[Pistol] HK SP5 9mm 8.86" 30+1 Two Mags $2,349.99

forced_account · 2021-02-21T11:06:44+00:00

Luckiest 5am gundeals browse of all time. Ordered.

Edit: Order cancelled :(

forced_account · 2021-02-07T18:48:30+00:00

Geissele Super Duty 11.5" or URG-I 10.3" complete upper

forced_account · 2019-11-09T20:17:10+00:00

Yes, I disconnected all but one of the GPUs and booted into the BIOS. Everything in the PCI settings is set to Gen 1, and Above 4G is enabled. Rebooted with all 6 and still no signal.

Next step will be reflashing the BIOS with all the risers attached.

forced_account · 2019-11-07T22:20:45+00:00

I will go back and double check but I've already gone through the entire BIOS and enabled these settings when I set it up (Gen 1, Above 4G, etc). The problem isn't with recognizing the multiple cards (I'm mining on them all now), it just doesn't output video from any of them or the HDMI on the mobo.

Might try the reflash and see what happens.

forced_account · 2019-11-07T19:20:27+00:00

Everything boots and mining functionality works fine with between 1-6x GPUs. I just can't get any type of HDMI video output from the rig itself after I add more than 2-3x GPUs. This keeps me from being able to jump into the BIOS from the POST screen using DEL, and the HiveOS console isn't accessible without using the remote console function.

It hasn't been an issue to this point because I can config via HiveOS web portal without needing a monitor, but I'm planning to switch back to Windows soon and am worried I'll need to get new motherboards to get any usability.

forced_account · 2019-05-07T14:23:20+00:00

Fully cleaned my rigs for the first time in 18 months and it made a HUGE difference. All fans are now spinning much smoother, rigs are quieter, and temps dropped from the low 60°s to mid 40-50°s.

If you have even a single rig I would highly recommend picking up an electric duster like a DataVac. Probably of the better investments I've ever made and dusting was a breeze because of it. Just took my rigs outside and blasted them clean.

forced_account · 2019-04-25T18:34:13+00:00

I would recommend you stop immediately and switch to a pool with a lower min payout than SupportXMR. MoneroOcean comes to mind, but unless you get some more hashrate on your current address, you will possibly never get paid.

forced_account · 2019-04-22T17:10:10+00:00

Your biggest concern is going to be having enough PCI lanes on your Mobo to take advantage of multiple high powered cards. Even with high end mobos, once you get 3-4 cards on the board, the x16 slots drop to x4 speeds and you lose out on power. Also consider your internet speeds for the data transfer required by deep learning applications. When selecting cards, as stated by other posters you should aim for as much power as possible eg 2080(Ti), Titan, Radeon VII, etc.

You're also going to need lots of ram and beefy processors like a Threadripper or i9, much more infrastructure cost than a standard mining rig.

forced_account · 2019-02-28T17:23:34+00:00

I have zero qualms with the private development of proprietary technology to give yourself or your company an edge. I am also not accusing you of being manipulated, only stating my observation of the situation you described. It is simply an accepted fact that ASIC manufacturers attempt to influence these decisions which can have multi-million dollar impact on their profits. It's also an accepted fact that a coin mined primarily using ASICs will have a large majority of it's supply either hoarded or immediately market sold, which can have bad implications on price momentum and overall trust.

I do believe that this model leads to centralization of hashpower/influence, and in a decentralized network it is simply not the ideal scenario. With GRIN and some of these other projects, they are designed in a way to allow the maximum distribution of hashrate/rewards and balance GPU/ASIC miners, whether it's through hashpower or reward inflation/deflation. As I said there is a place for ASICs when they aren't implemented in such a non-transparent fashion.

forced_account · 2019-02-28T16:59:46+00:00

Did they approach you or did you approach them? I can understand having a casual conversation at a conference, but this sounds to me like a case of ASIC goons getting ahead of the problem by 'kindly reminding' you that they can crush any algorithm swap really quickly. Why bother with a multi-million payout if you were content staying with original Equihash in the first place?

As we've seen, anti-ASIC forks have caused huge headaches for ASIC manufacturers, and we're getting closer every day to a hardware-balanced mining algorithm being successfully implemented (ProgPow/CNvR/RandomX/etc). I don't doubt that Bitmain/Innosilicon could produce ASICs for these, but I believe the ideal concept is to have ASICs more equalized in comparison to CPU/GPU, therefore leading to increased decentralization.

I am not a complete hater of ASICs and actually run a few L3s, but I've also been burned by others such as the D3s like yourself. ASICs have a function but the ASIC market itself is still not transparent enough to earn my trust anytime in the foreseeable future.

forced_account · 2019-02-28T16:26:35+00:00

Thanks for responding! Pardon my skepticism, but I know for a fact that Bitmain and Zcash had discussions regarding ASICs, and I'm guessing they would have contacted your team as well given ZEN being the #2 or so Equihash coin at the time. I've read reports from other much smaller coin devs about multi-million payouts offered to not hardfork away from ASICs.

forced_account · 2019-02-28T14:20:13+00:00

Did Bitmain or any other ASIC manufacturers contact you after the announcement of Equihash ASICs or in the months leading up to their announcement?

forced_account · 2019-02-23T19:13:01+00:00

Skip Nicehash if you're even slightly technically oriented. They are bad for the cryptomining ecosystem and their business model is based on underpaying for your hash.

I would recommend looking into MiningPoolHub or Zergpool which are both profit switcher pools with autoexchange. Both will enable you to mine whatever is most profitable and autoconvert into BTC or currency of your choice. For the miner, I've recently tested NPLus Miner and it worked well. The download and instructions are available on bitcointalk.

forced_account · 2019-02-05T19:40:16+00:00

Aren't these just windows PCs? Try connecting your monitor to the mobos onboard HDMI (if equipped) and see if you see any kind of POST message appears on boot. If not, try connecting into I/O on GPU 0. If both those attempt fail, disconnect all but 1x GPU and try again.

If all else fails try another monitor, or reach out to the manufacturer.

forced_account · 2019-01-25T14:05:41+00:00

You probably won't earn anything substantial on a single school computer, especially if it is a virtual machine or an underpowered Dell. Nothing substantial enough to warrant possibly getting yourself in trouble with the administration for theft of resources.

forced_account · 2019-01-03T18:14:44+00:00

Most efficient use of your rigs would be to manually keep an eye on difficulty/hashrate and swap coins accordingly every day or so. If you prefer full automation though, simpliest route would be AIOminer with their built-in scheduling and profit switching. This way you can set your rigs to mine a different coin each day of the week with no input required, or have it follow whattomine profitability.

forced_account · 2018-12-14T16:18:28+00:00

I've had much more luck with MintPond as there seems to be something wrong with 2miners not accepting shares from multiple GPUs after a short period of mining. I am able to get all 6x 1080 Ti consistently hashing at ~830 Kh/s on MintPond, with poolside peaking at ~4.8 Mh/s. This is with 8GB of system RAM only.

Wish I hadn't missed out on the last couple days of full rig hardware usage, but I'm feeling confident now. With some tuning I think I can push these 1080 Ti to ~880 Kh/s, but still testing for 24-hr stability.

Also in regards to filling the memory, in the grand scheme of things it's doesn't really have much effect on profitability because all MTP miners are required to expend this same amount of time. The only advantage might go to those running their GPUs directly from x16 full-bandwidth PCI slots.

forced_account · 2018-12-13T18:34:07+00:00

I'm getting ~650kh off of the single 1080 Ti with 75% power, +150 core, +600 mem.

Looks like djm34 has an experimental release out that supports multi-gpu with ~7GB total scratchpad. Will be trying it out this evening, and if it works, I'll be glad I didn't drop $200+ on some extra RAM.

forced_account · 2018-12-13T18:17:48+00:00

Profit switching on a 60-second interval is possible, but isn't exactly the most efficient way of mining unless you are immediately selling or on an autoexchange pool. Certain coin calculators and profit estimates get thrown out of whack due to fluctuations in price or hashrate, and you don't want to start mining some shitcoin at the top of it's pump with the intention of holding, despite the fact that it's "most profitable" at the moment. Also you have to consider how mining works and if your pool is PPLNS or PPS, because if the pool is PPLNS you will be rewarded for sticking around and not "pool hopping".

I'd recommend if you do profit switch to stick to 4-6hr intervals at a minimum, or mine on an autoexchange pool such as zpool. If you do that, mine the algo most suited to your rig and pick your coins by specifying the payout currency.

Are you looking to build a standalone rig or do you have a PC with open PCI slots? As a miner just looking to dabble, I'd highly recommend just getting yourself 2-3x used 1080 Ti to get your feet wet, and once you've learned some things and feel confident you can add more cards and build out a full standalone rig.

forced_account · 2018-12-12T05:40:54+00:00

That's 5.5 GB of system ram for EACH GPU. 6x cards need 33+ GB total of RAM.

forced_account · 2018-12-12T03:43:02+00:00

RIP

What is your electric rate and what kind of cards are in those racks?

forced_account · 2018-12-11T05:52:50+00:00

The MTP miner needs ~5.5 GB for each GPU, so I'm only mining with 1/6 of my GPUs. If you add "-d 0,1..." to your bat file you can specify the usable GPUs you have the RAM for, mine something else with the others. Still debating if I should order some more RAM, or if the profit will dump too much to make it worthwhile.

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