I just got my blade off of amazon and I have the exact same problem with the firmware... I guess I need to return it and see if they will replace it.

I believe my problem is that the board has no firmware, and sadly I have no way of uploading the firmware to it because it is not public so far as I can tell. I've come to this conclusion from this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=338996.0

It's reading 12v on the board. I was looking around and found this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=314384.0;all

I checked the continuity on the fuse and it was fine, and when I plug in a fan it turns on. So that rules out the fuse, right?

Hello,

I understand this section of the forum is not the perfect place for this post however I cannot post it anywhere else yet, maybe a moderator can move it to a more appropriate section.

I have been mining BTC with a Butterfly Labs 5Gh/s miner for several months and I decided I wanted to get another better miner that wasn't too expensive so I bought a this erupter blade: http://www.amazon.com/ASICMiner-Block-Erupter-Blade-10-7gh/dp/B00FPG1MOW/ref=cm_cd_al_qh_dp_i . I knew it wouldn't be a plug and play setup, but I am having a little trouble setting it up and I think it may be broken but I would like some advice from more experienced miners.

I have a 400 Watt PSU that I have wired up with the CPU 12v rails split in the appropriate manor that you can see in this picture:

When I turn on the PSU and check the output with a multimeter it reads ~12v but the board does nothing for about a minute at which point the light turns on for a minute and then turns off and repeats that. I have it plugged in to my computer via ethernet and the computer doesn't acknowledge that it's connected and the lights on the RJ45 connector don't light up. I tried shorting the factory reset pins as suggested in other places but that didn't change anything. I have also tried with multiple computers. Is the board dead or is there something I am not doing or doing incorrectly?

Thanks,
Harry