App which shutting down PC automatically if gpu temp reach a certain value

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Quote from: BCMan on January 19, 2012, 05:16:46 PM

cgminer supports phatk2? I'm getting best results with it. Sorry for noob question, but what's failover pools?

phatk2 is integrated in cgminer.
Failover pool is that you can define multiple pools. If one pool fails, for whatever reason, like when it comes under DDOS attack or whatever, cgminer switches to the next pool. Or you can even revert to solo mining if all your pools are down, just configure localhost as one of your pools.

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Quote from: P4man on January 19, 2012, 04:36:26 PM

Quote from: BCMan on January 19, 2012, 01:02:59 PM

Btw CGminer can be used as just temp control tool in addition to Phoenix?

Dont think so. But there are other reasons to consider it as your miner app, like failover pools.

cgminer supports phatk2? I'm getting best results with it. Sorry for noob question, but what's failover pools?

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Quote from: BCMan on January 19, 2012, 01:02:59 PM

Btw CGminer can be used as just temp control tool in addition to Phoenix?

Dont think so. But there are other reasons to consider it as your miner app, like failover pools.

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Quote from: Remember remember the 5th of November on January 19, 2012, 05:22:07 AM

Yes, I made on myself. First it will(depending on the miner, in my case it's cgminer) request via RPC to stop the offending thread. Should it fail, it will kill the miner altogether. It will then bench if the temp is still going above the threshold, in which case it will shutdown the PC.

It also detects FAN failure, and immediately shutdowns PC should it stop, or decrease below 700RPM.

I've posted this a few times actually, and before I realized it, I was bragging Tongue

Of course, it is for Windows only.

Sounds great, where I can get it?

Quote from: P4man on January 19, 2012, 05:56:18 AM

cgminer has built-in temperature and fan control.
I dont think it can shutdown the rig, but it will control fan speeds to maintain a desired temperature, decrease clocks automagically if temps exceed a given treshold and stop the GPU altogether if it exceeds another treshold.

Btw CGminer can be used as just temp control tool in addition to Phoenix?

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Quote from: Kluge on January 19, 2012, 06:09:25 AM

At least ASUS 5850s I have shutdown automatically. I had a particular box with poor airflow during summer, and whenever the primary card hit 100*C, it'd immediately shut off. There was no garbage, the miners acted normally -- the primary card (which was hottest) immediately spun down and stopped updating the monitor. I guess it could've just been the settings becoming screwy when it throttled down.

Ive had a reference 5850 that due to a bug got fed 1.65V for an hour or so. It kept mining during that time even though the GPU was throtteling at 100C and the VRMs were cooking at 130+C. I do know it was throttled because I got like 50 MH/s instead of 350+. No shutdown. So I wouldnt count on it.

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Quote from: P4man on January 19, 2012, 06:03:28 AM

Quote from: Kluge on January 19, 2012, 05:59:56 AM

fwiw, most GPUs auto-shutdown once they reach a particularly unsafe operating temperature - usually exactly @ 100*C.

No, they throttle, they dont shutdown.
And 100C is way above what I consider safe.

At least ASUS 5850s I have shutdown automatically. I had a particular box with poor airflow during summer, and whenever the primary card hit 100*C, it'd immediately shut off. There was no garbage, the miners acted normally -- the primary card (which was hottest) immediately spun down and stopped updating the monitor. I guess it could've just been the settings becoming screwy when it throttled down.

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Quote from: Remember remember the 5th of November on January 19, 2012, 06:02:53 AM

And CGminer's auto fan and clock control, didn't work for me.

Then you didnt configure it right. It works perfectly. I use it on one rig to maintain maximum clock for a given noise level (fixed fan speed) and temperature. cgminer varies the clock to meet those, and will shut down the GPU when it cant. On my other rigs its set to vary fan speed to maintain temperatures at a fixed clock speed. And you can combine that. Its pretty awesome really

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Quote from: Kluge on January 19, 2012, 05:59:56 AM

fwiw, most GPUs auto-shutdown once they reach a particularly unsafe operating temperature - usually exactly @ 100*C.

No, they throttle, they dont shutdown.
And 100C is way above what I consider safe.

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Quote from: Kluge on January 19, 2012, 05:59:56 AM

fwiw, most GPUs auto-shutdown once they reach a particularly unsafe operating temperature - usually exactly @ 100*C.

Most people wouldn't want to go there. And CGminer's auto fan and clock control, didn't work for me.

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fwiw, most GPUs auto-shutdown once they reach a particularly unsafe operating temperature - usually exactly @ 100*C.

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cgminer has built-in temperature and fan control.
I dont think it can shutdown the rig, but it will control fan speeds to maintain a desired temperature, decrease clocks automagically if temps exceed a given treshold and stop the GPU altogether if it exceeds another treshold.

Remember remember the 5th of November

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Yes, I made on myself. First it will(depending on the miner, in my case it's cgminer) request via RPC to stop the offending thread. Should it fail, it will kill the miner altogether. It will then bench if the temp is still going above the threshold, in which case it will shutdown the PC.

It also detects FAN failure, and immediately shutdowns PC should it stop, or decrease below 700RPM.

I've posted this a few times actually, and before I realized it, I was bragging Tongue

Of course, it is for Windows only.

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And also drop frequency of gpu to minimal before shutting it down. Such soft exists? I don't want to burn with my OCed gpu if something will go wrong while I'm sleeping.

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