I have a new build windows 8, 3770k, and 7970ghz and want to start mining. I've joined a pool, downloaded the wallet, but I'm having problems with the mining application. Ive tried reaper (it stops working while compiling), guiminer never connects.
any suggestions?
I am having this same problem I thought it was just me so I basically gave up on mining LTC. However, I have a Intel 3570k with a 7850 and I get this problem:
When I use cg miner it starts the long polling then it says cgminer.exe has stopped working and closes.
When I use reaper it says compiling kernel this could take up to 2 minutes.. then right after it says reaper.exe has stopped working and closes.
When I use gui miner scrypt it just never connects. Because its either using cgminer or reaper and they both crash.
Keep in mind this is after I'v edited the configs, after I'v tried many different pools, and after I entered all the right settings. Iv changed drivers, sdks, and even hard drives. Is this a much more serious problem or am I doing something wrong?
One bonus peice of info: I can mine BTC with both cgminer and guiminer and I can mine LTC with only my cpu using scrypt miner. However anytime I try to mine LTC with my GPU and any of these miners Im getting these errors.
Thanks for anyone who can help me out!
FINALLY! This is mainly for you AFevans2. After searching just about every forum on the internet I finally found a little bit of advice on how to fix the problem we were both having: First install the AMD cleanup utility linked here: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/catalyst-uninstall-utility.aspx then after you do that and all your drivers are uninstalled I installed an older catalyst setup version 12.8 linked here: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/12/Pages/radeon.aspx?os=Windows%20Vista%20-%2064-Bit%20Edition&rev=12.8 after I got it installed I tried mining litecoin with guiminer-scrypt and WAHLA it worked! So then I switched over to cgminer and tweeked some setting for much faster mining and now everything is going well! I could now try upgrading to newer drivers since I know 12.8 works now and I might be able to upgrade fine. However, since it's finally working after almost a week of trying to get it to work I'm going to leave it for now. I hope this works for you dude, good luck!
My working new litecoin address :D LcCtysqScn3Qwf8BP3LbARpbKWnz3xTjiB
It worked, awesome thanks!!
Awesome! :D