How to mine on Windows

Prerequisites

1. You have chosen a pool
2. You have chosen a mining application (Claymore/Ethminer)
3. You have an ethereum wallet
4. You are using Windows
5. Your OS sees all of your video cars (check device manager to ensure each card is seen)

Drivers

Be sure you have a known-good set of drivers. For Windows, this is as follows:

• AMD: (Version 16.11.5 AND Version 17.5.1)
• Nvidia: Version 347.52

Downloading the Miner

After deciding on a miner, choose one of the following and extract it to the desktop.

• Genoil’s Ethminer: Link
• Claymore v9.5: Link

Config – Ethminer

1. After downloading Genoil’s Ethminer, extract your downloaded files to a folder on your Desktop
2. Save a new empty text in the folder called Start.txt
3. Edit the Start.txt file and insert the followingsetx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

   setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

   setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

   ethminer.exe –farm-recheck 200 -G -S <Mining_Pool_Address> -O <Your_Ethereum_Wallet_Address>.<Friendly_Name_For_Computer>

4. Save Start.txt with your new values
5. Rename Start.txt to Start.bat
6. Double-click Start.bat to begin mining

Config – Claymore

1. After downloading Claymore v9.5, extract your downloaded files to a folder on your Desktop
2. Save a new empty text in the folder called Start.txt
3. Edit the Start.txt file and insert the followingsetx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

   setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

   setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

   EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool <Mining_Pool_Address> -ewal <Your_Ethereum_Wallet_Address>.<Friendly_Name_For_Computer> -epsw x

4. Save Start.txt with your new values
5. Rename Start.txt to Start.bat
6. Double-click Start.bat to begin mining