[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive ASICMiner Cube Setup [HD]

[Isuearl]

your missing the IP of your gateway (the IP of your router)...also you want to change the default IP of the cube from .254 to something like .200

[Isuearl]

not to mention, you might want to set your computer that has the proxy on it to a static IP...., I know dogies set up guide is great!! but i know i needed to put my router address in for my gateway.......

also check your firewall and antivirus, sometimes they don't play nice with the proxies....I actually had to restart my computer and then run my proxy, after disabling my Antivirus.....once it was running I enabled my antivirus, and it left it alone and has worked ever since....(also windows will probably ask for permissions to connect through whatever).

[DanZaph]

The cube doesn't seem to communicate with the proxy?  The proxy seems to repeatedly disconnect from btcguild?  I'm not quite sure what's going on.

What are the addresses of your router and the computer you are running the proxy on?

Do you have any Android devices on the WiFi network?

Shouldn't need to supply a router or DNS address if all the IP addresses on the cube are in dotted numeric notation and are on the same network. But doesn't hurt.

[Nomadikhan]

@Isuearl:
Thanks a million, it was my antivirus blocking the proxy app.

It took me a while to reply because this forum keeps telling me I've posted less then 360seconds ago and need to wait or that I've already posted a reply yet it doesn't go through. lol

[jimmothy]

You guys are aware that cubes cost more to run in electricity than they earn in bitcoins right?

[Isuearl]

yeah, but when you can't afford the big hash rate equipment, they are a pretty good deal (especially when electric is free)......Not to mention I mine for a hobby...I don't ever expect to make decent ROI on anything....

[DanZaph]

You guys are aware that cubes cost more to run in electricity than they earn in bitcoins right?

Yep! But that is today, I am betting on BTC increasing vastly in value. If it doesn't it will have failed as a currency.

And it is a hobby at the moment, getting into Coin out of curiosity and preparing incase it is successful.

[dogie]

You guys are aware that cubes cost more to run in electricity than they earn in bitcoins right?

Only if you have very high elec costs, still some headroom left.

[dogie]

OP updated with high res images, click through for super super high resolution.

[DanZaph]

OP updated with high res images, click through for super super high resolution.

Really great images! The one I really wanted to see was the bottom of the mother board, did you take one, if so I would really like to see it, especially the fuse and PCIE connector areas. (Yeah, I'm to lazy to take mine apart.)

[ceslick]

I would offer a pic of mine, but it's a bit "discoloured"

[dogie]

OP updated with high res images, click through for super super high resolution.

Really great images! The one I really wanted to see was the bottom of the mother board, did you take one, if so I would really like to see it, especially the fuse and PCIE connector areas. (Yeah, I'm to lazy to take mine apart.)

Thanks.

I didn't take one, I'm not that clever. IIRC though it was just the standard pins pushed through and soldered, nothing special or interesting.

[DanZaph]

I would offer a pic of mine, but it's a bit "discoloured"

NP, email it to me (email is in my profile) I may be able to fix the color or just post it here.

[dogie]

Would appreciate if people could spend 2 minutes providing feedback on the guides so I can improve them.

[ceslick]

The guide is awseome, help me a lot initially!!

[DanZaph]

Would appreciate if people could spend 2 minutes providing feedback on the guides so I can improve them.

Section 1:
"2xPCI-E 6 pin power connectors"
"At least 28A on each 12V rail"
This makes it seem that each PCI-E connector needs to be on a separate rail, each providing 28a. In contrast you have recommended the CX750 has a single 62a rail to supply two cubes. Consider clearing up the power requirements.

Section 2:
You you use the word "Antminer", perhaps change that to "Cube".

Section 5:
Consider a little more information about Android. Perhaps provide a work-around of putting the Android devices on a separate network--turning off WiFi on them generally is not a viable option.

You might mention that the relay is marginal and that there is a fix of bypassing it.

All-in-all a great guid! I like the short URLs on the links.

[dogie]

Would appreciate if people could spend 2 minutes providing feedback on the guides so I can improve them.

Section 1:
"2xPCI-E 6 pin power connectors"
"At least 28A on each 12V rail"
This makes it seem that each PCI-E connector needs to be on a separate rail, each providing 28a. In contrast you have recommended the CX750 has a single 62a rail to supply two cubes. Consider clearing up the power requirements.

Section 2:
You you use the word "Antminer", perhaps change that to "Cube".

Section 5:
Consider a little more information about Android. Perhaps provide a work-around of putting the Android devices on a separate network--turning off WiFi on them generally is not a viable option.

You might mention that the relay is marginal and that there is a fix of bypassing it.

All-in-all a great guid! I like the short URLs on the links.

Fixed the first two, thanks. Wifi on the to do list.

I won't metnion the relay information as anyone who knows enough about it will work out how to do it, but there's a risk that those that are unsure will do it inappropriately or wrongly. I don't think the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

Short URLs are required otherwise its impossible to code, just lines and lines of strings everywhere

[Isuearl]

I am with dan on that one, you might want to clarify the 2x PCIE connectors portion, There are PSUs that have 2 PCIE's but one plug is jumped from the other, which I did find can cause issues (hence with my earlier posts, I made a 2 4 pin molex to 6pin connector to relieve some of the heating issues, which later bit me in the butt, but its all resolved now with a corsair Cx600... )....
  But I really really liked your guides, and I did your survey online....GREAT JOB!!! and super useful!!!

[dogie]

I am with dan on that one, you might want to clarify the 2x PCIE connectors portion, There are PSUs that have 2 PCIE's but one plug is jumped from the other, which I did find can cause issues (hence with my earlier posts, I made a 2 4 pin molex to 6pin connector to relieve some of the heating issues, which later bit me in the butt, but its all resolved now with a corsair Cx600... )....
  But I really really liked your guides, and I did your survey online....GREAT JOB!!! and super useful!!!

I usually do require that, but for the Cube 300W isn't a problem. This is what 2xPCI-E 8pin on one cable are designed to run at for GPUs and so the cables can run a bit higher than that without problem.

[DanZaph]

I am using a CX500 without problems. It has a 12v rail at 34a with 2xPCI-E connectors so that seems more than sufficient for one Cube. The benefit is that it is $10 less expensive than the CX600 on Amazon.



Note: The Corsair spec sheet seems to have substantial errors in it, an example is that both the CX500 and CX600 specs are identical--but I don't believe that.