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Title: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: thedreamer on July 01, 2015, 05:19:09 AM Anyone have done this?
I just got one to play with and feel they just run way hotter than is safe for them. I have searched everywhere for underclocking instructions, but nothing helpful . Even thir manual states about underclocking, but the commands they give does not work in the easyminer software. I have the 700GH/s Unit. Thanks hive mind. ;) Title: Re: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: xZork on July 01, 2015, 06:09:57 AM Anyone have done this? I just got one to play with and feel they just run way hotter than is safe for them. I have searched everywhere for underclocking instructions, but nothing helpful . Even thir manual states about underclocking, but the commands they give does not work in the easyminer software. I have the 700GH/s Unit. Thanks hive mind. ;) I haven't messed with anything from BFL in a while... from what I remember easyminer was basically just a fancy GUI for BFGminer. Edit: There is a guide under their driver section that has some info, have no idea how recent it is and I don't want to link it. Title: Re: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: Xian01 on July 01, 2015, 10:30:01 AM Title: Re: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: Unacceptable on July 01, 2015, 10:54:56 AM Sorry to hear you got taken :D
Chat with this guy about your device: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=148567 Title: Re: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: thedreamer on July 01, 2015, 11:25:42 AM Sorry to hear you got taken :D Chat with this guy about your device: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=148567 How'd I get taken? I got one to play with cheap. Title: Re: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: OgNasty on July 01, 2015, 06:38:05 PM Lightfoot is quite knowledgeable with these and will be able to help you.
Underclocked, these things get 0.5kwh per GH. Still very easily profitable. Title: Re: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: Unacceptable on July 01, 2015, 10:11:11 PM Sorry to hear you got taken :D Chat with this guy about your device: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=148567 How'd I get taken? I got one to play with cheap. Oh,I assumed you ordered it from BFL & waited a year or more,glad you weren't taken for THE ride :D Title: Re: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: thedreamer on July 01, 2015, 11:04:59 PM Sorry to hear you got taken :D Chat with this guy about your device: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=148567 How'd I get taken? I got one to play with cheap. Oh,I assumed you ordered it from BFL & waited a year or more,glad you weren't taken for THE ride :D Nah, got a good price on one so I got it to play with. At stock speeds(720GH/s per pool stats) it runs way too hot IMO though. Title: Re: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: thedreamer on July 15, 2015, 01:51:52 AM UPDATE **
With the help of 'Lightfoot' I got it working with Putty. Then I found a very easy way to manage the settings through a batch file : I found a way to automate the commands via command line directly. No need to do it every time through putty using the buffer 'trick'. Much easier this way. Make a batch (.BAT) file and paste this in there for example : I'm running at 510GH/s @ 370Watts (far from the 0.54 they claimed, but much, MUCH cooler now). Put this in the batch file : set /p x="F0D" <nul >\\.\COM3 set /p x="V4X" <nul >\\.\COM3 That's it. You can pass any commands you want via this batch file now, but putting it into the x="xxxxx" field. Hope this helps anyone else looking to lower their Monarch's temps. Title: Re: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: alh on July 15, 2015, 09:47:49 PM I'd swear I saw a post somewhere that pushed the rate down to 400GH and ran even cooler, and with better efficiency. The Monarch really appears to have been more like a 450-500GH miner, which came pre-overclocked to try and save face for BFL. The whole PCI form factor, which then forced liquid cooling, were major failures along the way (IMHO).
Title: Re: Help Underclocking the BFL Monarch.. Post by: thedreamer on July 15, 2015, 10:17:49 PM I'd swear I saw a post somewhere that pushed the rate down to 400GH and ran even cooler, and with better efficiency. The Monarch really appears to have been more like a 450-500GH miner, which came pre-overclocked to try and save face for BFL. The whole PCI form factor, which then forced liquid cooling, were major failures along the way (IMHO). With the proper settings / codes, I can get it down to 40GH/s . :D I prefer 500GH/s though as it still earns some BTC and runs cool. |