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Title: Block erupter - changing the chip Post by: Jayjay04 on March 11, 2014, 03:59:59 AM I am wondering if it would be possible to replace the block erupter chip with another one, like the one's from bitfury ? Or perhaps the new asicminer chips that are coming...?
Anyone ever try replacing the chip on these with a better one ? Thx Title: Re: Block erupter - changing the chip Post by: Isuearl on March 11, 2014, 04:26:13 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=307848.0
Thats what I found...... really the chip architecture would be different... but you can upgrade the clockspeed though. heres a webpage that I found on changing the crystal and resistor....FWIW...I am sure there are more in depth pages and forum posts though. http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=3334 Title: Re: Block erupter - changing the chip Post by: Warning__3 on March 12, 2014, 01:43:51 AM Really isn't something anyone can do just like that, but would be sweet to have a block erupter with 20 times the hashpower :)
Title: Re: Block erupter - changing the chip Post by: philipma1957 on March 12, 2014, 12:15:49 PM sell them on ebay as collectors items.
Title: Re: Block erupter - changing the chip Post by: Jayjay04 on March 12, 2014, 01:50:39 PM https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=307848.0 Thats what I found...... really the chip architecture would be different... but you can upgrade the clockspeed though. heres a webpage that I found on changing the crystal and resistor....FWIW...I am sure there are more in depth pages and forum posts though. http://wtfmoogle.com/?p=3334 Thx, already found it... Title: Re: Block erupter - changing the chip Post by: Jayjay04 on March 12, 2014, 01:53:20 PM Really isn't something anyone can do just like that, but would be sweet to have a block erupter with 20 times the hashpower :) That's what I thought also... If the replacement chip is the same size, why wouldn't it be possible ? If someone is an expert into micro-electronic please help us understand if it's possible or not ? Thx Title: Re: Block erupter - changing the chip Post by: HellDiverUK on March 12, 2014, 02:37:17 PM It's possible, but it's like putting a Ford 6.2 V8 in a Prius. It's possible, but you're basically rebuilding the Prius from the ground up to put a V8 in it.
Title: Re: Block erupter - changing the chip Post by: Jayjay04 on March 12, 2014, 02:48:53 PM It's possible, but it's like putting a Ford 6.2 V8 in a Prius. It's possible, but you're basically rebuilding the Prius from the ground up to put a V8 in it. Ok I see, great metaphor ! Title: Re: Block erupter - changing the chip Post by: zycamaniac on March 13, 2014, 04:04:13 AM When manufacturing, they have everything streamlined so that they use the least amount of labor/power/time to put it together. Swapping chip, if upgrading from say Avalon 1 to Avalon 2, it might not be too bad. If you are trying to stick chip from a different maker, then it would be massive amount of work.
It would be just like sticking a V8 in a prius as HellDriverUK said, and it might end up costing more than a Lexus in terms of work time and other costs... Sell it and buy something new would be a better and cheaper way to go. |