Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread!

[VyprBTC]

I have 4 rigs now and would like to put all four screens on one.  I'm not talking about a KVM where I switch between full screens on each, I want to be able to see all 4 screens in a matrix.

Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P

It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products.  Have used plenty of KVMs.

Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy

That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.

Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??

Interesting. But ... why? Miners just need to be monitored, not sure why you want continuous access to all 4 at the same time at all times. Just install a remote monitoring tool and use a KVM or remote in if any of them go down is the usual go to that just makes sense for most folks. So that's why I'm asking... just wondering ... why.

[timeshifter]

I have 4 rigs now and would like to put all four screens on one.  I'm not talking about a KVM where I switch between full screens on each, I want to be able to see all 4 screens in a matrix.

Found one of these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Multi-Viewer-different-JTECH-MV41/dp/B078KJY78J/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1517352289&sr=8-12&keywords=J-Tech+Digital+HDMI+4x1+1080P

It's only $139 and seems like it might do the job, but I haven't ever used anything like this or am familiar with these products.  Have used plenty of KVMs.

Oh, and for mouse and keyboard I already have Synergy
https://symless.com/synergy

That will let me use one mouse and keyboard and roll it across all 4 screens on the 4x4 matrix on a single monitor.

Is that HDMI multi-viewer a good one or is there a better unit or idea??

Interesting. But ... why? Miners just need to be monitored, not sure why you want continuous access to all 4 at the same time at all times. Just install a remote monitoring tool and use a KVM or remote in if any of them go down is the usual go to that just makes sense for most folks. So that's why I'm asking... just wondering ... why.

Well, because it would be cool

That and because it would be useful.  Useful because all I've done so far as a miner since I started 8 months ago was Nicehash and Zcash with Flypool.  I did a little SIGT shitcoin and tried a few other things, but it's mostly been those two.  I want to learn to mine other things, and tweak my settings, etc. and with 4 machines right now and one monitor dedicated to all the rigs it would be easy to do. 

Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.

[Daaaveee]

FYI if you were using Nicehash when they got hacked: https://www.nicehash.com/news/nicehash-will-fully-reimburse-its-users

[MagicSmoker]

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Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.

I was surprised at how much of a hit to hashrate teamviewer causes, even on a Ryzen 5 1600, and a KVM switch isn't a good choice for me at the moment because the Onda 6-GPU boards have a VGA port while everything else I have shanghaied into mining uses DVI/HDMI/DP (though I guess I could get a bunch of DVI to VGA converter plugs).

[zer0k]

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Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.

I was surprised at how much of a hit to hashrate teamviewer causes, even on a Ryzen 5 1600, and a KVM switch isn't a good choice for me at the moment because the Onda 6-GPU boards have a VGA port while everything else I have shanghaied into mining uses DVI/HDMI/DP (though I guess I could get a bunch of DVI to VGA converter plugs).

If you use CPU's that have built in GPU, and set that as primary, Teamviewer will not make any impact at all on mining.

[jimmykl]

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Sure, I could use remote control, but I've found that screen sharing apps eat a little bit of hashing power when you're connected.

I was surprised at how much of a hit to hashrate teamviewer causes, even on a Ryzen 5 1600, and a KVM switch isn't a good choice for me at the moment because the Onda 6-GPU boards have a VGA port while everything else I have shanghaied into mining uses DVI/HDMI/DP (though I guess I could get a bunch of DVI to VGA converter plugs).

If you use CPU's that have built in GPU, and set that as primary, Teamviewer will not make any impact at all on mining.

VNC is a good alternative too

[Toughit]

Interesting observation..

The other day, when my Rosewill died, I decided to move a couple cards around to different rigs.

I number each card, they are AMD and have different volt and clock settings.

I moved  cards to a rig with all new (to me) orange 3 capacitor risers.

The cards had come from a rig with blue risers

I set up the clock/volt values as recorded for the blue risers, and got BSOD.

Ended up i needed to retune every card.

Seems the new risers, while looking the same from 2 feet, are actually much different as far as functionality is concerned.

Had to lower clock rates drastically and increase voltage slightly for each.

Upon closer inspection,both risers have exactly the same circuit board, but the orange risers do not have 1 resistor and do not use the center pin on the transistor as compared to the blue riser.

Just one more complication for the AMD cards.

[HGS]

Hi guys,

Great thread and amazing knowledge.

So, I bought one of the ONDA B250 MoBos from Sidonia at Letine:

https://leiqing.en.alibaba.com/product/60707942149-803390961/China_New_Top_Sell_Bitcoins_Mining_Motherboard_With_12_PCIE_Ports_B250_Chipset_Intel_Manufacturer.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.89.3.36b10622hDun4L


I recieved the board yesterday.

It's not working. I used the same steps I used with many other motherboards. (NOTE: Except for the RAM, the components listed  below work well on my Biostar B250 12 GPU motherboard.) Here are the steps:

1. I  installed the following components:

   PSU: CORSAIR HXi Series HX1200i
CPU: Intel Core I3-7100 Kaby Lake Dual-Core Processor Socket LGA 1151, 3.9GHz
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200 Model F4-2400C16S-4GRS)
GPU: 1 x EVGA 1060 SC
SDD: 120 Gb SDD with Windows 10

2. I attached the GPU to my monitor with an HDMI cable.

3. I booted the system. Nothing happened. The monitor was completely black. I mean there was no BIOS screen or anything to see.

4. I tried it with SMOS (Simple Mining Operating System). Again,  It did not post.

5. I replaced the CPU with a G4400. It didn't solve the issue.

Has anyone else experienced this?
How did you resolve it?


Thx,

Howard

[jimmykl]

Hi guys,

Great thread and amazing knowledge.

So, I bought one of the ONDA B250 MoBos from Sidonia at Letine:

https://leiqing.en.alibaba.com/product/60707942149-803390961/China_New_Top_Sell_Bitcoins_Mining_Motherboard_With_12_PCIE_Ports_B250_Chipset_Intel_Manufacturer.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.89.3.36b10622hDun4L


I recieved the board yesterday.

It's not working. I used the same steps I used with many other motherboards. (NOTE: Except for the RAM, the components listed  below work well on my Biostar B250 12 GPU motherboard.) Here are the steps:

1. I  installed the following components:

   PSU: CORSAIR HXi Series HX1200i
CPU: Intel Core I3-7100 Kaby Lake Dual-Core Processor Socket LGA 1151, 3.9GHz
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200 Model F4-2400C16S-4GRS)
GPU: 1 x EVGA 1060 SC
SDD: 120 Gb SDD with Windows 10

2. I attached the GPU to my monitor with an HDMI cable.

3. I booted the system. Nothing happened. The monitor was completely black. I mean there was no BIOS screen or anything to see.

4. I tried it with SMOS (Simple Mining Operating System). Again,  It did not post.

5. I replaced the CPU with a G4400. It didn't solve the issue.

Has anyone else experienced this?
How did you resolve it?


Thx,

Howard

Did you try the motherboard HDMI output? It might need this first boot then you can access bios to configure the gpu as primary video.

[QuintLeo]

Given the crazy shortages on higher-end cards, I decided this was a good time to try playing with a 1050 and a 1050 ti to see what kind of efficiency I can get them to, so I ordered one of each (EVGA single-fan models) from Newegg a few minutes ago.

Worst case, they'll replace a couple of my existing 9xx series cards in my "old gaming machine"....

Tentatively, they'll probably end up on my B250 as "padding" to 1 or 2 1080 ti cards per power supply in the long run.

The fact they only take one power connector TOTAL (for the riser) will allow a LOT of them per EVGA G2 850 (in theory up to 10 without having to use ANY splitters at all), and the low power usage should let me pack them in pretty tight while still gettting good cooling.

[HGS]

Thanks for the fast reply. Yes, I tried that too as that worked for me when my BIOSTAR was giving me a hard time. I still get nothing.

I also cleared the CMOS to re-set the BIOS to default as that had worked on various other boards for me.

Maybe I need 8 gigs of RAM?

[JaredKaragen]

Where is thee Onda B250's power pins, anyone?

three?  power pins?

The power on button location?

[sNaKeyz0r91]

Hi guys,

I recently bought 6 GTX 1080ti as follows:
2 Palit Jetstream
4 Palit Gamerock Premium Edition

The Gamerock editions are better cooled thanks to their dual fans (totally 4 fans).
I'm using SMOS and I'm currently running with +50core, +300 mem and 225W for Gamerock and +150core, +500mem and 225W for Jetstream edition.
Equihash gives me around 4350 sols, around 710-730 per gpu.

Those are my first 1080's. In your opinion over time, how is it?
If I go to 200 or under 200W, sols are around 680-700 per gpu.

Thanks

[philipma1957]

Hi guys,

I recently bought 6 GTX 1080ti as follows:
2 Palit Jetstream
4 Palit Gamerock Premium Edition

The Gamerock editions are better cooled thanks to their dual fans (totally 4 fans).
I'm using SMOS and I'm currently running with +50core, +300 mem and 225W for Gamerock and +150core, +500mem and 225W for Jetstream edition.
Equihash gives me around 4350 sols, around 710-730 per gpu.

Those are my first 1080's. In your opinion over time, how is it?
If I go to 200 or under 200W, sols are around 680-700 per gpu.

Thanks

try 190 watts meter the watts  against sols

try 195 watts meter  the watts against sols

try 200  watts meter the watts  against sols

try 205
try 210
try 215
try 220
try 225


use dsmt
use ebwf

I have 3 rigs with six 1080 tis   I like 195 watts and dsmt best

[MagicSmoker]

Where is thee Onda B250's power pins, anyone?

three?  power pins?

The power on button location?

The two pins that I can connect a power button. The only button I can see the BIOS reset button which restarts the CPU  but also resets the BIOS to default.

The Onda D1800 is configured from the factory to boot automatically when power is applied; perhaps the B250 is configured similarly. Did you try doing that?

Otherwise, the pin header for the usual power switch, power LED, reset switch, HDD LED should be located in the corner near the ATX 24 pin connector.

[vapourminer]

The two pins that I can connect a power button. The only button I can see the BIOS reset button which restarts the CPU  but also resets the BIOS to default.

The Onda D1800 is configured from the factory to boot automatically when power is applied; perhaps the B250 is configured similarly. Did you try doing that?

Otherwise, the pin header for the usual power switch, power LED, reset switch, HDD LED should be located in the corner near the ATX 24 pin connector.

my onda b250 d8p v1 has this pinout for the front panel header. i assume the other onda mobos have the same pinout and colors.

Green - Power LED
Red - HD LED
Blue - Reset Switch
Black - Power Switch

[philipma1957]

photo

https://i.imgur.com/S1Em1P0.png

[sNaKeyz0r91]

Hi guys,

I recently bought 6 GTX 1080ti as follows:
2 Palit Jetstream
4 Palit Gamerock Premium Edition

The Gamerock editions are better cooled thanks to their dual fans (totally 4 fans).
I'm using SMOS and I'm currently running with +50core, +300 mem and 225W for Gamerock and +150core, +500mem and 225W for Jetstream edition.
Equihash gives me around 4350 sols, around 710-730 per gpu.

Those are my first 1080's. In your opinion over time, how is it?
If I go to 200 or under 200W, sols are around 680-700 per gpu.

Thanks

try 190 watts meter the watts  against sols

try 195 watts meter  the watts against sols

try 200  watts meter the watts  against sols

try 205
try 210
try 215
try 220
try 225


use dsmt
use ebwf

I have 3 rigs with six 1080 tis   I like 195 watts and dsmt best

I'm using ewbf, didn't tried dstm, I will give it a try tonight.

You're saying I should try playing with watts from 190 till 225 and see where I'm getting the best efficiency?
It does matter if I change the core and mem when playing with the watts? Or should I keep the settings posted previously and just play with the watts?

Thanks for advices. As I said before, I'm having ATI and Nvidia 1060 rigs, and it's my first 1080ti.

[QuintLeo]

Hi guys,

I recently bought 6 GTX 1080ti as follows:
2 Palit Jetstream
4 Palit Gamerock Premium Edition

The Gamerock editions are better cooled thanks to their dual fans (totally 4 fans).
I'm using SMOS and I'm currently running with +50core, +300 mem and 225W for Gamerock and +150core, +500mem and 225W for Jetstream edition.
Equihash gives me around 4350 sols, around 710-730 per gpu.

Those are my first 1080's. In your opinion over time, how is it?
If I go to 200 or under 200W, sols are around 680-700 per gpu.

Thanks

 All of the 1080 ti cards I have will do 700-720 hash/sec at 200 watts, +100 core +100 mem, using ebwf.
 Sample size is small though - 3 x Gigabyte Aorus (NOT the extreme), 1 x EVGA SC "black", 1 x Asus Turbo, 1 x Gigabyte "Windforce".

 Above 200 is where the "lower cooling capability" cards start noticeably losing hashrate vs the better cooled cards.

 150 watts more or less seems to be the "best efficiency" point at 620 hash more-or-less for slightly better than 4.1 efficiency - and all of my cards show the SAME hashrate within measurement error range at 150 or at 175 watts.

 Mem clock setting probably varies depending on where the "stock" clocks are set at as to what works best.

 I've not done as much "ringing out" on fine tuning on my 1080 ti cards as on some of my other cards though - YET.

[JaredKaragen]

https://imgur.com/a/bcI6r

Look at the bottom right of my photo:

Connector FP1.  It has a bunch of markings on it.

four pins are for the LED's (HDD and PWR), and 4 pins are power and reset switches.

Just try em out.  You'll figure out which is which.

Usually Red is HD LED, Green is PWR LED, Blue is RST SW, and other is PWR SW..... *usually*

The little + denotes which is each positive pin.