Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com

[The Avenger]

my hosted miners just went offline.

They are switching off your machines in Stockholm and starting up equivalent machines in Reykjavik

Cool makes for a crazier adventure for when i go and collect them...... Although I was planning to go by car....

They never thought about that. Now bitcoinorama will have to load them all back onto the boat and paddle them back to Sweden

[OmegaCentauri]

damnit knc, why did you have to remove ports 5 & 6 from the Nov Jups. 

Some of the Oct Jupiters were shipped with only 4 ports as well. Not really fair for those that planned to upgrade them.

$2 in parts, a little soldering skills....

No soldering skills here, but can you link me to the parts?

+1 on that request.

[The Avenger]

damnit knc, why did you have to remove ports 5 & 6 from the Nov Jups. 

Some of the Oct Jupiters were shipped with only 4 ports as well. Not really fair for those that planned to upgrade them.

$2 in parts, a little soldering skills....

No soldering skills here, but can you link me to the parts?

+1 on that request.

Drop "idc 2x5 connector" into ebay and you'll find what you are looking for

[soy]

damnit knc, why did you have to remove ports 5 & 6 from the Nov Jups. 

Some of the Oct Jupiters were shipped with only 4 ports as well. Not really fair for those that planned to upgrade them.

$2 in parts, a little soldering skills....

No soldering skills here, but can you link me to the parts?

+1 on that request.

I solder.  It is not a simple as it sounds.  The odds are higher that you'll make your controller board non-functional than succeed in adding sockets - unless you are an experienced technician with a lot of soldering time.  Get an old motherboard, remove a connector with .1" spacing between the pins even if it has many more pins than the socket  you wish to add to the controller board.  Try putting  one of those sockets into the motherboard.  You'll see it's more difficult than you expect.  Anyone who would tell a novice to try such a thing to a controller board is looking to reduce the net hashrate by killing your machine.

[kendog77]

damnit knc, why did you have to remove ports 5 & 6 from the Nov Jups. 

Some of the Oct Jupiters were shipped with only 4 ports as well. Not really fair for those that planned to upgrade them.

$2 in parts, a little soldering skills....

No soldering skills here, but can you link me to the parts?

+1 on that request.

I solder.  It is not a simple as it sounds.  The odds are higher that you'll make your controller board non-functional than succeed in adding sockets - unless you are an experienced technician with a lot of soldering time.  Get an old motherboard, remove a connector with .1" spacing between the pins even if it has many more pins than the socket  you wish to add to the controller board.  Try putting  one of those sockets into the motherboard.  You'll see it's more difficult than you expect.  Anyone who would tell a novice to try such a thing to a controller board is looking to reduce the net hashrate by killing your machine.

I wish knc would have just put 6 connectors on all jupiter controller boards. It probably would have cost them less than $1 per Jupe and would have made them upgradable.

[matt4054]

For those with free ports left, the question is now where to get additional modules...

[matt4054]

For those with free ports left, the question is now where to get additional modules...

+1

Disgusted miners with a faulty control board who don't want to go through RMA and want to resell individual modules would be the only option that comes to my mind right now (scavenger mode on)

[CYPER]

I have an extra controller board given to me by a regular poster in this thread.
Let the bidding begins 
How much do you think it is worth?

[ASIC-K]

I have an extra controller board given to me by a regular poster in this thread.
Let the bidding begins 
How much do you think it is worth?

we know its from phoenix. lol

[soy]

I have an extra controller board given to me by a regular poster in this thread.
Let the bidding begins  
How much do you think it is worth?

With the red herring add your own sockets to controller boards posts, there would be many modules and mangled controller boards up for auction.  Think of it, guy ruins a Jupiter hoping to overclock with extra modules that aren't even available, he makes a mess of it and abashedly auctions off 4 modules.

(go ahead, call me a fink)

[merv77]

I have an extra controller board given to me by a regular poster in this thread.
Let the bidding begins 
How much do you think it is worth?

is this with beaglebone in it?
is it in working condition?

[joeventura]

damnit knc, why did you have to remove ports 5 & 6 from the Nov Jups. 

Some of the Oct Jupiters were shipped with only 4 ports as well. Not really fair for those that planned to upgrade them.

$2 in parts, a little soldering skills....

No soldering skills here, but can you link me to the parts?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Pcs-2-54mm-2x5-Pin-10-Pin-Straight-Male-Shrouded-PCB-Box-header-IDC-Socket-/171047381713?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27d337ead1

[joeventura]

damnit knc, why did you have to remove ports 5 & 6 from the Nov Jups. 

Some of the Oct Jupiters were shipped with only 4 ports as well. Not really fair for those that planned to upgrade them.

$2 in parts, a little soldering skills....

No soldering skills here, but can you link me to the parts?

+1 on that request.

I solder.  It is not a simple as it sounds.  The odds are higher that you'll make your controller board non-functional than succeed in adding sockets - unless you are an experienced technician with a lot of soldering time.  Get an old motherboard, remove a connector with .1" spacing between the pins even if it has many more pins than the socket  you wish to add to the controller board.  Try putting  one of those sockets into the motherboard.  You'll see it's more difficult than you expect.  Anyone who would tell a novice to try such a thing to a controller board is looking to reduce the net hashrate by killing your machine.

Saying "I solder" is like saying "I Drive"  you can be good at it or bad.

With a $10 desoldering pump and a decent iron this is (on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being surface mount technology)  a 3 at the worst.
Its 10 huge holes that need to be cleared and a socket installed.

[CYPER]

I have an extra controller board given to me by a regular poster in this thread.
Let the bidding begins 
How much do you think it is worth?

is this with beaglebone in it?
is it in working condition?

Yes, I am using it now with my Upgrade modules.

[Ridicuss]

damnit knc, why did you have to remove ports 5 & 6 from the Nov Jups. 

Some of the Oct Jupiters were shipped with only 4 ports as well. Not really fair for those that planned to upgrade them.

$2 in parts, a little soldering skills....

No soldering skills here, but can you link me to the parts?

+1 on that request.

I solder.  It is not a simple as it sounds.  The odds are higher that you'll make your controller board non-functional than succeed in adding sockets - unless you are an experienced technician with a lot of soldering time.  Get an old motherboard, remove a connector with .1" spacing between the pins even if it has many more pins than the socket  you wish to add to the controller board.  Try putting  one of those sockets into the motherboard.  You'll see it's more difficult than you expect.  Anyone who would tell a novice to try such a thing to a controller board is looking to reduce the net hashrate by killing your machine.

Saying "I solder" is like saying "I Drive"  you can be good at it or bad.

With a $10 desoldering pump and a decent iron this is (on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being surface mount technology)  a 3 at the worst.
Its 10 huge holes that need to be cleared and a socket installed.

Agree with Joeventura here. If you have never soldered anything before, dont practice on your controller board. Otherwise its not that bad. Those holes are big. I had to replace the power connector on my controller board, it took about 5 minutes including pulling the old pins out of the board.

[soy]

damnit knc, why did you have to remove ports 5 & 6 from the Nov Jups.  

Some of the Oct Jupiters were shipped with only 4 ports as well. Not really fair for those that planned to upgrade them.

$2 in parts, a little soldering skills....

No soldering skills here, but can you link me to the parts?

+1 on that request.

I solder.  It is not a simple as it sounds.  The odds are higher that you'll make your controller board non-functional than succeed in adding sockets - unless you are an experienced technician with a lot of soldering time.  Get an old motherboard, remove a connector with .1" spacing between the pins even if it has many more pins than the socket  you wish to add to the controller board.  Try putting  one of those sockets into the motherboard.  You'll see it's more difficult than you expect.  Anyone who would tell a novice to try such a thing to a controller board is looking to reduce the net hashrate by killing your machine.

Saying "I solder" is like saying "I Drive"  you can be good at it or bad.

With a $10 desoldering pump and a decent iron this is (on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being surface mount technology)  a 3 at the worst.
Its 10 huge holes that need to be cleared and a socket installed.

If the thread weren't 1430 pages, I'd find the post with photos of a user who 'successfully' accomplished the feat.

Certainly is a way to make modules available while as it is....

[joeventura]

damnit knc, why did you have to remove ports 5 & 6 from the Nov Jups. 

Some of the Oct Jupiters were shipped with only 4 ports as well. Not really fair for those that planned to upgrade them.

$2 in parts, a little soldering skills....

No soldering skills here, but can you link me to the parts?

+1 on that request.

I solder.  It is not a simple as it sounds.  The odds are higher that you'll make your controller board non-functional than succeed in adding sockets - unless you are an experienced technician with a lot of soldering time.  Get an old motherboard, remove a connector with .1" spacing between the pins even if it has many more pins than the socket  you wish to add to the controller board.  Try putting  one of those sockets into the motherboard.  You'll see it's more difficult than you expect.  Anyone who would tell a novice to try such a thing to a controller board is looking to reduce the net hashrate by killing your machine.

Saying "I solder" is like saying "I Drive"  you can be good at it or bad.

With a $10 desoldering pump and a decent iron this is (on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being surface mount technology)  a 3 at the worst.
Its 10 huge holes that need to be cleared and a socket installed.

If the thread weren't 1430 pages, I'd find the post with photos of a user who 'successfully' accomplished the feat.

I remember that photo, it was a scary job done by someone who did NOT know how to solder.
He didnt clear the holes first

[soy]

damnit knc, why did you have to remove ports 5 & 6 from the Nov Jups.  

Some of the Oct Jupiters were shipped with only 4 ports as well. Not really fair for those that planned to upgrade them.

$2 in parts, a little soldering skills....

No soldering skills here, but can you link me to the parts?

+1 on that request.

I solder.  It is not a simple as it sounds.  The odds are higher that you'll make your controller board non-functional than succeed in adding sockets - unless you are an experienced technician with a lot of soldering time.  Get an old motherboard, remove a connector with .1" spacing between the pins even if it has many more pins than the socket  you wish to add to the controller board.  Try putting  one of those sockets into the motherboard.  You'll see it's more difficult than you expect.  Anyone who would tell a novice to try such a thing to a controller board is looking to reduce the net hashrate by killing your machine.

Saying "I solder" is like saying "I Drive"  you can be good at it or bad.

With a $10 desoldering pump and a decent iron this is (on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being surface mount technology)  a 3 at the worst.
Its 10 huge holes that need to be cleared and a socket installed.

If the thread weren't 1430 pages, I'd find the post with photos of a user who 'successfully' accomplished the feat.

I remember that photo, it was a scary job done by someone who did NOT know how to solder.
He didnt clear the holes first

If modules are only sold to those previous customers who purchased Mercs or Saturns and those customers are only sold a number of modules that when in addition to any previous modules they've purchase, will complete their machine to upgrade it to a Jupiter, no additional modules will appear on the market.

If modules are sold to all pre-existing customers, modules will immediately find their way to ebay, others will be added to Saturns and Mercs filling up the 4 positions, while even more will be sold to Jupiter owners upgrading to 6 or more modules.  Of those trying to upgrade to more than 4 modules, some will destroy their controller boards.  Of those with destroyed controller boards, most will send them back to KnC and ask for a replacement while agreeing that the replacement isn't under warranty because they mangled it and offering to pay.  Others who destroy their controller boards will give up and offer the modules for auction, including the new ones they've obtained.

...but oh yes, controller boards aren't available.  So, if you mangle a controller board you may have only the option to sell modules at auction.

[merv77]

I have an extra controller board given to me by a regular poster in this thread.
Let the bidding begins 
How much do you think it is worth?

is this with beaglebone in it?
is it in working condition?

Yes, I am using it now with my Upgrade modules.

then you're not selling

[Phoenix1969]

If someone's really eager to lock in another KNC purchase...
I'd be willing to part with a Customer Appreciation Batch Neptune pre-order...  For a small profit (I have 3) I do believe I have one that's the lowest known Neptune order... Likely to be the first. P.M. me if interested.