Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com

[qberty]

So does anyone have any spare non-titan controller boards laying around or useless to them? I'm tired of everyone throwing around the idea that the titans could use a neptune board or vice versa. I'll pay someone for a working neptune controller board just to test it out and get everyone to stop talking about it and just have the information if they can be interchanged with an added Pi + Bridge or not. Who's willing to give up their neptune controller board for 70 USD? (= 100 CAD).

[GenTarkin]

So does anyone have any spare non-titan controller boards laying around or useless to them? I'm tired of everyone throwing around the idea that the titans could use a neptune board or vice versa. I'll pay someone for a working neptune controller board just to test it out and get everyone to stop talking about it and just have the information if they can be interchanged with an added Pi + Bridge or not. Who's willing to give up their neptune controller board for 70 USD? (= 100 CAD).

Why not someone just email knc ... I emailed knc questions bout their firmware and they got back to me in a couple days.

[Tupsu]

So does anyone have any spare non-titan controller boards laying around or useless to them? I'm tired of everyone throwing around the idea that the titans could use a neptune board or vice versa. I'll pay someone for a working neptune controller board just to test it out and get everyone to stop talking about it and just have the information if they can be interchanged with an added Pi + Bridge or not. Who's willing to give up their neptune controller board for 70 USD? (= 100 CAD).

I tried KNC Jupiter controller plate with Titan bridge and Rasperry Pi.

The last 48 hours  everything works beautifully with v.99d software.

The only difference between the Titan software and Neptune software is, that both red and green LED lights are up with Titan.
With Neptune will eventually only  green led and red led turns off, if the miner works .

But these are LEDs, which are only in oktober and november controllers. They can also be removed.

[jelin1984]

When they will come out with new Titan firmware
From knc?

[Tupsu]

When they will come out with new Titan firmware
From knc?

From KFC ? Never.

KncMiner Titan custom  firmware 
http://www.ebay.com/ link deleted

[lightfoot]

But these are LEDs, which are only in oktober and november controllers. They can also be removed.

Thank you for doing this. Next, get Titan to hash with Beaglebone. Working on it.

And I'm sending out my first repaired Neptune/Titan controller boards.

[GenTarkin]

When they will come out with new Titan firmware
From knc?

From KFC ? Never.

KncMiner Titan custom modified firmware 14th version! For KNC Miner(WORLDWIDE)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KncMiner-Titan-custom-modified-firmware-14th-version-For-KNC-Miner-WORLDWIDE-/281907709061?

Please dont link that ebay ad. Thats vegasguy's ad and any buyers of that firmware will not be available for free future updates of the firmware from the legitimate firmwae source(myself).
If you are really interested in such firmware and wish to have free updates & fixes in the future then it can be bought directly from my website - http://gentarkincustomtitan.pcriot.com

[GenTarkin]

Clarification update!!! PLEASE READ!!!!

I have NOT POSTED a new ebay ad yet. The one currently on ebay is not the official source of the firmware. Currently the only official source is my website: gentarkincustomtitan.pcriot.com or myself directly.
I will announce when & if this changes.
I will announce when & if I post a new ebay ad.

Until then, any purchase made from sources other than listed above will be NOT BE ELIGIBLE for free updates to the firmware!

[Mattzees]

When they will come out with new Titan firmware
From knc?

From KFC ? Never.

KncMiner Titan custom modified firmware 14th version! For KNC Miner(WORLDWIDE)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KncMiner-Titan-custom-modified-firmware-14th-version-For-KNC-Miner-WORLDWIDE-/281907709061?

The above link is a scam.  NEVER buy the firmware from any website except the official one, which is...

http://gentarkincustomtitan.pcriot.com/

If you buy from any other website, throwing away $50 because you will not get updates.

[lightfoot]

This Titan did it again. Weird:

DC/DC   Voltage (V)   Current (A)   Power (W)   Temperature (°C)
0   0.7900   41.5625   32.834   59.900
1   0.7897   41.2500   32.575   73.400
2   0.7867   41.0625   32.304   57.400
3   0.7886   41.6250   32.825   52.700
5   0.0035   0   0.000   17.300
6   0.7883   40.3750   31.828   44.900
7   0.7928   39.8125   31.563   45.100

[Tupsu]

When they will come out with new Titan firmware
From knc?

From KFC ? Never.

KncMiner Titan custom  firmware  
http://www.ebay.com/ link deleted

The above link is a scam.  NEVER buy the firmware from any website except the official one, which is...

http://gentarkincustomtitan.pcriot.com/

If you buy from any other website, throwing away $50 because you will not get updates.

What time is user vegasguy  scammer ? Share your knowledge with us.

EDIT.
January 11, 2016,

Update:

Going forward, all sales will be handled exclusively through my website: http://gentarkincustomtitan.pcriot.com

I will eventually create a new ebay ad as well, which will link to my site for clarity and customers of sales made on ebay will use my site as a portal for receiving my firmware & future updates.

All proceeds from sales on my site will go to the the developer of the project(myself).

I do not have access to the customer list that vegasguy maintained so  ... I will have to try and figure out my customer base from scratch. Anyone on here this forum that has purchased firmware using vegasguy's site can send me a pm w/ ur email and subsequently create an account using the same email address on the new site.  I will also need to see a copy of the confirmation email received when ordering from either vegasguy's site or a paypal receipt from ebay showing that the firmware was purchased from either source.
**NOTE** For the above ... customer verification only needs to happen when I release a new version of the firmware. So, there is no rush on this.

   vegasguy has closed the portion of his site for my firmware permanently, has also removed the ebay ad.   ... or so he says and has done, but may eventually try creating new sites .. etc..


Sorry for the inconvenience, I ask the community for patience as I sort this all out. I do plan on releasing the "energy saver" edition after this gets settled.

EDIT2

2 days later

Please dont link that ebay ad. Thats vegasguy's ad and any buyers of that firmware will not be available for free future updates of the firmware from the legitimate firmwae source(myself).
If you are really interested in such firmware and wish to have free updates & fixes in the future then it can be bought directly from my website - http://gentarkincustomtitan.pcriot.com

[Searing]

This Titan did it again. Weird:

DC/DC   Voltage (V)   Current (A)   Power (W)   Temperature (°C)
0   0.7900   41.5625   32.834   59.900
1   0.7897   41.2500   32.575   73.400
2   0.7867   41.0625   32.304   57.400
3   0.7886   41.6250   32.825   52.700
5   0.0035   0   0.000   17.300
6   0.7883   40.3750   31.828   44.900
7   0.7928   39.8125   31.563   45.100

that happens to me (like once every few months) I just reboot (then again may just get lucky)

then again ..the orig OFF Dies I got on the orig Titan Nov 2014 have always been that way (knc would not rma any cubes with just 1 dead die)

so hell it is prob flaky 1st batch dies...or so knc used to say (why they changed the firmware from a max of 300 to 350 ..up from orig design specs of 250mh)

damn..I wish someone had archived knc forums i can drill down with way back machine to the title but not the msgs

[Mattzees]

What time is user vegasguy  scammer ? Share your knowledge with us.

He is selling software that is not eligible for upgrades.  He knows it.  And he just put up another ebay auction this morning that goes on for a whole month. 

[TXSteve]

What time is user vegasguy  scammer ? Share your knowledge with us.

He is selling software that is not eligible for upgrades.  He knows it.  And he just put up another ebay auction this morning that goes on for a whole month.  

and I guess everyone can forget about getting the Titan video that SleazyGoofballGuy promised lol

[lightfoot]

Quick update: Switching the Titan to 300mhz/-.293 volts has resulted in 12+ hours, no problems or drops. I'm wondering if Titans (and Neptunes to a lesser extent) have a variable power draw off the DC-DC's which causes them to trip out at certain frequency/voltage combinations. Maybe it's harmonics or something.

But I do think that is what is screwing a lot of Scrypt ASIC makers, you can build a chip, but fueling it when the scrypt programming takes it across the board (now I need CPU registers, now I need to fuck with memory, now I need to play with the barrel rollers, now I need....) will cause your power levels to be wacky. Ergo why not a lot of chip makers seem to be succeeding in this realm.

[TXSteve]

Guys relax. It is me, and I actually asked permission from GenTarkin in advance, and he gave me expressed permission.  So nothing shady here. I promised to split the profits with GenTarkin from all of the sales. You guys can monitor ebay and he will get a cut of every single sale. It will also be for sale on my website. Everything is on the up and up, and I personally discussed this in advance with GenTarkin. This is NOT my work, and so I asked his permission FIRST, and promised to split profits, and he gave the ok. Its a great opportunity were we can both make a bit of money, and that has been going on for centuries. As for my experience. I own multiple computer repair shops for 20 years in Las Vegas and I stopped working at my shops and began working in crypto full time in 2013. I worked in crypto 7 days a week, and about 12-14 hours a day. So Ill correct my post to read about 8,000 hours in crypto. That would be more accurate. Thank you for pointing that out. It FELT like 50,000 hours. LOL.

Actually its a good thing that people are protective of good crypto. I like that, as I am the same way, and probably would have reacted the same , had I saw someone selling GenTarksins work and didnt know permission was granted. It probably would have been a good idea to post here and let everyone know whats going on. Sorry guys, I failed to do that. For the record, I would NEVER sell someones work unless permission was granted first, even if it is open source. Ethically its the right thing to do, and if GenTarkin would have said no, then I would not have disrespected him and listed it.

Thanks

Vegas

there's quote from SleazyGoofballGuy in red above

Gentarkin recently said NO and withdrew permission and you agreed to stop, so why are you sellng it against his wishes and going back on your word??

[GenTarkin]

Quick update: Switching the Titan to 300mhz/-.293 volts has resulted in 12+ hours, no problems or drops. I'm wondering if Titans (and Neptunes to a lesser extent) have a variable power draw off the DC-DC's which causes them to trip out at certain frequency/voltage combinations. Maybe it's harmonics or something.

But I do think that is what is screwing a lot of Scrypt ASIC makers, you can build a chip, but fueling it when the scrypt programming takes it across the board (now I need CPU registers, now I need to fuck with memory, now I need to play with the barrel rollers, now I need....) will cause your power levels to be wacky. Ergo why not a lot of chip makers seem to be succeeding in this realm.

Well technically all ASIC mining hardware has variable power draw(load) from their power source.
Whenever theres a new block, work restart, network connection issue, pool lag. Hell I wouldnt be surprised if it was even more sporadic then just those, IE: If the firmware that queues work up for the ASIC's is written horribly ... it will cause all sorts of non full queues (cores doing nothing at any given moment).

Its highly possible that the ASIC you mentioned above is just a horrible chip off the block and requires insane voltage to run stable.

[lightfoot]

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Well technically all ASIC mining hardware has variable power draw(load) from their power source.
Whenever theres a new block, work restart, network connection issue, pool lag. Hell I wouldnt be surprised if it was even more sporadic then just those, IE: If the firmware that queues work up for the ASIC's is written horribly ... it will cause all sorts of non full queues (cores doing nothing at any given moment).

Its highly possible that the ASIC you mentioned above is just a horrible chip off the block and requires insane voltage to run stable.

True, however SHA256 is pretty basic in terms of what the chip does (rotate, rotate, rinse repeat). That's part of the reason for the insane speed, you can just build butt-tons of cores, and each core pulls about the same amount of power as it does the shifting away.

Script does all sorts of things, which might be why people are having such power problems (I can think of two companies that built scrypt chips then died on the vine because they couldn't power them). It's possible that this ASIC is bad, but it hums along perfectly now at a very specific voltage and clock rate.

Anyway, seems happy now. Just a note for people thinking their Titan is dead, try some faster hashing speed settings. Might find a sweet spot.

[hawkfish007]

Alright, I've sold most of the KnC Titan Bridges. I've got 2-3 left. If anyone wants more than that please pm me about it so I can see if it's feasible to get more made.

Managed to burn 2 bridges. Sent BTC to qberty for last 2 bridges he has.

[qberty]

^just ninja'd me, hawkfish just bought the last two.

*Update* - The last of the KnC Titan Bridges have been sold. I no longer have any available. If you would like some (you'd need to want more than 3 to justify buying them from me), PM and if I get enough requests i'll get to work on making more bridges.

If it is an emergency and you really need a bridge i'd be willing to part with one of my backup bridges I reserved for myself if you PM me your situation.