BFL's run on 12 volt. Not 5 volt. As long as you have at least 25 amps free on the 12v rail, it should run happily. My 50 GH miners only use 200 watts each (16.6 amps)

Should be getting my blades today from USPS, as well as required networking equipment and 1 power supply from Fedex. The other power supply... Ugh. The ebay seller had an unreasonable handling time and shipped it out WEDNESDAY when I ordered it saturday. I'll be sure to complain, since I had called them and urged them to ship it by monday at the latest since it was for a time sensitive project. They said it would be going out that day. Nope. 6PM on Tuesday, after the deadline for same day shipping, so it actually got mailed on Wednesday. I'll have to screw around with my second spare power supply and get it up and running. Anxious all the same though!

Maidak, I haven't ignored your email. I'm just waiting for the equipment to show up and get it working. In my defense, you did state on the website free shipping for orders over $99, but I was a pain in the ass because of the whole backplane thing. I'll partially reimburse you for shipping after all the equipment is up and running.

you were scammed

Wow, that is very unfortunate.

Guess I'll be running my BFLs without the case instead.

They are no longer cheap. I happened to pick them up just before a price increase, because of overwhelming demand. The seller honored the lower price though.

Another progress bump. Got 4 tracking numbers (It was established that 5 ASICMiner blades would fit per Large Flat Rate box. He also only uses flat rate boxes). USPS projects a 2 day delivery time. Pretty quick for free shipping. Will keep this thread posted.

Little bump here. The OP definately seems linked to the website bitcoinminerz.com. I was asked to go to their live chat (why didnt I see it earlier?) on the main page. We talked for a bit, worked out some of the details. He'll call me later today hopefully to flesh out some more of the details. So far, seems legitimate. Will keep this thread updated on my experience.

So I picked up a bunch of ASICMiner blades cheap, asked the seller for backplanes, seems sure that that backplanes will be shipped with them, so I ordered some 80plus platinum rated 1200 watt "Common Slot" power supplies, model HSTNS-PL11, part number 438203-001, since they seemed to be compatible, and I like insane electrical efficiency.

Now my question is, what can I mount this in? I know they will need active cooling, so I figured I need some sort of frame that will attach a number of fans to the same frame of reference as the blades. Not sure how many fans I'll need, likely 3x2 120mm in a push pull configuration, but thats aside from the original question. What can I mount all this junk in?

1% fee would be 12.87 BTC, down from 13 BTC. Why would the admins be scamming like this? This makes no sense. If everything is correct, why do the admins not release escrow? Are they butthurt that they got called out?

Thats why you dont trade with other newbs. They have no background here, so you don't know if they are scammer or not. People with older accounts here tend to be more trustable, especially if they have positive trust ratings in their profile.
Also, it's not possible to escrow paypal. You can chargeback through an escrow. Sellers don't like Paypal because the users will abuse the system and chargeback on anything and everything possible.

Hi, sorry for not instant reply. I also left a phone message and on-site email. Yeah, I was interested in a largeish order of blades so I was working on the idea of using backplanes for mounting and power delivery (if I can figure out what power supplies to get that is.. would be nice to find something 80plus gold). I also registered on the site and tried using the coupon code btctalk656 on there but says "Warning: Coupon is either invalid, expired or reached it's usage limit!". I trust the site since it's allegedly yours and you have a high trust rating in your forum profile, but I want to make sure I get everything I need to start mining again, even if it is with sub-optimal hardware.

Also, sorr yfor stupid question, but I wanted to make sure. You have blades in stock, right? They aren't a pre-order?

Hi. Do you offer 1 day shipping? Priority isnt fast enough >.<

Also, do you think you could give me some support setting them up? I've been in the mining game since july 2011, and kinda want to get back in. If I were to get back in, I'd probably buy 10 or 20, and I'd probably want backplanes, and maybe power supplies and fan recommendations.

You can either cancel the transaction and eat a negative rating from your buyer.

or

You can ship to a possible scammer, but you won't lose any money because ebay and paypal will protect your money since you will ship to a confirmed address. Just make sure your terms of sale are good, i.e. no returns, guaranteed working, DOA protection 12 hours from the point of signature, something like that.

You are insane. 0.3-0.35 BTC for used 7970 is about a good price.

If you are talking about physically cutting off and disconnecting wire from an old power supply and using it in place of whatever wires on the blade erupter power supply, yes, you can do that.


If you are talking about connecting 2 power supplies to the same chain of blades, you will have a bad time. You will effectively be linking the grounds of both power supplies to each other and linking the +12v of both power supplies to each other. If either of these have a voltage difference, bad things will happen and power will flow to the lower potentials unrestricted.

but the bitcoins it mines becomes more or less valueable as exchange rate goes up or down. If you bought this for ~$1000 dollars and received it, then bitcoin tanked to $10 right after you received it, you'd be pretty pissed, wouldn't you? On the other hand, if bitcoin went to 5x the value after yo ureceived it, seller would have been screwed and lost a lot of money.

Bitcoin prices for devices that make bitcoins is probably best.

Let me know when you do that. I could use some fan plates. But please, price it reasonably. No gouging.

Will vouch for Blazedout419. He should not require an escrow, and is safe to send coins to first. If you have a problem with that, find someone else to scam

Would this work?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120mm-Fan-Silicone-Soft-Anti-Vibration-Noise-Reduction-Silencer-Gasket-Black-/151016314996?pt=US_Power_Cables_Connectors&hash=item2329461874
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMPUTER-FAN-GRILL-FINGERGUARD-120mm-Black-/261298231558?pt=US_Computer_Fan_Grills_Filters&hash=item3cd6969906

Or what about these?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120mm-Black-Aluminum-PC-Fan-Filter-Grill-Guard-for-Computer-Fans-/121178864953?pt=US_Computer_Fan_Grills_Filters&hash=item1c36d2bd39

It's a scam. Never pay irreversible method for ebay items. Otherwise ebay won't help you if it's a scam.