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[toobigtofail]

I've enjoyed using bitminter so far with a couple of block eruptors, but now I've got a noob question.  I just got a blue fury asic and installed the appropriate drivers, but it isnt being recognized by the bitminter client.  Is there a way to get it to recognize the new device or do I need to switch to bfgminer/cgminer and give them the appropriate pool info?

[railzand]

try the beta version of bitminter first
or the bfgminer version mentioned in the bluefury report thread

edit: support* thread

[toobigtofail]

The beta client was a no go also.  I get a time-out error when it probes the port with the blue fury.  Guess I'll switch to BFGminer, too bad because I really like the integrated pool/mining client.

[DrHaribo]

The beta client was a no go also.  I get a time-out error when it probes the port with the blue fury.  Guess I'll switch to BFGminer, too bad because I really like the integrated pool/mining client.

Did you try unplugging the blue fury, plugging it back in, and then probe all ports?

I haven't been able to figure out why many users have problems with it. It works perfectly on both my Windows 7 and OS X Mavericks computers.

so yeah its a little high, but the fact that i see way more rejected when im on my work network than i do on any other network

Yeah, 3.3% stale is very high. Maybe something on your work network is slowing down network access?

[toobigtofail]

I've tried unplugging it and resetting it, but always the same timeout error.  I tried flashing the firmware per the blue fury support thread and then reinstalling the drivers but nothing there either.  Guess I'm doing something wrong

[RuneBloodstone]

I'm very happy with BitMinter, just not happy with my hardware

I love the icons you use (though haven't heard the sounds yet) and checked out the "Help" and "About BitMinter" but the links don't work. Can you post a list of your graphic resources?

Thanks for all the hard work Doc, and thanks for making it easy for people to get into the Bitcoin game.

Any thoughts on adding support for other 'coins, (in addition to NMC)?

Cheers! BTC

[toobigtofail]

Got my BEs and my BF running on the same USB hub.  Tried running the beta of the client from an earlier post in this thread.  It seems to be very particular about which ASIC is plugged into which port in the hub, I think that may be the result of the way I installed the drivers.

[DrHaribo]

I've tried unplugging it and resetting it, but always the same timeout error.  I tried flashing the firmware per the blue fury support thread and then reinstalling the drivers but nothing there either.  Guess I'm doing something wrong

Not sure what the issue is. Did you try bfgminer?

I love the icons you use (though haven't heard the sounds yet) and checked out the "Help" and "About BitMinter" but the links don't work. Can you post a list of your graphic resources?

Google the stuff in the about window.

Got my BEs and my BF running on the same USB hub.  Tried running the beta of the client from an earlier post in this thread.  It seems to be very particular about which ASIC is plugged into which port in the hub, I think that may be the result of the way I installed the drivers.

Really puzzling how it works for some people but not for others.

[tonimerkki]

Hi everybody!

So, I have just started bitmining but I am encountering this problem with BitMiner client.

https://i.imgur.com/QISKQFb.png


I've made sure the user name is correct and tried to change the worker but the client reports this after a short mining. So I can't log in, but the client mines happily and the server has accepted three proofs of work from me.

Why won't the client accept my user name

[yntro]

I tried mining using BitMinter. It was fun but i didn't made much bit coins though, only about 0.0004. And I ruined my PC in the process I recommend using normal mining devices.  Had about 170 MHash/s in total with 4 PC's.

[railzand]

Hi everybody!

So, I have just started bitmining but I am encountering this problem with BitMiner client.

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I've made sure the user name is correct and tried to change the worker but the client reports this after a short mining. So I can't log in, but the client mines happily and the server has accepted three proofs of work from me.

Why won't the client accept my user name

Hi. Put tonimerkki_1 in the workername box and tick login auto.

hth

[redled]

I started mining with BitMinter about one week ago.
Is it normal, that I can't use the newest version of BitMinter with my Block Erupters?
With the older Version (1.3.2) it works as it should (ok, it shows double the hashrate, but online it shows the real speed).

[DrHaribo]

So, I have just started bitmining but I am encountering this problem with BitMiner client.

Welcome to Bitminter

Wrong name/pass w/F-Secure: Turn off website block or whitelist http://mint.bitminter.com:8332 in F-Secure

I started mining with BitMinter about one week ago.
Is it normal, that I can't use the newest version of BitMinter with my Block Erupters?
With the older Version (1.3.2) it works as it should (ok, it shows double the hashrate, but online it shows the real speed).

Welcome to Bitminter

No that's not normal. The latest version should work. What happens when you try?

[redled]

I started mining with BitMinter about one week ago.
Is it normal, that I can't use the newest version of BitMinter with my Block Erupters?
With the older Version (1.3.2) it works as it should (ok, it shows double the hashrate, but online it shows the real speed).

Welcome to Bitminter

No that's not normal. The latest version should work. What happens when you try?

It detects max 2 of up to 6 devices, and I'm not able to start them. Even if they are recognized, they rest idling.
I mint on a HP-Laptop with Win7.

But now I sell my Erupters anyway, 'cause I orderd some RedFurys. BTW Does anyone know if buyahash is still working, the site is down.

[dustinb]

Hey folks. I have five block disruptors and I'm having a hell of a time getting them to work in bitminter. I've tried two computers (Vista and win , with a powered hub and straight into the pc, and individually plugged in. I installed the drivers and the devices show properly in device manager as com ports. When I run the bitminter software it sees the devices, but as soon as I try to start them the led turns off for a few seconds. It comes back on but then program says they timed out. At that point I have to close the program and launch again. Any suggestions?

[DrHaribo]

Hey folks. I have five block disruptors and I'm having a hell of a time getting them to work in bitminter. I've tried two computers (Vista and win , with a powered hub and straight into the pc, and individually plugged in. I installed the drivers and the devices show properly in device manager as com ports. When I run the bitminter software it sees the devices, but as soon as I try to start them the led turns off for a few seconds. It comes back on but then program says they timed out. At that point I have to close the program and launch again. Any suggestions?

Cheap hub not delivering enough power? Did you try with fewer block erupters to see if that works?

It detects max 2 of up to 6 devices, and I'm not able to start them. Even if they are recognized, they rest idling.
I mint on a HP-Laptop with Win7.

Do you have Zadig installed (for cgminer)? I'm wondering if that has something to do with these issues.

When you try to start them do you get any error?

[cc13]

Hello, I am a mining newb. I've been mining using four AM USB Miners (just using Bitminter Client) for about a week..since last Wed or Thurs I believe. I just got an AM Blade up and running today and it's been up for a 3hrs and 40min.

I'm running stratum proxy off of Ubuntu installed on an old HP mini netbook.

Couple of newb questions:

1. I created a new worker and pointed AM Blade config page to it. When I ran mining_proxy On AM Blade config page, I used the format as you explained in the first post, DrH. (e.g. DrHaribo_FastWorker).

./mining_proxy.py seems to show work being accepted and worker asking for new work.

Is this all there is that I have to verify that I am up and fully operational? I haven't received any BTC but it's only been up for a few hours so I don't want to jump the gun and assume I configured something wrong just yet...especially since mining_proxy seems to be doing stuff and my increase in hashing power is definitely showing on my Bitminter stats page.

2. I have no pw on my bitminter login..just linked to my google account. So is my user:pass on Blade config page looks like this:

user_worker:,user_worker:

Is this correct?

3. The new worker I created for the Blade shows so far 30,488 accepted with 0 rejections. Is that unusual? I feel like it is unusual compared to the high rejection rates I was getting on my USB miners.

Appreciate any help and really great job you're doing with pool. Seems very stable and looks like a lot of people are very satisfied so I'm happy to join.  

[DrHaribo]

Is this all there is that I have to verify that I am up and fully operational? I haven't received any BTC but it's only been up for a few hours so I don't want to jump the gun and assume I configured something wrong just yet...especially since mining_proxy seems to be doing stuff and my increase in hashing power is definitely showing on my Bitminter stats page.

See if you get work accepted. Look at your average hashrate in the shifts (shifts page on website). If it looks ok then things are working.

2. I have no pw on my bitminter login..just linked to my google account. So is my user:pass on Blade config page looks like this:

user_worker:,user_worker:

Is this correct?

I usually put an X instead of a blank password. Noone has worker passwords anymore, you just put something because software expect a password.

3. The new worker I created for the Blade shows so far 30,488 accepted with 0 rejections. Is that unusual? I feel like it is unusual compared to the high rejection rates I was getting on my USB miners.

I'm sure you will get some rejected work after a while. If there are periods where few blocks are found (globally) then there aren't many block changes which can cause rejected work.

Appreciate any help and really great job you're doing with pool. Seems very stable and looks like a lot of people are very satisfied so I'm happy to join.  

Thank you. Welcome to the pool!

[toobigtofail]

I've been using bitminter for a few weeks with a couple of block eruptors and a blue fury.  I've noticed my client shows a hash rate around 2.8 to 2.9 ghs while in the pool stats page it shows I'm hashing at 2.1 ghs.  Why the difference in hash rate? 

The blue fury also shows a ton of miscalculations.  Is that related? I'm not sure if it's a hardware problem or a reporting issue.

[sms906]

I'm having problems either understanding how to do this, or something. I just downloaded bitminter client, and it keeps saying:

probe failed: no serial ports found.
no external devices detected.


Does anyone know what to do, or what I am missing?