pimpup updates (all miners updated each week)
software changes:
Updated pimp-minerfarm agent service to accommodate changes to xmrig because xmrig unified their miners. actions are required to accommodate their new setup:
it now installs to /opt/miners/xmrig dir, with xmrig binary. This means you will have to edit or recreate your pcfg files to match the new setup (the stuff at the bottom has changed)
You will need to do pimp --delete and pimp --add to delete and re-add the miner profiles (this doesn't change the pcfgs)
xmrig profile numbers changed: 3151, 3152, 3153
details here: https://forum.getpimp.org/topic/7953/xmrig-unified-new-profiles-changed-to-3151-3152-3153
Hello, sorry for the late reply, but this is how you set up the motherboard: https://forum.getpimp.org/topic/5076/asus-b250-mining-expert-bios-settings-pimp-os-v2-6
@Mal -
Thanks again. I have followed the steps as prescribed and I also had a friend of mine burn it with his Linux setup. It appears it is a motherboard issue for me because it still won't boot.
Thank you to everyone that has helped and now that I know what the proper image should look like (both of my new burns look exactly like what Mal posted) I can see that I have a MB issue to tackle. Might be time for a new one.
Thank you again.
Regards,
DoctoreAz
Some mobos will enable iGPU by "Fallback" if it detects a "Fault" (riser connected without GEN2/GEN1 settings) or hardware issue... Can try simplifying rig down to 1 GPU in first x16 slot and verify proper operation/mining then build up from there.
MacOS Catalina user here: perfect install following this procedure:
download image to iMac
unpack
plug in Wavlink USB-C connected cloning dock (SSD in "Target" slot)
Initialise disk when MacOS recognised it was plugged in (disk was already formatted for ubuntu previous install 18.04)
Start up balenaEtcher imaging tool
drag .img pimp image to the Image side of the balenaEtcher tool
select the SSD, USB-C connected disk
Click "Image"
Wait for it to finish
turn off dock
unplug SSD
plug SSD into AMD GPU rig
Startup
connect from iMac via ssh to the rig once started.
paste the key at the prompt
hit "Enter"
boom.
You get Max agents added to key? Clear key rig count in Miner.farm Account page. Quick Video: https://youtu.be/awuWbLqT4Pk Still problems? re-write SSD, clean eject, and SSH key in: https://forum.getpimp.org/topic/268/can-not-validate-license-key/7 and https://forum.getpimp.org/topic/14/entering-the-key-for-the-first-boot
With ethminer, You get more settings to pick from, but you have to set them! Make sure you use your troubleshooting skills and the pimp --test and pimp --debug commands as well as the healthy amount of example pools.
Or you can try another miner that is easier to use out of the box.
Friends dont let friends use safari. Install ANY other browser and try again, perhaps. Or install discord. Or try on a phone. Or try one of these helpful videos: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+discord+on+mac
Set what you can and see if you can boot, validate, and ssh in. If that doesnt work we can look at your manual and suggest further. Also, we have folks in discord chat to help you live anytime.
@dasgutya as far as I know some people had a similar problem with this board, but updating the BIOS had to solve this problem. Look at https://msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z170A-GAMING-M5#down-bios Try the latest version 7977v1F from 2017-06-10 or version 1.D from 2016-12-19 with support of multi graphic cards. I'm sure that this will solve the problem.
And also after updating the BIOS check all the settings of the motherboard again, considering singularity of PCI-e slots operation in some models of MSI boards, it may be necessary to switch on GEN1 mode instead of GEN2. I will be glad to know the result.
Good luck!
you need to disable your onboard video. i can see its still enabled here
{
"gpu_id": "0",
"fanspeed": "90",
"temptarget": "70"
},
and here
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 610 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
This also looks like you are underpowering one of your risers.
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570, Temp: 25C, Fan: 88%, Core Clock: 1400 Mhz, Memory Clock: 2000 Mhz, Power profile: performance (DPM mode), Power Usage: 2.132 W
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 570, Temp: unknown, Fan: unknown, Core Clock: unknown, Memory Clock: unknown,
This is how it always goes on my machine. When one has a power issue i start getting unknown reports from the gputool --status or --config. Once one GPU has an issue the rest of the chain falls out despite there are fine.
I recommend remove on GPU from the chain at a time, reboot and rebuild the gpu-config.json. You also have to reboot after rebuilding it before trying the --status because things about PCI bus config gets cached by the OS.
Its an arduous task but generally helps to isolate a single card.
