Antminer S5 Shut Down Unexpectedly

[sandy56]

I managed to get hold of an Antminer S5.

Not knowing what had been done to it before, I reset it to it's factory defaults, configured it for me, and put it to work.
It is running in an unused room where the temperature is about 40 degrees.

It ran well for about two days and then about 10 hours ago the hash rate dropped about 50%. About an hour ago, it stopped hashing completely.

I had shut it off and then turn it back on to get it working again. It appears to have resumed normal operation.

Doing a quick search, I see others have remarked about it's fan control possibly being the problem. The info is a bit dated.

Has this issue been resolved?

If firmware is needed, etc.,  please direct me to a proper link I can believe for BitMain. So many scam links it seems in the world.

Thanks

[Amph]

mmh, 40° is a bit too much for any HW, gpu would suffer greatly with such temperature the same will apply to any asic

you better to move it to a place which is more cooler, around 25-30 at max, otherwise you are certainly decreasing the lifespan of your device

[sandy56]

mmh, 40° is a bit too much for any HW, gpu would suffer greatly with such temperature the same will apply to any asic

Thanks for the reply. The room temperature is 40F and I think you may be thinking 40C.