[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain Antminer S7 Setup [HD]

[BTC_ISTANBUL]

Hi! I have got a problem.I am using Evga 1600 watt to power my miner.I have experienced something unusual.All the asics seems ok, temps are 0 and miner not hashing.Here is the link.It is neither about BB nor IO (I have swithced off).Checked the cards with eye, no dropping parts).

Here is the link.If anyone experienced such a thing I would very much appreciate if shares the solution or the reason.

http://prntscr.com/b47pmr

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[zOU]

Hi! I have got a problem.I am using Evga 1600 watt to power my miner.I have experienced something unusual.All the asics seems ok, temps are 0 and miner not hashing.Here is the link.It is neither about BB nor IO (I have swithced off).Checked the cards with eye, no dropping parts).

Here is the link.If anyone experienced such a thing I would very much appreciate if shares the solution or the reason.

http://prntscr.com/b47pmr

temp 0 ?

I believe there should always be a temp displayed, whether it's mining or not.


I have a different problem.

One of the chip seems defective:


it's always the same.
Sometimes it fails after a few minutes sometimes after a day or more.

How can I identify it on the board ?

(which board is chain 1 ?)

it's still under warranty, so I wonder if it's worth the hassle or dismantling it and returning the board to Bitmain ....

[dogie]

it's still under warranty, so I wonder if it's worth the hassle or dismantling it and returning the board to Bitmain ....

It is absolutely not worth the hassle, 100%.

[zOU]

OK I've upgraded my FW to may23rd release, we'll see if it makes a difference (no x after 20mn...)

Code:

System
Miner Type	Antminer S7
Hostname	AntminerS71
Model	GNU/Linux
Hardware Version	3.5.3.0
Kernel Version	Linux 3.8.13 #22 SMP Tue Dec 2 15:26:11 CST 2014
File System Version	Mon May 23 15:57:10 CST 2016
Cgminer Version	4.8.0
Uptime	22
Load Average	0.99, 1.06, 0.78

--------------------------------------------------

still no x after 12h \o/

[styleruk]

Oh dear...help me please!  I've spent 3hours trying to get my new S7-LN mining with no luck.
I can ping it ok and run the setup and enter the pool details but no joy!  it just runs for 5 mins then start beeping really loud and I have to then turn it off.

I've tried both bitminter pool and antminer pool

settings for bitminter
stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333
username_workername (tried both _ and . )

settings for antminer
stratum+tcp://stratum.antpool.com:3333
username (for the life of me i can't find out how to make a worker name on antminer!  guess it's auto, I've tried _ and . with a made up name for a worker after my username but no joy)


Everytime, whatever I put into the fields, i press save and nothing happens, if I click out of that box to say the miner monitor box and go back, the fields are empty.
Clearly they are not entering.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE  someone help me!  I have to go out now and won't be back for 7hours! then I'll be up all night!  I'll give you my first 3hours coins if you hit the issue on the head please.

did I mention PLEASE!

Si

[sidehack]

You have javascript enabled for the webconfig?

Both fans are plugged in and working?

[styleruk]

You have javascript enabled for the webconfig?

Both fans are plugged in and working?

The fans are both running yes.
Not sure about Java, I'm using google chrome and I'm really not sure about that.  Off to London right now to see a show, so won't be back for a little while to try.  I'll be annoyed and pleased if it is that.  It makes sense though.

[sidehack]

I have javascript disabled by default in my browser, manual enables only. When I load the webconfig for an Antminer, the pool config fields always come up blank. I don't know Chrome so I don't know about how it handles scripting, that's just what I've seen causing similar symptoms. Could be something completely different.

You might SSH into the miner and see if the pool config file exists or is corrupted. What do you see on cgminer status on the webconfig?

[dogie]

Oh dear...help me please!  I've spent 3hours trying to get my new S7-LN mining with no luck.

Can you give us a screenshot of the status and config pages please?

[styleruk]

Oh dear...help me please!  I've spent 3hours trying to get my new S7-LN mining with no luck.

Can you give us a screenshot of the status and config pages please?

URL;   stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333
Worker;  <myusername>_S7
xxx

[styleruk]

I have javascript disabled by default in my browser, manual enables only. When I load the webconfig for an Antminer, the pool config fields always come up blank. I don't know Chrome so I don't know about how it handles scripting, that's just what I've seen causing similar symptoms. Could be something completely different.

You might SSH into the miner and see if the pool config file exists or is corrupted. What do you see on cgminer status on the webconfig?

The monitor shows...


Mem: 51672K used, 199500K free, 0K shrd, 0K buff, 39984K cached
CPU:   0% usr   0% sys   0% nic 100% idle   0% io   0% irq   0% sirq
Load average: 0.18 0.07 0.03 1/65 651
PID  PPID USER     STAT   VSZ %VSZ %CPU COMMAND
650   649 root     R     2148   1%   0% top -b -n 1
407   406 root     S    30652  12%   0% /usr/bin/cgminer --bitmain-dev /dev/bitmain-asic --bitmain-options 115200:32:8:5:200:0782:0725 --bitmain-checkn2diff --bitmain-hwerror --version-file /usr/bin/compile_time --queue 8192 --api-listen --default-config /config/cgminer.conf
360     1 root     S     3324   1%   0% /usr/bin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntp.pid -g
375     1 root     S     2980   1%   0% /usr/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd.conf
368     1 avahi    S     2728   1%   0% avahi-daemon: running [antMiner.local]
369   368 avahi    S     2728   1%   0% avahi-daemon: chroot helper
406     1 root     S     2616   1%   0% {screen} SCREEN -S cgminer -t cgminer -m -d /usr/bin/cgminer --bitmain-dev /dev/bitmain-asic --bitmain-options 115200:32:8:5:200:0782:0725 --bitmain-checkn2diff --bitmain-hwerror --version-file /usr/bin/compile_time --queue 8192 --api-listen --default-config /config/cgminer.conf
357     1 root     S     2272   1%   0% /usr/sbin/dropbear -r /config/dropbear_rsa_host_key -p 22
343     1 root     S     2148   1%   0% udhcpc -b -t 10 -A 10 -x hostname antMiner -i eth0
429     1 root     S     2148   1%   0% {monitorcg} /bin/sh /sbin/monitorcg
430     1 root     S     2148   1%   0% {miner-m.sh} /bin/sh /sbin/miner-m.sh
431     1 root     S     2148   1%   0% {reset.sh} /bin/sh /sbin/reset.sh
649   375 root     S     2148   1%   0% /bin/sh /www/pages/cgi-bin/monitor.cgi
651   649 root     S     2148   1%   0% /bin/sh /www/pages/cgi-bin/monitor.cgi
433   431 root     S     2016   1%   0% sleep 1m
443   430 root     S     2016   1%   0% sleep 1m
517   429 root     S     2016   1%   0% sleep 5m
427     1 root     S     1908   1%   0% /sbin/getty 115200 ttyO0
428     1 root     S     1908   1%   0% /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
410     1 root     S     1812   1%   0% /usr/bin/monitor-recobtn /usr/bin/factory_config_reset.sh
1     0 root     S     1652   1%   0% init [5]
103     1 root     S     1640   1%   0% /usr/bin/monitor-ipsig
416     1 root     S     1632   1%   0% /usr/bin/test-btn /usr/bin/test.sh
21     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [kworker/u:1]
10     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [rcu_sched]
15     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [kworker/0:1]
11     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [watchdog/0]
2     0 root     SW       0   0%   0% [kthreadd]
3     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [ksoftirqd/0]
4     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [kworker/0:0]
5     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [kworker/0:0H]
6     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [kworker/u:0]
7     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [kworker/u:0H]
8     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [migration/0]
9     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [rcu_bh]
12     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [khelper]
13     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [kdevtmpfs]
14     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [netns]
16     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [bdi-default]
17     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [kintegrityd]
18     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [kblockd]
19     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [khubd]
20     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [irq/86-44e0b000]
24     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [irq/23-tps65217]
27     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [irq/46-4819c000]
36     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [rpciod]
38     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [khungtaskd]
39     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [kswapd0]
40     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [fsnotify_mark]
41     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [nfsiod]
42     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [crypto]
45     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [pencrypt]
46     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [pdecrypt]
53     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [OMAP UART0]
54     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [spi1]
57     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [spi2]
60     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [kpsmoused]
61     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [irq/150-mmc0]
73     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [deferwq]
149     2 root     SWN      0   0%   0% [jffs2_gcd_mtd9]
314     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [flush-mtd-unmap]
419     2 root     SW<      0   0%   0% [bitmain-asic]

[delicin33]

..........

settings for antminer
stratum+tcp://stratum.antpool.com:3333
username (for the life of me i can't find out how to make a worker name on antminer!  guess it's auto, I've tried _ and . with a made up name for a worker after my username but no joy)


...........

log in bitmain account-->Antpool -->settings -->Add Sub Account,

settings for antminer


Pool 1
URL          stratum+tcp://stratum.antpool.com:3333

Worker      your sub account name_1
Password   any password

[zOU]

OK I've upgraded my FW to may23rd release, we'll see if it makes a difference (no x after 20mn...)

Code:

System
Miner Type	Antminer S7
Hostname	AntminerS71
Model	GNU/Linux
Hardware Version	3.5.3.0
Kernel Version	Linux 3.8.13 #22 SMP Tue Dec 2 15:26:11 CST 2014
File System Version	Mon May 23 15:57:10 CST 2016
Cgminer Version	4.8.0
Uptime	22
Load Average	0.99, 1.06, 0.78

--------------------------------------------------

still no x after 12h \o/

3d10h29m15s => still no dead chip !!

Woot, I'm really happy with the new FW !

[zOU]

Oh dear...help me please!  I've spent 3hours trying to get my new S7-LN mining with no luck.
I can ping it ok and run the setup and enter the pool details but no joy!  it just runs for 5 mins then start beeping really loud and I have to then turn it off.

I've tried both bitminter pool and antminer pool

settings for bitminter
stratum+tcp://mint.bitminter.com:3333
username_workername (tried both _ and . )

settings for antminer
stratum+tcp://stratum.antpool.com:3333
username (for the life of me i can't find out how to make a worker name on antminer!  guess it's auto, I've tried _ and . with a made up name for a worker after my username but no joy)


Everytime, whatever I put into the fields, i press save and nothing happens, if I click out of that box to say the miner monitor box and go back, the fields are empty.
Clearly they are not entering.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE  someone help me!  I have to go out now and won't be back for 7hours! then I'll be up all night!  I'll give you my first 3hours coins if you hit the issue on the head please.

did I mention PLEASE!

Si

you could also switch to kano.is, it's a lot easier

stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333
yourBTCaddress_yourworker or yourBTCaddress.yourworker

[styleruk]

All is good now, I think it just needed resetting in a particular way.

[zOU]

OK I've upgraded my FW to may23rd release, we'll see if it makes a difference (no x after 20mn...)

Code:

System
Miner Type	Antminer S7
Hostname	AntminerS71
Model	GNU/Linux
Hardware Version	3.5.3.0
Kernel Version	Linux 3.8.13 #22 SMP Tue Dec 2 15:26:11 CST 2014
File System Version	Mon May 23 15:57:10 CST 2016
Cgminer Version	4.8.0
Uptime	22
Load Average	0.99, 1.06, 0.78

--------------------------------------------------

still no x after 12h \o/

3d10h29m15s => still no dead chip !!

Woot, I'm really happy with the new FW !

7d23h55m23s => still rock'n'rolling !

[dogie]

OK I've upgraded my FW to may23rd release, we'll see if it makes a difference (no x after 20mn...)

Code:

System
Miner Type	Antminer S7
Hostname	AntminerS71
Model	GNU/Linux
Hardware Version	3.5.3.0
Kernel Version	Linux 3.8.13 #22 SMP Tue Dec 2 15:26:11 CST 2014
File System Version	Mon May 23 15:57:10 CST 2016
Cgminer Version	4.8.0
Uptime	22
Load Average	0.99, 1.06, 0.78

--------------------------------------------------

still no x after 12h \o/

3d10h29m15s => still no dead chip !!

Woot, I'm really happy with the new FW !

7d23h55m23s => still rock'n'rolling !

Glad to hear it.

[mechmax]

My S7 LN randomly shutdowns , sometime after 1 hours ,sometime after 30 min mining, sometime after 6-7 hours

Temperature seems normal, below 63 Centigrade ,both fan are running fine, runs on stock frequency of 600 , all chips seems normal , no faulty chip sign

 What could be the problem ?

devise is 7 days used only and problem starts after day 2 and frequency of random  shut down increased .

in built Power supply can be problem ? So tripping happens

As I need to restart miner by doing jumper switch on-off many time

Please help

[dogie]

When you say it shuts down, exactly what are you noticing that makes you think its shut down? Is the PSU's fan stopped? Are the miner's fans running? Is the PSU hot to the touch? What type of mains circuit is it on?

[mechmax]

When you say it shuts down, exactly what are you noticing that makes you think its shut down? Is the PSU's fan stopped? Are the miner's fans running? Is the PSU hot to the touch? What type of mains circuit is it on?

Thanks for fast reply dogie,

When Shutdown happens,  PSU fan stops and miner's fan also stops simultaneously. PSU is warm but not hot that someone can't touch it.

It is on 230 V circuit ,dedicated line only for miners rated for 16 Amps , total Load is less than  3000Kw, Irony is my other gigabyte PSUs which are 3 year+ old still run smoother.

May I try Low frequency setting (less than factory 600)?  so it can be checked that Enermax PSU of S7 LN is not overloaded