So, if r9 290 started at different time, have the same problem at the same time, and if the problem occurs on linux and windows, there are not many options.
but first :
the commun point can be the driver.
Didi you try another darkcoin pool ?
Did you try another driver ?
Did you try to start a card, waith for the drop, then start another card ? (it can be interesting to see results)
I've tried a few pools . . all mpos. Maybe i'll try p2pool and check results.
As for the driver, boubou uses the beta driver while i use the most recent stable release . . so I don't think it's that.
I'll also give a shot at the third thing you said . . but could you clear it up? Should I start the card on the same computer or should I start the card on a different computer?
I think you mean try on the same computer, because it might mean something if one mines at full speed and one mines at reduced speed. Thanks for the idea - hadn't thought about this!
Yes of course, on the same computer.
Did you mean you have a loss in hashrate on different computer at the same time too ?? (and then, it's an internet conexion problem or siomething like that)
also, please post your command line
Yes, all five computers have a drop in hashrate from 2.3/2.4m# to 2.0/2.1m# at times localized to each computer. If it start comp 1 before comp 2 . . comp 1 will drop at one time and then comp 2 will drop at another time after comp 1. I don't have this problem when using cgminer, vertminer, and didn't have this problem w/ sgminer mining scrypt or n-scrypt . . only mining darkcoin.
I can't say for sure that the time the drop occurs happens after 10 minutes or two hours . . because when I first did this it happened after 10-20 minutes but my most recent config change it's now two hours . . so I'm leaning toward probably something with the config even though I've already tried many.
The most recent change I'm trying I dropped the TC down to 15000. It's only been going for about 30 mins now so I can't say for sure if that will work. Gonna wait at least 24 hours to call it . . but I've still got 3 other computers to try things out on (going to try a bios change for one of them).
Here is my config:
"xintensity" : "555",
"kernel" : "darkcoin",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"thread-concurrency" : "32765",
"gpu-engine" : "947",
"gpu-fan" : "60",
"gpu-memclock" : "1250",
"gpu-powertune" : "0",
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"temp-cutoff" : "99",
"temp-overheat" : "95",
"temp-target" : "85",
"expiry" : "1",
"failover-only" : true,
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"log" : "5",
"queue" : "0",
"scan-time" : "1",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}