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Yeah. Probably the thing I should do.
Anyhow, if I discuss it any further here, I'll start a new thread.
Again, thanks.
Anyhow, if I discuss it any further here, I'll start a new thread.
Again, thanks.
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Yes, I am using a monitor. It does go to the desktop, but with generic driver loaded and in a default 1280x1024 resolution. The monitor is 1920x1200 and that does not show at all when I view the display properties.
I removed the 5570 and set the bios for internal nVidia, then booted. Drivers for the nVidia do load and the resolution is 1920x1200.
Put the 5570 back in but left bios set for internal nVidia as default monitor. Booted again, and drivers for the 5570 do not load.
I have no idea how to remove and reinstall drivers for linux. I did download the linux x86_x64 driver from AMD, but there are no instructions or even a readme file.
The last time I did much with linux was in 1994 and I remember very little.
I will obtain the CryptoSlax beta version and see if maybe that flies. However, if anyone can tell me what I might do about this on the non-beta version, I'll give it a go.
Well, I put the 5570 on the Crosshair with the 6870. Booted CryptoSlax, and the driver loaded fine. However, it was throwing out 100's of invalid shares in just a few minutes.
It seems that CryptoSlax couldn't see the 5570 through the Biostar for some reason. It also seems that the 5570 has 2 gpu threads while the 6870 has only 1 gpu thread. cgminer only supports one global setting for gpu threads, it does not support each card with different number of threads. It can't be told "GPU Threads" : "1,2". Therefore, one card or the other would be throwing invalid shares.
So, the 5570 will go in a different PC as a secondary card running in the background. With an onboard nVidia as the primary display not hashing but acting as the display card on a web-browsing/word-processing machine and the 5570 hashing some alt-coin in the background, it may eventually add up to beer money. Or maybe not.