Pandaminer -> Linux -> Modded Roms

[Eliovp]

Looks good, are those Chips from the GPU's soldered directly to the Pandaminer board or is it still a modular system with swappable cards ?

They're swappable

[citronick]

WOW - I knew you will mod these 480M sooner or later!

What sorcery .... 6200h sgminer-gm XMR at 880 watt ~ 4amps !!!

And those temps -- are you for real? Amazing!

[Eliovp]

WOW - I knew you will mod these 480M sooner or later!

What sorcery .... 6200h sgminer-gm XMR at 880 watt ~ 4amps !!!

And those temps -- are you for real? Amazing!

I can probably do better though..

Ha, yeah, have to admit, the panda is in a warehouse where it's around 5-10 degrees at this moment.

They're still low though, when running stock it was an average of 44 degrees, highest temp is now at 40 and lowest 31 .

Will post updates as soon as i can. Busy busy..

[citronick]

WOW - I knew you will mod these 480M sooner or later!

What sorcery .... 6200h sgminer-gm XMR at 880 watt ~ 4amps !!!

And those temps -- are you for real? Amazing!

I can probably do better though..

Ha, yeah, have to admit, the panda is in a warehouse where it's around 5-10 degrees at this moment.

They're still low though, when running stock it was an average of 44 degrees, highest temp is now at 40 and lowest 31 .

Will post updates as soon as i can. Busy busy..

From the pictures - looks like the fans are also good quality.

And Philip said that they don't scream like the ones in Antminers.

Well the most important thing here is that undervolting is possible and temp reporting and controls are also working in Linux.

Claymore says he is prioritizing his XMR v10 miners so I hope much improvement for RX GPU support. Hope he release Linux build for v10.

 

[Eliovp]

WOW - I knew you will mod these 480M sooner or later!

What sorcery .... 6200h sgminer-gm XMR at 880 watt ~ 4amps !!!

And those temps -- are you for real? Amazing!

I can probably do better though..

Ha, yeah, have to admit, the panda is in a warehouse where it's around 5-10 degrees at this moment.

They're still low though, when running stock it was an average of 44 degrees, highest temp is now at 40 and lowest 31 .

Will post updates as soon as i can. Busy busy..

From the pictures - looks like the fans are also good quality.

And Philip said that they don't scream like the ones in Antminers.

Well the most important thing here is that undervolting is possible and temp reporting and controls are also working in Linux.

Claymore says he is prioritizing his XMR v10 miners so I hope much improvement for RX GPU support. Hope he release Linux build for v10.

 

The fans seem to be indeed of decent quality. This has to be seen in the longer run.

Temp reporting isn't really correct as it has no effect. The fans of the pandaminer are directly connected to the main board.

I'm pretty sure Claymore isn't going to release anything for linux anymore. Perhaps he will, but i don't think so..

Greetings!

[QuintLeo]

It appears that they changed fans somewhere between the prototype (that used 7x or 8x Delta 60mm screamers - that ARE very good reliability) to 5x of some sort of an 80mm fan?

I've not seen any pictures that actually showed the actual fans on a production unit though.

[Longsnowsm]

WOW - I knew you will mod these 480M sooner or later!

What sorcery .... 6200h sgminer-gm XMR at 880 watt ~ 4amps !!!

And those temps -- are you for real? Amazing!

I can probably do better though..

Ha, yeah, have to admit, the panda is in a warehouse where it's around 5-10 degrees at this moment.

They're still low though, when running stock it was an average of 44 degrees, highest temp is now at 40 and lowest 31 .

Will post updates as soon as i can. Busy busy..

From the pictures - looks like the fans are also good quality.

And Philip said that they don't scream like the ones in Antminers.

Well the most important thing here is that undervolting is possible and temp reporting and controls are also working in Linux.

Claymore says he is prioritizing his XMR v10 miners so I hope much improvement for RX GPU support. Hope he release Linux build for v10.

 

The fans seem to be indeed of decent quality. This has to be seen in the longer run.

Temp reporting isn't really correct as it has no effect. The fans of the pandaminer are directly connected to the main board.

I'm pretty sure Claymore isn't going to release anything for linux anymore. Perhaps he will, but i don't think so..

Greetings!

Fantastic stuff!  Are you going to be selling a copy of your Linux build and the roms with a tutorial on how to do this on a Pandaminer?  If you are I may just have to buy a Pandaminer! LOL

[philipma1957]

WOW - I knew you will mod these 480M sooner or later!

What sorcery .... 6200h sgminer-gm XMR at 880 watt ~ 4amps !!!

And those temps -- are you for real? Amazing!

I can probably do better though..

Ha, yeah, have to admit, the panda is in a warehouse where it's around 5-10 degrees at this moment.

They're still low though, when running stock it was an average of 44 degrees, highest temp is now at 40 and lowest 31 .

Will post updates as soon as i can. Busy busy..

my panda is in a 95f garage  running  the oem windows 10  .

 I updated to the latest   eth miner  from claymore for windows and I am getting  237mh  at 1125-1150  watts

every gpu reads 30 or 31 mh

[philipma1957]

It appears that they changed fans somewhere between the prototype (that used 7x or 8x Delta 60mm screamers - that ARE very good reliability) to 5x of some sort of an 80mm fan?

I've not seen any pictures that actually showed the actual fans on a production unit though.

delta 80 mm  they are loud but not nasty pitch  they use  .8 amps at 12 volt  that is about 10 watts a fan


possible replacement

https://www.amazon.com/Bgears-Performance-Black-b-PWM-2Ball/dp/B00UTIB994/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?

also delta makes  a slower fan

if this can run in a 96f garage  doing 237mh for eth

commonsense means lower ambient  temp would allow for lower fan speed.

I will buy a few fans use them as push.

the unit uses 9 fans

push pull over the  gpus  and push over the cpu.

[ZedZedNova]

I'm pretty sure Claymore isn't going to release anything for linux anymore. Perhaps he will, but i don't think so..

I'm running claymore's v9.3 ZEC miner on linux (ethOS), but can't speak for any of his other miners running on linux. I probably should upgrade since v9.3 is out. I probably should to do a comparo between the latest from optiminer and claymore.

Edit: I just upgraded to claymore v9.3 and will check to see what flypool reports as my 24hour hash rate. Currently it reports 141.4 H/s.

[Eliovp]

Some more results.

So XMR still at 4amps (880watt) after 15hrs.

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Also did a quick testrun on ethereum using the latest available Claymore miner (bad comparison vs Windows as the latest release there is newer and faster, i tested this and it is faster..)
I will test with genoil's as well later today.
236Mh while consuming 5.3A (1166watt) most consumption i've seen as of now..

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Did a testrun for zcash as well.
1730H while consuming 4.9A (1078watt)

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Then i did some minor modifcations (rom wise)  
Improved hashrate and same consumption.
So still 4A (880 watt) but this time hitting 6400h  

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Again, overall, i must say, awesome machine.

This could be seriously interesting for bigger farms.
I made it so that i just plug in the power, it boots and starts mining.
Other algo, no problem. Switch and go.

Greetings!

[Tmdz]

Looks good, are those Chips from the GPU's soldered directly to the Pandaminer board or is it still a modular system with swappable cards ?

They're swappable

Its all lego parts.

Custom mobo with 8 mini-pcie slots and then 8 mobile rx 480s plugged in.

[Eliovp]

Lego it is!

Some more modifications (again rom wise)

Almost 800h per card (not giving up!)




Still 4A!!

[citronick]

Super!!!

If this Pandaminer hits this high of H/s with 4 to 6 Amps.... and those temperature readings are fantastic for a high end rig.

I can only imagine what alien technology heatsinks are used by Panda.

I think its a very big milestone for GPU farm in terms of hash/power/footprint/serviceability.

What settings sgminer-gm? rawintesity 512 -w 4 -g 2 ?

Cant wait for my Panda arriving tomorrow morning.

Lego it is!

Some more modifications (again rom wise)

Almost 800h per card (not giving up!)




Still 4A!!

[generalt]

I'm finding it harder and harder to resist ordering one of these from your review and Phil's.

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

Linux + modded roms make this rig ALOT more interesting & attractive

BUT

i still cringe @ the 6 months warranty, if you don't pay for electricity you can ROI it just @ the end of the warranty, but if you do pay for it, it's gonna be longer. (ok some could argue after 6 months usually computer parts, especially if they ran for 6 months 24/7 shouldn't fail) but it still make me reluctant to try my luck....

Keep up the good work man anyway

[Eliovp]

Linux + modded roms make this rig ALOT more interesting & attractive

BUT

i still cringe @ the 6 months warranty, if you don't pay for electricity you can ROI it just @ the end of the warranty, but if you do pay for it, it's gonna be longer. (ok some could argue after 6 months usually computer parts, especially if they ran for 6 months 24/7 shouldn't fail) but it still make me reluctant to try my luck....

Keep up the good work man anyway

Yeah, it does and thx


Anyhow, they have a good decent product, the only thing they lack is marketing and a decent after sales policy..


We'll see, perhaps they'll come to their senses..

[Remainder]

If one of the graphics does not work, can you buy a replacement from the market easily?

[m1n1ngP4d4w4n]

If one of the graphics does not work, can you buy a replacement from the market easily?

It's not that easy to find, but i bet my shirt pandaminer gonna have a parts shop

[QuintLeo]

It appears that they changed fans somewhere between the prototype (that used 7x or 8x Delta 60mm screamers - that ARE very good reliability) to 5x of some sort of an 80mm fan?

I've not seen any pictures that actually showed the actual fans on a production unit though.

delta 80 mm  they are loud but not nasty pitch  they use  .8 amps at 12 volt  that is about 10 watts a fan

 Sounds like one of their mid-range 80mm then - Delta makes a VERY WIDE range of fans - dozens in JUST 80mm alone, and I think a few hundred or so different models in total.