Why am i getting HW errors?

[Evostatic343]

minign doge with cg miner and if i go over 13 intensity i get hw errors. is it cause im not using dummy plugs? i have 3 reference amd asus r9 290 cards.

 

cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.chunky.ms:3333 -u Weblogin.Worker -p Worker password -I 13 --thread-concurrency 8192 -g 2 -w 256

 

also if i change my thread concurrency at all cg miner wont even start.

[Denned]

Try without thread-concurrency -g and -w.

 

You need to put this into the start of your .bat file

setx gpu_max_alloc_percent 100

Then you'll have a .bin file in you cgminer folder, which is named something like TCXXXXX. Those X's will be numbers, and they will be your thread-concurrency.

[Evostatic343]

Try without thread-concurrency -g and -w.

 

You need to put this into the start of your .bat file

setx gpu_max_alloc_percent 100

Then you'll have a .bin file in you cgminer folder, which is named something like TCXXXXX. Those X's will be numbers, and they will be your thread-concurrency.

so my code should look like this?

 

setx gpu_max_alloc_percent 100 cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.chunky.ms:3333 -u Weblogin.Worker -p Worker password -I 13?

[Denned]

so my code should look like this?

 

setx gpu_max_alloc_percent 100 cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.chunky.ms:3333 -u Weblogin.Worker -p Worker password -I 13?

I don't know if it needs to be on different lines but:

 

setx gpu_max_alloc_percent 100 cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.chunky.ms:3333 -u Weblogin.Worker -p Worker password -I 18

Then you can fiddle with Intensity

[Evostatic343]

I don't know if it needs to be on different lines but:

setx gpu_max_alloc_percent 100 cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool.chunky.ms:3333 -u Weblogin.Worker -p Worker password -I 18

Then you can fiddle with Intensity

setx gpu_max_alloc_percent 100

cgminer --scrypt  -o stratum+tcp://doge.nonstopmine.com:3353 -u Evostatic343.swag -p swag -I 13

 

this is what im using and im getting hw errors and no new file comes up

[Denned]

 

setx gpu_max_alloc_percent 100

cgminer --scrypt  -o stratum+tcp://doge.nonstopmine.com:3353 -u Evostatic343.swag -p swag -I 13

 

this is what im using and im getting hw errors and no new file comes up

 

 

What hardware are you mining with and on what OS?

[Evostatic343]

What hardware are you mining with and on what OS?

windows 8.1 

3x Asus R9 290

1200w psu

gigabyte 1150 oc mobo

pentium procesor

[Denned]

windows 8.1 

3x Asus R9 290

1200w psu

gigabyte 1150 oc mobo

pentium procesor

And you're using cgminer 3.7.2 right? And have the newest AMD driver installed?

[Evostatic343]

And you're using cgminer 3.7.2 right? And have the newest AMD driver installed?

yarp

[Denned]

I don't know then.. Try to reinstall the driver would be my best guess. Because with no config, cgminer should start no matter what.

The bin file should look like this:
scrypt130511Hawaiiglg2tc30592w256l4.bin

But that's not so important if it can't even start without setting thread-concurrency.

[Evostatic343]

I don't know then.. Try to reinstall the driver would be my best guess. Because with no config, cgminer should start no matter what.

The bin file should look like this:

scrypt130511Hawaiiglg2tc30592w256l4.bin

But that's not so important if it can't even start without setting thread-concurrency.

k so i set it to the nomber i found for my cards and it wouldnt even start

[Evostatic343]

And you're using cgminer 3.7.2 right? And have the newest AMD driver installed?

what drivers should i be using? and should i overclock?

[Denned]

Remove the old driver and install this one: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/13-12_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc_whql.exe

Then run with this config:

setx gpu_max_alloc_percent 100cgminer --scrypt  -o stratum+tcp://doge.nonstopmine.com:3353 -u Evostatic343.swag -p swag -I 13

If it starts without hw errors. Then in cgminer press G for gpu management and then I to change intensity to like 18.

 

And there's no point in overclocking before it runs without errors atleast.

[Evostatic343]

Remove the old driver and install this one: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/13-12_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc_whql.exe

Then run with this config:

setx gpu_max_alloc_percent 100cgminer --scrypt  -o stratum+tcp://doge.nonstopmine.com:3353 -u Evostatic343.swag -p swag -I 13

If it starts without hw errors. Then in cgminer press G for gpu management and then I to change intensity to like 18.

 

And there's no point in overclocking before it runs without errors atleast.i

i get hw errors if i dont star with a tc and work load

[RankUpGamers]

i get hw errors if i dont star with a tc and work load

Dummyplugs or monitors are a must for windows mining, and make sure crossfire is disabled, and start with -i 10 and work your way up until you see HW errors, then post back here.

[Evostatic343]

i get hw errors if i dont star with a tc and work load

got hw errors as soon as i changed intensity

[RankUpGamers]

got hw errors as soon as i changed intensity

What setup where you getting no errors? You need to stop the miner, edit the bat, and relaunch from the bat.

[algoat]

I suspect that it's the thread concurrency. Check out this thread and test out some of their settings.  I found the correct settings for my R9 290 in the first few pages. https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=6842.0

 

edit: After going through that thread again from the last few pages I found a better setting for myself.

[2Supra4U]

im having the same issue with my sapphire 290x

 

using 3.7.2. with cgwatcher (and cg remote)

 

anything over 13 intensity gives hw errors.  I can hit 800khs but with crazy errors. I want zero.

 

also I cant try high TC because anything over like 8000 it gives a scrypt memory error.

 

im at just over 500khs right now.  if I oc a bit I can get over 600 but that's it

 

I know if I use a high TC with guiminer it will work for some reason...but I don't want to use it anymore as going to cgwatcher/remote I cant go back, its too good lol

 

im stuck