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

[babaji.ca]

I was wondering, would either of these two power supplies be enough to run two Cubes? Additionally, if either one can run two cubes, can they be set to high? Or must they be set to low?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006TVQTFE

http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-700W-StealthXStream-Power-Supply/dp/B001IZ5O0M/

I own these two already, the first one is brand new still unopened, the second one was running a 6990 for a while in the spring without issue.

If neither of those can power two at the same time with overclock I'll probably go for one of these three: (unfortunately I don't get paid till friday sadface)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006TVQTFE/ (The 900 watt version)
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Gaming-Series-800-Watt-GS800/dp/B00ALSNDM8/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029F21LA/

I wouldn't risk 2 cubes on either of those two PSUs, even at low for 24/7.

Okay, thanks for the advice, that's what I was thinking as well. It's just a bummer to know that if my 3 cubes ship during the week I'll only be able to power 2 until I get paid and can afford/order one of the nicer power supplies.

maybe? (what do you think dogie?) He can power 1.5 cubes with each PSU?

[dresdenreader]

That sounds dangerous due to different voltage/wattage all that.

[novymivo]

Hi .
I got cube from around 3 weeks.
2 weeks , good, stable run HIGH CLOCK in use.
Then something happen. start clicking noise ,every 5-30 minutes only on high clock.
after another 2 days starts cliking every sec. on HIgh clock.
So i decided back to low clock .
WTF?? is going on, power supply i good, the same from the beginning, 850w,brand new.
I checked wires, settings, i took off the cover, changed the fuse, no difference.
Anyone can help ??
kind regards
novymivo

[batt01]

Thanks for the detailed setup guide. I finally got it hashing. I am using a o500 watt 8 year old PSU and it wont go on the high clock setting. I am getting the 800 watt Corsair you recommended.

I have one problem thought. I added a 5 port swich to my main router so I could run my MinePeon usb block erupter and the Cube on the same table.
I plugged the network cable into the switch and then the Cube and the PI.
The Pi runs fine connected to the switch, but I cant connect to the Cube, when its plugged into the switch. When I plug the Cube directly into the main router I can connect to it just fine.
Started before: 0d,00h,13m,26s
Current pool: 192.168.1.127 (A)
Switch mode: Primary/Backup
Clock selected: Low
Long Poll: active, LP requests: 3
IP 192.168.1.200   
Mask   255.255.255.0
Gateway   192.168.1.1
WEB Port   8000
Primary DNS192.168.1.1   
Secondary DNS   8.8.8.8
Pool ports   8332,8332
Pool addresses   192.168.1.127,192.168.1.127
Miners user:pass   dogie.theman:abc,dogie.theman:abc

[babaji.ca]

Thanks for the detailed setup guide. I finally got it hashing. I am using a o500 watt 8 year old PSU and it wont go on the high clock setting. I am getting the 800 watt Corsair you recommended.

I have one problem thought. I added a 5 port swich to my main router so I could run my MinePeon usb block erupter and the Cube on the same table.
I plugged the network cable into the switch and then the Cube and the PI.
The Pi runs fine connected to the switch, but I cant connect to the Cube, when its plugged into the switch. When I plug the Cube directly into the main router I can connect to it just fine.
Started before: 0d,00h,13m,26s
Current pool: 192.168.1.127 (A)
Switch mode: Primary/Backup
Clock selected: Low
Long Poll: active, LP requests: 3
IP 192.168.1.200   
Mask   255.255.255.0
Gateway   192.168.1.1
WEB Port   8000
Primary DNS192.168.1.1   
Secondary DNS   8.8.8.8
Pool ports   8332,8332
Pool addresses   192.168.1.127,192.168.1.127
Miners user:pass   dogie.theman:abc,dogie.theman:abc

What's the IP address of your RPI ? Is it assigned an IP address via DHCP from the 'Router' or does it have a static IP?

[babaji.ca]

Hi Guys,

Nice thread Dogie, great reading!

I am wondering if you think Will this PSU handle 3 cubes?

http://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-SS-1050XM-1050-Power-Supply/dp/B00607JL5C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386381067&sr=8-1&keywords=SeaSonic+X-SERIES+X-1050

Also wondering if running a stratum proxy requires a lot of resources? Just wondering if my Raspberry PI will be able to handle it all the while running a few other instances of Cgminer and or BFGminer for my collection of other devices and pools.

Thanks.

Pushing it a bit for 3. According to the manual it has 3 individual wire strands so thats fine, but you'll be pushing it for 24/7 load. Go for the slightly larger one if you can find it.

No it doesn't, mine us using ~2% of a core i7 3770k core at idle clocks. So maybe 10% on a PI? Worst case you can run this in BFGMiner although I always recommend the proxy.

Thanks Dogie. I really appreciate you taking the time to look up the PSUs manual. Just please clarify a few things for me. 

i) what did you mean by 'it has 3 individual wire strands so thats fine'

ii) what is the math here for running 3 units on high? I am not quite sure how this works, so if you could help me understand the concept a little better it would help me understand future PSU issues a little better? SO.. it looks like it's got 1044 watts on the +12v rail? So does that mean, if I run nothing else on the PSU it would all be available to the Cubes?  So if a cube requires 280 watts (overclocked) then would three cubes not draw about 840 watts? That would be about 80% of the 1044 watts capacity?  I understand that ideally it should not be running full tilt 24/7. But is 80% not comfortable enough? What is the right margin of safety in your opinion? Or (very likely, I have totally misunderstood this!)

Cheers!

[batt01]

Thanks for the detailed setup guide. I finally got it hashing. I am using a o500 watt 8 year old PSU and it wont go on the high clock setting. I am getting the 800 watt Corsair you recommended.

I have one problem thought. I added a 5 port swich to my main router so I could run my MinePeon usb block erupter and the Cube on the same table.
I plugged the network cable into the switch and then the Cube and the PI.
The Pi runs fine connected to the switch, but I cant connect to the Cube, when its plugged into the switch. When I plug the Cube directly into the main router I can connect to it just fine.
Started before: 0d,00h,13m,26s
Current pool: 192.168.1.127 (A)
Switch mode: Primary/Backup
Clock selected: Low
Long Poll: active, LP requests: 3
IP 192.168.1.200   
Mask   255.255.255.0
Gateway   192.168.1.1
WEB Port   8000
Primary DNS192.168.1.1   
Secondary DNS   8.8.8.8
Pool ports   8332,8332
Pool addresses   192.168.1.127,192.168.1.127
Miners user:pass   dogie.theman:abc,dogie.theman:abc

What's the IP address of your RPI ? Is it assigned an IP address via DHCP from the 'Router' or does it have a static IP?

The Rpi is DHCP, but that ip is reserved to its MAC address.

[dogie]

That sounds dangerous due to different voltage/wattage all that.

Yes typically never recommended.

[dogie]

Hi .
I got cube from around 3 weeks.
2 weeks , good, stable run HIGH CLOCK in use.
Then something happen. start clicking noise ,every 5-30 minutes only on high clock.
after another 2 days starts cliking every sec. on HIgh clock.
So i decided back to low clock .
WTF?? is going on, power supply i good, the same from the beginning, 850w,brand new.
I checked wires, settings, i took off the cover, changed the fuse, no difference.
Anyone can help ??
kind regards
novymivo

Sounds like something is on its way out. I'd just run it until one of the board dies and removes it, there is nothing we can do.

[dogie]

Thanks Dogie. I really appreciate you taking the time to look up the PSUs manual. Just please clarify a few things for me. 

i) what did you mean by 'it has 3 individual wire strands so thats fine'

ii) what is the math here for running 3 units on high? I am not quite sure how this works, so if you could help me understand the concept a little better it would help me understand future PSU issues a little better? SO.. it looks like it's got 1044 watts on the +12v rail? So does that mean, if I run nothing else on the PSU it would all be available to the Cubes?  So if a cube requires 280 watts (overclocked) then would three cubes not draw about 840 watts? That would be about 80% of the 1044 watts capacity?  I understand that ideally it should not be running full tilt 24/7. But is 80% not comfortable enough? What is the right margin of safety in your opinion? Or (very likely, I have totally misunderstood this!)

Cheers!

i) The PCI-E connectors are on three separate branches of wiring, so we wouldn't be overloading wiring by using them all.

ii) Yes it would all be availible. 80% is fine if it was well distributed, BUT we're not using any of the 12V via the 24pin and 8 pin atx connectors. We're trying to put all its capacity through our three sets of PCI-E wires which aren't designed to take such huge loads.

The analogy is a macdonalds with 4 serving stations, capacity of 400 orders per hour in total. You only put one server up and expect him to be able to do 300 orders per hour. Its not just the overall capacity, its the individual component capacity [in this case the wires].

[novymivo]

Hi .
I got cube from around 3 weeks.
2 weeks , good, stable run HIGH CLOCK in use.
Then something happen. start clicking noise ,every 5-30 minutes only on high clock.
after another 2 days starts cliking every sec. on HIgh clock.
So i decided back to low clock .
WTF?? is going on, power supply i good, the same from the beginning, 850w,brand new.
I checked wires, settings, i took off the cover, changed the fuse, no difference.
Anyone can help ??
kind regards
novymivo

Sounds like something is on its way out. I'd just run it until one of the board dies and removes it, there is nothing we can do.

do you think master reset can help ?
but all chips shows oooo.

[Henchman24]

Hi .
I got cube from around 3 weeks.
2 weeks , good, stable run HIGH CLOCK in use.
Then something happen. start clicking noise ,every 5-30 minutes only on high clock.
after another 2 days starts cliking every sec. on HIgh clock.
So i decided back to low clock .
WTF?? is going on, power supply i good, the same from the beginning, 850w,brand new.
I checked wires, settings, i took off the cover, changed the fuse, no difference.
Anyone can help ??
kind regards
novymivo

Sounds like something is on its way out. I'd just run it until one of the board dies and removes it, there is nothing we can do.

do you think master reset can help ?
but all chips shows oooo.

It doesn't sound like this is your issue, but just in case...

The "block erupter" sticker on the fan hub came off on both of mine and was catching on the fan and clicking (like bicycle spokes across clothes-pinned playing cards)     I thought I had something about to go as well.

[sidehack]

I've noticed mine occasionally click, not near as often as you report. The only mechanical parts in there are the relay (which if it ever clicked off, would be pretty obvious as it provides high-current power to the risers) and the fan. As cheap as the sticker was on the fan, I just assume it's also got cheap bearings. Not sure what else could be doing it.

[Zeal0t]

You're my absolute hero dogie. With your help I was able to seamlessly setup my blades,
even though I had never spliced cables together like that before. And about twenty minutes
ago, my cube arrived at the door!

Thank you, Dogie.

-Zealot

[r00t$]

Occasionally on low or high clock my cube will report all X's, and sometimes it only powers on for a couple seconds then clicks off.  When it does manage to boot successfully, it hashes fine at low clock. but always gives all X's when I try to go to high clock. It is not the PSU as it has been tested on another cube at high clock.

Anyone else had these symptoms?

[mchu168]

Occasionally on low or high clock my cube will report all X's, and sometimes it only powers on for a couple seconds then clicks off.  When it does manage to boot successfully, it hashes fine at low clock. but always gives all X's when I try to go to high clock. It is not the PSU as it has been tested on another cube at high clock.

Anyone else had these symptoms?

I have had similar problems with a couple of my cubes.  They hash at high clock rate for a while, then they stop hashing and report all x's.  I've managed to remove/swap boards around and identify one or two boards that cause the cube to go into all x's.  On one cube, I had to remove three boards to get rid of the x's. On another cube, I had to jiggle the boards to get rid of the all x's, but one board still shows a half row of x's.  Seems like a design flaw if one bad board shuts the whole cube down.

Regarding the derailed boards, almost every single one of my cubes had this issue.  Most (except the two I mentioned) are running fine with no issues.

[Aureum_Coffee]

I am using BFGminer on RPi as proxy server.  Running Corsair 750M power supply.  Pool with Bitminter.

Can't figure out why the long poll shows inactive, when BFGminer setting is long poll = active.

Any ideas?

[novymivo]

I've noticed mine occasionally click, not near as often as you report. The only mechanical parts in there are the relay (which if it ever clicked off, would be pretty obvious as it provides high-current power to the risers) and the fan. As cheap as the sticker was on the fan, I just assume it's also got cheap bearings. Not sure what else could be doing it.

No this is not a sticker ;/, this is not  a fan.
Clicking noise keeps restarting my miner, until its back to low setting itself.
I think this is connected with power managment , but as I said, the psu is brand ne from the beginning 850w (80+).
2 weeks was fine, after that something bad happen ;/
I used another psu, no difference.

[Hypolite]

Hello to all,

My name is Hypolite (do not laugh!!) and I am French.

I commanded(ordered) 2 cubes to mine(undermine)

- > http://www.aliexpress.com/item/bitcoin-miner-32GHS-Bitcoin-mining-machine-roasted-roast-cat-cat-box-Please-Bitcoin-payment/1505136349.html

But I have several questions and I do not find the answers....

Already which food(supply) have to I set to run my 2 cubes simultaneously in any safeties(securities)?

And also how to make connections RJ45 / USB to run them simultaneously?

Looking forward to reading to you.

Yours.

Hypolite.

[dogie]

Hello to all,

My name is Hypolite (do not laugh!!) and I am French.

I commanded(ordered) 2 cubes to mine(undermine)

- > http://www.aliexpress.com/item/bitcoin-miner-32GHS-Bitcoin-mining-machine-roasted-roast-cat-cat-box-Please-Bitcoin-payment/1505136349.html

But I have several questions and I do not find the answers....

Already which food(supply) have to I set to run my 2 cubes simultaneously in any safeties(securities)?

And also how to make connections RJ45 / USB to run them simultaneously?

Looking forward to reading to you.

Yours.

Hypolite.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/800w-corsair-2013-edition-gs-cp-9020065-uk-85-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx and normal ethernet. USB ne work pas