I can't tell if that was an insult or a compliment. (obviously I need to lurk more.)

Well I bought it back in the begining of August.

It feels like a crazy move. 633 invested in the unit, it may be able to make $300 worth of BTC in the first three months, but then the bitcoin halves in dec, down to 50 a month, and then the BFL supercomputers will start going online oct-jan, quickly raising the difficulty by a factor of ten.

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I just got my BFL single, my first and only rig in the mail a few days ago. That is when I realized that I am an idiot. As most of the people here have built rigs from scratch or kits, I feel like I'm walking into an artisinal furniture maker's workshop and asking for help putting together the shelves I bought at IKEA.

First problem- BFL is not responding to my cries for help. They do not have a page called "how to set up your rig" or better yet "how to set up your rig for dummies." and they have not answered my e-mails in five days. Notorious bad service is being notorious bad service.

second problem- my computer keeps asking where the driver for my unit is. 1)BFL said that it comes with the unit (I assumed that that meant plug-n-play) 2)I have not been able to get my computer to agree that the driver downloads from BFL's website are really drivers.

Those are the specifics. What I really need are links to tutorials, threads, videos, or pages on how to set up a BFL Single from out of the box to working on a pool. I am not picky, I will happily mine on eclipse with Easyminer or on Slush's pool with Guiminer, whatever is the simplest to set up.

Thank you all so much. make sure to leave BTC wallet addresses, I will happily give the fruit of my first days of mining to the first people to respond with info that solves my problem.