GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread - page 44.

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Quote from: vickersja on March 08, 2020, 04:48:48 PM

That's --gekko-noboost

Check the top post

Quote from: vh on October 19, 2018, 09:53:01 PM

Q. Does the NewPac/R606 support AsicBoost.

Mostly.

If you receive shared rejected messages from a specific pool, you can disable asicboost with "--gekko-noboost".

AsicBoost on Win10 may not always work.

If you see the frequency drop as soon as it starts up, you can use a modified version of AsicBoost "--gekko-lowboost" or disable asicboost with the command above.

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That's --gekko-noboost

Correct?

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I had a similar issue when using my win10 pc. Windows is a PITA when in comes to gekkos. Have you tried the “noboost” option in the command line?

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Quote from: vickersja on March 08, 2020, 11:50:35 AM

When my other NewPacs arrive, I just need to stop CGminer, plug them in, and fire the program back up, correct?

You should just need to plug the miners in and CGMiner will find them on the fly while running.

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Thanks os2sam.

The moving to the usb 2.0 seemed to do the trick. I am holding steady at 300 MHz. Thanks 419Mining!

When my other NewPacs arrive, I just need to stop CGminer, plug them in, and fire the program back up, correct? All miners will work with the same settings and command?

Edit: Spoke too soon. I am being autotuned back down: https://s1065.photobucket.com/user/vickersja/media/Capture2.png.html

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Quote from: vickersja on March 08, 2020, 11:40:12 AM

Can you share the rational behind the difficulty at 32? The instructions that came with the miner indicate that setting, but I have seen different difficulties on these boards. Appreciate it!

Don't get wrapped around the axle about difficulty of shares being submitted. Most pools adjust difficulty automatically to arrive at approximately 18 shares submitted per minute. You don't really need to set a minimum difficulty. But it's less load on the pool to do so until the pool does the adjustment.

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Quote from: 419mining on March 08, 2020, 11:35:44 AM

I cant speak to the PC, never used a microPC as the controller, have you tried using a different port? If using a USB3 port, try the USB2 port or vice versa.

Thanks 419Mining. I moved to the 2.0 port in the back and will report back. Can you share the rational behind the difficulty at 32? The instructions that came with the miner indicate that setting, but I have seen different difficulties on these boards. Appreciate it!

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I cant speak to the PC, never used a microPC as the controller, have you tried using a different port? If using a USB3 port, try the USB2 port or vice versa.

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Windows 10. Here is the PC: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B082XFWBDS

2* USB 3.0 Port
2* USB 2.0 Port

And here is the Hub: https://www.419mining.com/shop/cables/plugable-usb-2-0-7-port-hub-with-60w-power-adapter/

Image of my setup: https://s1065.photobucket.com/user/vickersja/media/thumbnail_IMG_4624.jpg.html

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What machine are you runnng them on? Win10, Ubuntu etc?

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I decided to start tinkering with frequency with just the one. Here is my code. Placed within the text_mining bat file.

Code:

cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://pool.ckpool.org:3333 -u AddressHidden -p x --gekko-newpac-freq 300 --suggest-diff 128

However, I cannot achieve 300Mhz and I am eventually forced down to 200Mhz. An Asic Plateau. I have active cooling and the miner is cool to the touch. Could it be the difficulty?

https://s1065.photobucket.com/user/vickersja/media/Capture.png.html

Edit - for the past 30 minutes or so the frequency has been holding steady at 200Mhz. However, I have it set higher.

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Honestly, you will most likely not need to mess with voltage at all. The units will peak out the hub before you ever need to adjust the chips core voltages.

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Yep. 419Mining indicated I could run up to 4 sticks and overclock based on cooling. I have 1 now. 3 more on the way. I have the 1 running at 200MHz on CKPool. When the others arrive Ill slowly turn up the frequency. Not ready to be playing with voltage.

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Quote from: vickersja on March 06, 2020, 10:11:07 PM

Appreciate all the information. I ended up ordering this as a starter hub.

https://www.419mining.com/shop/cables/plugable-usb-2-0-7-port-hub-with-60w-power-adapter/

Thats the same one I started with. Its good for a couple of sticks.

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Appreciate all the information. I ended up ordering this as a starter hub.

https://www.419mining.com/shop/cables/plugable-usb-2-0-7-port-hub-with-60w-power-adapter/

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if you are using the barrel connector, you would need a 8A 12V power supply, https://www.419mining.com/shop/power-supply/12v-power-supply-for-gekkoscience-products/ -- make sure to select 8Amp output.

If you want to use the 6 pin power input, a good quality PC power supply should work using the PCIE power connector.

its SUPER important that if you are going to overclock your newpacs, you need to provide ample active cooling to keep them from overheating.

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That link goes to one that only puts out 1.3A at 12v so no way would it be enough.

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Quote from: sidehack on March 01, 2020, 10:58:41 PM

Six sticks at 600MHz or so, if you can give it enough 12V power.

Thanks sidehack. So if I purchase the GekkoScience 7 port hub from 419 Mining I could use this power adapter set at 12 volts or is that too much for this hub? Next setting down would be 9 volt.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-ac-adapter-black/5019131.p

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Why so serious?

So at the end with gradual increase of Mhz and tuning of voltage I managed to get both miners to run on 500Mhz around 115Gh/s stable. Do you guys reckon there is more to be gained or should I be happy with it as it is now?

Thanks

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Six sticks at 600MHz or so, if you can give it enough 12V power.

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