# Mining with nheqminer - windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [December 30, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-with-nheqminer-windows/25126 "2017-12-30T17:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![contango\_and\_cash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@contango\_and\_cash](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/contango_and_cash)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-with-nheqminer-windows/25126/1 "2017-12-30T17:35:54Z")
Hello, I downloaded the windows zip from here: github nicehash/nheqminer/releases and locally my folder looks like: ``` USER@CookieMunster MINGW64 /c/Users/USER/mining/Windows_x64_nheqminer-5c/Windows_x64_nheqminer-5c $ ls -l total 7345 -rwxr-xr-x 1 USER 197121 44032 Dec 30 12:17 cpu_tromp_AVX.dll* -rwxr-xr-x 1 USER 197121 45056 Dec 30 12:17 cpu_tromp_SSE2.dll* -rwxr-xr-x 1 USER 197121 986112 Dec 30 12:17 cuda_djezo.dll* -rwxr-xr-x 1 USER 197121 2235392 Dec 30 12:17 cuda_tromp.dll* -rwxr-xr-x 1 USER 197121 2235392 Dec 30 12:17 cuda_tromp_75.dll* -rwxr-xr-x 1 USER 197121 291632 Dec 30 12:17 cudart32_75.dll* -rwxr-xr-x 1 USER 197121 297408 Dec 30 12:17 cudart32_80.dll* -rwxr-xr-x 1 USER 197121 360736 Dec 30 12:17 cudart64_75.dll* -rwxr-xr-x 1 USER 197121 366016 Dec 30 12:17 cudart64_80.dll* -rwxr-xr-x 1 USER 197121 643072 Dec 30 12:17 nheqminer.exe* -rw-r--r-- 1 USER 197121 70 Dec 30 12:25 start.bat ``` Where start.bat contains: nheqminer.exe -l us -u my\_address -t 8 Yet, when I run this all I see is: ==================== [www.nicehash.com](http://www.nicehash.com) ==================== Equihash CPU&GPU Miner for NiceHash v0.5c Thanks to Zcash developers for providing base of the code. Special thanks to tromp, xenoncat and djeZo for providing optimized CPU and CUDA equihash solvers. ==================== [www.nicehash.com](http://www.nicehash.com) ==================== Setting log level to 2 [12:34:05][0x000012f0] Using SSE2: YES [12:34:05][0x000012f0] Using AVX: NO [12:34:05][0x000012f0] Using AVX2: NO [12:34:05][0x000012b8] stratum | Starting miner [12:34:05][0x00001358] miner#0 | Starting thread #0 (CPU-TROMP-SSE2) [12:34:05][0x00000eac] miner#1 | Starting thread #1 (CPU-TROMP-SSE2) [12:34:05][0x0000148c] miner#2 | Starting thread #2 (CPU-TROMP-SSE2) [12:34:05][0x00001268] miner#3 | Starting thread #3 (CPU-TROMP-SSE2) [12:34:05][0x00001074] miner#4 | Starting thread #4 (CPU-TROMP-SSE2) [12:34:05][0x00000864] miner#5 | Starting thread #5 (CPU-TROMP-SSE2) [12:34:05][0x000009e4] miner#6 | Starting thread #6 (CPU-TROMP-SSE2) [12:34:05][0x00001178] miner#7 | Starting thread #7 (CPU-TROMP-SSE2) [12:34:05][0x000012b8] stratum | Connecting to stratum server us:2142 [12:34:07][0x000012b8] stratum | resolve: No such host is known [12:34:07][0x000012b8] stratum | Reconnecting in 3 seconds… [12:34:10][0x000012b8] stratum | Connecting to stratum server us:2142 [12:34:13][0x000012b8] stratum | resolve: No such host is known [12:34:13][0x000012b8] stratum | Reconnecting in 3 seconds… [12:34:15][0x000012f0] Speed [15 sec]: 0 I/s, 0 Sols/s [12:34:16][0x000012b8] stratum | Connecting to stratum server us:2142 and this will repeat infinitely (Connecitng…no such host…reconnecting) Any guidance would be appreicated! ---
**Author:** ![CitricAcid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@CitricAcid](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/CitricAcid)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-with-nheqminer-windows/25126/2 "2017-12-30T17:53:16Z")
are you attempting to CPU mine or GPU mine? That software is for CPU mining and horrible for GPU mining. This should help get you pointed in the right direction > [@Common Questions and Answers](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/common-questions-and-answers/23975): > > Feel free to link to this whenever a question on this list is asked. I don’t mind keeping the list up to date if something is asked repeatedly. Just let me know and I’ll edit this first post and add it. I personally don’t like to feel like I’m snapping at someone because they asked the same question someone else asked an hour ago or the day before, so I’m hoping this will take the strain off some of the regulars who try to help out as much as they can slight_smile Last Updated: Feb 2nd, 2018 … ---
**Author:** ![contango\_and\_cash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@contango\_and\_cash](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/contango_and_cash)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-with-nheqminer-windows/25126/3 "2017-12-30T18:04:01Z")
I am hoping to CPU mine. This is just to test and understand how things work.