Hi There, i'm new to mining in general i was using another program but i'm more comfortable using winminer, its great and i wanted to say congratulations!

but i wanted to ask a question, sometimes instead of mining it just says device detected ( i can see that its using 100% of my gpu ), but not telling what coins is being mined neither how much is my estimated earnings
so should i just let it continue its fine and its still mining ? or do i have to restart it  ( stop - start again ), ?
because if it means it stopped mining or its a bug then i can't leave it overnight for nothing so what i can do ?

Welcome aboard!

Thank you for choosing WinMiner and for your support!
"Device detected" is an early stage in benchmarking in which WinMiner identifies the hardware and prepares for the benchmark testing steps by fetching the right miners, drivers etc.

The length of this stage depends largely on the type of coin, the Algo to be used and the available hardware, and can range from a couple of seconds to several minutes.
If on your machine the device detected stage takes more than 6 minutes or so, then please let us know and we will work with you to resolve the issue.

Happy mining  

thank you for answering my question   , it did work in matter of 2 minutes or so, glad to know what it means , waiting for the new updates <3 , keep up the good work

This is a great point (especially with the current heavy loads on the BTC network and the long transfer confirmation times, caused by it). Thank you!

During the last spike in unconfirmed transfers on BTC network (about a week ago) we suggested, among other ways, to write to us at support [at] winminer.com , BEFORE making a withdrawal, if interested in a higher transfer fee withdrawal (that will get priority and receive confirmation faster) – this still holds – feel free to contact us for that.
(See the post - https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/2004875.msg20919818#msg20919818)

Creating a feature like you suggested is a great idea especially if the congested bitcoin network state persists.

Keep on sending great ideas and feedback! We are here to assist if you need us 

Just found this. Seems like a great idea, so I'm testing it now.

Question #1: I'm running the portable version. I started it in admin mode and now I can't switch back. I've tried deleting the folder and starting over but got the same result. So my question is is admin mode necessary after initial setup and is it possible to switch back and forth?

Thanks for sending a great idea.

We are sure you will be happy to know that we are already working on a feature that will allow users to define their own WinMiner minimum profit rate threshold.
That way, when profitability is below the threshold, WinMiner will refrain from performing any mining activity 

Feature Request:

Allow for manual alternative power setting, as well as temperature threshold.

Minimum request - global value
Stretch goal - per card

I prefer to run my cards somewhat conservatively, and with my pending GTX 1070 x 6 build, I'd like to run them all at around 85% power - which keeps the temps low without taxing my fans, and only has a marginal cost to do it (at best).

When I manually put this into either MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision, the settings displayed are not over-written, however the graph indicating what's actually going on shows that they are being ignored. A quick re-apply corrects it, however I do not have a function to re-apply the settings after every miner/coin/etc swap. I've poked at some of the configuration files, but I'm not sure which ones to use in order to get that result.

I've sent this to the support@winminer email alias as I wasn't entirely sure if it was a bug, but it appears to be intentional based on the mining software used. 

Thank you for your attention.

i would like to ask, what would it be the possible causes that winminer closes on its own ? ( using the portable version ), and it says 1.74.6445.25258
i left it mining overnight, and i woke up found it closed, so the pc was basically running all night long for nothing

Happy new WinMiner version - 1.74a is out!!

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We are convinced you will like it - but can't wait to hear your feedback!!


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