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      peas last edited by

      Hi,

      I tried to go through the instructions for building cgminer 3.7.2 and it just did not work ! - what a time sink !

      Anyway - does anyone here on the forum know of the location for a pre-built one from a trustable location ? - as the main site does not have it on anymore. I need it for Windows 7 64bit

      Also - is bfgminer better ?

      Are there any other miner progams worth a try ?

      I am using GUIMiner at the mo - it uses CGminer in the back version 3.5.0 - but I know this is a bit old.

      Thanks

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        Refelix last edited by

        Hey Peas,

        Whats the problem with using CG Miner?

        You should not have to build it … I thought that when I downloaded it for the first time as I could not find the .exe files but turns out I had to download a certain version of GUI miner in order to get the most recent working version of CG miner (They axed GPU mining in later versions). Also double check your firewall has not quarantined the .exe files, took me hours to figure that out and restore them!

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          Pancrisp last edited by

          Hi peas!

          I’ve noticed that cgminer ver. 3.0 onwards is no longer available for download.

          Fret not, I have a working one with me.
          I’ll try to get a pre-built copy of cgminer done tomorrow. Will also preload some BAT files that connects to reputable pools. I’ll include a few so you can pick whichever you prefer.

          Should be up in the guides section, hope to speak to sheepson soon so I can get him to edit the posts.

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            uncle_muddy administrators last edited by

            I’ve got 3.1.1 here you can have a copy of, just PM me somewhere to drop it for you

            UM

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              Ignition75 Regular Member last edited by

              I’ve got a zip file of 3.7.2 you can have also…

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                ftcMagic last edited by

                sgminer is what I use. https://github.com/veox/sgminer
                It’s a fork of cgminer 3.7.2, with all the non-scrypt stuff taken out. Smaller and just as fast. A few things are being worked on that will let you fine-tune your intensity.
                Be aware, though, that the display style has been reverted to the earlier 3.1 cgminer style.

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                  peas last edited by

                  Thanks very much for the help everyone.

                  I wanted 3.7.2 as I think it might give me a higher hash then 3.5.0

                  Also does anyone know of a 64bit windows build of sgminer - or does the 32bit one work just fine on 64bit machines running Windows 7 64bit.

                  Thanks very much

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                    ftcMagic last edited by

                    There is no binary release of sgminer, so you’ll have to (and want to) compile it yourself. The documentation is all there along with the source code.
                    On the other hand, if you’d like to run a binary passed to you by some stranger on the internet… feel free ;)

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                      ftcMagic last edited by

                      [quote name=“peas” post=“56992” timestamp=“1391514117”]
                      I tried to go through the instructions for building cgminer 3.7.2 and it just did not work ! - what a time sink !
                      [/quote]

                      What’s not working? Where are you getting stuck in the process?
                      Once you have the right tools installed, it should be a very simple and straightforward process, worth learning too. Perhaps instead of looking for a binary or different miner, we should help you with the issues.

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                        peas last edited by

                        I am building on 64bit windows 7 and I am not sure if that is the problem.

                        As I no minimal web surfing etc on the mining machine for fear of infection ! (lol) - I will have to take a look and post something later

                        It basically complains about not being able to build in the gou support

                        and even if I put the right files in C:\MinGW\include bin lib

                        if the ./configure stage it says something like

                        opencl … no

                        • sorry I need access to the box to get the exact stuff - but perhaps someone is going to tell me that you can’t do this on 64 bit Windows - I chose windows as I heard the tools are better for tweaking than Linux - perhaps Linux is the right way to go - anyway - I hope to post more info later.

                        Thanks

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                          Ignition75 Regular Member last edited by

                          I am running Windows 8.1 64 bit and it’s fine…

                          I wish I new about BAMT before I purchased all my hardware and software though…

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                            Drjones Regular Member last edited by

                            I also had this problem last night, instead I used the version in GUI miner which was fine getting really good hash rates on 7950 don’t think the newer version will add much to hash rate tbh

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                              ftcMagic last edited by

                              [quote name=“peas” post=“57298” timestamp=“1391622014”]
                              if the ./configure stage it says something like
                              opencl … no
                              [/quote]

                              You don’t have the opencl development libraries installed (or at least not where it expects to find them).

                              From https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/blob/master/windows-build.txt:

                              Go to this url for the latest AMD APP SDK:
                              http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/downloads/
                              Go to this url for legacy AMD APP SDK’s:
                              http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/downloads/download-archive/
                              Download and install whichever version you like best.
                              Copy the folders in \Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\include to \MinGW\include
                              Copy \Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\lib\x86\libOpenCL.a to \MinGW\lib
                              Note: If you are on a 32 bit version of windows “Program Files (x86)” will be
                              “Program Files”.
                              Note2: If you update your APP SDK later you might want to recopy the above files

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