Antminer D3 Blissz firmware (10/12 v1.12 update)

[nid125]

Hallo Blissh

One miner lost one chain and keep going for I dont know how long before i discovered this
Reboot bring all back to normal but auto reboot doesnt work in that case for sure.
i have your latest firmware installed
Just reporting
BTW im using 487 with voltage stage3 and auto fan, hash 18.2G and 930w where stock firmware delivered 17.5G with 980W
Thanks

auto reboot will work in the next version. Hopefully today

Installed latest Antminer-D3-20171129_1-blissz.tar and im in testing mode now
Thanks

[thistlecoins]

Hi @all,

as probably some of you have exchanged fans - what kind of model / type would you guys recommend? How many RPM fans are you using to get the D3 quiet?
Mine are currently running at 2500-3000rpm with original fans. Any recommendations?

And thanks Blissz, for starting this and still working on an even better custom FW. :-)

I run it with the 120mm 2000rpm Scythe Slip Stream fans, but that only works if you run it at the lowest voltage setting. A relative silent 2500 to 3000rpm would be better. Anybody got suggestions?

Yes, I think I found one:
http://noctua.at/en/products/product-line-industrial/nf-f12-industrialppc-3000-pwm

This one looks quite promising actually. I just ordered some (they are not cheap!) and I'll give them a try over the weekend...

I have installed the Noctua NF-F12 (3.000rpm = 65dB)

Ambient temp: 16°C
Fan: (AUTO Performance) ~75%
Clock: 500 MHz
Voltage: 9V
Max Chip-Temp: 86°C
18.730 MH/s
Accepted: 100%
Hardware errors: 0 (after 30min)
Usage: 1.020 Watt

Testing again


Fan loudness curve:
10 %   44 dB   750 rpm
15 %   45 dB   875 rpm
20 %   47 dB   1.000 rpm
25 %   48 dB   1.125 rpm
30 %   49 dB   1.250 rpm
35 %   50 dB   1.375 rpm
40 %   51 dB   1.500 rpm
45 %   52 dB   1.625 rpm
50 %   54 dB   1.750 rpm
55 %   55 dB   1.875 rpm
60 %   56 dB   2.000 rpm
65 %   57 dB   2.125 rpm
70 %   58 dB   2.250 rpm
75 %   59 dB   2.375 rpm
80 %   60 dB   2.500 rpm
85 %   62 dB   2.625 rpm
90 %   63 dB   2.750 rpm
95 %   64 dB   2.875 rpm
100 %   65 dB   3.000 rpm

Did I read the thread correctly that you opted against these after testing?  I was also curious why their website advertises 43db when you were measuring 60ish.   There must be some rule about the distance of the measurement that is standard?   43db would have been a win over the stock fans for sure (but lower RPM/flow of course).

(Edit: if so too bad, the 6 year warranty is hella-appealling!  You could migrate your fans to the next gen of 120mm ASIC miners).

thistle

[thistlecoins]

How are you guys monitoring energy usage?  I have a kill-a-watt on my D3 (120v) currently, but I'm adding a 240v circuit and will be using a PDU when my 2nd D3 gets in, but I'm not sure if there is an energy monitor I can get that plugs into the PDU. 

So, are all of you that are quoting your wattage using 120v and using a kill-a-watt, or is anyone on 240v?  If so, how are you monitoring the wattage?
thanks

Just ordered this, says it's good to 240v for $17. I'll use them for timers after checking out the D3 usage. My kill a watt says only 120v, not trying that
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0727S8N72/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm not sure how you're going to plug that into a 6-anything outlet... must have adapters or something?

I can confirm those Zettaguard units (and the HomeMate App) also work great on 220-240v@60hz (US).  The packaging says nothing about 240v, so it was a bit scary the first time I powered on.  But yes, adapters may be required if you order the US versions.  I think their internals don't vary for the international versions... hence why they work across standards.  Not sure about 50hz countries though.

I preferred all my 240v stuff be L6-20 or L6-30, but these guys made me build an inline adapter to Edison so I can selectively monitor 240v.

Do note that they are still rated for 15A, which may be below what your 240v PDU outputs are rated for.   Max 2 D3s per Zettaguard at 240v, 1 each would probably be safer unless you are using 2400+w server supplies and have no choice.

thistle.

[xpforex]

much better w/ Energy Monitoring

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0178IC5ZY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Sidifotoskwa]

Noob here. Installed 29/11.  Temp(Chip) 46,73,78.  Fan2:4440  Fan1:3390
Any advice?  Should the temp and rpm be more balanced?
Thanks

[mohicans]

Hi Blissz..

How do I know which version of firmware that I am running now? Sounds silly as I did not write it down as a note..LOL..
I tried using Bitmain Miner Tool, it only shows "unknown". With officical Bitmain's firmare, it will show..

[fecell]

How do you think, guys, should I send defective chain to Bitmain for repair?

make a photos with guarantee labels and serial (both side).
disassemble and look inside.
may be piece of paper, leaf, dead bug or something else that close air flow for one blade.
Once I found a stucco while unpack new DLINK router.
If all clear inside, then make ticket at bitmain for repair (and they request photo about I talk at begin)

[blastar]

Sorry, guys, but I need help because of Bitmain support completely useless.

With stock firmware and stock settings (537Mhz, 13 voltage) for 1&2 chain temperature is below 70C but for 3rd it's higher than 100C.
I think heatsink didn't properly place on chips.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u8i0pkn70ks20t4/chain_3_103.png?dl=0

I tried latest Bitmain firmware and Blissz firmware - still overheating.

I tried to run it with only one 3rd chain (overheating) and got this:

Chain#   ASIC#   Frequency   GH/S(RT)   HW   Temp(PCB)   Temp(Chip)   ASIC status
3           60                537             6517.26           421        53                83   oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo oooo
Fan#   Fan1   Fan2
Speed (r/min)   5,220   5,760

So, even alone, with fans on 100%  its 83C and had 421 error during 20min test.

How do you think, guys, should I send defective chain to Bitmain for repair?
Thanks

First of all, reduce the stock frequency from 537 to say 400  before you burn the 3rd chain!, then check whether the 3rd chain shows cooler temperatures, if yes, install Blissz's firmware to tune the frequency for each chain to balance their temperatures, especially the 3rd chain should be reduced way under the other two. I would advise you to choose the highest fan speed to cool the 3rd chain down, you can also use Blissz's "Performance" mode for the fan.
Don't forget though that this might invalidate your warranty! But it's better having a functioning miner than dealing with hassles of sending it back to Bitmain.
Good luck!

[dlezama]

Tuning each card I discovered that changing the voltage on one of them also affects the number of HW errors I get on the other ones. I don't know if frequency has the same effect. This made it quite tricky to get the three cards tuned independently. Have others observed this? What would this happen?

[Mattithyahu]

Tuning each card I discovered that changing the voltage on one of them also affects the number of HW errors I get on the other ones. I don't know if frequency has the same effect. This made it quite tricky to get the three cards tuned independently. Have others observed this? What would this happen?

Exactly what happends with me. Please guys, if you get good results, please share the settings you are running, and what batch of Antminer D3 you got. I will share mine as soon as I get decent results!

Any opinion on how much HW errors is acceptable? Does HW error affect mining performance? I dont see any speed changes with a lot of HW errors. Can you just ignore it if temp and everything is allright?

[kuracoin]

Please help.
What's happening here? I tried rebooting the miner but it's either super low like in the pic here or it's something crazy like 110. It was fine for a while and I made increases to the frequency slowly. Is it possible the sensor is busted? Should I just try to gauge the temp by looking at the other two boards?
https://gyazo.com/8213b69a893fd79de5ac2efd9bf39f85

[Ubersonic]

The Noctua NF-F12 3000PWM fans was replaced with stock fans.
The needed power of Noctua fans are not reached.  

I'm running EK Furious Vardar 3000s on mine without issue, at 100% they are about as noisey as stock fans at 40%, they do a great job on auto fan.

[blastar]

Tuning each card I discovered that changing the voltage on one of them also affects the number of HW errors I get on the other ones. I don't know if frequency has the same effect. This made it quite tricky to get the three cards tuned independently. Have others observed this? What would this happen?

Exactly what happends with me. Please guys, if you get good results, please share the settings you are running, and what batch of Antminer D3 you got. I will share mine as soon as I get decent results!

Any opinion on how much HW errors is acceptable? Does HW error affect mining performance? I dont see any speed changes with a lot of HW errors. Can you just ignore it if temp and everything is allright?

Every D3 is different, so there are no general settings that fit everybody. Even in a single D3, the boards can be very different, and this is the reason Blissz added the individual board tuning feature.

You should just follow these instructions (courtesy of Blissz):
Start with frequency of 400 and a "Low" voltage setting.
Then increase the frequency until you start seeing HW errors.
Now either reduce the frequency if you want to keep the lowest power consumption, or increase the voltage incrementally until the HW errors disappear altogether, or are not more than 12 per hour.
You should also keep an eye on chip temperatures of each board (or chain), and try to keep them under 80 deg. C. using the fan automatic profiles or fixing the fan speed at a certain percentage. I prefer personally to keep it on automatic.

As a rule of thumb (at least in my 19 GHs D3 batch from mid October), the highest frequency I can use without HW errors on "Low" voltage is 438, some boards cannot tolerate higher frequencies, and they start producing too many errors already at a frequency of 425 or even 419!
 

[flip909]

Hiya,

D3s are all different.I have 2 i have overclocked now fine running at 21GH, the third I cant OC. the temps of chips are already at 78 Degrees as standard.
They are all 19.3 GH machines.

Can anyone confirm its around 80 degrees for ASIC chips before they start to burn and produce lots of errors?

Did anyone manage to get L3 miners tweaked? Im running mine at 619 MH for 3 days perfect. on th pool it reads as over 700. not bad for a 504 machine!

[cscheat]

Guys

5 of my D3 got issue with Chain 1 Chip set temperature TOO HIGH !

Any advice

https://i.imgur.com/c3b19Ce.png

[flip909]

Sorry, guys, but I need help because of Bitmain support completely useless.

With stock firmware and stock settings (537Mhz, 13 voltage) for 1&2 chain temperature is below 70C but for 3rd it's higher than 100C.
I think heatsink didn't properly place on chips.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u8i0pkn70ks20t4/chain_3_103.png?dl=0

I tried latest Bitmain firmware and Blissz firmware - still overheating.

I tried to run it with only one 3rd chain (overheating) and got this:

Chain#   ASIC#   Frequency   GH/S(RT)   HW   Temp(PCB)   Temp(Chip)   ASIC status
3           60                537             6517.26           421        53                83   oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo oooooooo oooo
Fan#   Fan1   Fan2
Speed (r/min)   5,220   5,760

So, even alone, with fans on 100%  its 83C and had 421 error during 20min test.

How do you think, guys, should I send defective chain to Bitmain for repair?
Thanks

First of all, reduce the stock frequency from 537 to say 400  before you burn the 3rd chain!, then check whether the 3rd chain shows cooler temperatures, if yes, install Blissz's firmware to tune the frequency for each chain to balance their temperatures, especially the 3rd chain should be reduced way under the other two. I would advise you to choose the highest fan speed to cool the 3rd chain down, you can also use Blissz's "Performance" mode for the fan.
Don't forget though that this might invalidate your warranty! But it's better having a functioning miner than dealing with hassles of sending it back to Bitmain.
Good luck!

Good advice.id do this but this will invalidate warranty. just ,make a decision before you start

[caymanguy]

bitshit keep selling l3 and s9 to do what they did in d3

no one should deal with this company or its pool

 

[hta]

Hi Blissz,

I have 9 D3, and in that my 5 D3 fails to switch to my Pool dug that it just runs on your Pool, this error seems to happen when my main Pool dies. This error is very serious, my D3s run for hours on your pool.
I restarted a machine and took a picture of a D3 machine, here

[ledpiss]

Running 29/11 on 3 D3's. No issues as of yet. I was able to get a seemingly dead card back up and running by cranking the voltage and reducing the Mhz rating.

Later,
  Stephen

[hta]

Hi Blissz,

I have 9 D3, and in that my 5 D3 fails to switch to my Pool dug that it just runs on your Pool, this error seems to happen when my main Pool dies. This error is very serious, my D3s run for hours on your pool.
I restarted a machine and took a picture of a D3 machine, here

I (and we) want you to show your pool to the Miner Status, so that we can track, you charge and we agree, the issue you should put out Miner Status, do not hide them.