Claymore's CryptoNote AMD GPU Miner v11.3

[MazorZ]

I had that behaviour when moved to claymore v10.2 but, to be honnest I had a superior speed with it.  Like you, sometimes the miner restart and stay freezed at 0H/s as well. The only way of getting out of this state was rebooting the whole rig. And by rebooting, i mean shutting it off, wait 2-3s in power-off and then rebooting. Lowering the "-h" parameter bring more stability to the system. So, my current onfiguration is:

Cards: RX580-4G,RX580-4G,RX580-4G,RX570-8G,RX570-8G,RX580-4G,RX580-4G,RX580-4G,RX580-4G,RX480-4G

Claymore command line to XMR mining:
-xpool stratum+ssl://xmr-eu1.nanopool.org:14433 -xwal XMR_ADDRESS/$rigName/your@email.com -xpsw x -mport -3333 -h 850,850,850,1700,1700,850,850,850,850,850

As you can see, you can pass to the miner a comma separated values in that each one is to a specific card from my list above. For reference, the default "-h" value  for the 4Gigs cards is "900" and "1800" for the 8Gigs.

My current frequencies for each card are:
CORE: 1200,1200,1200,1200,1200,1200,1200,1200,1200,1200
MEM: 2000,2000,2000,1900,1900,2000,2000,2000,2000,2000

XMR - Total Speed: 6948 H/s, Total Shares: 1340, Rejected: 0, Time: 06:43                                                       |
XMR: GPU0 715 H/s, GPU1 715 H/s, GPU2 715 H/s, GPU3 686 H/s, GPU4 649 H/s, GPU5 712 H/s, GPU6 715 H/s, GPU7 713 H/s, GPU8 713 H/|
s, GPU9 615 H/s

Hope this help

Can anyone confirm what's the "-h" is doing behind the scenes? and why lowering it a bit bring more stability?

Just wanted to update. I tried lowering the -h value on my rigs. I have three different setups:

6x RX570 4G - these are at 1200/1750/1000mV -h 850 -> These have been stable for last 24h, no resets

11x RX570 4G - these are at 1200/1750/1000mV -h 850 -> These have reset 2-4 times over last 24h - Going to test -h 800 to see if I can get better stability

11x RX580 8G - these are at 1200/2000/1000mV -h 1700 -> These have reset 1-2 times over last 24h - Going to test -h 1600 to see if I can get better stability

For the RX570 4G cards, I'm hashing at 644, for the RX580 8G cards, I'm hashing at 733. I'm not sure why the RX570 4G have been stable but the RX580 8G have not. Hopefully this next test shows a better result.

I'm not sure if there's a way to increase the virtual memory on SMOS. My rigs use 8G of physical RAM (tho I just realized that both my 6x and 11x rigs both are using 8G of RAM so maybe I should increase my 11x rigs to 16G of RAM). I'm not using SSDs either, SMOS is being booted from a 16G 3.0 USB drive. I'm not sure if 16G of physical RAM would increase stability as I used to mine Ethereum with these rigs and they have been stable with far more aggressive settings. The RX570 4G were at 1150/1750/950mV and the RX580 8G were at 1150/2100/950mV and the systems were stable for 100+ hours with no resets.

Cheers,

Let me know when you get the RX580 8GB stable. Really want to run 10.2.   

Im running 9.7.    I noticed when it fires up it sets -Hashcnt 1024 for all cards (this is for RX580 8GB, core 1170 mem 2100 1000mv Samsung memory straps copied.)

I am going to test this number to see what it makes a difference in hash. Im assuming ill just get same speeds with 10.2 as 9.7.

Thanks for all the info btw. awesome stuff

[Ghostantin]

Thank you!

I have 10 X RX580 and after increasing the Virtual Memory to 48000 I still got the errors. After I increased to 64000 it worked smoothly (it may also depend on how many cards you have).

This version is not so easy to use because you have to adjust "-h" and "-dmem" values often, I will try to improve it soon.
1. "-dmem 1" requires twice more memory, make sure you have enough virtual memory. For example, if you have 6 GPUs 8GB, set virtual memory to 6*8=48GB.
2. Check how much memory miner allocates, it shows something like "(Memory used: 5128MB)", make sure you have this memory on your GPU.
3. You can see low hashrate if you use almost all memory on GPU, try to reduce "-h" value a bit.

Guys if you are getting the "GpuMiner dk2an0 failed" error, be sure to note Claymore's comments above. I was initially getting the same error with my RX480 8GB rig. Lowering to -h 1024 will solve the issue but make the program only see 4GB on my cards. After changing page file to 48GB, the miner runs beautifully with default -h and -dmem settings.

Ellesmere RX480 8GB, same modded BIOS, default miner settings:
CryptoNote Miner 9.7 - 850 H/s
CryptoNote Miner 10 - 987 H/s

Thanks Claymore!

[Ghostantin]

Set the virtualmemory to 64000 - I had the same problem with my rig of 580s at it was solved like this.

Hello,

I am having an issue with my claymore cryptonote miner constantly restarting every hour or two, usually with watchdog timeouts. I am running it on SMOS. I've had no issue running the claymore miner for Eth, system is usually stable for days on end. For mining ETH, I usually connect to a pool but for Cryptonight, I am trying out NiceHash.

My rigs use RX580 8G. 1150/2100/1000mV/PowerStage 4 - initially I had the voltage at 950mV and powerstage 3 as these settings have been solid for mining ETH.

My claymore initializing settings are: -wd 1 -r 0 -xpool stratum+ssl://cryptonight.usa.nicehash.com:33355 -xwal yourWallet.yourRigName -xpsw x -allpools 1

Does anyone else run into a similar issue with stability?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[songjuhee]

Set the virtualmemory to 64000 - I had the same problem with my rig of 580s at it was solved like this.

Hello,

I am having an issue with my claymore cryptonote miner constantly restarting every hour or two, usually with watchdog timeouts. I am running it on SMOS. I've had no issue running the claymore miner for Eth, system is usually stable for days on end. For mining ETH, I usually connect to a pool but for Cryptonight, I am trying out NiceHash.

My rigs use RX580 8G. 1150/2100/1000mV/PowerStage 4 - initially I had the voltage at 950mV and powerstage 3 as these settings have been solid for mining ETH.

My claymore initializing settings are: -wd 1 -r 0 -xpool stratum+ssl://cryptonight.usa.nicehash.com:33355 -xwal yourWallet.yourRigName -xpsw x -allpools 1

Does anyone else run into a similar issue with stability?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

What is your gpu's settings?

[Lumining]

Could someone give me a more detailled explanation about:
-dcri
Decred/Siacoin/Lbry/Pascal intensity, or Ethereum fine-tuning value in ETH-only ASM mode. Default value is 30, you can adjust this value to get the best Decred/Siacoin/Lbry mining speed without reducing Ethereum mining speed.
   You can also specify values for every card, for example "-dcri 30,100,50".
   You can change the intensity in runtime with "+" and "-" keys and check current statistics with "s" key.
   For example, by default (-dcri 30) 390 card shows 29MH/s for Ethereum and 440MH/s for Decred. Setting -dcri 70 causes 24MH/s for Ethereum and 850MH/s for Decred.
-asm
(AMD cards only) enables assembler GPU kernels. In this mode some tuning is required even in ETH-only mode, use "-dcri" option or or "+/-" keys in runtime to set best speed.
   Currently ETH-LBRY mode is not supported in assembler.
   Specify "-asm 0" to disable this option. You can also specify values for every card, for example "-asm 0,1,0". Default value is "1".
   If ASM mode is enabled, miner must show "GPU #x: algorithm ASM" at startup.
   Check "FINE-TUNING" section below for additional notes.
   NEW: added alternative assembler kernels for Tonga and Polaris cards for ETH-only mode. Use them if you get best speed at "-dcri 1" (i.e. you cannot find speed peak), use "-asm 2" option to enable this mode.

Do I need to set both -asm and -dcri? When I set these, how do they relate to overclocking and undervolting with -cclock, -mclock, -cvddc and -mvddc ?

[pehoko]

Why 10.2 is so bad, very often crash, no problems with 9.6?

......
20:40:12:444   b4c   sent: 148
20:40:13:220   ab0   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:16:448   ab0   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:17:291   484   recv: 51
20:40:22:862   9a8   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:22:941   ab0   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:22:990   484   srv pck: 50
20:40:23:024   484   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:23:073   484   srv bs: 0
20:40:23:078   484   sent: 148
................

[connerjh65]

I upgraded from 9.7 to 10.2 and I get the following.  Any help would be great.
C:\Mining\ClaymoreCryptoNoteGPU-XMR>timeout /t 60

Waiting for 45 seconds, press a key to continue ...
19:26:54.82 Tue 11/07/2017

SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.
SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.
SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.
SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.
SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
¦         Claymore's CryptoNote AMD GPU Miner v10.2 Beta         ¦
+----------------------------------------------------------------+

XMR: 1 pool is specified
Main Monero pool is us-east.cryptonight-hub.miningpoolhub.com:20580
At least 16 GB of Virtual Memory is required for multi-GPU systems
Make sure you defined GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
Be careful with overclocking, use default clocks for first tests
press "s" for current statistics, "0".."9" to turn on/off cards, "r" to reload pools
OpenCL initializing...
AMD Cards available: 10
GPU #0: Hawaii, 8192 MB available, 44 compute units
GPU #0 recognized as Radeon 390X
GPU #1: Ellesmere, 8192 MB available, 36 compute units
GPU #1 recognized as Radeon RX 480/580
GPU #2: Hawaii, 4096 MB available, 40 compute units
GPU #2 recognized as Radeon 290
GPU #3: Hawaii, 4096 MB available, 44 compute units
GPU #3 recognized as Radeon 290X
GPU #4: Hawaii, 4096 MB available, 44 compute units
GPU #4 recognized as Radeon 290X
GPU #5: Hawaii, 4096 MB available, 40 compute units
GPU #5 recognized as Radeon 290
GPU #6: Hawaii, 4096 MB available, 40 compute units
GPU #6 recognized as Radeon 290
GPU #7: Hawaii, 4096 MB available, 40 compute units
GPU #7 recognized as Radeon 290
GPU #8: Hawaii, 4096 MB available, 44 compute units
GPU #8 recognized as Radeon 290X
GPU #9: Ellesmere, 8192 MB available, 36 compute units
GPU #9 recognized as Radeon RX 480/580
POOL version
GPU #0 algorithm ASM, -h 1376, -dmem 1 (Memory used: 5778MB)
GPU #1 algorithm ASM, -h 1800, -dmem 1 (Memory used: 7560MB)
GPU #2 algorithm ASM, -h 1280, -dmem 0 (Memory used: 2688MB)
GPU #3 algorithm ASM, -h 1376, -dmem 0 (Memory used: 2889MB)
GPU #4 algorithm ASM, -h 1376, -dmem 0 (Memory used: 2889MB)
GPU #5 algorithm ASM, -h 1280, -dmem 0 (Memory used: 2688MB)
GPU #6 algorithm ASM, -h 1280, -dmem 0 (Memory used: 2688MB)
GPU #7 algorithm ASM, -h 1280, -dmem 0 (Memory used: 2688MB)
GPU #8 algorithm ASM, -h 1376, -dmem 0 (Memory used: 2889MB)
GPU #9 algorithm ASM, -h 1800, -dmem 1 (Memory used: 7560MB)
Total cards: 10
XMR: Stratum - connecting to 'us-east.cryptonight-hub.miningpoolhub.com' <172.104.76.21> port 20580 (SSL/TLS)
Watchdog enabled
Remote management (READ-ONLY MODE) is enabled on port 3333

SSL/TLS encryption is enabled
XMR: Stratum - Connected (us-east.cryptonight-hub.miningpoolhub.com:20580) (SSL/TLS)
GPU 1, GpuMiner dk2a failed -4
GPU 5, GpuMiner k1a failed -4
GPU 5, GpuMiner k1a failed -4
GPU 0, GpuMiner dk2a failed -4
GPU 0, GpuMiner dk2an0 failed -4
GPU 1, GpuMiner dk2an0 failed -4
GPU 5, GpuMiner k1a failed -4
GPU 0, GpuMiner dk2an0 failed -4
GPU 0, GpuMiner dk2an0 failed -4
GPU 5, GpuMiner k1a failed -4
GPU 1, GpuMiner dk2an0 failed -4
GPU 1, GpuMiner dk2an0 failed -4

It then restarts and gets the same results.

Thanks!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Quick Update.....

Moving from a 25GB swap file to 40GB appears to have fixed the issue.
Your page is great!  Thanks for all the info.

[Ghostantin]

Make sure you have enough virtual memory (around 7500 MB per card).

I am running the 10.2 and it works smoothly (on 10X RX580)

Why 10.2 is so bad, very often crash, no problems with 9.6?

......
20:40:12:444   b4c   sent: 148
20:40:13:220   ab0   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:16:448   ab0   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:17:291   484   recv: 51
20:40:22:862   9a8   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:22:941   ab0   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:22:990   484   srv pck: 50
20:40:23:024   484   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:23:073   484   srv bs: 0
20:40:23:078   484   sent: 148
................

[gsanjin]

v10.2 beta - bug

I also confirm drop of hashrate (~ -100h/s) when monitor goes to sleep or is turned off. Same happens when TeamViewer disconnects. Only solution is to have monitor always on or TeamViewer connected.
VGA: 1x290x (HDMI), 2x280x

In v9.7 everything works normally.

[pehoko]

Make sure you have enough virtual memory (around 7500 MB per card).

I am running the 10.2 and it works smoothly (on 10X RX580)

Why 10.2 is so bad, very often crash, no problems with 9.6?

......
20:40:12:444   b4c   sent: 148
20:40:13:220   ab0   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:16:448   ab0   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:17:291   484   recv: 51
20:40:22:862   9a8   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:22:941   ab0   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:22:990   484   srv pck: 50
20:40:23:024   484   Cannot get Overdrive capabilities for adapter 12 (error -8)
20:40:23:073   484   srv bs: 0
20:40:23:078   484   sent: 148
................

No difference, I have 3 cards rig and pagefile was set to 40gb.

[Watjila]

works with 6990 ?

It deos.

[BitcoinDiamond]

Thank you!

I have 10 X RX580 and after increasing the Virtual Memory to 48000 I still got the errors. After I increased to 64000 it worked smoothly (it may also depend on how many cards you have).

What hash rate increase are you getting now?

[FFI2013]

To be able for 10.2 to run for a six card miner we need to set the virtual memory @40,000-50,000mb

[Lumining]

Hi guys, can someone help me with overclocking my cards?

Could someone give me a more detailled explanation about:
-dcri
Decred/Siacoin/Lbry/Pascal intensity, or Ethereum fine-tuning value in ETH-only ASM mode. Default value is 30, you can adjust this value to get the best Decred/Siacoin/Lbry mining speed without reducing Ethereum mining speed.
   You can also specify values for every card, for example "-dcri 30,100,50".
   You can change the intensity in runtime with "+" and "-" keys and check current statistics with "s" key.
   For example, by default (-dcri 30) 390 card shows 29MH/s for Ethereum and 440MH/s for Decred. Setting -dcri 70 causes 24MH/s for Ethereum and 850MH/s for Decred.
-asm
(AMD cards only) enables assembler GPU kernels. In this mode some tuning is required even in ETH-only mode, use "-dcri" option or or "+/-" keys in runtime to set best speed.
   Currently ETH-LBRY mode is not supported in assembler.
   Specify "-asm 0" to disable this option. You can also specify values for every card, for example "-asm 0,1,0". Default value is "1".
   If ASM mode is enabled, miner must show "GPU #x: algorithm ASM" at startup.
   Check "FINE-TUNING" section below for additional notes.
   NEW: added alternative assembler kernels for Tonga and Polaris cards for ETH-only mode. Use them if you get best speed at "-dcri 1" (i.e. you cannot find speed peak), use "-asm 2" option to enable this mode.

Do I need to set both -asm and -dcri? When I set these, how do they relate to overclocking and undervolting with -cclock, -mclock, -cvddc and -mvddc ?

[enrique3uro]

Hi. Help please, I'm from Venezuela.

I have a rig of 470, 460 cards.

I use the v10.2 and blockchain drivers in win 10. Value -h not defined.

I receive many share rejected. Nicehash pool. Europe, USA, Brazil in all I receive a lot of "share rejected"

Excuse my bad English.

[swiftfox]

Hi! I have a problem after I start the miner with what I can say are the right settings, but when I launch it, I get a red error code. The code says:
UNKNOWN OPTION -u
UNKNOWN OPTION My username
UNKNOWN OPTION -p
UNKNOWN OPTION my password

What do you suggest I should do?

[garytheasshole]

Hi! I have a problem after I start the miner with what I can say are the right settings, but when I launch it, I get a red error code. The code says:
UNKNOWN OPTION -u
UNKNOWN OPTION My username
UNKNOWN OPTION -p
UNKNOWN OPTION my password

What do you suggest I should do?

Open Readme!.txt

[pehoko]

Someone please post sample.bat for amd hd79xx claymore 10.2, tnx!

[Call_Me_Bambi]

Hi! I have a problem after I start the miner with what I can say are the right settings, but when I launch it, I get a red error code. The code says:
UNKNOWN OPTION -u
UNKNOWN OPTION My username
UNKNOWN OPTION -p
UNKNOWN OPTION my password

What do you suggest I should do?

Let's start with a clean slate.

Make sure the "config.txt" file looks something like this, it does not matter what is in there as long as each line starts with a # symbol.

Code:

#-xpool
#-xwal
#-xpsw x
#-allpools 1

Delete everything in the "start.bat" file then add this to the start.bat file save and run start.bat - let us know how you get on.

Code:

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

NsGpuCNMiner.exe -xpool ssl://europe.cryptonight-hub.miningpoolhub.com:20580 -xwal monolith.worker -xpsw x  -nofee 1 -ftime 10 -h 0 -dmem -1

[icallpurps]

v10.2 beta - bug

I also confirm drop of hashrate (~ -100h/s) when monitor goes to sleep or is turned off. Same happens when TeamViewer disconnects. Only solution is to have monitor always on or TeamViewer connected.
VGA: 1x290x (HDMI), 2x280x

In v9.7 everything works normally.

I have 480's and notice the same drop but a lot more than 100h/s