Bitmain's Released Antminer S9, World's First 16nm Miner Ready to Order

[sloopy]

Socket Connection Failed and if  you see it within 5 minutes, S9 may still be in the booting process.  (Specially within the first 3 minutes)

...SNIP

Can you take a look at my issue and make a recommendation?

I have another dead hash board two weeks out of warranty.

If anyone can take a look at some pictures and offer advice it is appreciated.

I may have bad solder joints.

Close-ups of possible failure locations here:
http://imgur.com/a/iS4O8

Many pictures of board and miner here:
http://imgur.com/a/6tZeO

I added a screenshot of BMminer showing that POV of the problem board:


This is what happens after 1 minute exactly.
EDIT:
It stays this way

[kodokbuduk]

I have another dead hash board two weeks out of warranty.

If anyone can take a look at some pictures and offer advice it is appreciated.

I may have bad solder joints.

Close-ups of possible failure locations here:
http://imgur.com/a/iS4O8

Many pictures of board and miner here:
http://imgur.com/a/6tZeO

I added a screenshot of BMminer showing that POV of the problem board:


This is what happens after 1 minute exactly.

Same to me after 3 weeks run the miners (S9 600, Batch 15), sent 2 hashboards to HK to claim warranty last week. Costs me $55..
Just found out this morning, another hashboard is not working....Damn!   what happen to S9?? i never have problems with my S7 hashboards before (only fan was broken).

[kodokbuduk]

Item like this, if you receive it, USA/RU/UA locations will not charge you to solder them back on. (do request shipping fee be paid both way tho...)

BitmainWarranty emailed getting my loony batch-1 board and are looking at it. Looks like another board going to be headed their way even though the miner IS in warranty, even with repair cost is faster/prolly cheaper than sending it to Hong Kong.

I've heard about the loosely attached inductor in some hash boards that makes the board not to show up, but I guess that this is not that kind of a case?

1st I've heard of that and good to know. I'll find out tomorrow when I pull the board out during lunch.

Here is a picture of it (click for zoom):

And here is a video about that kind of a case by Youtube user "Yemira": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiDkCCBIq58
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If I see this on my board I have a 75w iron just for this kind of thing so will be an easy repair for me to do

Any um' 'side effects' of the bad Vcore power to be aware of that this kind of fault could produce as in possible damage to the ASIC's?
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What is the error? not to show up? or  is it xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx all?
or just 00000 00 0000 0000 0000000 000000000000 ?

[MyRig]

There is no definite Error status for this.  If it is loose and you can move it with finger, then yes, that is one of the problem.  You may want to get it send in for the warranty or get it fixed.  Self Repair on item like this may voids the warranty for future damage tho. (Something to consider as re-worked PCB can be easily seen by the engineer while in diagnostic)

[philipma1957]

I have another dead hash board two weeks out of warranty.

If anyone can take a look at some pictures and offer advice it is appreciated.

I may have bad solder joints.

Close-ups of possible failure locations here:
http://imgur.com/a/iS4O8

Many pictures of board and miner here:
http://imgur.com/a/6tZeO

I added a screenshot of BMminer showing that POV of the problem board:


This is what happens after 1 minute exactly.

Same to me after 3 weeks run the miners (S9 600, Batch 15), sent 2 hashboards to HK to claim warranty last week. Costs me $55..
Just found out this morning, another hashboard is not working....Damn!   what happen to S9?? i never have problems with my S7 hashboards before (only fan was broken).

yes it has been hard with the s9.

6 units for me

4 = perfect since late june

1 was perfect from june to late august.  one hash board died say august 25th?  now last week a second hash board died.

1 was purchased in august.  it died in 10 hours 1 dead hash board  got a replacement board and the controller died a day later.  I purchased a couple of controllers from yoshi of bitmainwarranty it works now.

At this point  I am looking to send in a dead hashboard from batch one  and pay for repairs as it is out of warranty. I will also send in the dead controller from the august batch 9?  as it is under warranty.

I am grateful 4 units keep working and afraid they will break .

I am also happy that I hav used bitmainwarranty for repairs as NJ,USA to CO,USA   is faster.

@ bitmainwarranty

 I SENT AN EMIAL to yoshi  of bitmainwarranty today  as I am looking to pay for the batch 1 hashboard repair and get an rma on the batch 9? controller.

[Sierra8561]

Fortunately for me, I've had a very solid last 6 weeks. No real problems, I don't turn them off unless absolutely necessary. Just let them run and don't mess with them seems to work great.

[philipma1957]

Fortunately for me, I've had a very solid last 6 weeks. No real problems, I don't turn them off unless absolutely necessary. Just let them run and don't mess with them seems to work great.

That has been true for four of the six units.  the other two oh well

[jstew]

i just got shipped a couple 600freq boards( 4.83 th )  to replace some burnt out boards in 2 of my miners , well one of the boards 4 heatsinks fell off on the chip side.
it looks like they were just glued onto the chips , whats the proper stuff to reglue the heatsinks back on with.

doesnt apear to be any damage to the chips at all

[Biffa]

Something like this I imagine: http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhesive.htm

[Biffa]

Looks line one of mine has had a more catastrophic failure.

That always happens for my miners too, during the startup for a short moment.
But they start hashing normally.

Yes I know that, so 4 hours later no change.

SSH'ed into the miner, looking at the logs seems there is a problem with my hosts DNS resolution

Ok, good to know that if that status stays for a longer period it could be caused for example by a DNS resolution problem.

Yep, put the IP of the pool in as a backup and it started right back up.

Spoke too soon, seems that my little DNS problem was perhaps a symptom of a bigger issue with my hosting provider, looks all sorted now though!

[jstew]

Something like this I imagine: http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhesive.htm

thanks i guess its worth a shot , i thought about a small drop of jb weld but i doubt it would conduct the heat from the chip to the heatsink

[jstew]

just ordered this to give it a shot
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221378467457?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

since its non electrically conductive at all unlike the other stuff

[jstew]

ok one more issue , i poped the 2 good plades into a completly dead 1 fan unit case , fashed the controller with the 4.86th 2 fan 600 freq fw , since its only got one fan its throwing errors out and shutting down the miner .

can i just reflash the single fan fw and downclock it to 600 freq and run it like that ?

[mamiakimo]

Fortunately for me, I've had a very solid last 6 weeks. No real problems, I don't turn them off unless absolutely necessary. Just let them run and don't mess with them seems to work great.

so we need to celebrate when something should happen is happen

[philipma1957]

ok one more issue , i poped the 2 good plades into a completly dead 1 fan unit case , fashed the controller with the 4.86th 2 fan 600 freq fw , since its only got one fan its throwing errors out and shutting down the miner .

can i just reflash the single fan fw and downclock it to 600 freq and run it like that ?

what single fan fw?

I am 90% sure that is for the s7 not the s9


why not buy a fan?


https://bitmainwarranty.com/shop/products/us/fan_s7/


they will take paypal


or maybe this one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-Antminer-S5-120mm-Fan-4500rpm-20in-cables-4pins-connector-/371362754941?hash=item5676f1f17d:g:xysAAOSwpdpVXtT5

[sunny163]

Hello when i am powering my s9 the power supply fan is starting but on miner no fan are working and no light near LAN port what can be the reason for this ?

[HagssFIN]

Hello when i am powering my s9 the power supply fan is starting but on miner no fan are working and no light near LAN port what can be the reason for this ?

Is the power supply output giving out 12VDC?
First thing I would check is if the power supply is okay.

[philipma1957]

Hello when i am powering my s9 the power supply fan is starting but on miner no fan are working and no light near LAN port what can be the reason for this ?

did it ever work at all?

[sunny163]

Hello when i am powering my s9 the power supply fan is starting but on miner no fan are working and no light near LAN port what can be the reason for this ?

did it ever work at all?

Yes completely well but now the miner fan and lights on miner are not just responding only like a off situation only what can i do now ?

[philipma1957]

Hello when i am powering my s9 the power supply fan is starting but on miner no fan are working and no light near LAN port what can be the reason for this ?

did it ever work at all?

Yes completely well but now the miner fan and lights on miner are not just responding only like a off situation only what can i do now ?

sounds like you killed off the controller.

if you are in the usa bitmainwarranty has the parts.

https://bitmainwarranty.com/shop/products/us/s9-io-pcb-no-network-port/

https://bitmainwarranty.com/shop/products/us/s9-control-pcb-c5/

you will need both they add to 118 usd plus shipping.

contact them and ask for trouble shooting tips.

if you want you could check if the fans died if they died the gear won't run.
if the psu is supply really low power like 5 volt or 7 volts it also won't run.
they do have fans
https://bitmainwarranty.com/shop/products/us/fan_s7/

these on eBay should also work.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bitmain-Antminer-S7-4-PINS-4500-RPM-120x120x38mm-Replacement-Fan-/171982554702?

but talk to support in CO , USA


https://bitmain.zendesk.com/hc/en-us