^did this thread just go religious? hahahahah

pro-tip: there is no afterlife. your body chemically decomposes after death, along with your brain and the chemical formula for consciousness.

We should deal with ken in this life, not let him keep going on with this debacle

keep in mind that the S3 is about 0.7W/GH while the SP30 is to be 0.5w/GH. That difference may mean an extra 2-3 months online hashing.

but i agree- the preorder game has failed to pay off time and time again. In-stock mining hardware is the key to success, and I think that spondoolies should package 2 SP10 units inside an SP30 case and sell it as a 2.8TH / 2.5kW unit.  The fans would be quieter and it could be produced will all the chips and hardware they have available

all the 12V wires on the same supply can be linked however needed and it will be safe. The issue is when different power supplies have different 12V voltages and start having a tug-of-war over the voltage difference.

be careful with molex-to-pcie adapters. a lot of them have thin wires that cannot handle the high power draw of bitcoin mining equipment. Spending an extra $20 on a better power supply than the 500W will usually give you enough connectors and will often be a little more efficient and long-lasting. 650W or better supply is suggested if you need to draw 400W over the 12V rail

Not a good solution. Even if you had two 450W power supplies of the same brand and model # there could be differences between the units. As mentioned before, if the 12.3V of one PSU was linked with the 11.9V of the 2nd PSU, you could see a huge amount of problems resulting from one power supply basically forcing 0.4V into the other supply.


IMO even the common ground should not be linked between power supplies, at least not without using a multimeter first to ensure that they are true 0.0V ground and not +/- 0.1v

basically means 'dont connect PSU1 12V to PSU2 12V (and same for GND)' since that can create a huge range of issues.

some supplies might handle it okay, but if (for example) the GND of one supply is actually 0.01V or its 12V is 12.3V and the 2nd supply is a correct 0V/12V the difference in voltage will cause the power supplies to send current through the lines to eachother in an attempt to reach equilibrium. This results in one/both of the supplies failing, cord fires, or the Antminer blowing caps or burning out its traces.

a seperate PSU per blade should be fine, as long as they dont share and 12V wiring.

^so half the farm has gone offline, and not even all at once - it looks like it is being taken offline 1 machine at a time.

huh - that seems like it is acting exactly how it would if someone in charge was slowly moving all the mining power to a different, unknown eligius address. Ken should be in jail, this is sickening and there isnt even a peep from ACTM or Ken as to why the farm is struggling so massively for weeks now.

It reinforces my opinion that all the prior daily drops in hashrate were just 10-30TH of equipment being pointed elsewhere for a few hours than back into the known eligius account

two levels of splitter is a bad idea, the resistivity will add up and youll see increased heat and voltage drop on the wires.

Honestly, I dont know whether it would be better to use a single 16awg lead per PCB or to use a lead+splitter per PCB. Adding a splitter means more wire resistance, but also means less resistance within the PCB's copper traces by spacing out the 12V and GND power inputs more effectively to the chips. I would lean slightly towards using the splitter, but until i test out for myself i cant say for sure.

Always exercise saution with cables and check that they do not get hot. The 18awg should support 125W without a problem, but use discretion. A cramped cabling run with no ventilation will be more risky then an installation where the cables receive a little bit of airflow

trying to be polite and refrain from joining in the shit-slinging. I find it hard to understand why anyone would still be playing the devils advocate for ken and his shell companies unless they are trolling, uninformed, or shilling. The (now ~67TH) farm that is shrinking rather than growing is the most obvious proof of this

Two alternative setups for the gigampz boards: you can fit 2 16awg wires per terminal if you need to balance larger loads. I sell both the 6" 18awg splitters and 24" 16awg leads in my signature link


This is what happens when you use adapters with thin wires unable to carry a load. notice this is an 8pin ATX to 6pin PCIe adapter that burnt up under 200w load, probably only a 22awg wire at best. it even melted into a nearby fan wire.



notice the difference between the burnt-out adapter and the 18awg y-splitter I sell. There is also a 16awg tip from the 24" cable visible, which is a little bit thicker again.

1250 offer sent. will pick this up today.

Two alternative setups for the gigampz boards: you can fit 2 16awg wires per terminal if you need to balance larger loads. I sell both the 6" 18awg splitters and 24" 16awg leads in my signature link


This is what happens when you use adapters with thin wires unable to carry a load. notice this is an 8pin ATX to 6pin PCIe adapter that burnt up under 200w load, probably only a 22awg wire at best. it even melted into a nearby fan wire.



notice the difference between the burnt-out adapter and the 18awg y-splitter I sell. There is also a 16awg tip from the 24" cable visible, which is a little bit thicker again.

Two alternative setups for the gigampz DPS800 boards: you can fit 2 16awg wires per terminal if you need to balance larger loads. I sell both the 6" 18awg splitters and 24" 16awg leads in my signature link. I imagine that the D750 boards would behave the same way


This is what happens when you use adapters with thin wires unable to carry a load. notice this is an 8pin ATX to 6pin PCIe adapter that burnt up under 200w load, probably only a 22awg wire at best. it even melted into a nearby fan wire.



notice the difference between the burnt-out adapter and the 18awg y-splitter I sell. There is also a 16awg tip from the 24" cable visible, which is a little bit thicker again.

Two alternative setups for the gigampz boards: you can fit 2 16awg wires per terminal if you need to balance larger loads. I sell both the 6" 18awg splitters and 24" 16awg leads in my signature link


This is what happens when you use adapters with thin wires unable to carry a load. notice this is an 8pin ATX to 6pin PCIe adapter that burnt up under 200w load, probably only a 22awg wire at best. it even melted into a nearby fan wire.



notice the difference between the burnt-out adapter and the 18awg y-splitter I sell. There is also a 16awg tip from the 24" cable visible, which is a little bit thicker again.

Two alternative setups for the gigampz boards: you can fit 2 16awg wires per terminal if you need to balance larger loads.




This is what happens when you use adapters with thin wires unable to carry a load. notice this is an 8pin ATX to 6pin PCIe adapter that burnt up under 200w load, probably only a 22awg wire at best. it even melted into a nearby fan wire.



notice the difference between the burnt-out adapter and the 18awg y-splitter I sell. There is also a 16awg tip from the 24" cable visible, which is a little bit thicker again.

I couldnt get splitters made with 16awg since two wires wouldn't fit in the single crimp pin. I advise a lot of caution using splitters especially for high amperage draws.

that said, these use thick wires. I once had an ebay splitter with 18awg wires burst into flames, and on post-mortem inspection forund that the wires were not nearly the correct thickness - they were measly little strands of aluminum. These splitters are much better, and actually resemble the quality of splitters that often come with mid-range GPUs and can handle some actual draw.

Ill post some more pictures in just a minute, but I can confirm two things:
1) you can use two cables and 2 splitters to have 4 PCIe plugs off a gigampz board with one wire per screw terminal. looks good and (i havent tested yet) should be ideal for two antminer S1 units
2) with the untinned 16awg wires, you can actually twist two together and fit them into the screw terminals, thus putting 4x 24" leads on a single gigampz board without the need for splitters

just bought and paid for 4 units. looks like there is an MOQ of 2

You are an idiot if you think that the mining farm shrinking in size and going offline on a daily basisw is not a problem. It is a huge problem and can only mean 3 possible things:
1) Ken is redirecting the hashrate to private accounts and stealing money
2) The equipment is shoddy and is malfuctioning and breaking down faster than replacements can be put in.
3) VMC is selling boards out of the ACTM mine, which is not remotely fair to actm shareholders.

(ps: i put them in order of most to least likely - if you have another possible reason why 20TH has vanished and what was supposed to be a 200TH 170TH 120TH farm WEEKS AGO is now only operating at ~74TH I would love to know.


you must be kidding me. Your repetitive logic amounts to "the MSD is screwing us over by shutting down ken, which wont happen anyways. Anyone who thinks ken is a liar or a conman is a douchebag and is racist towards bitcoin. we should all hold hands and give money to ken so that he can pay the MSD fines and make us all millionaires"

That is not happening. Ken has basically cut and run from the VMC/actm business. The farm is falling apart, the miner sales are a joke wqith no attempts to clean up the website design, and Kenneth E. Slaughter cannot even bother to show up and give information or updates.


oh, and that financial report? the one due months ago, then promised to still be release months ago? Maybe you have seen it zumzero, but i have not and as far as i know noone else but the MSD has. and they seem to be under the impression that ken is a repeat offender and conartist who now must repay those he accpeted money from incorrectly

FYI i sell some terrific PCIe leads and splitters in my sig link if anyone is looking.

24" 16AWG leads - 1 male PCIe plug and the other end is stripped wire tails (ideal for use modifying server power supplies)
6"  18AWG (x2) MFM PCIe Y-Splitters - Ideal for antminer S1 and S3 units if you dont have enough PCIe connectors on your PSU. This is a quality, 6-wire 18awg splitter capable of handling a lot more current than some of the flimsy gear found on ebay which often uses 20awg wire at best

*tip: if the S3 can be powered by a single PCIe per blade its usually better to do it that way - adding a splitter would only cause more wire resistivity and the PCB should certainly have thick copper traces that make using a single plug okay.

It was the weekend - i expect roadstress will back up his bet.

personally, I would guess that difficulty on June 30, 2015 will be about 420 Billion. I think we will hit 300 Billion about 1.5 months earlier

sold out though

0.75BTC isnt bad, espescially if it ships on the 10th. If it ships the 20th though, 0.75BTC would be a little bit over priced (0.65-0.7 would be fair)