Topic: Third alt coin thread last two were too big. Builds links thoughts etc - page 34. (Read 41867 times)

checking  different bats for my gear.


info on my simple mining settings

my eth + decred

-epool stratum+tcp://us1.ethpool.org:3333 -ewal 0x3ef297e47404a771139472b93621f82c8a832857.Simple2 -esm 0 -epsw x -allpools 1 -mport -3333  -dpool stratum+tcp://decred.usa.nicehash.com:3354 -dwal 1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje.Simple2  -esm 0 -allpools 1 -dbg -1 -wd 1 -r 1 -ethi 5 -dcri 15 -dcoin decred



my eth + pasc

-epool stratum+tcp://us1.ethpool.org:3333 -ewal 0x3ef297e47404a771139472b93621f82c8a832857.Simple2 -esm 0 -epsw x -allpools 1 -mport -3333  -dpool stratum+tcp://pascal.usa.nicehash.com:3358 -dwal 1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje.Simple2  -esm 0 -allpools 1 -dbg -1 -wd 1 -r 1 -ethi 15 -dcri 20 -dcoin pasc

my eth + decred with nicehash

-epool stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.usa.nicehash.com:3353 -ewal 1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje.Simple2 -esm 3 -epsw x -allpools 1 -mport -3333 -ethi 5 -dpool stratum+tcp://decred.usa.nicehash.com:3354 -dwal 1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje.Simple2 -allpools 1 -dbg -1 -wd 1 -r 1 -dcri 15 -dcoin decred

xmr at simplemining
using ( sgminer-gm-5.5.5 (XMR, Zcash, ETH )

--no-submit-stale --kernel cryptonight -o xmr-us-east1.nanopool.org:14444 -u 463tWEBn5XZJSxLU6uLQnQ2iY9xuNcDbjLSjkn3XAXHCbLrTTErJrBWYgHJQyrCwkNgYvyV3z8zctJL PCZy24jvb3NiTcTJ.08912b53652c493494214f8ae7982d66a4cb6daa0c414191bc8ee808e2bfc2 04.SimplePanda3 -p x  -o xmr-us-west1.nanopool.org:14444 -u 463tWEBn5XZJSxLU6uLQnQ2iY9xuNcDbjLSjkn3XAXHCbLrTTErJrBWYgHJQyrCwkNgYvyV3z8zctJL PCZy24jvb3NiTcTJ.08912b53652c493494214f8ae7982d66a4cb6daa0c414191bc8ee808e2bfc2 04.SimplePanda3 -p x --rawintensity 1008 -w 8 --text-only


for nicehash sgminer-gm-nh-5.5.5-8 I got xmr working

--no-submit-stale --kernel cryptonight -o stratum+tcp://cryptonight.eu.nicehash.com:3355 -u 1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje.Simple2 -p x --rawintensity 1008 -w 8 --text-only

any one have a zec bat for smOS ?  I am guessing this works?

--no-submit-stale --kernel equihash -o stratum+tcp://equihash.eu.nicehash.com:3357 -u 1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje.Simple2 -p x --rawintensity 1008 -w 8 --text-only

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272456808280?

6 for 58.90

tell him I gave you the link.

I have found you can use  the pcie direct  and not use the sata to pcie

I get mine from this shop in China HK Vivid Electronics via Aliexpress. Need to dig up the URL.

Got a few from pieces in 2015 to test and shipment fast and the risers are very good.

Version 3 back then and the one with the white USB3 cable... eventually I bought more 200 from them.

They are still around - I guess a good gauge to see if a e-shop is legit or not is the number of years in business.

Should be itop on eBay.

I got a six pack from him did a review you can go pcie to the riser.

Somewhere there is a review and a link

From taobao: https://world.taobao.com/item/544561558622.htm?fromSite=main&ali_refid=a3_430620_1006:1105386629:N:2017%E6%AC%BE%E6%8C%96%E7%9F%BF%E7%BA%BF:43c0f0406d171c26f54c2d0fd7c4349c&ali_trackid=1_43c0f0406d171c26f54c2d0fd7c4349c

These new risers use 6pin power instead of molex, and I think it's more convenient as we can simply use a splitter. No more sata to molex. Not sure if it's available on Amazon though.

Amazon has the older molex risers: https://www.amazon.com/Mining-Machine-Enhanced-Extender-Adapter/dp/B01CU1U2XG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488858597&sr=8-1&keywords=pcie+riser

I haven't had any problems with this seller (Now Ver 5S):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/311645080581?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

It's the risers, stupid!  (props to those of you who are old enough to get that one lol)

Well, Phil saved me on this one even though he hasn't replied here lol!  I got the 4 470's I bought from him and tried one as the 2nd GPU... no dice... still same issue as described above.  So, steaming a bit, I proceed to change around all of the PSU cables and even re-installed the Crimson drivers... still nothing!  To make matters worse, somewhere along the line, the 1st GPU that had been working fine 24 hours stopped, and I couldn't even get my rig to boot up!

Finally, as a last-ditch effort before pulling what little hair I have left out, I decide to try 1 of the 2 risers that Phil threw in as a nice bonus. First I try GPU#1 and bam! Lights up fine, rig boots fine. Install GPU#2 with Phil's 2nd riser and bam!  Lights up and after boot, both GPUs recognized and now churning ETH + DCR just fine!

So, firstly... a BIG thank you to Phil as without those risers you included, I would have had a sleepless night tonight for sure!

Secondly, I am baffled at how ALL of these risers can be bad. I got 5 from Amazon seller XRP, whom I have ordered most of my previous risers from and all have worked fine.  However, this new batch has a red PCIe slot, not black or blue like the previous ones, so they are clearly from a different batch and apparently, it's a horrible one.  I have tried all or parts of 4 of the 5 and apparently they were what were causing all of my problems. I haven't opened the 5th one but what's the point because even if it worked initially, I would have zero confidence of its long-term capabilities, since the 1 worked for 24 hours then crapped out.

So... now I need to find a reliable supplier of USB powered risers so that I can get the remaining 4 GPUs up and running ASAP.

Can anyone make a recommendation here?  Ideally, it would be a US-based seller that offers expedited shipping but I would be willing to sacrifice a few days for more reliability if necessary.

edit: actually just found these on Amazon from Sintech. They are a bit more expensive but have better reviews and actually look very similar to the ones Phil sent me.  Anyone ordered from these guys?

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00HZ0M9F2/ref=psdc_464394_t1_B00IMYODGS

So, I got my 3rd mining rig up and running this weekend. Almost identical to my last build (W10, 6 MSI GPU, BTC Pro2 Mobo) except for a cheaper G3258 CPU (vs 4790k) & 8GB RAM (vs 16).

Initial boot Win7 install and W10 upgrade went well. Copied over all my mining stuff via USB stick from other rigs, including Crimson 16.10.  Just started with 1 new MSI 470 from Amazon. Started up Claymore dual ETH & DCR (both at default intensity) and ran fine for about 15 minutes before I got a weird crash. But, seems like a fluke as after that, it ran for over 2 hours with 1 GPU just fine.

Now the strange thing... after 2 hours running 1 GPU, I shut down and install the 2nd (again, brand new from Amazon). But, when I turn it on, the system doesn't recognize the GPU... not Wattool, GPUz, or Device Manager... even after "scanning for new hardware".  So, over the next few minutes, I swap out risers, USB cables, and try different PCIe x1 slots. Nothing works. The thing i noticed is that the MSI logo on the top of the GPU lit up, but the red lights at the other end never lit up on any of the attempts. This GPU is plugged into the same molex & PCIe PSU cables as GPU#1, so I don't think that's the issue.

Does this seem like a likely dead GPU to anyone?  Or, is there something else I need to check to prove that out before returning it?  Ultimately, I will find out as soon as the 4 used GPUs I bought from Phil arrive today, but would like to know if there is anything relatively easy to check that I haven't tried yet.   

Good find this Kayden. I will try and get a unit over too.

I usually order from Aliexpress, trying to create account in Taoboa.com but its all in Chinese 

Found this. A ready built mining case for $72 USD.

https://world.taobao.com/item/39828632022.htm?fromSite=main

They even have a prebuilt mining rig with 6x Rx 470D (470D is slightly nerfed from rx 470). I bought an empty case with fans. Shall see how it turns out.

ive had my single dedicated rig dual mining at nicehash for the last month or so. it is definitely more convenient than shifting pools and hitting exchanges every few days or whenever to get btc. just mines to my btc wallet.

i do keep the one 390 on my daily driver doing eth only and pointed to an eth pool (dwarfpool atm) to dribble eth to my wallet.

so basically 4 out 5 cards at nicepool.

Although I still think 3% fee is a tad high from Nicehash but.... there are more pros than cons by selling/renting out your hash.

Sadly, I lost faith in many of the trusted popular pools... with exception to ethpool, ethermine pools for ETH which basically saved my group's ass in 2015-2016 during the ETH hey days.

The rest of pools for ZEC and XMR were getting bad to worse and struggling all the time. Payments are erratic too and at the same time, the exchanges get to charge us transfer fees because we still have to transfer final amount to Coinbase or cold wallets.

I feel that we should not be side tracked on whats going on now which is the critical cross road of Bitcoin and BTC price itself. The value of an ounce of gold is now less than 1 BTC. The first US$20M ETF will see its fate on March 11th... many things to look forward to for BTC this year.

Therefore, I made a strategic move to focus all mining operations to eventually convert to BTC as fast as possible via NH - at least for this year to maximize my chances having lots of BTC, when price hits 1500, 3000, 5000...... etc.  

Using NH to take up front risk and pay per share submitted (ie. no bloody confirmations for coins etc before payment), IMHO that is worth the 3%.

With SRR now installed in my farm, maximum uptime is now the new measurement.

Off topic since its non-alt coins --- I also made some major changes in the 1.3PH S9 (currently gbminers.com) and 720TH A7 (currently kano.is) farms -- to use NH-SHA256 as the backup pool. I rather RENT OUT than use so called "decent" PPS paying pool (Antpool, F2pool etc.), because they are a lot of crazy people out there who basically throw money to buy expensive hash in NH SHA256 marketplace. Hey, I dont mind taking their money - they can enjoy my 2PH anytime for a premium. If the crazies continue to come and play at NH SHA256 marketplace, I am willing to point the entire 2PH farm to them.

my  4 card reduced to 2 card rigs are amazing  look at the decred numbers.  I finally found reason to have good cpus [i5 6400t mostly]

they were stable  at -ethi 21 and - dcri 44

now testing -ethi 23 and - dcri 50

Once I found I can jack the -ethi  to 23 the eth hash does not drop off

I will keep pushing to see what it can go to.

The pandaminer has special bios for its gpus.  So no dual due to low end cpu spot welded in.

I find  I set -ethi 1  and get 195mh  stable and I can run fans slow (9 volts) and quiet.

It can do -ethi 3  and get 222mh  stable but fans are louder as they need 11 volts to stay stable.



citronick I followed your advice   pointing everything at nicehash.

I am using 13 amps x 240 volts = 75 kwatts per day x 31 = 2325 a month

this is about 232.50 usd in the winter for me
this is about 465.00 usd in the summer for me

i am earning about 750 in btc  so   518 a month to the good for now.

this is 13 gpus and the pandaminer.

I have maxed out what power I can afford in my tiny farm.

I wish I pico-ed when I started the farm.

Oh well, no harm trying out a unit or two for the next project...

... who knows I may know someone who has access hydro power in Laos 

yeah, not yet as i am low on stock & i have to mod the barrel connector to a 6 pin pcie. i am trying to lower or offer a more competitive price by buying them in larger bulk.

let's see how things goes, yun have pm'ed me so let's see how things goes.

shipping will be costly if i am a direct walk in.

pls be patient.

the nearest person to me should be citronick, if he's interested i can easily send 1 for him to test n review.

stay tuned, thx phil for sharing.

yes you are correct.  it is not ready for primetime.

it does appear to be higher quality and may be worth waiting for.

In my case with the riserless rigs and smaller psu i don't need it but felt it should be mentioned.

little pico's are awesome. some cheap ones on ebay under $30
Finding a good reliable one.. not so easy. the one you quoted above, the op is not yet selling.

yeah

1 spare psu
1 spare mobo with a cpu and ram and os
1 spare gigabyte switch




this could be good for some.