I also looked into mining POW with the instructions at http://emercoin.com/MINING_GUIDE_POW. Again I followed the instructions listed, but when running gcminer it did not find any devices. I'm assuming because this is an older gpu card. Can you not mine with CPU?
This is an old laptop as I am just playing around to see how everything works before deciding to actually pursue 'really' doing this. Windows 10, 64-bit, and an Nvidia GeForce GT300M.
What do I need to do differently here to get some coins mined? Is there a mining software that would be recommended over gcminer which would change the results I am seeing for the POW mining?
Hello scuba,
I can tell you mining with any CPU or GPU at this point would be totally inefficient. You will need an ASIC to begin mining Emercoin. As for the PoS, you do not see any activity because it sounds like you do not have any mature coins to stake. You must have coins in your wallet for at least 30 days without them moving for them to have a chance to gain interest.