HELP! My gridseed Miner won't mine bitcoins

[NobleSkyFighter]

Hello,

Recently I got the Gridseed 5 chip miner. I set it all up and followed the instructions from various websites. But the problem here is that my Gridseed Miner won't start mining.

I'm using cgminer and have already tried other miner softwares without any luck.

This is the only thing that happens after 5-10 minutes:


 cgminer version 3.8.5 - Started: [2015-02-13 17:23:33]
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 (5s):11.93G (avg):11.88Gh/s | A:0  R:0  HW:1  WU:0.0/m
 ST: 2  SS: 0  NB: 2  LW: 2071  GF: 0  RF: 0
 Connected to stratum.bitcoin.cz diff 8 with stratum as user NobleSkyFighter.wor

 v3.8.5.20140210.02
 [2015-02-13 17:23:30] GridSeed: recv thread running, GridSeed_Recv/0
 [2015-02-13 17:23:30] GridSeed: send thread running, GridSeed_Send/0
 [2015-02-13 17:23:30] Create LTC proxy on 3350/UDP for 2:3(0)
 [2015-02-13 17:23:30] GridSeed device opened on 2:3
 [2015-02-13 17:23:30] Probing for an alive pool
 [2015-02-13 17:23:32] Switching pool 0 http://api.bitcoin.cz:8332 to stra
p://stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
 [2015-02-13 17:23:33] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 32
 [2015-02-13 17:23:33] Network diff set to 44.5G
 [2015-02-13 17:24:13] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 8
 [2015-02-13 17:24:13] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2015-02-13 17:34:47] Stratum from pool 0 detected new block

Any help appreciated.

[1714878325]

1714878325

[NobleSkyFighter]

Still need help with this :/

[dsattler]

Still need help with this :/

Please try to loosen the screws of the cooler. I once had a 5-chip-miner and fastened the screws too much and it didn't mine.

If that doesn't help, try it on a different computer. Maybe there is some trouble with the usb connection. AFAIR there are mining programs which need usb drivers and others don't. Switching from one type to the other can be a problem, because you have to deinstall the drivers first.

Good luck!

[needmoney]

Isn't gridseed mine scrypt ?
Bitcoin algoritm is sha-256

[NobleSkyFighter]

Still need help with this :/

Please try to loosen the screws of the cooler. I once had a 5-chip-miner and fastened the screws too much and it didn't mine.

If that doesn't help, try it on a different computer. Maybe there is some trouble with the usb connection. AFAIR there are mining programs which need usb drivers and others don't. Switching from one type to the other can be a problem, because you have to deinstall the drivers first.

Good luck!

I've tried both without luck. But it works perfectly fine when I try to mine Scrypt coins?

Isn't gridseed mine scrypt ?
Bitcoin algoritm is sha-256

You should be able to mine both Litecoins and Bitcoins, although I've only made it to work on Scrypt.

[pazsion]

yea i have the same issue...cgminer is set to sha, and the only instance open,   loads the device, loads the pool..then tells me the pool is wrong....cgminer also crashes.

i have not installed the zadig drivers as they should not be needed in linux. linux will assign the port correctly, but windows has imposed limitations.

I would much rather use bfgminer for both sha and scrypt. much faster with less cpu load. and i can load cpu+gpu+asic's in both sha and scrypt.

so far no luck with this gridseed, most miners i found are built with scrypt only.

[pazsion]

cpuminer-gc3355 (v1.0e) - Started: [2015-02-23 11:57:51]
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 (2s) | 0.00/0.13 MH/s | A: 0 R: 0 HW: 13
 Connected to us1.bitminter.com:3333 diff 4 with stratum as user pazsion.pazsion
================================================================================
 GSD 0: 8D73487E5654 | 970 MHz | 0.0/128.5 KH/s | A: 0 R: 0 H: 13

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 [2015-02-23 11:57:51] Starting Stratum on http://us1.bitminter.com:3333
 [2015-02-23 11:57:51] 0: GC3355 chip mining thread started, in SINGLE mode
 [2015-02-23 11:57:51] 0: Open device /dev/ttyACM0
 [2015-02-23 11:57:51] Stratum detected new block
 [2015-02-23 11:57:51] New Job_id: bc8d-e9 Diff: 16 Work_id: 5c0f2caf
 [2015-02-23 11:57:51] Stratum detected new block
 [2015-02-23 11:57:51] New Job_id: bc8d-27a Diff: 4 Work_id: 5c0f3b3a
 [2015-02-23 11:57:52] 0: Firmware version: 0x13011401
 [2015-02-23 11:57:52] 0: GC3355 5-chip USB-Mini Miner detected
 [2015-02-23 11:57:52] 0: Set GC3355 core frequency to 970Mhz
 [2015-02-23 11:58:13] New Job_id: bc8e-1e Diff: 4 Work_id: 5c0f3b3a

and bfgminer in scrypt still sees the gridseed and reports khs for each of the 5 chips.   waiting to se if it sends work

[NoahWL1]

I've never used a gridseed, but I'm guessing there's some sort of switch, button, or something that you have to switch over between scrypt, sha256, or both simultaneously.  Have you looked around the  miner?  Is there any hidden-away tiny little switch?

EDIT:  Possible try following "Part 4" of this guide?: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=494625.0

[sirslayer]

i have a few gridseed and if you want to mine btc and ltc at the same time , this link is useful and do exactly with the instructions..   i got my setup to work and it will cause overheating issue if not dealt with..   


http://cryptomining-blog.com/1254-how-to-mine-both-btc-and-ltc-on-gridseed-5-chip-gc3355-asic/


and my btc donation address ....       181Kwk1fLLLiEYXPyBGH6kTJsvReDGnuVL

[NobleSkyFighter]

I've never used a gridseed, but I'm guessing there's some sort of switch, button, or something that you have to switch over between scrypt, sha256, or both simultaneously.  Have you looked around the  miner?  Is there any hidden-away tiny little switch?

EDIT:  Possible try following "Part 4" of this guide?: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=494625.0

There's no switch around the miner, only the lights, Mini-USB and the Power slot.

i have a few gridseed and if you want to mine btc and ltc at the same time , this link is useful and do exactly with the instructions..   i got my setup to work and it will cause overheating issue if not dealt with..   


http://cryptomining-blog.com/1254-how-to-mine-both-btc-and-ltc-on-gridseed-5-chip-gc3355-asic/


and my btc donation address ....       181Kwk1fLLLiEYXPyBGH6kTJsvReDGnuVL

The problem I still have is that I can't mine bitcoins with it, putting the miner on DUAL mode didn't make any difference. Although I don't think the gridseed is totally broken because it can mine Litecoins.

[wondermike]

Hi, I'm having the same issue - see my post in that thread:
bitcointalk.org: LightningAsic usb miners based Gridseed GC3355 Tech Support Thread
Maybe it IS broken for the BTC part?
Regards
wondermike

[wondermike]

...replying to my own problem:
https://github.com/gridseed/usb-miner
contains a cgminer version that jus runs fine with gridseed 

[sirslayer]

maybe your not using zdiag correctly???  thats the only way I can get my setup to do BTC..