 Hold on a second Loshia before you scare everyone with your provocative statements. Yes we've said that " Now We are in distress, and may need some help from the community". But you're contribution has been anything but that, and our miners work fine and you should be the first one to know that and admit that of course. |
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So is it the ribbon itself that will be the issue? Can it be easily fixed or should I just wait until the one I have on order arrives?
So it doesn't seem to be a power issue.
We can fedex you out a new one on Monday if you'd like. Also in your previous images you had an adapter going from the 4 pin molex to the back plane, can you check if that's properly secured. In similar situations, we've seen clients get a can't connect to cgminer error message when there is no power being distributed through the back plane. |
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Thanks for posting images of your rig. |
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Before applying power do this first.
Remove the SDcard from the RPI you must have a backup, it has all the settings and such on it, NOT easy to get another, if it was my machine, I would have a few saved.
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Quote from: opieum2 on April 10, 2014, 01:36:33 PM
Most reliable method IMO is to make a dd image of the SDcard and keep it backed up somewhere (or two) this way if you ever needed to restore it would just be a matter of running the DD command (windows or Linux) back onto the sdcard or its replacement.
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Someone will splice all this together, and make it pretty I am sure.
More info:
Upon request of a member to copy this to an original post.
Quote from: NotFuzzyWarm on April 09, 2014, 11:41:21 PM
Do these have a web interface aside from an IP setup, and pool/password menus? Would be nice. (Ants do). All kinds of info including network traffic is available. Also allows for all the usual 'ux type shells, system maint., & other goodies.
Response from AMT:
Yes, but the rigs do not come with the little LCD display because they are mounted to the hard drive trey in the case - mounted either with electrical tape or double sided mounting tape. Also we've seen the little LCD screen flop from side to side because of length of the connector cable, and have shorted the rasPI a few times when the screen accidentally hits the RasPI because the screens sides are all metal. That's the main reason we do not include the screen in the Kit, it's frustrating to get the screen to sit properly on the table and is generally an accident waiting to happen. The only purpose of the the little LCD display is to show the ip address of the user interface and the current hashrate.
Upon going to the IP address in your browser (Don't bother with internet explorer, use any other browser) you will see the user interface.
Accessing the user interface:
Username: admin
Password: admin
Accessing the ip address without the little LCD screen:
Plug an HDMI cable into the rasPI and start the miner by plugging in the cable. You'll see a big raspberry with a loading bar on the bottom. After which you'll see the root login:
Access cgminer of AMT 1.2Th miner:
username: root
pass: amt
#killall cgminer (the miner is programmed to start immediately, that's why we kill cgminer upon login, as a rule the miner starts running with the credentials you add in the cgminer settings page (Click Settings - then click Cgminer)
#ifconfig
You'll see several addresses, the first being a local network ip address, usually starting with 192.168.1.(some number here) or 10.1.10.(some number here). Use that address to find the user interface in your browser.
If you don't have an HDMI cable and monitor free, you can check your router's admin panel for new ip addresses detected after plugging in the network cable and plugging in the miner.
Remember: From the time you plug in your miner, your miner is mining, so make sure all your fans are running and proper cooling is administered. A1 chips heat up quick, and you do not want to over heat your miner.
Workaround encase you don't want to start mining immediately and want to test the Raspberry pi and user interface setup first:
Unplug the GPIO ribbon cable from the back plane before plugging in the network cable and starting the miner. Login to the rasPI with the credential above and get the IP address first, then go to the Ip address in your browser, configure your settings (pool settings, speed, etc) and save. Then power off the miner, plug in the GPIO ribbon cable to the back plane, connect the backplane to the hashing modules - (make sure all the pins from the back plane connectors are in the right slots - look above and below each pin/connector on each module - plugging in the backplane wrong can short hashing modules which may result in the miner not seeing the module.) Then power on your miner and you should be good to go via the user interface or ssh login.
More to come on that for sure, but that was a quick response with a bit more details for those that receive their kit encase we don't get a video up within the next few days.
Thanks for your post |
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NO miner is ever sent out without boards screwed in, period. This is ridiculous. Obviously it has happened. No one else has reported screws missing. What was you're order number? |
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NO miner is ever sent out without boards screwed in, period. This is ridiculous. |
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When you start the miner, does the power supply fan start and stop or does it continue to spin? I've got the 850 slaved to the 1000 with this particular model it has a low noise mode and the fan doesn't kick on until there is significant load. That said neither fan has ever kicked on (but there aren't automatically expected too) They should start anyway, despite your PSU's specification. Do the following: Disconnect the second supply and all power cables going to the miner period. Take the second power supply and its cables and move it to the other side of the room so you don't make any mistakes. Using only one power supply, try and run one board with the HDMI and monitor setup. Also you never responded to the previous question about the distorted raspberry, because your problem seems to be either the gpio cable or the power. Also at which point did the modules start to not show up, after hashing for a while or what? I said I didn't know what the raspberry load screen should look like exactly so I don't know if it's distorted at all. The modules never showed up at all. Did the raspberry that loaded look to big for the screen, as if you were zoomed into an image by 300% or more? If the modules never showed up at all, its a power related issue for sure, please do the following: They should start anyway, despite your PSU's specification. Do the following: Disconnect the second supply and all power cables going to the miner period. Take the second power supply and its cables and move it to the other side of the room so you don't make any mistakes. Using only one power supply, try and run one board with the HDMI and monitor setup. Create a setup as if you're only running one board and DO NOT plug in the PCIE cables to the remaining four boards. |
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When you start the miner, does the power supply fan start and stop or does it continue to spin? I've got the 850 slaved to the 1000 with this particular model it has a low noise mode and the fan doesn't kick on until there is significant load. That said neither fan has ever kicked on (but there aren't automatically expected too) They should start anyway, despite your PSU's specification. Do the following: Disconnect the second supply and all power cables going to the miner period. Take the second power supply and its cables and move it to the other side of the room so you don't make any mistakes. Using only one power supply, try and run one board with the HDMI and monitor setup. Also you never responded to the previous question about the distorted raspberry, because your problem seems to be either the gpio cable or the power. Also at which point did the modules start to not show up, after hashing for a while or what? |
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I was hoping to have gotten a reply on whether or not I can do a pickup. Alyssa sent me an email letting me know about that. Ideally I had hoped to go down tomorrow afternoon. Can someone please get back to me via email if this is possible. I know the plant is closed but if the office is available I can do that. Please let me know asap so I can make arrangements.
The AMT administrative office is not open on Saturdays or Sundays so that would not be possible. Surely someone will get back to you on Monday regarding your request for pickup. |
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When you start the miner, does the power supply fan start and stop or does it continue to spin? |
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ill check the screws on the heat sinks tomorrow now. thanks. the psu im using is a corsair rm1000
Try running CGminer on each of the boards plugged in one by one without the other plugged in. First eliminate the power supply as a potential problem, then move forward to further possibilities. |
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weve been playing around with mine all day pretty much. i deffinatley need 2 new cards sending out. ive paid for 520ghs and im getting 250ghs. there are no more settings to try with the other 2 cards.
timmyd, have you tried simply leaving the 2 other cards in to simply "warm up". I know it sounds stupid, but worth a try. Good luck! Yes dude the other 2 boards will run for like 1 min. one gets upto 190ghs and the other 170ghs and then chip failures happen and the both eventually die off and shut down.  You're having voltage issues similar to James and Reggie, what power supply are you using? Perhaps you can address the issue I posted here earlier. I would appreciate it. It doesn't seem to be recognizing the cards at all and says no a-1 chip chain found. that is for every board. I posted t a few pages back. Please take a few pictures of your setup and post it here to the forum please. Sounds like you have a possible ribbon cable issue. Also, can you try and plug in an HDMI cable into the RasPI with a monitor instead of SSH, start the miner and see if the image of the Raspberry pi (comes up when loading) is distorted (over sized) or if the image seems right and loads to cgminer correctly. Also you'll need to plug your keyboard into the PI as well. |
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weve been playing around with mine all day pretty much. i deffinatley need 2 new cards sending out. ive paid for 520ghs and im getting 250ghs. there are no more settings to try with the other 2 cards.
timmyd, have you tried simply leaving the 2 other cards in to simply "warm up". I know it sounds stupid, but worth a try. Good luck! Yes dude the other 2 boards will run for like 1 min. one gets upto 190ghs and the other 170ghs and then chip failures happen and the both eventually die off and shut down. Hmmm dont know if this will help but I had similar issues with my asic cubes. All 5 of my boards would run them after a minute red x on the chips. I opened them up and found that the heat sinks were not tightly screwed on. I screwed them on tighter then restarted. That fixed 3 of the boards. Reopened and tighten the last two boards even more (I was conservative the first time round). That fixed the last two boards by half. Guess the heat damaged half the chips on those boards. Anyways, dont know how the amt is made but tought is give my experience for you to look over. Hopefully if this is the case then hopefully you can fix and maybe combiner is shutting those boards down before the chips get damaged. Let us know if this works or if its not applicable... It's an idea worth trying, but do not use a power drill or hand drill for screwing in the screws. Make sure to use a simple Phillips head screw driver and check the screws from side to side on the board, not from left to right. You don't want to screw the left side of the board tighter than the right side of the board, or cause the board to bend. Go from top left - top rent- bottom left - bottom right and so on across the board. |
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weve been playing around with mine all day pretty much. i deffinatley need 2 new cards sending out. ive paid for 520ghs and im getting 250ghs. there are no more settings to try with the other 2 cards.
timmyd, have you tried simply leaving the 2 other cards in to simply "warm up". I know it sounds stupid, but worth a try. Good luck! Yes dude the other 2 boards will run for like 1 min. one gets upto 190ghs and the other 170ghs and then chip failures happen and the both eventually die off and shut down. You're having voltage issues similar to James and Reggie, what power supply are you using? |
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Believe me, I want to get mining. I didn't want it damaged. Thanks for taking care of this. I am sure you techs can repair it and use the power supply, but the Power supply is red, and the back of the case is so smashed in it looks like its touching the circuits and that could be why.
If you'd like we can have some reach out to you and try and walk you through setting it up over the phone. Don't know who is available at 8pm on a Friday but we'll check. |
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We're still working and shipping out over the weekend, if you haven't received a tracking number today, it may be this weeked. What's you're order number?
My Number is 1562 Probably not this weekend. We're getting several requests for rigs instead of full miners from earlier order numbers. And by default we need to meet those orders prior to later order numbers because it wouldn't be fair. |
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Oh this is not a good thing. Damn for all that trouble I may as well go pick mine up. Im close enough that I can. We welcome pickups, if you'd like we can change your status to pickup and we can schedule a time to pick it up. |
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AMT_miners I am going to need to give you an alternative address, the one I asked you to ship it to but did not. (my workplace). Is there any way I can give you that address instead to pick it up? Also, they left this miner on my step without me signing for it.
Yes, please send over the alternate address and we'll arrange a fedex pickup from that location. Again apologies for the shipment, we'll rectify this situation with a new machine asap. This really is the first time we've seen a miner have that damage. |
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Phinn,
Are you saing that most probably there is no Jim at all?
There was a guy in the office that went by the name Jim Brown, and even referred to Josh as his brother while we were having a smoke outside (just recalled that I probably did pen such), but I never asked for, nor seen any ID. Same true for the Rob dude that was there. My guess is that there were both there to also act as body guards, even though I arrived alone and had no qualms with walking into some strange office late at night to meet up with three dudes, one of which probably despised my guts. Jim Brown(?) seemed pretty healthy to me, but I guess a heart attack is possible if one consumes too many Red Bulls. For some reason I don't believe the clan does drugs, so maybe be able to rule that out. That said, I'm leaning heavily toward this being a ruse. Whatever the case it still does not release them from the obligations of what they have already stated. I am expecting a tracking number myself today as it is the end of the week (work week). While I wish Jim well, there are other people in the company who can handle whatever it is needs handling. I think people would be more forgiving if it was a solo operation or the first time there was a delay. But that is not the case. We're still working and shipping out over the weekend, if you haven't received a tracking number today, it may be this weeked. What's you're order number? |
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Hmm. Since FedEx accepted the package then technically they should be responsible for the damage. Just like the post office they have every right to refuse a package if it is obviously not packaged correctly.
Assuming it was insured for full value... ya might be able to get your money that way? Quest is, who does FedEx pay - you or AMT to build you a replacement?
Fedex pays us for the value it was declared at. Either way we'll ship him a new minner as soon as he RMA's it back to us. We'll cover the return shipping as well. |
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