Claymore's CryptoNote AMD GPU Miner v11.3

[BSAlex]

hi first post here as I'm hitting a wall for the last couple of months and I don't seem to be going anywhere with my first rig build.

3 Corsair RX 650 PSUs

Asrock H110 Pro BTC+, flashed bios 1.20

Intel Cpu, 8 Gb RAM

multiple Rx 580 Hynyx, stock over powered risers

60 Gb SSD

Win 10 1709 with several optimizations here and there

Blockchain august drivers.

Even using a single card I can't seem to go above 630 H/s; when I try to scale out adding cards using the -di parameters I hit system crashes and I constantly need to lower the -h parameters until it's stable but meaningless.

For instance I can mine 3 KH/s with 5 cards at 600 each or 6 cards at 500 each. I managed to mine using 8 cards but with a ridiculous hashrate of 300 per card or the system gets unstable.

What am I missing here? pagefile is 20 Gb, I'm using the environment variables as descripted

It is rather hard to setup 3 PSU properly. I have general feeling that you screw up in this somehow.
1. Try single PSU, start with single GPU, check power consumption AT THE WALL for each GPU.
2. Check all you GPU maybe you have faulty one.
3. Next step - proper biosmod with downvolting, you will be able to limit you power usage to 100W per GPU with hashrate about 900 H/s
4. Add one GPU at time, check power consumption AT THE WALL. Go up to 600W at the wall, no more. Expect to get up to 4 GPU running. No significant hashrate drop should be expected.
5. Use second PSU to power up riser and powerconnectors of next GPUs, again one by one. Check power consumption AT THE WALL at each step. Do not change wiring of the first PSU, switch on the second PSU first step and only then start the first else you can have issues with GPUs connected to second PSU.
6. if you will fully utilise (up to 600W at the wall) two PSUs follow the same procedure with the third.
7. Biosmod is recommended but not mandatory, but expect much lower hashrate with much bigger power consumption.
8. 20 Gb pagefile may be a bit small if you have 8Gb GPUs

[mingdao]

Hi. Can somebody pls share experience on Claymore intensity and thread settings for AMD VegaFE?
I am new with Claymore, and I see that config is much different than XMR-Stak.
In XMR-Stak i have hashrate stability and socket error issues.
Claymore is stable, but hashrate is much lower (1850ish vs 2100 in XMR-Stak).
I am hoping that with correct settings Claymore can hash at least 2000.
Thanks.

[ofpcarnage]

I cant even get vega to work with this miner
My 480's work fine but vega I get 0 hashes

What am i doing wrong?

I keep getting opencl error

[vesemir7]

hi first post here as I'm hitting a wall for the last couple of months and I don't seem to be going anywhere with my first rig build.
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What am I missing here? pagefile is 20 Gb, I'm using the environment variables as descripted

It is rather hard to setup 3 PSU properly. I have general feeling that you screw up in this somehow.
1. Try single PSU, start with single GPU, check power consumption AT THE WALL for each GPU.
2. Check all you GPU maybe you have faulty one.
3. Next step - proper biosmod with downvolting, you will be able to limit you power usage to 100W per GPU with hashrate about 900 H/s
4. Add one GPU at time, check power consumption AT THE WALL. Go up to 600W at the wall, no more. Expect to get up to 4 GPU running. No significant hashrate drop should be expected.
5. Use second PSU to power up riser and powerconnectors of next GPUs, again one by one. Check power consumption AT THE WALL at each step. Do not change wiring of the first PSU, switch on the second PSU first step and only then start the first else you can have issues with GPUs connected to second PSU.
6. if you will fully utilise (up to 600W at the wall) two PSUs follow the same procedure with the third.
7. Biosmod is recommended but not mandatory, but expect much lower hashrate with much bigger power consumption.
8. 20 Gb pagefile may be a bit small if you have 8Gb GPUs

my bad. I omitted the rig is comprised of the modules and the behaviour is the same even with the main unit alone. I'm talking about a single PSU powering up the motherboard and 4 GPUs.

I can't seem to squeeze more than 630 h/s per single card, even when Claymore miner is fired up with a single GPU so it's my assumption that there is something wrong at some other level.

with downvolting and clocking (software via claymore parameters) I've been able to drop to power consumption but this is not the main issue here, that is making it mine more.

What is the logic with paging file? I've tried adding an additional HDD and assign a 100 Gb pagefile  but I haven't noticed any improvement on stability or performance whatsoever.

[ReigningBacon]

I downloaded the Ubuntu version, and when I run the miner nothing ever pops up, but I can tell it's running because it generates a log, and I can see what's going on in the log.

How do I get a display gui to pop up on startup without dragging the miner to the terminal?

Also how do I grant root access to set fan speed?

[Call_Me_Bambi]

^^^ If I had to guess (I'm guessing) your cards have crappy Voltage Regulator Modules, I'm guessing you bought the only cards available and they were still in stock because they suck.

I just got stuck with asus 580s elpida, same issue... i can pack 19 msi cards in one rig if I can find stock...

I got the cards a while ago, and I got them directly from the official distributor in my country where they can only sell at the original retail price.
I dont think any sapphire nitro+ limited edition are bad, they are all ASIC 80%+, samsung memory, and probably the best performance for mining.

The thing is, I tried to split the rig into 2x 6 cards each, and they work perfectly fine (the same cards I used in a 12 gpu rig),, but putting them into 1 mobo (tried ASUS B250 mining expert, Biostar TB250 btc pro, and Asrock h110 pro btc+), some cards crash, so Im guessing either claymore doesnt do well with 12 gpu rigs, or there is something Im missing.

I got plenty of virtual memory.
tried higher end processors and more ram
lowered core n memory
tried stock bios with stock core/memory and voltage

sgminer-gm works with 12 cards and all is fine, but it hashes lower than claymore for me (900hs for sgminer, 1050hs for claymore).

You need to segment the GPU's into groups of 6 using the command line flag. You then run two instances of the miner on the same rig. Works good that way.

Can you give an example on how to segment?

What drivers do you recommend? Blockchain or 17.12.1 ?

Regards

This is an example of how you would run two copies of Claymore to segment 12 cards into two groups of 6 cards, it can be used to segment into any grouping of cards to mine different coins at the same time. Use the "-di" option (see OP for more details).

Claymore copy No.1, this will enable cards 0 to 5.

Code:

NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://pool.electroneum.space:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1 -d1 012345

Claymore copy No.2, this will enable cards  6 to 11.

Code:

NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://pool.electroneum.space:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1 -d1 6789ab

[BSAlex]

1. Try single PSU, start with single GPU, check power consumption AT THE WALL for each GPU.
2. Check all you GPU maybe you have faulty one.
3. Next step - proper biosmod with downvolting, you will be able to limit you power usage to 100W per GPU with hashrate about 900 H/s
4. Add one GPU at time, check power consumption AT THE WALL. Go up to 600W at the wall, no more. Expect to get up to 4 GPU running. No significant hashrate drop should be expected.
5. Use second PSU to power up riser and powerconnectors of next GPUs, again one by one. Check power consumption AT THE WALL at each step. Do not change wiring of the first PSU, switch on the second PSU first step and only then start the first else you can have issues with GPUs connected to second PSU.
6. if you will fully utilise (up to 600W at the wall) two PSUs follow the same procedure with the third.
7. Biosmod is recommended but not mandatory, but expect much lower hashrate with much bigger power consumption.
8. 20 Gb pagefile may be a bit small if you have 8Gb GPUs

my bad. I omitted the rig is comprised of the modules and the behaviour is the same even with the main unit alone. I'm talking about a single PSU powering up the motherboard and 4 GPUs.

I can't seem to squeeze more than 630 h/s per single card, even when Claymore miner is fired up with a single GPU so it's my assumption that there is something wrong at some other level.

with downvolting and clocking (software via claymore parameters) I've been able to drop to power consumption but this is not the main issue here, that is making it mine more.

What is the logic with paging file? I've tried adding an additional HDD and assign a 100 Gb pagefile  but I haven't noticed any improvement on stability or performance whatsoever.

You can't get much from AMD RX GPU without BIOSMOD. It's not that hard :-). Lots of guides for basic bios mod that is usually enough for mining. The strange thing was that you have degrading hashrate when adding cards. I guessed that it can be due to overloading one of your PSU's due to uneven power distribution. You still may be overloading one PSU with 4 cards, each can draw up to 200W before bios undervolting.
As of paging file - no gain in performance for big paging file. If any problems arouse I try to use safe side - paging file size = (number of GPU)X(GPU memory) + RAM size. It is overkill just to be sure you are not getting any initialization failures due to small paging file.

[danielzbr]

Hi!

I'm new here!
Does this work with nvidia too?
Or I have to use this version:
(Claymore's Dual Ethereum+Decred_Siacoin_Lbry_Pascal AMD+NVIDIA GPU Miner v10.6 - Catalyst 15.12-17.x - CUDA 8.0_9.1_7.5_6.5)

Thanks and best regards.

[Call_Me_Bambi]

Hi!

I'm new here!
Does this work with nvidia too?
Or I have to use this version:
(Claymore's Dual Ethereum+Decred_Siacoin_Lbry_Pascal AMD+NVIDIA GPU Miner v10.6 - Catalyst 15.12-17.x - CUDA 8.0_9.1_7.5_6.5)

Thanks and best regards.

Unfortunately, no, this will not work with Nvidia cards. This Claymore miner is for Cryptonight coins only, the other one you mentioned will dual mine Ethereum and some other coins and will work with Nvidia cards.

If you look at the OP it says..

"This version is for recent AMD videocards only: 7xxx, 2xx, 3xx and 4xx, 1GB or more.
There are builds for Windows x64 and Linux x64. No 32-bit support. No NVidia support."

For Nvidia Cryptonight miner have a look here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2126975.0

[zeef]

^^^ If I had to guess (I'm guessing) your cards have crappy Voltage Regulator Modules, I'm guessing you bought the only cards available and they were still in stock because they suck.

I just got stuck with asus 580s elpida, same issue... i can pack 19 msi cards in one rig if I can find stock...

I got the cards a while ago, and I got them directly from the official distributor in my country where they can only sell at the original retail price.
I dont think any sapphire nitro+ limited edition are bad, they are all ASIC 80%+, samsung memory, and probably the best performance for mining.

The thing is, I tried to split the rig into 2x 6 cards each, and they work perfectly fine (the same cards I used in a 12 gpu rig),, but putting them into 1 mobo (tried ASUS B250 mining expert, Biostar TB250 btc pro, and Asrock h110 pro btc+), some cards crash, so Im guessing either claymore doesnt do well with 12 gpu rigs, or there is something Im missing.

I got plenty of virtual memory.
tried higher end processors and more ram
lowered core n memory
tried stock bios with stock core/memory and voltage

sgminer-gm works with 12 cards and all is fine, but it hashes lower than claymore for me (900hs for sgminer, 1050hs for claymore).

You need to segment the GPU's into groups of 6 using the command line flag. You then run two instances of the miner on the same rig. Works good that way.

Can you give an example on how to segment?

What drivers do you recommend? Blockchain or 17.12.1 ?

Regards

This is an example of how you would run two copies of Claymore to segment 12 cards into two groups of 6 cards, it can be used to segment into any grouping of cards to mine different coins at the same time. Use the "-di" option (see OP for more details).

Claymore copy No.1, this will enable cards 0 to 5.

Code:

NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://pool.electroneum.space:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1 -d1 012345

Claymore copy No.2, this will enable cards  6 to 11.

Code:

NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://pool.electroneum.space:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1 -d1 6789ab

 Thanks

[notbatman]

This miner needs to go back to OpenCL for the next release IMO. The eth/dcr 10.6 miner is rock solid, I'd like to see the same with this miner.

[stonedgz]

so today i start mining ETN but only 1 card is working the other giving me 0h\s

do you guys know why

my cards 2 rx 570 red devils

and the other card is giving me 700h\s


this's my bat...


NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://pool.electroneum.space:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1 -d1 01


and he gave me at the begining unknown option -d1

unknown option 01


after like 4 5 mins the other card start to hashing but its giving me only 400h\s :S :S


and i forgot to mention my driver is adrenaline

[dotachin]

-d1 01

This is incorrect syntax, just remove this. And read the manual

[ccminer.net]

Is it possible to mine cryptonote lite (like AEON coin) with this miner?

[Claymore]

Is it possible to mine cryptonote lite (like AEON coin) with this miner?

From OP:

-lite   enables CryptoNight-Lite mode, specify "-lite 1" to be able to mine AEON. If set, "-allpools 1" will be set automatically.

[ccminer.net]

Is it possible to mine cryptonote lite (like AEON coin) with this miner?

From OP:

-lite   enables CryptoNight-Lite mode, specify "-lite 1" to be able to mine AEON. If set, "-allpools 1" will be set automatically.

Thank you 1 merit sent

[stonedgz]

so today i start mining ETN but only 1 card is working the other giving me 0h\s

do you guys know why

my cards 2 rx 570 red devils

and the other card is giving me 700h\s


this's my bat...


NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://pool.electroneum.space:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1 -d1 01


and he gave me at the begining unknown option -d1

unknown option 01


after like 4 5 mins the other card start to hashing but its giving me only 400h\s :S :S


and i forgot to mention my driver is adrenaline

no one can help ?? !!!!! still the same problem i removed the -di

[leonix007]

so today i start mining ETN but only 1 card is working the other giving me 0h\s

do you guys know why

my cards 2 rx 570 red devils

and the other card is giving me 700h\s


this's my bat...


NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://pool.electroneum.space:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1 -d1 01


and he gave me at the begining unknown option -d1

unknown option 01


after like 4 5 mins the other card start to hashing but its giving me only 400h\s :S :S


and i forgot to mention my driver is adrenaline

no one can help ?? !!!!! still the same problem i removed the -di

post your syntax, its supposedly ok now after removing -di 01 in your parameter.

are there any new errors aside Unknown Option -d1?

[stonedgz]

so today i start mining ETN but only 1 card is working the other giving me 0h\s

do you guys know why

my cards 2 rx 570 red devils

and the other card is giving me 700h\s


this's my bat...


NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://pool.electroneum.space:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1 -d1 01


and he gave me at the begining unknown option -d1

unknown option 01


after like 4 5 mins the other card start to hashing but its giving me only 400h\s :S :S


and i forgot to mention my driver is adrenaline

no one can help ?? !!!!! still the same problem i removed the -di

post your syntax, its supposedly ok now after removing -di 1 in your parameter.

are there any new errors aside Unknown Option -d1?

no error just 1 card start with 0.00h\s and then after a 2\3 minutes it start hashing with ~400h\s

NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://asia-etn-stats.hashparty.io/:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1


1200\1950   core\memory

i even tried wih default core\memory no changing just the card that was doing 700 foes down to 600 and the other stays the same 0.00  goes up to 400

[leonix007]

so today i start mining ETN but only 1 card is working the other giving me 0h\s

do you guys know why

my cards 2 rx 570 red devils

and the other card is giving me 700h\s


this's my bat...


NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://pool.electroneum.space:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1 -d1 01


and he gave me at the begining unknown option -d1

unknown option 01


after like 4 5 mins the other card start to hashing but its giving me only 400h\s :S :S


and i forgot to mention my driver is adrenaline

no one can help ?? !!!!! still the same problem i removed the -di

post your syntax, its supposedly ok now after removing -di 1 in your parameter.

are there any new errors aside Unknown Option -d1?

no error just 1 card start with 0.00h\s and then after a 2\3 minutes it start hashing with ~400h\s

NsGpuCNMiner -xpool stratum+tcp://asia-etn-stats.hashparty.io/:3333 -xwal <address> -xpsw x -allpools 1


1200\1950   core\memory

i even tried wih default core\memory no changing just the card that was doing 700 foes down to 600 and the other stays the same 0.00  goes up to 400

ok try to remove the 1 GPU card and install the problematic card in PCI-e x16 slot and fire up your Claymore miner, observe if this will go fine.

If yes, check your PSU or Riser