That sound is capacitor whine. It can happen on brand new top end PSUs and isn't necessarily a sign of impending doom.
At least don't panic...until one of your loved ones catches fire. Then only react in a "mildly" alerted way. (So as to not further scare the individual who is on fire.)  Fear and misinformation is your speciality isn't it :s Its colloquially known as capacitor whine, however it appears to be coils [which makes sense that PSUs can be affected] https://www.google.co.uk/#q=capacitor+whine&safe=off. I had two PSU's (not made by BFL) that have made that sound. One eventually degraded to a perpetual burn smell. The other had a whine similar to (but not the same) as described by the OP. Save to say it didn't keep its voltages steady (within specification of the ATX standard). If it whines you shouldn't continue to run it until it further degrades in it's operation as a PSU. Fear and Misinformation is not my specialty. It is the exact opposite that people worry about. |
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That sound is capacitor whine. It can happen on brand new top end PSUs and isn't necessarily a sign of impending doom.
At least don't panic...until one of your loved ones catches fire. Then only react in a "mildly" alerted way. (So as to not further scare the individual who is on fire.) |
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You now have my legitimate attention.
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we just need the higher ups a paypal to also be p'o'd and slap BFL down as an example....
Phase 2, coming soon to a bitcointalk thread near you. Lol, great minds think alike, I was about to say just that.... |
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Sounds like Phinnaeus has a relapse. Someone call 911
He's doing fine, I have him on eyeball drips full of truth. He is dazed and confused at times, but he will snap out of it given enough drips of truth. (powerful stuff!) |
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Dance little monkey's, dance!
Is that advice for your customers that have been waiting 3 months or more? Me being one of them I enjoyed last seasons finale, it was amazing! haha |
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Think of Lazj99 everytime you see a BFL refund via PayPal. Think of YipYip [et al] everytime you ignore another customer email (thereby pissing people off, until they become eratic and postal). Think of the clown trolls when you have to lay off staff because the company went bust. Then, think of yourself, from an AF pilot to a shody company that never has lived up to its potential. ------------------------ Smile, you are on God's camcorder! Dance little monkey's, dance!
Because you are awesome! |
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Haha look at the little minions scramble every time I post. A single post from me brings out the entire Anti-BFL crew to hang on my every word, it's freaking awesome. You crazies spend more time paying attention to me than you do your own lives... I'm not quite sure what to make of that, but I'm sure glad I'm not you!
Dance little monkey's, dance!
Delusions, achieved! |
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Well, when all the lawyers and amateur lawyers are done poring over legalese, thomas_s., bobsag3, and I are trying to sell our 2nd Sierra in 2 days thanks to this Flash Sale: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=299171.0;allUpfront, I'm not your lawyer or your financial adviser but we have at-cost shares available for those interested in either a MPP (Round3) or non-MPP (Round4) shares in an at-cost HashFast Sierra. Who knows if we all lose our shirts, but at least we'll all lose our shirts...together!  Having a sense of Humor....priceless... |
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BFL seems to be ramping up production, so it's time for a gut check.
Must be because their wallet is on fire. Strange, they suddenly found the motivation to ship quickly after all these months... |
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Read Hashfast's NEW Terms of Sale.
I'm still waiting for someone to point out the monster read flag that now exists there.
It shouldn't be that hard for you to find, they change their terms on an almost daily basis.
4 times alone just a week ago in consecutive days.
You would be nuts to agree to such terms, why aren't their buyers in uproar, oh because;
1. Absolutely none of them have read what they actually agreed to, let alone saved copies of the terms they agreed to on the exact day of sale.
2. Hashfast conveniently neglect to tell anyone what they are really doing and when they make these changes.
READ THEIR FRESHLY EDITED TERMS OF SALE...!!!!
No secured payment.
Unrealistic, now 'anticipated' delivery dates.
No warranty to speak of.
No ability to refund in a reasonable timeframe for failure.
Chip specs based on best case simulated values.
No recourse.
No third party liability.
No accountability.
No real protection.
Read their terms of sale, they change them frequently after purchase.
Let's play a game, I want to see who spots the new entry, and it's a huge negative...
I see what he is talking about. The problem is there is no easy way to import the differences in their terms of their agreement. Some sections and wording were significantly changed. |
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These are not price competitive compared to the others who are just about to be shipping. What was their company thinking? (That people wouldn't realize that?)
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I can't shake the feeling that BFL was using customer money meant for 65nm parts to secretly fund the Monarch's 28nm NRE costs. It would explain why ordering parts was so god damn slow. I'm not familiar with NRE costs.
If the Monarch actually launches on time, it is a gigantic kick in the teeth to 65nm customers. Make their 65nm customers wait forever, then screw them over even further by launching their own 28nm hashing farm.
Avalon did pretty much the same thing... Not even close... |
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Activist "Troll" Forums?
Who would have thunk it possible?
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Second, that "40 days to ship" seems to mesh with the "operational mistake" of shipping out of queue that BFL got caught at the other day. Interestingly, my account at BFL is still active (I half expected it to be insta-banned for this) and my order still shows as "processing". So maybe they're hoping they can get to my order/all these orders within 40 days and that people will sign for and accept the package so they can get PayPal to recharge them? I'm not sure if PayPal can recharge you or not but I suggest that you do NOT sign for a package from BFL if you have received a refund. Not only is it dishonest, but you may end up paying for a worthless product. So i email Paypal about this matter because my order on BFL also still " Processing". This is the respond email from Paypal:) Dear #####,
Thank you for contacting PayPal Customer Support. My name is ##### and I have just received your emails. It my pleasure assisting you today.
Referring to your query, we did not have features for seller to chargeback your PayPal account. All transaction is self initiated by account owner. PayPal will not charge your account without you initiated the process.
In your case, kindly advice the seller to stop the shipment as you are no longer need the item. If the item already reach your address, you can choose not to accept it the parcel and request for refund to sender.
I hope this information is helpful and resolve your issue with PayPal. Please let me know if you need further assistance anytime.
It is my pleasure to assist you. Thank you for choosing PayPal. Your satisfaction is important to us. We welcome your feedback and hope you recommend us to your friends and family.
Please make sure you have a valid mobile phone number on your PayPal account so that we can contact you if we need to confirm any unusual account activity and protect you from unauthorized account use. To add or update a mobile phone number is easy: Log in to your PayPal account, click ‘Profile’ near the top of the page, and then click ‘Update’ beside ‘Phone.’
Sincerely,
#####
PayPal Resolution Services
PayPal, an eBay Company
Copyright© 1999-2013 PayPal Inc. All rights reserved.
@ Zich Can you contact them and tell them that BFL is ["apparently"] sending a huge number of Tracking numbers to PayPal that aren't actually in transit to delay the Chargeback process....and see what they have to say about that? Could you ask them to investigate this on your behalf? |
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Will this reach BFL proportions? Lets see how long until it reaches the 100th page!
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Is this first time in history of BFL that it delivered something on time? Nah, they were priced on par with Avalon chips (per Gh/s). So if the Avalon chips were late and could no longer ROI, the BFL chips are also...WAY....to late. Those guys developing the open BFL platform already acknowledged it. It is just another case of heavy debt. |
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That statement about the majority was made on Aug 19th at which time the network speed was ~465TH. They would have only needed 233TH to have the majority. Just recently someone posted a screenshot of Josh saying 30-45% of the network depending on what you consider it to be at the moment. That would make it 300+TH at this time. Around 67TH difference in a month.
Everyone thought at the time that BFL could not have that much due to the Avalon chips, but we've all seen what happened with Avalon. If Avalon didn't have that 150TH from the chips that everyone was saying they did, who did have it?
See my below quote from the other BFL thread. I would like to note that BFL's monarch page currently states: So fast forward to our first generation ASIC chip which was an original design. We delivered exactly the speed promised, but the power consumption was higher than predicted. That caused a controversial release delay while we adjusted the PCB to accommodate additional power. That 65nm ASIC chip is now powering the majority of the bitcoin network And that quote was ORIGINALLY made over a month ago. It's something that every company out there does, they state their claim to fame and when it changes, none of them update it. It's so sad you require a different example from one company while ignoring all the others that do the same. I think the terminology is Hypocrite The proper term is "misleading" or perhaps even "False Perceptions". |
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