*reboot*
latest cgminer


still no luck?  try bfgminer < - -- Thought this was only for ASIC?

still not working, idiot-proof solution is BITMINTER.  <---- using out of desperation... 

Are you using CGminer for Linux or Windows?

Windows 7 64bit

[night0wl]

Cgminer simply wont run it says "started cgminer 3.0.1 but than never starts mining...


guiminer just keeps giving me this error:

2013-05-06 12:57:45: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:57:45, diverted to stratum on stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
2013-05-06 12:57:52: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:57:52, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, b8038fef)
2013-05-06 12:58:15: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:58:15, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, 3120f96c)
2013-05-06 12:58:47: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:58:47, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, bbccefb0)
2013-05-06 12:58:49: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:58:49, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, 82a70289)

sounds like a bad card

[JStock7169]

The SDK tools will have to be installed to mine opencl.

I would try uninstalling whatever SDK tools you have on there and figuring out how to get the tools properly installed.

There are some pretty good reads out there on getting SDK and drivers removed for a new clean install

[Ace5high]

sounds like a bad card

I have two cards, 1 that works great for last 3 months of mining, and 1 brand new card that worked great for 24 hours of mining. I was "breaking in" the crossfire setup and hadn't yet overclocked anyone. Tried both card separate and neither works. Cards are both perfect.

The SDK tools will have to be installed to mine opencl.

I would try uninstalling whatever SDK tools you have on there and figuring out how to get the tools properly installed.

There are some pretty good reads out there on getting SDK and drivers removed for a new clean install

How many ways can it be installed, I did a total removal of SDK and all graphics drivers about 5 times and reinstalled using new versions, old versions and different combos of both. Still did the exact same error the whole time. Also, when it was functioning 100% correct with both cards, I never changed any drivers or SDK...

[realrover]

I have the same card. It works with cgminer for sure. But sometimes you need to delete any BIN files from cgminer folder because they become corrupted for some reason...

[anyroll]

rufflemao

[Ace5high]

Okay, so it was the Drivers... I did a total uninstall of all AMD drivers (they like to stick around) and installed the 11.11 version of the catalyst and now GUIminer works but hash rate sucks and drivers suck   

[anyroll]

Cgminer simply wont run it says "started cgminer 3.0.1 but than never starts mining...


guiminer just keeps giving me this error:

2013-05-06 12:57:45: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:57:45, diverted to stratum on stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
2013-05-06 12:57:52: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:57:52, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, b8038fef)
2013-05-06 12:58:15: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:58:15, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, 3120f96c)
2013-05-06 12:58:47: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:58:47, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, bbccefb0)
2013-05-06 12:58:49: Listener for "Default": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 06/05/2013 12:58:49, Verification failed, check hardware! (0:0:Cayman, 82a70289)

This is good info.

[tourdefran]

I used to have the same problem until I installed the recommended version of the driver, 64 bit in my case (12-8_vista_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc.exe)