09-03-2015, 07:35 PM
(09-03-2015, 12:30 AM)epixoip Wrote: Driver version 14.6 is from June 2014, so it's well over a year old. The latest driver is 15.7, released July 2015 (you should be seeing a pattern in AMD's software versioning.) You should either be using 14.9 or 15.7.
FlippingGerman isn't necessarily barking up the wrong tree. You're using the same device to drive your display and crack hashes. Best-case scenario the display will lag, but more typically it will freeze. This is because your GPU is busy cracking passwords, and has no cycles to do pixely stuff. Lowering the workload can help. Try with -w 1 as FlippingGerman recommended.
However, if oclHashcat also freezes when ran over SSH, then you're experiencing an ASIC hang. Maybe your overclock is too aggressive, maybe the GPU is getting hot too quickly, or maybe the GPU itself is damaged.
I must've forgotten to check the release dates, sorry. I've now tried with both 15.7 and 14.9, with -w 1 and I also tried via SSH, same problem.
I remember that I had overclocked the graphics card a long time ago in Windows turning it (kinda) from a Radeon HD 6950 to a Radeon HD 6970 so I downloaded the latest BIOS for my mobo (ASUS P8P67 LE) and flashed it.
The problem still persists though. Sometimes it seems to work until I switch focus to my browser or does anything else on the computer.
I downloaded AMDOverdriveCtrl and increased the fan speed and made sure no overdrive over 800mhz was being set but it did not help me unfortunately.
Thanks for the answers though guys.