GROUP BUY - AVALON6 - $1100 - Closing Jan 12 at 6:00 PM EST

[philipma1957]

Mine is up and working.  First impression is it is quiet.



Thanks to everyone who put this together.

how are you powering it ?

note the volts read about..    .2  volts lower then the psu you use. that = normal.


this gear is very voltage driven.

 11.8 = 3000gh
 12.2 = 3400gh
 12.6 = 3800gh

[kipper01]

Mine is up and working.  First impression is it is quiet.



Thanks to everyone who put this together.

how are you powering it ?

note the volts read about..    .2  volts lower then the psu you use. that = normal.


this gear is very voltage driven.

 11.8 = 3000gh
 12.2 = 3400gh
 12.6 = 3800gh

It now reads 11.9

I am using a EVGA 120-G2-1300-XR 80 PLUS GOLD

[xleejohnx]

Mine is up and working.  First impression is it is quiet.



Thanks to everyone who put this together.

thats hps tho!!! 

Got mine! its running smooth!

thanks kilo and phil for doing this!

[philipma1957]

Don't forget Yan from blockC  did a very nice job packaging and shipping.


here is top end clock using the dual 2000/4000 boards from finsky/j4bberwock

must use 240 voltss with this psu. but the avalon6 gets close to 3950gh
and two get close to 7900gh

note input is set to 12.73 volts internal voltage drops to 12.3-12.5 or so

[thesmokingman]

Florida buyer has his delivered ------------------------------------------------------------- 1

Pennsylvania buyer has his delivered ------------------------------------------------------ 1

Massachusetts buyer has his delivered ----------------------------------------------------- 1

Maryland buyer has his delivered. ---------------------------------------------------------- 1

these were tested as working by me. Then sent schedule c flat rate on Sat.

Two west coast buyers got direct shipping both have their gear. -------------------------- 3

The two Canadians should get it from UPS on Wed.----------------------------------------- 2

Sidehack had a delivery attempt made today

Thanks again Phil, Kano and Yan for making this GB happen....I received mine today and have it hashing away over at Kano's pool ramping up my 5ND...

Now if I can just figure out how to upgrade this Ras Pi IMG. Did we receive Ras Pi or Ras Pi 2?

[philipma1957]

Florida buyer has his delivered ------------------------------------------------------------- 1

Pennsylvania buyer has his delivered ------------------------------------------------------ 1

Massachusetts buyer has his delivered ----------------------------------------------------- 1

Maryland buyer has his delivered. ---------------------------------------------------------- 1

these were tested as working by me. Then sent schedule c flat rate on Sat.

Two west coast buyers got direct shipping both have their gear. -------------------------- 3

The two Canadians should get it from UPS on Wed.----------------------------------------- 2

Sidehack had a delivery attempt made today

Thanks again Phil, Kano and Yan for making this GB happen....I received mine today and have it hashing away over at Kano's pool ramping up my 5ND...

Now if I can just figure out how to upgrade this Ras Pi IMG. Did we receive Ras Pi or Ras Pi 2?

The older model rasp pi uses the bigger sd card.
Everyone was that model.

You should use a quality sdCard 4gb or 8gb and at the moment I do not have the link and I am on an iPad.

That is not my main pc.

They are some links for it on this forum.

[HerbPean]

Got the package Phil !

Thanks !

I will install mine tonight

[philipma1957]

Got the package Phil !

Thanks !

I will install mine tonight

Good.  Ups to Canada 2 days decent speed.

Remember to pull the yellow plastic parts bag out of the box carefully.

More good news the four pieces to sidehack have arrived.

So only ppoc does not have his.

I am hosting his three until Monday the 25th.

So far all gear seems to be okay. Except for

 1 four pin cable Yan sent extra
1 blue adapter I had one from my Avalon 4.1 setups

Lastly 1 rasp pi could have an issue.

Of course all three parts are in my hands as passing problems on is not what I do.

In running eight in my garage heat got high 90 f or so.
This may have caused my 1 flakey rasp pi.

I have a fan pointed at it along with all the other rasp pi's
So as a heads up
Watch the heat on the rasp pi's
Note the have a grill for passive cooling soo make sure the grill does not get covered.
This was the case with the one rasp pi that did have a few issues. I had it's grill covered since I  flipped it and have a fan moving at it zero issues.

[HerbPean]

That is some master packaging Phil !

I just opened the box ;-)

[philipma1957]

That is some master packaging Phil !

I just opened the box ;-)

yes I thought I did well, but Yan  of block_C really did a good job getting the 10 to me safely  and really well packed.

I did a little extra packing for yours and Valkir basically so that it would get thorough customs and also since it was 2 pieces to keep it safe from smashing.

[sidehack]

I missed the truck yesterday but sabercatt's machines are up and going now. Nice job everyone.

[HerbPean]

That is some master packaging Phil !

I just opened the box ;-)

yes I thought I did well, but Yan  of block_C really did a good job getting the 10 to me safely  and really well packed.

I did a little extra packing for yours and Valkir basically so that it would get thorough customs and also since it was 2 pieces to keep it safe from smashing.

I give you 10/10 !!!!

[valkir]

Any of you have any link on how to tune the avalon ? I have a 1200 platinum seasonic power supply and look like it only give 11.9 V

Will like to underclock it to make it more stable. 

[philipma1957]

Any of you have any link on how to tune the avalon ? I have a 1200 platinum seasonic power supply and look like it only give 11.9 V

Will like to underclock it to make it more stable. 

Simple go to the settings page set your pools

Freq is 500

Fan is 20


Drop freq to 480

Keep fan at 20

Run for a few hours

Compare to your freq 500 numbers

Drop slow but sure to 460 -20
440-20
420-20
 400-20

Then you can decide what is best.

[valkir]

Good thanks phil! Way easier than with the 4.1 

[HerbPean]

I wish they were a bit cheaper, I would replace all my S3 at home.

Great miner !

EDIT: Thanks to Kilo17, Phil and Yan for the opportunity !

[philipma1957]

I wish they were a bit cheaper, I would replace all my S3 at home.

Great miner !

EDIT: Thanks to Kilo17, Phil and Yan for the opportunity !

Yeah I like them quite a bit.

[HerbPean]

Doing 3.26 TH after 6 hours. I just a bit under the -+ 5%.

I blame my Seasonic 1250w. I see 11.8-11.9 Volt.

[underachieved]

I didn't buy anything but still a great thread. Great job working this group buy.

[philipma1957]

Doing 3.26 TH after 6 hours. I just a bit under the -+ 5%.

I blame my Seasonic 1250w. I see 11.8-11.9 Volt.

well  I have had that issue with the seasonics.

but my dual 2000/4000 240 volt

with 3 volt settings

11.8

12.1

12.6 

has just burnt a board at the 12.6 setting.

I did not see magic smoke but I smelt it.

You can see that the temps read 33 31 75   the 31 should be a 73 or 75

So  do not go to 12.6 volts

http://www.blockc.co/collections/bitcoin-miners-shop-avalon-blockc-co/products/avalon6-bitcoin-miner

note this page link above  price is 10 for 11900  and  volts are now at 11.8 to 12.2   so they had 2 different numbers for safe volts



https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Avalon6

2015-11-24
Version 601511-f4f59c70
Update Core test check rules
Update Input voltage check rules (Input voltage should not >= 12.8V)  >   I was under this number 12.73
Fix result when run test scripts