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1  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: January 11, 2018, 11:28:58 AM
Thank you Lightfoot for the elusive BFG for Monarchs!👍
I'll leave a link for anyone else that needs it.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sVJlHESfIDfzuFyWQRkQEqVt7XouqDBz/view?usp=drivesdk
2  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: January 10, 2018, 08:56:32 PM
Does anyone have a copy of the original Bfgminer for Monarchs? I have the queue-ing error problem. Please provide a link, ANYONE.
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3  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: January 03, 2018, 07:37:21 AM
@helipotte...
I have always had good luck using CGminer for early low serial number monarchs.  And the latest Bfgminer with the later ones.  What firmware does your unit have?  If it is 1.4.2 CGminer might work well.
I've been downloading and installing tons of $h👁t ; curl, glib, gettextruntime, pkg-config, gtkruntime, libtool, mingw, etc., since you posted this reply and I'm still no closer to getting CGminer to work. Why doesn't someone make a miner with a Windows installer, I don't know linux, or command prompts, can't I BUY a simple quality mining program? Trying to get these mining programs to work really makes me appreciate the router like GUI interface in my Antminers.
P.S. I already tried Multiminer, it didn't detect any of my devices, it just started mining with my GPU (Nvidia) useless.
4  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: January 01, 2018, 11:50:05 PM
I gave up. Too complicated. I ordered 5 S4's and a Wi-Fi hotspot and Ethernet to Wi-Fi bridge. Electricity is FREE at work. The Monarch is a beautiful paperweight. It's running over 500gig, even with half of the strings erroring out. It says  "Failed to find work for queue" and "sanity check" very, very fast and then it mines the other half of the strings.
5  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: December 31, 2017, 07:16:30 AM
OK 4.2.0 version (http://bfgminer.org/files/4.2.0/)
This version doesn't seem to have an EXE file, and a BAT file doesn't work either.  How is this used?
6  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: December 31, 2017, 07:00:32 AM
"Restricted Content
This file is no longer available. For additional information contact Dropbox Support."
7  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: December 30, 2017, 10:40:03 PM
It has 3 pcie power ports all 3 are connected to the new PSU. I can't try version 4.20 because the download link is dead.I DID order the cooling system from eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/COOLIT-Systems-Eco-III-120FB-Liquid-Cooling-System-BFL-Butterfly-Labs-Surplus/162791485695?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649)($31.64)
60-70c is about the right temps. Set your max temp to 80c or so in bfgminer.conf just to be on the safe side, and mine away!
If 70°c is normal then I probably don't need the cooling system. I searched my PC for "bfgminer.conf" it doesn't exist. I believe that the "runme.bat" file is how to configure bfgminer, I haven't even been able to add a second user, the examples in the "read me" make no sense to me, without a user friendly gui...I'm lost.
8  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: December 30, 2017, 02:13:24 PM
I ran it for 2hrs with a small household fan pointed at the pumps/copper plates. It ran 65c and my pool says 516.5ghz but half of the device threads still give the error!  Huh
9  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: December 30, 2017, 12:59:04 PM
OK, it was the USB printer plug, after plugging and unplugging the cord a couple of times the PC found it. How hot should it get? It's running 60-70c .It seems hot! I went on eBay and ordered a new cooling system. The new problem now is that half of the device threads consistently give an error "Failed to find work for queue" and my pool says that I'm running at 410...not 700
Advice will be welcomed. My other miners were all plug-n-play.
10  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: December 30, 2017, 07:10:29 AM
It has 3 pcie power ports, it is the latest version, nothing at all happens to my PC when I plug it in (not even the sound when a device is connected) like nothing is connected at all. When I connect the BFL60, without the drivers it makes a sound and looks for drivers and when I connect the Monarch NOTHING happens at all. And BFG Miner can't find it.
I'll take it to a local computer shop and have them trouble shoot it tomorrow, but tonight I'm depressed and disgusted with it. Angry
11  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: December 30, 2017, 03:30:54 AM
 Angry I can't get it to work! When I plug it into my laptop, it isn't recognized...like nothing was plugged in. I installed the newest Virtual COM Port Drivers (http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm) and everything works with my little Butterfly BFL60, but the Monarch just sits there with the fans and pumps running. What do I do now? My laptop is Windows 7 and I'm using BFG Miner 5.4.2, maybe I need a different OS for usb?
12  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: December 24, 2017, 05:59:12 AM
I just got my monarch, new, unused (supposedly) from eBay. I can't try it out yet because the power supply that I ordered hasn't arrived yet. I know that it's not efficient enough for modern mining, but I think that it's just plain cool looking, with it's little radiator and everything exposed for view on the desktop. And if I run it at work the electricity won't matter. The power supply that I ordered is an EVGA 80+ Gold Rated 650GQ power supply. Do you think that it was a good choice for the 700 Monarch? Has anyone ever tried WaterWetter added to the coolant? It prevents bubbles from forming on aluminum, it's worth up to 30°f in automotive applications.
13  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: Hacking BFL Monarchs and servicing them while times are weird. on: December 23, 2017, 02:07:54 PM
So what was the final results? How much were you able to stably overclock? How efficient can they be when underclocked? Why does mine have 3 pcie power ports while the instructions say 2? I think that this thread is and was interesting, why no updates or final summary? Also the link to the mining program for the first generation monarch's is dead.
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