thats it ,, all 10 units rockin ,, whoooo hooooo
now , can we confirm if the btc side is active or not,
and how do we turn it off
using cpu miner
or direct it to a pool at least.
ps. that tool I posted has a right click function to remove bound hardware to com ports
also I need to flash my la3m units to the new firmware, to boost the speed, I am a little confused on that process at the moment If we just received a LA3M this week, do we still need to flash them? If so, how do we do this without the white button? |
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Finally got to the dashboard and put in all the required info, but none of the miners start up they all say offline.  I also see that when I add the workernames that I made (seperated with commas) and I hit the submit and restart button, I don't see the workers names show up next to the LTC Miner names for example LTC Miner 1:24 (workername not listed here) only says LTC Miner 1:24 I tried different mining pools to, with no luck and seen some people talking about turning something off and on, but they don't describe what exactly to turn off and on. Is there anything else I need to unplug and plug back in as well? any help is greatly appreciated!  Have you put a pool in the SHA-256 pool? Even if you're not going to dual mine and have it disabled you need to have a pool entered. Just enter anything. Yes I just copied the scrypt pool into into the sha-256 pool fields and have enabled for sha-256 unchecked. it just says offline for the miner :/ PLEASE HELP! after 2 days of troubleshooting this I'm finally at the dashboard and see all my 10 miners but they are all OFFLINE and I can't get them to hash at all.  I have setup the scrypt pool and filled in stuff on the SHA-256 as well and left the enabled button unchecked (I just want to mine scrypt anyway) I tried doing the steps from worldlybedouin listed below with no luck as well... 1. Unplug power cable from TP-Link controller 2. Turn off the USB hub switch (or unplug the hub from the controller) 3. Remove all the USB cables from the hub except 1 of them 4. Plug in the TP-Links power cable 5. Allow the controller to start up and "settle" a bit (~2mins or so) 6. Make sure the controller dashboard shows no devices connected and says something about connecting a USB hub 7. Flip the power switch on the USB hub so now the 1 miner is connected to the controller 8. REfresh the Dashboard to see the 1 miner show up 9. Wait to let that 1 miner start hashing away 10. Next, plug in the remaining miners 1 by 1...about 1 min apart from each other I would stop following that guide at step 4 and just plug in all of the miners at once. Also, turn everything off when you want to reset your miners. You can wait about ten seconds for the blue light to stop blinking and then turn on the USB hub. Now see what you have. What pool are you using? I know wafflepool will work with these miners, so use that one for testing purposes. Make sure to put a real BTC mining pool info into the BTC field (do not enable). It may take 1-2 minutes for the miners to turn from offline to online (close the browser window and open a new one with your TPlink ip address). Try switching the frequency to 750 if they do not change to online in 5 minutes. Next you can try turning the frequency down to 600 and turning the usb hub off and on. If this does not work, double check that the connections are tight and try to identify which miner is not running (does not flash like the others). Then switch it to a different power cable and USB cable to see if the problems moves with it. |
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So if we run in only LTC mode, we should be fine with running all 20 miners from just one of the 360w PSU's then no?
Anyone know anything about the efficiency of those PSU's?
I have not tried adding more than 5 because I do not think it can handle it. It seems like the setup is pushing the limits already, particularly if you are overclocking. I tried adding two extra miners (with separate power supplies and an additional powered hub) to a LA3M and it is unstable when overclcoked to 850. It will run for a few hours and go dead. I have to do a manual power rest on everything for it start working again. These seem really power hungry. A 4amp usb hub can only handle 2 or 3 before shutting off and that is with the external power supply turned on. |
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So, you can daisy chain your USB hubs if you don't have one of those 20a hubs. This model hub http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HL7Z46K/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 only supports 3 miners. I will test some D-link hubs later this week. I did find it strange that I cannot overclock to 900 with the daisy chain setup, only 850. Maybe this illustrates the need for a hub with a crazy amount of amps. Anyone find good deals on high amp hubs? |
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I tried to put 20 units on one controller (as it was supposed to be for a LA6M), but it doesn't work at all.
Webapp is extremely slow, half of units are hashing at 0.
Hmmmm...... I have 10 running. a random 2 wont hash so I only run with 8. I thought maybe it was a weak usb hub so I used a 10 slot tripp-lite and it still only runs 8, so the hub is not the issue. So I guess its the controller/firmware. -Bobby I am not sure what a 10 shot tripp-lite is but the hub from lightningASIC is rated for 20a. I have used a hub with that kind of amps before. I am using lightnings 20a usb hub, I just tried to swap out to the tripplite brand for trouble shooting. I thought maybe I had a hub issue but it looks like I was wrong. It's a controller/frimware issue for sure. -bobby I had one that just would not be recognized and I ended up turning off the power to everything for a few minutes, checking every connection, and restarting it. It somehow worked. Did you notice that it jumped a digit in the Miner ID on the left column? I noticed mine always skipped the seventh sequential number when that one miner was not working. Anyone know if we are supposed to update the firmware on these TP links or are they good to go at this point? |
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so my earlier observation of modifying the com port string "gc3355=COM3:4" etc... only seems to start the first miner. I've also noted that each miner is pulling about 50 watts from the wall so no where near the 7 thats claimed. Although this might be because the miners are in dual mode even though CPUminer claims that they are in single mode. I'll know better when the controller comes in and they are mining through it and not CPUminer.  If you are running these in CPUminer then you need to run a separate instance of CPUminer for each com port. |
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If they have sold alot of these then why hasnt the difficulty skyrocketed with ltc ?
No one is mining LTC? It is not the most profitable scrypt coin. |
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I tried to put 20 units on one controller (as it was supposed to be for a LA6M), but it doesn't work at all.
Webapp is extremely slow, half of units are hashing at 0.
Hmmmm...... I have 10 running. a random 2 wont hash so I only run with 8. I thought maybe it was a weak usb hub so I used a 10 slot tripp-lite and it still only runs 8, so the hub is not the issue. So I guess its the controller/firmware. -Bobby I am not sure what a 10 shot tripp-lite is but the hub from lightningASIC is rated for 20a. I have used a hub with that kind of amps before. |
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I cut open the power cord received by LightningASIC to power a switch but the colors do not match the pictures. I have green (ground), black (unknown), and white (unknown) wires. These are probably standard colors but could someone confirm if black is positive or negative? I assume green much be ground but I could be wrong there too.
I went through the same thing. Please check this post for the picture and final outcome: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=477709.msg5290687#msg5290687Cheers, |
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I cut open the power cord received by LightningASIC to power a switch but the colors do not match the pictures. I have green (ground), black (unknown), and white (unknown) wires. These are probably standard colors but could someone confirm if black is positive or negative? I assume green much be ground but I could be wrong there too.
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you on linux or windows?
im running win7.
if i get it running ill post install log too. but i just received my new PC parts today too, which to setup first! haha.
I'm running it in a Win7 virtual machine, I guess it's the easiest. Already installed driver from OP, device detected. Using 12V@1A=12W power supply i.e. weak, but specs give 7W power usage for scrypt only, which is the only mode that I intend to use. Using 12V rated for 30A=360W now, but it didn't help Edit: installing the mining software now, I have the following I/O but it doesn't seem to be mining anything right now (logs seems to indicate that it keeps receiving stuff, but sending nothing back) C:\Users\matt\Documents\cpuminer-2.3.2-GC3355-win32>minerd --freq=600 --gc3355=COM5 --url=stratum+tcp://litecoinpool.org:3333 --userpass=xxxx.xxxx:xxxx
[2014-02-24 09:14:30] Starting Stratum on stratum+tcp://litecoinpool.org:3333
[2014-02-24 09:14:30] GC3355 chip mining thread started, in SINGLE mode
[2014-02-24 09:14:30] open UART device COM5
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aaef020000000000000000000000000000000000000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aaef3040000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aaef000500e082
[2014-02-24 09:14:30] set GC3355 core frequency to 600Mhz
[2014-02-24 09:14:31] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fcff030000c33c1de8fe991e8f02822b19dc2a76161fa6255f5a6f627e55446686b9a89f25000
00002030235e618ed4808c9780d9fa5b2fc78c32c20a0d11d3d95cd4569be8d603fd48e430a31faad3e103554595a9e9884497a573b699af7e248fc5f056539baa5aa530aff3e1b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:14:35] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fcff030000ad6a48da411f92bc46d739ff18168de8d2f0f269f19461044de4a7d82d6b9805000
00002030235e618ed4808c9780d9fa5b2fc78c32c20a0d11d3d95cd4569be8d603fd41f553c4bddf4fd7ceeb3dcc735fce3e4918caba6cf3bb42f457169bae5bea7fe530aff6b1b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:15:21] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fcff0300007409228b045f1822c841baaab2fdc27e7e02382ca4e5fcbc79d571fac311ac35000
00002030235e618ed4808c9780d9fa5b2fc78c32c20a0d11d3d95cd4569be8d603fd4c735bd8c463151aed8829c7fead789b57eb629d0c2a5f50013f23ca2a94ceeae530aff981b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:16:05] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000fcff030000dcefcce913c15e6a9c6b72a8d82515e058fe4ecb452fd7c80de47c569b6c029d000
00002030235e618ed4808c9780d9fa5b2fc78c32c20a0d11d3d95cd4569be8d603fd490441e292465c97e83d08f6ae0c858532be4a9458958366c4d49a8bec5e1ceef530affc51b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:16:50] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000f0ff0f00002db4f73db172afe8d88b6324f0fc707fd7d59e15ba2cf9d80481a1ef47394df9000
00002030235e618ed4808c9780d9fa5b2fc78c32c20a0d11d3d95cd4569be8d603fd49367e0c145b5766333321f47d223c9c776ba8101be6ab20afdcf8479c53a0286530afff21b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:17:35] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000f0ff0f0000419c1545336d1b2f91235e9daf3a5e27c730c76b3c606dc3bc69fe23ad4fe1af000
00002030235e618ed4808c9780d9fa5b2fc78c32c20a0d11d3d95cd4569be8d603fd40ee92be5b185464d58af883ff53af462e2ee56a929c31e24e51f98c3ba8bbe45530b001f1b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:17:44] Stratum detected new block
[2014-02-24 09:17:44] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000f0ff0f0000c80d0249a1c85f00b5d0b1ac6f10d8e7b1cc882d100b82b9f7c86798ac37c08b000
00002345667a155c4f1c96b3c3f34461e880dfe3dfa59a53b7ddc76a0a324bffb43c1b48a7781d23c5923c2f3c8cfe78e551602492317051654370ce65addf8dd4807530b00281b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:18:29] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000f0ff0f0000ed9d5544d09ba6f41fdc54d21e875a743b027c53c97b75681b0e5aaed26faad3000
00002345667a155c4f1c96b3c3f34461e880dfe3dfa59a53b7ddc76a0a324bffb43c1108b7e93ee7cde8cf344297cfe38d3730f856f3d5830aa1d12a1604053dfb577530b00551b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:19:14] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c0ff3f00009617531bcd928998cb14403a5e0eb104d028ff7b9f42170e6757279116f5c6a0000
00002345667a155c4f1c96b3c3f34461e880dfe3dfa59a53b7ddc76a0a324bffb43c1868c969606fef44f4009ad921f82368d5a82b684fd3b9725435358f93b609749530b00821b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:19:59] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c0ff3f0000d07abcd80a5c79f56a4b9f20c13bff16d9201c0a84a7b6e82fdf8cd99659c66c000
00002345667a155c4f1c96b3c3f34461e880dfe3dfa59a53b7ddc76a0a324bffb43c10e4528f26840a71ed6a3992170cc3a5ed384b318c0093fa7d89bcd7d5f28a6ba530b00af1b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:20:44] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c0ff3f0000067bb487d3fed3d570a80ca76e5a26ab17db54a60918a15cb34b1474d7d3ed0b000
00002345667a155c4f1c96b3c3f34461e880dfe3dfa59a53b7ddc76a0a324bffb43c12e35e8ab446c9c74216f867b5784963a40ef141b2911c8de600c46a80dab2a18530b00dc1b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:21:06] Stratum detected new block
[2014-02-24 09:21:07] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c0ff3f00004d64c4bc7c043824c6ab3ac9c21e0e7b9912988b9dd128f4c070bf304f42e094000
000026b358d268136f8937bc6d189857b371367af3c0ce8b1825923a424295e2468a688fa9e23fd46c20cb5ce642f212a1588d6c9fc8e88800d4c7b06e592fc7521e3530b00f21b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:21:21] Stratum detected new block
[2014-02-24 09:21:21] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c0ff3f00007ca2591243ddebe3ef382721b43c58fe75013f7b2c27d7dbfab160b2bc2dc0ca000
00002c2ad18347e773a69c7383de48826e9dfb2a128e2991f59a9bbe942e048ab1c9b28d278f835095f588bb4edb11cb38caee2d86f81a099f58040cd1ba820b7fe4d530b01001b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:21:44] Stratum detected new block
[2014-02-24 09:21:45] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c0ff3f000066bf93b45ab6572a2ae872fa3e3de821dfb5ee750bc82f866a6d95458087a43e000
00002c83bff006fd55264141646adf223de8181d522f9a93efa6487dcb6d3c087a6c702c16df3d9d7067dd52f31a101746bd10fc64d9d926ece99141a666902725b48530b01181b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
[2014-02-24 09:22:30] dispatching new work to GC3355 LTC core
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2810000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f2813000000
←[1;33m>>> LTC :←[0m 55aa1f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c0ff3f000060be39c32c05a19463877e3b103066a87cd18792956244f88bc93b547c101c8e000
00002c83bff006fd55264141646adf223de8181d522f9a93efa6487dcb6d3c087a6c763fbd5efd6005eb05e78c7a16a7b18d4475bd240c1aef2a6fff486f02544014c530b01451b16d3ff00000000fff
fffff
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If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong, I'm all ears. I already moved it to a high power PSU so it shouldn't be the issue *** Apparently the modded CPUMiner above only works for the USB single-chip version. All the help and info that I found here and other forums always assume that we are using the controller that we don't have. So I guess I'll wait for rescue from Beastlymac on this one  Download CPUminer here, https://mega.co.nz/#!CYc31a5A!TXkE50YSinX8xB36DXmdlgEsxullJxWEkNSu8gKlcow Try rebooting and switching the USB port you are using on your computer. You can also try uninstalling the driver from that port and plugging it in again. Then try entering the following: minerd --freq=750 --gc3355=COM5 -o stratum+tcp://useast.wafflepool.com:3333 -O YourBTCaddress:x See if that works. |
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12M for 6650 sounds very interesting if this is basically 4 x LA3M. Or, is this a LA6M overclocked to 12M in a box? I am guessing it's the latter. Anyone know more about what's in the 12M box?
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How are your 5 minute averages? Waffle pool has set the difficulty at 512, and that has caused a lot of short-term variability. So, it might be the pool settings, and not your miners. They are in the 275-325 range. You might be right about the 512 difficulty having an adverse effect. They are making about 0.0033 BTC per day per miner on wafflepool. Any recommendation for a more profitable pool with a lower difficulty setting for these miners? Were you told to setup a worker for each individual unit? That is recommended for maximum performance as each unit can request its own work load. With these units from LightningAsic are you guys using wiibox.net? The ones I have are beta units and running without a controller or wiibox.net. |
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How are your 5 minute averages? Waffle pool has set the difficulty at 512, and that has caused a lot of short-term variability. So, it might be the pool settings, and not your miners. They are in the 275-325 range. You might be right about the 512 difficulty having an adverse effect. They are making about 0.0033 BTC per day per miner on wafflepool. Any recommendation for a more profitable pool with a lower difficulty setting for these miners? |
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I really want to know what Jack did to get those 500+kh/s hashrates in his "secret photo." I've settled on 850MHz where some end up just above 400, but never above 500. At 900MHz the hashrate takes a nosedive. Maybe there's a new firmware they're working on that will give us more tweaking options? The communication has been less than optimal, he answers a question I didn't ask, every time I ask him something via e-mail.
They are not stable at all but I have had two units go above 500Kh for brief periods before crashing back to the 250-350 range. See here http://waffles.wilschrader.com/stats?address=15NCWjqCADxTVWdhM8rThdnQTXi6Fbcy19 for current hash of two Gridseed units. |
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I cannot tell if it should be 2.1mm/5.5mm, but a 2.5mm/5.5mm seems to fit fine for the beta models with the white button. Also, you may want to get a 12v 6a power supply for each unit because the 5a one I was sent gets really hot. I have a 12v 10a that I use instead. I should note that I am overclocking to 750 from 600 in cpuminer. I ordered 5 miners without the controller, power supply, etc.
Can someone let me know what power supply, cabling I will need? Appreciate the help.
You need a "12V,5A" power adapter. Like this:  USB cable is just ok. What are the measurement of the Plug ... 2.5mm - 5.5mm ?  |
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In for 10-30 mattering the terms that can be arranged and payment method. I assume USD will be accepted in some form since you have to pay Gridseed with fiat.
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Maybe it's a good thing to put in the OP what you'll need to run it besides what you sell. I've copied this from one of the many gridseed threads: 10 X Gridseed Miner
1 X Controller (no computer required to use the miner)
3 x 12V 30A DC industrial power supply (1 spare for no downtime!! 2 to power 10 miners)
1 x 13 Port UNITEK usb hub (high performance and quality important for stability)
12 x 2.5mm DC power cables (2 spare cables)
10 x usb mini data cables
1 x 1A usb charger with usb micro cable (to power the controller)
1 x network cable
4 x Country power adaptor (choice of AU, EU, US) to plug in 2 power supplies, usb hub and controller
As far as I can see that's slightly overdone, and when you want to mine without SHA256 you'll probably be done with just a powered USB hub instead of all the power supplies. The controller that you have on the site, it's recommended for 15. Is it possible to do 20 with it? Or is 15 the max? I'd want to receive the package, connect with cables I bought ahead instead of "getting it on friday and only be able to run on monday evening because I had to find all the cables and stuff" Every minute delay will cost money now  I have two of these and they will not run with just a powered HUB. Even though the BTC mining is not working, CPUminer still wants to send power to the chips. So, you need the PSUs until (if) someone fixes this requirement. |
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Is there a version of cgminer, bfgminer or sgminer to drive these if I wanted to run them without the controller card?
If you want to run without a Controller that's fine but you need to be running linux I thought you could use Win32 to run these, that is what I was told here before I purchased one From: dean_hannan@hotmail.comTo: louiemgallant@hotmail.comSubject: RE: Enquiry Louis Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:52:24 +0000 the controller board allows them to be a standalone miner. They can be run from a 32 bit PC for sure, can't guarantee 64bit at tje moment That is a 32 bit PC on Linux not on win. Apologies if there was any confusion I (probably wrongly) assume scrypt miners are running linux not win Are u telling me these will not run in Windows? Scrypt miners run in windows and linux, I asked the question before I placed the order if this would run under windows I am running two of these off a Win8 64bit PC without much trouble. I have read of problems with COM ports higher than 9 but a few will work fine. Use the Win 32bit drivers. |
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