Title: Bitburner Fury (single) board (40-60 GH/s) with broken USB port: what can I do? Post by: fabrcop on December 15, 2013, 04:32:41 PM I have read that this problem often occurs, and it happened to me, too:
the micro-USB port detached from my Bitburner Fury (40-60 GH/s) single board (I have no other boards to connect to, through CAN Bus). So, what can I do now? I would solder it by myself, if the port was not so small! (By the way, I guess it is better to get a new micro-USB port, since the detached one seems deformed: I hope a new one is easy to find). Who can do that job? I live in a little town (in Italy) where there are a few PC repairers (or TV repairers, for example) but I am not sure that such a work is simple enough for a standard repairer (and possibly inexpensively). Otherwise: isn't there an alternative way to connect the board to the PC (or somehow to the net) ?! Consider that I have only one board, so I guess that the CAN bus is useless for that purpose (isn't it?). Also consider that I purchased the miner on Ebay and I received no instructions at all, but only the USB cable and a Raspberry Pi with a 4GB SD card. I received nearly no help from the seller. I searched the web to realize what I had to do, but I did not find much. For example, I don't even know how to connect the Raspberry Pi to the miner! (Maybe through USB? That would impossible, in my case). Or... is it somehow possible a special connection from the miner to the Raspberry? I have checked that the miner works, by connecting it to the 6-pin PCI-E, or using the standard 12V round barrel. After a few seconds, the led becomes green and blinks. At that point, if I try to run the PIC32 Bootloader Application V1.2 (that I read about on burninmining.com) I get a USB error (of course). This is how I found that the USB port was detaching from the board. (By the way, I have found the PIC32 Bootloader software by myself, somewhere on the web, but I don't know where I can fond the main software, the miner). I have also read that it's possible to fix a Bitburner Fury board with broken USB port, by using a device called PICkit 3 DV164131 (an hardware debugger? Price around 50 EUR). Here is the post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=294735.msg3371051#msg3371051 However, I read at the end of the post: "After 'Program' is completed, the new firmware is installed and you can disconnect the PicKit and use your board for mining." What?! If I disconnect the kit, how can I stay connected with the Internet for mining?? I reread the post and I understand that purpose is only to "update" the board. This does not solve my puzzle: how can the board (without USB) do mining after the update? No USB, no more PICkit... So, which connection should be there? (Maybe this solution only applies to a non-single board that is connected via CAN-Bus to another one, with a functioning USB port??). If no other solution is possible: is it likely that someone who already has another board (with functioning USB), buys my board, and use it through the CAN bus? I guess that my board does work (the led works fine). Of course, I would sell it with a discount, but not very much, since the board should be fully functional (via CAN bus) for the buyer. Please help me. Thank you. Fabrizio fabrcop Italy Title: Re: Bitburner Fury (single) board (40-60 GH/s) with broken USB port: what can I do? Post by: BigJon901 on December 15, 2013, 06:07:19 PM You should see about getting the usb connector repaired, try some computer repair shops or even cell phone repair shops they do alot of micro-usb repair since people are always breaking them in their phones. Also the area where the port is should have distinctive traces for the USB, you can always jury rig a cable (USB has 4 or 5 wires GND,+5V,Data-,Data+, and sometimes ID). I'm not sure what micro controller the board uses but you can get the usb pins from a data sheet online.
Title: Re: Bitburner Fury (single) board (40-60 GH/s) with broken USB port: what can I do? Post by: Pentium100 on December 15, 2013, 07:01:56 PM The device is completely broken, you should send it to me for proper disposal :)
Nah, just solder in a new port. Title: Re: Bitburner Fury (single) board (40-60 GH/s) with broken USB port: what can I do? Post by: zuqka on December 15, 2013, 08:43:46 PM Check your pm mate, I might be interested!
Title: Re: Bitburner Fury (single) board (40-60 GH/s) with broken USB port: what can I do? Post by: fabrcop on December 17, 2013, 11:08:15 PM Update:
I have found a Panasonic repair shop that perhaps will do it for me. :) However, they are not sure they will, because (they say) different kinds of micro-USB ports exist (??) and they must check if they have or can get the right one. (This seems strange to me: I believe that there must be only one kind of micro-USB port!) If they will not do it, I think I will resell the board :-[ (not for cheap, though). By the way, other repair shops refused to do this job: a Samsung, a Sony, two PC, and a generic electronics repair shops. Fabrizio fabrcop Title: Re: Bitburner Fury (single) board (40-60 GH/s) with broken USB port: what can I do? Post by: erhanzeynel on March 24, 2014, 08:17:02 AM they right theri is few micro usb connectors with little differences. One has 5 pins, one has 4 pins also one 4p is smt other one is soldering trought hole. But totally its a little job. it must take maximum 15 minutes.
İf they refuse send it to me (Turkey). I will do it free, only fee is I will keep board for 5 hr. to taste (not test :D ) it. :D |