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# <center>Mining with Ethminer on Windows (AMD/NVIDIA)</center>

## Required Downloads:
[Latest Ethminer Release](https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer/releases)
[Latest Drivers](http://support.amd.com/en-us/download) (**AMD GPUs**)
[Latest Drivers](http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us) (**NVIDIA GPUs**)


## Prerequisites:
[Creating & Accessing a Pirl Web Wallet](https://forum.pirl.io/t/creating-accessing-a-web-wallet/51)

## Setting up Ethminer:
1)	Download & Extract Ethminer from the link provided above
2)	Right click in the director and click New > Text Document
a.	Name the new document “Pirl”
![1.PNG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYA8ir71yVmxTkWwQxAXWAMBFnq7Ffcpj1upSQErqmrbd/1.PNG)
3)	Open up the document and type the following for **_AMD_**
a.	**ethminer.exe --farm-recheck 200 -G -S pirl.minerpool.net:8004 -SP 1 -O addresshere.rig1**
4)	Open up the document and type the following for **_NVIDIA_**
b.	**ethminer.exe --farm-recheck 200 -U -S pirl.minerpool.net:8004 -SP 1 -O addresshere.rig1**
4)	Replace the spot that says "**addresshere**" with your public wallet address from when you logged into your account earlier. The address will look similar to **0x44f31B903532994507df7B18B8E9b48655e1a980**
5)	In the upper left hand corner, click _File > Save As_
6)	Rename the file to **pirl.bat**
7)	Hit the drop-down menu for _Save as type:_ and select “**All Files**” then click “**Save**”
a.	This makes the file a windows batch file which will open up the miner with the credentials you made
![2.PNG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSGQPRCMiHqQuDRUUDQYT7bNoz4j66LjnjzwFoJDWraTi/2.PNG)

**Congratulations!** You are now ready to mine with Ethminer! Double click the **pirl.bat** file and get mining! View your stats via http://pirl.minerpool.net/#/ or check your wallet occasionally
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## Notes:
1)	You are not stuck with pirl.minerpool.net, a list of pools can be found here: https://pool.pirl.io/
2)	You can view current network stats here: http://stats.pirl.io/
3)	You can download MSI Afterburner to overclock your system to get max efficiency. Use at your own risk!!

## Troubleshooting:
#### “Windows cannot open specified file” when opening pirl.bat
* Make sure pirl.bat is in the Claymore Directory
* Right click and edit pirl.bat and make sure everything was copied correctly

_**Pirl Tip Address: 0xbf4cdb39928846b43be633cf07283c3b57dc3209**_