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As someone mentioned on the reddit thread, you should consider having pre-compiled versions for some of the embedded miners, like KNC, Antminer, etc.
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ok, I went back 15 pages, but didn't see this answered, so I hope I'm safe in asking:
Antminer S3 support yet? I see S1 & S2 folders, but no S3 folder yet.. Hoping Kano has a binary soon..
Trying to compile my own, but getting the build env right is... painful.
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Is there any chance of getting a version with support for Bitmain Antminers?
BTW, the 3.8.5 binary runs on my Asus RT-N16 (Broadcom BCM4718) but not my Linksys WRT-SL54GS (BCM4704).
+1 The Bitmain S3 is running OpenWRT -- BARRIER BREAKER (Bleeding Edge, r38031) - Atheros AR9330 [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.10.12 (xxl@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.6.4 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.6-2013.05 r38031) ) #134 Fri Jul 11 10:42:43 CST 2014
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cgminer 3.12.0-1
Is it possible to update Cgminer outside of the Bitmain firmware updates?
yes there's a couple ways you could do it: 1. download someone else's compiled upgraded version. (Haven't seen one for the S3 yet) 2. install the build env on the S3, and compile your own. very slow CPU in S3, will take a long while. (400mhz Atheros AR9330) 3. install a build-env on a machine with lots more CPU (linux box) and cross-compile. Will likely need custom source for Bitmain custom USB driver as well. Since I have quite a few of the S3's, I'd like to do #3, but I haven't found a build env for it yet. Details : OpenWRT -- BARRIER BREAKER (Bleeding Edge, r38031) [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.10.12 (xxl@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.6.4 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.6-2013.05 r38031) ) #134 Fri Jul 11 10:42:43 CST 2014
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On a related note, I'm moving my entire operation to a DC next month, and have the most tolerant and patient wife in the world.
Did this 6 months ago and glad I did. Details anywhere? Thinking about this myself, since I had an army of S3's in batch 1, and just ordered an army more in batch 4. |
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Anyone actually get an order in for the batch 4? I also cant buy it, says sold out.
yep, must be sold out I wouldn't say sold out.. I've been on the site since 10 minutes before it "opened" and there's never been stock.. I'd say not for sale yet. ANTMINER S3 -B4
Speed: 441
Price: 0.65 BTC
Up Coming
Unfortunately it looks like the specs are for the older hardware (no dc-dc fix yet?) and the price went up from 0.63 to 0.65. |
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No open sales yet.. but their site is completely slammed..
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WTB: 10% off coupons you don't intend to use.. Nothing crazy, but will pay in BTC.. PM me with # and offer .
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Quick power #'s, measured with my best unit.. and the only one that will hit 500GH.
Corsair TX850 80plus bronze PSU - single S3:
218 mhz -- 450 GH -- 346 watt at the wall
225 mhz -- 480 GH -- 370 watt at the wall
237 mhz -- 500 GH -- 394 watt at the wall
I was a bit curious myself and tested one of my batch one units, but I'm getting different power numbers at the wall. See below: 218 mhz -- 440 GH -- 360 watt at the wall 225 mhz -- 387 GH -- 348 watt at the wall 237 mhz -- 408 GH -- 360 watt at the wall 250 mgh -- 424 GH -- 345 watt at the wall I'm using a Corsair HX650 for each unit and testing using a Rosewill RHSP-13001. I've only tested one S3 thus far but there appears to be a power issue, or it's just not liking anything outside of stock frequency. I haven't flashed the firmware yet but am more concerned that I'm not pushing the same power to the unit at those higher frequencies. Any thoughts? So in the apology post that Bitmain posted, ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg7832797#msg7832797 ) they effectively indicated a bad batch of DC-DC and people weren't going to get the speeds they wanted.. hence the refund/credit. I suspect they've set all S3's to 218 out of the box, and knowing that most of them won't be able to run over that point. I have (1) of (10) that can run over the stock.. the rest just start X'ing out ASIC's and never go any better.. they're actually faster are 218 than at 225/237/250/etc. (I know a couple of -really- good board-level guys who could swap-out DC-DC supplies if I had any idea what to replace the faulty ones with) |
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generated a table to work with, based on the S1/S2 tables: ...package 'cgminer'
config 'asic-freq' 'default'
#option 'freq_value' '1486' #262.5M
#option 'chip_freq' '262.5'
#option 'timeout' '15'
#option 'freq_value' '1386' #250M
#option 'chip_freq' '250'
#option 'timeout' '16'
#option 'freq_value' '1306' #243.75M
#option 'chip_freq' '243.75'
#option 'timeout' '17'
#option 'freq_value' '1286' #237.5M
#option 'chip_freq' '237.5'
#option 'timeout' '17'
#option 'freq_value' '1206' #231.25M
#option 'chip_freq' '231.5'
#option 'timeout' '18'
#option 'freq_value' '1185' #225M
#option 'chip_freq' '225'
#option 'timeout' '18'
option 'freq_value' '1106' #218.75M
option 'chip_freq' '218.75'
option 'timeout' '18'
#option 'freq_value' '1086' #212.5M
#option 'chip_freq' '212.5'
#option 'timeout' '18'
#option 'freq_value' '0782' #200M
#option 'chip_freq' '200'
#option 'timeout' '20'
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Anyone have packages available yet with a newer cgminer? S3's come with 3.1.2.. old and crusty...
(Or instructions on how to get a build/dev/chain working, and I'll compile my own on something with horsepower)
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I have some small heatsinks that would fit the DCDC, do you think it would make a small difference in efficiency and DCDC stability?
it should help with keeping them cooler and running with less errors. go ahead and do it. I've got them on all of mine and it runs 406mhz all day long. Any thought if that would help the DC-DC issue the early S3's have? cool em down and maybe you can pull a bit more juice from them? |
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When will you have more in stock?
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For the ones who'd like to try other frequencies, they are in the data sheet available on bitmain site.
Or maybe the old table from the antminer over clocking thread would work after swaping the last digit from "1" to "2".
It seems to be the only difference between the settings.
Link? |
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Quick power #'s, measured with my best unit.. and the only one that will hit 500GH. Corsair TX850 80plus bronze PSU - single S3: 218 mhz -- 450 GH -- 346 watt at the wall 225 mhz -- 480 GH -- 370 watt at the wall 237 mhz -- 500 GH -- 394 watt at the wall My first order was 10, and here's an average over the last few hours: miner01 501.87 GH/s 3404032 (99.91%) 3072 / 0 / 0 0:00:03
miner02 456.70 GH/s 3092736 (99.93%) 2304 / 0 / 0 0:00:03
miner03 422.43 GH/s 3056128 (99.88%) 3584 / 0 / 0 0:00:03
miner04 442.37 GH/s 3094016 (99.62%) 11648 / 0 / 0 0:00:03
miner05 423.99 GH/s 3081984 (99.87%) 4096 / 0 / 0 0:00:03
miner06 429.29 GH/s 3043328 (99.68%) 9728 / 0 / 0 0:00:03
miner07 430.22 GH/s 2934272 (99.64%) 10496 / 0 / 0 0:00:04
miner08 451.09 GH/s 3077632 (99.88%) 3584 / 0 / 0 0:00:04
miner09 441.12 GH/s 2973696 (99.51%) 14592 / 0 / 0 0:00:04
miner10 454.52 GH/s 3096832 (99.69%) 9728 / 0 / 0 0:00:04
Overall, kinda disappointed with the lack of overclocking. (Which was warned about due to a bad batch of DC-DC..) While I do have one fast unit, One of the units won't even run at the STOCK clocks without X'ing out at least 1-2 of the ASIC's, and most of them can't survive even bumping up to 225. At this stage 2 or 4 power connectors doesn't seem to matter at all. The 500GH unit is running on (2), and the 420-units won't go faster on (4). I'm running 3 S3's per 1300W power supply, so it's not a power issue. Feeling a little deju'vu to KNC here.. First batch got bad dies, 400GH, second batch got fixes, 550GH. |
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For those of us setting up more than (1) box, is there any info on how to avoid having to piddle through through the GUI for all the settings? Maybe once DHCP is forced, SSH is enabled, set the rest via CLI? - cgminer settings - DHCP enabled - hostname -timezone etc? EDIT: I'm an idiot : /etc/config holds it all. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=699064.20(now if it would only check a URL on bootup for its' config like the KNC's do) |
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Any chance of a price adjustment with the BTC$USD up so much today?
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finally ordered, paid , confirmed got 3 & now waiting for coupon to order more
Any coupons to share before I order?  |
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.. to the top .. 1 more time...
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thats a nice toy
Agreed.. have a V1 now, and need something for the 2nd vehicle.. want to do some side-by-side compares.. |
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