Again, we apologies but we can't discuss those things on a public forum. Please keep the conversation to more technical approach about future products or solving issues with current ones.
Ok, considering as per last published the A1 has a max current of 20a per chip, if you want to save real estate and a bit of over all cost look at these from Intersil for Vcore regulators http://www.intersil.com/content/dam/Intersil/documents/isl8/isl8240m.pdfCombines the regulator chip, mosfets, diodes, & buck inductor all into one 17x17mm chip. 4 can power an 8 chip A1 board either feeding each chip individually or feeding 4 pairs of A1's. Straightforward & simple 2 resistor voltage programing - no dpot/tpot i2c coms needed & much much more. Combine with a TLam pcb and you can have one very hash-dense lil' power block... btw: That is one excellently done data sheet. Everything spelled out. Wonder how much stuff like that was followed on the older boards... Techy enough? |
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Guess Bitmain got fed up with shippers playing football with miners. Seems most folks shipping large miners have ran into this issue albeit the Ants are packed par-excellence vs ahem, others we've seen.... Now the S2 is only as kit. No case, no psu. Bet it flat packs great.
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+10 ^ ^
In short, ditto all around.
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That is too damn cool! To date my 2 lil'10gh Jala's I got in early Feb. (at nutzy-cukoo high price compared to current hardware) through TigerDirect are 3/4 paid off,  I know my Ant pharm is right on track. |
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There was an issue as to "if we can provide clients with source files.. bla bla bla" which we've just about taken care of.
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Still not sure how to respond to that. If it pertains to those few of us here with considerable professional technical expertise in our areas trying to help you salvage your 'hundreds' of AMT/Bitmine boards produced so far, for Gratis no less, then you've just lost at least one. Just for your reference when it comes to finding someone qualified to do what you need I am billed at >$200/hr when on the clock and our customers are very happy with that. Knowing that continuing any further entails detailed info on the systems it was obvious the Powers That Be who own rights to that IP would require an NDA so I brought it up along with other things pertaining to keeping things as AMT eyes-only if need be. All just to maybe shine a little light into that dark hole you've dug and let you get *something* out there as a start. Given the serious need for outside help there is no reason your side needs over a week to come up with a NDA to present to us. Not even any PM's regarding it like, "We're looking into it with <insert name>". Are you really as bad as this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg It's Marketing vs Engineer. At one time I got the point but still thought ' It can't be THAT bad...'. Not so sure now. On liquid cooling, very doable but Frictionless nailed it perfectly. If 'your people' or Bitmine are involved in it - fuggitabuttit. I will give you one last free tech tip though: research materials compatibility thoroughly. -Cheers! |
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According to a couple folks on the Bitmine thread the site is ligit.
Interesting. Looks like they moved to spondoolies probably. But is that used hardware site even legit? Seems like it might be worth it to buy a couple of bits of hardware from there.
According to a couple folks on the Bitmine thread the site is legit and they received their miners in a couple days. You seen the power needed for the Cointerra? (again they are in serious trouble...) 1.9kw for 1.6TH. Ouch. I'm sticking with the Ant s2 thank you... |
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I just got my S2 but for some reason it's not hashing when I change the Pool Setting but When I reset the machine to original factory settings it starts hashing automatically with the factory pool settings, any idea why, I tried to set it up like the S1 but as soon as I change the pool setting it will not hash.
any help would be appreciated.
Figured it out, looks like all 3 pool settings need to be put in with the http: prefix. Which is exactly why I asked the other two for screenshots  Everyone thinks they put it in right, but different miners have different formating requirements. Agreed. Also, looks like Bitmain sent me a 220V power plug, is it ok to use a standard computer power plug with this machine, on the cable it says UL 9vt e49100 60 deg C vw-1 3X18AWG, when I hold the cable and plug it's warm, it's drawing most likely around 10A. Mine came with the crows foot plug as well. Running with a 18ga cord not good idea. Max current for most 18ga cords is 10a which is why it is getting warm. Also means that to some extent the psu is not getting all your line can provide making the psu work harder/pull more current from the wall. I got a couple of these 16ga cords from Mcmaster http://www.mcmaster.com/#71535K56 good for 13amps. |
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Heh heh... If Bitmine was so chummy with CryptX http://www.cryptx.com/ the folks who brought us PetaHash as to get *them* apparently working miners (now being sold off through https://www.asic-hardware.com/ why so much trouble getting regular customers something usable? Pretty damn sure a pharming company like that would not have put up with non-functional hardware. This a complete utter disaster, now used TH/s miners are being sold off. The 1 TH/s Coincraft Desk with the same # of chips as the AMT 1.2 TH/s miner is going for under $2,000. Meanwhile we are all waiting for delivery of a $6,000 piece of equipment that is supposed to get ROI. And another tick on the list of things against AMT/Bitmine. Yes AMT probably was not directly involved with CryptX but the fact that usable miners were produce by BMch for a single very large customer should have reflected in what AMT could have provided us. |
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What about hiring a collections agency? Are we within our rights to have a collections agency go after them?
Only after a judgement is issued against someone. They of course will take a percentage of the amount to be collected but - in many states that is allowed to be added to the bill so to speak. |
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Heh heh... If Bitmine was so chummy with CryptX http://www.cryptx.com/ the folks who brought us PetaHash as to get *them* apparently working miners (now being sold off through https://www.asic-hardware.com/ why so much trouble getting regular customers something usable? Pretty damn sure a pharming company like that would not have put up with non-functional hardware. |
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The Bitmine thread is getting (more) up in arms as well. Again no contact from anyone related to BM.ch in like 2 weeks. Poking around the Bitmine thread I did find out that at least one mining company is selling off some of their used Coincraft A1 gear. https://www.asic-hardware.com/On the BFL thread the natives are getting downright rabid... |
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I am more and more concerned that Bitmine is just going to turn out, at best, incompetent fools going into bankruptcy, like HashFast, or at worst, scammers who will run away with our money. Therefore I think we should all collaborate and come up with a strategy to file a lawsuit against them. Bitmine should be made to know that IF they do not refund every person who's money they are illegally keeping then they WILL end up in jail. The best course of action for them right now is to issue all outstanding refunds. It is not a joke that they are keeping hundreds of thousands of dollars of customer's money and giving nothing in return. People have posted in this very forum about losing their apartment, or worse, getting divorced and losing custody of their child because Bitmine kept their money instead of returning as per the CPP. The amount Bitmine owes me is not small, 12000 USD is not a joke. I will do everything in my power to make sure they pay, one way or the other. As I said, we should collaborate on this. gpufreak has already done a great job with http://www.bitminerefund.com/. We need to support that site and help out in any way possible. If need be I will travel to Switzerland to file a case with the police myself, but will ask for help for any Swiss guys here as to the procedure. Possibly a bit OT but have you talked to the law firm handling the AMT lawsuits? Considering Bitmine is not delivering naturally AMT their 'authorized distributor for the US' for Coincraft-based miners is not delivering either. I'm sure the lawyers would love for this to get bigger. |
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How many watts/Amp does the ant S2 take?
Has a 1000w Enermax Gold PSU in it and they claim less than 1,100w from the wall. Haven't measured mine yet. The PSU fan is running nowhere near max speed so maybe 1kw or less from the wall? I hope you have a 1200-1300w backup PSU handy. You'll need that in a week when that underpowered Enermax craps out. While you're at it, get a backup micro SD card ready because when your PSU starts to cutout, it will continually scramble the cheap card that BitMain included with the machine. Actually I have several 1,200w HP server psu's handy if needed. I'm aware of the sd card issue. I've measured the psu voltage at the backplane PCIe plugs and is at 11.7v meaning the PSU is quite happy so far. Good to know and look out for. I was a lucky Batch 2 recipient... everything was intact and it worked flawlessly for a week or two. Then the PSU started to randomly shutdown. I replaced it with a Corsair AX1200i and now it runs quieter and cooler. I think BitMain makes a great product but they have been too aggressive with cutting corners to save a dime. Did you catch the add-a-caps update? Is on their site how-to. Batch-4 has'em already. |
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How many watts/Amp does the ant S2 take?
Has a 1000w Enermax Gold PSU in it and they claim less than 1,100w from the wall. Haven't measured mine yet. The PSU fan is running nowhere near max speed so maybe 1kw or less from the wall? I hope you have a 1200-1300w backup PSU handy. You'll need that in a week when that underpowered Enermax craps out. While you're at it, get a backup micro SD card ready because when your PSU starts to cutout, it will continually scramble the cheap card that BitMain included with the machine. Actually I have several 1,200w HP server psu's handy if needed. I'm really not a fan of PC style psu's onve you get over 750w or so. I've measured the psu voltage at the backplane PCIe plugs and is at 11.7v meaning the PSU is quite happy so far. Dinna know the sd card issue was related to the psu per-se. Good to know and look out for. |
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How many watts/Amp does the ant S2 take?
Has a 1000w Enermax Gold PSU in it and they claim less than 1,100w from the wall. Haven't measured mine yet. The PSU fan is running nowhere near max speed so maybe 1kw or less from the wall? Is a 4U rack-ready case and even ships with wings and rubber feet for your choice. Seriously OT now... Geronimooooo! |
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No doubt. Looks like Christmas in there with all them purdy green, red & blue lights blinking inside of it  Only flaw with mine is that they sent a crows-foot 220v cord. Is used n Australia. Go fig. Since a regular 18ga comp cord ain't gonna do it for now I um, borrowed the 14ga one from our SEM that has a regular 115v end on it until some 16ga cords come in tomorrow. Also no instructions of course so had to use their site to make sure not too different than the s1s's. Is simpler actually. Damn. Off in the OT ozone again... |
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Yeah I have to agree putting peoples names in context as a pedophile is nasty shit.
I for one will tell you BFL took 13 + months to refund my 530 usd. They have not been a good company.
I will also say BFL is not the only shitty company.
Black Arrow has been pretty bad of late.
Hashfast never delivered .
Avalon and KNC pulled some nasty shit.
You forgot 1 or 2 others nasty messes - Bitmine.ch and their US affiliate AMT with their A1 chip debacle  Don't know if BM.ch has delivered anything but AMT sure has not aside from a few battered & DOA rigs and 2 'kits' that sorta worked for a while. No refunds in sight or offered and lawsuits in progress. Sound familiar? |
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