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May 24, 2013, 03:46:31 AM
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The GUI Miner says that there is "Nothing to Mine On". Does that mean I need OpenCL.dll?

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May 24, 2013, 01:20:35 PM
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Quote from: LinuxCoiner on May 24, 2013, 03:46:31 AM
Hello!

The GUI Miner says that there is "Nothing to Mine On". Does that mean I need OpenCL.dll?

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yeah you need open cl installed to mine.
GPU-Z will tell you if OPENCL is enabled
GPU-Caps Viewer too

however mining cpu is pretty pointless
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May 24, 2013, 01:40:37 PM
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Quote from: bspurloc on May 24, 2013, 01:20:35 PM
however mining cpu is pretty pointless

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All you are doing here is heating up your CPU and warming your house. Most CPUs won't give very many hashes at all compared to the ASIC devices that are in the wild now.
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