Catalyst 13.4 screwed 7970, how to sort out?

tdslot

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Quote from: sikman on August 21, 2013, 08:04:52 AM

TDS

1. Your shaders 2048 is all wrong, those are for 7970 cards, 7950 is 1792
2. gpu-powertune, change it to 20
3. Lower intensity to 19

when you set your voltage from 1.250 down to 1.087 you need powertune to keep it stable

give that a try, if it dosent help let me know

1. I did. changed
2. I did. Also changed.
3. Also.

Now I have about on 3 cards 590kh/s is limit over I can't squeeze .

But with XFX7950 I can not under volt It's always keep voltage at:
0. Voltage 1.169
1. Voltage 1.250
2. Voltage 1.169

but in config I set vddc 1.087. I tryed with Trixx, Afterburner no of these program helps me to down voltage.

Maybe I need some different soft?

sikman

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Quote from: tdslot on August 20, 2013, 07:47:28 AM

Hello,

I have problem.

Who can help me?

I have mining rig hardware:

4x XFX7950 FX-795A-TDJC
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FXR2.0 motherboard
8GB RAM
CPU AMD FX8320 8x Cores 3.51 Ghz
PSU Lepa 1600W

Software:

Windows 7 SP1 x64
AMD Radeo HD drivers 13.4 x64
AMD SDK 2.7 x64
CGMINER 3.3.1

My cgminer.conf

Code:

"api-allow" : "W:127.0.0.1",
"api-listen" : true,
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"failover-only" : true,
"hotplug" : "5",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin",
"log" : "5",
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"rotate" : "10",
"scan-time" : "30",
"scrypt" : true,
"shares" : "0",
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-engine" : "0-1025",
"gpu-fan" : "0-100",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-memclock" : "1250",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0",
"gpu-powertune" : "0",
"gpu-vddc" : "1.087",
"intensity" : "20",
"temp-target" : "75",
"temp-overheat" : "88",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"vectors" : "1",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"shaders" : "2048",
"thread-concurrency" : "21712",
"no-pool-disable" : true

With this configuration 3x GPU cards running stable. But when I connect 4 card and run cgminer works very bad and turnoff motherboard. But PSU still running.

Who can help me with this problem? Maybe not impossible run rig with 4x GPU's? Maybe my configuration is wrong? Or I forget something to install?

Than you in advance,

TDS

TDS

1. Your shaders 2048 is all wrong, those are for 7970 cards, 7950 is 1792
2. gpu-powertune, change it to 20
3. Lower intensity to 19

when you set your voltage from 1.250 down to 1.087 you need powertune to keep it stable

give that a try, if it dosent help let me know

sikman

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OK try these settings for 7970 cards

change your -g 4 to -g 2

if that fails:

run "AMD Catalyst Un-install Utility" : http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/catalyst-uninstall-utility.aspx (reboot PC)

install 13.3beta3 drivers : http://www.guru3d.com/files_get/amd_catalyst_13_3_beta_2_download,1.html (reboot PC )

Batch file:
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://coinotron:3334 -u XXX -p XXX --auto-fan --temp-target 70 --gpu-engine 1044 --gpu-memclock 1500 --thread-concurrency 8192 -I 13 -g 2 -w 256

these settings above work for all my Gigabyte 7970 at a stable 710kh/s

or try your settings for the overclock

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://coinotron:3334 -u XXX -p XXX --auto-fan --temp-target 70 --gpu-engine 1130 --gpu-memclock 1550 --thread-concurrency 8192 -I 13 -g 2 -w 256

tdslot

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Quote from: Zanatos666 on August 20, 2013, 10:22:51 AM

With this config you should be able to run those cards, but the problem could be either something with Windows when connecting the 4th card. I believe I have seen posts on this.

But, it also could be a heat issue.If the cards are not breathing properly, then they are overheating, and your mining is getting shut down.

Hi,

Thought in first time about high temperatures, but XFX7950 its in design with high temperatures. I thought put on then water block but other mining rigs owners run this cards without problems and same setup. And other owners run more than 4 cards. Maybe this could be risers problems? Maybe I need change risers into powered?

Zanatos666

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Sometimes man, just sometimes.....

Quote from: tdslot on August 20, 2013, 07:47:28 AM

Hello,

I have problem.

Who can help me?

I have mining rig hardware:

4x XFX7950 FX-795A-TDJC
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FXR2.0 motherboard
8GB RAM
CPU AMD FX8320 8x Cores 3.51 Ghz
PSU Lepa 1600W

Software:

Windows 7 SP1 x64
AMD Radeo HD drivers 13.4 x64
AMD SDK 2.7 x64
CGMINER 3.3.1

My cgminer.conf

Code:

"api-allow" : "W:127.0.0.1",
"api-listen" : true,
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"failover-only" : true,
"hotplug" : "5",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin",
"log" : "5",
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"rotate" : "10",
"scan-time" : "30",
"scrypt" : true,
"shares" : "0",
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-engine" : "0-1025",
"gpu-fan" : "0-100",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-memclock" : "1250",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0",
"gpu-powertune" : "0",
"gpu-vddc" : "1.087",
"intensity" : "20",
"temp-target" : "75",
"temp-overheat" : "88",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"vectors" : "1",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"shaders" : "2048",
"thread-concurrency" : "21712",
"no-pool-disable" : true

With this configuration 3x GPU cards running stable. But when I connect 4 card and run cgminer works very bad and turnoff motherboard. But PSU still running.

Who can help me with this problem? Maybe not impossible run rig with 4x GPU's? Maybe my configuration is wrong? Or I forget something to install?

Than you in advance,

TDS

With this config you should be able to run those cards, but the problem could be either something with Windows when connecting the 4th card. I believe I have seen posts on this.

But, it also could be a heat issue.If the cards are not breathing properly, then they are overheating, and your mining is getting shut down.

tdslot

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Hello,

I have problem.

Who can help me?

I have mining rig hardware:

4x XFX7950 FX-795A-TDJC
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FXR2.0 motherboard
8GB RAM
CPU AMD FX8320 8x Cores 3.51 Ghz
PSU Lepa 1600W

Software:

Windows 7 SP1 x64
AMD Radeo HD drivers 13.4 x64
AMD SDK 2.7 x64
CGMINER 3.3.1

My cgminer.conf

Code:

"api-allow" : "W:127.0.0.1",
"api-listen" : true,
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"failover-only" : true,
"hotplug" : "5",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin",
"log" : "5",
"no-submit-stale" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"rotate" : "10",
"scan-time" : "30",
"scrypt" : true,
"shares" : "0",
"auto-fan" : true,
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-engine" : "0-1025",
"gpu-fan" : "0-100",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-memclock" : "1250",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0",
"gpu-powertune" : "0",
"gpu-vddc" : "1.087",
"intensity" : "20",
"temp-target" : "75",
"temp-overheat" : "88",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"vectors" : "1",
"worksize" : "256",
"lookup-gap" : "2",
"shaders" : "2048",
"thread-concurrency" : "21712",
"no-pool-disable" : true

With this configuration 3x GPU cards running stable. But when I connect 4 card and run cgminer works very bad and turnoff motherboard. But PSU still running.

Who can help me with this problem? Maybe not impossible run rig with 4x GPU's? Maybe my configuration is wrong? Or I forget something to install?

Than you in advance,

TDS

zyk0

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I haven't had a 7950 or 7970 to play with, but I generally need a much higher intensity for scrypt and have seen gains using less threads and smaller work sizes.

my 6970 & 5850s are at intensity 19 and 7770, 7790 & 6850s are at intensity 17

kjib

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Forgot to give approx #

GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT is at 100.
For SHA256 I have Core clock = 1160MHz, Memory clock = 1050 and everything else on default.
For scrypt I typically have Core clock = 1130MHz, Memory clock = 1550 and -I 13 --shaders 2048 --thread-concurrency 8192 --lookup-gap 2 -g 4 -w 256

This gives around 400K# for scrypt and about 649M# for SHA256.

kjib

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Quote from: zyk0 on June 18, 2013, 05:28:29 PM

Quote from: kjib on June 18, 2013, 05:17:52 PM

zyk0, you are the winner. Let me have a TRC address if you'd like some coins.

On the downside, I am still not back up to full speed with scrypt mining (only about 400K when 6-700 sounds more like the norm). Any further suggestions on that one, (it's slower than it was before I installed 13.4 and now that's gone along with my KH Angry

).

Just glad I could get you 1/2 way there.
What's your worksize, gpu-thread-concurrency, engine&memory clocks, gpu-threads & intensity set to?
and is the GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT envrionment variable set to 100?

GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT is at 100.
For SHA256 I have Core clock = 1160MHz, Memory clock = 1050 and everything else on default.
For scrypt I typically have Core clock = 1130MHz, Memory clock = 1550 and -I 13 --shaders 2048 --thread-concurrency 8192 --lookup-gap 2 -g 4 -w 256

zyk0

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Quote from: kjib on June 18, 2013, 05:17:52 PM

zyk0, you are the winner. Let me have a TRC address if you'd like some coins.

On the downside, I am still not back up to full speed with scrypt mining (only about 400K when 6-700 sounds more like the norm). Any further suggestions on that one, (it's slower than it was before I installed 13.4 and now that's gone along with my KH Angry

).

Just glad I could get you 1/2 way there.
What's your worksize, gpu-thread-concurrency, engine&memory clocks, gpu-threads & intensity set to?
and is the GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT envrionment variable set to 100?

kjib

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Quote from: zyk0 on June 18, 2013, 04:43:09 PM

Try
a) deleting the .bin files from cgminer's directory (cached compiled opencl kernels)

b) making sure you have matching openCL drivers for version.

1) uninstalling Catalyst 13.1
2) manually deleting amdocl*.* from C:\Windows\System32 and if x64 C:\Windows\SYSWOW64\
3) reinstalling Catalyst 13.1

AMD likes to leave those files behind and not replace newer versions.

zyk0, you are the winner. Let me have a TRC address if you'd like some coins.

On the downside, I am still not back up to full speed with scrypt mining (only about 400K when 6-700 sounds more like the norm). Any further suggestions on that one, (it's slower than it was before I installed 13.4 and now that's gone along with my KH Angry

).

kjib

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Quote from: LordTheron on June 18, 2013, 04:57:25 PM

Do you have any errors or warnings in system or application logs?

No warnings etc, no.

In case anyone is getting excited about the offer of PP coins, sorry, it is Terra coins (TRC) that I have. I don't think there's a massive difference in value anyway....

LordTheron

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Do you have any errors or warnings in system or application logs?

kjib

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Quote from: zyk0 on June 18, 2013, 04:43:09 PM

Try
a) deleting the .bin files from cgminer's directory (cached compiled opencl kernels)

b) making sure you have matching openCL drivers for version.

1) uninstalling Catalyst 13.1
2) manually deleting amdocl*.* from C:\Windows\System32 and if x64 C:\Windows\SYSWOW64\
3) reinstalling Catalyst 13.1

AMD likes to leave those files behind and not replace newer versions.

I give that a go, thank you.

kjib

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I tried following the CGminer debug instructions which work but did not generate anything that means a lot to me:

Code:

cgminer_debug.exe caused an Access Violation at location 7564c9f1 Reading from location 00000000.

Registers:
eax=0028f198 ebx=02af200c ecx=0028f1a4 edx=02aa8a28 esi=02af1fe8 edi=00000000
eip=00000000 esp=0028f184 ebp=0028f19c iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010246

Call stack:
00000000
5209F938 amdocl.dll:5209F938
521CC76F amdocl.dll:521CC76F clGetSamplerInfo
521CCBFA amdocl.dll:521CCBFA clGetSamplerInfo
521CE190 amdocl.dll:521CE190 clGetSamplerInfo
521D614A amdocl.dll:521D614A clGetSamplerInfo
521D621A amdocl.dll:521D621A clGetSamplerInfo
521C5356 amdocl.dll:521C5356 clGetSamplerInfo
52198321 amdocl.dll:52198321 clIcdGetPlatformIDsKHR
654A1081 OpenCL.dll:654A1081
654A3F37 OpenCL.dll:654A3F37 clGetExtensionFunctionAddress
654A1219 OpenCL.dll:654A1219 clGetPlatformIDs
0043B6A0 cgminer_debug.exe:0043B6A0
0043A180 cgminer_debug.exe:0043A180
0041EE96 cgminer_debug.exe:0041EE96
004010B9 cgminer_debug.exe:004010B9 __mingw_CRTStartup crt1.c:244

00401284 cgminer_debug.exe:00401284 WinMainCRTStartup crt1.c:274

763B33AA kernel32.dll:763B33AA BaseThreadInitThunk
77CD9EF2 ntdll.dll:77CD9EF2 RtlInitializeExceptionChain
77CD9EC5 ntdll.dll:77CD9EC5 RtlInitializeExceptionChain

If it means something to you, let us know...

zyk0

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Try
a) deleting the .bin files from cgminer's directory (cached compiled opencl kernels)

b) making sure you have matching openCL drivers for version.

1) uninstalling Catalyst 13.1
2) manually deleting amdocl*.* from C:\Windows\System32 and if x64 C:\Windows\SYSWOW64\
3) reinstalling Catalyst 13.1

AMD likes to leave those files behind and not replace newer versions.

kjib

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Quote

Update to the latest version of cgminer, 3.2.2, see if that doesnt change something.

Same problem with 3.2.2 but thanks for the suggestion.

kjib

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I tried running CGMiner with verbose output and even without doing anything (I was doing this):

Code:

cgminer --benchmark -D --verbose 2>logfile.txt

this is the entire extent of the logfile:

Code:

[2013-06-18 21:13:10] Started cgminer 3.1.0

Clearly this is not giving much away but I guess it does tell us that it's quite early on in what cgminer does to set things up...

Zanatos666

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Sometimes man, just sometimes.....

Quote from: kjib on June 18, 2013, 03:53:51 PM

Thanks for the suggestion about the SDK but that made no difference. Sad

I did find this crash report, no idea what most of it is all about but it does refer to a module name:

Quote

Faulting Application Path:   C:\cgminer-3.1.0-windows\cgminer.exe

Problem signature
Problem Event Name:   APPCRASH
Application Name:   cgminer.exe
Application Version:   0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp:   517d4469
Fault Module Name:   StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version:   0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:   00000000
Exception Code:   c0000005
Exception Offset:   00000000
OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID:   2057
Additional Information 1:   0a9e
Additional Information 2:   0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3:   0a9e
Additional Information 4:   0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Does that lot shed any light on the problem to anyone?

Cry

Any suggestions welcome... Huh

Update to the latest version of cgminer, 3.2.2, see if that doesnt change something.

lbr

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Quote from: kjib on June 18, 2013, 04:20:02 PM

Quote from: lbr on June 18, 2013, 04:03:07 PM

give me 2 hours max, some reward and remote access(vnc/teamviewer) to ur pc and u will be hashing again at ur original rate or higher.

Well I have about 50 PPcoins but not in a position to mine anything new now! I can't offer access to the PC as it has work stuff on it & I'd get dragged over hot coals if something got trashed. If you have suggestions I'm happy to try them & if you provide the solution that works for me, give me a PPC address & they're yours.

something won't get trashed cause u'll be sitting and starring at the monitor watching what I'm doing ; )
though video of s1 getting dragged over hot coals sounds like fun > : )

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