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Topic: [Cast XMR] high speed XMR/CryptoNight miner for RX Vega GPUs (2 KHash/s) - page 93. (Read 206404 times)

newbie
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I am having an issue with Vega 56 crashing when trying to tweak as per the tutorial here: http://www.gandalph3000.com/cast_xmr/cast-xmr-optimized-cryptonight-miner-for-rx-vega/

I have the Vega "Blockchain" drivers installed (fresh install). If I try to use any of the settings bellow as per the tutorial, I will hash for no more than 3 or 4 minutes, my screen goes all pixelated, and Windows 10 crashes forcing me to reboot.

If I leave Cast running with "default" Vega settings, I am hashing at 1600H/s and its stable, but I obviously want to increase it if possible.

Settings I have tried without success:

1900 Hash/s with 150 watts power consumption

    Core Frequency: -10%
    Memory Clock: 945 MHz
    Power Limit: -22%

2000 Hash/s with 200 watts power consumption

    Core Frequency: -10%
    Memory Clock: 965 MHz
    Power Limit: 0

2050 Hash/s with 225 watts power consumption

    Core Frequency: -10%
    Memory Clock: 990 MHz
    Power Limit: +12%


Anyone have any ideas on how to properly tweak the Vega settings as I dont really have any experience on overclocking or undervolting GPU's.

Tx  Smiley

Try adding on the command of cast-xmr.exe: -I 2 --fastjobswitch

What does the command do for the card exactly?

That command should lower a little the intensity of the mining process, I still get a stable 1910H/s with that command

Ok, so I have now installed the Vega 64 BIOS and I'm running:

    Core Frequency: -10%
    Memory Clock: 1105 MHz
    Power Limit: +20%

And only getting an average of 1982 H/s @ 280W power usage. Seems like low hash rate for the settings with high power usage. GPU is sitting around 68C with 3300 RPM on the fan.

Is it nessesary to do the power-play hack to the registry in order to touch the 2050 H/s realm?
newbie
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My single STOCK Vega 56 gets 1940-1950 consistantly long-term, I've not bothered playing with the BIOS as I'm not sure how long it's going to be pointed at Monero mining and it doesn't NEED a modded BIOS for it's later "long-term" home.


more or less the same here. I cannot bother changing the BIOS, after talking about it, so I use OverdriveNTool with the settings I shared before, and it is incredibly stable now, both the program and the cards can be the entire day working at full speed, except if I get an internet connection error. Average hashrate of 6 Vega 56 is 11500H/s approx.

I really wanted to use this miner but it has a flaw… I’ve been using it for the past 3 weeks and I’ve been getting 10% submission errors… For now the XMR Stak is more stable for me with only 0.02% submission errors…

I’ve even tried using the —fastswitch feature but that lowers my hash rate by almost 200H\s per card… Plus, this one is 2% dev donation as opposed to Stak which is 1% and more stable…
which settings do you use? What's the speed of your Vega (56 or 64?) cards?

From personal experience, this program is slightly faster, and also more sensitive to changes or it pushes the Vegas a little more. If you have Vega 56 cards try to set them at 935MHz or slightly below, mining speed should be around 1920-1950 H/s, which is pretty good and they are 100% stable.

I've shown the settings I use before and I am getting 0 errors every 2 hours. This is a screenshot after exactly 1 hour (59 minutes 20 seconds) of mining:

https://s14.postimg.org/gdrowawfl/Untitled4.png

I have 3 Vegas 64 on that specific rig, all have 1100Mhz power table.

GPU section:

State 6: 1212Mhz - 900mV
State 7: 1407Mhz - 905mV

Memory Section:

State 3: 1100Mhz - 900mV

https://imgur.com/a/fOnKZ
nice numbers.. At which speed does XMR Kast mine?

I have no experience with the Vega 64, but for the looks of it, you might need to find the sweet spot for your Vega 64, MHz wise. Vega 56 sweet spot is around 930-935MHz, again, from personal experience, this might differ.

At anything above 940MHz, if I set a Vega as the main GPU, everything seems normal in your OS' desktop, but then after doing something as simple as using GPU-Z to check stats, screen artefacts start to show everywhere on the screen, like when you overclocked a card too much.

Using Cast XMR alone seems fine, though, your OS' desktop won't show artefacts and the cards will be running, BUT I got random hangs so I used a 10 minutes timer to restart Cast XMR and OnedriveNTool, and you get more errors. It's been 2 days the 6 Vega 56 rig is running stable and the difference is night and day, you can sleep well.

Also overclocking can lead to de-configuration of your card's settings, as if the card forget their own settings which you had set up at startup, and can get over 80º with the fan spinning at something like 1000rpm and be happy with it --this means the card can wear off and not last much.


Stak miner at the same speeds but I just noticed something that I haven’t noticed before.

The submission errors I get on Cast are the same I get on Stak when I mine on NanoPool

When I mine on Spacepool I have far less submission errors… But with Spacepool I don’t get what I am suppose to get (12.5ETN coins per hour)… I get a payout of roughly 7.5ETN per hour….
sr. member
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Been using fast job switch with the latest cast xmr release 0.8. I noticed that temps are up a bit and the average hash rate drops some due to the job changes. This latest versions, change to the kernel, mean the MEM seems to be working harder/hotter. However, I still get some outdated jobs on my 6 Vega 64 rig. Anyway I am still pulling .3 XMR every 3 days or so on the rig. I will check the rig an a couple days and see if anything changes.

Pool: 'gulf.moneroocean.stream:10128' | Connected: 2017-12-26 07:29:06]
  40:51:27 (100%) Online
  0:01:04 (  0%) Offline (3 Reconnects)

[Job: #422 | Difficulty: 335230 | Running: 50.0 sec | Avg Job Time: 320.3 sec]

[Hash Rate Avg: 11965.5 H/s]
  1997.1 H/s GPU0
  1997.4 H/s GPU1
  1996.9 H/s GPU2
  1996.5 H/s GPU3
  1980.5 H/s GPU4
  1997.2 H/s GPU5

[Shares Found: 5037 | Avg Search Time: 29.3 sec]
5021 (100%) Accepted
   0 (  0%) Rejected by pool
   0 (  0%) Invalid result computation failed
   2 (  0%) Could not be submit because of network error
  14 (  0%) Outdated because of job change
how do you get stats?
newbie
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Been using fast job switch with the latest cast xmr release 0.8. I noticed that temps are up a bit and the average hash rate drops some due to the job changes. This latest versions, change to the kernel, mean the MEM seems to be working harder/hotter. However, I still get some outdated jobs on my 6 Vega 64 rig. Anyway I am still pulling .3 XMR every 3 days or so on the rig. I will check the rig an a couple days and see if anything changes.

Pool: 'gulf.moneroocean.stream:10128' | Connected: 2017-12-26 07:29:06]
  40:51:27 (100%) Online
  0:01:04 (  0%) Offline (3 Reconnects)

[Job: #422 | Difficulty: 335230 | Running: 50.0 sec | Avg Job Time: 320.3 sec]

[Hash Rate Avg: 11965.5 H/s]
  1997.1 H/s GPU0
  1997.4 H/s GPU1
  1996.9 H/s GPU2
  1996.5 H/s GPU3
  1980.5 H/s GPU4
  1997.2 H/s GPU5

[Shares Found: 5037 | Avg Search Time: 29.3 sec]
5021 (100%) Accepted
   0 (  0%) Rejected by pool
   0 (  0%) Invalid result computation failed
   2 (  0%) Could not be submit because of network error
  14 (  0%) Outdated because of job change
sr. member
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J
it's not stable for me. went about 4 hours and crashed my whole system....

what are people lowering mem clock to fix this?
Up Volt a bit on cpu and bit more on mem
also
there is a whole string of other things you can check, i listed them all on my thread

ok thnx
member
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it's not stable for me. went about 4 hours and crashed my whole system....

what are people lowering mem clock to fix this?
Up Volt a bit on cpu and bit more on mem
also
there is a whole string of other things you can check, i listed them all on my thread
sr. member
Activity: 469
Merit: 250
J
it's not stable for me. went about 4 hours and crashed my whole system....

what are people lowering mem clock to fix this?
member
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My rigs would run fine for hours and then out of the blue Cast XMR hangs. I have JJs monitoring script running and because the values can be read from JSON it doesn't pick it up as a hang. Essentially the timestamp remains stagnant, bolded below, with no additional increments. Only solution is to force the Cast window closed and let the monitoring script restart the Cast cmd shell instance.

[16:36:35] GPU0 | 51°C | Fan 3245 RPM | 1913.2 H/s

I know I can modify the hash monitor script to do a check on the timestamp.

Anyone else seen this type of issue?


I have 2 rigs with the following config:
4GB Corsair RAM
ASUS Z270-a mobo
3 x Vega 56 stock bios, memclock at 920mhz for all
Yes, it happens to me too. For what I read, Asus Z270-a is not the best mobo to run Vegas. I'm changing it tomorrow. Will let you know if it get more stable.


I don't think it is a mobo issue. Will check the job # in JSON output to see if that be used to monitor freezes.

Anyone else seen this or worked around it?
Have you tried this fix from @Morgon ? It works wonders!!

Quote from: naazz on December 15, 2017, 03:03:00 PM
But sometime it just stop mining nothing appear in the console until i hit a enter or any key and it start back.


This typically occurs when you have your Windows Command Prompt windows enabled for 'Quick Edit', and you click the mouse inside the window to focus; but this tells the Command Prompt window that you want to quick copy content.

To fix: While the miner is running, click the Command Prompt icon, go to Properties, and unselect Quick Edit. Then go back to that menu, select Defaults, and uncheck it there so future windows apply this setting.

Yes I'm familiar with this and the issue I have is not Quick Edit related.

In the JSON monitoring the pool changes to "disconnected" yet I'm accessing the console over the network so it is not a network related issue. I use monerohash...gonna try supportxmr.
sr. member
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J
looks to be a tad better than STAK for me. nice job.

This miner is so worth it for me over STAK. even if the hashrates were the same, the fan noise is so much less with this miner. It was driving me absolutely crazy. I don't have a devoted room for my miners.
newbie
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hello! is there any way to run cast xmr miner with all available video cards? I have 5 cards so there is -G 0,1,2,3,4 parameter in config. Without -g miner uses only first card.
Sometimes system restarts and lose one or two card and miner could not launch after startup because it did not find one or two cards.
have you checked your raisers? You need to reinstall the drivers every time you plug a new card. This guide should help you out.

http://vega.miningguides.com/


I would like to clarify that I am not running risers in my system.  Two Vegas are plugged directly into the motherboard.  Therefore this is not a riser issue, nor does it have anything to do with disabling/enabling the cards using devcon.exe.   (Devcon will only detect one card out of two because Windows sees only one card).

I have followed this guide line by line...

Thanks for any help!
 
hmmmm could it be some kind of PCI 16x conflict, whatever that might be? I'd try using a riser connected to a PCI-E 1x slot....

In regards to what RIGED mentioned as stability the 6 Vega 56 mining rig is mining at 11500+H/s and 1200+ shares every 4 hours with 0 errors! It's been 3 days since I've found the much needed stability, it makes a hell of a difference, you can almost forget about the rig
member
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i have an asus B250mining with 6 VEGA64
and
MSI Z270 tomahawk with 6 VEGA64

both mining ETN on Nanopool using Cast XMR at 11988h/s each SUPER STABLE burning 2620W

there is a whole flurry of tweeks and tricks  on the OS and hardware and drivers one must obey to have a boring miner just running full speed 24/7
(i bet you still have candy crush on your windows OS dont you)

for wisdom read the thread of my path to the above stated result of 1200ETN EVERY DAY

hope it helps

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2549085.new#new

a stupid man doesnt learn from his mistakes
a smart man learns from his mistakes
a wise man learns from other peoples mistakes


thx for helpfull info, i will be a wise man, after reading Wink
member
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hello! is there any way to run cast xmr miner with all available video cards? I have 5 cards so there is -G 0,1,2,3,4 parameter in config. Without -g miner uses only first card.
Sometimes system restarts and lose one or two card and miner could not launch after startup because it did not find one or two cards.
have you checked your raisers? You need to reinstall the drivers every time you plug a new card. This guide should help you out.

http://vega.miningguides.com/


I would like to clarify that I am not running risers in my system.  Two Vegas are plugged directly into the motherboard.  Therefore this is not a riser issue, nor does it have anything to do with disabling/enabling the cards using devcon.exe.   (Devcon will only detect one card out of two because Windows sees only one card).

I have followed this guide line by line...

Thanks for any help!
 

read the mobo manual
maybe the one PCIe port nulls the other due to bus issues
read my thread for more tips
member
Activity: 182
Merit: 12
i have an asus B250mining with 6 VEGA64
and
MSI Z270 tomahawk with 6 VEGA64

both mining ETN on Nanopool using Cast XMR at 11988h/s each SUPER STABLE burning 2620W

there is a whole flurry of tweeks and tricks  on the OS and hardware and drivers one must obey to have a boring miner just running full speed 24/7
(i bet you still have candy crush on your windows OS dont you)

for wisdom read the thread of my path to the above stated result of 1200ETN EVERY DAY

hope it helps

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2549085.new#new

a stupid man doesnt learn from his mistakes
a smart man learns from his mistakes
a wise man learns from other peoples mistakes


newbie
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hello! is there any way to run cast xmr miner with all available video cards? I have 5 cards so there is -G 0,1,2,3,4 parameter in config. Without -g miner uses only first card.
Sometimes system restarts and lose one or two card and miner could not launch after startup because it did not find one or two cards.
have you checked your raisers? You need to reinstall the drivers every time you plug a new card. This guide should help you out.

http://vega.miningguides.com/


I would like to clarify that I am not running risers in my system.  Two Vegas are plugged directly into the motherboard.  Therefore this is not a riser issue, nor does it have anything to do with disabling/enabling the cards using devcon.exe.   (Devcon will only detect one card out of two because Windows sees only one card).

I have followed this guide line by line...

Thanks for any help!
 
newbie
Activity: 2
Merit: 0
hello! is there any way to run cast xmr miner with all available video cards? I have 5 cards so there is -G 0,1,2,3,4 parameter in config. Without -g miner uses only first card.
Sometimes system restarts and lose one or two card and miner could not launch after startup because it did not find one or two cards.


I have this exact same problem! 

To be more clear, I have 2x Vega 64 in my system - Cast Miner will sometimes crash randomly, which will cause windows to restart.  **Oddly, upon re-starting, Windows only detects 1 Vega card (not 2)**
I run a startup script (.bat file) as described in the earlier posts, and so my script automatically calls -G 0, 1 parameter in config.  Since only 1 card is detected, Cast Miner throws a user promt stating that only 1 card was detected.  As a result, my rig stalls because Cast Miner does not want to run with only 1 card.

It is very strange why Windows can sometimes boot with fewer cards detected than are actually plugged in.  What makes it even more strange is that rebooting Windows does not solve the problem, but shutting down (and rebooting) will let Windows properly detect 2 cards in the system.

In any case, the Windows detection problem likely has nothing to do with the Cast Miner itself - so i echo what Zachosan is saying above -

1)  Is there any way to run cast miner with all available video cards without having to specify -G 0, 1, ..., x (Again the reason we would like this is to let the rig come up gracefully with as many cards as detected by Windows after a reboot)
2)  Alternately, could the Developer please turn off "verbose mode" such that when Cast sees fewer cards than specified, the Cast Miner does not throw up a user prompt.  (If the cast miner sees less cards then specified, then simply indicate that fewer cards are detected, and keep running)


Anyone else who has run into this issue?

Thanks!



newbie
Activity: 126
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hello! is there any way to run cast xmr miner with all available video cards? I have 5 cards so there is -G 0,1,2,3,4 parameter in config. Without -g miner uses only first card.
Sometimes system restarts and lose one or two card and miner could not launch after startup because it did not find one or two cards.
have you checked your raisers? You need to reinstall the drivers every time you plug a new card. This guide should help you out.

http://vega.miningguides.com/
newbie
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hello! is there any way to run cast xmr miner with all available video cards? I have 5 cards so there is -G 0,1,2,3,4 parameter in config. Without -g miner uses only first card.
Sometimes system restarts and lose one or two card and miner could not launch after startup because it did not find one or two cards.
newbie
Activity: 126
Merit: 0
My rigs would run fine for hours and then out of the blue Cast XMR hangs. I have JJs monitoring script running and because the values can be read from JSON it doesn't pick it up as a hang. Essentially the timestamp remains stagnant, bolded below, with no additional increments. Only solution is to force the Cast window closed and let the monitoring script restart the Cast cmd shell instance.

[16:36:35] GPU0 | 51°C | Fan 3245 RPM | 1913.2 H/s

I know I can modify the hash monitor script to do a check on the timestamp.

Anyone else seen this type of issue?


I have 2 rigs with the following config:
4GB Corsair RAM
ASUS Z270-a mobo
3 x Vega 56 stock bios, memclock at 920mhz for all
Yes, it happens to me too. For what I read, Asus Z270-a is not the best mobo to run Vegas. I'm changing it tomorrow. Will let you know if it get more stable.


I don't think it is a mobo issue. Will check the job # in JSON output to see if that be used to monitor freezes.

Anyone else seen this or worked around it?
Have you tried this fix from @Morgon ? It works wonders!!

Quote from: naazz on December 15, 2017, 03:03:00 PM
But sometime it just stop mining nothing appear in the console until i hit a enter or any key and it start back.


This typically occurs when you have your Windows Command Prompt windows enabled for 'Quick Edit', and you click the mouse inside the window to focus; but this tells the Command Prompt window that you want to quick copy content.

To fix: While the miner is running, click the Command Prompt icon, go to Properties, and unselect Quick Edit. Then go back to that menu, select Defaults, and uncheck it there so future windows apply this setting.
member
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My rigs would run fine for hours and then out of the blue Cast XMR hangs. I have JJs monitoring script running and because the values can be read from JSON it doesn't pick it up as a hang. Essentially the timestamp remains stagnant, bolded below, with no additional increments. Only solution is to force the Cast window closed and let the monitoring script restart the Cast cmd shell instance.

[16:36:35] GPU0 | 51°C | Fan 3245 RPM | 1913.2 H/s

I know I can modify the hash monitor script to do a check on the timestamp.

Anyone else seen this type of issue?


I have 2 rigs with the following config:
4GB Corsair RAM
ASUS Z270-a mobo
3 x Vega 56 stock bios, memclock at 920mhz for all
Yes, it happens to me too. For what I read, Asus Z270-a is not the best mobo to run Vegas. I'm changing it tomorrow. Will let you know if it get more stable.


I don't think it is a mobo issue. Will check the job # in JSON output to see if that be used to monitor freezes.

Anyone else seen this or worked around it?
hero member
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Could someone post their exact .bat info please. I'm having hell with this miner. It will not connect to ANY pool, and I thought the .bat was correct.

cast_xmr-vega -S pool.supportxmr.com:5555 -u yourwallet -p x --nonicehash -G 0,1,2,3,4

--nonicehash is optional, -G will depend on the amount of cards you have. In my case, I have 5 cards.

Tried -S pool.supportxmr.com:5555 -u my cryptopia.address -p PC --nonicehash -G 0
Won't connect. My only guess is the disabled Windows security crap is still blocking the Cast miner.
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