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Hi Everyone

Would you recommend running the recent firmware update for the D3 the one currently available on Bitmain and how stable is. Just kinda jittery considering people saying on forums that its too risky to run the update.

DON'T DO IT! I had some problems before but not too bad. Now these things are fucked to the tits. Constantly crashing even though they don't show HW errors and the temps are fine 68c-72c. I wish I could go back to the previous firmware. If anyone has that file please post.

If your current version performs okay then better to continue with the same version if not opt for the upgrade. If you upgrade it your warranty gets void if any.

" Okay " is a relative term. NONE of these D3's perform "okay" just some less horrible than others.

Running the lastest firmware seems to so far stop the xxxxxxxx on one board randomally after several hours of use.

I've readjusted my d3's to maintain 15gh.  I've always felt that the "default" settings was too high and Bitmain did that due to market pressure.  Much more stable.....

I totally agree. They just overclocked the shit out of them. But then they put out this firmware claiming it fixes the "one board xxxxx xxxxxx xxxxx fallout. Well, it did that, but now the whole thing goes all X's and it crashes every few hours. I just clocked them down and I'll see what that does. 537 is definitely "redlining" it.

If its not broke dont fix it. Dont upgrade if you dont get the  xxx issue. If fixing it makes it worse for some then its not worth the risk. If you get the xxx issue just reset miner every 24 hours and dont bother downclocking. Its annoying but it seems to work and it beats losing a few gh in speed by downclocking. I wont risk the upgrade until theres a fix for the upgrade lol

cry on my D3, very low profit

Thanks for the info guys, I'll stave off the upgrade for now until a more stable one is released. The boards showing xxxxxxx isn't much of an issue seeing as I constantly monitor my machine, a mild inconvenience maybe. Still kinda mad that my machine makes hardly any money and has unstable firmware. It's like having a baby in the house, that wines constantly and shits about 3000 BTU's of heat.

Yeah like everyone else is saying in this thread. If your current firmware is running fine and not having any issues at all. Do not upgrade the new bitmain d3 firmware. It seems to be giving some people more issues. But for my buddy it seems to helped out his unstable d3 run alot smoother.. just underclock these toasters and youll be fine .

If you have those reboots a lot, check the local config (not api config) of the miner.
In case you only have one pool defined, add another. This has helped in my case.
What a weird bug  ;D