Questions tagged [cryptomining]
Use this tag when your question covers specific software or hardware issues that come forward when mining for cryptocurrency.
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Mining ETH with AMD GPU Ubuntu 21.10
I want to mine ethereum with my gpu (rx580). After doing a bit of research, I found out that I need openCL and to get that I have to install the AMD gpu driver. Because I am on Ubuntu 21.10, the ...
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Mining rig Batch file for closing unnecessary windows services
Ok so I am building a bat file that can automatically be executed when windows has finished loading to optimize my all my windows' based rigs for GPU mining.
So far my bat file looks like this, is ...
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Adding a Second GPU to my motherboard and Getting black screen on Startup
So, I tried connecting a second GPU, a GTX 1060 6GB to the second PCIEx16 slot via Riser cable USB in my MSI b550 Tomahawk mobo, and when I turn on my computer I just get a black screen and the VGA ez-...
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CPU burnt with fumes, yet no visible damage
Until yesterday I had a small, homemade ethereum mining rig with 5 GPUs, 4 of which were "sticking out" of my computer (4 GPUs were connected via risers). Everything was going smoothly and I ...
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Found a weird malware at weird location (Windows Defender -Detected : Trojan:BAT/MineBicoin.K & -Affected Item: boot:\\.\E:\)
I was using Ubuntu 20.04 (no dual boot) and after that I installed Official Windows 10 2020 version (even checked sha256sum of the iso file it was genuine) and then after it booted (partition remade ...
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Error when opening Minergate-gui on Debian 9
I'm trying to install Minergate-GUI on my Debian 9 to mine some coins. I downloaded the Minergate-GUI installation file MinerGate-xFast-GUI-1.5-ubuntu.deb (yes Ubuntu) from the official website and ...
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How to clean crypto mining malware that infected my Amazon Linux EC2 server?
From last few days, I have noticed that applications running on my EC2 Linux instance are very slow. Running top command showed me that there is a process /var/tmp/sustse using most of the CPU.
I ...
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Why does recreation.gov use so much CPU? Bad design, or something more sinister? [closed]
I came back to my desktop in the morning after researching campgrounds the night before and noticed my desktop was cooking! Full fan speeds, etc.
Assuming I had visited a website that had a GPU Miner ...
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Can windows version affect a software's RAM and CPU usage?
I downloaded a software that uses simple D3D drawings overlayed on my computer screen. I noticed that the software was using an unreasonable amount of my RAM (about 8GB of RAM) and CPU (40% of my CPU)....
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Three monitors without external GPUs
Is it possible to connect three monitors using only the motherboard and get distinct output?
The motherboard is MSI Pro Carbon Z270 and it has one HDMI and one DVI ports.
I cannot use external GPUs ...
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Do I have a GTX 1050 or a GTX 1050 Ti
When I bought my laptop, they (the store) said that it has a GTX 1050 with 4 gigs of memory. My friend pointed out that only a GTX 1050 Ti has 4 gigs of memory. Furthermore, when I mine Ethereum in ...
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Found a crypto mining process - how do I get rid of it? [duplicate]
Noticed some minor performance decrease, decided to install the process explorer described here:
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/76100/how-to-find-processes-that-are-hidden-from-task-...
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How to setup VPS to forward multiple IPs to a single static IP
Im running a bunch of crypto masternodes and I have a vpn so I can get a static IP for my local server machines (I have to do this because Im on cable internet which doesnt allow me to purchase static ...
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what is the message "P.S We are running a small javascript miner...." on blogspot
I have created a blog to share some important question and answers with my friends. But when I open the blogspot link on edge browser it shows some abnormal behavior like computer becoming very slow.
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PCIe riser 1X-16X on a 16X socket from Motherboard - No input
I have a motherboard with a single 16X PCIe and two 1X PCIe sockets. To use with 3 gpu's. Motherboard Manual
Im using 1X to 16X risers to use my gpus. On both 1X sockets risers with gpus work perfect ...
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