Topic: [1050 TH] BitMinter.com [1% PPLNS,Pays TxFees +MergedMining,Stratum,GBT,vardiff] - page 176. (Read 837101 times)

I've been running 10 USB sticks constantly, I've noticed my balance hasn't changed in the last 14hrs, why is this? Thanks!

I cranked up my Avalon a bit, maybe the extra few watts will find us a block

There seem to be a compatibility problem with bitminter and the latest cgminer 3.3.3 version. I keep getting this message from bitminter pool:

[2013-08-13 00:00:38] Rejected 9357ed29 Diff 1/1 GPU 0 pool 0 (Extranonce2_size violated)

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2922124

I tried my client against Slush pool. cgminer 3.3.3 is fine with the other pool.

No kidding! 

The luck today blows...Somebody save us!

philipma1957, could you re-post this setup info in the USB hub thread as well:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/which-usb-hub-to-use-with-block-erupters-nanofury-nf1-bpmc-red-fury-ant-u1-253749
Many will find it useful

forgot a good trick for counting sticks.
start 3
skip 3
start 3
skip 3     

3 sticks = 1gh

6 sticks = 2gh

9 sticks = 3gh 

12 sticks = 4gh   


After playing with gear tonight I am now running 80 sticks on 1 machine.

   the first piece of gear is this

http://usb.brando.com/usb-20-port-hub_p03123c039d015.html 

it will run 10 sticks and 6 hubs of 10 sticks so that is 70 sticks 


 I have 6 of these plugged int the above 20 port gear I have the other 4 ports empty. I use the better power brick. I linked to.

http://www.amazon.com/Aitech-Adapter-backward-Compatible-aluminum/dp/B009NESU4M/ref=pd_cp_pc_1


   I use this mobo

http://www.amazon.com/LGA1155-USB3-0-Mini-ITX-Motherboard-Z77E-ITX/dp/B007RS71O6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1376277717&sr=1-1&keywords=asrock+z77+itx 

 I plug into the 2 usb 2.0 jacks in back of the board.  So that is 70 sticks.

 I plugged 2  of these 7 port  hubs

 http://www.amazon.com/ViewHD-Professional-Premium-Quality-Chipset/dp/B00B59BFVI/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1376277811&sr=1-2&keywords=viewhd+7+port

 I use the 2 back usb 3.0 ports   I can only use 14 usb 3 sticks with this board so I use the 2x 7 port hubs...


I am at 80 sticks but I could run 4 more for sure or 84 sticks..

I think that is the max on this mobo due to hub limits. 


Still 80 sticks and 320 watts with the screen turned off is a money maker for now.

Setup for a lot of sticks is tricky. 

What is your pc? (mobo if it is diy)

What are your hubs? 

 most hubs have an inadequate power brick. 
 A 10 port hub is better off with a 12v 6 amp brick.
 No hub comes with that brick. 
most 10 port hubs have a 12 volt 4 amp or a 12 volt 5 amp brick.  I tested a shit load of hubs.

  the best one in terms of  stock brick watts to ports is this one

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B59BFVI/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1  it has a 12 volt 4 amp brick or 48 watt to 7 port or 6.857 watts to 1 port


here is one with 10 ports and the same brick

http://www.amazon.com/Aitech-Adapter-backward-Compatible-aluminum/dp/B009NESU4M/ref=sr_1_1_m?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1376240347&sr=1-1&keywords=orico+usb+3.0

 so that  is 48 watts by 10 or 4.8 watts a port.     


   next is a root hub rule   what the f is that rule  simple chaining of ports has a limit of 5 hubs

   1st hub is the plug

2nd hub is  the first hub you attach >>>>>>>>>>>> lets say 10 jacks - 1 to chain  = 9

3rd hub is the hub you plug into the first  hub lets say 10 jacks - 1 to chain  = 9

 4th hub is the one that plugs into that  lets say 10 jacks - 1 to chain = 9 


 5th hub would be the one that plugs in to the fourth 10 jacks = 10 total of 37 sticks to one plug    may not do this depends on your mobo may only do 3 hubs or 9 + 9 =10 = 28 to a jack


   I did find a good brick for the 10 port hubs


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VE7GQQ/ref=oh_details_o05_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


 has more available power for a 10 port hub.


  so let us say   you have 6x  10 port hubs  with better bricks then stock.  you get a 56 stick pc.

  restart is power off via the screen power button lower left windows screen.   turn off all hubs.  then boot back.  once the windows screen comes up power on all the hubs.

then call bitminter up via windows 7 using  the explorer  browser sign in  go to the bitminter button engine start press it. click the accept for the risk question then wait for the 56 sticks to come up.  takes me about 10 minutes to do 84 sticks on 2 machines

Looks like you set up a backup pool which is down. That's not a bitminter server.

Holy my fellow bitcoin amigos,

Total bit n00b here using a jalapeno with BFG Miner. I'm using stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333 and keep getting this error every minute or so:
[2013-08-10 11:48:21] HTTP request failed: Failed connect to 176.31.208.222:9332; Connection refused
[2013-08-10 11:48:21] HTTP request failed: Failed connect to 176.31.208.222:9332; Connection refused
[2013-08-10 11:48:21] Stratum connect failed to pool 2: Failed connect to 176.31.208.222:9332; Connection refused

Everything else is working perfectly, this just seems to be slightly decreasing my hash rate. Does anyone know what could be causing this? It seems like most of my activity is through pool 0.

Edit: nvm, this appears to be due to my software instead of on BitMinter's end in any way - glad to be part of the family!

Does the device disappear from the client? That happens if the COM port the device is on disappears, for example if you unplug the device. If so, rescanning might help, to get it back again. If the hashrate just drops to zero and stays there, maybe it is because of the device not working properly.

Do you see any error messages in the log when these things happen? That's the text area near the bottom of the window.

If the block erupter is being fed lots of work but not finding any proofs of work for a while then the client will run a test to see whether it is still functional. It sends it work from which the device should return a known proof of work. If this is not happening or the proof of work is wrong it will try again a few times before giving up on the device. If that happens it means the device is consistently giving wrong results or not responding at all and something is wrong.

http://www.reddit.com/r/bitminter/comments/1c8oiq/troubleshooting_bitminter_client_startup_problems/

Sometimes I see hash rate drop a little, sometimes entirely.  When entirely happens it takes ages to get the miners up and running again.

I have tried all settings, I actually don't think this function works of rescanning either manually or automatically in the settings.

Another useful feature would be to count connected miners as when this happens I have to manually count them each time to see if connected.

Any help on this truly appreciated.  I'm on Win 7 running latest Bitminter.

Great news doc!  I'm happy to help test.

I'm currently working on idle worker notifications. Will post here when I get a little further and need testers.

No, but I broke a 3hr 33min drought.  It was about 22 hrs ago.

was it you who broke our 6-hour drought?

I just joined the pool yesterday after plugging in my 4 module Batch 3 Avalon... let's mint some coins.

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Are you saying that if there is a problem fetching work from the server, then you have to reboot the computer to get BitMinter client hashing on your block erupters again? It should just start hashing again after it is able to get new work.

Have you tried setting automatic rescanning of the ports every minute or so? Does that help? I mean, instead of restarting the client to detect more devices.

USB miners are really only for hobby miners.  Unless you have 50+.

I have over 40 ASICMINER block Eruptors, and I often have to reboot several times, and restart the Bitminter client and I have to turn off the ASICMINERS and then back on again.  It sometimes take me an hour to get all the ASICMINER to hash.  I was wondering if I was the only one too.  I don't know what the right combination is because sometime it works one way, and then the next time it doesn't.  So I start over, and try different combinations to get it to work.  I found watching the lights on the anker hubs is a good clue.  You have to watch them cycle through their boot sequence and then watch the client.  If it only finds 4 to 5 of them.  I stop the client, and restart it.  then sometimes it only finds 4 and then I do it again.  Then I try turning off the Ankers and back on again, and wait for all the lights to stop.  Then I start the client again.  Then Sometimes, I still have to reboot.  But once all of the chips start hashing it works.  Then I go through it all over again when the site goes down.  Re-scanning ports has never worked for me. I hate it when it tells me no ports found.  I've plugged in just one extra ASICMINER, and then they all stop talking. Or I get a 500 error, site not available. And at that point there is nothing you can do is but reboot.  But then you have to keep trying till it finds all the miners, and it usually takes me an hour to get it to work again.  I'm afraid eventually, rebooting over and over will eventually break this computer.     

But I think ASICMINERS will be a thing of the past real soon.   TH are being added by the hundreds making our piece of the pie to small to be profitable.