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Topic: [Help] 2nd 7970 keeps getting 'SICK' (Read 2340 times)

newbie
Activity: 87
Merit: 0
May 18, 2013, 10:41:22 AM
#6
If you installed latest driver 13.4 I would highly recommend removing it I had nothing put problems with that CCC for mining.,

step.1 uninstall all amd software
step.2 delete 8 files as said below
step.3 install back 13.1 full package

Files to remove in sys 32 and 64

system32 and syswow64 will appear 4 files for each folder.

system32(amdocl_as64.exe, amdocl_ld64.exe, amdocl64.dll, OpenCL.dll)

syswow64(amdocl_as32.exe, amdocl_ld32.exe, amdocl.dll, OpenCL.dll)

Next go grab the latest version of cgminer and do not change the CGminer.conf leave it as default and make up a .bat file with all your details in it.

cgminer.exe --scrypt -o xxx -u xxx -p x -I 13 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1 --thread-concurrency 2048,2048 --shaders 2048,2048 --gpu-fan 70,70 --gpu-engine 1025,1025 --gpu-memclock 1800,1800

If this works fine then take the thred con up by 1x each time the amount of shaders to a max of 8192 you could also play around with using one or the other. Also changing the speeds using msi afterburn.

You can also take out thread con and try with shaders only or with thread concurrency on its own or both. I know with my setup I have to set both of them and adjust and set each one up little diff but it gets their. I Do not have the cards you have listed but given this info to people before and it fixed their probs.

I tried this.. My cards ran all night without one 'SICK'! Thank you SOO MUCH
This is my Stats from last night
http://gyazo.com/a585c5fb9ed5922e815abf726fbd5515.png
hero member
Activity: 1395
Merit: 505
May 17, 2013, 06:00:08 PM
#5
Your powertunes are at 0,0.  Try giving the "sick" card a bit more juice I was having trouble until I set mine to +5 and that cleared up alot of issues
-ck
legendary
Activity: 4088
Merit: 1631
Ruu \o/
May 17, 2013, 05:38:56 PM
#4
You're just overclocking it too much. Every card is different in how much overclocking it can take.
legendary
Activity: 1820
Merit: 1001
May 17, 2013, 04:11:57 PM
#3
If you installed latest driver 13.4 I would highly recommend removing it I had nothing put problems with that CCC for mining.,

step.1 uninstall all amd software
step.2 delete 8 files as said below
step.3 install back 13.1 full package

Files to remove in sys 32 and 64

system32 and syswow64 will appear 4 files for each folder.

system32(amdocl_as64.exe, amdocl_ld64.exe, amdocl64.dll, OpenCL.dll)

syswow64(amdocl_as32.exe, amdocl_ld32.exe, amdocl.dll, OpenCL.dll)

Next go grab the latest version of cgminer and do not change the CGminer.conf leave it as default and make up a .bat file with all your details in it.

cgminer.exe --scrypt -o xxx -u xxx -p x -I 13 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 -g 1 --thread-concurrency 2048,2048 --shaders 2048,2048 --gpu-fan 70,70 --gpu-engine 1025,1025 --gpu-memclock 1800,1800

If this works fine then take the thred con up by 1x each time the amount of shaders to a max of 8192 you could also play around with using one or the other. Also changing the speeds using msi afterburn.

You can also take out thread con and try with shaders only or with thread concurrency on its own or both. I know with my setup I have to set both of them and adjust and set each one up little diff but it gets their. I Do not have the cards you have listed but given this info to people before and it fixed their probs.
sr. member
Activity: 266
Merit: 250
May 17, 2013, 03:00:15 PM
#2
It shouldn't be the problem but running scrypt with 2 cards and the OS you might be running out of ram.
newbie
Activity: 87
Merit: 0
May 17, 2013, 01:34:15 PM
#1
So I have 2 XFX black edition.. I have got them Working great.. They are a night mare.. But I got them workling at 717avg a card..
But my second card keeps getting sick and crashing the computer..


Specs:
Thermaltake Toughpower XT TPX-1275M 1275W
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3
XFX HD 7970 Black Edition

4GB Ram
Dual core CPU

Win 7
CCC 13.4
CGminer 2.11.4

CGminer.conf
Code:
{
"pools" : [
{
"url" : "stratum+tcp://eu.wemineltc.com:3333",
"user" : "Scape373.1",
"pass" : "x"
}
]
,
"intensity" : "13,13",
"vectors" : "1,1",
"worksize" : "256,256",
"kernel" : "scrypt,scrypt",
"lookup-gap" : "2,2",
"thread-concurrency" : "8192,8192",
"shaders" : "2048,2048",
"gpu-engine" : "0-1025,0-1025",
"gpu-fan" : "0-99,0-99",
"gpu-memclock" : "1800,1800",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0,0",
"gpu-powertune" : "0,0",
"gpu-vddc" : "0.000,0.000",
"temp-cutoff" : "90",
"temp-overheat" : "85,85",
"temp-target" : "65,65",
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-threads" : "2",
"hotplug" : "5",
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"scan-time" : "60",
"scrypt" : true,
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"shares" : "0",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}

And my run.bat to start it all
Code:
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://eu.wemineltc.com:3333 -u Scape373.1 -p x -I 13 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 -g 2 --thread-concurrency 8192


I can't get my 2nd card to go longer than 10mins without crashing the PC or going SICK/DEAD
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