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[Trongersoll]

also, what's the best option if not plugging in the ethernet into router directly?

  you can try to use something like this for Ras. pi http://www.creatroninc.com/index.php/raspberry-pi/accessories-for-raspberry-pi/raspi-081400.html

Is there a reason not to use a cat5e cable? or is this just your preference.

People express their preference but not any actual, technical reasons of why not, which is what you are asking. I'd definitely do wireless since I know people that have mined wirelessly without any issues. It's not a bandwidth-intensive task at all.

Actually, i was just checking to make sure that there wasn't a technical issue that i missed.

[xstr8guy]

It's really great to see that things are rapidly progressing with so few problems!

Any chance October's orders will go out a week or two early since things are going so smooth?

Doesn't hurt to ask.   

[spiccioli]

Any chance October's orders will go out a week or two early since things are going so smooth?

Doesn't hurt to ask.   

I hope not!

Those like me who bought an august unit paid twice as much and so we deserve a little headstart... 

spiccioli

[xstr8guy]

Any chance October's orders will go out a week or two early since things are going so smooth?

Doesn't hurt to ask.   

I hope not!

Those like me who bought an august unit paid twice as much and so we deserve a little headstart... 

spiccioli

You're going to punish me because I missed the August cut-off by 2 orders?  I just bought an October starter and 3 H boards so my tiny 100GH/s isn't going to hurt you by much, lol.

[joris]

-use two PCI-e cables (not both plugs on the same PCI-e cable).

Is this also necessary when only powering the starter kit, can't we use the second option then?

I assume the problem is in the 250 W / 12 V > 20 A through the wire for the full kit, while 40 W / 12 V is only ~ 3.33 A...

[regular]

any updates on the credit card situation?

[joris]

The full starter kit is even stressing the official ratings of the 6 Pin PCI Express power cable, but those seem conservative.

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#pciexpress

So I would estimate the cut-off point for using 2 connectors on the same cable would between 4 to 8 H-boards.

[arorts]

That's for the version-2 m-boards.  Since Dave is going to be shipping the version-1 boards, the h-boards need to be inserted starting at the beginning with no gaps between them....

Yep. I'll have a version of this instruction for our V1 M-boards.  I have the power adapters in hand, so no worries there.

So far my main points will be:

-use two PCI-e cables (not both plugs on the same PCI-e cable).
-don't hotplug the H-boards
-don't put the H-boards in backwards - the edge connector is universal.  If you plug in the H-board with chips facing away from the rPi end, say goodbye to that board.  I plan to indicate this requirement in a few different ways (labels, etc)
-these M-boards have a single control bus.  Cards need to be loaded in each slot with no gaps (until someone designs a dummy plug anyway)

According to FedEx boards come tomorrow morning, with more Friday.  Fab says all boards ordered will be done and shipped Monday - we'll see about that.

I anticipate going dark on you for a few days while we all focus on assembling, testing and shipping rigs.  I'll pop on with some kind of status & pics as time allows so you know whats going on!

I hope you might be able to ship some orders tomorrow itself given the long weekend :-)
In any case, you are definitely doing an outstanding job, Dave!

[tom99]

That's for the version-2 m-boards.  Since Dave is going to be shipping the version-1 boards, the h-boards need to be inserted starting at the beginning with no gaps between them....

Yep. I'll have a version of this instruction for our V1 M-boards.  I have the power adapters in hand, so no worries there.

So far my main points will be:

-use two PCI-e cables (not both plugs on the same PCI-e cable).
-don't hotplug the H-boards
-don't put the H-boards in backwards - the edge connector is universal.  If you plug in the H-board with chips facing away from the rPi end, say goodbye to that board.  I plan to indicate this requirement in a few different ways (labels, etc)
-these M-boards have a single control bus.  Cards need to be loaded in each slot with no gaps (until someone designs a dummy plug anyway)

According to FedEx boards come tomorrow morning, with more Friday.  Fab says all boards ordered will be done and shipped Monday - we'll see about that.

I anticipate going dark on you for a few days while we all focus on assembling, testing and shipping rigs.  I'll pop on with some kind of status & pics as time allows so you know whats going on!

I hope you might be able to ship some orders tomorrow itself given the long weekend :-)
In any case, you are definitely doing an outstanding job, Dave!

  Monday is not holiday in The USA?  Dave said going to ship out on Monday.
 

[nexus99]

That's for the version-2 m-boards.  Since Dave is going to be shipping the version-1 boards, the h-boards need to be inserted starting at the beginning with no gaps between them....

Yep. I'll have a version of this instruction for our V1 M-boards.  I have the power adapters in hand, so no worries there.

So far my main points will be:

-use two PCI-e cables (not both plugs on the same PCI-e cable).
-don't hotplug the H-boards
-don't put the H-boards in backwards - the edge connector is universal.  If you plug in the H-board with chips facing away from the rPi end, say goodbye to that board.  I plan to indicate this requirement in a few different ways (labels, etc)
-these M-boards have a single control bus.  Cards need to be loaded in each slot with no gaps (until someone designs a dummy plug anyway)

According to FedEx boards come tomorrow morning, with more Friday.  Fab says all boards ordered will be done and shipped Monday - we'll see about that.

I anticipate going dark on you for a few days while we all focus on assembling, testing and shipping rigs.  I'll pop on with some kind of status & pics as time allows so you know whats going on!

Yes, it is a national holiday. USPS is closed but other companies are open.
I hope you might be able to ship some orders tomorrow itself given the long weekend :-)
In any case, you are definitely doing an outstanding job, Dave!

  Monday is not holiday in The USA?  Dave said going to ship out on Monday.
  

Monday is a national holiday. USPS is closed but private companies are open.

[ssi]

Got my chips today, thanks Dave! 

[arorts]

That's for the version-2 m-boards.  Since Dave is going to be shipping the version-1 boards, the h-boards need to be inserted starting at the beginning with no gaps between them....

Yep. I'll have a version of this instruction for our V1 M-boards.  I have the power adapters in hand, so no worries there.

So far my main points will be:

-use two PCI-e cables (not both plugs on the same PCI-e cable).
-don't hotplug the H-boards
-don't put the H-boards in backwards - the edge connector is universal.  If you plug in the H-board with chips facing away from the rPi end, say goodbye to that board.  I plan to indicate this requirement in a few different ways (labels, etc)
-these M-boards have a single control bus.  Cards need to be loaded in each slot with no gaps (until someone designs a dummy plug anyway)

According to FedEx boards come tomorrow morning, with more Friday.  Fab says all boards ordered will be done and shipped Monday - we'll see about that.

I anticipate going dark on you for a few days while we all focus on assembling, testing and shipping rigs.  I'll pop on with some kind of status & pics as time allows so you know whats going on!

I hope you might be able to ship some orders tomorrow itself given the long weekend :-)
In any case, you are definitely doing an outstanding job, Dave!

  Monday is not holiday in The USA?  Dave said going to ship out on Monday.
 

No.  He didn't say until Monday he said throughout the weekend but since some boards will arrive tomorrow morning I don't see a reason why hold them until Tuesday (Monday's off). Testing shouldn't exceed 24 hours so some lucky orders might get shipped late Thursday or Friday at least.

[tom99]

That's for the version-2 m-boards.  Since Dave is going to be shipping the version-1 boards, the h-boards need to be inserted starting at the beginning with no gaps between them....

Yep. I'll have a version of this instruction for our V1 M-boards.  I have the power adapters in hand, so no worries there.

So far my main points will be:

-use two PCI-e cables (not both plugs on the same PCI-e cable).
-don't hotplug the H-boards
-don't put the H-boards in backwards - the edge connector is universal.  If you plug in the H-board with chips facing away from the rPi end, say goodbye to that board.  I plan to indicate this requirement in a few different ways (labels, etc)
-these M-boards have a single control bus.  Cards need to be loaded in each slot with no gaps (until someone designs a dummy plug anyway)

According to FedEx boards come tomorrow morning, with more Friday.  Fab says all boards ordered will be done and shipped Monday - we'll see about that.

I anticipate going dark on you for a few days while we all focus on assembling, testing and shipping rigs.  I'll pop on with some kind of status & pics as time allows so you know whats going on!

I hope you might be able to ship some orders tomorrow itself given the long weekend :-)
In any case, you are definitely doing an outstanding job, Dave!

  Monday is not holiday in The USA?  Dave said going to ship out on Monday.
 

No.  He didn't say until Monday he said throughout the weekend but since some boards will arrive tomorrow morning I don't see a reason why hold them until Tuesday (Monday's off). Testing shouldn't exceed 24 hours so some lucky orders might get shipped late Thursday or Friday at least.

  you are right and for Monday was something else.

[klondike_bar]

whats the lowest order number? I am #13X for a starter kit and an october board

I am itching to have this in my hands ASAP, while profit still exists!

[jspielberg]

#4X here.

[Sitarow]

#4X here.

#4X here also

[arorts]

Has Dave confirmed that US August Starter kits will get 2 H boards shipped per order like the equivalent EU model to meet the minimum advertised spec?

Yes, he did.

You are buying kits (unless you bought individual h-boards). Therefore, if you paid for a number of 25 Gh/s kits, you'll obviously get an extra h-board for each individual kit to meet the advertised kit specs you paid for.
Similarly, if you purchased a full 400 Gh/s kit, then whatever that whole kit is missing in hashing power would be added ( i.e. perhaps around 3 extra h-boards) to meet the advertised specs of that kit.
Hope that helps.
 

[buzzdave]

Some order stats:

There are only 23 orders to fill to get to Order #50 - this is because OpenCart reserves a lot of order numbers when people add things to their cart, etc.  This pattern continues throughout at about a 2:1 ratio.

There are only 5 full rigs to make in those first 23 orders, the rest are starter kits.

We plan to ship at least something Friday and more on Saturday.  We'll likely lose Monday, but if anyone is open we'll ship everything we have tested.  I expect to have shipped everything by the following weekend if the fab holds to their promises.

Dave

[kaerf]

Some order stats:

There are only 23 orders to fill to get to Order #50 - this is because OpenCart reserves a lot of order numbers when people add things to their cart, etc.  This pattern continues throughout at about a 2:1 ratio.

There are only 5 full rigs to make in those first 23 orders, the rest are starter kits.

We plan to ship at least something Friday and more on Saturday.  We'll likely lose Monday, but if anyone is open we'll ship everything we have tested.  I expect to have shipped everything by the following weekend if the fab holds to their promises.

Dave

Dave, will you be including tracking numbers immediately upon shipping? I ordered some chips and was sent a notification of shipment, but never got a tracking number (even though the notification said tracking # would follow shortly) and didn't know to stay home to receive the package (not a big deal since I didn't need the chips immediately). Is this a manual process? I'm sure people traveling during the long weekend will need to schedule around delivery.

Expedited shipping should reach the west coast on Saturday if you ship on Friday, right?

thanks!

[buzzdave]

Some order stats:

There are only 23 orders to fill to get to Order #50 - this is because OpenCart reserves a lot of order numbers when people add things to their cart, etc.  This pattern continues throughout at about a 2:1 ratio.

There are only 5 full rigs to make in those first 23 orders, the rest are starter kits.

We plan to ship at least something Friday and more on Saturday.  We'll likely lose Monday, but if anyone is open we'll ship everything we have tested.  I expect to have shipped everything by the following weekend if the fab holds to their promises.

Dave

Dave, will you be including tracking numbers immediately upon shipping? I ordered some chips and was sent a notification of shipment, but never got a tracking number (even though the notification said tracking # would follow shortly) and didn't know to stay home to receive the package (not a big deal since I didn't need the chips immediately). Is this a manual process? I'm sure people traveling during the long weekend will need to schedule around delivery.

Expedited shipping should reach the west coast on Saturday if you ship on Friday, right?

thanks!

Yvonne has been shipping manually, but we are working to automate it - expecting the email of tracking number to be automated too.  Since these will ship Signature Required, we'll make sure you know when to be home...