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[CryptoGuy]

Take a look at the difficulty :- https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

Looks like someone started a farm but made the mistake of ordering power supplies from BA ! LOL

I know the network fluctuates but could this possibly be our X3s being shut down for shipment?  We will never know!

I can see them now at the BA factory.... "Bobsag is coming to help assemble the miners. Quick, everyone tear down the datacenter before he arrives!"

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[y_boonstra]

I leave for HK tomorrow, I will be getting hands on with the X3s and remaining X1s to help them get everyones orders pushed out the door, as well as writing troubleshooting guides and getting valuable hands on time.

Bob,

Could you ask about the Batch 2 chip conversion !!
I don't want the X1 showing up on my doorstep, i appriciate it if you could push them to TB for another conversion

Thx,
Good luck.

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[ChuckBuck]

LOL this is laughable, the only proof we have of the X-3s for consumers is a warehouse full of X-3 cases, but none fully completed or produced.

I think we're looking at mid-August for our first X-3 in the wild.  2nd to only BFL in gross incompetence, negligence, and worthy of "The Long Con of the Year" award.

[tempestb]

One week left in this month... looks like the delay train has plenty of momentum left in it.

September delivery anybody?

You're a glass half-full kind of guy huh?  I'm pretty sure we'll be into October or even November before they are done shipping everything.  Certainly the compensation units won't be showing up until end of the year, maybe into 2015.

[Dot99lr]

One week left in this month... looks like the delay train has plenty of momentum left in it.

September delivery anybody?

You're a glass half-full kind of guy huh?  I'm pretty sure we'll be into October or even November before they are done shipping everything.  Certainly the compensation units won't be showing up until end of the year, maybe into 2015.

Seeing as they have only got about, at most, 400 units shipped since July 6th (2 1/2 weeks), I'd say 2015 is a good bet. How many do they need to produce & ship? Several thousand, I'd guess. And that's only the x1s, which is smaller and less complicated than the x3s.

Bobsag, any news from your trip?

[bobsag3]

One week left in this month... looks like the delay train has plenty of momentum left in it.

September delivery anybody?

You're a glass half-full kind of guy huh?  I'm pretty sure we'll be into October or even November before they are done shipping everything.  Certainly the compensation units won't be showing up until end of the year, maybe into 2015.

Seeing as they have only got about, at most, 400 units shipped since July 6th (2 1/2 weeks), I'd say 2015 is a good bet. How many do they need to produce & ship? Several thousand, I'd guess. And that's only the x1s, which is smaller and less complicated than the x3s.

Bobsag, any news from your trip?

Its 3AM, im tired, havnt slept for 26 hours, and have to go to the factory at 3am.
Good news is Ive seen all the hashboards and backplanes for all the X3s (well over a thousand of each) along with all the X1 stuff. Ill have more tomorrow... im exhausted

[tempestb]

Thanks for the update Bob.

I just see visions of piles of cases, backplanes and hashboards, and a bunch of guys standing around staring at them and nobody putting them together.

[xandriel]

Today I received 2 x X1, and they worked without any problems. Hashing away at 110Ghs (1100 clock), updated firmware without any issues.
Maybe I'm just lucky this time

EDIT: This was a November order. Still no LCD, but construction seems fine.

[Dot99lr]

Thanks Bobsag, get some rest.

[sirsmokesalot]

Today I received 2 x X1, and they worked without any problems. Hashing away at 110Ghs (1100 clock), updated firmware without any issues.
Maybe I'm just lucky this time

EDIT: This was a November order. Still no LCD, but construction seems fine.

Lucky you! still waiting on my september order and october order from Black arrow..

[Bluebark]

Thanks for the update!

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-16/new-popular-jet-lag-app-learns-from-your-circadian-rhythms

[CryptoGuy]

Huh, so I just realized something everyone has been overlooking, density. If you run the numbers in an average 42u rack and assuming you don't leave any gaps, you can fit 21 SP30's. That's roughly 84TH per rack. If you look at the X3, that case appears to be a 3u which means 6u per X3. So with the added room needed for these you're only going to get about 14TH per rack. Same with the S3, you can fit 3 wide and a PSU per every 3u giving you 18.5TH per rack.

It seems to me they should be undervolting these things and packing as many into a case as they can without overheating them. The heatsink is taking up too much room.

[Atomar]

My package was sent out with USPS from Aurora, CO on July 18 with Priority Mail Express International.
Now we have July 23 and the package is in San Francisco ?

WTF !! IS THAT EXPRESS USPS SU*KS BIG TIME !!

DAMN !! F**K USPS EXPRESS!!
It's now the 25th and the Website say's still " July 22, 2014 , 4:59 pm Processed Through Sort Facility ISC SAN FRANCISCO (USPS)"
Eather the're damn slow or I can't track it for oversee to Europe ...

[thejaxx]

The conversation that was posted about 8 pages back between Dan at MS was my email chain.

I have since refused the shipment and it was sent back to them.

If anyone has requested a refund from Minersource and has not received it, please send me a message.

If your order ships, do not accept it, if you accept it you will make it quite a bit harder to get your refund.

Interesting return path. It shipped out from Commerce City, Co. The tracking return the package to Rolla, MO. Which JUST happens to be where Bob and Dan seem to live.

[heslo]

You've got a PM on the ecointalk forum bud

[Atomar]

The conversation that was posted about 8 pages back between Dan at MS was my email chain.

I have since refused the shipment and it was sent back to them.

If anyone has requested a refund from Minersource and has not received it, please send me a message.

If your order ships, do not accept it, if you accept it you will make it quite a bit harder to get your refund.

That hapend to me to! As soon as I requested a refund, the package got shipped.

So the question is; What happens AND will I get my refund if I do not accept the package ??
Probably takes forever to get my money back.

Or do you have a good solution to get the refund ??

[mahowi]

On their website BA offer X3s for immediate shipping. It means that they have them in stock.

Where did you read this?

>>>> We are still manufacturing this item, it will not be shipped immediately <<<<

[Scrappy Do]

The conversation that was posted about 8 pages back between Dan at MS was my email chain.

I have since refused the shipment and it was sent back to them.

If anyone has requested a refund from Minersource and has not received it, please send me a message.

If your order ships, do not accept it, if you accept it you will make it quite a bit harder to get your refund.

Interesting return path. It shipped out from Commerce City, Co. The tracking return the package to Rolla, MO. Which JUST happens to be where Bob and Dan seem to live.

 Now that is very interesting. sidehack aka. Gekko Science ships from Rolla MO. MS sells his products as well.

[whisper]

On their website BA offer X3s for immediate shipping. It means that they have them in stock.

It means they are should be refunding the orders as they promised. They have been ignoring all my e-mails.

I lvie in London. If I don't receive reply by the end of this month I will either pay to solicitor to chase this fraudster up ro I will gather bunch of me Eastern European buddies and pay Alexandru Ion Sovu a visit in Reading, UK.
I bet he has already changed his address but that's not a problem to find out neither.

I've had enough of this bullshit.

Keep me in touch mate need to speak with him also

[Lancelot19]

The conversation that was posted about 8 pages back between Dan at MS was my email chain.

I have since refused the shipment and it was sent back to them.

If anyone has requested a refund from Minersource and has not received it, please send me a message.

If your order ships, do not accept it, if you accept it you will make it quite a bit harder to get your refund.

Interesting return path. It shipped out from Commerce City, Co. The tracking return the package to Rolla, MO. Which JUST happens to be where Bob and Dan seem to live.

I will be careful though and refer to the your counsel on this matter. I am also a customer and with their terms of service it makes it a little ambiguous what happens when you decline shipment. This is the part that worries me:
"Preorders

The Purchaser understands and agrees that we will use his payment in order to purchase the necessary materials or pay workmanship required to fulfill his pre-order which will be non-refundable if cancelled. For this reason, the purchaser hereby gives us the right and agrees with our decision to decline any requests from him or third parties to cancel his pre-order."

If anyone can provide me with some clarity I will really appreciate it.