Innosilicon A5 DashMaster 30.2G 750W

[jotaperez]

New update.bin working with good hashrate, but overclocked is not better.

Chain#   Accepted / Rejected   HW   Temp min / Temp max / Temp avg   Status   HashRate(MHS)
ASC0           2965 / 34           37                    26.67 / 52 / 42                   Alive              10655.58
ASC1           3060 / 34            0                    29.33 / 51.33 / 40.67    Alive              11075.31
ASC2           3005 / 40            0                    26.67 / 48 / 39.33           Alive               11075.29


Running Time         Accepted / Rejected   HW   Fan Speed   Total    HashRate(MHS)
01d 00h 57m 23s   9030 / 108           37           60%                  32806.18

http://www.innosilicon.com.cn/download/update.bin

[omshree]

For me new fw makes 36.5GH on OC mode, perfect

[jotaperez]

Which is your configuration?

[funbuxx]

Root password for 22 Dec firmware is t1t2t3a5

Merry Christmas all

My LTC address for donations is LgWgzgw9dC5UfiEhLfuT75h37wzzkaYXZo Thanks!

[lynewyork]

What is the delay compensation from Innosilicon for A5? I got some emails from them, but am not sure what is the final policy.

[kb8679]

A massive thank you for this! Inno replied to my query for the pw: "Sorry, It's a secret for our developers only and can't be shared". Damn them. Should they find out again that the PW is out in the public, do you see it as a real option that they could improve their security and move away from the relatively easy to crack DES-scheme? If so, things could get more painful in the future (then I'd probably skip important FW updates due to that).

Root password for 22 Dec firmware is t1t2t3a5

Merry Christmas all

My LTC address for donations is LgWgzgw9dC5UfiEhLfuT75h37wzzkaYXZo Thanks!

[HagssFIN]

Anybody had an issue where the miner stucks after a reboot and doesn't start mining?
Web configuration page is accessible and all the settings are ok, but it doesn't start mining.

[polyminer]

Anybody had an issue where the miner stucks after a reboot and doesn't start mining?
Web configuration page is accessible and all the settings are ok, but it doesn't start mining.

I noticed that also (since a couple of updates back) but miner will eventually start mining after a few minutes. If its taking too long, could be your pool setting, try an easy pool just to see if miner can connect, for example the default pool. As for latest firmware 2017-12-22, overclock is possible now and auto-refresh is still not working.

Happy Holidays to all and happy mining.

[jotaperez]

A massive thank you for this! Inno replied to my query for the pw: "Sorry, It's a secret for our developers only and can't be shared". Damn them. Should they find out again that the PW is out in the public, do you see it as a real option that they could improve their security and move away from the relatively easy to crack DES-scheme? If so, things could get more painful in the future (then I'd probably skip important FW updates due to that).

Root password for 22 Dec firmware is t1t2t3a5

Merry Christmas all

My LTC address for donations is LgWgzgw9dC5UfiEhLfuT75h37wzzkaYXZo Thanks!

The files now are Read-Only

[HagssFIN]

Anybody had an issue where the miner stucks after a reboot and doesn't start mining?
Web configuration page is accessible and all the settings are ok, but it doesn't start mining.

I noticed that also (since a couple of updates back) but miner will eventually start mining after a few minutes. If its taking too long, could be your pool setting, try an easy pool just to see if miner can connect, for example the default pool. As for latest firmware 2017-12-22, overclock is possible now and auto-refresh is still not working.

Happy Holidays to all and happy mining.

Yeah I was hurrying too much with it.  

It took forever but now when I'm back home I notice it is mining ok again.

Thanks, and happy holidays!

[kb8679]

A massive thank you for this! Inno replied to my query for the pw: "Sorry, It's a secret for our developers only and can't be shared". Damn them. Should they find out again that the PW is out in the public, do you see it as a real option that they could improve their security and move away from the relatively easy to crack DES-scheme? If so, things could get more painful in the future (then I'd probably skip important FW updates due to that).

Root password for 22 Dec firmware is t1t2t3a5

Merry Christmas all

My LTC address for donations is LgWgzgw9dC5UfiEhLfuT75h37wzzkaYXZo Thanks!

The files now are Read-Only

I believe this was a good decision by Inno, rendering the possibility of auto corruption of certain files impossible. You can change the FS between RW&RO easily; see the following post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2549898.msg26944688#msg26944688

[gvsrusa]

Anybody had an issue where the miner stucks after a reboot and doesn't start mining?
Web configuration page is accessible and all the settings are ok, but it doesn't start mining.

I have the same issue. Web configuration is accessible but it is showing nothing on status, system and network page and it's keep on loading. Only pool configuration is accessible. Nothing on the pool side as well.

[HagssFIN]

Anybody had an issue where the miner stucks after a reboot and doesn't start mining?
Web configuration page is accessible and all the settings are ok, but it doesn't start mining.

I have the same issue. Web configuration is accessible but it is showing nothing on status, system and network page and it's keep on loading. Only pool configuration is accessible. Nothing on the pool side as well.

Have you tried upgrading the firmware to the December 22 version?

See my previous post in this thread, it took some time for me before the A5 started hashing.

[gvsrusa]

Anybody had an issue where the miner stucks after a reboot and doesn't start mining?
Web configuration page is accessible and all the settings are ok, but it doesn't start mining.

I have the same issue. Web configuration is accessible but it is showing nothing on status, system and network page and it's keep on loading. Only pool configuration is accessible. Nothing on the pool side as well.

Have you tried upgrading the firmware to the December 22 version?

See my previous post in this thread, it took some time for me before the A5 started hashing.

I tried doing the upgrade but it got stuck at 0%.

[kb8679]

Anybody had an issue where the miner stucks after a reboot and doesn't start mining?
Web configuration page is accessible and all the settings are ok, but it doesn't start mining.

I have the same issue. Web configuration is accessible but it is showing nothing on status, system and network page and it's keep on loading. Only pool configuration is accessible. Nothing on the pool side as well.

I've had this exact same behaviour with A4+; see this post https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2140874.msg26736997#msg26736997
Let me know if it helped you. I saw my miner come up and online but it didn't start mining. Also none of the web status pages gave out any information at all. Just kept "loading"... I wasn't even able to reboot via the web interface.

[gvsrusa]

Anybody had an issue where the miner stucks after a reboot and doesn't start mining?
Web configuration page is accessible and all the settings are ok, but it doesn't start mining.

I have the same issue. Web configuration is accessible but it is showing nothing on status, system and network page and it's keep on loading. Only pool configuration is accessible. Nothing on the pool side as well.

I've had this exact same behaviour with A4+; see this post https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2140874.msg26736997#msg26736997
Let me know if it helped you. I saw my miner come up and online but it didn't start mining. Also none of the web status pages gave out any information at all. Just kept "loading"... I wasn't even able to reboot via the web interface.

Thank you so much. Finally it started mining

[kb8679]

Anybody had an issue where the miner stucks after a reboot and doesn't start mining?
Web configuration page is accessible and all the settings are ok, but it doesn't start mining.

I have the same issue. Web configuration is accessible but it is showing nothing on status, system and network page and it's keep on loading. Only pool configuration is accessible. Nothing on the pool side as well.

I've had this exact same behaviour with A4+; see this post https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2140874.msg26736997#msg26736997
Let me know if it helped you. I saw my miner come up and online but it didn't start mining. Also none of the web status pages gave out any information at all. Just kept "loading"... I wasn't even able to reboot via the web interface.

Thank you so much. Finally it started mining

Great! Now I'd suggest to upgrade to the latest firmware. It SHOULD fix the issue you were having too (by making the file system read only by default). Also at least with A4+ it fixed other things too and multicoin pools aren't that big of a issue anymore.

[gvsrusa]

Anybody had an issue where the miner stucks after a reboot and doesn't start mining?
Web configuration page is accessible and all the settings are ok, but it doesn't start mining.

I have the same issue. Web configuration is accessible but it is showing nothing on status, system and network page and it's keep on loading. Only pool configuration is accessible. Nothing on the pool side as well.

I've had this exact same behaviour with A4+; see this post https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2140874.msg26736997#msg26736997
Let me know if it helped you. I saw my miner come up and online but it didn't start mining. Also none of the web status pages gave out any information at all. Just kept "loading"... I wasn't even able to reboot via the web interface.

Thank you so much. Finally it started mining

Great! Now I'd suggest to upgrade to the latest firmware. It SHOULD fix the issue you were having too (by making the file system read only by default). Also at least with A4+ it fixed other things too and multicoin pools aren't that big of a issue anymore.

I will. Thank you

[EdgeOfSanity]

I have a question for those of you who have done the TF card firmware update. I have build dates of ~11/13/17 on all 10 of my a5s and they do have the TF card readers installed. When reading the manual for flashing via TF card it clearly shows how to set the boot image on the card. But then the last part of the instructions tell you to go into the miner via browser and update firmware there. It says to do it from the firmware you dl onto your pc and says nothing about using the tf card.

What exactly do i do with the tf card i just setup? Put it in there and update firmware via pc using web interface or does it update off the tf card? I'd rather not brick these things, i've already got 1 with a dead hashing board and many others with the pw problem...

[Dockin]

I have a question for those of you who have done the TF card firmware update. I have build dates of ~11/13/17 on all 10 of my a5s and they do have the TF card readers installed. When reading the manual for flashing via TF card it clearly shows how to set the boot image on the card. But then the last part of the instructions tell you to go into the miner via browser and update firmware there. It says to do it from the firmware you dl onto your pc and says nothing about using the tf card.

What exactly do i do with the tf card i just setup? Put it in there and update firmware via pc using web interface or does it update off the tf card? I'd rather not brick these things, i've already got 1 with a dead hashing board and many others with the pw problem...

I was also wondering about this. The Instructions that Innosilicon provided to update the A5 through TF card reader is not clear.
I assumed the same thing you did.. I put the TF card into the reader, then did the browser update using the 'Update File' provided on their website.

Seems to work okay so far...

It seems that may people are having issues with the A5's. I've heard many others mention that they have dead hash boards, or missing TF card readers. I have also read many posts mentioning software issues people have been experiencing.

I cannot believe how irresponsible Innosilicon has been to their customers and the community. Comments on their Twitter page are tearing them to shreds, calling them out on all of these issues that they refuse to acknowledge any of their customers, then go on to advertise their newest A4+ on their page and pretend like everything is fine.

My personal experience with Innosilicon so far has been:
- Several months late on promised miner arrival time
- Very unclear instructions
- No response from support when I tried to email for clarification at any point
- Was promised free A4+ as compensation for late A5 delivery in one email
- They took back their promise in the next email, but then actually offered it again on the condition I wire them over $400 US for shipping charges
- I wired them the $400 over 2 weeks ago and still have not been able to get a confirmation.
- No longer answering any of my emails