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Title: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: armin.m on February 05, 2019, 10:22:22 AM
hi! I have bought some m3 machines, i want to downgrade the firmware with sd card, most of them works fine after changing the firmware, but some of them which has e big black Heath Sink on their control board doesn't work after machine resets.
and now whenever i plug machine in to power all lights(network port, Alarm and Active lights) keeps on and not getting off or flicking.
i have tried both Zynq and H3 image but it still not working.
before changing the firmware they works fine. :-[
any idea?
is there any other image file other than zyng or h3?
thanks guy <3


Title: Re: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: BitMaxz on February 06, 2019, 03:57:52 PM
I don't have much experience with whatsminer m3 but I found some useful troubleshooting guide which I think will help to solve this issue.

Take a look at this troubleshooting guide from here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EzaTC7wIgcw2ardcMYXznyzMuWniNxsG/view


Title: Re: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: armin.m on February 07, 2019, 05:20:22 AM
I don't have much experience with whatsminer m3 but I found some useful troubleshooting guide which I think will help to solve this issue.

Take a look at this troubleshooting guide from here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EzaTC7wIgcw2ardcMYXznyzMuWniNxsG/view

thanks sir,
not helping  :'(
i think i need sd card firmware version.


Title: Re: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: HagssFIN on February 07, 2019, 07:38:16 AM
Did you buy it from pangolinminer? Ask their help, they should be able to give you proper instructions


Title: Re: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: armin.m on February 07, 2019, 03:25:06 PM
Did you buy it from pangolinminer? Ask their help, they should be able to give you proper instructions

actually i bought them from reseller and they don't give me a useful solution. i don't know where they bought their devices.


Title: Re: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: Artemis3 on February 08, 2019, 10:06:30 PM
I don't think they support downgrades. Why do you want to downgrade?, is there a problem with the current firmware version?


Title: Re: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: armin.m on February 13, 2019, 07:02:12 PM
I don't think they support downgrades. Why do you want to downgrade?, is there a problem with the current firmware version?

yes they are on 8 Th/s(low power mode) and when i choose a firmware in whatsminer tool for upgrade the miner it showing failed error and the device not get upgraded.


Title: Re: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: Benjibhoy on March 09, 2020, 10:44:09 PM
Did you ever get this sorted?  I'm having the same issues.


Title: Re: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: BitMaxz on March 09, 2020, 11:36:51 PM
Check the latest firmware from Whatsminer from here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QbjEPiIByWZLXIMovOMqeABDpYJDf77S

Make sure to check the control board model before you use the SD card image to flash it to your miner.


Title: Re: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: philipma1957 on March 10, 2020, 12:14:32 AM
note there are h3 and h6 controllers

look to see if you have an h3 or h6.


Title: Re: having issue with changing whatsminer m3 firmware using sd card
Post by: Benjibhoy on November 12, 2020, 05:04:49 PM
Did you ever get a solution? Ive got six of them that someone has upgraded the firmware on and now they're useless lol