With the difficulty increasing at a much faster rate now, how long does it take you to build anyone of these units and deliver them?

Thanks.

Right, but again nothing stops Wall Street, or the government to start pouring millions into bitcoin producing TH/s forcing everyone out unless you are super-rich and can afford the equipment to get to keep on top of it. I wouldn't be surprised if by this time next year it will require PH/s to produce 1BTC a day based on the rate at which the difficulty is increasing.

The only way to stop it at this point is to pull the bitcoin network down a few week maybe...

I see to recall that -G doesn't work on the 3.2.1 for Windows x64, when I check the commands /? it doesn't have -G listed.

How do I setup 3.2.1 to only use my ASIC USB miners and not my graphics card?

I am using Windows 7 x64.

The settings I found online are for the older version of Bfgminer and don't work on 3.2.1

Thanks,

Is there a balancing point to the difficulty? At some point only the people who have millions to invest in mining will stand to gain anything from it. This is a good time for the governments and banks to start mining bitcoins so they can drive the difficulty up high enough so they can be in control of it.

Does bitcoin difficulty ever go down?

Yes it mines without stopping so far. I upgraded the PSU from 650 to 860 watts.
I also noticed on this website that had the info for the B1 Avalon that its picture of mining in process shows the temp2 also at -1, so I wonder if what I am seeing is normal?

http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Avalon  

Is there a list of messages for the blinking power light on the Avalon miner?

I have a B1 box, the power light blinks, it's green, the temp on #2 shows up as -1. I suspect the cable came lose when I replaced the PSU on it or when I was trying to put the lid back on it.

Thanks.

My B1 Avalon is showing a temp of -1 on temp2 and the power light is flashing, does anyone know what this means?

I released the PSU a week ago and haven't used it since because my internet has been down. I wonder if a wire is lose in side or something?

Also I would like to know what fans are used in the B2 avalons?

Thanks

Not sure about moving a blade from the different batches.

4 blade system do about 107GH/s, you could go higher there is always a risk to doing that.

I would only be interested in this too if there is something inside the firmware that transmits out to home base some where that would allow someone in. Otherwise I could care less as I don't put my Avalon's on the internet without a firewall in front them as that would be very bad practice!!

Sadly these PSU's costs more in Canada

Well it would be nice if the guys who make the Avalon would add a spare parts page to their site so people can buy things like screws and nuts.

Thinking about it if I can find some kind of small non-slippery wedge to prop the nuts in place I should be able to get the bolts back on without too much fuss. I even thought about bending the thin parts on the case down to hold the nuts. We'll see.

Thanks that what I was thinking of getting.

I bought a Batch 1 Avalon and want to replace the power supply with a bigger one. Can anyone suggest a power supply to use that will fit inside the case?

Looking at the 850's they are longer than the 620w that's inside and I am not sure if it will fit?

Thanks

Sorry I meant 2 not 3 thermal sensors plugged in. Typo.

I just bought an Avalon Batch 1 miner that has 3 blades and have some questions:

1. I want to replace the 650W PSU with an 850W PSU, I wonder if someone could recommend one I could buy today to replace it?
2. I noticed when taking the lid off the nuts fell inside the case, is there a proper method to putting the lid back on so I don't lose the nuts? I notice the nuts have slots cut into one side of them but putting them on upside down might be a little hard...
3. Where can I buy more bolts and nuts from, it seems the previous owner didn't up all them on the case, I am not sure if he lost them or what the story is, but there looks like there is about 5 to 10 missing.
4. I noticed there are only 3 thermal sensors plugged in on the system board, is this normal with the 1st batch?
5. There are two big heavy duty fans and one clear fan, should I upgrade the fans at all? Are the fans different on the Batch 2 Avalons?


Looking forward to heading your answers.

Thanks

Thanks for the info. What PSU do you use and how much do you spend on hydro?

My Avalon came preset since I bought it used. It uses --avalon-fan 65 --avalon-cutoff 60. At 350mhz temp 2 & 3 stay at 50.

Sorry I have skimmed through a less than half the threads here going backwards and I see a lot of people talking about OC'n their Avalon's at stupid clock rates.

I have a few general questions about the settings on the Avalon.

Is there a sweet spot on the Avalon so that your not stressing it out too much?

I noticed on my Avalon which is running at 350Mhz that the power cord started to head up, it was one of those workstation type power cords, I replaced it with a server cord which are thicker, and I plug mine into APC surge protector and directly into the wall. What are people's thoughts on using an UPS? I noticed on my Avalon when I plugged it into my newer APC BackUPS Pro 1500 and flipped the setting on the UPS to show me the wattage being used that my system is using about 735 watts.

Thanks

I noticed that under my workers that the worker that my PC uses to do the hashing on my ASIC USB miners has lower stats than my Avalon box. I wonder if that's normal for if I need to start looking at my Avalon's settings to reduce the number?

So for instance, the Rejected (number of proofs of work rejected all time) shows 3,458 on my ASIC miners and 11,872 on my Avalon. Both have started at the same time.

Thanks,