GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread

[Arnette99]

the meter that measures 0.5-0.6 cannot be described as "proper".
you need one that measures mv to the third number, like 0.653V
I use this one:
http://www.amazon.com/INNOVA-3320-Auto-Ranging-Digital-Multimeter/dp/B000EVYGZA

Second, i don't think you should dismiss the worker comment without checking, although it is a minor possibility.
Basically, Eligius detects two miners with exactly the same name.
i am not sure it does not result in conflict. in fact, it happened to me once and one miner simply dropped out (stopped hashing in a short while).
others might comment if it is in fact possible to have two workers with identical names.

I do have an account at another mining pool I can try. I will make a worker for this device exclusively.
I should have access to a more precise meter, I'll be able to test it tonight.

[Biodom]

the meter that measures 0.5-0.6 cannot be described as "proper".
you need one that measures mv to the third number, like 0.653V
I use this one:
http://www.amazon.com/INNOVA-3320-Auto-Ranging-Digital-Multimeter/dp/B000EVYGZA

Second, i don't think you should dismiss the worker comment without checking, although it is a minor possibility.
Basically, Eligius detects two miners with exactly the same name.
i am not sure it does not result in conflict. in fact, it happened to me once and one miner simply dropped out (stopped hashing in a short while).
others might comment if it is in fact possible to have two workers with identical names.

I do have an account at another mining pool I can try. I will make a worker for this device exclusively.
I should have access to a more precise meter, I'll be able to test it tonight.

even simpler, make a new wallet account on blockchain.info and use that wallet address as a worker on kano.is or Eligius.

[zOU]

So more on improving cooling for my 6 gekkos.

I've ordered 2 of the following heatsink:



I plan to attach 3 sticks side by side on each, they have higher fins and they're orientated properly for my current cooling setup.

What do you think ?

Now I'm wondering if I should re use screws to secure the sticks or if thermal pad would be good enough....

[Arnette99]

the meter that measures 0.5-0.6 cannot be described as "proper".
you need one that measures mv to the third number, like 0.653V
I use this one:
http://www.amazon.com/INNOVA-3320-Auto-Ranging-Digital-Multimeter/dp/B000EVYGZA

Second, i don't think you should dismiss the worker comment without checking, although it is a minor possibility.
Basically, Eligius detects two miners with exactly the same name.
i am not sure it does not result in conflict. in fact, it happened to me once and one miner simply dropped out (stopped hashing in a short while).
others might comment if it is in fact possible to have two workers with identical names.

I do have an account at another mining pool I can try. I will make a worker for this device exclusively.
I should have access to a more precise meter, I'll be able to test it tonight.

even simpler, make a new wallet account on blockchain.info and use that wallet address as a worker on kano.is or Eligius.

I actually had a blockchain account
Tried it in cgminer and bfgminer and it has made no difference unfortunately. The bfgminer is still not able to detect the device.
Will explore the other voltmeter tonight.

[zOU]

I think it should have worked fine with --benchmark

Try forcing it at 100Mhs when you do it
--compac-freq 100 --benchmark

This way there's no account involved

[Arnette99]

I think it should have worked fine with --benchmark

Try forcing it at 100Mhs when you do it
--compac-freq 100 --benchmark

This way there's no account involved

Thanks, but I tried this before. I didn't realise it bypassed the pool altogether, though this makes it way easier. I am going to get a more precise voltmeter tonight and try the benchmark feature with the clock at 100mhz.

[hurricandave]

if you mine to the burgerfund address without adding a worker_name, it will just add it to the default worker which already has stuff pointed at it, but sugg_diff won't work if its already raised for that default worker because your just adding more hash power to an existing connection.

[Arnette99]

Hey, was able to borrow my friend's voltmeter. It turns out the unit was set at 0.694v. I adjusted it again down to 0.559V and back up to 0.8V in increments, and restarted the client every time I made an adjustment to check for stability. I was unable to get the unit stable, unfortunately. The most I could get it to do was a few error hashes (The HW count).

I am assuming the miner is faulty, then?

[cavaliersrus]

is this in a powered hub or a unpowered hub ? sounds kinda like a lil setup issues unless its only 1 stick thats not working i would suggest talking with sidehack and novak there the manufactures of the sticks and listen to them

[Arnette99]

is this in a powered hub or a unpowered hub ? sounds kinda like a lil setup issues unless its only 1 stick thats not working i would suggest talking with sidehack and novak there the manufactures of the sticks and listen to them

I have tried the stick directly into a usb 3.0 port, and also with a 7 port usb 2.0 powered hub (3.5A adapter). I have tried on 3 seperate PC's now.

[philipma1957]

So more on improving cooling for my 6 gekkos.

I've ordered 2 of the following heatsink:



I plan to attach 3 sticks side by side on each, they have higher fins and they're orientated properly for my current cooling setup.

What do you think ?

Now I'm wondering if I should re use screws to secure the sticks or if thermal pad would be good enough....

you have me thinking I have an extra heatsink from an avalon6 hash board that burned.

 I wonder if I can attach it to my sticks.

[zOU]

So more on improving cooling for my 6 gekkos.

I've ordered 2 of the following heatsink:



I plan to attach 3 sticks side by side on each, they have higher fins and they're orientated properly for my current cooling setup.

What do you think ?

Now I'm wondering if I should re use screws to secure the sticks or if thermal pad would be good enough....

you have me thinking I have an extra heatsink from an avalon6 hash board that burned.

 I wonder if I can attach it to my sticks.

well, I've ordered some thermal pads so as soon as I receive the heatsink (it may be a while i got them from aliexpress...and they've not been expedited yet) I'll let you know

this is so far the best space vs cooling compromise I've thought of while keeping my current plexiglas cooling box :p

[Didldak]

I am having the very same problems as Arnette99. I got the bitshopper.de versions, using windows 10 I can see them in cgminer when I connect them WHILE the cgminer is running (if I connect them before, it crashes after a little while after startup).

zadig driver installed,
zlib1 present
tried bfgminer, without any luck
both miners in USB2 ports on PC.
cgminer 4.9.2.

it says no hashes, then restarting, then failure - zombie, then the cycle repeats.

Please help :/

[Jake36]

I am having the very same problems as Arnette99. I got the bitshopper.de versions, using windows 10 I can see them in cgminer when I connect them WHILE the cgminer is running (if I connect them before, it crashes after a little while after startup).

zadig driver installed,
zlib1 present
tried bfgminer, without any luck
both miners in USB2 ports on PC.
cgminer 4.9.2.

it says no hashes, then restarting, then failure - zombie, then the cycle repeats.

Please help :/

Are you trying cgminer-gekko-ver2 or the first version? First one didn't work with the bitshopper sticks.

But then again, it's probably something to do with windows 10, I think everyone who has tried to run them under 10 has had some kind of trouble.

[Jake36]

Now the funny part, had 1 stick just stop hashing a couple days ago and can't get it to start hashing again.

Checked voltage (just tried setting it down to 0.560mV and just went up to 0.774mV) and looked at everything I can see without pulling the heat-sink off.
Even checked it with the dork usb meter, got 5.06V, but was only getting about a 0.04A reading (maybe because it wasn't hashing?).

About the only thing I can see, is it looks like maybe one of the legs on the 0902NS by the usb plug might not have got enough solder, but can't be sure (eyes ain't as good as they used to be)?

Even did a fresh install of gekko-ver2 on the desktop and tried running it
https://i.imgur.com/loIe2Iu.png

And pulled it, hot plugged a working 1 into same port)
https://i.imgur.com/PWSosQy.png
Working 1 starts hashing, so port and power is good.

Is there a easy way to check if the leg on to 0902NS is making contact (with out shorting and burning something up?)? It would be the second leg from the left on the side by the R47 with the usb male pointing away from you.

Like I said, it hashed up until a couple days ago, ever since I got it from the second batch order.

[sidehack]

Second leg from the anything doesn't matter a lot. There's a corner pin not connected to the rest on each one that needs to be connected, but the other three pins on that side are all common and the four on the opposite side are common.

[zOU]

just a quick thought:

maybe the people have problem with windows 10 should create a .bat file and run it in compatibility mode xp/7 ?

I don't think it's going to make a difference but it's worth a shot ?

[Didldak]

I am having the very same problems as Arnette99. I got the bitshopper.de versions, using windows 10 I can see them in cgminer when I connect them WHILE the cgminer is running (if I connect them before, it crashes after a little while after startup).

zadig driver installed,
zlib1 present
tried bfgminer, without any luck
both miners in USB2 ports on PC.
cgminer 4.9.2.

it says no hashes, then restarting, then failure - zombie, then the cycle repeats.

Please help :/

Are you trying cgminer-gekko-ver2 or the first version? First one didn't work with the bitshopper sticks.

But then again, it's probably something to do with windows 10, I think everyone who has tried to run them under 10 has had some kind of trouble.

I have the new version of cgminer from first post, tried running as admin, running in compa mode. Nothing helps. Thinking about downgrading to windows 7...

[zOU]

that would be a lot of hassle.

Can you try to boot from a Linux CD/DVD/USB and try there ?

[Didldak]

I wish I could. I am on remote desktop 100km away and I need to wait till weekend to get my hands on the miners. However, I am determined to make them mine during this weekend =)