I have been searching and can't locate much on performance on this ASIC. Most ASIC's I own average above the mfg rate. I am averaging anywhere between 44 and 48K for the past few weeks on the A9. I did read thru the board titled 'Innosilicon releases A9 ...'  which has a lot of topics in it including some performance based discussions. I thought it may be a good idea to start a Performance Only board for the A9. I am mining zcash on flypool. Has anyone been able to get a steady rate of 50K or above out of this machine? I tried the various levels, balance, factory, performance... nothing, notta difference. I did notice the latest firmware did not change much on the other board. I have the July 6'th and read on the 'release....' blog the 20 July did not help with performance in mind. Thank you.

For a general discussion, how long does it take to cause problems in humidity? Has anyone had failure due to keeping a miner outside in an area with heavy humidity? I.e. heavy humidity such as tropics, or FL?

It's getting to the point where any hardware older than a year may need to be dumped and new ASIC's bought as the specs just get better and you save on electric? Unless you have Solar? Right? So… If it takes a year, does it matter?

My guess is in heavy humidity with salt air it can corrode in a few months? But in non-salt it should last longer and at least a year, but I really do not know. Looking at the internals…. Excluding the fan coolers etc. you do have boards which should not last in humidity right?

I run mine now in HVAC controlled environment, but I have thought about running mine outside (controlled and covered) a few hundred miles off the shore line in PA that has humidity, but no salt air. Just thought it was worth the discussion?