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July 31, 2017, 11:19:19 PM |
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too bad.
Ya know, if Canaan ever wanted to be able to use some of the under-performing chips from their current foundry runs pretty sure Sidehack would be happy to makes sticks using them.
Canaan making chips available for that admittedly small market could help assuage some of the hard feelings over the earlier fiasco of getting these older Avalon chips between Sidehack/Kilo and Canaan...
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philipma1957
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July 31, 2017, 11:20:38 PM |
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too bad.
Ya know, if Canaan ever wanted to be able to use some of the under-performing chips from their current foundry runs pretty sure Sidehack would be happy to makes sticks using them.
Canaan making chips available for that admittedly small market could help assuage some for hard feelings about the earlier fiasco over Avalon chips between Sidehack/Kilo and Canaan...
yeah that turned out badly and to this day I never understood why. |
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NotFuzzyWarm
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July 31, 2017, 11:24:19 PM |
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From what I gathered the main reason was Canaan's then US distributor and the asshole person who they hired to run it. He was already by then a known bad-apple in the BTC 'management' world. Thankfully have forgotten the name of the company (also offered hosting) and his but was in San Fran CA area as I recall?
EDit: just found old bookmark. Company was BlockC.co
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goose1072
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August 01, 2017, 03:29:40 AM |
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I also received my miner today, what can I use to power the controller? Looking for a recommended pool to join with my mine, what is everyone using? Thanks  |
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philipma1957
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August 01, 2017, 03:47:22 AM |
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August 01, 2017, 08:36:47 AM |
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Always do all communications through the ticket system. As has been posted here many times email with Canaan is more of a status update method than it is direct communication.
Do NOT go bandying the word 'scam' lightly with any vendor. Canaan has delivered far too much equipment to folks here with very few order/delivery problems for that to apply in any possible way. As I posted last Friday my latest miner came on schedule and is currently running like a champ.
Yes at times Canaan screws up communications with some folks but to date they have always fixed the order issues. All I can say is that when replying through the ticket system, attach copies of the bank transfer records. Your bank will be able to provide a pdf copy of it to you.
As for Canaan having stock, best way to get an idea is to be registered on Kano's pool and look to see what Canaan has running there. When stock is being produced you'll see several PH running there from them for about a week. While not officially confirmed I'd expect that is miner burn-in testing and yes, that is a GOOD thing to see them doing.
Thanks for your words. In fact I have a support ticket open since 2 weeks, but there is no real conversation trough Canaan. They sent me a screen of their incoming funds(mine is also there) but they are letting me on hold. No communication/response trough ticket system, is for me not a good sign for customer service. Never had payment problems with other vendors (bitmain, gekko,..) but three weeks are to long for my taste. Greetings Hello! How are you doing ? You answered? I was given the number of the mail-they are not in the database. They told me to "be patient". It's easy to say) If you have optimistic information, write. I do not have it yet( |
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goose1072
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August 01, 2017, 10:55:44 AM |
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Thanks philipma1957 greatly appreciate it. |
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NotFuzzyWarm
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August 01, 2017, 03:43:51 PM |
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I also received my miner today, what can I use to power the controller? Looking for a recommended pool to join with my mine, what is everyone using? Thanks For power, go to your favorite shopping site and search for 'RasPi PSU', you will find tons of them, most are 5V @ 2A or more out. The Pi only needs 2A. As for the mining pool to use - only 1 choice in my book -- Kano.is |
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fusion0389
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August 01, 2017, 04:51:33 PM |
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Has anybody figured out how to power the controller off a PCIE connector?
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fusion0389
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August 01, 2017, 04:59:38 PM |
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Placed and order for two of them, curious to see what the difference is between the two companies! Anybody got a good thread or yourtube video for the setup process? I know its slightly different that the S9 process.
did you buy the controller? if you purchased a controller I have a setup thread in the hard ware section. Yeah I got everything from Avalon, can you send me a link pretty please? I'm excited to diversify my hash power. I honestly haven't had a bad experience with BITMAIN equipment (maybe im lucky), but I still see value in diversifying the hardware and supporting other companies. |
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HagssFIN
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August 01, 2017, 05:46:43 PM |
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Has anybody figured out how to power the controller off a PCIE connector?
You would need something like a pico psu and then a 5V USB output, doesn't pay the effort and the 5V USB wall wart is a lot cheaper solution. |
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August 01, 2017, 07:08:23 PM
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philipma1957
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August 01, 2017, 09:16:50 PM |
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Placed and order for two of them, curious to see what the difference is between the two companies! Anybody got a good thread or yourtube video for the setup process? I know its slightly different that the S9 process.
did you buy the controller? if you purchased a controller I have a setup thread in the hard ware section. Yeah I got everything from Avalon, can you send me a link pretty please? I'm excited to diversify my hash power. I honestly haven't had a bad experience with BITMAIN equipment (maybe im lucky), but I still see value in diversifying the hardware and supporting other companies. It is back in jan I will look for it . As I am a crazy poster with lots and lots of them it will take time to find |
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August 01, 2017, 10:40:39 PM |
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My 741 showed up today a day early and it's happily hashing away. I'm very pleased with the turnaround from Canaan. What do you guys recommend setting the voltage and fans at to keep it quieter? I have it running in my home office and the ambient room temperature is about 78.
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philipma1957
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August 01, 2017, 11:05:48 PM |
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My 741 showed up today a day early and it's happily hashing away. I'm very pleased with the turnaround from Canaan. What do you guys recommend setting the voltage and fans at to keep it quieter? I have it running in my home office and the ambient room temperature is about 78.
I tested 0 higher speed of hash fan and watts then -1 1200 watts -1 higher speed of hash fan and watt then -2 1100 watts -2 lowest speed of hashlowest fan speed watts. are lowest. 1000 watts if noise is key -2 is the way to go. |
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goose1072
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August 02, 2017, 12:41:39 AM |
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I also received my miner today, what can I use to power the controller? Looking for a recommended pool to join with my mine, what is everyone using? Thanks For power, go to your favorite shopping site and search for 'RasPi PSU', you will find tons of them, most are 5V @ 2A or more out. The Pi only needs 2A. As for the mining pool to use - only 1 choice in my book -- Kano.is Thanks NotFuzzyWarm, I just ordered a https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Charger-PowerPort-PowerIQ-Foldable/dp/B071YMZ4LD/ref=sr_1_3?I have a ton of good micro usb cables. Will be using Kano for sure, really need to find time to setup everything very busy currently at work and doesn't allow me some time for the miner. I am hoping Thursday for sure  Thanks again to both of you NotFuzzyWarm and philipma1957, you guys are awesome! |
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NotFuzzyWarm
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August 02, 2017, 01:31:49 AM
Last edit: August 02, 2017, 01:46:06 AM by NotFuzzyWarm |
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Has anybody figured out how to power the controller off a PCIE connector?
You would need something like a pico psu and then a 5V USB output, doesn't pay the effort and the 5V USB wall wart is a lot cheaper solution. Damnit ya got me wondering... Most server PSU's do have an always-on auxiliary output, even Bitmains... Typically 5vdc and good for 3A I think... need to look at a few that I have. edit: looked and is 12vdc 2.5A on the HP DPS1200's. |
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philipma1957
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August 02, 2017, 01:36:43 AM |
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I also received my miner today, what can I use to power the controller? Looking for a recommended pool to join with my mine, what is everyone using? Thanks For power, go to your favorite shopping site and search for 'RasPi PSU', you will find tons of them, most are 5V @ 2A or more out. The Pi only needs 2A. As for the mining pool to use - only 1 choice in my book -- Kano.is Thanks NotFuzzyWarm, I just ordered a https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Charger-PowerPort-PowerIQ-Foldable/dp/B071YMZ4LD/ref=sr_1_3?I have a ton of good micro usb cables. Will be using Kano for sure, really need to find time to setup everything very busy currently at work and doesn't allow me some time for the miner. I am hoping Thursday for sure Thanks again to both of you NotFuzzyWarm and philipma1957, you guys are awesome! I have that charger in the loft of the solar array and it has run non-stop since April it is doing 1 rasp pi that is doing 3 avalon 721's this is the gear on 0 volt setting which is second fastest setting.  |
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NotFuzzyWarm
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August 02, 2017, 01:44:26 AM |
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Just looked at a HP DPS1200 PSU and the aux out is 12v @ 2.5A. Poop.
HOWEVER -- if you are using a breakout board with say an IBM PSU check to see if the breakout has 5vdc out!. Just looked an old one from Sidehack used with the 750w Dell PSU's and yep - has 2x 5vdc outputs. Raspi power issued solved methinks?
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philipma1957
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August 02, 2017, 01:56:31 AM |
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Just looked at a HP DPS1200 PSU and the aux out is 12v @ 2.5A. Poop.
HOWEVER -- if you are using a breakout board with say an IBM PSU check to see if the breakout has 5vdc out!. Just looked an old one from Sidehack used with the 750w Dell PSU's and yep - has 2x 5vdc outputs. Raspi power issued solved methinks?
those anker work really good the 2 port would do 2 rasp pi's zero issues the 5 port would do 5 rasp pi's zero issues. your idea should work. but if you overload the psu the rasp pi fails. i consider the anker charger more reliable . I have used them indoors in good environments in the solar array which is a rugged spot to mine as it gets down to 30f in the winter and up to 95 f in the summer. I have had the psu's fail the miners fail the pcie cables fail circuit breakers trip but so far the anker chargers just work. |
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