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June 20, 2013, 03:59:49 AM |
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I'm new to mining. Is it normal to see a "invalid nonce - HW error" msg while mining?
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June 20, 2013, 04:22:15 AM |
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Not really. Is it happening over and over or every once in awhile? Try lowering your intensity.
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June 20, 2013, 04:39:40 AM |
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That worked but now my hash rates are way lower than I should be getting. ![Cry](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cry.gif)
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June 20, 2013, 04:44:21 AM |
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What miner are you using?
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June 20, 2013, 04:46:05 AM |
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It's hard to give advice without knowing what hardware you're using and how your miner is set up.
Lowering thread concurrency may allow you to increase intensity without HW errors.
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June 20, 2013, 04:49:23 AM |
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I think it's because I was using a wireless card after switching to Ethernet cable I'm getting less errors.
BTW 2x 7970
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June 20, 2013, 04:51:34 AM |
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your config file is no good change your settings. to much intensity or thread concurrency or gpu engine or memclock
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June 20, 2013, 04:54:35 AM |
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um I'm new.
I just copied what was written down can you give me an example of how to make those changes?
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June 20, 2013, 05:38:15 AM |
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need more info, what cards specifically are you using and what miner. Post you config file too if you have one. Help us help you.
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June 20, 2013, 05:44:25 AM |
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getting good advice here but best to ask this on the mining board.
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June 20, 2013, 08:22:41 AM |
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WINDOWS: Open cmd prompt and type Code: setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
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June 20, 2013, 07:34:15 PM |
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I found this answer. The reason this is crucial is that too high an intensity can actually be disastrous with scrypt because it CAN run out of ram. High intensities start writing over the same ram and it is highly dependent on the GPU, but they can start actually DECREASING your hashrate, or even worse, start producing garbage with HW errors skyrocketing. Note that if you do NOT specify an intensity, cgminer uses dynamic mode which is designed to minimise the harm to a running desktop and performance WILL be poor. The lower limit to intensity with scrypt is usually 8 and cgminer will prevent it going too low.Source: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/11514/cgminer-litecoin-mining-generates-invalid-nonce-errorsTo me this answer is kinda crazy because I am running 2 7970 with 6Gig NVRam Yes I know they are a waste but the explanation that they are running out of ram kinda makes me laugh.
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June 20, 2013, 07:35:21 PM |
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WINDOWS: Open cmd prompt and type Code: setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
What does this do??
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June 20, 2013, 08:14:27 PM |
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WINDOWS: Open cmd prompt and type Code: setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
What does this do?? Increases the amount for --thread-concurrency you can use.
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June 20, 2013, 08:41:34 PM |
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I found this answer. The reason this is crucial is that too high an intensity can actually be disastrous with scrypt because it CAN run out of ram. High intensities start writing over the same ram and it is highly dependent on the GPU, but they can start actually DECREASING your hashrate, or even worse, start producing garbage with HW errors skyrocketing. Note that if you do NOT specify an intensity, cgminer uses dynamic mode which is designed to minimise the harm to a running desktop and performance WILL be poor. The lower limit to intensity with scrypt is usually 8 and cgminer will prevent it going too low.Source: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/11514/cgminer-litecoin-mining-generates-invalid-nonce-errorsTo me this answer is kinda crazy because I am running 2 7970 with 6Gig NVRam Yes I know they are a waste but the explanation that they are running out of ram kinda makes me laugh. Litecoin was designed to be specifically memory intensive. Change your config settings, experiment. You're probably running out of (yes even 6 gigs) memory.
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June 20, 2013, 08:52:19 PM |
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I found this answer. The reason this is crucial is that too high an intensity can actually be disastrous with scrypt because it CAN run out of ram. High intensities start writing over the same ram and it is highly dependent on the GPU, but they can start actually DECREASING your hashrate, or even worse, start producing garbage with HW errors skyrocketing. Note that if you do NOT specify an intensity, cgminer uses dynamic mode which is designed to minimise the harm to a running desktop and performance WILL be poor. The lower limit to intensity with scrypt is usually 8 and cgminer will prevent it going too low.Source: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/11514/cgminer-litecoin-mining-generates-invalid-nonce-errorsTo me this answer is kinda crazy because I am running 2 7970 with 6Gig NVRam Yes I know they are a waste but the explanation that they are running out of ram kinda makes me laugh. Litecoin was designed to be specifically memory intensive. Change your config settings, experiment. You're probably running out of (yes even 6 gigs) memory. +1 Experimenting is honestly your best option. Every card is different. Change your memclock, core clock, intensity, etc. until you find a sweet spot.
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Ok, I think I'm figuring it out ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) ... 2x Saphire 7970 w/6gig ram = 1264 KH/s & I think I can get to 1500 KH/s This article is the holy grail for 7970's in LTC mining https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/blob/master/SCRYPT-READMEI googled "invalid nonce - HW error". googles my friend ![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
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I am going to tell you how to fix it. I just fixed it on a machine that i rebuilt. I had this happen before but was able to change the config and get around it. This last machine no matter the config it would throw hardware errors and nouce errors. I could only run the card at 12 or 13 anything more would give errors and I couldn't raise the thread concurrency.
So the fixes I have seen involve running different versions of CCC (CatalystControlCenter) and cgminer. That may work I never got it to, adding RAM to the board, I know for a fact that shit doesnt matter or work. i run 5 cards off 2 sticks of RAM with no problem and I added more with no difference. The other fix is re-installing the drivers or the OS... that may be necessary if you are unsure if you have good drivers, if the ccc doesnt open or gives an error or if cgminer stops working, and the last fix I have seen is changing the code in cgminer.
But what worked for me was this.
We put SETX GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100 in the COMMAND PROMPT not in the configuration file... after I did that it allowed me to raise the thread concurrency.... after I could do that I could raise the intensity. Hell YA! that was a real pain in the ass to fix. I would say 20 hours of being pissed off to figure that out. I dont think this is an issue for other cards but have had the problem with 7950 and 7970... pain in the dick.
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