I'm in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Bitcoin doesn't seem to have caught on very well in the east.

Anyone here in Atlantic Canada? 

Bottom Line Up Front: is this modification a "one-way street"?

I'm more a software guy, but I'll take a stab at this.

Postulation: The graphite from the pencil enhances the electrical conductivity of the resistor, effectively lowering its resistance. The result: voltage supplied by the S3 hashing board to the BM1382s is effectively reduced.


If the above is correct, I pose the following:

1. Can the S3/3+ chips run at their default frequency/clockrate once this modification is applied?

Experience with CPU over/under clocking+volting leads me to believe that if the voltage supplied is less than sufficient for the desired frequency, the chip will either fail to initialize or initialize and misbehave. See #2 particularly if false;


2. Can the graphite be safely removed?
(Methodology requested if true).


Thanks,
moose

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I would probably qualify as a lurker.  There is a lot of insightful and intelligent commentary to take in on this forum.

I need to lose 20 lbs so my pants fit comfortably again. Call it stubborn or cheap, but I refuse to buy new pants.

20lbs lighter would be back to a 4.5 pack.

Raspberry Pi controller +1.
Smaller pool/p2pool if you can afford to run a full node.

Contribute to decentralization.

Antminers: 1x S3, 1x S5.
I plan to acquire three more S5's over the next three months. Working on a discounted power option to keep things profitable.

I realise that staking a bitcoin address may be more important for accounts with more credibility, however I would like to stake a bitcoin address.

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Better luck (lately) seems to correlate with slush's switch to version 3 blocks. Is there a technical explanation for this?

'I want to link my Bitcointalk name with BTCJam's. Verification code: 51106b61-d91a-41b1-b3e3-b75bd95e5006'

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