Baikal Giant X10

[Frizz23]

Guys, how long have you waited for your X10s and all went good with Baikal orders?

(sending passport scans and similar)?

Thanks

Waited for 2 months. Received them yesterday... Terrible customer service. A one point thought i got scammed. I have also a bigger order with the second batch and i wonder when we will get that... I will think twice before i do business again. Unless with the two new algos we get filthy rich.

Thanks!
Uf... I feel your pain, I'm not sure whether to try them out or not, to be honest.

Still no word about the price or shipping date for the new miners?

[GunsN]

hi there, I am mining on qubit and profit drop to 1600 DGB 24 hour, any ideas?
thanks

Easy, other people are getting their miners, therefore difficulty increases. That is why calculation websites are not a good source for future profit. It only calculates "TODAY" profit if hashrate stays the same.

So you can bet that Baikal Giant B calculation will be the same outcome, which is downward.

Thanks for answering me.
I know that difficulty increased, But I am interesting what other people is doing, which algo are they mining at this time.

[coingotrade]

I found something very interesting while poking around the x10 file structures.

I found these 2 lines:

Code:

poolAdd({url:'stratum+tcp://nist5.mine.zpool.ca:3833',pass:'x11=1,quark=1,qubit=1,groestl=1,nist5=1',priority:'6',algo:'nist5',extranonce:true});
poolAdd({url:'stratum+tcp://groestl.mine.zpool.ca:5333',pass:'x11=1,quark=1,qubit=1,groestl=1,nist5=1',priority:'5',algo:'groestl',extranonce:true});

So I am guessing either the 2 new algos are nist5 and groestl, or they originally had nist5 and groestl and decided to change the algos to skein and myr-groestl.


I also found this line:

Code:

sudo mv sgminer_300MHz_fix_NoHW  /opt/scripta/bin/sgminer 

So I am assuming they have their own custom sgminer with a fixed clock rate so there goes the overclocking dream.

Guess someone at Baikal didn't remove all their traces. Now I wonder how would we get nist5 and groestl back on there. LOL.

Baikal is indeed using a custom sgminer.

I attempted to decompile the sgminer, but didn't get far. However I did find this in the code:

Code:

--baikal-options    Set baikal options clock:recover temp:cutoff temp   
--baikal-fan    Set baikal fan speed(percent)

I haven't tested the clock option, but I think it might just be the lower limit at which the miner reboots if the clock speed falls down.

[jb7032]

I have a feeling that the X10 algos will be different than the B's.  'B' probably because it's hardware tailored to 'Blake' type algorithms.  Part of me thinks that they asked what algos. people wanted, and some of the more popular ones asked for may have required slightly different hardware architecture to pull off than was in the X10.  This is probably meant to hit that market they identified.

BTW: Running the x10 with a fan setting of 35 makes it super-quiet.  I thought it was off when I went into the basement because I could not hear it over the sound of the dehumidifier. Temps steady at 22c.

so you run fan at 35 load of 100? have you tested temps on all algo's?

Yes.  I had the fan set on 35 for DGB Skein last evening, and all through the night.
Temps stayed at 22c on all boards.

I have moved over to mining DGB Myriad-Groestl for the past 6 hours, and the temps went up to 23c, so I bumped the fan up to 40.

I mined qbit for a few hours when I first got the miner because I had pool settings for that at hand, and there was a lot of warm air coming out. With Skien, the miner is basically spitting out room-temperature air. I imagine that you would need it to be on almost full blast if doing X11, but I have not mined any other algorithms yet.

I want to warn people that you should only go this low if you know there is no chance your miner will switch over to a more power-hungry algorithm. The only pools on my X10 right now are either skein, or myriad-groestl.

1 of my 3 keeps going offline after 7-8 hours of running. Can't access the webpage and need to do a full reboot or two to get it to come back up. Anyone else having a problem like that? Seems network related.

Yes! This happened to me last night.  I had to reboot it a couple times, and even rebooted my home network. The machine came up with a different IP.  Something with DHCP might not be working right.  I may try to configure it to use static IP, but I don't want to touch it if it's working.

Static IP didnt do anything. Machine was offline this morning. Can't ping it. Guess I will try flashing the stock image on it.

[mano237]

I have a feeling that the X10 algos will be different than the B's.  'B' probably because it's hardware tailored to 'Blake' type algorithms.  Part of me thinks that they asked what algos. people wanted, and some of the more popular ones asked for may have required slightly different hardware architecture to pull off than was in the X10.  This is probably meant to hit that market they identified.

BTW: Running the x10 with a fan setting of 35 makes it super-quiet.  I thought it was off when I went into the basement because I could not hear it over the sound of the dehumidifier. Temps steady at 22c.

so you run fan at 35 load of 100? have you tested temps on all algo's?

Yes.  I had the fan set on 35 for DGB Skein last evening, and all through the night.
Temps stayed at 22c on all boards.

I have moved over to mining DGB Myriad-Groestl for the past 6 hours, and the temps went up to 23c, so I bumped the fan up to 40.

I mined qbit for a few hours when I first got the miner because I had pool settings for that at hand, and there was a lot of warm air coming out. With Skien, the miner is basically spitting out room-temperature air. I imagine that you would need it to be on almost full blast if doing X11, but I have not mined any other algorithms yet.

I want to warn people that you should only go this low if you know there is no chance your miner will switch over to a more power-hungry algorithm. The only pools on my X10 right now are either skein, or myriad-groestl.

1 of my 3 keeps going offline after 7-8 hours of running. Can't access the webpage and need to do a full reboot or two to get it to come back up. Anyone else having a problem like that? Seems network related.

Yes! This happened to me last night.  I had to reboot it a couple times, and even rebooted my home network. The machine came up with a different IP.  Something with DHCP might not be working right.  I may try to configure it to use static IP, but I don't want to touch it if it's working.

Static IP didnt do anything. Machine was offline this morning. Can't ping it. Guess I will try flashing the stock image on it.

It happens to me also every 1,2 day that it turns off and I dont know why.. no ping nothing.. Poweroff-power on and it works fine again, seems like a network problem.
I thought that static would solve the problem but havent tried it out yet..
Keep us updadet if somebody found a fix for this.

[jb7032]

The one thing I noticed was the network port had solid lights, no blinking and when I pulled the network cord the lights stayed solid as opposed to shutting off like normal. Not sure if that proves anything other then the problem isn't with our network but rather the hardware or software inside the X10. It wouldnt be a big deal but it sucks to have these things happen over night and miss out on a few hours of mining.

[GunsN]

I had the same problem, I have received this miner more than 2 weeks, I have configured static IP and write a new image on SD card,  the problem didn't solved, but it doesn't loose connection as often as before.
I think they have no solution for this problem

[jb7032]

There is clearly a problem with my one miner. Now instead of shutting down it shows as mining but only registers 100MH pool side. It's accepted shares stops climbing compared to the other two machines mining the same location. AWESOME....

[bitcoinexplorer]

@GunsN and @jb7032
i am also facing same issue, how to resolve it? lets discover it and help each other

[Turk Ace]

Here t is much not expensive then that. It's $1100 but what about shipping fees and taxes and crap? What will it cost once it is at your feet?

[jb7032]

@GunsN and @jb7032
i am also facing same issue, how to resolve it? lets discover it and help each other

Not sure if there is anything to do with this one unit. It keeps going offline and doesn't seem to be producing shares at the same rate as other units even though it shows that it is working normally. I do notice the temp of the Pi is way higher then the other units. Wonder if its a bad Pi. Not sure how that all works.

[bitcoinexplorer]

@GunsN and @jb7032
i am also facing same issue, how to resolve it? lets discover it and help each other

Not sure if there is anything to do with this one unit. It keeps going offline and doesn't seem to be producing shares at the same rate as other units even though it shows that it is working normally. I do notice the temp of the Pi is way higher then the other units. Wonder if its a bad Pi. Not sure how that all works.

i am also facing same problem

[cardinalproperty]

Hi.

So, I got my Baikal X10 today, and I've been mining ALQO with the quark algorithm for a few hours.

My issue is that the hashrate at the pool is half of what the machine should be getting and half of what shows in the machine's interface.  According to the interface, all 3 boards are hashing great around 3.38GH each, which gives a total > 10GH.  However, the pools show < 5GH.  The rejected shares are low, only the one pool is active, and the indicator lights on the machine itself also appear to show that all 3 boards are working fine.

I don't think it's the pool, because I've tried two different ones, and they both have the same issue.

Has anyone else had that issue with quark mining, or do you have any suggestions for what might be going on?

[bigassboy]

Hi.

So, I got my Baikal X10 today, and I've been mining ALQO with the quark algorithm for a few hours.

My issue is that the hashrate at the pool is half of what the machine should be getting and half of what shows in the machine's interface.  According to the interface, all 3 boards are hashing great around 3.38GH each, which gives a total > 10GH.  However, the pools show < 5GH.  The rejected shares are low, only the one pool is active, and the indicator lights on the machine itself also appear to show that all 3 boards are working fine.

I don't think it's the pool, because I've tried two different ones, and they both have the same issue.

Has anyone else had that issue with quark mining, or do you have any suggestions for what might be going on?

try d=88

[cardinalproperty]

try d=88

My hero.  I had assumed that since the pools said they auto-adjusted the difficulty, I wouldn't need to set it manually, but this setting worked.  Thanks!

[jb7032]

Thanks for the d=88 tip. I have also switched to stratum+tcp://dgbq.suprnova.cc:8531 and I am much happier with the results. I think the profit switching may actually hurt things or atleast make me lose my mind watching workers way too closely.

[slanislaw]

I found something very interesting while poking around the x10 file structures.

I found these 2 lines:

Code:

poolAdd({url:'stratum+tcp://nist5.mine.zpool.ca:3833',pass:'x11=1,quark=1,qubit=1,groestl=1,nist5=1',priority:'6',algo:'nist5',extranonce:true});
poolAdd({url:'stratum+tcp://groestl.mine.zpool.ca:5333',pass:'x11=1,quark=1,qubit=1,groestl=1,nist5=1',priority:'5',algo:'groestl',extranonce:true});

So I am guessing either the 2 new algos are nist5 and groestl, or they originally had nist5 and groestl and decided to change the algos to skein and myr-groestl.


I also found this line:

Code:

sudo mv sgminer_300MHz_fix_NoHW  /opt/scripta/bin/sgminer 

So I am assuming they have their own custom sgminer with a fixed clock rate so there goes the overclocking dream.

Guess someone at Baikal didn't remove all their traces. Now I wonder how would we get nist5 and groestl back on there. LOL.

Interesting! Nice work.

[nokonokono]

Although I bought two units, there is no problem if there is only one unit, but if two units are powered up at the same time one unit will not be recognized.

Although the power of baikal X 10 is on, the blue lamp blinks on the main unit, it is recognized by Baikal Scanner, and it is Miner DOWN when accessing IP.

Does anyone know the solution?

Do you know what the blinking of the blue lamp means?

I would be pleased if you could help me.

[jb7032]

Although I bought two units, there is no problem if there is only one unit, but if two units are powered up at the same time one unit will not be recognized.

Although the power of baikal X 10 is on, the blue lamp blinks on the main unit, it is recognized by Baikal Scanner, and it is Miner DOWN when accessing IP.

Does anyone know the solution?

Do you know what the blinking of the blue lamp means?

I would be pleased if you could help me.

I am an expert at the blue blinking light...Try a different pool on the second machine. Don't ask my why or how but that solved my issue, night 1.

[jb7032]

anyone have an issue where the web page for the miner is displayed weird and you can't log in? Another one of my machines has that problem but is mining fine.