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January 19, 2012, 04:27:20 AM Last edit: May 07, 2012, 08:59:40 PM by the joint |
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Hello, So, I just set up my new gaming/mining rig. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit, and currently my 3 6970's are connected via crossfire bridges. When I launch GUIminer with crossfire enabled, all 3 cards generate the output of 1 card (about 370-380 m/hash at stock speeds. If I turn off crossfire in Catalyst Control Center, one card gets all 370-380 m/hash and the other 2 generate 1 m/hash. My questions: 1) Do I need to take off the crossfire bridges? 2) Will I need HDMI dummy plugs for the other 2 cards? Thanks in advance
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tinman951
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January 19, 2012, 05:00:54 AM |
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I have heard that the 6970 doesn't work well with guiminer. But that it works great with diablo miner.
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the joint (OP)
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January 19, 2012, 05:02:45 AM |
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I prefer GUIminer due to familiarity. Anyone else?
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January 19, 2012, 06:48:56 AM |
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Update: Tried disconnecting Crossfire bridges and still have the same problem.
Advice please? Anybody who can fix this for me gets .5 BTC
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bittenbob
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January 19, 2012, 06:57:29 AM |
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Update: Tried disconnecting Crossfire bridges and still have the same problem.
Advice please? Anybody who can fix this for me gets .5 BTC
I think you should try diablo miner. Also what is your CPU usage like while you are mining? I have not tried mining with multiple cards but I might be able to help. Have you tried different miners in guiminer and what kernel are you using? I find the phatk kernels with polcbm to be vastly superior to my 6950 which is a 6970 with locked cores but that is only with one. One more thing to try is to reduce the aggression on the mining as this may be causing a limitation [EDIT] Also try just running 2 cards to see if you have the same problem. I would assume you have a 1000W P/S you are powering these cards with. I dont think that would be a problem though as likely the power supply would blow up if it were overloaded.
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January 19, 2012, 07:06:36 AM |
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Update: Tried disconnecting Crossfire bridges and still have the same problem.
Advice please? Anybody who can fix this for me gets .5 BTC
I think you should try diablo miner. Also what is your CPU usage like while you are mining? I have not tried mining with multiple cards but I might be able to help. Have you tried different miners in guiminer and what kernel are you using? I find the phatk kernels with polcbm to be vastly superior to my 6950 which is a 6970 with locked cores but that is only with one. One more thing to try is to reduce the aggression on the mining as this may be causing a limitation [EDIT] Also try just running 2 cards to see if you have the same problem. I would assume you have a 1000W P/S you are powering these cards with. I dont think that would be a problem though as likely the power supply would blow up if it were overloaded. Honestly, I'm exhausted at the moment (haven't sat down in 18 hours) and I don't really know anything about kernals, aggression settings, and have never experimented with other miner programs. I have a 1050W PSU. If you have any other advice, leave it here and I will check it tomorrow or Friday when I get a chance. Bounty is still on the table and it may be increased if this is really a pain in the ass. Thanks so far (BTW, an explanation of kernals and aggression would be awesome!)
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January 19, 2012, 07:07:34 AM |
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Have you tried to run 3 different instances of guiminer? I can't even get it to work with 2nd tab opened in one instance.
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January 19, 2012, 07:08:16 AM |
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Check your driver version (I like 11.8, no dummy plugs needed). Make sure you are selecting the appropriate DEVICES in GuiMiner (Cayman 0-1, 1-1, 2-1 etc), when setting up the 2nd and 3rd card mining Tabs. No Crossfire Fire.
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January 19, 2012, 07:14:23 AM |
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Try installing OpenCL manually (I had to on all my computers): C:\ATI\Support\11-12_vista64_win7_64_dd_ccc_ocl\Packages\Apps\OpenCL64 Was my location for 11.12...also no need for dummy heads. Also, make sure python is installed [if you are using poclbm or something]. Good site for automatic installs: http://www.ninite.com
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RandyFolds
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January 19, 2012, 07:30:48 AM |
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Also try just running 2 cards to see if you have the same problem. I would assume you have a 1000W P/S you are powering these cards with. I dont think that would be a problem though as likely the power supply would blow up if it were overloaded.
My 3x6970 rig drew right about 800w at the wall doing 1.2gh/s.
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bittenbob
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January 19, 2012, 12:53:04 PM |
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Also try just running 2 cards to see if you have the same problem. I would assume you have a 1000W P/S you are powering these cards with. I dont think that would be a problem though as likely the power supply would blow up if it were overloaded.
My 3x6970 rig drew right about 800w at the wall doing 1.2gh/s. That sounds about right. You should always design for about 80% with PSU so you have some headroom. Have you tried a BIOS update to see if it is just a firmware issue?
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January 19, 2012, 06:33:55 PM |
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Bounty goes to BitLane BitLane, please send me your BTC address and I will send you .5 BTC. Be advised that I will not be able to send until later today because I need to buy a new network cable. After you post your address, I will post again after I have sent the .5 BTC. I think you got lucky I was very tired last night and made the dumb mistake of opening 3 tabs but NOT changing the devices from Cayman-0 to Cayman-1 and Cayman-2. Thanks for the easy fix!
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January 19, 2012, 06:44:34 PM |
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Bounty goes to BitLane BitLane, please send me your BTC address and I will send you .5 BTC. Be advised that I will not be able to send until later today because I need to buy a new network cable. After you post your address, I will post again after I have sent the .5 BTC. I think you got lucky I was very tired last night and made the dumb mistake of opening 3 tabs but NOT changing the devices from Cayman-0 to Cayman-1 and Cayman-2. Thanks for the easy fix! Glad to see you got it fixed. Although I didn't offer up the advise for the bounty, I will accept it none the less Thanks. 1WgDXsc8b9QjnyV74Q2wMGzrz5AK4zod1
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January 19, 2012, 07:04:28 PM Last edit: January 19, 2012, 07:14:51 PM by bitlane |
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If I could offer up 1 more small, but hopefully relevant piece of advise ? ( no charge....unless you think it's worth something...lol) Ditch GUIMiner and get on the CGMiner train. I use it on all my Win7 x64 machines and it rocks. It has the ability to use a config file, but I still find it easier to launch it from a BAT file. 1- Create a new TXT file in Windows. 2- Paste in the following (change where needed) start /affinity 1 cgminer -o http://YOURPOOL.COM:8332 -u YOURUSERNAME -p YOURPASSWORD -I 9 --gpu-engine XXX --gpu-memclock 300 --auto-fan --temp-target 69
3- Close TXT File, SAVE, RENAME the file something.BAT ( have 'hide known file extensions' disabled, or it will remain a TXT file, regardless of extension) 4- Right-Click the BAT file, choose EDIT (opens in Notepad), Make the required changes, adding your POOL, USERNAME, PASSWORD, GPU Clock Speed (replace XXX). CLOSE/SAVE 5- DOWNLOAD the latest CGMiner (2.1.2) for Win32 (no x64 version, doesn't matter, runs fine). Unzip it anywhere you like. Thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0 ......... Direct Download Link (From Developer) - http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/cgminer-2.1.2-win32.zip6- CUT/PASTE the something.BAT file into your CGMiner directory and Double-Click it.....VOILA! The above CMD is set to run MEM @ 300Mhz and your Target Temp with Auto Fan control at 69C, but these values can be changed also. Regardless of whatever driver, the CMD is also set to run on a single CPU core, rather than 100%, or all 4 cores of your Quad Core, if that's what you have (affinity = quick fix for 100% CPU Bug). This will automatically control all 3 of your cards and give you 2 mining threads per card (default setting). Once you get your 'feet wet' with it, you can explore more options. What I provided above is a basic (pretty much what I use exactly) setup for most of my cards, including my quad 6950 Miners (using I=9 Intensity as above). Give it a try....you WON'T be dissapointed. CGMiner replaces Overclocking Software, Fan Control and Miner - ALL IN ONE
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January 19, 2012, 08:14:58 PM |
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Bounty goes to BitLane BitLane, please send me your BTC address and I will send you .5 BTC. Be advised that I will not be able to send until later today because I need to buy a new network cable. After you post your address, I will post again after I have sent the .5 BTC. I think you got lucky I was very tired last night and made the dumb mistake of opening 3 tabs but NOT changing the devices from Cayman-0 to Cayman-1 and Cayman-2. Thanks for the easy fix! Glad to see you got it fixed. Although I didn't offer up the advise for the bounty, I will accept it none the less Thanks. 1WgDXsc8b9QjnyV74Q2wMGzrz5AK4zod1 .5 BTC sent about 10 seconds ago BTW, Ill try out the CGMiner sometime soon.
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January 19, 2012, 08:25:42 PM |
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GOT IT ! thanks.
As far as CGMiner, make sure and give it a try. You will LOVE IT.
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January 19, 2012, 08:44:15 PM |
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GOT IT ! thanks.
As far as CGMiner, make sure and give it a try. You will LOVE IT.
No problem
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January 19, 2012, 09:00:04 PM |
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If I could offer up 1 more small, but hopefully relevant piece of advise ? ( no charge....unless you think it's worth something...lol) Ditch GUIMiner and get on the CGMiner train. I use it on all my Win7 x64 machines and it rocks. It has the ability to use a config file, but I still find it easier to launch it from a BAT file. 1- Create a new TXT file in Windows. 2- Paste in the following (change where needed) start /affinity 1 cgminer -o http://YOURPOOL.COM:8332 -u YOURUSERNAME -p YOURPASSWORD -I 9 --gpu-engine XXX --gpu-memclock 300 --auto-fan --temp-target 69
3- Close TXT File, SAVE, RENAME the file something.BAT ( have 'hide known file extensions' disabled, or it will remain a TXT file, regardless of extension) 4- Right-Click the BAT file, choose EDIT (opens in Notepad), Make the required changes, adding your POOL, USERNAME, PASSWORD, GPU Clock Speed (replace XXX). CLOSE/SAVE 5- DOWNLOAD the latest CGMiner (2.1.2) for Win32 (no x64 version, doesn't matter, runs fine). Unzip it anywhere you like. Thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0 ......... Direct Download Link (From Developer) - http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/cgminer-2.1.2-win32.zip6- CUT/PASTE the something.BAT file into your CGMiner directory and Double-Click it.....VOILA! The above CMD is set to run MEM @ 300Mhz and your Target Temp with Auto Fan control at 69C, but these values can be changed also. Regardless of whatever driver, the CMD is also set to run on a single CPU core, rather than 100%, or all 4 cores of your Quad Core, if that's what you have (affinity = quick fix for 100% CPU Bug). This will automatically control all 3 of your cards and give you 2 mining threads per card (default setting). Once you get your 'feet wet' with it, you can explore more options. What I provided above is a basic (pretty much what I use exactly) setup for most of my cards, including my quad 6950 Miners (using I=9 Intensity as above). Give it a try....you WON'T be dissapointed. CGMiner replaces Overclocking Software, Fan Control and Miner - ALL IN ONE agreed, but I still use the config file: start /affinity 1 cgminer -c myconfigfile.conf
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January 22, 2012, 05:22:49 AM |
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GOT IT ! thanks.
As far as CGMiner, make sure and give it a try. You will LOVE IT.
+1 made the switch a few months ago and will never look back.
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January 22, 2012, 05:31:57 AM |
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GOT IT ! thanks.
As far as CGMiner, make sure and give it a try. You will LOVE IT.
works great.
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