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21  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com on: May 19, 2013, 03:04:12 PM

To be fair, no harm it getting additional reassurance/confirmation.

Any of you have a new date?

No, I haven't received any answer to the mail I sent :/
22  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com on: May 19, 2013, 01:33:01 PM
Okay they were KS' q's but there were others in the thread I PM'd the other day.

Also, Q.6 I posted an answer to from Sam. Mars v2 will be for Litecoins, so not retired, improved. though they will apparently not part-exchange or give the option of buying a the new board to upgrade your chips upon which is a shame.

Q.12 I was told all 5 guys mentioned on the KNC website, Sam, Andreas, Johan, Marcus and Michael were all directors. Do check with them.

Q.20 I posted a long answer about VAT inside and outside Europe, Did that not cover the answer? I noticed on the site the other day, aside a new logo, they actually have an area for your to register your VAT number.

I didn't realize that some Qs had been answer, I'll update the previous post accordingly.

The absolute last questions are the ones that you PMd me the other day.
23  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com on: May 19, 2013, 11:46:14 AM
    Updating with a list of compiled questions.

@pichadpi
I shall bring a powermeter with me, just in case. Good idea with the audio recording. Here in Sweden you don't need to ask for permission as long as you partake in the conversation but it is polite to ask.


Photos/Videos (I'll try to include objects for distance-reference)
* Mars unit hashing
* Mars without a cover/case …shots of the internals if possible
* Hashing results in the software client
* The power supply attached
* A meter read of the power draw at the outlet – hopefully they’ll provide a monitor, or do you have one you could bring?


Questions
1) Is this demo unit built on the final design revision that we’ll see used at the time of full-scale production?
2) When will Mars begin production, if it hasn’t already?
3) Has any development work yet begun on the ASIC modules?
4) (If you’re not able to get a wattage reading from a meter)What is the power consumption on the Mars device?
5) What is the projected power consumption of the Saturn/Jupiter?
6) Do you plan on discontinuing the Mars BTC miners by a certain date or a quantity sold? (See https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=170332.msg2200152#msg2200152)
7) With this modular design, how will the ASIC units be interfaced with each other, considering that additional devices may be added at a later time?
8 ) Will these connected ASIC devices use a single shared network connection? What about the power?
9) Why only 50.000SEK in capital? (about 5500 EUR, not even funny considering there are so many founders. no penalty for failure, so not much of an incentive for success either)
10) Who pays for this really, how?
11) Debt incurred? how much, how long?
12) Why no ORSoC ppl on the board or directors? (not even deputy directors, only K/C wives or family?) (See https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=170332.msg2200152#msg2200152)
13) Is there an employee payroll or just founders?
14) Why start K&C AB as a consulting/hosting firm with the ORSoC ppl aboard?
15) K&C AB focus on miners or hosting/consulting?
16) Where is the real office? K's house, C's house, K & C AB office, another one??
17) What about security (data/facilities)? (why self host? no datacenters?) Disaster recovery plans? [careful, no specifics]
18)What about patents? Potential lawsuits? (are they insured against this?)
19)Are the founders insured? Does the insurance money cover losses/refunds? Is the company the beneficiary or not?
20)Expecting more sale outside of Sweden than in, can they finance the VAT in-between tax return periods? (See https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=170332.msg2200152#msg2200152)
21) Project % completion?
22) How much of the production will be financed by preorders? (possible corollary: why not more seed capital?)
23) Obviously with the Swedes' worshiping the semi-permanent sunlight they get for the summer months causing an acknowledged lackluster in productivity (according to JJ), will this in anyway affect the design and manufacture of their Saturn and Jupiter miners? And, what realistically, are the chances of having those devices delivered in September?
24) How can you be confident this will happen when both BFL and apparently Avalon have had issues delaying their production beyond reasonable expectations?
25) Most important can they meet the September 2013 dateline. When is the 350gh/s Asic prototype Miner going to be out? July 2013??
26) Will KNCMiner support P2Pool mining?

Other
1) Where are you? Office / Workroom / Lab …?[/li][/list]
2) What else is around? Desks (with phones? ..how many?) / Workstations / Machinery …?
3) Who, specifically, is in attendance at this meeting? Do you see other people around as well?
4) How much noise does the Mars device produce? ..perhaps think of something comparative
5) Do you feel much heat radiation from the Mars unit?
24  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com on: May 17, 2013, 02:23:43 PM


Cool, thank-you! Smiley Are you aware that they emailed JohnyJ and it may not be on Monday now? They were waiting for a part delivery and it may not have arrived before the weekend. Just double check with JJ or Sam as to when or if the meet has been rescheduled...

Yes I read that, I'm going to stay informed, although any delay wouldn't be an issue for me. The only day that I won't be able is Friday so keeping my fingers crossed that they get everything sorted out before then. Thanks for mentioning it though!

Also I'd like to mention that folks can PM me questions/photorequests and I'll add them myself to the list (for those wishing to be anonymous)



Please drop some questions. It's going to be difficult to come up with valuable questions all by myself Smiley
25  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com on: May 17, 2013, 09:24:34 AM
I'd like to reiterate msg #1203

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I might be going cause i've allready put in a late order, also i'm really close by.

Make a wish list for photos and questions and either me or some other nice swede will comply =) 
To make the list manageble just ad a row starting with a *, then define if it's a (Q)uestion or a (P)hoto related request.

COPY LIST and then ADD you request =)

Example:
* Q - Ask them about psu requirements
* P - Try to get a close up of the mounted fpgas
and so on

If i make it there i hope and will try my best to do so, i will try to make the most out of the visit for me and for you too!

If my schedule allows it I will attend this event, as it is now I should be able to attend. As a favour to this community I will try and comply with as many requests as possible. This is a chance to find out things that you wish to know. It's a win for all of us, you learn something, I learn something.

Incase I won't be able the list will still be here for others who intend to go.
26  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com on: May 15, 2013, 05:08:11 PM
I might be going cause i've allready put in a late order, also i'm really close by.

Make a wish list for photos and questions and either me or some other nice swede will comply =)  
To make the list manageble just ad a row starting with a *, then define if it's a (Q)uestion or a (P)hoto related request.

COPY LIST and then ADD you request =)

Example:
* Q - Ask them about psu requirements
* P - Try to get a close up of the mounted fpgas
and so on

If i make it there i hope and will try my best to do so, i will try to make the most out of the visit for me and for you too!
27  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: CGminer crashes on start, multiple graphic cards on: May 07, 2013, 09:44:47 PM
I have used Driver Sweeper with some success to help with this file deletion as well, if this helps...  Uninstall the driver, boot into safe-mode, run Driver Sweeper, select AMD-Display, Analyze, Clean, reboot and then reinstall the new driver version you want.
Great tip! I'll try that tomorrow!
28  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: CGminer crashes on start, multiple graphic cards on: May 07, 2013, 06:24:40 PM

The issue may be the 2 after the -g parameter.  I think CGminer will parse this as wanting to use 1 GPU thread and then will see the 2 and see that as an extra argument.

Whenever I make changes to my CGMiner configs and I get immediate exist, I open a DOS windows to that folder and run the batch file.  It usually complains of some incorrectly parameter.

Hi,

That part is just for writing the logfile but CGminer will not work even if I remove that.  But I'll give the CMD idea a shoot later on and see what'll come out of it.

I received some help through the chat at one of the pools.

Basically what he/she said was that I'd have to se and older "SDK runtime" (12.8 for example). I'd have to uninstall the current SDK Runtime and then manually remove the files "amdocl.dll" and "opencl.dll" from  C:\Windows\system32 and C:\windows\Syswow64.

After that install SDK Runtime from Catalyst 12.8. Apparently uninstalling catalyst even with the tool will not remove these files and therefor they have to manually deleted.

At the time I'm writting this I haven't had the chance to try these things out. I'll update when I know more.


Disclaimer: If someone reads this and tries to remove the files, please remember that you do so at your own risk Smiley
29  Bitcoin / Mining support / CGminer crashes on start, multiple graphic cards [Solved] on: May 07, 2013, 01:39:34 PM
I got problems getting CGminer to work at all, it shuts down directly.
I've tried several different versions of cgminer 3.1.0 and 3.0.0
Different flags have also been tried with no success, program just shuts down directly all the time.
I tried running just one of the cards with the "-d 0" flag but it didnt work.

here is a version of what I have tried in my .bat file
Quote
cgminer  --verbose -o http://stratum.d7.lt:3333 -u [myworkername] -p [mypass] -d 0 -g 1 2>logfile.txt

The output to the logfile is
Quote
[2013-05-07 15:25:02] Started cgminer 3.0.0
 [2013-05-07 15:25:02] CL Platform 0 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
 [2013-05-07 15:25:02] CL Platform 0 name: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
 [2013-05-07 15:25:02] CL Platform 0 version: OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1124.2)
 [2013-05-07 15:25:02] Platform 0 devices: 2
 [2013-05-07 15:25:02]    0   Cypress
 [2013-05-07 15:25:02]    1   Cypress
 [2013-05-07 15:25:03] GPU 0 ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series hardware monitoring enabled
 [2013-05-07 15:25:03] GPU 1 ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series hardware monitoring enabled
 [2013-05-07 15:25:03] Probing for an alive pool
 [2013-05-07 15:25:03] Testing pool http://stratum.d7.lt:3333
 [2013-05-07 15:25:03] HTTP request failed: Empty reply from server
 [2013-05-07 15:25:03] HTTP request failed: Empty reply from server
 [2013-05-07 15:25:03] JSON-RPC decode failed: (unknown reason)
 [2013-05-07 15:25:03] Stratum authorisation success for pool 0
 [2013-05-07 15:25:03] Pool 0 http://stratum.d7.lt:3333 alive
 [2013-05-07 15:25:04] Init GPU thread 0 GPU 0 virtual GPU 0
 [2013-05-07 15:25:04] CL Platform vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
 [2013-05-07 15:25:04] CL Platform name: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
 [2013-05-07 15:25:04] CL Platform version: OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1124.2)
 [2013-05-07 15:25:04] List of devices:
 [2013-05-07 15:25:04]    0   Cypress
 [2013-05-07 15:25:04]    1   Cypress
 [2013-05-07 15:25:04] Selected 0: Cypress
 [2013-05-07 15:25:04] Selecting phatk kernel

I had the latest drivers (13.4) for the gpus 5850s from the start, so i uninstalled them and wiped the system clean(with AMDs uninstall utility), reinstalled a older version (13.1, I think, can't remember if it was 12.Cool that seemed to work for others but no luck for me.

Now after failing in basicly every turn i take i went back to the latest drivers so atleast can mine at slow pace with Bitminter-client which works now.

However i'd really like to get CGminer to work so i can start tweak the settings and get more out of these cards.

I appreciate any advice, thank you!


I had nvidia cards prior but all drivers and programs associated with nvidia has been uninstalled.

TLDR
  • Tried different drivers
  • Tried different versions of CGminer
  • Can mine with the Bitminter client, it works
  • Tried different versions of CGminer
  • Rig consists of two HD5850s
  • Powersupply is a Corsair AX850
  • Googling has not yielded any results and my troubleshooting is at a standstill, need your help!


Edit: The solution was to uninstall current drivers. Delete certains files (read msg #3 for which ones) and then reinstall 12.8.
30  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Avalon Asic chip Mini USB miner [Post if interested] on: May 06, 2013, 10:04:32 AM
I'm also interested, honestly who isn't? Cheesy

<50 bucks and I'm in.
31  Other / Off-topic / Re: GOOGLE GLASS on: May 03, 2013, 08:05:11 PM
And that's their golf handicap =)

These look like instant re-virginizers, I'm not impressed.
32  Economy / Auctions / Re: ASICMiner Auction Discussion Room (temporary) on: April 29, 2013, 11:24:21 PM
Do we know yet whether there's going to be another auction anytime soon? I just barely missed this one...
During the auction they mentioned that next one will be a loooong wait for. Hope they are bluffing =) Just a marketing attempt, it's fine by me , i forgive them if they put up another auction =) hehe Or just send me one *i wish*
33  Economy / Auctions / Re: ASICMiner Auction Discussion Room (temporary) on: April 29, 2013, 11:14:42 PM
I wish the guys behind the auction disqualifies WinVery.com and sells it to whoever is next in line. That would go to show not to bid if you don't want the items. I'm not even close to be next in line so this is not posted with an hidden agenda. I just unlike this method and wish the forum to be a cool place.
34  Economy / Goods / Re: [WTS] 2x Asicminer Blade Erupters (26,000 MH) on: April 29, 2013, 09:19:02 PM
dogie i know this is a a hail mary of epic proportions but i DO appreciate your offer =) I buy all you got for sale @ 30 BTC a piece =)
And for Winvery my bid to you is 1 BTC total for the 3 cards you bought =)  imo you can scurry of to ebay and pawn it of there like all the other BFLs non delivered items.
35  Economy / Auctions / Re: ASICMiner Auction Discussion Room (temporary) on: April 29, 2013, 06:49:33 PM
It was a bit like a hurricane towards the end but i'm ok with that it's a part o f the community fun =) I must give a shout out to the organizers they have done a great job! I'm happy to found this forum!

Prefer forum over irc but thats just me.
36  Economy / Auctions / Re: ASICMiner Auction Discussion Room (temporary) on: April 29, 2013, 06:40:34 PM
Damn you pinwheel!  Wink

Ah well, at least this exercise has pushed me to getting my BTC funds in order.  Better prepared for next time.

Yeah he knocked me down and  out twice i think, but then i think also would jiz my pants over that freebie =) if i had the btc for it.
37  Economy / Auctions / Re: ASICMiner Auction Discussion Room (temporary) on: April 29, 2013, 06:38:53 PM
Got robbed by that option that notifes about replies, bet hey i'm new to the forum *shrugs*. Had fun no matter the outcome. Just a bit sad that it wasn't enough with less lol =)
38  Economy / Auctions / Re: ASICMINER Auction: 50 Block Erupter Blades - Free rack for 10+ blade purchase! on: April 29, 2013, 06:29:52 PM
Blamming pinwheel, probably knocked me off the list ......twice  =) getting his paws on that shiny rack *droooool*  =)   Good fun!
39  Economy / Auctions / Re: ASICMINER Auction: 50 Block Erupter Blades - Free rack for 10+ blade purchase! on: April 29, 2013, 06:24:12 PM
raise my bid to 3@47,5      
40  Economy / Auctions / Re: ASICMINER Auction: 50 Block Erupter Blades - Free rack for 10+ blade purchase! on: April 29, 2013, 06:13:27 PM
3@46
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