Prerequisites
- You have chosen a pool
- You have chosen a mining application (Claymore/Ethminer)
- You have an ethereum wallet
- You are using Windows
- 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.
Config – Ethminer
- After downloading Genoil’s Ethminer, extract your downloaded files to a folder on your Desktop
- Save a new empty text in the folder called
Start.txt
- Edit the
Start.txt
file and insert the followingsetx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1setx 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>
- Save
Start.txt
with your new values - Rename
Start.txt
toStart.bat
- Double-click
Start.bat
to begin mining
Config – Claymore
- After downloading Claymore v9.5, extract your downloaded files to a folder on your Desktop
- Save a new empty text in the folder called
Start.txt
- Edit the
Start.txt
file and insert the followingsetx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1setx 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
- Save
Start.txt
with your new values - Rename
Start.txt
toStart.bat
- Double-click
Start.bat
to begin mining