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I've either been very lucky or bought a donkey (I've no clue as to the hashing power of these blades)...

I picked these up from a local police auction... can anyone give me a clue how to power them please? none of my ATX PSU's have the correct plug...
 thanks in advance...

http://www.rgspix.com/img/blades.JPG

ps. they still stink of cannabis!

haha thats awesome...what a waste of some good blades. They have probably been sitting in impound for months. I feel sorry for that guy. Pigs took his trees and bitcoin hardware...damn shame

not a waste if I can get 'em powered up  ;D

yeah waste up till now is what i meant...he must have been a seller since they are still packaged like that. How much did you but them for?

£49.38p of her majesties sterling pounds... but what type of PSU will I need - you can tell i'm not tech-savvy!

Thats a good deal, worst case scenario sell them on ebay. Im not tech savvy either. My partner handles the mining, but we do have a ton of blades...someone should be able to tell you though...check you tube?

i think i've found the manufacturer... i'll email them... these particular blades look very similar to

http://www.btcgarden.com//productsDetail.do?id=105 (http://www.btcgarden.com//productsDetail.do?id=105)

slightly different to the pic, but the same power connector...

Wow great find you got 100 GH/s right there. But it sucks cause you can't get them to mine right this min. You will get your money back and then some. Goodluck and welcome to mining.

i'll let you know what this little lot hashes at, once I get it powered! how frustrating!!!  :-\
knowing my median of luck, difficulty will be up AGAIN by the time I get them powered up...

I think that might just be a reseller too but he could help you out if you can contact him...i think those are the 10GH though

That 'silk road' stigma haunting the BTC community again.

Well done with your find  :)


You don't need a specific power adaptor if you can find someone to solder some wires to that socket, easy job.

A standard computer PSU can power it, there are plenty around. It could be the quickest way to get them running.

You need a Phoenix connector, looks like a 2-pin version.  They're used a lot in the commercial AV industry, so any place that does AV stuff should be able to supply them.  You'll need some sort of 12V PSU to power the blades, usually a ATX PSU will do the trick.

RS have the connectors, you just need to figure out which one...
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/connectors/terminal-blocks-din-rail-terminals/non-fused-terminal-blocks/?applied-dimensions=4294870747,4294765840&esid=all&m=1

cheers boss...

looks like this one

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/non-fused-terminal-blocks/1896284/ (http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/non-fused-terminal-blocks/1896284/)

my next question, what wires from my ATX do I put into to (without me going BANG!)

 :o

http://i42.tinypic.com/dltgyo.jpg

Pick a +12v and a GND

to get the thing to switch on, short PWR ON to a GND (a paper clip can do this)

It does look that that one, but there's 3 or 4 different sizes of Phoenix connectors depending on current capability.  You'd need to measure the socket and look at the specs online for the plug you're buying.

As for the cables, I'd buy a heap of 4-pin Molex splitters, cut them up and use the yellow wires.  That means you don't have to hack up your PSU's wires, just plug in and go.  Check out the other Blade howto threads for more info. :)

works a treat! thank you...

now I just have to sort the web config to connect to a pool (this part seems to not work so well!)

i think these blades need more power than my 550w can give... even trying one single blade, still getting 0 MH/s
oh well, back to the drawing board

You will need a 800 Watt PSU. Are these blade used to crop cannabis??  ;D

thanks, i'll sort it in the morning, best I have is 550W so i think i'll switch off and get an early night.
 ;D

First just try one card at a time on your PSU.

Each blade takes 100W off the 12v line of your 550W PSU.

A 550W PSU can have around 15A to 20A on the 12v rail which is around 180W - 240W


Try each card in turn, one at a time. Some cards may be faulty.

I now have 3 cards hashing at around 7GH/s each, running off a 750W PSU
the other 2 cards, power goes into them, lan flashes but can't get the config screen to load for them. I've done factory reset to ensure the IP address is correct, and tried each card one at time... but the config screen just won't load. So... approx 21GH/s hashing OK.