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Simple and Complete getting started guide for Lite Coin mining!!!
Will you make money??
here is a good calc: http://dustcoin.com/mining
Use anadtech to find out how much power: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/372
Use these charts to see approximately what your card will do: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison
For power cost you will have to look at your energy bill.
This guide will walk you through step by step to getting started. This guide will use cgminer and invasion mining pool. There are other alternatives, but as a simple and streamlined guide, we will be focusing on these two.
Step 1:
Make sure you have the proper drivers:
Need
AMD card
AMD graphics driver: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
AMD SDK driver (Not needed if you are using graphics driver 13.4 or newer since it is included): http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-...erated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/downloads/
Step 2:
Download CG miner
CGminer credit goes to its creator.
CGminer OP is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.msg1967341#msg1967341
The actual download is here: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/
Download the zip version that matches your OS
Step 3:
Create a new folder on your desktop
Step 4:
Un-zip the content of the CG miner file to the folder you created in step 3.
Step 5:
Create a .bat file
To create a .bat file: 1) open notepad 2) save empty notepad file as “mine.bat” INSIDE the folder that you just unzipped that contains all the other items.
The folder icon should turn into a gear.
If this doesn’t happen, go to start -> control panel -> folder options -> view tab -> de-select “hide extensions for known file types”
Now repeat: To create a .bat file: 1) open notepad 2) save empty notepad file as “mine.bat”
To make life easier I recommend right clicking the “mine.bat” file and selecting send to desktop (create shortcut)
Step 6:
Go to http://invasionnetwork.com/ (Created by our very own [H] member http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1760400)
Register.
Go to my account -> my workers
Take note of Worker Name and Password.
You will need these in the next step.
Step 8:
Find the amount of shaders your card has. If you know, skip. If not continue. (may also want to go on if you want to change the color of your mining box)
Go to https://give-me-ltc.com/configs
Select your
BG – background color for command box that will appear when you mine
FG – font color for command box that will appear when you mine
Device type: Select your card
Enter your Worker Name from step 6
Enter your Worker name from step 7
Put 13 for intensity
Put 256 for work size
Put 2 for gap
Select generate
Result should look like:
Step 9:
Right click on either the original “mine.bat” file or the shortcut and select “edit”
Inside the notepad window that appears copy and paste what you copied from step 6
Make the following changes:
Delete: “stratum+tcp://stratum.give-me-ltc.com:3333”
Replace with: “stratum+tcp://invasionnetwork.com:3333”
Make sure that there is a space after the “-o” and another space before the “-u”
While in here you can change you intensity level “-i” I use 13 when I am using my computer. If I am not I will bump to 18, which makes my computer unusable. Completely up to you.
Final result should look like:
Save and close.
Step 10:
Click "mine.bat" file to start.
Step 11: profit!
Additional notes:
You will need a place to send the coins you mine. I use btc-e. Register at btc-e and then select finances at the top. From here select deposit and at the bottom select generate. This will give you a code. Copy this code and go back to invasionnetwork.com go to my account and then to account details. Paste the code in “payment address.” Enter the other required fields and then select update settings.
Other litecoin pools:
https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Comparison-of-mining-pools
Will you make money??
here is a good calc: http://dustcoin.com/mining
Use anadtech to find out how much power: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/372
Use these charts to see approximately what your card will do: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison
For power cost you will have to look at your energy bill.
This guide will walk you through step by step to getting started. This guide will use cgminer and invasion mining pool. There are other alternatives, but as a simple and streamlined guide, we will be focusing on these two.
Step 1:
Make sure you have the proper drivers:
Need
AMD card
AMD graphics driver: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
AMD SDK driver (Not needed if you are using graphics driver 13.4 or newer since it is included): http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-...erated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/downloads/
Step 2:
Download CG miner
CGminer credit goes to its creator.
CGminer OP is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.msg1967341#msg1967341
The actual download is here: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/
Download the zip version that matches your OS
Step 3:
Create a new folder on your desktop
Step 4:
Un-zip the content of the CG miner file to the folder you created in step 3.
Step 5:
Create a .bat file
To create a .bat file: 1) open notepad 2) save empty notepad file as “mine.bat” INSIDE the folder that you just unzipped that contains all the other items.
The folder icon should turn into a gear.
If this doesn’t happen, go to start -> control panel -> folder options -> view tab -> de-select “hide extensions for known file types”
Now repeat: To create a .bat file: 1) open notepad 2) save empty notepad file as “mine.bat”
To make life easier I recommend right clicking the “mine.bat” file and selecting send to desktop (create shortcut)
Step 6:
Go to http://invasionnetwork.com/ (Created by our very own [H] member http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1760400)
Register.
Go to my account -> my workers
Take note of Worker Name and Password.
You will need these in the next step.
Step 8:
Find the amount of shaders your card has. If you know, skip. If not continue. (may also want to go on if you want to change the color of your mining box)
Go to https://give-me-ltc.com/configs
Select your
BG – background color for command box that will appear when you mine
FG – font color for command box that will appear when you mine
Device type: Select your card
Enter your Worker Name from step 6
Enter your Worker name from step 7
Put 13 for intensity
Put 256 for work size
Put 2 for gap
Select generate
Result should look like:
Select all and copy this
Step 9:
Right click on either the original “mine.bat” file or the shortcut and select “edit”
Inside the notepad window that appears copy and paste what you copied from step 6
Make the following changes:
Delete: “stratum+tcp://stratum.give-me-ltc.com:3333”
Replace with: “stratum+tcp://invasionnetwork.com:3333”
Make sure that there is a space after the “-o” and another space before the “-u”
While in here you can change you intensity level “-i” I use 13 when I am using my computer. If I am not I will bump to 18, which makes my computer unusable. Completely up to you.
Final result should look like:
Save and close.
Step 10:
Click "mine.bat" file to start.
Step 11: profit!
Additional notes:
You will need a place to send the coins you mine. I use btc-e. Register at btc-e and then select finances at the top. From here select deposit and at the bottom select generate. This will give you a code. Copy this code and go back to invasionnetwork.com go to my account and then to account details. Paste the code in “payment address.” Enter the other required fields and then select update settings.
Other litecoin pools:
https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Comparison-of-mining-pools
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