Topic: GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread - page 80. (Read 61906 times)

Just run 1 NewPac with a fan at 200 freq.

Show us results for that.

Also assuming you're using a Win10... try this:

Maybe use two instances of cgminer... First, with all 5 of your miners connected, but not running, use the Command Prompt from the folder you are running cgminer from and type `cgminer -n' (No quotes, of course...) Look for:


Your dev, Bus, and/or Device numbers will likely be different than mine above - the Bus and Device numbers are what you need. Create a separate batch file for your R606. Using my example, add the variable `--usb 1:29' (again - no quotes) to your batch file, remove references to NewPacs and then save it.

I run my 606 batch first, then add (in your case), the four Newpacs in a separate batch - no references to R606.

After all five are running, you should be able to (if needed), close down the R606 cgminer and restart it again with different settings and the four NewPacs still running... I still check the Bus and Device numbers, which shouldn't change - before I re-run the R606 batch, but hey, we're talking about WinDoze...so - best to check.

My R606 runs in a separate cgminer instance. It runs through a GS Hub with NewPacs in it. They all run together to one of the two USB2 Ports I have... I have lots of Newpacs running thru GS Hubs that land on USB3 Ports at the Win10... No problems, here.

I believe Asic Boost is now the default, but there is a special command to turn it off.

Also - you're working the miners way too hard... Suggested difficulty for you should be:

550 * 6 * 0.228 * 5 = 3762 for the R606 (at 550)
200 * 4 * 0.228 * 5 =  912  for the four NewPacs (at 200)

Those are terrible numbers, even for NewPacs at 200MHz - you should be hitting about 45.6 GH/s for each... Just that alone suggests an underpowered hub...What is your setup? Without knowing that, we're playing guessing games... Let us know what your equipment is and we can help you to get better performance. Most of us on this forum are quite willing to help... it's just easier if we know what setup you're using.

yeah since using .exe file assuming it's a windows box.

Suggestion, try splitting them out.  Run in one .bat file the newpac's and run a 2nd .bat file for the r606's.  Also you are running the latest copy of the software?  Just confirming.

Also what kind of PSU are you running and if you have this attached to a USB 2.0 port or 3.x related ports?  As it's best to run on 2.0 is my understanding.

What kind of machine are you running it on? Im going to guess and say a win10 machine?

Hi GekkoScience,

Why is my R606 always running at around 200MHZ???
Shouldn't it be at 550Mhz like the T and the command?

Also, Is there a special command to turn on ASIC boost?
 

 
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Don't think it will be USB3, cause license is to expensive. It would make an PI going up in price to much. We'll see.

I think you'll find that's an April Fools joke.

@sidehack

The Raspberry Pi 4 will be coming out with four USB 3 ports. Safe to say this may be a problem? A review of the prototype can be found on Youtube.

I use both, i don't mind if to use windows or linux. Like em both.

Linux makes better use of a pc’s resources .

It runs a pc a lot quicker then windows or Mac OS .

But for some they don’t get to work it enough to learn it.

If you are like me you forget the newer stuff cause all the old pre pc mainframe info is still taking up storage in your head

I'm skeptical that "win10 pro" actually exists. The last truly professional [non-server] OS Microsoft put out was 2k.

550 is not "training wheels", it's stock settings. I verify they work at stock, and then I sell them to you and you run them until they catch on fire but it's not my fault because I know they worked at stock.

yeah  you can  put in linux  or if your skill set sucks use win10 pro.

here is are 2  good units from newegg.


https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16883998892?Item=N82E16883998892

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16883998891?Item=N82E16883998891

the top has a good i5 and ssd win10 pro and 8 gb ram  199

the other is 194


your  terminus is 300  if you want 2 or 3 of them  600-900 using this unit with the windows ten pro  is not so bad.

slapping  linux in an i5 like  a i5 2500  would be cheaper. and if you have linux skills  it is the better move.

psshhh...550 is still using training wheels. you built a better cube than that.

Yeah but then you're stuck running Windows 10.

My testers are old Dell 755 machines I bought from a surplus sale for $13 apiece and loaded with Debian 7. I've run 10 pods at a time at 550MHz stable.

My win 10 is one of a few.

I don’t knock rasp pi,s but sometimes a Newegg refurbished i5 win 10 is for sale.

I got an older hp with an i5 4560 eight gb ram .

When running on a Win10 machine I do get about 100Gh higher but the second I use the machine for anything else it drops back by quite a bit.  I like running them off the Raspberry even if it is a little slower.  The Pi's work well and use less power.  With the great GS hub it makes everything very streamlined.  I did just pickup a Pi "HAT" that has a hardwired network connection that may help (though I think it is still on the USB bus so it may not make any difference).  The HAT is called a "MakerSpot 5-Port Stackable USB Docking Hub" and has USB and a network connection.  There are lots of similar Pi add-ons that might help like this one with USB and network connections.  Of course the Pi Zero's are so cheap it was worth the experiment ($5 if you happen to be near a Micro Center in the US).

Anyway, a few hundred Gh for such a lower amount of power seems worth it to me.  With that said I do get the desire to squeeze as many hash as possible out of these little boxes!

I attribute this to my own laziness. I have all the stuff to make a headless rig without using my pi, I just need to put it all together and do it.

I am settled at 767.5 and around 1.033th.

on a ryzen 2700 cpu win 10 build.

fwiw...when I went hardwired on my pi, I did get a better hashrate and a bit higher freq than on wifi, but I couldn't turn it up all the way like I can on my Win10 desktop before running into issues. I think it was around 675MHz when cgminer would freak out and the miner would drop back down to 200MHz and try climbing up again. I tried different boost settings, but nothing helped. I'm back on my Win10 machine at 763Mhz and 1.020Th/s.

I know some other users are reporting that things are OK on their pi's, but when I look at the pools stats for the same pool we're on, I'm consistently hashing 100Gh/s more with the settings I'm able to run on my Windows box. I'm not sure they're turned up all the way on their pi's.

Actually, the LAN port is also on the USB bus so aside from the inherent flakeyness of WiFi causing dropped data & requiring re-transmission the amount of resources used should be the same.