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Topic: GPU's Can't Stop Mining? (Read 1321 times)

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May 18, 2011, 04:29:33 PM
#7
cause RPC errors buy either unplugging your cable or disable LAN card, wait till 0Mhash/s on all miners and use ctrl+c to stop all not just one
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May 18, 2011, 02:07:54 PM
#6
upgrade to cat 11.5a.
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May 18, 2011, 02:04:06 PM
#5
Some cards have trouble going from full load to zero load. Perhaps it's overly-aggressive in underclocking when it's done at full load, or could be related to the PSU -- I'm not sure. Does the same thing happen if you underclock your card and then go from full load to stop?

However, I don't think it's necessarily the 5850 model (brand may, however, be an issue) or Win7 since I'm running Win7 with 5850s and don't have this problem, though I did have this problem occasionally when I was running an overclocked 460, and I have no idea why (it had no stability problems outside of this). Wasn't just mining -- starting/stopping Furmark would do it on occasion, too.
sr. member
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May 18, 2011, 01:50:09 PM
#4
Same here with 2x5870s and Win7.  GUIminer doesn't seem to have much of a problem but the phoenix miner will crash the computer about 50% of the time I stop a miner.
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May 18, 2011, 01:41:05 PM
#3
I had the same problem with 2x5850 (Sapphire Extreme) under Windows 7,
i've installed Linux (Ubuntu) now i don't have any problem.
sr. member
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May 18, 2011, 01:01:23 PM
#2
I get that from time to time and I think it's because I use 7 year old hardware =P
Though it sometimes gives a bluescreen about Ati2Vag stopped working/got into a loop which also occurs if I push the GPU too high or if I mine on the CPU at the same time as the GPU..
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May 18, 2011, 12:50:34 PM
#1
I have 2 5850s, and if I try to stop a miner to change settings or test a new mining program, my computer just crashes.

The settings I use for my dedicated-mining GPU is -v -w128 -f1, could there be an issue with the card?
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