[CLOSED] Group Buy #31 ASICMiner Cubes 0.35 BTC 28-38GH/s

[hayseed]

I realy wish you sent to the UK

0.75+20% inport +20% vat comes out to 1.08 BTC

We are charged 1.2 + P&P

We do get ripped off over here

Its a hassle. I know. I have sold a few things over seas and I won't do it again.

Not to mention what happens when you need warranty? In case you haven't been reading the threads quite a lot
of the cubes are having issues. I don't know if its QC or asicminer hired a bunch of those walmart warehouse rejects
for packing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy70gOZjOaM

[twib2]

Glad you're getting another round in so quickly - please put me in for another cube.

Sent 0.75 BTC Sent to new address.  TxID: fd6faface0a8e511d67522e3cda19afbe645fded75f40666703ab18652a91eb9

Will send label shortly.

Thanks again!

[dresdenreader]

Maybe it's just me, but I have had zero hardware problems with all of the cubes I've ordered from both Canary and SSB. I feel like you guys all have mail carriers that kick around all of the packages before they get to your house.

[stex2009]

I realy wish you sent to the UK

0.75+20% inport +20% vat comes out to 1.08 BTC

We are charged 1.2 + P&P

We do get ripped off over here

Its a hassle. I know. I have sold a few things over seas and I won't do it again.

fraud possibility so high with international shipments. Be careful when you ship overseas. Use expensive options with tracking and insurance, and, In that case buying from US doesn't make sense.

[BlackLabel_Actual]

Got both of my cubes today, pulled them apart, all heatsinks were loose as well as the boards not in the proper grooves. One is running great, the other has 2 blades which are half filled with x's.

[dresdenreader]

Maybe it's just me, but I have had zero hardware problems with all of the cubes I've ordered from both Canary and SSB. I feel like you guys all have mail carriers that kick around all of the packages before they get to your house.

Of course I had to open my big mouth. One of my cubes now has one half of a board all Xs. I'll have to tear that one done and find out what the deal is.

[thegoldbug]

I've just had both labels come off my cubes so I took off the fan and removed the labels.  One of the fans was dragging on the label and I had to shut it down.  Prior to the shutdowns, both cubes were running well on high clock.

 Now I can't either cube to use more than 3 boards properly.  I've taken each apart and reseated all the boards, took apart and shuffled the boards and cycled the power, cycled the clocks, reset them and I'm about to pull my hair out.

I've never seen anything so finicky/touchy as these bloody cubes. 

My advice is if yours are running reasonably well just leave them alone.

[thegoldbug]

It turns out my cubes did not like being pointed at the same proxy.  This morning I did some more testing and put them both back on single proxies (like I had been running) and that appears to have solved the hashing problems I was having.  Doesn't make much sense to me given how fast a machine the single proxy was running on (dual quad core desktop).  Putting a second proxy on an old slow dual core laptop seems to do the trick.  I'm guessing my internal network or traffic could have something to do with it.

One of the boards still is not hashing at full capacity so I'm going to start up a proxy on a 3rd machine and try point that cube at the new proxy.

I did try the -nm option when I was running only 1 proxy and that didn't help (the work difficulty dropped to a 1 from around 22).

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Just started up a new proxy on a 3rd computer and pointed my slower cube at it and that seems to have resolved the problem.  I'm not sure what is going on since prior to last night I was running both cubes through the same switch to two different proxies on two different machines.  I put pointed both cubes at my desktop so I could take my laptop with me for the holidays.  Now both proxies are on different computers routed through different switches to my cable modem and both are hashing as expected.  I've got no more time for investigating right now.

thegoldbug

[BlackLabel_Actual]

Does anyone happen to know what diff shares these work best with? For instance at BTCGuild i'm doing 32 right now.

[vnhyp0]

Does anyone happen to know what diff shares these work best with? For instance at BTCGuild i'm doing 32 right now.

32 works well for me, and on vardiff servers it will automatically go up to 32, sometimes 64 I have seen a few times, but mostly 32.

[BlackLabel_Actual]

Ok thank you, I was on a vardiff server that set me to 256 with 2 cubes. Proxy kept thinking the cubes were sick.

[SilentSonicBoom]

12/20/13 All orders have been shipped as promised by today. All tracking numbers have been sent out. Thank you and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! SSB

[Bobs Yerunkle]

12/20/13 All orders have been shipped as promised by today. All tracking numbers have been sent out. Thank you and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! SSB

 

[CloudzEye]

Hi guys,
I received my Cube an hour ago. Had my power supply ready to boot it up. When I boot it up, a few seconds later, it produce a "click" sound then turn itself off along with the power supply. Tried it couple times but no luck. I am using a Corsair CX430M power supply. It only has 1 PCI-E connector, so I use another 2x molex to PCI-E connector. I also try with another 2x molex and 1x molex but still... To me it seems like the power supply problem. Any help?

Here is the link to the power supply at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139049&Tpk=cx430m

[miaviator]

Maybe it's just me, but I have had zero hardware problems with all of the cubes I've ordered from both Canary and SSB. I feel like you guys all have mail carriers that kick around all of the packages before they get to your house.

I've had only a single bad chip (not board or cube) and it is only bad on high clock.  Everything else worked flawless out of the box, no tightening, tinkering or anything else.  The unit with a single bad chip still performs better on high clock without that chip than on low clock with it.

Keep them cool and keep an isolated hot side cold side for airflow and these are solid.

I pay for the USD equivalent of the BTC value in insurance which usually cuts down on the box kicking from USPS.

A 20-50 pound box that is uninsured or under-insured will usually get dropped, thrown or kicked during it's travels.  A 20-50 pound box that is insured for a few thousand dollars usually gets hand carried on it's journey.  "Usually"

(I do plan to tear one down and replace the fan with a much higher end model and replace whatever TIM is used between the chip and the heat-sink to push a little more power out of these)

[hayseed]

Hi guys,
I received my Cube an hour ago. Had my power supply ready to boot it up. When I boot it up, a few seconds later, it produce a "click" sound then turn itself off along with the power supply. Tried it couple times but no luck. I am using a Corsair CX430M power supply. It only has 1 PCI-E connector, so I use another 2x molex to PCI-E connector. I also try with another 2x molex and 1x molex but still... To me it seems like the power supply problem. Any help?

Here is the link to the power supply at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139049&Tpk=cx430m

Did you first open up and verify no loose screws, that the heat sinks are on tight and boards are seated correctly?

The PS may not have enough juice. Only 12v is being used and their spec's on the label/box lie. I had the same issue with 49 port hub. The PS was rated for 38amps on 5v. But it didn't supply enough. I had to remove 1/3 of the usb miners to get it running which indicated it was only supplying 20amps at best. Oversize and go up to the 750 or get one of the dedicated 12volt and make your own cables.

[hayseed]

Question for Cube owners who have had them apart.

Do the heat sinks have thermal paste on them or ?

Thanks,

[miaviator]

Hi guys,
I received my Cube an hour ago. Had my power supply ready to boot it up. When I boot it up, a few seconds later, it produce a "click" sound then turn itself off along with the power supply. Tried it couple times but no luck. I am using a Corsair CX430M power supply. It only has 1 PCI-E connector, so I use another 2x molex to PCI-E connector. I also try with another 2x molex and 1x molex but still... To me it seems like the power supply problem. Any help?

Here is the link to the power supply at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139049&Tpk=cx430m

Did you first open up and verify no loose screws, that the heat sinks are on tight and boards are seated correctly?

The PS may not have enough juice. Only 12v is being used and their spec's on the label/box lie. I had the same issue with 49 port hub. The PS was rated for 38amps on 5v. But it didn't supply enough. I had to remove 1/3 of the usb miners to get it running which indicated it was only supplying 20amps at best. Oversize and go up to the 750 or get one of the dedicated 12volt and make your own cables.

Make sure you are using a single rail PSU or know what the amperage on each rail is.  This causes issues with some cheap PSU's.

I've used a dozen Corsair AX1200's for over 2.5 years.  It's a single 12v rail. I power 4 cubes with one, 6 chili's with one, I've powered 5-6 GPU's each.  Never had a single issue with these.

[CloudzEye]

Hi guys,
I received my Cube an hour ago. Had my power supply ready to boot it up. When I boot it up, a few seconds later, it produce a "click" sound then turn itself off along with the power supply. Tried it couple times but no luck. I am using a Corsair CX430M power supply. It only has 1 PCI-E connector, so I use another 2x molex to PCI-E connector. I also try with another 2x molex and 1x molex but still... To me it seems like the power supply problem. Any help?

Here is the link to the power supply at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139049&Tpk=cx430m

Did you first open up and verify no loose screws, that the heat sinks are on tight and boards are seated correctly?

The PS may not have enough juice. Only 12v is being used and their spec's on the label/box lie. I had the same issue with 49 port hub. The PS was rated for 38amps on 5v. But it didn't supply enough. I had to remove 1/3 of the usb miners to get it running which indicated it was only supplying 20amps at best. Oversize and go up to the 750 or get one of the dedicated 12volt and make your own cables.

Make sure you are using a single rail PSU or know what the amperage on each rail is.  This causes issues with some cheap PSU's.

I've used a dozen Corsair AX1200's for over 2.5 years.  It's a single 12v rail. I power 4 cubes with one, 6 chili's with one, I've powered 5-6 GPU's each.  Never had a single issue with these.

I guess I will just get a better power supply. Thought of getting a second unit anyway. Thank you.

[hm3]

SSB:

Just sent .79btc for a Cube w/shipping:
Transaction: e260f8a288239aab0aa914e9aeecde144ddba1a826c3472a36e67b55d363fccb

Will PM you shortly with shipping info.

Thanks!
HM3