Antminer S5 asic status....

[hickman89]

Hi,
New to crypto currency and decided to give bitcoin mining a go. I ordered two Antminer S5 units and the first one seems to be working exactly as planned. The second however only has half the ASICs working. I do not have XXXXXX, but have -------  under the ASIC statuson the Miner Status page.



Any ideas suggestions beyond contacting the seller?
 Thank you

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[notlist3d]

Hi,
New to crypto currency and decided to give bitcoin mining a go. I ordered two Antminer S5 units and the first one seems to be working exactly as planned. The second however only has half the ASICs working. I do not have XXXXXX, but have -------  under the ASIC statuson the Miner Status page.



Any ideas suggestions beyond contacting the seller?
 Thank you

Check connections and make sure they are all snug.  Maybe see what a reset of power does.

What model/brand PSU are you using on your miner?

[hickman89]

I've been searching and reading....I checked connections, ensured they are snug. Switched powers supplies (Corsair RM750 on each ANtMiner). I even downladed the firmware and reflashed it. I can't seem to find an answer or solution. The problem seems to be isolated to the mining unit. I get the red power light on the side that is working and do not on the side that I suspect is not.

Any ideas would be appreciated,
thank you

[notlist3d]

I've been searching and reading....I checked connections, ensured they are snug. Switched powers supplies (Corsair RM750 on each ANtMiner). I even downladed the firmware and reflashed it. I can't seem to find an answer or solution. The problem seems to be isolated to the mining unit. I get the red power light on the side that is working and do not on the side that I suspect is not.

Any ideas would be appreciated,
thank you

Does the RM750 have 4 separate power cords pcie-e (not adapters but cords)?   Or is it using 2 power cords with splitting it into two pci-e connectorss?

[hickman89]

two that are split. I assumed that wasn't a problem as the first miner I set up was the exact same configuration. I'm new to this....if it matters I will change it.....

[hickman89]

I just checked the corsair rm750, it only has 3  eight hole pci-e outlets...I think I have to use the split cables

[notlist3d]

I just checked the corsair rm750, it only has 3  eight hole pci-e outlets...I think I have to use the split cables

Ok try it at a lower freq and see what happens.  Make sure to do down a decent amount to see if that makes difference. After give it a complete power reset once it's done saving changes.

Hopefully that will show it working with needing less power.  If still no working next step is trying different PSU.

[notlist3d]

two that are split. I assumed that wasn't a problem as the first miner I set up was the exact same configuration. I'm new to this....if it matters I will change it.....

Power Consumption: 590 W (at the wall) is a lot to ask of 2 PCI-e cords.  Especially when your talking about mediocre PSU's.

Chances are like I mentioned in other one you might need to change down freq with only 2 main cords.

[hickman89]

Could I ask a recommendation on a PS more suited to this operation?

[notlist3d]

Could I ask a recommendation on a PS more suited to this operation?

I have had a RM1000 on my S5 from day one and never had an issue. There are lots of options though.

The new popular thing is to use server PSU's.  You will see a few that offer this.

[hickman89]

ok knocked it down to 200 frequency, not helping. Even swithced the PSU from the fully functional unit and no change. Sigh.....
Thank you for the help!!!!  much appreciated

[notlist3d]

ok knocked it down to 200 frequency, not helping. Even swithced the PSU from the fully functional unit and no change. Sigh.....
Thank you for the help!!!!  much appreciated

Not a problem.  You can open up a ticket with bitmain and see what they say.  I have a feeling they will send you twords here - https://bitmain.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203559969-My-S5-hashes-at-about-600GH-S and psu.

If all else fails ask seller.

[notabeliever]

Hi,
New to crypto currency and decided to give bitcoin mining a go. I ordered two Antminer S5 units and the first one seems to be working exactly as planned. The second however only has half the ASICs working. I do not have XXXXXX, but have -------  under the ASIC statuson the Miner Status page.



Any ideas suggestions beyond contacting the seller?
 Thank you

Check connections and make sure they are all snug.  Maybe see what a reset of power does.

What model/brand PSU are you using on your miner?

I agree, the PCI-E connection from PSU to Each board could loosen. I first turn power off, unplugged PCI-e connectors and reconnect all of them then turn power back on.
My PSU for one S-5 is a Corsar 750. My S-1 also does this and that power supply is a Corsair 600.

I Load Balance the S-1
S-5 I set it to Failover and most times SSH into it and set it to Rotate every 30 minutes.

[philipma1957]

okay  I think you have


a) loose controller cable
b) bad controller cable
c) bad controller port
d) loose pcie jack


to test look at your good s-5 swap the white cables from each pci-e board  to the bad s-5


see the image  link (dogie's image not mine)

not the fan cable
not the 4 pin power cable

the two 16 pin cables they go from controller on top to each board.

also those controllers can do 4 boards.

I am guessing the cables are bad or maybe not attached too well


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7573/15970072778_2ecbca4371_o.jpg

[notlist3d]

Hi,
New to crypto currency and decided to give bitcoin mining a go. I ordered two Antminer S5 units and the first one seems to be working exactly as planned. The second however only has half the ASICs working. I do not have XXXXXX, but have -------  under the ASIC statuson the Miner Status page.



Any ideas suggestions beyond contacting the seller?
 Thank you

Check connections and make sure they are all snug.  Maybe see what a reset of power does.

What model/brand PSU are you using on your miner?

I agree, the PCI-E connection from PSU to Each board could loosen. I first turn power off, unplugged PCI-e connectors and reconnect all of them then turn power back on.
My PSU for one S-5 is a Corsar 750. My S-1 also does this and that power supply is a Corsair 600.

I Load Balance the S-1
S-5 I set it to Failover and most times SSH into it and set it to Rotate every 30 minutes.

Yea I wish you had a PSU with 4 power cables to try.  But the freq adjusting normally can do the trick.

But checking cables are snug, and flashing it with firmware is doing a decent amount.    It's seeing something there so it's not dead.

Put in a ticket here  https://bitmain.zendesk.com/hc/en-us and let us know how it goes.

[hickman89]

okay  I think you have


a) loose controller cable
b) bad controller cable
c) bad controller port
d) loose pcie jack


to test look at your good s-5 swap the white cables from each pci-e board  to the bad s-5


see the image  link (dogie's image not mine)

not the fan cable
not the 4 pin power cable

the two 16 pin cables they go from controller on top to each board.

also those controllers can do 4 boards.

I am guessing the cables are bad or maybe not attached too well


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7573/15970072778_2ecbca4371_o.jpg

I was excited to try this, but it confirmed the cables are all good and connections seem good. I switched pcie cables as well. Same situation at the end.

[hickman89]

ok knocked it down to 200 frequency, not helping. Even swithced the PSU from the fully functional unit and no change. Sigh.....
Thank you for the help!!!!  much appreciated

Not a problem.  You can open up a ticket with bitmain and see what they say.  I have a feeling they will send you twords here - https://bitmain.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203559969-My-S5-hashes-at-about-600GH-S and psu.

If all else fails ask seller.

Believe it or not I tried this also to no avail. I am in contact with seller now...will report how that goes....

thank you to everyone who threw in advice, I appreciate it!!!!

[notlist3d]

ok knocked it down to 200 frequency, not helping. Even swithced the PSU from the fully functional unit and no change. Sigh.....
Thank you for the help!!!!  much appreciated

Not a problem.  You can open up a ticket with bitmain and see what they say.  I have a feeling they will send you twords here - https://bitmain.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203559969-My-S5-hashes-at-about-600GH-S and psu.

If all else fails ask seller.

Believe it or not I tried this also to no avail. I am in contact with seller now...will report how that goes....

thank you to everyone who threw in advice, I appreciate it!!!!

What did bitmain try?  It is odd that none of these fixed it, but I'm surprised they did not find something.

If bitmain could not help fix it chances are instead of working with seller... you will need to do paypal.  And on next S5 buy direct from bitmain is my suggestion as they still sell new(or newest there are).

[hickman89]

Have not contacted Bitmain yet, I had already opened a conversation with the seller and was going to finalize that before working with bitmain.

[notlist3d]

Have not contacted Bitmain yet, I had already opened a conversation with the seller and was going to finalize that before working with bitmain.

Go ahead and open a ticket up.  They might be able to help.

What is there to finalize with seller?    I would go to him last personally but send message you are having problems.    Bitmain is going to be able to do a lot more then seller (in most cases) as far as help.

[Erkallys]

It's still possible to order one ?

[notlist3d]

It's still possible to order one ?

Order a S5?   Yes it is from bitmain: https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

[Erkallys]

It's still possible to order one ?

Order a S5?   Yes it is from bitmain: https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

Oh nice ! But I see that the price has increased, and that's less nice ...

[Amph]

It's still possible to order one ?

Order a S5?   Yes it is from bitmain: https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

Oh nice ! But I see that the price has increased, and that's less nice ...

yeah take a look at the market section, you cna find a better deal, otherwise roi may be infinite at this point with 1.4 for a single unit...

[Erkallys]

It's still possible to order one ?

Order a S5?   Yes it is from bitmain: https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

Oh nice ! But I see that the price has increased, and that's less nice ...

yeah take a look at the market section, you cna find a better deal, otherwise roi may be infinite at this point with 1.4 for a single unit...

I've done some calculations and I find a ROI in 127 days, considering that the price increase of 4% at each difficulty reajustment.

[notlist3d]

It's still possible to order one ?

Order a S5?   Yes it is from bitmain: https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

Oh nice ! But I see that the price has increased, and that's less nice ...

yeah take a look at the market section, you cna find a better deal, otherwise roi may be infinite at this point with 1.4 for a single unit...

I've done some calculations and I find a ROI in 127 days, considering that the price increase of 4% at each difficulty reajustment.

Are you including electricity costs?  Just seems low, maybe share how you got this number?

You can count on difficulty change each period.  But I would not count on 4 percent interest each period.  We have had some good raises in BTC yes.  But it took a while, it was not a nice 4 percent per period.

[Erkallys]

It's still possible to order one ?

Order a S5?   Yes it is from bitmain: https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

Oh nice ! But I see that the price has increased, and that's less nice ...

yeah take a look at the market section, you cna find a better deal, otherwise roi may be infinite at this point with 1.4 for a single unit...

I've done some calculations and I find a ROI in 127 days, considering that the price increase of 4% at each difficulty reajustment.

Are you including electricity costs?  Just seems low, maybe share how you got this number?

You can count on difficulty change each period.  But I would not count on 4 percent interest each period.  We have had some good raises in BTC yes.  But it took a while, it was not a nice 4 percent per period.

I used Bitcoin calculators and searched for how much people make a day. I found an average of 0,0114
/day.

The electricity is paid by the company where I work so I don't have to take this in account .

I took 4% to be sure to do the pessimistic scenario, to be sure that it is the minimum amount I earn.

[notlist3d]

I used Bitcoin calculators and searched for how much people make a day. I found an average of 0,0114
/day.

The electricity is paid by the company where I work so I don't have to take this in account .

I took 4% to be sure to do the pessimistic scenario, to be sure that it is the minimum amount I earn.

Well that makes a huge difference on electricity being paid for.  Pretty much will ROI then.

Only question when you said earlier " considering that the price increase of 4% at each difficulty reajustment."   Are you making price of BTC going up 4 percent each period?  Or are you making difficulty go up 4 percent each period?

Big difference between the two

[Amph]

It's still possible to order one ?

Order a S5?   Yes it is from bitmain: https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

Oh nice ! But I see that the price has increased, and that's less nice ...

yeah take a look at the market section, you cna find a better deal, otherwise roi may be infinite at this point with 1.4 for a single unit...

I've done some calculations and I find a ROI in 127 days, considering that the price increase of 4% at each difficulty reajustment.

Are you including electricity costs?  Just seems low, maybe share how you got this number?

You can count on difficulty change each period.  But I would not count on 4 percent interest each period.  We have had some good raises in BTC yes.  But it took a while, it was not a nice 4 percent per period.

I used Bitcoin calculators and searched for how much people make a day. I found an average of 0,0114
/day.

The electricity is paid by the company where I work so I don't have to take this in account .

I took 4% to be sure to do the pessimistic scenario, to be sure that it is the minimum amount I earn.

ah well you have free electricty, or what i like to call it "abusive electricity" , then yes it is feasible in 4 months, but i wouldn't pay more than $350 for a s5 in any case

[hickman89]

Hi,
New to crypto currency and decided to give bitcoin mining a go. I ordered two Antminer S5 units and the first one seems to be working exactly as planned. The second however only has half the ASICs working. I do not have XXXXXX, but have -------  under the ASIC statuson the Miner Status page.



Any ideas suggestions beyond contacting the seller?
 Thank you

Check connections and make sure they are all snug.  Maybe see what a reset of power does.

What model/brand PSU are you using on your miner?

I agree, the PCI-E connection from PSU to Each board could loosen. I first turn power off, unplugged PCI-e connectors and reconnect all of them then turn power back on.
My PSU for one S-5 is a Corsar 750. My S-1 also does this and that power supply is a Corsair 600.

I Load Balance the S-1
S-5 I set it to Failover and most times SSH into it and set it to Rotate every 30 minutes.

Yea I wish you had a PSU with 4 power cables to try.  But the freq adjusting normally can do the trick.

But checking cables are snug, and flashing it with firmware is doing a decent amount.    It's seeing something there so it's not dead.

Put in a ticket here  https://bitmain.zendesk.com/hc/en-us and let us know how it goes.

Hi
May we know what kind of PSU you are using ?Have you switch psu with good miner to try ?
If now use,
1. please power off the miner, press each chip with your finger and .please kindly reconnect each part to make sure of good connection., then restart the miner to confirm is there any help

2. please disconnect all the 18pin white cable from control board. Connect the one cable to control board with one hash board and confirm whether this board can work well separately, then disconnect this cable from control board.

> Connect the other cable to control board with the other hash board and confirm whether the 2nd blade can work well separately.

Feed back to us the screenshot of Miner status as reference.

3. please disassemble the heatsink from hash board and confirm whether the thermal paste is applied correctly,re-paint the thermal paste to confirm is there any help.

Best Regards

Sherry

That was the reply from Bitmain, I did all of the above, no help. The one curious thing that did happen when I ran each blade singly, was that the non working blade when single had the zeros under ASIC status instead of dashes. It just did not hash. Awaiting another tech support reply.

[Erkallys]

I used Bitcoin calculators and searched for how much people make a day. I found an average of 0,0114
/day.

The electricity is paid by the company where I work so I don't have to take this in account .

I took 4% to be sure to do the pessimistic scenario, to be sure that it is the minimum amount I earn.

Well that makes a huge difference on electricity being paid for.  Pretty much will ROI then.

Only question when you said earlier " considering that the price increase of 4% at each difficulty reajustment."   Are you making price of BTC going up 4 percent each period?  Or are you making difficulty go up 4 percent each period?

Big difference between the two

Taking that the difficulty will increase of 4% each time. Also, now it's sure I'll buy one but I still need to know something. If I take a 650W PSU, will it do it nicely ?

[philipma1957]

I used Bitcoin calculators and searched for how much people make a day. I found an average of 0,0114
/day.

The electricity is paid by the company where I work so I don't have to take this in account .

I took 4% to be sure to do the pessimistic scenario, to be sure that it is the minimum amount I earn.

Well that makes a huge difference on electricity being paid for.  Pretty much will ROI then.

Only question when you said earlier " considering that the price increase of 4% at each difficulty reajustment."   Are you making price of BTC going up 4 percent each period?  Or are you making difficulty go up 4 percent each period?

Big difference between the two

Taking that the difficulty will increase of 4% each time. Also, now it's sure I'll buy one but I still need to know something. If I take a 650W PSU, will it do it nicely ?

no a 650 psu is a case of pennywise pound foolish. 
also the s-5 is really loud.

[Erkallys]

Just saw at the moment that it was sold out on DHGate.com  !

[notlist3d]

Just saw at the moment that it was sold out on DHGate.com  !

If you were to buy a S5 do not buy from a secondary site unless a bargin.  You want the 90 day warranty.

Currently they have them on bitmain's site for sell (they temporary said sold out but it now appears to have more stock).  Order direct on S5.  If older gear then look into secondary markets.

Phils comment of "case of pennywise pound foolish. " is pretty correct.  If you try to save a few bucks in this game it will come back to bite you most of the time. 

[Erkallys]

Just saw at the moment that it was sold out on DHGate.com  !

If you were to buy a S5 do not buy from a secondary site unless a bargin.  You want the 90 day warranty.

Currently they have them on bitmain's site for sell (they temporary said sold out but it now appears to have more stock).  Order direct on S5.  If older gear then look into secondary markets.

Phils comment of "case of pennywise pound foolish. " is pretty correct.  If you try to save a few bucks in this game it will come back to bite you most of the time. 

So it's better to order directly on Bitmain's site ? Do they accept credit card ?

[notlist3d]

Just saw at the moment that it was sold out on DHGate.com  !

If you were to buy a S5 do not buy from a secondary site unless a bargin.  You want the 90 day warranty.

Currently they have them on bitmain's site for sell (they temporary said sold out but it now appears to have more stock).  Order direct on S5.  If older gear then look into secondary markets.

Phils comment of "case of pennywise pound foolish. " is pretty correct.  If you try to save a few bucks in this game it will come back to bite you most of the time. 

So it's better to order directly on Bitmain's site ? Do they accept credit card ?

I have always used BTC.  But they say they offer it through "DHGate store" which currently say's sold out. But their BTC store say's in stock.

This could change sometime yesterday they said they were out of stock, then it came back in stock.  So hard to say how many they have.

Here is link to official bitmain site: https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

[Erkallys]

Just saw at the moment that it was sold out on DHGate.com  !

If you were to buy a S5 do not buy from a secondary site unless a bargin.  You want the 90 day warranty.

Currently they have them on bitmain's site for sell (they temporary said sold out but it now appears to have more stock).  Order direct on S5.  If older gear then look into secondary markets.

Phils comment of "case of pennywise pound foolish. " is pretty correct.  If you try to save a few bucks in this game it will come back to bite you most of the time. 

So it's better to order directly on Bitmain's site ? Do they accept credit card ?

I have always used BTC.  But they say they offer it through "DHGate store" which currently say's sold out. But their BTC store say's in stock.

This could change sometime yesterday they said they were out of stock, then it came back in stock.  So hard to say how many they have.

Here is link to official bitmain site: https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

I've tried to do a checkout and they also offer to pay in USD on Bitmain's site so I think it's ok. But what would be a typical good PSU for the S5 ?

[notlist3d]

Just saw at the moment that it was sold out on DHGate.com  !

If you were to buy a S5 do not buy from a secondary site unless a bargin.  You want the 90 day warranty.

Currently they have them on bitmain's site for sell (they temporary said sold out but it now appears to have more stock).  Order direct on S5.  If older gear then look into secondary markets.

Phils comment of "case of pennywise pound foolish. " is pretty correct.  If you try to save a few bucks in this game it will come back to bite you most of the time. 

So it's better to order directly on Bitmain's site ? Do they accept credit card ?

I have always used BTC.  But they say they offer it through "DHGate store" which currently say's sold out. But their BTC store say's in stock.

This could change sometime yesterday they said they were out of stock, then it came back in stock.  So hard to say how many they have.

Here is link to official bitmain site: https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

I've tried to do a checkout and they also offer to pay in USD on Bitmain's site so I think it's ok. But what would be a typical good PSU for the S5 ?

I personally have been using ATX PSU's as they are what I have.  This is RM1000's, EVGA 1300, and a few others.

The new thing though is really to get server PSUs.   You will find multiple options on the forums.  But now days it seems you can get a good efficiency server psu with breakout board to pci-e cheaper then ATX.  It's worth checking out.

[philipma1957]

Just saw at the moment that it was sold out on DHGate.com   !

If you were to buy a S5 do not buy from a secondary site unless a bargin.  You want the 90 day warranty.

Currently they have them on bitmain's site for sell (they temporary said sold out but it now appears to have more stock).  Order direct on S5.  If older gear then look into secondary markets.

Phils comment of "case of pennywise pound foolish. " is pretty correct.  If you try to save a few bucks in this game it will come back to bite you most of the time.  

So it's better to order directly on Bitmain's site ? Do they accept credit card ?

I have always used BTC.  But they say they offer it through "DHGate store" which currently say's sold out. But their BTC store say's in stock.

This could change sometime yesterday they said they were out of stock, then it came back in stock.  So hard to say how many they have.

Here is link to official bitmain site: https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

I've tried to do a checkout and they also offer to pay in USD on Bitmain's site so I think it's ok. But what would be a typical good PSU for the S5 ?

this is 113 you can use paypal. it is on sale

  

http://www.gigampz.com/store/p21/Gigampz_80Plus_Platinum_Efficiency%2C_1200_Watt_Kit.html

 I reviewed it

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=985163.0

the sellers thread

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=622783.0

[Erkallys]

Just saw at the moment that it was sold out on DHGate.com   !

If you were to buy a S5 do not buy from a secondary site unless a bargin.  You want the 90 day warranty.

Currently they have them on bitmain's site for sell (they temporary said sold out but it now appears to have more stock).  Order direct on S5.  If older gear then look into secondary markets.

Phils comment of "case of pennywise pound foolish. " is pretty correct.  If you try to save a few bucks in this game it will come back to bite you most of the time.  

So it's better to order directly on Bitmain's site ? Do they accept credit card ?

I have always used BTC.  But they say they offer it through "DHGate store" which currently say's sold out. But their BTC store say's in stock.

This could change sometime yesterday they said they were out of stock, then it came back in stock.  So hard to say how many they have.

Here is link to official bitmain site: https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

I've tried to do a checkout and they also offer to pay in USD on Bitmain's site so I think it's ok. But what would be a typical good PSU for the S5 ?

this is 113 you can use paypal. it is on sale

  

http://www.gigampz.com/store/p21/Gigampz_80Plus_Platinum_Efficiency%2C_1200_Watt_Kit.html

 I reviewed it

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=985163.0

the sellers thread

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=622783.0

Nice that's barely the price of 650W PSU at my local store !

[philipma1957]

Just saw at the moment that it was sold out on DHGate.com   !

If you were to buy a S5 do not buy from a secondary site unless a bargin.  You want the 90 day warranty.

Currently they have them on bitmain's site for sell (they temporary said sold out but it now appears to have more stock).  Order direct on S5.  If older gear then look into secondary markets.

Phils comment of "case of pennywise pound foolish. " is pretty correct.  If you try to save a few bucks in this game it will come back to bite you most of the time.  

So it's better to order directly on Bitmain's site ? Do they accept credit card ?

I have always used BTC.  But they say they offer it through "DHGate store" which currently say's sold out. But their BTC store say's in stock.

This could change sometime yesterday they said they were out of stock, then it came back in stock.  So hard to say how many they have.

Here is link to official bitmain site: https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020150303095018716e2uWKIA70662

I've tried to do a checkout and they also offer to pay in USD on Bitmain's site so I think it's ok. But what would be a typical good PSU for the S5 ?

this is 113 you can use paypal. it is on sale

  

http://www.gigampz.com/store/p21/Gigampz_80Plus_Platinum_Efficiency%2C_1200_Watt_Kit.html

 I reviewed it

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=985163.0

the sellers thread

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=622783.0

Nice that's barely the price of 650W PSU at my local store !

 yep and running 1 s-5 it is pretty quiet and will do   93%  efficient platinum quality.