[ANN] Ethereum: Welcome to the Beginning

[tolikkk]

i have around 65 mh/s to 75/mh/s and am getting 0.9 eth per day on ethermine.org

...and how mach cards and what cards?

[vectisitch]

4x hd7970's

[bitbollox]

Hi, Im new to ethereum Ive downloaded the wallet but its just blank I tried opening it and closing it as some others have tried but nothing, Ive been running it for about 3 or 4 hours (machine 8 core 8GB ram win7) should it change itself once synced? I wondered if one of the Devs could put a bootstrap on here http://cryptochainer.com/dir/ to speed up the whole process? cheers

has anyone got any idea how long it should take to download the blockchain as you can see ive done well over 24hrs and still a blank wallet, I havent got the fastest internet connection at only 5.24mbps (all other details are above)  for roughly 19 of them hours the ethereum wallet is the only thing that has been running,  any advice anyone? I have tried closing and opening the wallet multiple times

[Roidz]

Dump you premined ETH and keep BTC. BTC is going to boom very soon!

I am not convinced of this at all. BTC is stagnant.

Bitcoin is stagnant at the moment. But the price will rise soon because of the halving. It could double.

yeah, btc soon at 800$, nice troll

[tolikkk]

4x hd7970's

not bad, considering that the constant decrease of rewards and drop rates

[IncludeBeer]

NO it does NOT..

I run a bunch of them with 5 GPU's each with no problems using USB 1x to 1x Risers.
You only need to plug in 1 GPU to the monitor so you can see what's going on. After it's all set and automated, no need to plug anything in.
Use a remote desktop software like teamviewer or gotopc, etc...

Make sure you're using a GOOD power supply and plug in the MOLEX cable into the Mobo.

Ok, thanks for the confirmation.  I first tested it out with just one 390x connected via 16x riser, and that worked great.  Then, I installed TeamViewer, shut down, connected the other GPUs via 1x-16x risers, and restarted (without a monitor plugged in.  I thought I could just then use TeamViewer to connect and start up the mining software).  After work, I'll try restarting again but with a monitor connected during bootup to see if the other GPUs get started.

I've got 2x 1000w platinum PSUs to power the 6 gpus.  Should be enough.  While testing though, I've only got the 3 connected with 1 of the PSU.  I think 1000w is enough to power those 3 cards though...

[bitbollox]

Hi, Im new to ethereum Ive downloaded the wallet but its just blank I tried opening it and closing it as some others have tried but nothing, Ive been running it for about 3 or 4 hours (machine 8 core 8GB ram win7) should it change itself once synced? I wondered if one of the Devs could put a bootstrap on here http://cryptochainer.com/dir/ to speed up the whole process? cheers

has anyone got any idea how long it should take to download the blockchain as you can see ive done well over 24hrs and still a blank wallet, I havent got the fastest internet connection at only 5.24mbps (all other details are above)  for roughly 19 of them hours the ethereum wallet is the only thing that has been running,  any advice anyone? I have tried closing and opening the wallet multiple times

Ive just found a download calculator and for an 11gb file (I think that's the size of the blockchain) it would take 5 hours! So now I have emptied C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Ethereum file to see if that does anything or not!!! :stranger shit has happened: but I will post an update

[Mrpumperitis]

 make eth price go down
 buy eth up
 
all over next few days  

[thedreamer]

Ok, thanks for the confirmation.  I first tested it out with just one 390x connected via 16x riser, and that worked great.  Then, I installed TeamViewer, shut down, connected the other GPUs via 1x-16x risers, and restarted (without a monitor plugged in.  I thought I could just then use TeamViewer to connect and start up the mining software).  After work, I'll try restarting again but with a monitor connected during bootup to see if the other GPUs get started.

I've got 2x 1000w platinum PSUs to power the 6 gpus.  Should be enough.  While testing though, I've only got the 3 connected with 1 of the PSU.  I think 1000w is enough to power those 3 cards though...

No Prob.

The 390x's shoudl draw stock about 250watts each, the 280x's about 230watts or so. (as long as they are good quality cards).
'Most' 390x's you can undervolt and get back about 10-20% wattage, some more, some less.
I run all my 390's (non 'x') at 100mv undervolt, 1100/1500 settings (stock is 1015/1500) and they use 200-210watts each while getting around 29MH+ now.
Solo mining has been earning me 50% more than pool mining for the past week so I'm sticking to it. Some days I get 1, some days I get 5 blocks.

[110110101]

This looks very nice coin.

I'm going to test mining with my pc on this coin. anyone can tell me where to find best guides?
I'm using intel i7-4790k @ 4.8ghz and gtx 970.

Thanks in advance.

Sir, I wrote one of the most detailed posts out for mining ethereum on the web at the ethereum forums. I'm very active there and please don't hesistate to ask if I can help you get set up:

https://forum.ethereum.org/discussion/5592/how-to-mine-get-started-fast-and-easy-for-windows-7-detailed-guide/p1

I just resolved all of my wallet sync issues and have started mining ETH.  In your guide your wrote "Spending 24 hours planning is 2-3 ether lost at 100 MH/s. Don't be silly and spend all your time planning."

Is your reference to 100 MH/s the pool rate for the miner or is it the client measured rate?    I ask because I put a little over 200 MH/s to mining ETH on nanopool and it shows me earning about .3 ETH per day.  This  appears to be backed up by the deposit I received last night. Also, nanopool is consistently underreporting my hash rate.  I understand their calculation is based on shares but they show a 6 hour average rate of about 28 MH/s which is only 14% of my actual hash rate!  I have seen pools for other coins pay as low as 80% but 14% seems ridiculously low.

What are other people getting?

I had about 175 MH/s giving ~2.5 something ETH per day. You should be getter my something similar. Only 0.3 per day is nearly 1/10 of what you should be getting! Try a different pool instead. I used suprnova and dwarfpool and was very pleased with both. My rigs are currently offline but I hope to get them running again.

[malekbaba]

Is there anyone who already has stopped mining eth? Why?! What do u mine now?!

[Zeta0S]

Is there anyone who already has stopped mining eth? Why?! What do u mine now?!

No, Ethereum Returns are good, no need to stop.  However mining Dash to (all cloudmining @ Genesis Mining).
Also mining MOON coins at home whit some Scrypt miners, always solo or whit a friend on my private mining pool.

And i have one GPU running Ethereum to.
 

[tylerderden]

This looks very nice coin.

I'm going to test mining with my pc on this coin. anyone can tell me where to find best guides?
I'm using intel i7-4790k @ 4.8ghz and gtx 970.

Thanks in advance.

Sir, I wrote one of the most detailed posts out for mining ethereum on the web at the ethereum forums. I'm very active there and please don't hesistate to ask if I can help you get set up:

https://forum.ethereum.org/discussion/5592/how-to-mine-get-started-fast-and-easy-for-windows-7-detailed-guide/p1

I just resolved all of my wallet sync issues and have started mining ETH.  In your guide your wrote "Spending 24 hours planning is 2-3 ether lost at 100 MH/s. Don't be silly and spend all your time planning."

Is your reference to 100 MH/s the pool rate for the miner or is it the client measured rate?    I ask because I put a little over 200 MH/s to mining ETH on nanopool and it shows me earning about .3 ETH per day.  This  appears to be backed up by the deposit I received last night. Also, nanopool is consistently underreporting my hash rate.  I understand their calculation is based on shares but they show a 6 hour average rate of about 28 MH/s which is only 14% of my actual hash rate!  I have seen pools for other coins pay as low as 80% but 14% seems ridiculously low.

What are other people getting?

Try dwarfpool or supernova and use the proxy on their page, seemed to even out the fluctuations and boost my rewards a little

[IncludeBeer]

Ok, thanks for the confirmation.  I first tested it out with just one 390x connected via 16x riser, and that worked great.  Then, I installed TeamViewer, shut down, connected the other GPUs via 1x-16x risers, and restarted (without a monitor plugged in.  I thought I could just then use TeamViewer to connect and start up the mining software).  After work, I'll try restarting again but with a monitor connected during bootup to see if the other GPUs get started.

I've got 2x 1000w platinum PSUs to power the 6 gpus.  Should be enough.  While testing though, I've only got the 3 connected with 1 of the PSU.  I think 1000w is enough to power those 3 cards though...

No Prob.

The 390x's shoudl draw stock about 250watts each, the 280x's about 230watts or so. (as long as they are good quality cards).
'Most' 390x's you can undervolt and get back about 10-20% wattage, some more, some less.
I run all my 390's (non 'x') at 100mv undervolt, 1100/1500 settings (stock is 1015/1500) and they use 200-210watts each while getting around 29MH+ now.
Solo mining has been earning me 50% more than pool mining for the past week so I'm sticking to it. Some days I get 1, some days I get 5 blocks.

Well shit.  So I got home, plugged in the monitor (with all 3 gpu's connected, 2 via 1x-16x risers), and booted.  Still, only the one connected to the 16x pci slot powers on and is recognized.  I've got the molex power connector on the mb plugged in, and all 3 gpus have dedicated power which I made sure what all connected.  My PSU is an evga "supernova", so no issues with psu quality I think.  I know it's not the gpu's because I swapped out one of the ones connected via the 1x-16x riser to the 16x-16x riser, and that one powers up just fine.  Only the ones connected via 1x-16x.  Anyone have tips for how to troubleshoot this?

Edit:
MB is an ASROCK H81 pro btc,
2x 280x are both Sapphire,
4x 390x are all MSI.

[arielbit]

Ok, thanks for the confirmation.  I first tested it out with just one 390x connected via 16x riser, and that worked great.  Then, I installed TeamViewer, shut down, connected the other GPUs via 1x-16x risers, and restarted (without a monitor plugged in.  I thought I could just then use TeamViewer to connect and start up the mining software).  After work, I'll try restarting again but with a monitor connected during bootup to see if the other GPUs get started.

I've got 2x 1000w platinum PSUs to power the 6 gpus.  Should be enough.  While testing though, I've only got the 3 connected with 1 of the PSU.  I think 1000w is enough to power those 3 cards though...

No Prob.

The 390x's shoudl draw stock about 250watts each, the 280x's about 230watts or so. (as long as they are good quality cards).
'Most' 390x's you can undervolt and get back about 10-20% wattage, some more, some less.
I run all my 390's (non 'x') at 100mv undervolt, 1100/1500 settings (stock is 1015/1500) and they use 200-210watts each while getting around 29MH+ now.
Solo mining has been earning me 50% more than pool mining for the past week so I'm sticking to it. Some days I get 1, some days I get 5 blocks.

Well shit.  So I got home, plugged in the monitor (with all 3 gpu's connected, 2 via 1x-16x risers), and booted.  Still, only the one connected to the 16x pci slot powers on and is recognized.  I've got the molex power connector on the mb plugged in, and all 3 gpus have dedicated power which I made sure what all connected.  My PSU is an evga "supernova", so no issues with psu quality I think.  I know it's not the gpu's because I swapped out one of the ones connected via the 1x-16x riser to the 16x-16x riser, and that one powers up just fine.  Only the ones connected via 1x-16x.  Anyone have tips for how to troubleshoot this?

Edit:
MB is an ASROCK H81 pro btc,
2x 280x are both Sapphire,
4x 390x are all MSI.

i'm using windows 7 64bit

1x to 16x risers

old 80gb hdd's , 2gb ddr2 RAMs

good old socket 775 cpu's and motherboards @ 4 cards each. all fine, i'm using only one monitor that i plug if remote access troubleshooting is not possible.

sometimes it is better to have at least two rigs, a few extra risers and a spare PSU that you are very sure that is 100% working. swapping components to compare and check to know what component have trouble.

from experience i've seen motherboards that cannot detect more than two or three GPU's (know that i'm using cheap old boards), there are two 1x to 16x risers here that makes my gpu's undetectable (this have been used for quite a while).  

it is also good to have a GPU temperature monitoring software around. to know what card is heating more etc.

last day one of my miner hanged twice, unplugged my hottest card, found out the my high speed hydraulic fan is not smooth anymore (rotating) (from modded old sapphire 280x), removed the cover underneath the sticker, put some compressor oil (just lying around here) returned the cover, seal it with a piece of masking tape (fan fixed-smooth again)...... and reapply thermal paste to the card because it was already dry.. and the rig was fixed and mining again 

[IncludeBeer]

Ok, thanks for the confirmation.  I first tested it out with just one 390x connected via 16x riser, and that worked great.  Then, I installed TeamViewer, shut down, connected the other GPUs via 1x-16x risers, and restarted (without a monitor plugged in.  I thought I could just then use TeamViewer to connect and start up the mining software).  After work, I'll try restarting again but with a monitor connected during bootup to see if the other GPUs get started.

I've got 2x 1000w platinum PSUs to power the 6 gpus.  Should be enough.  While testing though, I've only got the 3 connected with 1 of the PSU.  I think 1000w is enough to power those 3 cards though...

No Prob.

The 390x's shoudl draw stock about 250watts each, the 280x's about 230watts or so. (as long as they are good quality cards).
'Most' 390x's you can undervolt and get back about 10-20% wattage, some more, some less.
I run all my 390's (non 'x') at 100mv undervolt, 1100/1500 settings (stock is 1015/1500) and they use 200-210watts each while getting around 29MH+ now.
Solo mining has been earning me 50% more than pool mining for the past week so I'm sticking to it. Some days I get 1, some days I get 5 blocks.

Well shit.  So I got home, plugged in the monitor (with all 3 gpu's connected, 2 via 1x-16x risers), and booted.  Still, only the one connected to the 16x pci slot powers on and is recognized.  I've got the molex power connector on the mb plugged in, and all 3 gpus have dedicated power which I made sure what all connected.  My PSU is an evga "supernova", so no issues with psu quality I think.  I know it's not the gpu's because I swapped out one of the ones connected via the 1x-16x riser to the 16x-16x riser, and that one powers up just fine.  Only the ones connected via 1x-16x.  Anyone have tips for how to troubleshoot this?

Edit:
MB is an ASROCK H81 pro btc,
2x 280x are both Sapphire,
4x 390x are all MSI.

i'm using windows 7 64bit

1x to 16x risers

old 80gb hdd's , 2gb ddr2 RAMs

good old socket 775 cpu's and motherboards @ 4 cards each. all fine, i'm using only one monitor that i plug if remote access troubleshooting is not possible.

sometimes it is better to have at least two rigs, a few extra risers and a spare PSU that you are very sure that is 100% working. swapping components to compare and check to know what component have trouble.

from experience i've seen motherboards that cannot detect more than two or three GPU's (know that i'm using cheap old boards), there are two 1x to 16x risers here that makes my gpu's undetectable (this have been used for quite a while).  

it is also good to have a GPU temperature monitoring software around. to know what card is heating more etc.

last day one of my miner hanged twice, unplugged my hottest card, found out the my high speed hydraulic fan is not smooth anymore (rotating) (from modded old sapphire 280x), removed the cover underneath the sticker, put some compressor oil (just lying around here) returned the cover, seal it with a piece of masking tape (fan fixed-smooth again)...... and reapply thermal paste to the card because it was already dry.. and the rig was fixed and mining again 

Ok, I'll try swapping out the risers.  The ones I bought are here:

http://gpushack.com/collections/gpushack/products/gpushack-1x-16x-usb-riser

Otherwise, I know that my MB is a common one used for mining.  It's part of the mining series ("Pro BTC") mb's from ASROCK.  I guess I'll also try different pci slots to see if that makes a difference.

[MaGNeT]

Same as always, BTC going up, ETH going down.

[arielbit]

Ok, thanks for the confirmation.  I first tested it out with just one 390x connected via 16x riser, and that worked great.  Then, I installed TeamViewer, shut down, connected the other GPUs via 1x-16x risers, and restarted (without a monitor plugged in.  I thought I could just then use TeamViewer to connect and start up the mining software).  After work, I'll try restarting again but with a monitor connected during bootup to see if the other GPUs get started.

I've got 2x 1000w platinum PSUs to power the 6 gpus.  Should be enough.  While testing though, I've only got the 3 connected with 1 of the PSU.  I think 1000w is enough to power those 3 cards though...

No Prob.

The 390x's shoudl draw stock about 250watts each, the 280x's about 230watts or so. (as long as they are good quality cards).
'Most' 390x's you can undervolt and get back about 10-20% wattage, some more, some less.
I run all my 390's (non 'x') at 100mv undervolt, 1100/1500 settings (stock is 1015/1500) and they use 200-210watts each while getting around 29MH+ now.
Solo mining has been earning me 50% more than pool mining for the past week so I'm sticking to it. Some days I get 1, some days I get 5 blocks.

Well shit.  So I got home, plugged in the monitor (with all 3 gpu's connected, 2 via 1x-16x risers), and booted.  Still, only the one connected to the 16x pci slot powers on and is recognized.  I've got the molex power connector on the mb plugged in, and all 3 gpus have dedicated power which I made sure what all connected.  My PSU is an evga "supernova", so no issues with psu quality I think.  I know it's not the gpu's because I swapped out one of the ones connected via the 1x-16x riser to the 16x-16x riser, and that one powers up just fine.  Only the ones connected via 1x-16x.  Anyone have tips for how to troubleshoot this?

Edit:
MB is an ASROCK H81 pro btc,
2x 280x are both Sapphire,
4x 390x are all MSI.

i'm using windows 7 64bit

1x to 16x risers

old 80gb hdd's , 2gb ddr2 RAMs

good old socket 775 cpu's and motherboards @ 4 cards each. all fine, i'm using only one monitor that i plug if remote access troubleshooting is not possible.

sometimes it is better to have at least two rigs, a few extra risers and a spare PSU that you are very sure that is 100% working. swapping components to compare and check to know what component have trouble.

from experience i've seen motherboards that cannot detect more than two or three GPU's (know that i'm using cheap old boards), there are two 1x to 16x risers here that makes my gpu's undetectable (this have been used for quite a while).  

it is also good to have a GPU temperature monitoring software around. to know what card is heating more etc.

last day one of my miner hanged twice, unplugged my hottest card, found out the my high speed hydraulic fan is not smooth anymore (rotating) (from modded old sapphire 280x), removed the cover underneath the sticker, put some compressor oil (just lying around here) returned the cover, seal it with a piece of masking tape (fan fixed-smooth again)...... and reapply thermal paste to the card because it was already dry.. and the rig was fixed and mining again

Ok, I'll try swapping out the risers.  The ones I bought are here:

http://gpushack.com/collections/gpushack/products/gpushack-1x-16x-usb-riser

Otherwise, I know that my MB is a common one used for mining.  It's part of the mining series ("Pro BTC") mb's from ASROCK.  I guess I'll also try different pci slots to see if that makes a difference.

check the review at newegg of your "pro BTC" board   , i think someone there have the same issues like yours 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157471&cm_re=Pro_BTC-_-13-157-471-_-Product

i don't like the design of your riser, the riser should be molex compatible, extension-adaptor wire can sometimes be a point of failure, and the usb wire is kind of short in length.

here is one of my rig. the motherboard is mining for me for about 2years now



newegg review or my board



a spare riser..

[malekbaba]

Ok, thanks for the confirmation.  I first tested it out with just one 390x connected via 16x riser, and that worked great.  Then, I installed TeamViewer, shut down, connected the other GPUs via 1x-16x risers, and restarted (without a monitor plugged in.  I thought I could just then use TeamViewer to connect and start up the mining software).  After work, I'll try restarting again but with a monitor connected during bootup to see if the other GPUs get started.

I've got 2x 1000w platinum PSUs to power the 6 gpus.  Should be enough.  While testing though, I've only got the 3 connected with 1 of the PSU.  I think 1000w is enough to power those 3 cards though...

No Prob.

The 390x's shoudl draw stock about 250watts each, the 280x's about 230watts or so. (as long as they are good quality cards).
'Most' 390x's you can undervolt and get back about 10-20% wattage, some more, some less.
I run all my 390's (non 'x') at 100mv undervolt, 1100/1500 settings (stock is 1015/1500) and they use 200-210watts each while getting around 29MH+ now.
Solo mining has been earning me 50% more than pool mining for the past week so I'm sticking to it. Some days I get 1, some days I get 5 blocks.

Well shit.  So I got home, plugged in the monitor (with all 3 gpu's connected, 2 via 1x-16x risers), and booted.  Still, only the one connected to the 16x pci slot powers on and is recognized.  I've got the molex power connector on the mb plugged in, and all 3 gpus have dedicated power which I made sure what all connected.  My PSU is an evga "supernova", so no issues with psu quality I think.  I know it's not the gpu's because I swapped out one of the ones connected via the 1x-16x riser to the 16x-16x riser, and that one powers up just fine.  Only the ones connected via 1x-16x.  Anyone have tips for how to troubleshoot this?

Edit:
MB is an ASROCK H81 pro btc,
2x 280x are both Sapphire,
4x 390x are all MSI.

nice rig Man!

[ultrloa]

Same as always, BTC going up, ETH going down.

But the Ethereum price in US dollar is not down so much. Ethereum is in the correction phase at the moment.