Installing AMD Drivers on BAMT? - page 3.

philips

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Quote from: MrBilling on May 03, 2013, 04:51:38 PM

I have ran BAMT update and applied about 5 updates.

There are 21 fixes to apply.

Have you configured bamt.conf with your settings for cgminer, pools etc? (you need to use cgminer for this version)
Everything that applies for the official BAMT applies also here.

With the exception of new drivers is the same BAMT and most likely whatever question you have they are already answered in the BAMT thread.

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I have ran BAMT update and applied about 5 updates.

It now says BAMT is up to date.

But my screen is still red and says a fault has been detected on GPU 0.

Sorry to keep bugging you.

I REALLY REALLY appreciate the help.

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For updating cgminer go to /opt/miners where you gonna find a folder named cgminer. Delete that folder and replace it with the new cgminer folder (from the downloaded zip).

Dont forget to apply all the fixes (including fix 21) and of course edit bamt conf with your settings.
For all the rest consult the BAMT main thread.

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Spoke too soon.

About 2 mins later the red screen came back with the same message.

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Ran the fixer and then hit restart mining and it is gone now.

So I am going to update the cgminer now.

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Ok so I have downloaded your BAMT with the drivers already installed.

When I boot into it I get a red screen that says "A fault has been detected on GPU 0".

I only have 1 GPU hooked up right now.

I am going to update CGMiner too but was wondering what this fault is about first.

Thanks again.

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No, not talking about 0.6 beta, I haven't tried that beta version yet (shame on me though).
We waited for a long time for a final release of BAMT 0.6 but sadly it never materialized (past that beta stage).

I am talking about the same old 0.5 BAMT but with AMD drivers updated.
Read again the exact post I linked before (BAMT 0.6 is metioned in a post below).

There are two links there, one direct and one using bitorrent.

EDIT: Oh, OK

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So sorry for all this and I REALLY appreciate the help. Sorry for being a newb.

Sorry sorry I see the the link you gave me with the modified BAMT. Sorry I will post back.

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Quote from: philips on May 03, 2013, 01:58:30 PM

Quote from: MrBilling on May 03, 2013, 01:37:12 PM

Im probably wrong but at the top of https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-update-cgminer-on-bamt-05c-127622 you posted it says Will not work with 7xxx cards.

That is irrelevant to what I said. I didn't posted that link.
What you have there is a tutorial (and a good one) on how to upgrade cgminer on an official BAMT.
(The one that doesn't work with 7xxx cards)

I have pointed you to a modified BAMT that works with 7xxx cards and also already gave you a working cgminer for that BAMT.

You have to decide what solution to use:
1 Download a fresh official BAMT and upgrade its drivers/SDK and cgminer using various tutorials or,

2 Download the one with the drivers/SDK already updated and use the also updated cgminer I gave you.

Sorry I dont know where I got that link from.

So BAMT .6 beta is the BAMT that already has the drivers installed?

So if I understand right I could use the .6 beta then just update cgminer?

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Quote from: MrBilling on May 03, 2013, 01:37:12 PM

Im probably wrong but at the top of https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-update-cgminer-on-bamt-05c-127622 you posted it says Will not work with 7xxx cards.

That is irrelevant to what I said. I didn't posted that link.
What you have there is a tutorial (and a good one) on how to upgrade cgminer on an official BAMT.
(The one that doesn't work with 7xxx cards)

I have pointed you to a modified BAMT that works with 7xxx cards and also already gave you a working cgminer for that BAMT.

You have to decide what solution to use:
1 Download a fresh official BAMT and upgrade its drivers/SDK and cgminer using various tutorials or,

2 Download the one with the drivers/SDK already updated and use the also updated cgminer I gave you.

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Quote from: philips on May 03, 2013, 12:56:38 PM

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Could you point me to it? I have read 3 guides and have only saw how to install older drivers.

Older drivers are what you need. New ones suck.
http://www.bitcointrading.com/forum/linux-distros/bamt-version-0-5-easy-usb-based-mining-linux-with-farm-wide-management-tools/#post_phillipsgcnbamt

Also a newer (2.11.4) cgminer for the above BAMT: cgminer.zip

EDIT: Yeah, unsupported, do it on your own risk and all that jazz.

Im probably wrong but at the top of https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-update-cgminer-on-bamt-05c-127622 you posted it says Will not work with 7xxx cards.

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Could you point me to it? I have read 3 guides and have only saw how to install older drivers.

Older drivers are what you need. New ones suck.
http://www.bitcointrading.com/forum/linux-distros/bamt-version-0-5-easy-usb-based-mining-linux-with-farm-wide-management-tools/#post_phillipsgcnbamt

Also a newer (2.11.4) cgminer for the above BAMT: cgminer.zip

EDIT: Yeah, unsupported, do it on your own risk and all that jazz.

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Sometimes man, just sometimes.....

Quote from: MrBilling on May 03, 2013, 12:47:29 PM

Quote from: philips on May 03, 2013, 12:42:19 PM

There are guides around here about this.
There is also a modified version of BAMT with drivers already installed for 7xxx cards.

Could you point me to it? I have read 3 guides and have only saw how to install older drivers.

The drivers installed on that guide should be the only ones you need, it will get BAMT to see them, and any performance increases will come from tweaking, not necessarily because of updated drivers or SDK, but if you want the updated 2.8 SDK then I am sure there is a work around. Go to that post and ask Mobius.

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Quote from: philips on May 03, 2013, 12:42:19 PM

There are guides around here about this.
There is also a modified version of BAMT with drivers already installed for 7xxx cards.

Could you point me to it? I have read 3 guides and have only saw how to install older drivers.

philips

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There are guides around here about this.
There is also a modified version of BAMT with drivers already installed for 7xxx cards.

Zanatos666

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Sometimes man, just sometimes.....

I am assuming you have something like a 7XXX card and thats why BAMT isnt seeing the cards. Follow these instructions to update CGMiner (if thats what you chose to use in BAMT) and update the AMD drivers.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-update-cgminer-on-bamt-05c-127622

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AM3
8GB RAM
1200W PSU
5 X 7950's

I have been trying to get BAMT to work. I can get it to boot into BAMT if I only use one GPU. But when it boots it has a big red bar at the bottom and it says that "Mining has been disabled because there are noe GPUs." Or something like that.

I think I need to install the AMD drivers. I have downloaded the Linux drivers but since BAMT is so bare I cannot figure out how to install them.

Can anyone help me out here?

Thanks

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