Fifth alt coin thread last four got too big.

[LoneRangir]

Has anyone used one of these molex to PCIe adapters long-term?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DV1Z428/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500582341&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=molex+pcie+adapter&dpPl=1&dpID=41sPSW11CgL&ref=plSrch

[philipma1957]

Has anyone used one of these molex to PCIe adapters long-term?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DV1Z428/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500582341&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=molex+pcie+adapter&dpPl=1&dpID=41sPSW11CgL&ref=plSrch

yes  and if you use 2 molex cables  not 2  jacks from 1 cable  it can work.

of course  you can not jack the gear  to 200 watts

Running the 1080 ti  at 75% or less  means  .75 x 250 or .75 x 300  that is 187.5 watts  to 225 watts

and that would be about  94 to 112 watts on that  part.  since you have a second  pcie cable doing the other jack  it would do 94 to 112  and of course  if plugged into  a riser a third  cable from a completely different molex could do 75 safe

It should work.

I would worry more doing it with a 1070  supply all the power to the 1070.

I used these back in the day  mining btc  2012-2013  they never smoked but I tend to downclock and undervolt to be safe.

[vg54dett]

With this DAG epoch increasing and amd rx eth hashrates decreasing.. Anyone considering selling their amd rx cards for nvidia cards?


Will these amd rx cards not be great for eth soon? At least they should still be fine for zec but what is the best plan going forward (besides selling them and holding cash/coin)

Keep the amd rx cards or trade them for nvidia cards?

Hashrate decreasing

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1977653.msg19686243#msg19686243

Thx , was not aware of that.

[SVK]

Oh dear  
Can't transfer BTC from Electrum 1.6.1 anymore.
It's asking me to upgrade to version 2.5.1 but when I went to Electrum website they have 2.8.3 version there.

Can I just go ahead and update it or I'm at risk ?
Can I install Electrum on Win 7 64bit ?
(tried but it was stuck on synchronizing for 10 minutes so turned it off and now I can't find icon how to turn it on again-only instalation file)

Thank you

[LoneRangir]

Oh dear  
Can't transfer BTC from Electrum 1.6.1 anymore.
It's asking me to upgrade to version 2.5.1 but when I went to Electrum website they have 2.8.3 version there.

Can I just go ahead and update it or I'm at risk ?

Thank you

Make sure you have your seed phrase and then upgrade.  I just did an update, too, although i only went from 2.6.x to 2.8.3

With all the updates w.r.t. SegWit2x and UASF, there may be more updates in the near term

[SVK]

Oh dear  
Can't transfer BTC from Electrum 1.6.1 anymore.
It's asking me to upgrade to version 2.5.1 but when I went to Electrum website they have 2.8.3 version there.

Can I just go ahead and update it or I'm at risk ?

Thank you

Make sure you have your seed phrase and then upgrade.

With all the updates w.r.t. SegWit2x and UASF, there may be more updates in the near term

Win 7 32bit - started installing but I turned it off in mid process = now I can't start instalation process at all. Restarted PC and nothing is happening.
WIN 7 64bit - installed "ok" (no icon on desktop or any other executable file) entered my seed phrase and it stayed stuck on synchronization so turned it off and now I can't turn it ON again.
Only install from scratch.

No good

Now I'm on my 11th attempt to install Electrum on WIN 7 32 and still nothing.

[LoneRangir]

Oh dear  
Can't transfer BTC from Electrum 1.6.1 anymore.
It's asking me to upgrade to version 2.5.1 but when I went to Electrum website they have 2.8.3 version there.

Can I just go ahead and update it or I'm at risk ?

Thank you

Make sure you have your seed phrase and then upgrade.

With all the updates w.r.t. SegWit2x and UASF, there may be more updates in the near term

Win 7 32bit - started installing but I turned it off in mid process = now I can't start instalation process at all. Restarted PC and nothing is happening.
WIN 7 64bit - installed "ok" (no icon on desktop or any other executable file) entered my seed phrase and it stayed stuck on synchronization so turned it off and now I can't turn it ON again.
Only install from scratch.

No good

Now I'm on my 11th attempt to install Electrum on WIN 7 32 and still nothing.

The standalone or or installer?  You have your seed phrase?  Do you have another machine you can try it from?

[SVK]

Right I got it working but now I have a bit too many coins  

mBTC

What does it mean ?

[SVK]

Oh dear  
Can't transfer BTC from Electrum 1.6.1 anymore.
It's asking me to upgrade to version 2.5.1 but when I went to Electrum website they have 2.8.3 version there.

Can I just go ahead and update it or I'm at risk ?

Thank you

Make sure you have your seed phrase and then upgrade.

With all the updates w.r.t. SegWit2x and UASF, there may be more updates in the near term

Win 7 32bit - started installing but I turned it off in mid process = now I can't start instalation process at all. Restarted PC and nothing is happening.
WIN 7 64bit - installed "ok" (no icon on desktop or any other executable file) entered my seed phrase and it stayed stuck on synchronization so turned it off and now I can't turn it ON again.
Only install from scratch.

No good

Now I'm on my 11th attempt to install Electrum on WIN 7 32 and still nothing.

The standalone or or installer?  You have your seed phrase?  Do you have another machine you can try it from?

Standalone and I have seed phrase.

If I click on instalation file it loads Electrum OK but it is showing some mBTC instead of BTC and it mutliplied my coins by x1000 ?

[LoneRangir]

Right I got it working but now I have a bit too many coins  

mBTC

What does it mean ?

Those are milli-BTC.  aka the metric system.  You can change the units back to BTC in Preferences -> Appearance -> base unit

[QuintLeo]

Just upgrade to the current version.

[QuintLeo]

Has anyone used one of these molex to PCIe adapters long-term?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DV1Z428/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500582341&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=molex+pcie+adapter&dpPl=1&dpID=41sPSW11CgL&ref=plSrch

 2 molex to a *6* pin PIC-E I would trust, 2 to an 8-pin I would not.

 *3* molex to an 8-pin PCI-E would be OK with a GPU.

[SVK]

Right I got it working but now I have a bit too many coins  

mBTC

What does it mean ?

Those are milli-BTC.  aka the metric system.  You can change the units back to BTC in Preferences -> Appearance -> base unit

Phew  

Thank you for your help

Philip, sorry for a small hijack of your thread.

Went to buy 2x 1080Ti and couldn't pay so that have triggered my question.

ZOTAC or EVGA ?

Thank you again for help

[philipma1957]

Right I got it working but now I have a bit too many coins  

mBTC

What does it mean ?

Those are milli-BTC.  aka the metric system.  You can change the units back to BTC in Preferences -> Appearance -> base unit

Phew  

Thank you for your help

Philip, sorry for a small hijack of your thread.

Went to buy 2x 1080Ti and couldn't pay so that have triggered my question.

ZOTAC or EVGA ?

Thank you again for help

All my zotac are good.

Don't own evga

but evga  was  the second best rma  ever in my life out of a hundred rmas .

intel was better  they  took four days.

evga was 7 days.

to be fair evga  traveled further.

I never had to return a zotac  they may be bad on returns I do not know.




Oh not to beat a dead horse

but  I sold 500  in coin today
  200 at 2930
  200 at 2850
  100 at 2780

all were coins from my selloff of rx 480 8gbs.

when I sold the gear I was paid in 2100 dollar coin rate to 2450 dollar coin rate.

so  I was able to profit  on the coin sales  and on the  card sales.

To be fair  if you are mining eth at nice hash you boosted  with this also.

[JaredKaragen]

Phew  

Thank you for your help

Philip, sorry for a small hijack of your thread.

Went to buy 2x 1080Ti and couldn't pay so that have triggered my question.

ZOTAC or EVGA ?

Thank you again for help

Never used zotac, but as reported, Phil has seen good results.


He's also right about EVGA, I specifically only buy their cards now....

Quality product; over-engineered (not in a bad way in the slightest); and the warranty is second-to-none.       I highly recommend EVGA products.

[Storx]

Phew  

Thank you for your help

Philip, sorry for a small hijack of your thread.

Went to buy 2x 1080Ti and couldn't pay so that have triggered my question.

ZOTAC or EVGA ?

Thank you again for help

Never used zotac, but as reported, Phil has seen good results.


He's also right about EVGA, I specifically only buy their cards now....

Quality product; over-engineered (not in a bad way in the slightest); and the warranty is second-to-none.       I highly recommend EVGA products.

I actually have a hate love relationship with 1080ti evga cards, they are the only cards that when freeze up they just lock up the computer solid and it never recovers, EVERY other brand i have when they freeze up they just flash the screen and reset the settings on the GPU, but always recover... i absolutely hate when a random EVGA card locks up a computer and its stuck unable to mine for hours tell i realize its locked up..

[JaredKaragen]

I actually have a hate love relationship with 1080ti evga cards, they are the only cards that when freeze up they just lock up the computer solid and it never recovers, EVERY other brand i have when they freeze up they just flash the screen and reset the settings on the GPU, but always recover... i absolutely hate when a random EVGA card locks up a computer and its stuck unable to mine for hours tell i realize its locked up..

that's very strange.   I have never had a card that doesn't recover from a driver crash.... not unless I was trying extreme over/underclocking....

[citronick]

Right I got it working but now I have a bit too many coins  

mBTC

What does it mean ?

Those are milli-BTC.  aka the metric system.  You can change the units back to BTC in Preferences -> Appearance -> base unit

Phew  

Thank you for your help

Philip, sorry for a small hijack of your thread.

Went to buy 2x 1080Ti and couldn't pay so that have triggered my question.

ZOTAC or EVGA ?

Thank you again for help

I have tons of ZOTAC mostly on 1070s and 1060s - hashing very well.

I have Gigabyte and ZOTAC for 1080tis. The ZOTAC 1080ti AMP Extreme editions are absolutely king right now - the best cards in my small NVIDIA farm.

I dont have EVGAs cards... but I have a few dozen EVGAs PSUs -- top notch PSUs. I am sure their cards are just as good ... 

[KaydenC]

Phew  

Thank you for your help

Philip, sorry for a small hijack of your thread.

Went to buy 2x 1080Ti and couldn't pay so that have triggered my question.

ZOTAC or EVGA ?

Thank you again for help

Never used zotac, but as reported, Phil has seen good results.


He's also right about EVGA, I specifically only buy their cards now....

Quality product; over-engineered (not in a bad way in the slightest); and the warranty is second-to-none.       I highly recommend EVGA products.

I agree. My farm is mostly FE edition and after getting 2x evga 1080ti sc2, I'm never cheaping out to go with FE again. A lot quieter, 100mhz higher boost clocks at same power draw, 3 - 5% higher hash rate that my batch of FE cards and best in industry warranty.

Even if it costs $30 more, I think we can recoup part of that $30 when reselling.


Have you checked if zotac gives 3 year transferrable warranty too?

[Storx]

I actually have a hate love relationship with 1080ti evga cards, they are the only cards that when freeze up they just lock up the computer solid and it never recovers, EVERY other brand i have when they freeze up they just flash the screen and reset the settings on the GPU, but always recover... i absolutely hate when a random EVGA card locks up a computer and its stuck unable to mine for hours tell i realize its locked up..

that's very strange.   I have never had a card that doesn't recover from a driver crash.... not unless I was trying extreme over/underclocking....

Ya, i have an ongoing hate/love issue with the EVGA rig i have with 1080ti's. All 4 of the ones i have randomly lockup, its not always the same GPU and its not the computer they are plugged into, because i thought it was that also and swapped it with my spare computer i have with no change. I think they hold onto the heat more so than other cards even with the so called advanced cooling, because when i point my laser gun on them to check temps, the EVGA cards report LOWER temps than other cards, but the metal overall on the cards are easily 10-15c hotter than other cards reporting the exact same temps in MSI Afterburner... I will say this tho, the EVGA cards hash the highest out of ALL my cards to date on AIR, so that is the love side of things, but its annoying when i wake up and find that rig has locked up and i has been since like 20 minutes after i fell asleep... just my kind of luck i guess.