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[LightScribe]

The star tells that he/she/it is donating to the pool =)

[IrishTR]

Thanks for the explanation CircuitSix.  Another question:  What's the star next to a name mean?

GPU #1 ran good at 820kh/s for 8 hours.  Testing GPU #2!

Is that over clocked or stock settings?  Also what was your cgminer configuration?

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[sizzflair]

Thanks for the explanation CircuitSix.  Another question:  What's the star next to a name mean?

GPU #1 ran good at 820kh/s for 8 hours.  Testing GPU #2!

Is that over clocked or stock settings?  Also what was your cgminer configuration?

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Stock clocks and memory except gpu boost of 20 percent. Still messing around with the cgminer settings but I might see what gpu boost of 0 might do to hash rate vs power consumption

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[CircuitSix]

I see your hash rate increasing, very nice 

[sizzflair]

Yea.  I was able to get 3 GPUs running all at the same time now.  However, getting an issue running a 4th.  I think my second pcie 1x lane is bad.  It crashes everytime I run it on that particular pcie lane. 

If my other motherboard (same setup) is showing the same symptom then this cheapo motherboard can only run 3 x r9 290s at a time.  It's actually probably not a bad idea since my psu won't be running at max and I won't have to worry about tripping the fuse or surge protector at 1600+ watts.  SO if I can only run 3 x r9 290s... then I'll run the two rigs and build myself a nice 2 x 290 gaming computer to replace mine and mine when I'm at work or sleep on that particular computer.  Might even think about going watercooled to keep the noise down but, if it's only running when I'm away then it won't matter I guess.  It would probably annoy the hell out of whoever is going to be in my office though.

Once I have everything set, expect some donations from me for running an awesome pool and supporting GLD 

[sizzflair]

Well good news and bad news:

Got the other rig set up and went straight to 4 gpu to test it for the best.

It's running!  All 4 at 820+kh/s per card and max of 80C (getting higher now that the room is getting warmer haha).  I'm going to run it for a full day to see if it's stable.

If it is stable, then the bad news is that the first motherboard's pcie 1x #2 is bad.  Contact Newegg I guess for a RMA?  Hoping to see if there's an option for advance RMA for the motherboard to minimize downtime (I've already had enough downtime!)

I'll update you all tomorrow 

[CircuitSix]

I see it mining away at a very impressive rate, congrats on getting the one rig up, sorry about the bad MB though.

[sizzflair]

I see it mining away at a very impressive rate, congrats on getting the one rig up, sorry about the bad MB though.

Well it happens...  I'll either RMA and get a new board or sell the 290 for $150 more than what I bought it for and the powered risers are a premium nowadays.

Decisions decisions...

Circuitsix:  Donations set for 1%     I'm happy that the second rig is good!

[sizzflair]

Hmm... just got some orphans now.  I guess 51% defense kicking in?

[lucianone]

newbie question.
what is orphaned? i got this once.

10537   lucianone   2013-12-17 03:08:27   Credit   Orphaned         123824   0.05223789

[sizzflair]

Orphans/Invalids
Even though the odds are so high to solve a block, there is a potential for two clients to submit a winning share at the same time. When this happens, the network chooses the definitive winner. The loser's block is then orphaned from the blockchain and declared invalid. Invalid blocks are a rare occurrence, but it does happen

[IrishTR]

Well good news and bad news:

Got the other rig set up and went straight to 4 gpu to test it for the best.

It's running!  All 4 at 820+kh/s per card and max of 80C (getting higher now that the room is getting warmer haha).  I'm going to run it for a full day to see if it's stable.

If it is stable, then the bad news is that the first motherboard's pcie 1x #2 is bad.  Contact Newegg I guess for a RMA?  Hoping to see if there's an option for advance RMA for the motherboard to minimize downtime (I've already had enough downtime!)

I'll update you all tomorrow 

Damn that sucks about the board, I think I have to RMA mine as well, the 1st 1x PCIe slot is messed up (partially my fault) had to do the pin A1 to B17 mod on it and well the pins inside the slot arent making good contact with the inserted card/riser   Gonna try to fix it myself first otherwise see about RMA ugh.

Also are you planning to unlock your R9 290 stream processors to the R9 290x's?  I did this with my 6950 to 6970 went from 1408 to 1536 stream procs and upped my hash rate for free (no heat/no extra power!)   Here's just one link about the 290s and how to do go from 2560 to 2816!  Ignore the brand as they all are done the same way.

http://videocardz.com/47971/powercolor-radeon-r9-290-unlocked-r9-290x

[sizzflair]

Well good news and bad news:

Got the other rig set up and went straight to 4 gpu to test it for the best.

It's running!  All 4 at 820+kh/s per card and max of 80C (getting higher now that the room is getting warmer haha).  I'm going to run it for a full day to see if it's stable.

If it is stable, then the bad news is that the first motherboard's pcie 1x #2 is bad.  Contact Newegg I guess for a RMA?  Hoping to see if there's an option for advance RMA for the motherboard to minimize downtime (I've already had enough downtime!)

I'll update you all tomorrow 

Damn that sucks about the board, I think I have to RMA mine as well, the 1st 1x PCIe slot is messed up (partially my fault) had to do the pin A1 to B17 mod on it and well the pins inside the slot arent making good contact with the inserted card/riser   Gonna try to fix it myself first otherwise see about RMA ugh.

Also are you planning to unlock your R9 290 stream processors to the R9 290x's?  I did this with my 6950 to 6970 went from 1408 to 1536 stream procs and upped my hash rate for free (no heat/no extra power!)   Here's just one link about the 290s and how to do go from 2560 to 2816!  Ignore the brand as they all are done the same way.

http://videocardz.com/47971/powercolor-radeon-r9-290-unlocked-r9-290x

Yea I ended up doing an advanced RMA.  Newegg will ship me (hopefully) the new motherboard in 3 days.  I'll assemble it and make sure it works then send mine over.

I looked into unlocking the 290s and I guess the new batches of 290s can't be unlocked.  I checked my cards and they cannot be unlocked according to the Hawaii software... oh well.  Once I get the motherboard replaced, I'll start tweaking the settings a little bit and update the bios on all of my cards.  People are getting close to 900kh/s on these 290s right now running around 380-390w

At least the cool thing I did today was to buy myself my first bitcoin!  It dropped hard so I snatched one (just to play with) below $700.  Now it's rising 

[CircuitSix]

Hmm... just got some orphans now.  I guess 51% defense kicking in?

Our pool is about 1/10th to 1/8th of the network so I dont think we have to worry about 51% YET

We have had 223 valid and only 3 orphans since the beginning, I would say we are doing pretty well. It is amazing to me that I go to sleep and when I wake up the pool size doubles.

I am thinking about making an additional pool for another coin, any ideas on what you all would like to see? Please do not say Dogecoin

[AZIZ1977]

Hmm... just got some orphans now.  I guess 51% defense kicking in?

Our pool is about 1/10th to 1/8th of the network so I dont think we have to worry about 51% YET

We have had 223 valid and only 3 orphans since the beginning, I would say we are doing pretty well. It is amazing to me that I go to sleep and when I wake up the pool size doubles.

I am thinking about making an additional pool for another coin, any ideas on what you all would like to see? Please do not say Dogecoin

A Goldcoin pool....lol