Okay...
so did any of the AUGUST PRE-ORDER GOT THEIR MINERS??/
It is now September 1st...
That's tomorrow but nope. Dave has gone radio silence for almost 48 hours probably to avoid spoiling our long weekend with less-than-good news from FedEx. :p. However, overnight deliveries should start on Sep 3rd the earliest or possibly Sep 1st/2nd via USPS with Sunday/holiday delivery option (assuming anything got shipped today). May the long weekend relax us though before a good mining week starts! |
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How are people planning to power their rPI? is there an easy way to use the ATX PSU or are people going to run off a wall wart?
Lol. Here we go again. This has been answered numerous times. :p |
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Thank you and your team, Punin. Fantastic job!!
BTW, does anyone recommend a good, reliable p2ppool? I heard some miners don't perform well on them due to latency issues.
If you're going the p2pool path the best option is to have your instance of bitcoind/p2pool software running, otherwise, just for a test and to be sure the embedded miner does work on p2pool you can select any pool from this list https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=264533.msg2829721#msg2829721the closer to you the better. spiccioli Excellent! Thanks! Do you know if there's any rPI-ready p2pool software out there that could work with bitfury or steps to do so? |
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Don't forget, he is left coast so it is still early there.
Oh, really? Do you know if he's in Northern California. I might as well stop by and help him with packaging or other office jobs etc.... |
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Thank you and your team, Punin. Fantastic job!!
BTW, does anyone recommend a good, reliable p2ppool? I heard some miners don't perform well on them due to latency issues.
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Hey Dave,
I know you are busy and I hate to bother you. I'm just dying to know if the M-boards made it there today. Thanks.
I Am hoping he doesn't answer, thinking he is busy testing and shipping to check the forums ;-) Yes. Crossing my fingers that the box arrived this morning and at least some kits would be shipped late in the afternoon. That'd be the only chance left to start mining before the long weekend ends. Otherwise, I'm taking off in the evening to forget this and go out for a little camping. |
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Yeah - the problem with doing it at the h-board level is - it would be fine for a couple of cards, but a full rig would need 16 adapters, cables, hubs, getting power to the individual boards, etc. Not sure it would be economical for running more than just a couple of h-bioards. But I would buy at least two...
Yup, making more changes to H-Boards doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Running 16 -32 cables or USB dongles would be just insane for a full rig. It's way more scalable and logical to add interfaces at the M-board level. That way it covers the needs of those hashing with only one board or up to 16 boards. |
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Yup. When they know they've screwed and it's too late already they rush it next day first thing in the morning. Who knows, maybe they send Dave a FedEx girl like the UPS one to make it up :-)
Nope. Its now in Memphis TN. BOX #1 Why didn't you get off the plane??!! Wow. That's FedEx' SuperHub baby: "The SuperHub is a world unto itself, with a hospital, a fire station, a meteorology unit, and a private security force; it has branches of U.S. Customs and Homeland Security, plus anti-terror operations no one will talk about. It has 20 electric power generators as backup to keep it running if the power grid goes down. Every weekday night at the SuperHub, FedEx lands, unloads (in just half an hour, even for a super-jumbo 777), reloads, and flies out 150 to 200 jets. Its aircraft take off and land every 90 seconds. This all happens between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. Central Time. " I'd say if Box#1 doesn't move in the next 2 hours, most likely will have to spend the night at MEM. I'd certainly hand her a blanket and give her some company if I saw it over there.  |
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Well, this feels like Christmas without the batteries  I got 1 of 2 expedited boxes. You can guess the way this story goes - all H-boards, no M-boards. Super annoyed. The M's will arrive tomorrow, along with another shipment from the factory. I also arranged for Saturday delivery of their next shipments. So we are looking towards tomorrow now. Could not find anyone at FedEx who could tell me where box #1 is (let the conspiracy theories begin...) i've had fedex deliver one package and forget to deliver the 2nd one when they have actually had it. Needless to say, I called their line back and say hey...tracking shows they had it, we were here and they forgot to deliver both packages. delivery in 1 hour Yup. When they know they've screwed and it's too late already they rush it next day first thing in the morning. Who knows, maybe they send Dave a FedEx girl like the UPS one to make it up :-) |
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Hey Arorts -
I quickly did a search in the thread looking for this information.
When pertaining to the free shipping, I couldn't find any info.
The answer is yes to all those items for expedited (for $200), but I didn't see the answers to those items for the free shipping or how exactly the free shipping would be shipped (i.e. USPS, UPS Ground, etc.)
If you know the answers, please add a link to the post with the info.
There's info on that. There are several links so check posts #1364 and around the next 10 afterwards. |
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Not to derail the "Avalon sucks... but maybe not as badly as everyone is saying" off topic...
but...
Has there been any info on what exactly is the free shipping?
Seemed like there were some open questions about:
1) Sign for delivery
2) Insurance
3) Tracking info
Maybe there was another that someone asked about international to canada or something.
Any word?
Derailing that topic doesn't hurt at all. Answers to most of all those topics have already been posted before... |
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Awesome... I want to try chainminer on my bitfury hardware to see if cgminer is causing my issues... I have it built and it detects my chips, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to use it exactly... I don't see anywhere to enter pool details, and it spins the chips up but doesn't seem to run them according to the stat.json and .stat.log, which makes sense because where would it get work? Not sure what I'm missing exactly; can someone clue me in? EDIT: looks like jobconnect.o has the pools, and it's set up to connect to a local proxy. Installing stratum proxy now. Have you contacted cgminer's developer to find that out?? If somebody sent him a sample board, he'd have been done by now with the updated code, etc. |
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Expedited shipping should reach the west coast on Saturday if you ship on Friday, right?
thanks!
I think only USPS can do Saturday deliveries, which I'll be totally happy with since they also do signature-required plus insurance. Fedex/UPS only do business-day deliveries AFAIK.
FedEx Ground or Express can both do Saturday Delivery. UPS can do Saturday delivery and So can USPS. With UPS you have to select Saturday delivery.
FEDEX AND UPS ========== Fedex and UPS could do Saturday ONLY IF requested as as a "Value-Added Option." Their services' naming clearly suggests that by default it's ONLY-business day. However, the Saturday-delivery feature is available for FedEx Priority Overnight and FedEx First Overnight (delivers even earlier during the day) as well as for UPS Next Day Early AM, UPS Next Day Air and UPS Next Day Air Saver. USPS ========== Both Priority Mail Express and Priority Mail Express Flat Rate services, which are the only ones labeled as "overnight" indicate the following: "No surcharges for fuel or Saturday, residential, and rural delivery. Sunday and holiday delivery service available for a small fee." Hence, it seems that these 2 USPS services would at least include Saturday delivery by default in the US. In any case, I hope Dave/Yvonne do check the "Saturday-delivery" checkbox otherwise. |
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Some order stats:
There are only 23 orders to fill to get to Order #50 - this is because OpenCart reserves a lot of order numbers when people add things to their cart, etc. This pattern continues throughout at about a 2:1 ratio.
There are only 5 full rigs to make in those first 23 orders, the rest are starter kits.
We plan to ship at least something Friday and more on Saturday. We'll likely lose Monday, but if anyone is open we'll ship everything we have tested. I expect to have shipped everything by the following weekend if the fab holds to their promises.
Dave
Dave, will you be including tracking numbers immediately upon shipping? I ordered some chips and was sent a notification of shipment, but never got a tracking number (even though the notification said tracking # would follow shortly) and didn't know to stay home to receive the package (not a big deal since I didn't need the chips immediately). Is this a manual process? I'm sure people traveling during the long weekend will need to schedule around delivery. Expedited shipping should reach the west coast on Saturday if you ship on Friday, right? thanks! I think only USPS can do Saturday deliveries, which I'll be totally happy with since they also do signature-required plus insurance. Fedex/UPS only do business-day deliveries AFAIK. |
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Has Dave confirmed that US August Starter kits will get 2 H boards shipped per order like the equivalent EU model to meet the minimum advertised spec?
Yes, he did. You are buying kits (unless you bought individual h-boards). Therefore, if you paid for a number of 25 Gh/s kits, you'll obviously get an extra h-board for each individual kit to meet the advertised kit specs you paid for. Similarly, if you purchased a full 400 Gh/s kit, then whatever that whole kit is missing in hashing power would be added ( i.e. perhaps around 3 extra h-boards) to meet the advertised specs of that kit. Hope that helps. |
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That's for the version-2 m-boards. Since Dave is going to be shipping the version-1 boards, the h-boards need to be inserted starting at the beginning with no gaps between them....
Yep. I'll have a version of this instruction for our V1 M-boards. I have the power adapters in hand, so no worries there. So far my main points will be: -use two PCI-e cables (not both plugs on the same PCI-e cable). -don't hotplug the H-boards -don't put the H-boards in backwards - the edge connector is universal. If you plug in the H-board with chips facing away from the rPi end, say goodbye to that board. I plan to indicate this requirement in a few different ways (labels, etc) -these M-boards have a single control bus. Cards need to be loaded in each slot with no gaps (until someone designs a dummy plug anyway) According to FedEx boards come tomorrow morning, with more Friday. Fab says all boards ordered will be done and shipped Monday - we'll see about that. I anticipate going dark on you for a few days while we all focus on assembling, testing and shipping rigs. I'll pop on with some kind of status & pics as time allows so you know whats going on! I hope you might be able to ship some orders tomorrow itself given the long weekend :-) In any case, you are definitely doing an outstanding job, Dave! Monday is not holiday in The USA? Dave said going to ship out on Monday. No. He didn't say until Monday he said throughout the weekend but since some boards will arrive tomorrow morning I don't see a reason why hold them until Tuesday (Monday's off). Testing shouldn't exceed 24 hours so some lucky orders might get shipped late Thursday or Friday at least. |
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That's for the version-2 m-boards. Since Dave is going to be shipping the version-1 boards, the h-boards need to be inserted starting at the beginning with no gaps between them....
Yep. I'll have a version of this instruction for our V1 M-boards. I have the power adapters in hand, so no worries there. So far my main points will be: -use two PCI-e cables (not both plugs on the same PCI-e cable). -don't hotplug the H-boards -don't put the H-boards in backwards - the edge connector is universal. If you plug in the H-board with chips facing away from the rPi end, say goodbye to that board. I plan to indicate this requirement in a few different ways (labels, etc) -these M-boards have a single control bus. Cards need to be loaded in each slot with no gaps (until someone designs a dummy plug anyway) According to FedEx boards come tomorrow morning, with more Friday. Fab says all boards ordered will be done and shipped Monday - we'll see about that. I anticipate going dark on you for a few days while we all focus on assembling, testing and shipping rigs. I'll pop on with some kind of status & pics as time allows so you know whats going on! I hope you might be able to ship some orders tomorrow itself given the long weekend :-) In any case, you are definitely doing an outstanding job, Dave! |
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I like hosting deposit option but how does the escrow option work for it?? Will escrow be initially mining for me as a proof of service delivery?? Doesn't make sense.
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Is there a reason not to use a cat5e cable? or is this just your preference. People express their preference but not any actual, technical reasons of why not, which is what you are asking. I'd definitely do wireless since I know people that have mined wirelessly without any issues. It's not a bandwidth-intensive task at all. |
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