I hope this is an isolated incident with the stock power supply. I think Enermax makes the most reliable power supplies around, I have them in everything and wouldn't buy anything else even though they cost more than similarly spec'ed units.  Never had a failure and never lose sleep worrying about my power supplies.

#13 Scoobydoods has what I consider a 'proper' shibe yet the coin seems artificially aged which for me doesn't add anything.
Still, my vote is for #13.

I tried to read this thread ..'I just gave a homeless man 20 btc'. I wasn't allowed in.
Why would a topic be off limits to me?  I know it's not missing because it's on today's hottest thread list.

234567

 
Dead or Malfunctioning?

I just received my second two and they set up ok but next morning one had 8 X's (reboots got it to 1) and  then login issues with the ant and putty.

I followed these steps precisely again and again and never in the same order:
Turn the power supply off and on
Fiddle with the jumper on the 24 pin plug
Hot reinsert the power connectors and jiggle to ensure good contact
Reinsert the ethernet cable and jiggle.
Push the reset button for 4 seconds while everything is on.
Push the reset button for 20 seconds while everything is off.
Shut down and swap power connectors
Push and Jiggle data connectors
Learn a new kind of patience. I gave up and walked away, minutes later the thing sprang to life.
Its now clocked at 400 and no X's or overheat.
Go figure

I had enough cash to pick up 2 at 111. Felt really good about it that night, dollar cost averaging and all.
Site went down next day

Will buy 25 goxcoin for $2500.00 USD equivalent in real coin.  Now is good for me, or lets see if gox trends lower to where it makes sense for you.  They're worth $100.00 a piece to me right now. If gox loses more altitude, so must my valuation.  You'll be able to sleep, I'll be able to gamble. It's win/win.

This isn't the best or even a good deal here at the moment, but I want it and will wait for it. PM me when you're ready!

I was kicking myself for having no cash at Gox but looked and found $233.00. Bought 2 @ $111. 00.
I don't subscribe to the sky is falling thing. This little buy averages down the cost of my holdings and more importantly adds two coins to it. Anyone with cash on Gox want to front it to me (not sure if that's even possible)? If you can figure out the details, I'll get $2000.00 or so to you from the US any way you can conceive.  Probably too much trust involved here, but I'd sure love to mop up 20 more 'hundred dollar' coins.
 

When i started building, I researched best I could every PS being offered and tried not to consider popularity in my decision. I may have in fact given the unrepresented the higher ratings.
I bought two Enermax NEXN 750's and they have served me well for years.
Then I bought a Corsair something or other, because I liked the fully modular design. It was DOA.
Went back to Enermax with another 750 and a 1350 or so and again they serve me without fault.
Recently bought two Enermax XT 730 watt 80 plus gold certified to power my two new antminer s1's.
I don't have any regrets and I sleep well at night.  Having good power supplies with some excess capacity is
a smart investment. I'm sure there are other brands that fit that bill, but I'm happy with my choices and will continue with the same.  

How do I even get into CGminer?  It's installed but I'm clueless as to how to make it appear.

Order 489 for two arrived today to ne usa without notice.  The very day I anticipated... Oh how sweet!
Got one up and running behind a router but both ants have the same ip and I'm stumped at the moment as to what to do with the second one. Changing the ip seems obvious enough but I think I'm missing something even more obvious

I asked Sushi, (a Bitmain disrirubutor) if my incoming miners would be new or pulled from the farms.
He said they'd be brand new. Only tested for a day or so on the QC line. My whole question to him was largely about about shipping and hosting and the associated costs. My take is that it's not cost effective for them to pull used ones from the farm, tidy them up, and ship them. I expect that mine (to be shipped 2/11/14 I'm told) will be brand new.  On the other hand, the ones on the farm wouldn't be there if they weren't working properly, so maybe that wouldn't be so bad to get one

Prolly cause he was never here

7 connections and growing. 

Thanks.
This is what my debug console looks like now


14:29:54

Welcome to the HoboNickels RPC console.
Use up and down arrows to navigate history, and Ctrl-L to clear screen.
Type help for an overview of available commands.


14:30:47

addnode 50.125.160.28:7372


14:30:47

addnode <node> <add|remove|onetry>
Attempts add or remove <node> from the addnode list or try a connection to <node> once. (code -1)


14:31:21

addnode 5.249.152.30:7372


14:31:21

addnode <node> <add|remove|onetry>
Attempts add or remove <node> from the addnode list or try a connection to <node> once. (code -1)


14:32:37

addnode 5.39.90.17:7372


14:32:37

addnode <node> <add|remove|onetry>
Attempts add or remove <node> from the addnode list or try a connection to <node> once. (code -1)


14:33:02

addnode 162.243.251.173:7372


14:33:02

addnode <node> <add|remove|onetry>
Attempts add or remove <node> from the addnode list or try a connection to <node> once. (code -1)


14:33:26

addnode 94.23.31.223:7372


14:33:26

addnode <node> <add|remove|onetry>
Attempts add or remove <node> from the addnode list or try a connection to <node> once. (code -1)



Does this look right? No connections yet but I'll keep the wallet open.

Also, If there's a HBN noob forum, kindly point me there. I don't want to become an irritation but I do want to figure things out and become a hobonickel miner.

Hi. Just discovering HBN. I intend to buy a handful and plant them in my new V 1.3 wallet.
After two hours though I don't have a single active connection. Is there something I can do about this?

I don't know about coinbase but watch and wait. The price will approach 500 gox USD. Set an alarm, don't go to sleep, don't act on averages less than 1 hour old. Jump when you can't take it anymore. Personally, I don't think we'll go lower than ~500 before the the anticipated gox announcement.
I'd rather be in 500 dollar btc than in cash when the news hits

I think I am happier when i don't read about what happens behind the scenes.

I'm pointing my miners at the three best pinged pools. Of course I could point them all to the best.
If it's so that each server tends to mine different coins in different proportions, do you think I'm helping or hurting myself by diversifying. I've been quite happy with results of the main server, just wondering if I can maximize somehow by playing around.

I'd like a big bunch of RAD's,  provided I don't have to insert them somewhere