There are still issues, showing cloudflare for the website here ... I appreciate your efforts, but this is really unacceptable given the amount of fees that are collected.

The site is down ... this is really not acceptable given the amount of fees they collect.

Hire someone that can run a website if you can't handle it.

Depending on cloudflare is just lazy.

Where near LA? How is cooling handled?

pics?

I just figured out what you meant, lol. I have always referred to ambient temperature in Fahrenheit and system temps in Celcius.  It's pretty standard here in the US.

I have a feeling it had more to do with my system config than anything else.  I set it up on a machine that I've used for mining for over two years and currently has a 7 series and two 6 series gpus mining at the same time.

The system has seen a multitude of driver update / downgrades / etc.

I installed the drivers on butterflylabs page and that got it working under easyminer w/ bfgminer, but cgminer wouldn't recognize it with a usb error.

I then tried the zadig utility, and that didn't help either.

I went back to the download page that butterflylabs links too and  noticed a text link for a setup executable for the USB drivers.  I installed that and then ran the zadig utility again and cgminer recognized it.

Sorry, should have clarified on temp.  For some reason the temp in cgminer shows substantially higher than in easyminer/bfgminer.  The hashrate is the same and the fans don't seem to be pushing more air or warmer air, so I'm not sure what to make of it.

Took me a while to sort out USB driver issues and get it running under cgminer.  Here's a cgminer screenshot:


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Generic power supplies like that usually have counterfeit certifications.

Generic and counterfeit (marked with lite on, dell, toshiba, etc) power supplies are a big problem, so it's not surprising that German customs are on the look out.  

No power supply included. 

I just plugged mine directly into two 6pin pcie connectors from my power supply.

Just one usb connector.  Comes with USB cable.

congrats ... I see you got two mugs too. 

Thought about that.  When I move it to my datacenter I'll test that.  Probably won't be moving it until profitability drops a bit though.  Might grab a portable AC unit in the meantime for testing.

I was manipulated by no one.  I have never spoken to, or been contacted by Inaba.

My FPGA singles don't like anything over 73-75F ambient.  Try running them in a room without secondary fans.  Try running GPUs in a room without secondary fans.

It's my understanding the Avalons perform just as well in warmer ambient temperatures.  I've been mining for about 3 years, and this is a pretty impressive leap.

It looks like the smaller fans are these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835129029

or the 80mm version.

There are complaints of noise in the reviews.

I considered that, but I think the noise would be a bit more muffled in that case.  Hard to say until I open it.  With that said, I'm mining with it at home right now and its not loud enough to be an issue.  When I move it to my datacenter it won't matter at all.

As I mentioned they are extremely tolerant to warmer operating environments ... unlike the FPGA singles.  I have to run secondary cooling (a room fan to keep them running consistently in warmer temps).

I'm seeing 278 watts from the wall running of an 80plus gold psu.  The fan isn't particularly loud, but it has a bit of a whine.  I suspect this is mostly due to the brand of fan they chose.  The amount of air coming out of the exhaust side isn't that great.  I have case fans that push as much air and are very quiet.

If I ever get around to opening it up, I'll check the brand of fan.

It was originally advertised as a 60 Gh unit when I ordered.  All the units I ordered were advertised as 60Gh.  I didn't have to upgrade.

It's actually a 60GH/s unit.

After playing with mine for a few days, I'm very impressed.

The most noticeable issue is how well it tolerates higher temperature.

From what I've seen, this device does not really require any secondary cooling unless you are in 90+ F temps.  Even at higher temps, there is no drop in hash rate.  It's been a particularly hot few days here.

I've run it in a room with the window open and no additional cooling.

At 73 degrees F ambient it runs at 62 degrees C pushing 60.235 GH/s.

At 83 degrees F ambient it runs at 67 degrees C pushing 60.188 Gh/s.


I had it up in running a few minutes after the box was open and it's been running for days without a hitch.  I haven't plugged in the killawatt yet, but it's running off an 850w PSU that is already powering a 7950 and 2x 6870s.