Title: Noob Question: Antminer and Block Erupter? Post by: captplanet on January 03, 2014, 11:43:33 PM Hello all,
I'm a noob to bitcoin mining and I ended up buying 3 Block erupters, and then I found out about the antminers, and bought two of those. My question is: Am I able to use all 5 miners on the same hub? Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you in advance!! Title: Re: Noob Question: Antminer and Block Erupter? Post by: colinfx on January 04, 2014, 12:02:18 AM Yes, they are all using USB and so you can have them all on the same hub.
The AntMiners get hot (and i'm overclocking them to 2.0Gh/s each), i've put some distance between them with extension cables and stuck them near a draughty cold window. Now I can touch them without melting off my fingerprints :D Title: Re: Noob Question: Antminer and Block Erupter? Post by: Kenshin on January 04, 2014, 12:04:16 AM Yes, they are all using USB and so you can have them all on the same hub. The AntMiners get hot (and i'm overclocking them to 2.0Gh/s each), i've put some distance between them with extension cables and stuck them near a draughty cold window. Now I can touch them without melting off my fingerprints :D Get a USB fan to cool them down. Title: Re: Noob Question: Antminer and Block Erupter? Post by: BrianM49er on January 04, 2014, 10:24:37 AM Yes, they are all using USB and so you can have them all on the same hub. The AntMiners get hot (and i'm overclocking them to 2.0Gh/s each), i've put some distance between them with extension cables and stuck them near a draughty cold window. Now I can touch them without melting off my fingerprints :D I thought about it, I looked at Harbor Freight. I'm going to order one of these. then I can check the USB sticks temps and not even have to touch them :D and its on sale for $19.99 This laser thermometer accurately measures temperatures of hard-to-reach areas and hazardous materials (like car engines and other machinery) from a safe distance! The infrared thermometer accurately measures up to 1/10th of a degree in Celsius or Fahrenheit on its LCD display! Features include an ergonomic trigger to give you total control, making this a great laser thermometer for mechanics and machinists to safely check the heat before getting back to work. 40-hour battery life Temperature range: -27 to 482 degrees F (-33 to 250 degrees C) Accuracy: greater of +/- 4 degrees F (2 degrees C) or 2% of reading Distance-to-spot ratio: 6:1 Exclusive ergonomic trigger control Title: Re: Noob Question: Antminer and Block Erupter? Post by: vm1990 on January 04, 2014, 02:38:52 PM make sure the USB hub has enough power. the miners use about 550ma each (50ma is extra to add a bit of room)
so hub need to provide atleast 2.5amps Title: Re: Noob Question: Antminer and Block Erupter? Post by: yorxs on January 09, 2014, 01:52:59 PM I've been running a Raspberry Pi with 4 BEs uing cgminer 3.8.5. I compiled cgminer with the --enable-icarus switch for my BEs, but my new antminer only runs at .5gh/s. I've read that I need to recompile with the --enable-bmsc switch. But how can I compile using both switches so I can use my BEs and antmier at the same time?
Title: Re: Noob Question: Antminer and Block Erupter? Post by: shaashgaz on January 12, 2014, 02:18:56 PM I got help running them together here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=399054.0;all Title: Re: Noob Question: Antminer and Block Erupter? Post by: chadgroover on January 12, 2014, 08:01:47 PM Yes, they are all using USB and so you can have them all on the same hub. The AntMiners get hot (and i'm overclocking them to 2.0Gh/s each), i've put some distance between them with extension cables and stuck them near a draughty cold window. Now I can touch them without melting off my fingerprints :D Get a USB fan to cool them down. +1 to that! Mine were too hot too touch without a fan (way too many "hot potato" moments), but with an arctic cooling breeze fan pointed at them, they're practically cold to the touch now! (each one at 2GH/s and VERY close together on the hub) Title: Re: Noob Question: Antminer and Block Erupter? Post by: ithd on January 13, 2014, 09:50:20 PM Yes, they are all using USB and so you can have them all on the same hub. The AntMiners get hot (and i'm overclocking them to 2.0Gh/s each), i've put some distance between them with extension cables and stuck them near a draughty cold window. Now I can touch them without melting off my fingerprints :D Get a USB fan to cool them down. +1 to that! Mine were too hot too touch without a fan (way too many "hot potato" moments), but with an arctic cooling breeze fan pointed at them, they're practically cold to the touch now! (each one at 2GH/s and VERY close together on the hub) ! I have one of those fans on my USB hub with 9 antminers. Also clocked at 2GHs, but they're pretty hot when I touch them :( Title: Re: Noob Question: Antminer and Block Erupter? Post by: captplanet on January 13, 2014, 10:39:06 PM Yes, they are all using USB and so you can have them all on the same hub. The AntMiners get hot (and i'm overclocking them to 2.0Gh/s each), i've put some distance between them with extension cables and stuck them near a draughty cold window. Now I can touch them without melting off my fingerprints :D Get a USB fan to cool them down. +1 to that! Mine were too hot too touch without a fan (way too many "hot potato" moments), but with an arctic cooling breeze fan pointed at them, they're practically cold to the touch now! (each one at 2GH/s and VERY close together on the hub) ! I have one of those fans on my USB hub with 9 antminers. Also clocked at 2GHs, but they're pretty hot when I touch them :( I have mine near a window with an Arctic Breeze USB Fan on them and they're cool to the touch |