9/5/13 All remaining USB Miner orders should ship today/tomorrow. I am now taking orders for USB Miners that should ship this Friday, Saturday, or Sunday that I have in hand right now.
going to have another order coming over Fri night / early Sat  |
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I'll be honest, I would probably bid on it... I've got some creative ways of fixing things like this (as I've done in the past), but it's still a pretty decent crapshoot imo, putting that in perspective, I'm not sure how far I would go on bidding on it.
Likewise, if for nothing else I can float off the BGAs and put them on my Jally. However like everything else in the bitcoin world, it's a matter of calculations: Estimated chance of repair * value of unit in mining bitcoins=max price you should pay. Given that difficulty is screaming up, time to repair needs to be factored in as well as these things are losing their ability to make value by the second. Then again that is reflected in "value of unit" :-) And of course add in the "entertainment factor" for being able to play with one. But the emotional factor of "oooh I have a jally!" would be zero for me since I have one, so it will probably go to someone who wants a jally at any cost less than what you can get it for on Ebay. I went through the same mental math with a block erupter on Tuesday. I'm going to strap it to my house's water pipe inlet and use it to pre-heat water, so it has a practical value (hah). :-) C pretty much yea, I don't have one, so it would give me a reason to fix it and I do have some creative ideas on this one... I've repaired a lot of issues like this, but I've had some new things I've been wanting to try |
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http://imgur.com/JRrscF3Yeah I said $500 when I thought it was more fixable. I'll auction it really low soon and let everyone know. I'll be honest, I would probably bid on it... I've got some creative ways of fixing things like this (as I've done in the past), but it's still a pretty decent crapshoot imo, putting that in perspective, I'm not sure how far I would go on bidding on it. |
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Can you take a better close up picture with good light and without flash? If there are tracks left you could easily scratch some of the insulation, and rework it with flux. That job was done by caveman though...
is it a 5 or a 7 ghs jalapeņo?
If you are going to auction it I would start with a more humble price and see where it goes, like 1 btc, at a reasonable price I might be interested.
Exactly, if you were going to auction it, I'd say starting at 1 BTC would be smarter, since it is damaged & it is going to take some work. As like I said earlier, they're going for 2.5 BTC-4 BTC randomly, especially now that people seem to be receiving them somewhat. Heck, there was a local on craigslist that sold one for $200 (with nothing wrong with it and damn it, I wish I had seen that sooner, I was a day late). So, used, broken but possibly fixable, I wouldn't ask near the going rate, even though that's the low side of the going rate. (That's my opinion and what I would do if i couldn't fix it and in your situation.) |
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I would buy it to fix it, but saying $500 is "half price", you might want to check the real market, seeing how some are going for 2.5-4 BTC, and consdering this a damaged unit, with even further damage done while trying to fix it... If you care to be reasonable about what you're asking for it (if you want to sell it), send me a message -- I wouldn't go by eBay prices
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Another order sent over  Keep up the work man, we appreciate it!  I know I was having issues with USPS's site the other day as well, seemed like they were having some db connection issues. |
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Also, sent in a report...
The UI doesn't seem to be communicating with cgMiner's API, the miner is running yet the UI thinks it's failing to connect, when it's not. I would attempt to debug it myself, however I shouldn't even be on the forums atm, I've got code due tomorrow for work, lol.
Finally had a moment to try the miner again, found the issue to be a conflicting cgminer.conf file, after removing it, miner is looking good. So, to people that have been using cgMiner, MacMiner, or the bundled cgMiner for Mac script and you're having issues, then try removing (or just moving as I did) your cgminer.conf file located in /Users/[Username]/.cgminer/cgminer.conf |
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Also, sent in a report...
The UI doesn't seem to be communicating with cgMiner's API, the miner is running yet the UI thinks it's failing to connect, when it's not. I would attempt to debug it myself, however I shouldn't even be on the forums atm, I've got code due tomorrow for work, lol.
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asteroidapp.com isn't resolving, but would love to try out the miner, looks pretty slick for OSX. Worksforme. It finally loaded, but looks like there are some issues, either with the hosting provider (dream host) or random outage. Warning: mysqli_connect() [function.mysqli-connect]: (HY000/2013): Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading authorization packet', system error: 0 in /home/asteroidapp/asteroidapp.com/index.php on line 111
Warning: mysqli_error() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, boolean given in /home/asteroidapp/asteroidapp.com/index.php on line 115
Warning: mysqli_query() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, boolean given in /home/asteroidapp/asteroidapp.com/index.php on line 20
Warning: mysqli_fetch_assoc() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli_result, null given in /home/asteroidapp/asteroidapp.com/index.php on line 21 Edit: Finally was able to download it, no more mySQL errors showing, so it looks like the server got a restart finally. Like I said, if you would like a mirror location, let me know, I'll be happy to host it. |
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asteroidapp.com isn't resolving, but would love to try out the miner, looks pretty slick for OSX.
Do you have a mirror I could download from?
(I own several domains, I could easily host a mirror if you would like, message me.)
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all I'll say is...  pm & BTC sent. |
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I found something as well, called rum or whiskey... time to enjoy  |
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K1 boards arrived. I'm working on firmware now but want to get these boards cut up and shipped asap.  sweetness |
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SSB, When are you planning to close this group buy? I'm waiting on transfers to go through to place my order |
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bump w/pictures   |
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Check this thread for overclocking/overvolting (TL;DR: requires oldschool crystal swap, resistor swap @ volt. reg makes it glitch out into overcurrent mode). The things only put out ~5W at stock clock though. Have fun. nice thread, thanks for the input... |
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As far as the cost of water blocks themselves, yes, could be costly if you were buying them from a manufacturer. I have a few blocks of aluminium laying around (oddly enough) and the fabrication experience to make the blocks, in theory, they could be made pretty cheap after a mold was made. I'm just merely tossing out the idea of water cooling to see if it would have a sustainable difference. It's more of a "what-if" project from boredom, just because I have a few blocks of aluminium laying around. Granted copper would be ideal, but when you had materials just sitting around... I personally have made a custom rig from a old gaming case, which has (2x) 200mm, (1x) 230mm, (3x) 120mm, (1x) 140mm which all fans are ran from an separate power source from everything else. It's quite efficient for a case that was laying around for 3 years collecting dust and it's completely silent as well.. If you want to stick with block erupters I would suggest using a long water block that maybe 20 block erupters can fit on ( 10 on each side 5 facing each way ) I have considered this, though, it would have to be design to the hub they are being used on (for spacing etc). not if they used usb extention cables or you made a small board with the usb ports ether side of the water block hmm, yea, I see where you're going with that now... gives me a few new ideas, thanks. |
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As far as the cost of water blocks themselves, yes, could be costly if you were buying them from a manufacturer. I have a few blocks of aluminium laying around (oddly enough) and the fabrication experience to make the blocks, in theory, they could be made pretty cheap after a mold was made. I'm just merely tossing out the idea of water cooling to see if it would have a sustainable difference. It's more of a "what-if" project from boredom, just because I have a few blocks of aluminium laying around. Granted copper would be ideal, but when you had materials just sitting around... I personally have made a custom rig from a old gaming case, which has (2x) 200mm, (1x) 230mm, (3x) 120mm, (1x) 140mm which all fans are ran from an separate power source from everything else. It's quite efficient for a case that was laying around for 3 years collecting dust and it's completely silent as well.. If you want to stick with block erupters I would suggest using a long water block that maybe 20 block erupters can fit on ( 10 on each side 5 facing each way ) I have considered this, though, it would have to be design to the hub they are being used on (for spacing etc). |
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As far as the cost of water blocks themselves, yes, could be costly if you were buying them from a manufacturer. I have a few blocks of aluminium laying around (oddly enough) and the fabrication experience to make the blocks, in theory, they could be made pretty cheap after a mold was made. I'm just merely tossing out the idea of water cooling to see if it would have a sustainable difference. It's more of a "what-if" project from boredom, just because I have a few blocks of aluminium laying around. Granted copper would be ideal, but when you had materials just sitting around... I personally have made a custom rig from a old gaming case, which has (2x) 200mm, (1x) 230mm, (3x) 120mm, (1x) 140mm which all fans are ran from an separate power source from everything else. It's quite efficient for a case that was laying around for 3 years collecting dust and it's completely silent as well.. |
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thanks!!!! wow! 350 mh/s it's a lot! Actually, it isn't worth. You shouldn't mine with it for me I agree here, esp with usb erupters out now... I stopped mining with my Mac awhile back. However, if you can't find MacMiner I could upload it and put it on a dropbox (if you really want to use your Mac to mine). I know it took me a little bit of hunting to find. |
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