GPU plotter Help
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@FattySnorlax Thats how it works ... gpu creates plots in memory ... if memory is full they get written to disk ... and repeat.
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@FattySnorlax Unless you mean that it completely stops and for some reason does not create the file as it should. In system task manager you could monitor both the CPU, Memory and Disk to check if it works. Like luxe says, it will "occupy" memory resources first, and then it will move over to occupy disk resources, and then move back etc.. Maybe the CPU is involved too, but probably not much.
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Thanks for the quick reply, I will try when I have the chance and reply here again. :)
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Just tested and it stuck in the beginning 10-20 second (I have waited 10 minute and still same), GPU and CPU usage dropped to 0% but physical memory is stuck at 69%, tried again on different hdd still same, might it be GPU problem?
Thanks again in advance.
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@FattySnorlax I don't know, maybe @luxe knows?
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@FattySnorlax are you plotting in direct or buffered mode? In buffered, which creates an optimized plot, the miner will plot the first set of nonces, then build the complete file that the plot will go into. Depending on the size of your plot this can take a LONG time, and while it's happening the plotter will appear hung - CPU/GPU activity will go to about 0, the % complete will not move. However, if you go into Resource Monitor -> Disk Activity, you'll see the app is actually writing a lot of data to disk. Once the full plot file is built, then the CPU/GPU and % will get really active as the plot file is "filled in".
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@haitch I am currently plotting direct, but you are right. Although everything seems to go 0% and stuck but my hard drive used space is increasing so I guess its working :) Thanks for everyone's help.
Anyway it take about 24 hours for 2 x 1TB hard drive, is that normal? I plot both at the same time.
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@FattySnorlax It's definitely not unheard of! It depends on a lot of factors :)
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@FattySnorlax From memory 24 hours for 2 * 1TB is on the high side, but depending on your CPU/GPU/Drives could be reasonable.
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@FattySnorlax make sure it isn't formatted for FAT32. Mine was when I first started and it took me a while to fix it. If it is, I suggest formatting it for NTFS. WARNING. YOU WOULD LOSE ANYTHING ON THE HARD DRIVE IF YOU DID THAT.
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please could help me generate a plot correctly?
already own some plots generated more cpu is giving error
http://prntscr.com/c7xzz5
Thank you very much in advance
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@trincaxt By looking at the last picture you uploaded, it looks like you found at least one deadline (dl confirmed), but your plots are overlapped. In the same picture, you can actually see a link to where you can find a "plot overlap checker" tool. Maybe you could try that and see if it can "fix" them.
Are you having other problems than overlapping plots when generating your plots? If yes, post the contents of your jminer.properties file, please.
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plotPaths=E:/plots,C:/plots
scanPathsEveryRound=
listPlotFiles=
poolMining=true
numericAccountId=12672276093889266929
poolServer=http://burstpool.ddns.net:8124
walletServer=https://wallet.burst-team.us:8125
winnerRetriesOnAsync=
winnerRetryIntervalInMs=
devPool=
devPoolCommitsPerRound=
optDevPool=false
soloServer=http://localhost:8125
passPhrase=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
targetDeadline=
platformId=
deviceId=
refreshInterval=2000
connectionTimeout=12000
debug=
writeLogFile=
logFilePath=
readProgressPerRound=
byteUnitDecimal=
showDriveInfo=
chunkPartNonces=
readerThreads=
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I created a plot of 48 gb with cpu from the copies I have 15 files
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@trincaxt said in GPU plotter Help:
from the copies I have 15 files
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this, could you please explain?
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@trincaxt Picture/question 1: I have an extra file in my folder, looks like you are missing something. @luxe Should he rename that file, create a new jminer.properties and fill out his plotting values there? I'm a bit confused.
Picture/question 2: Have you created one plot file and then copied it to make more plots? That's what it looks like, and that will not work. You have to create each plot file, and you need to configure them so that their nonces don't overlap. Here you can read about plot overlapping: http://forums.burst-team.us:4567/topic/288/plots-101/5.
Each time you create new plot files, you must start your next nonce after the last nonce on your previous plot file.
Example of setup:
4401562696129194441 - replace with your numeric account ID
106430464 - nonce to start at, do not overlap (if this is your first plot use 0)
7618560 - number of nonces to plot, must be a multiple of the stagger (the next field)
16384 - stagger, where each unit represents 256 KB of memory, which in this case totals 4 GB (4096 MB)Example output: gpuPlotGenerator.exe generate direct u:\4401562696129194441_106430464_7618560_16384
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Friend the above example would create a file which size?
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forgive me but so much Newbie ,
I would leave a 460GB full HD and another 240 gb + 200 gb that the dedicated S.O everything to MINING intend to acquire some more hard drives , but noticed q the creation of plots , and very time consuming , the solution would be to create several smaller files then ?

