Topic: Mining LiteCoin and PrimeCoin and PC just shutting down - seeking advice - page 2. (Read 6203 times)
July 20, 2013, 10:24:51 AM
Yup, basically the same story for me. Then again, one mining rig that had this issue stopped having it and have now an uptime of several days. I have not had time too look into it.
July 20, 2013, 10:24:40 AM
GPU mining only sitting on 19 C
Well that's not right at all... typo, or is that what it's actually saying?Tested GPU mining again and that was still around 20C jumping up to max 25C
July 20, 2013, 10:18:08 AM
Is the breaker blowing, or is it just the computer shutting down? You might not be supplying enough power from the wall and/or PSU.
It is just the computer shutting down.
July 20, 2013, 10:15:22 AM
Also, try and get a kill-o-watt or something to measure the power draw from the outlet. Is the breaker blowing, or is it just the computer shutting down? You might not be supplying enough power from the wall and/or PSU.
July 20, 2013, 10:12:40 AM
GPU mining only sitting on 19 C
Well that's not right at all... typo, or is that what it's actually saying? July 20, 2013, 09:53:13 AM
Just ran the CPU test.
GPU mining only sitting on 19 C
CPU mining only Sittting on 63C
Ran them both at the same time and it shut down almost instantly with no discernable CPU temp increase.
BTW the motherboard is a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
GPU mining only sitting on 19 C
CPU mining only Sittting on 63C
Ran them both at the same time and it shut down almost instantly with no discernable CPU temp increase.
BTW the motherboard is a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
July 20, 2013, 09:30:37 AM
The brand is "cooler master", model GX 750W Bronze. It has a 5 year warranty.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171053If you own this one, you "should" be pretty well set. The rail should be able to supply a maximum of 720watts (12v X 60a) to the video cards (each rated at 250w).
CPU overheat - use a program like CoreTemp to check your cpu temps
Thanks, I'll give it a go. What sort of temps should I see if all is healthy?
EDIT: My phenom 955 wasn't suppose to go much further than ~65'C, and would usually hang around 61'C. My new 1090t hangs around 40'C. But it's not suppose to go above 62'C
July 20, 2013, 09:26:16 AM
CPU overheat - use a program like CoreTemp to check your cpu temps
Thanks, I'll give it a go. What sort of temps should I see if all is healthy?
July 20, 2013, 09:20:36 AM
What brand PSU? Not all brands are equal.
Gonna guess PSU. Post your specs. You might be overloading a rail or something.
The brand is "cooler master", model GX 750W Bronze. It has a 5 year warranty.
Try just with graphics cards and does it run fine? If it does chances are you need a bigger PSU or dual PSU's
Initially it was crashing on just the graphics cards alone. But interestingly I just gave it a run on graphics cards only and it ran fine for 45 minutes, so I tried adding the cpu miner as well and it crashed immediately.
July 20, 2013, 09:14:48 AM
Instant shutdown tells me one of two things:
CPU overheat - use a program like CoreTemp to check your cpu temps
PSU overload - overcurrent trip = instant off, cheap power supplies are a no-no if mining coins
CPU overheat - use a program like CoreTemp to check your cpu temps
PSU overload - overcurrent trip = instant off, cheap power supplies are a no-no if mining coins
July 20, 2013, 09:14:02 AM
Gonna guess PSU. Post your specs. You might be overloading a rail or something.
July 20, 2013, 09:12:22 AM
I am running 2 7970 graphics cards for litecoin and running an AMD FX 8 core processor using 7 cores for the primecoins. I have a 750 watt powerpack. This system is approx 3 months old.
The system was running fine just mining litecoins and bitcoin for a few months, and then I added the primecoin CPU usage and that ran fine for a week.
But now the system is just shutting down when I run litecoin on the GPU's. PrimeCoin on it's own is fine, but run litecoin on the GPU's either on it's own or in conjunction with the primecoin and the system turns off. Sometimes it turns of almost immediately, sometimes it runs a little while. I have to turn it off and on again at the back of the computer to get it to restart.
It doesn't seem to be heat related as the system shut down pretty quick just running the GPU's (no primecoin) at approx 60 C.
I figure the Powerpack is dying? But would appreciate any other opinions/advice.
The system was running fine just mining litecoins and bitcoin for a few months, and then I added the primecoin CPU usage and that ran fine for a week.
But now the system is just shutting down when I run litecoin on the GPU's. PrimeCoin on it's own is fine, but run litecoin on the GPU's either on it's own or in conjunction with the primecoin and the system turns off. Sometimes it turns of almost immediately, sometimes it runs a little while. I have to turn it off and on again at the back of the computer to get it to restart.
It doesn't seem to be heat related as the system shut down pretty quick just running the GPU's (no primecoin) at approx 60 C.
I figure the Powerpack is dying? But would appreciate any other opinions/advice.
What brand PSU? Not all brands are equal.
Try just with graphics cards and does it run fine? If it does chances are you need a bigger PSU or dual PSU's
July 20, 2013, 08:15:20 AM
I am running 2 7970 graphics cards for litecoin and running an AMD FX 8 core processor using 7 cores for the primecoins. I have a 750 watt powerpack. This system is approx 3 months old.
The system was running fine just mining litecoins and bitcoin for a few months, and then I added the primecoin CPU usage and that ran fine for a week.
But now the system is just shutting down when I run litecoin on the GPU's. PrimeCoin on it's own is fine, but run litecoin on the GPU's either on it's own or in conjunction with the primecoin and the system turns off. Sometimes it turns of almost immediately, sometimes it runs a little while. I have to turn it off and on again at the back of the computer to get it to restart.
It doesn't seem to be heat related as the system shut down pretty quick just running the GPU's (no primecoin) at approx 60 C.
I figure the Powerpack is dying? But would appreciate any other opinions/advice.
The system was running fine just mining litecoins and bitcoin for a few months, and then I added the primecoin CPU usage and that ran fine for a week.
But now the system is just shutting down when I run litecoin on the GPU's. PrimeCoin on it's own is fine, but run litecoin on the GPU's either on it's own or in conjunction with the primecoin and the system turns off. Sometimes it turns of almost immediately, sometimes it runs a little while. I have to turn it off and on again at the back of the computer to get it to restart.
It doesn't seem to be heat related as the system shut down pretty quick just running the GPU's (no primecoin) at approx 60 C.
I figure the Powerpack is dying? But would appreciate any other opinions/advice.
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