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Title: Help antminer s3
Post by: cacash on October 12, 2014, 09:30:58 AM
Place here because no one would answer in the Italian section.  >:(
I apologize for my bad English, I hope someone here to help me understand.

I need to understand a few things about antminer s3, I mean I have 3 S3 overclocked to 237.5 all working on the same pool but make it in a totally different way, the yield is reflected on the pool too.

ie make on average 485,478,432

They are all set in the same way, the only difference is the software installed:

travel 485GH/s
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Linux version 3.10.12 (xxl@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.6.4 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.6-2013.05 r38031) ) #140 Mon Jul 21 17:27:04 CST 2014

travel 475GH/s
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Linux version 3.10.12 (xxl@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.6.4 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.6-2013.05 r38031) ) #173 Tue Aug 26 10:43:45 CST 2014

travel 435GH/s
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Linux version 3.10.12 (xxl@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.6.4 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.6-2013.05 r38031) ) #134 Fri Jul 11 10:42:43 CST 2014

What I wonder is whether the software affects the performance so much and if it is, because the version of cgminer should be the same also because it does not refer to increased performance on the various updates downloaded from the official website.

It should try to update with the latest software to make it to S3 plus (S3+)?
How risky is to update the software?
What is the right procedure, I think I understand, but I have to reset the miner?
Do not undermine, leave all fields blank in the pool and proceed to upgrade?

thanks


Title: Re: Help antminer s3
Post by: bitsta on October 13, 2014, 06:34:02 PM
Place here because no one would answer in the Italian section.  >:(
I apologize for my bad English, I hope someone here to help me understand.

I need to understand a few things about antminer s3, I mean I have 3 S3 overclocked to 237.5 all working on the same pool but make it in a totally different way, the yield is reflected on the pool too.

ie make on average 485,478,432

They are all set in the same way, the only difference is the software installed:

travel 485GH/s
Quote
Linux version 3.10.12 (xxl@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.6.4 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.6-2013.05 r38031) ) #140 Mon Jul 21 17:27:04 CST 2014

travel 475GH/s
Quote
Linux version 3.10.12 (xxl@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.6.4 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.6-2013.05 r38031) ) #173 Tue Aug 26 10:43:45 CST 2014

travel 435GH/s
Quote
Linux version 3.10.12 (xxl@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.6.4 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.6-2013.05 r38031) ) #134 Fri Jul 11 10:42:43 CST 2014

What I wonder is whether the software affects the performance so much and if it is, because the version of cgminer should be the same also because it does not refer to increased performance on the various updates downloaded from the official website.

It should try to update with the latest software to make it to S3 plus (S3+)?
How risky is to update the software?
What is the right procedure, I think I understand, but I have to reset the miner?
Do not undermine, leave all fields blank in the pool and proceed to upgrade?

thanks

what cgminer versions are you using on them?


Title: Re: Help antminer s3
Post by: cacash on October 14, 2014, 06:50:15 AM
All those who have 3.12.0-1


Title: Re: Help antminer s3
Post by: bitsta on October 14, 2014, 08:09:46 AM
All those who have 3.12.0-1

no thats the linux kernel version (btw - 3.12.0.1 is vulnerable to dozen of attacks..).
can you please run cgminer -v on the ants to check the versions..


Title: Re: Help antminer s3
Post by: notlist3d on October 14, 2014, 11:43:03 AM
Are they S3 plus or regular S3's?  Do you know what batch they are?


Title: Re: Help antminer s3
Post by: cacash on October 14, 2014, 12:31:48 PM
All those who have 3.12.0-1

no thats the linux kernel version (btw - 3.12.0.1 is vulnerable to dozen of attacks..).
can you please run cgminer -v on the ants to check the versions..


I tried to send the command cgminer -v but I do not get an answer.

I did the following:
open putty
login root
root password
cgminer -v sending

no reply.

How should I do?

2 are s3.
S3 plus 1

what makes less among all is s3


Title: Re: Help antminer s3
Post by: pekatete on October 15, 2014, 03:04:02 PM
All those who have 3.12.0-1

no thats the linux kernel version (btw - 3.12.0.1 is vulnerable to dozen of attacks..).
can you please run cgminer -v on the ants to check the versions..


I tried to send the command cgminer -v but I do not get an answer.

I did the following:
open putty
login root
root password
cgminer -v sending

no reply.

How should I do?

2 are s3.
S3 plus 1

what makes less among all is s3

open putty and login, then enter and press return:

/usr/bin/cgminer-api

then look for status (should look like below) which includes the version in the description.
http://s27.postimg.org/dkxbhgs43/cgstatus.png