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XFX VEGA 56 mining setup (Windows 10)

notes derived from vega.miningguides.com

Uninstall drivers

• download DDU
• extract/install
• boot to safe mode: run 'msconfig.msc'
• run it (should reboot)

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Drivers:

• https://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64
• (Blockchain driver) http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-Crimson-ReLive-Edition-Beta-for-Blockchain-Compute-Release-Notes.aspx

Tools:

• AMD/ATI clock patcher: https://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-AMD-ATI-Pixel-Clock-Patcher

guides:

• http://vega.miningguides.com/
• https://www.drivethelife.com/windows-10/amd-radeon-not-showing-in-device-manger-on-windows-10.html

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AMD rom files

• https://s3.amazonaws.com/atlas-shapes/roms/rx550-4GB_asus_stock.rom
• https://s3.amazonaws.com/atlas-shapes/roms/rx550_4GB_xmrstak.rom
• https://s3.amazonaws.com/atlas-shapes/roms/rx560_powercolor_stock.rom
• https://s3.amazonaws.com/atlas-shapes/roms/rx560_xmrstak.rom

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https://github.com/ghostlander/nsgminer

Dependencies: autoconf http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ automake http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ libtool http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ pkg-config http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config ...or pkgconf https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf

libcurl4-gnutls-dev http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/

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https://linuxconfig.org/overclock-your-radeon-gpu-with-amdgpu

Install sensors:

sudo apt install lm-sensors

Edit device files

sudo nano /sys/class/drm/card2/device/pp_sclk_od

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1. Download latest AMD APP SDK from this page: http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/opencl-zone/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/
2. Open terminal and write:

cd
cd Downloads
tar xvf AMD-APP-SDKInstaller-v3.0.130.136-GA-linux64.tar.bz2
sudo sh ./AMD-APP-SDK-v3.0.130.136-GA-linux64.sh

It should look like this:

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Fix read-only USB

sudo diskutil eraseDisk free UNTITLED /dev/disk2

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mount usb drive

sudo lshw 
sudo mkdir /media/usbdrive
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/usbdrive

enable/config ssh:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

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Some notes on how to setup various open-source XMR Miners on Ubuntu 16

Miners tested:

• xmr-stak
• xmrig
• cpu-miner-multi

Using Systemd

• setup

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Video tutorial

Mining pool signup: SUPRNOVA

Commands:

apt-get update
apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev git build-essential
apt-get install autotools-dev autoconf libcurl3 libcurl4-gnutls-dev