Yep, transferred BTC from my mining pool account 3 hours ago to my Blockchain wallet ... stuck at 1 confirmation 

Yep, difficulty rises and Bitmain react ... knowing how hard it is to mine these days (does any other vendor do that?).

There HAS to become a point when the old trusty Antminer S1 isn't profitable to buy and mine with.

SO ... Bitmain are a business, and a clever bunch of chaps ... would it not be unreasonable to think they might have a surprise for us all at some stage ... and release a more powerful S2?

Good idea, thanks ... and just tried it.

Removed the small controller board (the one with the Ethernet port one) and swapped it over to the other side. Re-checked all connections.

ODD ... the fan comes on full speed again, CGMiner shows I'm connected to the pool, but it isn't mining. Temp differences have swapped over between the blades as they should.

When it boots up, it gives a few beeps for a few seconds (the same as when the internet connection is lost), and then made a slightly higher pitch set of bleeps after that. Never seen/heard an Ant do that before.

So ... I removed the fan and put it on the other end, just in case that would make a difference?! ... it didn't.

What I did notice though (after removing the fan) was a lot of dirt over the end of the blades ... this Ant has been used!

When it arrived yesterday, I had to re-seat one of the connectors to the ethernet board, as it had come away. Maybe it had a bump in transit, or maybe it has been well used before being shipped to me?

Anyway, reverted  everything back to as before and now it happily hashes away again sounding like a jet engine at full speed.

I'll stick with it, as a return to Bitmain from the UK to China sounds like an expensive and drawn-out option!

if that was a true temp reading then ur that blade would be fried so i think ur safe to keep on hashing ..
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Oh, It's completely safe I'm sure, and I'll use the second reading ... I'm just trying to reduce the fan noise!

... BTW a hard reset didn't work.

I'll go and buy 2 quieter fans and put one at either end :-)

I did post this in another section, but no replies, so hoping someone might have seen this problem before?

Got another Ant yesterday ... but this one isn't quite as happy as the others ... It's overclocked at 375Mhz and hashes away quite happily, but two issues:

1) The fan is always on max speed.
2) Chain#1 says the temperature is 182.

Anybody got any ideas how to fix this? Maybe a temp sensor is malfunctioning and therefore running the fan at max speed?

I'm not even sure where the sensors are anyway.

This is what I'm seeing:

Chain#       ASIC#        Frequency        Fan       Temp
1                32              375              3660       182
2                32              375                0           30

I've tried running the fan from the other blade, also tried other fans, but still get the same result.

I'm sure it's not overly hot and 'cooking' in there, just a false reading.

Very true ... not complaining ... it was good whilst it lasted!

OK ... got another Ant today ... but this one isn't quite as happy as the others ...

It's overclocked at 375Mhz and hashes away quite happily, but two issues:

1) The fan is always on max speed.
2) Chain#1 says the temperature is 182!

Anybody got any ideas how to fix this? Maybe a temp sensor is malfunctioning and therefore running the fan at max speed?

This is what I'm seeing:

Chain#       ASIC#        Frequency        Fan       Temp
1                32              375              3660       182
2                32              375                0           30

I've tried running the fan from the other blade, but still get the same result.

Same issue here ... received one Ant last week and paid UPS 30.00 GBP (Bitmain had declared the value at 140 USD on the paperwork), and today I paid UPS 113 GBP, with a declared value of 840 USD on the paperwork!

Same here ... in the UK on 240v and running 4 Ants overclocked at 375Mhz, separate Corsair 750CXM PSU on each one and they pull 420 Watts individually. I did run at 400Mhz for a while and each one pulled 460 Watts, but the HW errors were not good.

I agree ... get the same higher temp range with older Ants (newer ones are lower as you say) ... although I upgraded the fan(s) and have one at each end to pull the air through ... clocked all of mine at 375 (now really happy with the HW error rate).

Fitted Akasa AK-FN073 Viper 140mm on 120mm body PWM fans at each end ... great airflow ... and SOO quiet.

Bitmain rock ... really impressed by their service and the miners, and the fact that they will only take orders and ship when they have stock.

>> Other companies take note ... many don't have a product, so don't try and live on pre-orders ... KNC?/BF/ et all ...

The BIG question for me is .... what does Bitmain have up it's 'production' sleeve? S1's are now on limited release, and maybe for some time.

.... is the S2 on the way?

I hope so ... as hashing power will be continually pushed for a return.

Sure seems we are all in for the long haul on this one ... 1 day and 9 hours so far ... fingers crossed!