We really can't say without more info.  Where did you get the controller from?  Was it advertised as working?

It is possible board is brick from something such as a firmware update gone bad.  Just depends on what it could be.  We really can't say much from info given.

Glad to hear you got it working, honestly I would leave it and not waste time on it "continue to chase this with them" will just cause you more trouble if they already decided it's out of warranty. What batch is your miner out of curiosity?

I would take it as a lesson next time just leave firmware alone if working fine.   

Honestly they should remove bath 8 at this point I think.  I would think they would go to batch 10 or something, only thing I can think of is if they will leave batch 8 as "Shipped out within 5 days with full payment" and just adjust price.

But batch 9 last day should be Feb 5th at latest (at least without compensation).  But that would make you pretty unlucky.  I think Batch 9 is the one most will pick.

Midwest is not the greatest on weather right now.  But I would agree delivery companies seem to love day's they can claim as weather.  Slap a banner on website it gives them reason not to be on time.

Let us know if they end up letting you send just the dead board.  I'm guessing they would want entire miner,  but that would be nice if they let you just do blade.   

Price had a not so great day so far.  Were at 380 per BTC, so not sure if it was more bad news or what.  Coindesk had another story about dev - http://www.coindesk.com/blockstream-ceo-bitcoin-industry-creating-toxic-environment-for-developers/ .  But I cant imagine that being enough to cause the 20+ dollar loss in a day.

It's safe to say we can let this thread die look at op's stats:

Date Registered:    January 07, 2016, 01:16:44 PM
Last Active:    January 07, 2016, 02:21:43 PM

But if free electricity efficiency is not most important thing.  It would be the best price per hashing power.  Likely S7 is not the cheapest per hash.

A surprising amount of people that say i have X to invest, never actually invest.  It happens all the time on someone say's they are going to invest.... then goes silent or decides not to do it.

But right now I think buying looks pretty interesting at sub 400.  If it stabilizes again... could be profit.  And mining or trading no  guarantee of profit.

I say keep weekly it is honestly the best way.  Once delays are dealt with it will be good again.   But weekly payment is a bonus compared to bi-weekly and monthly.

Is most everyone stuck with past date on payment? I think that is the issue.

I think once we get it all back up and running there will be less asking for change.  I think current is fine it's just the delay's that have people asking change.  As I have said I am happy with how it is, if everyone wanted fixed I don't have issue just hope the 100 limit is what it's based on.  I am someone who pretty much always has more then limit as I love bitcoin and spend way to much time on this site.

But on payments it looks like bot is funded.  But most of campaign is stuck on 1-20 (past date) from what I see though blockchain payments. Hopefully it will be fixed soon then everyone will be happy.  

I think the change question is being caused by these delay's.  Once were back on track with weekly pay all I think will be happy again.

It would depend on the miner efficiency I think once having.  No way do I see say like 1T A1's still being profitable at .05 after having, unless there is a huge bump in value of btc.

With gear being so different you can't really make blanket statements like that.

It would be a bad idea to even attempt it.  Just find a hosting center if you are wanting to own a miner.  Over 20 cents just cannot compete with others mining.

Its a way to almost guarantee a loss.   So why do it?  There is no reason financially speaking I can think of vs using a hosting center that will be around 1/2 the price of it.

At this time avoid all cloud mining except hashnest.   A lot were running on old gear that just is not profitable anymore.   But hashnest has lot's of options you can get a entire miner worth of hash. 

Keep in mind a lot of hashnest ROI can be luck on mining for so long and selling hash at right time.  There is no guarantee on profit.

It is a dead idea with the mentioned "21.3 cents per kWh or at least the average. The cost of electricity will be covered by the miner.".   So paying double what any hosting center would charge and going with someone pretty new.   It is not going to work out happy in the end.

OP at over 21 cents you really cannot mine unless you might short period and sell gear.  That is your only chance at profit, you cant run long term with a S7 on that and be profitable.

I don't see that being a happy ending though.  Did you not pay a good amount for that if I remember right?  Also being late and going cloud is not great as you have no miner, and really have no idea if true miner is running if just paying part of your payments back acting like miner.

You did lose money on this deal correct?

The big thing is to make sure others following thread see this and hopefully don't push it quite as hard.  As per - http://www.blockc.co/collections/bitcoin-miners-shop-avalon-blockc-co/products/avalon6-bitcoin-miner

PSU Requirements:
12V DC ±0.2V, 1100 Watts minimum PSU output (use high-quality cables)
* 1200+ Watts recommended. System draws approximately 1000 Watts.

So others if you are pushing them on voltage be careful as this can happen.  If others are pushing it this hard it's highly suggested to back it down.

Please let us know how it turns out on RMA will be interesting to see what they do.  BlockC has been great as far as support if needed, and Ehash was as well.

Guess we will see how much of stickler they are on warranty - http://www.blockc.co/pages/warranty-agreement .  The "power conditions" on 3 are where they possibly have an out if they choose to take it.

That being said I do hope they take care of you.

I like weekly pay out.  As far as fixed or not I'm not to worried.  I focus on good post's and not amount.   I would hope the fixed keeps the 100 post payment in mind.  If it paid for 100 posts I am happy.   And that is from someone who normally is on a lot and has far more then 100.

I think fixed weekly would be best if we go to fixed.  Which I think most would be ok with fixed.   Only problem I see is you need to do fixed with X amount of posts per week or something.  If you don't there are some inactive that would make the fixed and have a few posts.

I also don't have a problem with weekly payments based on number of posts with a limit like we have now.  The limit stops spam, so I do see a reason for limit.

I will admit to owning both.  I think each have different attributes that might make them better for some situations.   I see sound and voltage as two things that might make some decide.

If you are going to put it in a area you use the Avalon 6 is much quieter.  I slept with it in my room for some of testing, it was not a issue for me.  S7 is a louder machine stock.  Yes you can do mod's that are out there and use certain material or builds to quiet it.   But if sound is a issue Avalon 6 is the easier one.

110/120 if you are living on Avalon 6 I think is easier due to the amount of ATX psu's that will run with it and only needing 4 PCIe cables.  S7 the recommended psu is not going be to running on 110/120.  If you have 220/240 it really opens the door to a lot of great server PSU's that can do 10 PCIe without spending 400 dollars on a EVGA 1600 on ATX.   (And I don't like using different PSU's some have no issue with it).

So those are things to consider.  What will likely be the deciding factor is price in a lot of cases.  And the S7 design pricing seems to be it's biggest plus which I admit is a big factor.  And that is a ever changing thing that the anwser will change.

Just to make sure on network if you log into miner.  Then click network, then diagnostics and it should have bitmain's site is it successful when it tries to ping?

I suggest re-reading the link above - https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key

Private key is like the golden ticket to your holdings.  If someone has you private key they can import into wallet and access your bitcoins.   So this is why back up being secure is so important.