also, i have this error coming up when tying to run Bminer.
Initialize diagnostics (40)
Starting Diagnostics (30s). Awesome Miner Remote Agent version: 6.9.1
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit
nVidia driver version: 431.60
nVidia OpenCL Platform ID: 0
Microsoft VC++ 2013 runtime installed: Yes
Microsoft VC++ 2015 runtime installed: Yes
Starting Mining Software
Setting up Miner Engine. Instance: 1
Engine Type: BMiner, Auto Download: True, EnginePath: , Subtype: Disabled, CustomExecutable:
Set clocking start profile: 25, 1060 core (when stopping, the following will be used: 12, type: Single, Use: True)
Properties: (WindowMode: ConsoleFormat, EngineType: BMiner, IsProfitMiner: False)
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C:\Users\miner\AppData\Roaming\AwesomeMinerService\bminer-v15.8.3-fc8dae9-amd64_1\bminer-v15.8.3-fc8dae9\bminer.exe -watchdog=false -uri beamhash2://@beamv2.usa-new.nicehash.com:3378 -api=0.0.0.0:4028
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Mining Engine Process started, PID: 2568
> [INFO] [2019-08-21T11:25:10+10:00] Bminer: When Crypto-mining Made Fast (v15.8.3-fc8dae9)
> [INFO] [2019-08-21T11:25:10+10:00] Detecting platform
> [FATA] [2019-08-21T11:25:17+10:00] CudaError: Unknown error: c:\windows\system32\nvapi64.dll
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Unexpected exit of mining software. Possible cause: Incorrect configuration or crashing software
Diagnostics completed
i have a fresh install of 431.60 drivers, done as a clean install.
other mining software is working fine, just no OC.
EDIT: after downgrading to 425.31, bminer still crashes for me with another error, so i'm thinking this one is a rig issue. however, the error while on 431.60 didn't go away when going up to 436.02(latest), so it might help with the OC issue...
Hi,
The first issue you reported indicates that it was some nVidia driver issue - as Bminer failed to use one of the main DLL-files for the drivers.
> [FATA] [2019-08-21T11:25:17+10:00] CudaError: Unknown error: c:\windows\system32\nvapi64.dll
If Bminer fails to initialize the nVidia drivers it may very well cause the overclocking via Awesome Miner to fail for the same reason.
After you downgraded the nVidia driver, you said that you got another error message - what is the error message you get from Bminer in this case? As you pointed out - it sounds like some driver issues specific to this rig.