Using script -f 2 but after 1 hour pc hangs

[ofpcarnage]

As the above mentions I'm using the -f 2 function to keep the miner running but after 1 hr the pc hangs or goes very slowly with my cards reading 0.0
I had to manually close and restart the miner.

I have attempted to write a script to close the miner and re-open after 60 mins but all it does it open a new miner whilst leaving the original open.
My Start Script with timer
:restart
start "" cmd /C start.bat
TIMEOUT /T 3600
taskkill /f /im genoil.exe
TIMEOUT /T 5
goto restart

My Miner script
:loop
genoil.exe -f 2 -z 1 -c eu1-zcash.flypool.org:333 -u walletid.worker -p z
timeout /t 1 /nobreak
goto :loop

[junhuy]

your miner script is looping, that's why it leaves the original open.. you can just use your miner script without the start script actually.

[ofpcarnage]

Ow my God did you even read what my issue is? I am just running it on a loop. The problem is after a period of time it will just hang and won't restart. I have just had to reboot the pc again so that it will run.

[junhuy]

"I have attempted to write a script to close the miner and re-open after 60 mins but all it does it open a new miner whilst leaving the original open." that was one of your problem too.. your start script and miner script are both in loop if you didn't realize.. the 2 overlapped loops make your program crashes.. you killed the genoil.exe in the start script but the miner script actually relaunch another miner when it dies. This will launches a lot of miner over time and hence crash. That was just my suggestion.. you can ignore it if you find it unreasonable.

[jjziets]

I have the same problem. Took about 4 hours then the whole system went down and did not reboot. It was totally unresponsive and needed a hard reset by holding the power button for 10s. I have never seen this before.

System windows 10 64. AMD driver 16.10.3 with 3xHD7990 and 2x 390x 1 X380. using 0.6 with loop -f 2

[ofpcarnage]

Ok just to clear things up.
I'm running it on the loop with only 1 bat file "My Miner Script"
The reason I'm attempting to create a file that will force a restart is because the original loop after a period of time instead of restarting it will just hang. It will start but not load any binary kernals. I have to reboot my system in order for it to work again.

[jjziets]

you can still do it using just one bat file.

@echo off
:check
tasklist /FI "imagename eq genoil.exe" | find /I /N "genoil.exe" >NUL
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="1" start genoil.exe -c eu1-zcash.flypool.org:3333 -u address.worker -p x -i 20 -w 64 -P 0 -k zec -f 2 -z 1
timeout /t 2 /nobreak
goto :check
pause

This checks if the genoil.exe app is running if not restarts it. But the genoil.exe is started using a new instance which when closed releases the resources. well that is the theory.

[ofpcarnage]

Here's what I get after a while

[ofpcarnage]

using your suggested script heres what I get

[ofpcarnage]

My bad I somehow copied over the -u thats what messed it up

[ofpcarnage]

Again same issue after a short period the rig just hangs
gets as far as this on reload then just sits there have to reboot just to get going again

[rodgermoore]

Check my comment at issue #83.

I would setup your bat scripts as suggested there.