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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Mining (Altcoins) => Topic started by: tfeagle on October 20, 2017, 02:38:50 AM



Title: Will an Antminer S7 still run if I remove a hash board?
Post by: tfeagle on October 20, 2017, 02:38:50 AM
I had a heatsink fall off of one chip on an S7 hash board.  The S7 has three hash boards.  Can I simply power down...remove the board...and power back up again?  Will the controller understand that one board has been (temporarily) removed, and continue to mine using the two remaining boards? 

Yeah, it's a bit of a dumb question.  But an S7 is still worth over $400.00 as I write this, and I really don't want to "let the smoke out". 

Thanks! 


Title: Re: Will an Antminer S7 still run if I remove a hash board?
Post by: ccs on December 08, 2017, 09:31:58 PM
How did it go? Did it continue to mine? I want to do the same,with my s9


Title: Re: Will an Antminer S7 still run if I remove a hash board?
Post by: tfeagle on December 08, 2017, 11:49:21 PM
Nobody from the forum ever replied to me.  Nobody posted (here) and nobody sent any PMs.  I was afraid to try it.  So I finally purchased some epoxy and glued the heatsink back on, myself.  It seems to be running OK.