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New group buy with a new price -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=293236.0

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Hey,

Sixth UK only group buy.

Its for USB Block Erupters and Blades

Previous group buys

5, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=272566.0
4, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=268583.0
3, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=263871.0
2, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=255670.0
1, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=246927.0

Thank you to everyone who participated in those group buys and yxt.

USB Pricing Structure

Yxt has set the pricing structure here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=246020.msg3052519#msg3052519
Block Erupter USB Price : 0.219 BTC
The order handling fee is 0.07 BTC
The current shipping price is: 0.17 BTC (may change, so check before paying)

For example:

for 1 units; (1*0.219) + 0.07 + 0.17 = 0.459 BTC
for 2 units; (2*0.219) + 0.07 + 0.17 = 0.678 BTC
for 3 units; (3*0.219) + 0.07 + 0.17 = 0.897 BTC

If you want 10 units or more, you need to add an extra 0.07 BTC to the order, to cover the extra insurance and shipping costs. If you want more than 25 units, please contact me first.

Blade Pricing Structure (old model)

Yxt price structure : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=246020.msg3052612#msg3052612
Block Erupter Blade : 4.895 BTC
The order handling fee is 0.07 BTC
The current shipping price is: 0.23 BTC (may change, so check before paying)

For example:

for 1 units; (1*4.895) + 0.07 + 0.23 = 5.195 BTC
for 2 units; (2*4.895) + 0.07 + 0.23 = 10.09 BTC
for 3 units; (3*4.895) + 0.07 + 0.23 = 14.985 BTC

If you want 3 blades or more please check with me first as you will need to add extra for shipping costs.

Payment Instructions

Please only send a payment from an address you can sign from.

The payment address is: 1CCA8gQm86WmyUSAxTygLJqA5CJniW5GKN

Once a payment has been made, send me the following details in a private message:

Full name, Address (+postalcode), Email, Phone number, Transaction ID, Amount sent, Units, Refund Address (just in case)

And then paste your transaction ID in the thread so everyone can see whats going on.

Delivery/Shipping information

They will be shipped by special delivery, for the next working day, will be insured & need to be signed for.

I will aim to ship the miners on the day I receive them, as long as the delivery is before 3:30 PM.

Collection is also fine (I'm near the Dartford Tunnel)

Payment list

user / item / units / status

beardays usb 8 paid
wedgy2k usb 12 paid
Pieh0 usb 25 paid
IYFTech usb 12 paid
albon usb 1 paid
pgbit usb 8 paid
- - - - - - - - - - - -
champsak usb 3 paid
bitwhizz usb 30 paid
mijanur usb 10 paid
italoarmstrong usb 10 paid
- - - - - - - - - - - -*
bitwhizz usb 60 paid
Pieh0 usb 50 paid
qukkM usb 30 paid
crhys usb 19 paid
champsak usb 9 paid
- - - - - - - - - - - -
jml usb 1 paid
bitwhizz usb 40 paid

= 327 (usbs)

HellDiverUK Blade 2 paid
Pieh0 Blade blade 6 paid
Stinky_Pete blade 1 paid *refunded*
Guyver blade 9 paid
JML blade 1 paid
gidi337 blade 2 paid

= 20 (blades)

Wow. The Erupters have sure taken a price drop. I'm guessing the network hash rate had a helping hand.

I'll run some number and see if I can afford it this month. Will keep you updated.

Great job as usual OutCast3k!

Just paid for 8 units:

07db3a5bab4fce2ff61602d44e8f420d9e8e6b76565e9be477149f1feb4ed8d7

:)

Hi

another 4 USB's please
https://blockchain.info/tx/58fd9aaf5629adec2c1dc5b9d5fe2446fbcdf19156b2b4e2095feff4ae8f7438

Cheers

Blah blah, see below...

Payment sent for 12 my man  ;D

TxID:  4f0723ffa4f4fb749eb5a6088e2caf356798cfd6ecac9cbff07acf9ef45176b4

Poptastic!!

Add another 8 please
86595284d82bee98a4fcd9307b4dde82519acc4954b8d135d2ed2e8b28ffcfbf
https://blockchain.info/tx/86595284d82bee98a4fcd9307b4dde82519acc4954b8d135d2ed2e8b28ffcfbf

taking me to a total of 12 for this round

Thank you

and apologies for the MENIG rant in the PM lol

EDIT: My Menig rant if anyones bored https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=285845.msg3057025#msg3057025

Can you add another 23 to my order please.

Think that works out to 5.107btc, can you confirm my math is still working :P.

25 units is 5.107 BTC

So, send 5.327 btc for the other 23. :)

1 Blade paid - 2f5425d0ee1b55498af693968a7a6869cf483219e062fe52468cdd4f7bc1d35d

What's the ETA on the blade?  Just so I know how long I have to figure out an explanation for the missus.  :-[

Bonus is, my old 30A 12V PSU works - must be from the mid-70s, Grandpa used it to run his HAM radio rig.  New fan required, but it's working like a champ.

Hah :) Its hard to say, I know YXT is expecting a shipment of some Blades from Friedcat any day now, and then shipments from YXT usually takes a 3-4 days before I receive them, so I would say around 7-10 days or so, hopefully less. I'll ask him for a slightly better now ETA and get back to you.

8 units please , PM sent
Tx ID ec8e8778dd07f587b3a48fa497c9ea297cf77a50bb0f127bab30363f7e8b4387

There you go, coins sent.

TXID: cb8765ade39025dded83f7db2bece363068b8c873c2cfbb5ede4a8b4cff75afc :)

Can you put me down for 3 Blades please.

Just sorting the money and i'll send it your way :).

At least I don't need to do the math this time :P.

Lol. No problem

There we go, 3 blades paid for.

TXID e0e4b5f34e274fc4ff0af02c2955ef65d75eeba6be17183992fc2f04aecf689b

Received/confirmed :)

Heading to the post office now.

Everyone who ordered some USB miners, will receive them by 1:00pm tomorrow ;D

More in stock still, feel free to place an order!

Did YXT give any indication on ETA of the Blades?

Let's see if my postman can get his arse here before 12:55 this time :)

USBs sent ;D If you want your tracking details PM me.

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Still waiting on an ETA for the blades, I believe they're in customs so it shouldn't be too much longer.


Does he not know every second counts!?!? heh

last message from FC was that he shipped blades on 28th. parcel should be arrive here every day.
But unfortunately I have no tracking#

Thanks yxt, much appreciated.

Well miracles do happen, they turned up nice and early :P.

Thanks again!

Thank you
with me by 11am - hashing away now (more glowing trust left)

No more USB's for me now as all hubs, ports now full.

So onto blades....
Before ordering one

I've read that I need :-
--> Stratum proxy
--> Butchered PSu and paper clips?? (this concerns me)
--> Volt meter

Have any of you Ladies / Gents got any "BONE" instructions please?

here you go: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=205369.0

Thanks JimiQ84
Still not as BONE as I need lol. But I'll get studying  ;D

so if it needs a stratum proxy doesnt that mean you need to run it with a hostcomputer??
or does it mean once you set it up you can shutdown your computer?

You could mine with getwork - but (I'm not sure if this is *true*)
Most home networks are nat'ed behind 1 IP address and stratum is more efficient in those situations with multiple clients
Less stales (pls correct me if i'm wrong)

I'm going to see if I can run the proxy on the same machine my USB's are plugged into
Sadly it's Ubuntu 12.04 on a super crap laptop and it took me forever to get cgminer working
(In fact it took me forever to Ubuntu working lol, but i've sold all my GPU's and don't want to power up my old WIN 7 rigs)

The shorting of the PSU seems straight forward - BUT A PAPER CLIP! in this day and age....
The wire splitting and overvolting requires a shade more research on my behalf, before I'll even attempt it.

There are cheap enough molex bridging tools on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ATX-PSU-Bridging-Tool-24-Pin-Turns-PSU-on-without-Motherboard-/190791414522?pt=UK_Computing_Water_Cooling&hash=item2c6c0df2fa

There's still some pools that work with getwork - Eligius and BTCGuild both still have getwork servers.  The stratum proxy is simple to run however.

I'm planning on running my Blade mining towards the stratum proxy running on my home server (it's on 24/7 so no big fuss there), and the backup pool on the Blade will be going towards either Eligius or BTCGuild's getwork server.

As for PSU, I'm currently running an old 30A 12V bench supply (the type used by HAM radio and CB Radio folks).  It's not very efficient (big old transformer), but it was free.  I'm currently running the fans and USB hub for the Block Erupters off it, and it's running at a little over 2A load.   The fan in it is on a thermostat, so it's starting and stopping every few minutes, which means I might end up going the ATX PSU route.

If you run Linux, you can also point the Blade to the getwork server built in to the latest version of BFGMiner - one program could run your USB sticks, Blade, GPUs, etc.

Just sent an order for 3. Thanks

Transaction ID,
5fcddfbb0dad46eff6c202d0a2f42aab48d9f02fca449d42c929b1e85655ee20

Will be sent out tomorrow champsak :)

Good to see everyone else received theirs ;D

Arrived very promptly thank you, could not have arrived quicker!

Thank you, I'll look into BFGminer then, hopefully there's a Get-App version that just installs lol
I'm not a Linux aficionado, it was just decent option to squeeze some life out of an old laptop - so far, so good.
(sold all my GPU's, too much heat, noise and hassle...)

You need BFGMiner 3.2.0 for the getwork server, so I think you'll probably have to .git and compile.  I'm a serious linux n00b too, so don't ask me how. :)

stratum proxy: https://github.com/slush0/stratum-mining-proxy

Any updates on the blades, yxt?  Difficulty isn't getting any lower (up to 86mil). :(

Details of new blade on Bitmit
https://www.bitmit.net/en/item/56799-in-stock-asicminer-block-erupter-blade-new-model

Edit - added later - Friedcat's thread about the new style blade https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=286486.0

Are these ready to ship immediately or are we waiting for a shipment to from yxt?

The USBs are in stock and can go out the door today.

Yes, still waiting for a delivery from YXT. Last time I spoke with him he was still waiting on delivery for the blades - I believe they was waiting to leave customs, but I'll ask him for another update now.

I know he is fairly limited in stock, so...

if you want a blade you should hurry!

TX - 30 eruptors
 Please send tracking details

Today a major delivery with old blades has arrived   :)

Very good to hear ;D

@champsak & @bitwhizz your orders have been shipped, they will be with you by 1:00PM tomorrow ;D happy hashing!

Another blade please.

BTC4.985

TXID: 06649e30a186d524147fd916600c16fb8906e5bdaf78f8d71e30c521d6eabe1b

What would the ETA on 3 blades to Dublin please ?

Hard to say, I'll probably receive them in 2-4 working days, then ship them on the same day - fingers crossed.

According to royal mail they can ship to Dublin within 24 hours but its at a premium (about 0.45 btc) drop me a PM if you're interested.

Another blade please.

48825785d539774417bbef4358c5041880f885f59720fc1390becbcc8455d0aa

No problem :)

Just a thought, do these blades need setting up out of the box, like making sure the voltage is correct?

No problems if it does, just wondering if i need to grab the multimeter out the car :).

I'm not 100% sure on that, probably worth having one to hand just in case.

Welcome to my previous addition to my order :P.

OK so another big rise in difficulty, but on the other hand, more funds available. So do I order one of the 'old' blades, or wait for the 'new'? Or go for something else?

'New' may be a bit cheaper, but not available until perhaps next week. CanaryInTheMine expects his to arrive on Friday. Seems more robust using only one PCB. Has a golden finger connector at the base, but I don't think I'll be getting more than one.

'Old' available now. Overclockable. Has anyone here overclocked their board? Does it work as expected?

Or put the money towards more hashing power in the BitFury group buy where 5BTC would get ~25Gh/s, but not until the end of October, by which time difficulty will probably be double today's figure?

Today I'm leaning toward getting my hands on something ASAP...

Any thoughts?

I like the ability to overclock.  I like hearing my electronics screaming for mercy.  ;D

Tough call...

Its pretty easy to over clock the older blades, and being able to get them sooner and hashing faster is a nice bonus, not only that but I believe you can only get a back pane for the new blades if you order 6-10 of them, but don't quote me on that yet - I need to double check with yxt and try and get a price for it.

Reserve me 9 blades please
Waiting on refund from canaryinthemine as these guys no longer accepting international delivery

OutCast3k's order is ready for tomorrow's pick up  :)

OK, 1 old-style blade please (looking at yxt's latest I hope I'm not too late)

5.195BTC sent

Tx 1ca704f52ee733054359d989d22f1a8b24ecc18baf14a8749a1e636e25da3e20-000

Thanks

@yxt
Will I have blade? one piece?

Follow the instructions in the original post, and you can have a blade :)

50 USB sticks please.

TXID 47bdf72a624778ea5eefd7500374a19a37a9ebb7bd4eb70364a1a88df0f2a78b

Confirmed/received and updated the list :)

When do you think the Blades will be shipping?  I'm hoping to get a few more sticks ordered before it does, number depending on funds. :)

Yxt has sent the USBs and blades to me. From my experience I should receive them either on or by Wednesday (fingers crossed for Tuesday). I'll then re-ship them the day I receive them as long as its before 3:30pm :)

Sent payment for 1 BE Blade for 5.195 BTC

501d9e6a8bfc181c1b4645a9dacd5355c411d2547fff342a5f1dd65fa3fed849

Same details as in previous GBs.

Sent payment for 11 USB for 2.719    (if the amount is wrong blame Excel)

https://blockchain.info/tx/77f2ef62bd77894ea53c4dc1d0805a0f1e6f4b18c812f88a46d654a7e5b2b875

Will PM details later

Thanks :-)

The list is up to date, all looking good :)

Could you add another 7 to my order please, paid 1.773BTC (hope my sums are correct)

https://blockchain.info/tx/245036b827005ffbd535e793e88917e6812aed8fdc975ae5d5f7b5db533e4a4c

You've paid postage twice, did you want me to refund that or did you want a second parcel sent somewhere else?

Send to the same address as per the PM.

Is the additional postage refund enough to cover 1 miner, if not how much extra would cover the addition of one more USB miner ?

(Hope I have enough USB ports) :-)

Its not, but if you send an additional 0.049 BTC it will be enough for another 1 :)

Let me know what you decided to do.

*edit, I see you sent the payment - 19 units it is :)*

0.049 sent

Sorry to be a pain in the Ar$e, that's me done for now, no more USB ports

https://blockchain.info/tx/7cbaa6ec83a789c94499991855b3c75703bad1eaf649edae13025a4eff4b76cc

No problem :)

Just sent an order for 9 usb's. Thanks


Transaction ID,
6c6e5a09f9f9833e1a7ddc2d202f71b0a9a582ae4374f8101163f346e73c201b

2nd Blade ordered via PM. :)

So i'm guessing you weren't lucky on the post today :)

I'm hoping he's too busy packing little boxes to be on here. :)

Same here, i just want to know if i need to clear my work bench up a bit to work on these blades :P.

I just ripped the PSU out of the carcass of my last GPU miner (GPUs sold on eBay yesterday).  The PSU will be running the Blades, the USB hubs for the Erupters, and the little Celeron 847 machine that runs the whole lot.  With 800W to spare, probably.  :P

There is good news and bad news.

The good news is, I received all the USBs and they have been shipped, the bad news is I didn't receive, nor ship the blades. Tracking would suggest that I would receive them tomorrow - I will ship them tomorrow also.

(Due to the quantity I was receiving, the order was sent to myself in 3 separate parcels)

I'm happy with that, don't want the postman to die half way through his round with all the weight i've packed onto him :P.

All good with me, too.  Looks like Thursday evening to the sorting office. :)

Any idea of lower prices after the announcement?

We are glad to announce that we decided to continue distributing more Block Erupter USBs
as a limitation-free extension of the coupon plan in the last two months. Besides for mining alone,
at the coupon price level they serve perfectly as gifts as well as mining introduction devices.

Spec: Rated speed 336MHash/s.
         Powered by the USB port without any other power source.
         Electricity consumption as low as 2.5watts.

Price from us: 50-1999: 0.12BTC each.
                   2000+: 0.10BTC each.
                   Removed former 1:1 limitation on coupons.

If you bought from the following resellers, please consult them with details accordingly.
    US: eleuthria, CanaryInTheMine, SilentSonicBoom
    Canada: teek
    EU, Switzerland and North Europe: yxt
    China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau: rockxie
    Australia: leotreasure@gmail.com
    India: Pinwheel

Former warranty conditions still hold. 2% extra non-warranty units will still also be included in our parcel.

I''ve dropped yxt a pm. Not entirly sure I understand the announcement.

I can imagine Mrs Outcast3K's face when you end up with the cheaper price, hopefully she won't mind the living room being turned into a distribution center :P.

Hah!

Lets hope the blades come in 2moro

 ::)

Might be worth making a collection (Group Buy) to try and get a 2000+ order in (£8 each), 100GH/s for £2,400 (not including the Hubs) (335Mh/s * 300units)

is that price good for 100GH/s ?   what kind of daily return would that hashrate achieve ?

Assuming your only costs were electricity and the miners...

http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/a/f94ea953c6

So you would get a ROI, but only £500 (the $ price is set to £ price), but then you need to find tons of hubs for less than £500 to make any money back.

Still, winter is coming and if you set it up right, you can make a nice heating system :P.

Also, i'd be up for getting to the 2k mark :).

Ahhhh So if the 50x Hubs (decent Dlink 3A) cost £1000 the system will not ROI (Unless the value of BTC increases significantly)

So the only way to make money with 300 USB Erupters is to sell them on ebay....   

Or, if you have the rework station and the skills, take the asic's off, make your own mega blade :P.

Thing is with these miners, as has been said before, they aren't for serious mining, so being able to make your money back on them with the new price is a nice bonus.

Please add 1 BES to my order.

50a9259db10110a7396663307fe32aa6dd0fc3904ea3830797fef63524b668c5

You sure? The announcements are always so clear... er, not :)

I'm not sure myself what the current sales situation/policy is..  ???
Currently waiting for a response from FC

It's nice to know FC releases this info before he tells his distributors, great way to increase your workload  :-\.

2 blade

My USB erupters (x19) arrived safe and sound, very well packaged - thanks for a well run and successful GB.

Good to hear :) If you've not done it already, remember to leave me some trust/feedback if you get a moment.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=34834

Happy hashing!


heh, at least its not just me that thinks so.

Feedback left - Thanks again for a smooth GB.

How many USB's do you have left over ?   just purchased another 2 hubs this morning (12 empty USB slots)

a lot more than 12 :)

Over 9000?

Sorry, couldn't resist it :P

That'd be a nice number to have but, no. lol

Did yours arrive yet??

*edit* Apparently not according to the tracking, the postman's got 6 minutes by my watch, he best hurry up.

Nope, still sat by the door waiting :/

**EDIT**

12:58, and it comes... God i hate royal mail at times.

Thanks again.

Hi OutCast3k - I'd like to cancel my order for the blade. Is this possible, or have I left it too late?

I'll buy it :)

Seems to have already found a buyer, so its fine.


@Pieh0, want to send the payment to me now then? and then I'll refund Stinky_Pete.

Yep, is it just the price of the blade as its being added to the other blade package?

2 minutes, will double check...

*edit* Yes.

K, just waiting for the coins to hit my wallet and i'll send them over to you :)

Thanks to Pieh0 and OutCast3k for doing this for me.

There you go, BTC4.895 sent.

TXID a1cb43d1988025c47b0cd2450171c3ae809bdf5811c0a6d99b4eaf8d99f3f150


If it gets you out of a bind, i don't mind helping out :)

You must have a hell of a setup now.  How many GH/s now, if you don't mind me asking? :)

Received/confirmed :)

Much appreciated.

Blades arrived, packing 'em up now ;D

+1
HellDiverUK Likes This

etc,
etc.

any spare blades, also do you think you will be able to get my order out today?

 tx - 48a71a8cdc4bba828b434c65fea045da182b84b5238e0135841e0fa50c56c132
40 eruptors

::) Will head back to the post office now.

ALL Blades have been sent.

cheers woohooo

You guys are all going to be busy tomorrow ;D

Well considering the fact you are like an early Santa, yea, we will :P.

Hi OutCast3k,

Will you get the new blades at all?

Hehe :)


As soon as YXT has them, I'll have them :)

cool ty

one more question, Can i get one old BE of each color from you?

Unfortunately you can't. Only black is in stock. I don't get to pick the colour...

I have some red ones from the earlier batches. I don't care about the colour so I'm prepared to swap as long as I don't lose any hashing time.

I got asic BLADE old 13gh/s for sale in hand UK come with psu and Fan

all detalis on pm

This is a group buy thread, if you want to sell your old blade, take it to the sale forums.

Thanks.

Blades just arrived.  One's up and running, just digging for power cables for the other. :)

Did you need to set any of them up, or are they sorted out for 10gh out of the box?

these are a mission to setup,
didn't expect the blades to be that heavy

they need to be setup

All having fun I see? ;D

im sweating here, need to setup nine boards lol

Voltage is set low on them.  Got both mine running, cobbled up on bits of foam and fans just sat on them.  Going to let them run as-is until the difficulty goes up, so I can get maximum mining without any downtime. :)

For wiring, I used a 6-pin PCI-E extension lead, cut off one end, soldered the three wires together, job done. :)

I hate Phoenix connectors, have a load of stuff in work that use the smaller versions, and they're a fiddle.  :-\

You should all post some blade porn pics ;)

@HellDiverUK, nice job :)

anyone having trouble with the hash rate showing up on 50btc or btc guild, don't get hashrate appearing help

Nope, I'm currently just running mine through stratum_proxy on my server, going out to Eligius.  I have a second instance of stratum_Proxy (on a different port) on the server going to BTCGuild.  Both work OK.

there mining via stratum proxy. but not just updating at all on 50btc or btcguild

What's the web page on the blade saying? 

that's all working, fine.
im getting the Mhash upto 10200
receiving and accepted changing as well
just not updating to my account on 50btc or btcguild

Hmm..I'd be making sure the username and passwords are correct then.

They're in the format   username:password,username:password

First username and password for first pool, etc.

yep that's all fine.
username:password,username:password.

the stratum proxy is accepting shares, but im not getting a visual update on 50btc or btcguild

No chuffing idea then, sorry. :(  BTCGuild shows shares within about 15 seconds of me starting to mine there, just checked it.

I don't know whats going on, I tried my second board and im getting the same thing

You did tell the stratum proxy to connect to the right server, right? :P

 ./mining_proxy.py -o eu-stratum.btcguild.com -p 3333

using windows 7

 mining_proxy.exe -o eu-stratum.btcguild.com -p 3333

can someone post a working download link for the stratum miner. thanks

Not a firewall issue is it? Blocking the ports out?

Can you ping that pool from your machine?

Does it accept your connection if you telnet to the pools host/port from your machine acting as the proxy?

no firewall issues
I can ping the mining pool
but I cant ping the machine running the proxy. from another pc.
do I need to setup some sort of config file

https://github.com/slush0/stratum-mining-proxy


I suspect its not the software (mining_proxy.exe), its probably the operating system or network, lol. Have you thought about trying it on another machine quickly?

What happens if you load command.com and use telnet to connect to the pool from your machine running the proxy, does the pool accept the connection, or refuse it?

Are you 100% sure your username/password are correct (they're case sensitive etc)

this is long found a pc which allows incoming connections. all is working. now need to figure out how to allow incoming connections

My 1000W PSU doesn't like running two blades overclocked.  I think it's something to do with the power rail distribution.  One blade is working off a heap of crap old OCZ 500W.

im gonna be up whole night at this rate lol

Now my wires are on fire.  :o  Got to love OCZ and their damp string wires.  ::)

Well my blades are working nicely, didn't need to set them up to work at 10gh, so I shoved it up to 13gh with a nice big fan on it :).

Thanks again Outcast, trust left :P

Serious?


Nice job :)

Yeah, now running one blade per shitty OCZ PSU - thankfully I have two.

Got them running at ~12.5GH/s @ 1.15v so far so good. Ordered a decent PSU (Corsair Builder CX 750W), hopefully that'll do the job OK. :D

What happened to your 30A PSU, that's what mine are running off at the moment, and after a quick trip to maplin to get a new fan for it, its working well :).

I might end up using the old 30A machine, I don't know.  My head is fried with it, it's working at the moment, so I'm just going to leave it alone for tonight.  Been at it since this morning.  :-\

What sort of current is a blade pulling?

7-8A, around 5 if you leave it as standard.

Really?  Wow.  WTF is that 1000W PSU's issue then?  ???  It needs a good kick in the clunge.  :D

HellDiverUK

I melted a 1200w PSU a while back by plugging GPU's into the wrong PCI-e connector, the cables were labelled 1-8 and i didn't start from 1 :(

Got the USB and Blade this afternoon. Hashing away and overclocked with Slush stratum proxy.

Let me know how I can return the faulty USB miner as we discussed via PM!

Faulty miner!?

You must be very unlucky, hoping i don't have any :).

Thanks. :)  I was being careful with what cables I was using going by the label on the PSU.  It was giving trouble it seems, it was powering my last GPU miner machine, which wasn't the most stable.  I just stripped the machine last week.  Seems it was that PSU.

Seems these blades take a while to setup.
Just finished stripping molex power cables to attach to all the blocks

I'm gonna use ocz 1250 zx series to power 9 boards.
Any one think I could run 15 of them. I gotta spare 650 watt psu laying around Giving out a total of 65 amps

Woo, new price for usb miners is in, all hail to group buy 7  ;D.

They'll be paying us to take them soon.  :D

will sort it in just a mo ;)

*edit* -> New group buy with a new price -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=293236.0

up to 120W --> ~10A

Got both Blades, and 10 Erupters, plus fan controller with 4 fans running off the old 30A supply.  Drawing 21A@12v.  Annoyingly, it's drawing over 500W from the mains, and emitting a ridiculous amount of heat.  These old bench supplies are NOT efficient in any way.

Will definitely be switching over to a decent, working ATX PSU ASAP.