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1  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: $5 worth of BTC to the first 100 posters on: July 23, 2015, 11:40:17 PM
1ojTxh9o6FQGHSQuge6sQwzwUhVVEfsW7 will pay it forward thanks
2  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Multi Signature Address Script, Escrow Service and Wallet on: December 29, 2014, 06:13:08 AM
I am trying to get/make/see if its possible to make a home game poker app using bitcoin. Someone pointed me here. Would this work? Any help would be apriciated. Here or
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2qoifa/need_help_with_app_id_like_to_see_made/ 
3  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: {BFL} Here's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK at your Monarch! on: October 14, 2014, 08:08:08 PM
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I'm getting a blown one in tomorrow

BFL supplying you that one?

I can answer this one. Nope.
4  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: {BFL} Here's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK at your Monarch! on: October 06, 2014, 02:32:18 AM
Honestly, that is way out of my comfort zone. Its defiantly not leaking any more. When I plug in the monarchs to the PSU I hear that electric buzzing sound like a short. Then the PSU kicks off only way I can restart the psu is to remove paper clip and put back in. The connections on the monarch look good and it does it on both my 525 and 700 monarch. I've mixed and match PSU to my other two monarchs and its not the PSU. Thanks for your help.
If the psu kicks off like you said and these are the ones that leaked, I would bet that one of the FETs blew when the board overheated and pulled too much power.  If you have access to a multimeter, check the ohm reading on the PCIe connector(front row vs back row, not side to side) and see if it is nearly shorted (<.3 ohms).  A good unit will ramp up to several k ohm and then start back down.  The minimal ohms indicated a blown FET.  I'd say to RMA it, but I have no idea when it would be taken care of with the current situation...
Thank you for that. I do appriciate the response. I'm thinking if Lightfoot's up to it I might be sending him some packages.
5  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: {BFL} Here's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK at your Monarch! on: October 05, 2014, 09:04:23 PM
[...] Honestly, that is way out of my comfort zone. Its defiantly not leaking any more. [...]

Well... Once it runs out of fluids, it "won't leak" definitely...
yes I'm well aware of that. But I do appreciate your imput. I'm sure I could figure how to add more fluid. I need someone with more knowledge about the boards. Maybe something simple I'm overlooking just not very experienced with this stuff.
6  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: {BFL} Here's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK at your Monarch! on: October 05, 2014, 02:56:11 AM
Ok, thoughts:

1) Clean off the areas the water got on (it's water and propolyne glycol) with 95% isopropyl alcohol (good rubbing alcohol, at the CVS). Use a paper towel soaked with it, then q tip. That will clean off the stuff, don't knock off those little heat sinks.

2) The screws that hold on the water block to the copper plate are *under* the copper plate, so you would have to take it off the chip to tighten the right screws. When you take it off you will see them, tighten them down and make sure they are snug, but not insanely tight (or you will strip them).

When you take the block off the board and chips, you will have to clean off and re-apply the heat sink compound.

I like Artic silver 5, the grey stuff. Clean the old stuff off the sink and the chip with a paper towel with alcohol again. Do not get it on the sides of the chip, wipe it so it comes right off the chip itself. Then follow the instructions in the AS 5 thing to put new stuff on. A thin coat is all one needs, I put a thin trace on the chip, then clean my finger with isopropyl and use my finger to spread it on the chip evenly. Once again don't go over the sides of the chip but get to the edges.

Then I put a thin smudge on the heat sink plate itself and put it back on. Put the screws in loosely at first, the put them back on and tighten them in a 4 cross pattern (1,3,2,4,1,3,2,4) a little each time. Remember if you tighten down one side all the way then the other, it could crack the chip edge. Finger tight, enough so that with your fingers gently squeezing the screwdriver you snug the screws down.

Then the three or two outside screws, they provide structural stability which is nice.

Now time to fire up. Start up the unit and keep your dry finger on the back behind each chip. If it gets hot to the touch shut down *IMMEDIATELY* and purge. If it runs hashing for 5 minutes and is not hot to the touch (100 degrees is about what I would say is getting hot) then you probably do not need to purge.

If you need to purge:

Well, you have to pull one of the hoses from the radiator, then fill it with the pumps running. Bit complex. What I did was replace a hose from the pumps to the radiator. Put both the radiator and the hose in a bucket, immerse them and start up. Stuff will come out of one of them and be sucked in the other. Lift the one that it's coming out out of the water and run it until there are no bubbles. Then put both back in the bucket while it's running and complete the connection. That way you have no air going into the system and it will work.

Fun, but do-able. Make sense?

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Honestly, that is way out of my comfort zone. Its defiantly not leaking any more. When I plug in the monarchs to the PSU I hear that electric buzzing sound like a short. Then the PSU kicks off only way I can restart the psu is to remove paper clip and put back in. The connections on the monarch look good and it does it on both my 525 and 700 monarch. I've mixed and match PSU to my other two monarchs and its not the PSU. Thanks for your help.
7  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: {Butterfly Labs} Send back your Monarch and get a FULL Refund ??? on: October 05, 2014, 12:07:42 AM
Has any one spoken to receiver. I've called and emailed. Honestly feels like bfl is still running things. No phone support, no email support and website doesn't update.
8  Other / Archival / Re: Pictures of your mining rigs! on: October 04, 2014, 02:20:13 AM
Just curious what's your eletricity bill been like?
9  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: {BFL} Here's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK at your Monarch! on: October 04, 2014, 01:21:27 AM
Okay so I'm sure that its leaking. Hoping fighting screws stops it. Any suggestions on getting in running again. Need to figure how to add more water, purge air. But what about getting powers to the board.  There are dried spots next to water block where water once was. But nothing looks damaged. Don't really know what I'm looking at but connections look good nothing burnt. Would there be a safety feature where no water no workie.
10  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: {BFL} Here's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK at your Monarch! on: October 03, 2014, 05:05:52 PM
Okay i started with 3 600 evga bronze, ended up melting pcie wires on all three. Returned them and got 2 rosewill 700 capestones and a rosewill 650 hive. I have 2x 700 and 1 x 525 and 1x475 monarchs. The rosewill 700 psu were running the 700s fine until the liquid started coming out around the waterblocks the 525 the same way. The 475 monarch i really never got to run only hooked it up when the 700 quit and before it really started hashing i noticed alot of liquid on the sled. so i stopped it.  I have a 700 that was working fine, cut if off wanted to inspect the two that were messed up. the screws on the back side of the board that are holding the waterblock were real loose. I think that is why they were leaking. But the psu work fine until attached to the card. Shit even running the fan only they work fine, as soon as the pcie cables are add it will not come on.  When i get home from work im going to mix and match all psus to monarchs but i dont think its the psu.  When they were working they ran 80c and the 525 was usually around 55-60c. Ive got them in my garage because of the heat so its probally about 75-80 f there. https://i.imgur.com/P669rKH.jpg. excuse the mess made a room on the other side of the wall and at the time i hadnt finshed. Im running them in that box. with a desk fan pointing down on them and the window fan on the top in acting as an exaust pulling the heat out of the box. Filters to catch dust, dirt on the front. Ive emailed the reciever and bfl and sent rma but i dont know if anything will come of that.  
11  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: {BFL} Here's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK at your Monarch! on: October 03, 2014, 04:14:39 PM
I have at least two that are leaking. The biggest problem is now they are shutting off the PSU once connected. Any ideas.

Send them back and demand a refund.  Even a partial recovery from the receiver would be a win compared to running that junk.

+1 best answer.

Return for refund. You could at least expect one now in a reasonable time frame.
would love to emailed receiver days ago never heard back from him.
12  Bitcoin / Hardware / Re: {BFL} Here's a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK at your Monarch! on: October 03, 2014, 03:43:27 PM
I have at least two that are leaking. The biggest problem is now they are shutting off the PSU once connected. Any ideas.
13  Economy / Securities / Re: [NastyFans.org] NASTY MINING | POOL | COINS on: August 26, 2014, 02:44:36 PM
Monarchs are up and running.  You can now view our overall hashrate (~5TH/s) by finding NastyMining on the NastyPool Miners List.  It is also worth noting that we are still receiving cloudmining from BFL, so our overall hashrate is now ~10TH/s.





Thanks for this. What type of power supplies are you using? How many?
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