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Because they are the new company doesn't mean they are the scam. Currently many miner production companies are using the pre-order business model to gather Capital to continue their project/business.
Some succeed and many failed. Even the successful ones like to stay as private as possible due to the high risk of being victimized by others. (These companies do have lots of $$$ and lots of R&D information, not to mention if they are in the prototype stages, they don't want the competitors from stealing anything from them.
As I recently reviewed Bitmain Tech's AntMiner 180GH/S ASIC Mining unit, many to include the Hero/Sr.Member of this forum called it SCAM, but, at the end, they did produce the miners and actually shipped as they promised
Because of so much life saving loss with these pre-orders, we started the 3rd party reviews to give potential investors more information to digest before committing their thousands of USD for the next 3-12 months until they receive the actual miners.
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I don't blame these guys/gals who calls everything SCAM, as 2012 and 2013, many millions of doller were lost in the pre-order deals. Many of them lost their Retirement and Life Saving thinking they will double/triple their money in a few months, but that didn't happen.
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Each Blade has 3 +12V & 3 GRD intake and the AntMiner comes with 2 blades.
So, it would be best if you could have 6 +12V line (Yellow) and 6 Ground (Black).
By using these connectors, you actually cut the extension and you don't have to damage your PSU's original cables.
You can power on the AntMiner with just what you have in the picture but 3 lines each is recommended.
The pictured extender shows a total of 4 Yellow and 4 Black! (So if this is the only option, 2 Yellow and 2 black to each blade.) I DO recommend 6 lines
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Website http://www.labcoin.com is down... But, if their pool is hashing away 9.2 TH/S, they must have something good somewhere |
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Now Bitmain Tech successfully released a steady built 180/GHS ASIC miner called AntMiner as in-stock sale via auctions rather than the common pre-order business model.
I wander who would be next? Or who might release the miners with a short pre-order waiting period?
3 months of wait is a bit risky investment.
Anyone receive any notice from your pre-orders that the miners are about to ship?
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Congratulation to all the auction winners!
Wi-Fi works but On the 1st batch, try not to use the built-in WI-FI feature. It may slow down your AntMiner a little bit.
If the Wi-Fi is the only way you can connect to the Internet, please use some kind of the Wi-Fi to Ethernet bridge! this setup will make AntMiner to think it's connected to the Internet via the network cable and will not slow down the hashing!
I'm sure all of us are into hashing to make profit. even a few santos I difference, it will add up in a few months!
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Thanks! I will try to update with the standard pin out info for the PCI ATX cable and the PCI-E cable.
The power cables for SATA or IDE or anything spreads from those lines are 5V and it's not enough to power up the AntMiner. I have a feeling you felt awful when it didn't fire up.
One of the reasons we selected the Antec PSU as the example was their PSU have the easy color coding for even non-techno people to understand by just looking at it. May be I will add a notes that not all computer PSU has color coded cables!
glad to hear your miner is mining now.
Happy Mining!
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sit down, relax, and try to write down what you may have used. Then mix them up and even try typo/fat finger possibilities
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Coinbase takes the CC but as the backup funding kind of a way...
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I wish I had free electricity...
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For those of you who won the auction, I made the setup guide with photos and screenshots. I will upload the video version as soon as possible. Setup Guide: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=344970.0They might be busy running the auction and taking care of the after effect... Based on other posts, they are communicating with the paid customers and taking care of the tech support side. (One incident seemed the user's error caused the unit to go brick but the posting shows, Bitmain is sending the replacement unit for the customer.) This shows a good customer service practice  I would say, if they have confirmed you are the official reseller, wait for them to contact you back for a few more days. |
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I don't think you guys will get the box of bricks or tiles... Lets wait and see. I know it's hard to judge people from just the look, but everyone I met at Bitmain Tech, they seemed very honest and hard working people. They also had extensive professional experiences fit perfect for what they are doing.
I would feel awful if you do get the box of brick as I did the 3rd party review
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These seem to be the same miner I have! You are lucky you got that Dell PSU...
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You haven't miss it yet. I think they did 2 public auctions here, but they haven't open up for the regular purchase on their website yet... I'm waiting to buy as well  |
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Yes, if you use less wire, just to make sure you are not taxing all the energy into those wires. You can run it with 1 wire each, but distribute the energy to less tax each line is recommended.
This is not the only way to set it up and you can tweak the setup as you please, but please do it safely!
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IMHO, you are choking your own neck... Sooner you get the miners, more bitcoins in your pocket. Difficulties are to go up again sometimes this week  At least one of the winners from the 1st auction is reporting that he/she received the units. (Looks like 2 of them and he/she will mine 2 full Bitcoin this week) How about waiting for more senior members who won auctions to verify hardware, and maybe info on usbs considering there is a group buy waiting to happen. Just saying, seems like everyone is quick to get these auctions underway and get cash flowing but the information is sparse and lacking.
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Power wise, as long as your computer's ATX or Server's power supply (PSU) supports it and the lines are +12V, you can use any of them. Best way would be not chop up the PSU's cables but use the extenders and then cut the extended portion, so you don't scarify your PSU. |
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If your router is using 192.168.1.1 as the gateway, you can change the ipv 4 to 192.168.1.xxx and set the gateway to 192.168.1.1
Please make sure XXX portion must be unique number so the other computer on your network is not using it already.
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I was going to bid on but I decided, my such action will be seen as jacking up the price, so I will be just watching... |
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