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Title: How to tell if an Antminer S9 is working? Post by: NoTimeForTomorrow on December 24, 2017, 02:48:14 PM I'm a newbie when it comes to mining, I started getting in to it about 3-4 days ago, doing heavy research hours and looking to get my hands on a nice piece of equipment. I've come to an unbelievable opportunity to get an Antminer S9 at an extraordinary price ($2200). The guy selling claims it's new, in it's box and never used, he lives near me so I would have the opportunity to go check it out and test it before I make the purchase.
How do I make sure it works as it's supposed to and everything works just fine? I just started getting in to the whole BTC world and I haven't had personal experience with any equipment, so I don't want to get ripped off... Title: Re: How to tell if an Antminer S9 is working? Post by: Shazam!!! on December 24, 2017, 02:56:45 PM The best way would be to set it up and run it before you buy it. Take a laptop, or use that guy's
computer. You've got to be able to access the miner while it's running to see whats going on. Chances are if the other guy doesn't want to cooperate with this request, it's scammy. Also, move this thread to "Mining support" for quicker/better replies. Bottom left side of your post there is an option you can use to move it. Goodluck!!! Title: Re: How to tell if an Antminer S9 is working? Post by: Sandal_Hat on December 24, 2017, 02:57:21 PM If u can connect to a pool, it shows hashing and status page shows all 3 boards working, it should be ok. I dunno if they will stop working a few hours later though. I guess that is unlikely.
That price is really good at the moment. Also check when did he buy it. Title: Re: How to tell if an Antminer S9 is working? Post by: NoTimeForTomorrow on December 24, 2017, 03:07:39 PM Thanks a lot for moving that Shazam!
I can take my laptop and test it, the problem is that I'm not sure how to test it, I have no pool or previous experience with them. Sorry for the completely newbie question :( Title: Re: How to tell if an Antminer S9 is working? Post by: philipma1957 on December 24, 2017, 04:43:33 PM Thanks a lot for moving that Shazam! I can take my laptop and test it, the problem is that I'm not sure how to test it, I have no pool or previous experience with them. Sorry for the completely newbie question :( Okay here is some help. It uses DCHP to find an address on the router it is working on. So routers can be: 192.168.0.1 192.168.1.1 192.168.2.1 192.168.10.1 and a few more when you go to his house have you laptop loaded with advanced ip scanner link is here: http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/?utm_expid=62919999-60.UcBcCTpjTDqJ-vnvKV9_rw.0 test the scanner at home scan your network it will show the devices in your home on your router go to his house and have him run the s-9 scan his network and it show the address of the s-9 lets say it is 192.168.1.126 type that in and open the gui root root will get you in you will see the gui. it takes up to 30 minutes to mine but at least you will know you can get into the controller bring it home put in a mining address and run it. |