Claymore's XPM (PrimeCoin) GPU Miner v13.2

[taaku]

i have this version 12.0 running for 1 day now..i have 2 r9-280x.one of my gpu stucks after 6 hours and does not mine..i have to restart the miner to get it working again. can you please add the auto restart option as soon as possible...for the mean time any suggestion on how i can set to restart the bat file at fixed interval..

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[csa1234]

same problem here, R9 290x

[crendore]

Been running 11 for weeks no problems.  Installed 12, it crashes my drivers immediately.
Running 13.12
3 x r9 280x saphire toxic.
windows 7 64bit

Claymore any ideas how to fix?

v12 uses more video memory. Have you set GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100?

Yup, still crashes.  Is there a way i can provide some sort of debug log?  I should clarify.  Its not the miner that crashes, its my ATI drivers.  I get a notice, something like: "Display driver AMD has stopped responding and has recovered"

usually that means your volts are too low or clocks too high and running 3 cards on a rig u wont know which it is not alll cards are created = some can do higher clocks at less volts than others even with the same brand/model

Thanks for the tip, but i'm running stock settings for these cards.

[crendore]

i have this version 12.0 running for 1 day now..i have 2 r9-280x.one of my gpu stucks after 6 hours and does not mine..i have to restart the miner to get it working again. can you please add the auto restart option as soon as possible...for the mean time any suggestion on how i can set to restart the bat file at fixed interval..

I have three files to accomplish this, it might not be the best method but it works well for me:
1. Startup.bat
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
NsXpmMiner.exe -o 127.0.0.1:7332 -u user -p pass -xpm key -ss 0 -sd 1

2. restart.bat
@echo off
:loop
ping 192.168.2.2 -n 1 -w 10000 > nul
tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq NsXpmMiner.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "NsXpmMiner.exe">NUL
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="1" start "launcher" "C:\path\to\miner\Claymore XPM GPU Miner SOLO\startup.bat"
goto loop

3. crasher.bat
@echo off
:loop
ping 192.168.2.2 -n 1 -w 7200000 > nul
taskkill /f /im NsXpmMiner.exe
goto loop

Create all three files. then add crasher.bat and restart.bat to your system startup.

Restart.bat checks if the miner is running, if it isn't it starts it again.
Crasher.bat intentionally kills the miner every 2 hours, you can adjust the intervals to your liking.

If this post helped you, donations are welcome: ALg4ihV994ztw2B244sXonHVPmoS7iHVQH
Best,
crendore

[taaku]

i have this version 12.0 running for 1 day now..i have 2 r9-280x.one of my gpu stucks after 6 hours and does not mine..i have to restart the miner to get it working again. can you please add the auto restart option as soon as possible...for the mean time any suggestion on how i can set to restart the bat file at fixed interval..

I have three files to accomplish this, it might not be the best method but it works well for me:
1. Startup.bat
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
NsXpmMiner.exe -o 127.0.0.1:7332 -u user -p pass -xpm key -ss 0 -sd 1

2. restart.bat
@echo off
:loop
ping 192.168.2.2 -n 1 -w 10000 > nul
tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq NsXpmMiner.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "NsXpmMiner.exe">NUL
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="1" start "launcher" "C:\path\to\miner\Claymore XPM GPU Miner SOLO\startup.bat"
goto loop

3. crasher.bat
@echo off
:loop
ping 192.168.2.2 -n 1 -w 7200000 > nul
taskkill /f /im NsXpmMiner.exe
goto loop

Create all three files. then add crasher.bat and restart.bat to your system startup.

Restart.bat checks if the miner is running, if it isn't it starts it again.
Crasher.bat intentionally kills the miner every 2 hours, you can adjust the intervals to your liking.

If this post helped you, donations are welcome: ALg4ihV994ztw2B244sXonHVPmoS7iHVQH
Best,
crendore

cool...this is what i was looking for..let me mine some XPM and then i can give you some...i shifted to mine xmr as i was not able to resolve this problem...will try this today and let you know..if you do not mind care to tell you what NUL stands for??? also what is the Ip for?? is it local ip address or should i keep the same.

[crendore]

cool...this is what i was looking for..let me mine some XPM and then i can give you some...i shifted to mine xmr as i was not able to resolve this problem...will try this today and let you know..if you do not mind care to tell you what NUL stands for??? also what is the Ip for?? is it local ip address or should i keep the same.

Windows bat scripts don't have timers.  The ping thing is a way to wait a certain amount of time before doing the next thing.  nul should stay nul, don't change that.  The ip should be one that doesn't exist on your local network.

[crendore]

Claymore,

Got any other ideas on how to get Ver 12 running without it constantly crashing my drivers?

[csa1234]

Claymore we need a fix for this miner getting restarted over and over please

[Claymore]

Claymore we need a fix for this miner getting restarted over and over please

Ok, I'll release update in a day, I'm going to add an optional mining mode, a bit slower (1-2%) but with less memory usage, also "-r" option to restart miner automatically.

[atp1916]

Claymore,
I have noticed that the program will error out very ungracefully (looks like a memory leak) if the internet connection gets dropped while the miner is attempting to either submit a share and/or reconnect after a while with no sucess.  It seems to happen almost every time if the internet has been down for more than a couple hours.

You should be able to replicate this problem by starting out the miner connected and hashing, and then disconnecting the internet and waiting for a day or so.

[Claymore]

Claymore,
I have noticed that the program will error out very ungracefully (looks like a memory leak) if the internet connection gets dropped while the miner is attempting to either submit a share and/or reconnect after a while with no sucess.  It seems to happen almost every time if the internet has been down for more than a couple hours.

You should be able to replicate this problem by starting out the miner connected and hashing, and then disconnecting the internet and waiting for a day or so.

I will test it now.

[taaku]

some times the when the miner is restarted ..its not able to connect to pool and it goes into loop for retry after 10 seconds...there should be a limit for that..if that time limit is crossed the miner should restart again...

[crendore]

Claymore, i also noticed a small bug.  If you start the miner while the client is still syncing, it goes into a loop waiting for it to sync.  The moment it syncs the miner crashes.

[Claymore]

Claymore, i also noticed a small bug.  If you start the miner while the client is still syncing, it goes into a loop waiting for it to sync.  The moment it syncs the miner crashes.

I cannot reproduce it for some reason. During sync the wallet sends a lot of blocks to miner, it displays them, but with no error.

[Claymore]

v12.1 is available:

- Added "-r" option.
- Fixed some connectivity issues.

[crendore]

v12.1 is available:

- Added "-r" option.
- Fixed some connectivity issues.

Thanks for doing this, but it still crashes with "-r 1"

[csa1234]

v12.1 is available:

- Added "-r" option.
- Fixed some connectivity issues.

Thanks for doing this, but it still crashes with "-r 1"

try setting:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 85
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

[crendore]

v12.1 is available:

- Added "-r" option.
- Fixed some connectivity issues.

Thanks for doing this, but it still crashes with "-r 1"

try setting:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 85
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

Thanks for the tip.  Still crashes. i'm at a loss. just keep mining with 11 i guess.

[csa1234]

i have been mining primecoin with 5 x 290x GPU and after 6 days of mining this was my results:

day 1: 8 blocks
day 2: 5 blocks
day 3: 5 blocks
day 4: 4 blocks
day 5: 1 block
day 6: 1 block (today)

anyone else having this kind of low block performance too?

[crendore]

i have been mining primecoin with 5 x 290x GPU and after 6 days of mining this was my results:

day 1: 8 blocks
day 2: 5 blocks
day 3: 5 blocks
day 4: 4 blocks
day 5: 1 block
day 6: 1 block (today)

anyone else having this kind of low block performance too?

I've noticed in msi afterburner that the cards don't always run at 100% after a while.  I think its  a bug in the miner. i just reboot the miner every couple hours with the batch script i posted earlier in this thread.