13.4 WHQL Drivers - What did they do for you?

BadPenny

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Quote from: Searinox on May 24, 2013, 11:14:47 AM

13.4 caused my BFGminer to immediately crash upon startup regardless of which version I used, and the problem to persist even if I tried to reinstall 13.1. As it turns out, it corrupts the OpenCL, and forced me
to find a pretty cumbersome solution* to the problem.

*corrected link Wink

Quote from: Searinox on May 23, 2013, 11:42:02 AM

EDIT:

Fixed. I am leaving this here for those who end up having my issue.

-Uninstall all ATI software.
-Restart.
-Create a batch file with the following and run it:

@C:
@cd C:\Windows\System32
del SlotMaximizerAg.dll
del SlotMaximizerBe.dll
del amdocl64.dll
del OpenCL.dll
del OpenVideo64.dll
del OVDecode64.dll
@Cd C:\Windows\SysWOW64
del SlotMaximizerAg.dll
Del SlotMaximizerBe.dll
del amdocl.dll
del OpenCL.dll
del OpenVideo.dll
del OVDecode.dll
@rmdir C:\ProgramData\AMD\KDB /S /Q

-Reinstall ATI 13.1 drivers.

Does this fix work for cgminer as well? I had the same exact issue when I tried upgrading/switching drivers. I'm guessing that the answer is yes, since BFGminer is built from cgminer code?

BadPenny

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Quote from: JimmyFL on April 26, 2013, 05:35:53 AM

The only rule U should respect:
NEVER touch a WORKING system

I'm mining with CGgminer 2.11.4 + 13.1 drivers, and everything is working good, so no update for me Wink

I agree! I tried 13.1 and 13.4 last night; both introduced all kinds of problems/weirdness in my setup. The most stable combination for me has been cgminer 3.1.1 + Catalyst 12.8.

'If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.' → official motto of the United States government, not a Bitcoin miner.

notaek

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The new drivers work well for me. If you don't game and you current drivers are working then there isn't really any reason for you to update them. One thing that can occur with any AMD driver update is the corruption of the OpenCL kernel as some other users are reporting. This has happened to me too but a quick Google search was all it took to figure out how to fix it.

Searinox

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13.4 caused my BFGminer to immediately crash upon startup regardless of which version I used, and the problem to persist even if I tried to reinstall 13.1. As it turns out, it corrupts the OpenCL, and forced me
to find a pretty cumbersome solution to the problem.

crashoveride54902

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Quote from: JimmyFL on April 26, 2013, 05:35:53 AM

The only rule U should respect:
NEVER touch a WORKING system

I'm mining with CGgminer 2.11.4 + 13.1 drivers, and everything is working good, so no update for me Wink

yes i've quickly learned that from the past...the only reason my machines go down now is to kill the dust bunnies...was having alot of downtime cause i was playing around with clocks...now i just use a known stable clock n let it hash Cheesy

JimmyFL

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The only rule U should respect:
NEVER touch a WORKING system

I'm mining with CGgminer 2.11.4 + 13.1 drivers, and everything is working good, so no update for me Wink

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Took 94,179,328 bytes of my hdd space.

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Quote from: crazyates on April 24, 2013, 08:12:48 PM

I just updated my drivers to 13.4, and CGMiner can't compile some of the .cl kernels into .bin files. Specifically: poclbm, phatk, and diakgcn all work, but diablo and scrypt do not. Program just crashes with no error message, but with -D -T --verbose, it is during the kernel compile portion.

Gigabyte 7970
Win8x64
13.4 drivers
OpenCL 1.2 <1124.4>
CGMiner 3.0.1

Doesn't affect me much, as poclbm gives me the best results, but I figured I'd let you know.

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previse

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Quote from: crazyates on April 24, 2013, 07:42:42 PM

Quote from: crazyates on April 24, 2013, 07:41:27 PM

Quote from: crazyates on April 24, 2013, 03:51:12 PM

I'll try it when I get home.

It updated my driver, but did not update the OpenCL Runtime. Said I was already up-to-date. CGMiner -n shows me as still having "OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP <1124.2>". I deleted my .bin files, and I'm still getting the exact same 722MH/s. I think I'm getting a few more graphic glitches than what I was getting before, but nothing serious, and it seems stable.

Win8x64
Gigabyte 7970 GHz Edition
CGMiner 2.11.4
1200/1050 clocks

Double quote Tongue

Me personally i don't mind it. I just reinstalled W7 over my previous W8. Dunno if it was that or the new drivers.

crazyates

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Quote from: crazyates on April 24, 2013, 07:41:27 PM

Quote from: crazyates on April 24, 2013, 03:51:12 PM

I'll try it when I get home.

It updated my driver, but did not update the OpenCL Runtime. Said I was already up-to-date. CGMiner -n shows me as still having "OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP <1124.2>". I deleted my .bin files, and I'm still getting the exact same 722MH/s. I think I'm getting a few more graphic glitches than what I was getting before, but nothing serious, and it seems stable.

Win8x64
Gigabyte 7970 GHz Edition
CGMiner 2.11.4
1200/1050 clocks

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Me personally; i was able to pump another 20 KH/s out of my 7970. Granted thats not anything extreme but hey; every bit counts.

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