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    • MinersRus
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    July 17, 2019, 03:41:25 AM
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    @SixLitr Your tests showing no difference using TurionPowerControl do not make sense.

    I have the exact same Dell R815 servers and both the 6200 and 6300 Series Opterons in them gain 10% by applying the "sudo ./TurionPowerControl -psmax 1" command.

    TurionPowerControl must be run as root, thus the sudo in front of all TurionPowerControl commands.

    Lets try some troubleshooting to see if the issue can be found.

    In the BIOS make sure these processor settings are set to the following values:

    Code:
    HT assist: Disabled
    Core Performance Boost Mode:  Enabled
    Processor HPC mode: Disabled
    C1E: Enabled

    If one or more of these are set incorrectly then TurionPowerControl may not work correctly or at all.

    With that taken care of run this command:

    Code:
    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -l

    and note the results:

    from my quad 6348 Opteron system I got:

    Code:
    Main processor is Family 15h (Bulldozer/Interlagos/Valencia) Processor                                                                                                                      
            Family: 0xf             Model: 0x2              Stepping: 0x0                                                                                                                        
            Extended Family: 0x15   Extended Model: 0x2                                                                                                                                          
            Package Type: 0x3       BrandId: 0x0                                                                                                                                                
    Machine has 8 nodes                                                                                                                                                                          
    Processor has 6 cores                                                                                                                                                                        
    Processor has 8 p-states                                                                                                                                                                    
    Processor has 2 boost states                                                                                                                                                                

    Power States table:                                                                                                                                                                          
    -- Node: x Core x                                                                                                                                                                            
    core 0 pstate 0 (pb0) - En:1 VID:24 FID:18 DID:0.00 Freq:3400 VCore:1.2500                                                                                                                  
    core 0 pstate 1 (pb1) - En:1 VID:30 FID:15 DID:0.00 Freq:3100 VCore:1.1750                                                                                                                  
    core 0 pstate 2 (p0) - En:1 VID:40 FID:12 DID:0.00 Freq:2800 VCore:1.0500                                                                                                                    
    core 0 pstate 3 (p1) - En:1 VID:43 FID:9 DID:0.00 Freq:2500 VCore:1.0125                                                                                                                    
    core 0 pstate 4 (p2) - En:1 VID:47 FID:5 DID:0.00 Freq:2100 VCore:0.9625                                                                                                                    
    core 0 pstate 5 (p3) - En:1 VID:50 FID:2 DID:0.00 Freq:1800 VCore:0.9250                                                                                                                    
    core 0 pstate 6 (p4) - En:1 VID:54 FID:12 DID:1.00 Freq:1400 VCore:0.8750                                                                                                                    
    core 0 pstate 7 (p5) - En:0 VID:0 FID:0 DID:0.00 Freq:1600 VCore:1.5500
                                                                                                                        
    <snip>

     --- Node x:                                                                                                                                                                                
    Processor Maximum PState: 6                                                                                                                                                                  
    Processor Startup PState: 6                                                                                                                                                                  
    Processor Maximum Operating Frequency: 3400 MHz                                                                                                                                              

    Note that current "Processor Maximum PState" is 6

    Now run:

    Code:
    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -psmax 1

    Command should respond with "Done."

    Now again run
    Code:
    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -l

    and make sure that the results at the end show that Processor Maximum PState is now 1:

    Code:
    --- Node x:                                                                                                                                                                                
    Processor Maximum PState: 1                                                                                                                                                                  
    Processor Startup PState: 6                                                                                                                                                                  
    Processor Maximum Operating Frequency: 3400 MHz                                                                                                                                              

    If you get the correct "Processor Maximum PState: 1" then you should gain 10% in hash rates.

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    July 17, 2019, 10:04:29 PM
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    The HT Assist was in fact enabled, and C1E was disabled, swapped those.

    Result of TurionPowerControl:
    Code:
    Main processor is Family 15h (Bulldozer/Interlagos/Valencia) Processor
            Family: 0xf             Model: 0x1              Stepping: 0x2
            Extended Family: 0x15   Extended Model: 0x1
            Package Type: 0x3       BrandId: 0x0
    Machine has 8 nodes
    Processor has 8 cores
    Processor has 8 p-states
    Processor has 2 boost states

    Power States table:
    -- Node: 0 Core 0
    core 0 pstate 0 (pb0) - En:1 VID:19 FID:16 DID:0.00 Freq:3200 VCore:1.3125
    core 0 pstate 1 (pb1) - En:1 VID:33 FID:10 DID:0.00 Freq:2600 VCore:1.1375
    core 0 pstate 2 (p0) - En:1 VID:39 FID:7 DID:0.00 Freq:2300 VCore:1.0625
    core 0 pstate 3 (p1) - En:1 VID:41 FID:5 DID:0.00 Freq:2100 VCore:1.0375
    core 0 pstate 4 (p2) - En:1 VID:44 FID:2 DID:0.00 Freq:1800 VCore:1.0000
    core 0 pstate 5 (p3) - En:1 VID:47 FID:0 DID:0.00 Freq:1600 VCore:0.9625
    core 0 pstate 6 (p4) - En:1 VID:50 FID:12 DID:1.00 Freq:1400 VCore:0.9250
    core 0 pstate 7 (p5) - En:0 VID:0 FID:0 DID:0.00 Freq:1600 VCore:1.5500

    I went ahead and changed the power control from 6 to 1 successfully and results for all 4 CPUs are [9073H/s]

    Code:
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1318.61 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1313.64 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1313.27 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1314.09 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1312.53 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1303.8 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 604.595 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 596.604 hashes per second

    A performance increase to be sure for the first 3 CPUs, however I suspect there may be some issues with that last CPU, or possibly a memory placement/configuration issue.

    Running the test again now at psmax 6 results a slightly higher performance overall, simply because that last CPU isn't reporting so low [9266H/s]

    Code:
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1188.97 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1184.08 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1183.85 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1184.04 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1183.31 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1178.12 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1088.27 hashes per second
    Calculated result: d6660144e9a2e68bf47d7cc8afc206672e72f82dfff69fe0d974531e85f7504f
    Performance: 1078.13 hashes per second

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    July 18, 2019, 12:50:38 AM
    Last edit: July 18, 2019, 04:00:11 PM by MinersRus
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     #963
    @SixLitr

    Yes there really is something wrong with that last processor and I believe that it is probably memory related.

    Your tests are showing that "sudo ./TurionPowerControl -psmax 1" is working properly.

    The other three processors go from 1220 H/s per node to 1310 H/s per node or a gain of 7.4%.

    As for that last processor is the system reporting any defective memory modules or complaining about non-optimal memory configuration when booting?

    You can set in the BIOS under memory settings that a memory test is always run when booting.

    Also to check for bad and or mismatched memory you could swap the memory between processors and see if the problem moves to another processor.

    You can also use TurionPowerControl to check the DRAM Configuration Status

    Code:
    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -dram

    Example from my quad Opteron 6348 Dell R815:

    Code:
    DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=63                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=63                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    Node 1 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
    DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=8 TrwtTO=7 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=60                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    Node 2 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
    DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=64                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    Node 3 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
    DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=60                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    Node 4 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
    DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=62                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=63                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    Node 5 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
    DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=8 TrwtTO=7 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    Node 6 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
    DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=63                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=63                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    Node 7 ---                                                                                                                                                                                   
    DCT0: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=9 TrwtTO=8 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=61                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    DCT1: DDR3 frequency: 1333 MHz                                                                                                                                                               
    Tcl=9 Trcd=9 Trp=9 Tras=24 Access Mode:1T Trtp=5 Trc=33 Twr=10 Trrd=4 Tcwl=7 Tfaw=20                                                                                                         
    TrwtWB=8 TrwtTO=7 Twtr=5 Twrrd=1 Twrwrsdsc=1 Trdrdsdsc=1 Tref=2 Trfc0=4 Trfc1=2 Trfc2=4 Trfc3=4 MaxRdLatency=59                                                                             
    LDIMM0=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM1=OK/OK LDIMM2=EMPTY/EMPTY LDIMM3=EMPTY/EMPTY                                                                                                                       

    Hopefully you can spot the memory problem from this data. MaxRdLatency and DDR3 frequency are probable the most important along with the LDIMM results.

    In my system I have four 2GB memory sticks for each Opteron 6348. That means two sticks for each of the two nodes in each Opteron. Thus the LDIMM1=OK/OK shown above.

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    On the subject of TurionPowerControl I have found more useful commands.

    When I am testing I open three shellinthebox command windows to the server.

    In the first one I run the actual benchmark. In the second I run nmon with the "c" key when it opens to observe which cores are active.

    In the third one I cd into turionpowercontrol and run various TurionPowerControl commands while the benchmark is running.

    This command: sudo ./TurionPowerControl -CM

    shows the actual Pstate for all cores in real time. If you run this during testing without doing the "TurionPowerControl -psmax 1" you will see that the Pstate flips from PS1 and PS2 all the time. But if you have done "TurionPowerControl -psmax 1" it stays locked in PS1 which is why you get the gain.

    To show useful information about Hardware Thermal Control features of the processors in the system
    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -htc

    The Dell R815 shows 70c as the high temperature limit and that that temp was exceeded before (which throttles the processor).

    This command sets the high temperature limit on active node as a threshold for thermal control activity
    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -htctemplimit <value>

    I did "sudo ./TurionPowerControl -htctemplimit 75" and reran the benchmark but it resulted in no gain in H/s so I left it at the default 70c

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    July 31, 2019, 06:10:22 AM
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    You have the system? up and running?  Grin

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    July 31, 2019, 08:57:50 AM
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    Quote from: HerstellerBTC on July 31, 2019, 08:56:52 AM
    Hello buddies, I have just registered here to ask about  some aspects of altcoin mining. As I have never tried mining maybe you can share some ideas because there is not much available info on the web, thx
    Hi, what are you interested in? Because altcoin mining is a huge niche.

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    July 31, 2019, 09:09:16 AM
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    I want to start mining dash or something like this, have you ever tried mining altcoins?

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    July 31, 2019, 09:09:30 AM
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    Quote from: HerstellerBTC on July 31, 2019, 09:09:16 AM
    I want to start mining dash or something like this, have you ever tried mining altcoins?
    Yes, I have but you need really good rigs to be on top of the game

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    July 31, 2019, 09:18:49 AM
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    You personally own such rigs? Could you tell more about the miners and where can I get them

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    July 31, 2019, 09:20:26 AM
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    Quote from: HerstellerBTC on July 31, 2019, 09:18:49 AM
    You personally own such rigs? Could you tell more about the miners and where can I get them
    So, basically all miners nowadays are called antiminers, in order to not using GPU miners, antiminers like S17 or S17 pro can really make the difference. I buy all antiminers and complemented equipment on globemining com. I buy there for a long time, yesterday, for example, I have ordered another miner there

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    July 31, 2019, 09:59:43 AM
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    So you use different miners for different purposes?

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    July 31, 2019, 10:00:22 AM
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    Quote from: HerstellerBTC on July 31, 2019, 09:59:43 AM
    So you use different miners for different purposes?
    Yes, exactly. I have a small farm on ETH, 2 miners on BTC, the rest is altcoin mining

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    July 31, 2019, 10:07:40 AM
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    Quote from: JonnikM on July 31, 2019, 10:00:22 AM
    Quote from: HerstellerBTC on July 31, 2019, 09:59:43 AM
    So you use different miners for different purposes?
    Yes, exactly. I have a small farm on ETH, 2 miners on BTC, the rest is altcoin mining
    And all of your miners are working? No break downs?

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    August 06, 2019, 12:08:24 PM
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    You are a troll f*cking up this useful thread, shilling a scam, right?

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    September 15, 2019, 09:13:59 AM
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    can opteron 6376 be profitable at .18/kwh?
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    October 04, 2019, 12:20:02 AM
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    Quote from: MinersRus on July 16, 2019, 11:30:43 PM
    Quote from: SixLitr on July 16, 2019, 05:58:28 PM
    @MinersRus

    Unfortunately no, I am unable to improve that last processor but I am still working on things.

    Does that mean that "HT assist" was already disabled in the BIOS?

    These are the other settings I have in the processor settings:

    HT assist: Disabled
    Core Performance Boost Mode:  Enabled
    Processor HPC mode: Disabled
    C1E: Enabled

    Quote from: SixLitr
    No luck getting TurionPowerControl working either.

    I have discovered that TurionPowerControl binary can be downloaded here:

    https://github.com/mh0rst/turionpowercontrol/releases

    Just download the tpc-0.44-rc2.tar.gz file (or tpc-0.44-rc2.zip) and unzip it.

    In the tpc-0.44-rc2/bin/Ubuntu-amd64 folder you will see the TurionPowerControl binary


    I pulled down the turionPowercontrol but getting this error when I run it:

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -dram
    TurionPowerControl 0.44-rc2 (tpc-0.44-rc2-r144)
    Turion Power States Optimization and Control - by blackshard

    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    No supported processor detected, sorry.

    Quad opteron 6378 on ubuntu 18

    Also, I can't run the benchmark without using --softAes. Why is that? I see your logs show hardware AES. Is that something in the bios I need to setup?

    Also, Getting this error:

    seq 0 1 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 10000 --init 8 --threads 8
    libnuma: Warning: node argument 0 is out of range

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    October 04, 2019, 12:42:08 AM
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    I pulled down the turionPowercontrol but getting this error when I run it:

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -dram
    TurionPowerControl 0.44-rc2 (tpc-0.44-rc2-r144)
    Turion Power States Optimization and Control - by blackshard

    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    No supported processor detected, sorry.

    You need cpuid installed:
    sudo apt install cpuid

    And you need cpuid and msr loaded:
    sudo modprobe cpuid
    sudo modprobe msr

    To have cpuid and msr loaded on boot:

    Editetc/modules file and add these line to it:
     cpuid
     msr


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    Quad opteron 6378 on ubuntu 18

    Also, I can't run the benchmark without using --softAes. Why is that? I see your logs show hardware AES. Is that something in the bios I need to setup?

    Also, Getting this error:

    seq 0 1 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 10000 --init 8 --threads 8
    libnuma: Warning: node argument 0 is out of range

    First make sure you have enough LargePages:

    sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=9600
    catproc/meminfo

    also make sure you have numactl installed:
    sudo apt install numactl

    For a Quad Opteron 6378 system this is the command:

    seq 0 7 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl --localalloc -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 100000 --init 8 --threads 8

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    October 04, 2019, 12:57:54 AM
     #977
    Instructions for installing TurionPowerControl from Source Code:

    https://github.com/mh0rst/turionpowercontrol/releases

    Install TPC:

    https://hardforum.com/threads/multiple-processor-g34-checklist.1669698

    Install TurionPowerControl

    Code:
    sudo apt install ncurses-dev
    sudo apt install git

    git clone https://github.com/mh0rst/turionpowercontrol.git
    cd turionpowercontrol
    make

    sudo apt install cpuid

    sudo modprobe cpuid
    sudo modprobe msr

    So that you don't have to do the modprobe's after you reboot do this:

    sudo Editetc/modules file and add these lines:
     cpuid
     msr

    ------------------------------------------

    To Run TurionPowerControl commands at Boot:

    sudo Editetc/rc.local

    addhome/miner/turionpowercontrol/TurionPowerControl -psmax 1
    addhome/miner/turionpowercontrol/TurionPowerControl -htctemplimit 75

    and any other TurionPowerControl commands you would like to run at boot

    Change the "/home/miner/turionpowercontrol" in the above line(s) to whatever directory TurionPowerControl is installed in.

    ------------------------------------------

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -l

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -psmax 1

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -spec

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -temp
    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -mtemp

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -dram

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -gettdp

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -CM

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -htc

    // To Prevent Throttling when Garage Mining
    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -htctemplimit 75

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    October 04, 2019, 03:56:24 AM
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    Quote from: MinersRus on October 04, 2019, 12:42:08 AM
    Quote
    I pulled down the turionPowercontrol but getting this error when I run it:

    sudo ./TurionPowerControl -dram
    TurionPowerControl 0.44-rc2 (tpc-0.44-rc2-r144)
    Turion Power States Optimization and Control - by blackshard

    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    cpuid:open: No such file or directory
    No supported processor detected, sorry.

    You need cpuid installed:
    sudo apt install cpuid

    And you need cpuid and msr loaded:
    sudo modprobe cpuid
    sudo modprobe msr

    To have cpuid and msr loaded on boot:

    Editetc/modules file and add these line to it:
     cpuid
     msr


    Quote
    Quad opteron 6378 on ubuntu 18

    Also, I can't run the benchmark without using --softAes. Why is that? I see your logs show hardware AES. Is that something in the bios I need to setup?

    Also, Getting this error:

    seq 0 1 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 10000 --init 8 --threads 8
    libnuma: Warning: node argument 0 is out of range

    First make sure you have enough LargePages:

    sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=9600
    catproc/meminfo

    also make sure you have numactl installed:
    sudo apt install numactl

    For a Quad Opteron 6378 system this is the command:

    seq 0 7 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl --localalloc -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 100000 --init 8 --threads 8


    That cleared up the turion errors and appears to be working.

    Still getting this error:
    seq 0 7 | xargs -P 0 -I node numactl --localalloc -N node ./randomx-benchmark --mine --largePages --jit --nonces 100000 --init 8 --threads 8 --softAes
    libnuma: Warning: node argument 0 is out of range

    <0> is invalid
    <3> is invalid
    <6> is invalid

    Also, still required to have --softAes on the command line. Anything ideas about that?

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    October 04, 2019, 05:36:27 PM
    Last edit: October 04, 2019, 05:51:28 PM by engineerking
     #979
    I fixed the invalid node by swapping ram into all blue slots instead of all white. Now, still having the issue with having to enable --softAes. I checked the bios again but nothing jumped out. Doesn't the 6378 support AES?

    Update: Just kidding. Still having 5 and 6 invalid now.

    lscpu
    Architecture:        x86_64
    CPU op-mode(s):      32-bit, 64-bit
    Byte Order:          Little Endian
    CPU(s):              64
    On-line CPU(s) list: 0-63
    Thread(s) per core:  2
    Core(s) per socket:  8
    Socket(s):           4
    NUMA node(s):        8
    Vendor ID:           AuthenticAMD
    CPU family:          21
    Model:               2
    Model name:          AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6378
    Stepping:            0
    CPU MHz:             1444.930
    CPU max MHz:         2400.0000
    CPU min MHz:         1400.0000
    BogoMIPS:            4800.29
    Virtualization:      AMD-V
    L1d cache:           16K
    L1i cache:           64K
    L2 cache:            2048K
    L3 cache:            6144K
    NUMA node0 CPU(s):   0-7
    NUMA node1 CPU(s):   8-15
    NUMA node2 CPU(s):   16-23
    NUMA node3 CPU(s):   24-31
    NUMA node4 CPU(s):   32-39
    NUMA node5 CPU(s):   40-47
    NUMA node6 CPU(s):   48-55
    NUMA node7 CPU(s):   56-63


    numactl --show
    policy: default
    preferred node: current
    physcpubind: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
    cpubind: 0 1 2 3 4 7
    nodebind: 0 1 2 3 4 7
    membind: 0 1 2 3 4 7

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    Last edit: October 08, 2019, 07:16:46 PM by engineerking
     #980
    Gave up trying to get the benchmark to work. Went straight to xmrig 4.2.1.

    edit/update: Thanks for the detailed guides in this thread. Using turion and the custom bios for overclocking, was able to get 12.8khs. Very happy.

    I am building out another identical setup but after flashing the bios, CPU2 does not working. Meaning, if I take the CPU out of CPU2 slot, it boots. If I put it back in, it doesn't boot. I tried flashing the original stock bios but that didn't help either. No bios beeps, no screen, nothing with CPU2 in. I checked for bent pins but don't see anything. Have you experienced that with any of your work?

    For now, I will have to just use 3 CPUs which seems a little like a waste but better than nothing I guess...
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