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Questions tagged [miner-configuration]

This tag should be used for questions about configuring and optimizing the software settings on mining rigs.

Mining rigs often need special configurations in order to perform optimally. Questions using this tag should be about how to configure mining hardware properly and how to set up mining hardware for use in mining pools.

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How can I start mining Bitcoin?

Ok. I don't care if I make only a small amount of bitcoins mining. I want to mine. How do I setup my machine (amd x64 4.6Ghz 6GB/RAM with GeForce Nvidia 7300, LinuxMint 10) to start mining? Is it damn simple, or it's a damn-high-geek-setup? Can I…
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What open source miner applications are there?

What open source miner applications are there? Especially to see how the mining process works.
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Are there any Mining OS to be started from USB?

Considering my PC as a mining rig I don't want to install anything on HD. Setting up a system with full GUI mining capabilites (proprietary drivers, OpenCL, ...) can take some time. An out of the box solution would be nice. Are there any…
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Fastest CPU Miner

I have a Windows Server with 20 cores at 2.10 Ghz (AMD Opteron 4171 HE). I am currently using Ufasoft CPU miner and getting about 35 Mhash/s. I want to know what is the fastest CPU miner that I can use.
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How to solo-mine bitcoins with bfgminer?

I'm completely new to Bitcoin, so my understanding of mining is still improving. I downloaded BFGMiner, and now I would like to perform some solo mining. (I would rather have it use my GPU, but if a CPU is noticeably easier than I'll go that route…
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Why does merely having Windows Media Player open double my GPU hashrate?

I'm using poclbm to mine under Windows... processor is an AMD A6-3400M with integrated Radeon HD 6250G GPU. When Windows Media Player is closed, I get a rate of 16 megahashes/second, but when it is open (even if stopped or paused) poclbm reports a…
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What software/hardware is required to mine with an FPGA?

I have been looking for a device that would allow me to mine Bitcoins without too much noise and heat. Something relatively small that I could keep in a shelf without worrying too much about it. A rig with GPUs is too noisy so I looked into FPGAs,…
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How do I solo mine on a mac?

I know it's pointless. I just want to learn how to do it. Are there any guides out there?
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Mining behind a proxy and restrictive firewall (only http ports allowed) - possible?

I have a very restrictive firewall with an additional proxy here. Is there a GPU mining tool out there that supports proxy server? The best would be a SSL connection to the mining pool. A long living stream also doesn't work I think, because…
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Miners, did Catalyst version 11.9 fix CPU usage issue for you?

Miners, did the new Catalyst version 11.9 fix 100% CPU usage issue for you? what's the best version of Catalyst to use for mining?
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What is mining intensity?

Both Bitcoin and Litecoin have an intensity setting when mining. What does this mean?
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The bitcoind 'gen=0' setting - implications?

I have read that when running a simple standalone instance of 'bitcoind', you should generally use 'gen=0', since it's highly unlikely you'll ever mine a block on your own. What I don't fully understand is how this relates to transaction…
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how to start mining with FPGA

I found that in my university there are some FPGA's available to test and to play with. I am a software/web programmer and I have never been working with verilog or whatever is used to program FPGA. So is there a nice tutorial which explains how to…
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How to connect to RPCPORT=9332 via LAN

I edited litecoin.conf file... To this: testnet=0 rcpuser=user rpcpassowrd=pass rpcport=9332 server=1 I use minerd with litecoind and when I try to connect to the local machine 127.0.0.1:9332 everything work fine. When I try to connect another…
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Is it impossible to GPU mine without OpenCL?

I have an Nvidia 7300 GX and want to start mining with it. This card doesn't support OpenCL. Can I still use it for mining? With BitMinter I can only use CPU mining; it doesn't see the Nvidia card. I am using Linux Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) with…
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