5% !!!

And lost cut of the Transaction Fees!

You must be nuts!

 

That is not a definitive statement regarding never receiving some chips.

My understanding is that they:
1) Got the first set of sample chips
2) Fried them during test runs
3) Then paid for the simulations
4) Then decided to change the package type
5) ... and another two month delay ensued

But, but, but - I saw pictures!     

I'm rather surprised BFL doesn't have 'something' to show them. A jalepeno or two, perhaps at low speed, working.

After all, didn't they get some quantity of sample chips in back in December when it was determined that the original package type chosen had inadequate heat dissipation?

What, did they fry *all* of them?

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And that would be sufficient for the software guys to work with.

The communication protocol won't have changed, just the physical implementation, with the chips in their new package type.

67117 is now over 3th on BTCGuild.

So it looks like the continuing initial deployment is still going there.

Which I have no problems with.

Other than the 3% 'lossage'. 

So, you're using Windows it looks like.

Have you looked to see if the OS detects the USB device? (System Properties | Device Manager)

If you don't get that far then the board is dead in the water.

I assume you cleaned up around the fried part to ensure no shorts still exist in that area.

Bottom line, if the OS won't even see it as a USB device, your next step will have to be if it can be recognized on a JTAG cable. If you can get a JTAG connection, from there see if the controller firmware / flash is corrupted or needs to be re-flashed.

Zero problems over the last couple hours from where I'm sitting / connecting.

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via Stratum 

At just a first glance, your column (b) goes vastly beyond the currently stated plans.

Starting at just the second row with 114 versus 50.

I hope the update will arrive after they have deployed all they can with materials currently on hand.

And no sooner.

Get them critters hashing!   

<lol>

Yes, that would be nice.

But I'm entirely happy to let them sleep a while before they even think about it.

IMO, the only 'pic' which matters for now is:
2,295.70 GH/s - https://www.btcguild.com/halloffame.php

At: 2276570

The current difficulty is 3275464.5865656

You will make 349.53877773758808492641 BTC in the next 24 hours at this rate

 

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plus / minus a bit due to pool fee subtraction and transaction fee addition

Biggest danger I see at the moment is that friedcat and his guys are really tired from pushing hard.

Really tired people are more prone to making mistakes.

Such as:

<trip> <crash> "Oh noes!  "   "We're hosed now.  "


Let's all keep our fingers crossed and continue to wish them good luck.

Yes, of course.

And there are also, allegedly, 298 Avalon units which could get delivered / turned on at any moment.

Yes.   https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=140539.msg1519802#msg1519802

That link allows me to respond with an affirmative to your question.
But it wasn't really the question you meant to ask.   

And there is now:

Rank User Estimated Speed
1   67117   1,324.19 GH/s

- http://www.btcguild.com/halloffame.php

My estimate puts that at about 20 Avalons.

Or, something else.

And this has now become ... amusing:
http://www.btcguild.com/pool_chart.php

So, back on topic, from what I'm familiar with, the best pools to point ASICMINER at would be:

BitMinter
OzCoin
p2pool - with caveats

And I now remember being put off that pool, back then, by statements such as:

"New miners are better off mining elsewhere until the new reward system is setup, unfortunately"
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=23768.msg1118133#msg1118133

I never bothered to check back to see if a "new reward system" was ever instantiated.

Apologies. Made an assumption.

I'll go look to see who actually does.

(Beginning by following the link you helpfully provided.)

Yes, I did.

I had some hassles setting up for slush in the Fall of 2012 - surely all on my side, and also ran across statements such as these when doing research at that time:

"slush's method is high variance, less hoppable than proportional, but still significantly hoppable."
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976.msg712136;topicseen#msg712136

No doubt my experience is outdated and the actual pool performance has changed since Meni Rosenfeld made those comments, but it is what it is. I've felt no need to make another try at slush since that first try.

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"it takes 8 blocks to get your full reward on average"

And since I typically see about 10 blocks a day, this hasn't impacted me. To my notice.