Title: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: Nthused on December 02, 2015, 01:03:35 PM Hey all I recently purchased a 2nd hand Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC.
I have read all the setup guides and forum information regarding it and am stuck... It starts but does the whole nounce2 thing and shows stats every 5 seconds with hashrate that slowly goes down and no accepted, rejected, WU or even HW errors... ??? I have been trying with cgminer too btw. Can anyone please help point me in the right direction to get this thing working properly ? Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: thefix on December 02, 2015, 07:12:09 PM Hey all I recently purchased a 2nd hand Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC. I have read all the setup guides and forum information regarding it and am stuck... It starts but does the whole nounce2 thing and shows stats every 5 seconds with hashrate that slowly goes down and no accepted, rejected, WU or even HW errors... ??? I have been trying with cgminer too btw. Can anyone please help point me in the right direction to get this thing working properly ? Running it on a RPI, windows or linux? Do you have the chip count and freq correct in the .bat file? Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: Nthused on December 02, 2015, 10:20:28 PM I am using windows 7, used a generic config and changed pool and user + played around with clock speed and freq but it still just done the same thing.
I tried starting the miner manually and through a .bat file with the config but both give the same results. When I first pluged it in it would make a weird sound upon connection to usb port compared to the normal noise, anyway to see it I had to install the zadig usb drivers. I'm at work atm but will try again in a few hours time when I'm home, I will also take screenshots to help explain the problem a bit better. Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: Nthused on December 03, 2015, 09:49:24 AM This is my config file I have been trying that I paste into cgminer (Designed for Thunder X3 Miner by Zeus)
-o stratum+tcp://drs.suprnova.cc:4865 -u Nthused.1 -p x -S //./COM1 --chips-count 128 --ltc-clk 328 --ltc-debug --nocheck-golden It starts up like any other algorithm mining but does weird stuff with no shares or anything not even registering hash on pools. | | | | V cgminer https://i.imgur.com/mWgNH6v.jpg?1 Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: Nthused on December 03, 2015, 10:28:48 AM Here is the config file used to run on bfgminer v5.3
--scrypt -o stratum+tcp://drs.suprnova.cc:4865 -u Nthused.1 -p x --set zus:ignore_golden_nonce=1 --set zus:chips=128 --set zus:freq=328 -d zus -S zus:\\.\COM1 Same thing but stable hashes and no accepts, rejects, wu or HW at all. | | | | V bfgminer https://i.imgur.com/8uNWQYy.jpg?1 Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: toptek on December 03, 2015, 02:15:55 PM Code: bfgminer --scrypt -S all -o stratum+tcp://pool:port -u user -p pass -S zeusminer:\\.\COMx --set zeusminer:clock=328 --set zeusminer:chips=128 --set zus:ignore_golden_nonce=1 Make Sure this is -S all is after --scrypt, if that doesn't work you may need to open it up and check the dip switches . https://zeusminer.com/forums/topic/thunder-x3-running-at-15mhs/ The Board with the USB cable going into it, Yes all switches off to give it device 0 Now the next board it plugs in too I set DIP #1 on and the rest off give it device 1 Now the next board it plugs in too I set DIP #2 on and the rest off give it device 2 Now the last board has to be set with DIP #3 and DIP #4 on and the rest off. this gives it the device 3 commmand with a terminate command at the end. if that doesn't work , check the PSU . make sure that pool supports that type of script miner. why not use BFG 5.4.1 it handles my cyclone nicely on my pi . or even try a different pool. did you try https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=596620.0 Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: Nthused on December 04, 2015, 01:30:49 AM I tried turning on the miner at the switch then plugged the usb into a port, it installed the drivers this time except for the last one about the UART driver.
I'm also using bfgminer v5.4.1 this time. I fired it up and left it, it seems to be hashing at the correct rate of 27-30Mhs and is getting shares this time on the pool interface & bgfminer but I want to know if my miner is working correctly with accepted shares/rejects/hw ? It originally started off with 7m share difficulty then 51m, 91m, 241m then back down to 91m share difficulty for its average, is this & the share difficulty normal ? https://i.imgur.com/7pD13BG.jpg?1 Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: Nthused on December 04, 2015, 01:53:39 AM Well from personal experience with Sha-256 ASIC hardware I would safely say I'm all good now ;D
I have read reviews about the ThunderX3 and they are right that it sounds like an airplane taking off or even a leave blower due to the poor design of the fans :-\ But.... I read that you can replace them :) Time to have a browse at my local PC parts store :P Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: thefix on December 04, 2015, 08:22:58 PM Well from personal experience with Sha-256 ASIC hardware I would safely say I'm all good now ;D I have read reviews about the ThunderX3 and they are right that it sounds like an airplane taking off or even a leave blower due to the poor design of the fans :-\ But.... I read that you can replace them :) Time to have a browse at my local PC parts store :P Glad you figured it out I used a Thunder x6 with a RPI for a while and it was noisy as hell I would advise checking the power wires to the hashing boards to see how hot they get I was always worried it would burn up some day The x3 uses even more power Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: toptek on December 06, 2015, 12:12:05 AM I rewired all mine right to the PSU no in between plugs which was very stupid, i read a lot stories from others how wires melted at the HB or in between at the y spits or other in between connection, some miners even had 18 g wire which made no sense at all.
when I had them, all i have now is a cyclone, i may sell . Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: toptek on December 06, 2015, 12:15:50 AM Well from personal experience with Sha-256 ASIC hardware I would safely say I'm all good now ;D I have read reviews about the ThunderX3 and they are right that it sounds like an airplane taking off or even a leave blower due to the poor design of the fans :-\ But.... I read that you can replace them :) Time to have a browse at my local PC parts store :P mine were replaced you could actually sleep in the same room then . they stayed just as cool etc. Title: Re: How to get Zeusminer ThunderX3 Scrypt ASIC mining ? Post by: bigs21024 on June 26, 2016, 03:47:31 PM very interesting good post here thanks
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