Antminer B3 Bytom Mining First review

[BoC_2017]

antpool starts paying BTM ...... everything after the old .... all payments in the state of "paying" ... did not make any payment .... What's going on?
Do you have it all like this???

my antpool payout says "Paying..." as well.

WOOO! Got my first payment officially into Bytom Wallet from Antpool!!!!!

[Buyingallcoinsz]

Very disappointed in Antpool and Bitmain for not being ready for people who bought their miners and everything seems to be pretty dark right now.
The Bytom wallet was interesting to say the least too...

[chris-swiss]

antpool starts paying BTM ...... everything after the old .... all payments in the state of "paying" ... did not make any payment .... What's going on?
Do you have it all like this???

my antpool payout says "Paying..." as well.

Same for me , i use my ether wallet

[BoC_2017]

antpool starts paying BTM ...... everything after the old .... all payments in the state of "paying" ... did not make any payment .... What's going on?
Do you have it all like this???

my antpool payout says "Paying..." as well.

Same for me , i use my ether wallet

FYI
ANTPOOL:
1 of my 4 payments is "PAID".
3 of my 4 are "PAYING"

Confirmed the 1 listed as "PAID" is officially in my Bytom Wallet

[BoC_2017]

Very disappointed in Antpool and Bitmain for not being ready for people who bought their miners and everything seems to be pretty dark right now.
The Bytom wallet was interesting to say the least too...

Agree on all statements!

[Fith]

So I also swapped the fans to Arctic F12 PWM. Got it quite silent. However my temps went to 55 PCB and 72 chip. I tried to find out what the max is for B3 but haven't found it anywhere, only other miners. Any info on that? Got temps down to 49/66 with some more ventilation.

[Chris75kb]

How can you found out if antminer been used or not ? In settings or any other way ?

[VanAllen]

So I also swapped the fans to Arctic F12 PWM. Got it quite silent. However my temps went to 55 PCB and 72 chip. I tried to find out what the max is for B3 but haven't found it anywhere, only other miners. Any info on that? Got temps down to 49/66 with some more ventilation.

Well, in my experience (as an electronics engineer), most processors can comfortably handle much higher temperatures, although sometimes other issues such as solder fatigue can develop over time at extreme temperatures, especially if temperatures fluctuate greatly. However, at temperatures below about 80 degrees C, it's unlikely that there will be any such issues, not unless build quality is very poor.

It appears that the hashing chips used in the Antminer B3 are Sophon BM1680 neural processors:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3870665.0

https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/bitmain/sophon/bm1680

Datasheet:
https://www.sophon.ai/drive/view.html?id=21

The datasheet states:

Operating temperature: 0~125°C

I wouldn't recommend running the BM1680 anywhere near the upper temperature limit, due to the strain that may put on solder joints and surrounding components but, in my opinion, I would say it's unlikely any damage would result from continuously running it at temperatures below about 80 degrees C.

[Mo20]

NEW FIRMWARE UPDATE

Bitmain just released two firmware updates (Assuming that both required to get all features). One for showing fan speed and reducing rejected shares and the other increases hash rate by ~33% avg !!!!!!!!!!! (Getting 1040 H/S Average and 0 rejected shares)



Simply go here https://shop.bitmain.com/support.htm?pid=00720180519161243572MB78lOGz067A and download both firmwares. Flash you B3 with "Antminer-B3-20180519.tar.gz" first then after completing the upgrade flash it with "update_1000.tar.gz".


Please note that my B3's are running a bit hotter after the update also assuming that they're consuming more energy (Can someone confirm this please).

***NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THIS FIRMWARE BRICKED YOUR MINER. IT WORKED PERFECTLY FOR MY MINERS***


Please give me some of them merits if this post helped you  

[chris-swiss]

NEW FIRMWARE UPDATE

Bitmain just released two firmware updates (Assuming that both required to get all features). One for showing fan speed and reducing rejected shares and the other increases hash rate by ~33% avg !!!!!!!!!!! (Getting 1040 H/S Average and 0 rejected shares)



Simply go here https://shop.bitmain.com/support.htm?pid=00720180519161243572MB78lOGz067A and download both firmwares. Flash you B3 with "Antminer-B3-20180519.tar.gz" first then after completing the upgrade flash it with "update_1000.tar.gz".


Please note that my B3's are running a bit hotter after the update also assuming that they're consuming more energy (Can someone confirm this please).

***NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THIS FIRMWARE BRICKED YOUR MINER. IT WORKED PERFECTLY FOR MY MINERS***


Please give me some of them merits if this post helped you  

thanks for this

[BoC_2017]

NEW FIRMWARE UPDATE

Bitmain just released two firmware updates (Assuming that both required to get all features). One for showing fan speed and reducing rejected shares and the other increases hash rate by ~33% avg !!!!!!!!!!! (Getting 1040 H/S Average and 0 rejected shares)

https://i.imgur.com/4HpU5K9.png

Simply go here https://shop.bitmain.com/support.htm?pid=00720180519161243572MB78lOGz067A and download both firmwares. Flash you B3 with "Antminer-B3-20180519.tar.gz" first then after completing the upgrade flash it with "update_1000.tar.gz".


Please note that my B3's are running a bit hotter after the update also assuming that they're consuming more energy (Can someone confirm this please).

***NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THIS FIRMWARE BRICKED YOUR MINER. IT WORKED PERFECTLY FOR MY MINERS***


Please give me some of them merits if this post helped you  

thanks for this

How long did it take to flash the "1000" file?  The first file went fairly quickly, the second file seems to be taking awhile?

UPDATE:  Nevermind - It is now rebooting - thanks for the heads up!

[gfox72]

seems their website is flooded  - anyone willing to put the firmware on a mirror fileshare ? thx

[Chris75kb]

seems their website is flooded  - anyone willing to put the firmware on a mirror fileshare ? thx

Good idea 

[Fith]

So I also swapped the fans to Arctic F12 PWM. Got it quite silent. However my temps went to 55 PCB and 72 chip. I tried to find out what the max is for B3 but haven't found it anywhere, only other miners. Any info on that? Got temps down to 49/66 with some more ventilation.

Well, in my experience (as an electronics engineer), most processors can comfortably handle much higher temperatures, although sometimes other issues such as solder fatigue can develop over time at extreme temperatures, especially if temperatures fluctuate greatly. However, at temperatures below about 80 degrees C, it's unlikely that there will be any such issues, not unless build quality is very poor.

It appears that the hashing chips used in the Antminer B3 are Sophon BM1680 neural processors:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3870665.0

https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/bitmain/sophon/bm1680

Datasheet:
https://www.sophon.ai/drive/view.html?id=21

The datasheet states:

Operating temperature: 0~125°C

I wouldn't recommend running the BM1680 anywhere near the upper temperature limit, due to the strain that may put on solder joints and surrounding components but, in my opinion, I would say it's unlikely any damage would result from continuously running it at temperatures below about 80 degrees C.

Many thanks VanAllen!

[Andartis]

Do we first flash the fan fix or the firware upgrade?

[gfox72]

I think first the upgrade and then the update

10BTM for the first one posting a mirror link

[Mo20]

seems their website is flooded   - anyone willing to put the firmware on a mirror fileshare ? thx

Good idea  

I think first the upgrade and then the update

10BTM for the first one posting a mirror link

here you go guys

https://ufile.io/15cpb

https://ufile.io/n3z7v

[Andartis]

I think first the upgrade and then the update
...

I did it the other way round now. Like listed on page. First firmware, then fix. Works too. But changing the frequency would be a good improvement too.

[dnssandbox]

So I also swapped the fans to Arctic F12 PWM. Got it quite silent. However my temps went to 55 PCB and 72 chip. I tried to find out what the max is for B3 but haven't found it anywhere, only other miners. Any info on that? Got temps down to 49/66 with some more ventilation.

Well, in my experience (as an electronics engineer), most processors can comfortably handle much higher temperatures, although sometimes other issues such as solder fatigue can develop over time at extreme temperatures, especially if temperatures fluctuate greatly. However, at temperatures below about 80 degrees C, it's unlikely that there will be any such issues, not unless build quality is very poor.

It appears that the hashing chips used in the Antminer B3 are Sophon BM1680 neural processors:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3870665.0

https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/bitmain/sophon/bm1680

Datasheet:
https://www.sophon.ai/drive/view.html?id=21

The datasheet states:

Operating temperature: 0~125°C

I wouldn't recommend running the BM1680 anywhere near the upper temperature limit, due to the strain that may put on solder joints and surrounding components but, in my opinion, I would say it's unlikely any damage would result from continuously running it at temperatures below about 80 degrees C.

I agree. The units come with great fans. no need to put inferior fans on it.
I now have mine running at 55% fan speed with temps 34-39

[t4zer]

How did you modify your fan speeds to 55%?