Sushi, I still haven't received the replacement cable so my current miner hasn't been in use since I got it. You said you sent it out Thursday so I hope to get it Monday. That would be 17 days of not mining with a 4.25 BTC miner, which is lost money.
I PMd you about a possible discount on a 2nd unit as compensation. I believe that's fair. Please respond. Thanks!
you are missing a 8-pin ribbon cable and not mining as a result?
go down to redioshack/source/citrcuit city or any other store that sells wires and electrical tools. find a 8-pin flat cable or buy 6 seperate [thin] wires. ghettorig the wiring yourself.
if you cant find a connector to match or lack the soldering/ghettorigging skills to do it, im sure you can find an electrical repair shop to do it in a heartbeat for <$25 (<30 minutes work)
I agree that you are owed a replacement (was the original missing?), but that should be taken up with bitmain. I am sure if you asked, they would be happy to cover the cost of local repair since it would be much better than waiting days or weeks for some wires to make your system work
It's actually the 4-pin ribbon cable that goes from the closest blade to the controller. I went to radio shack but they don't have a cable like that.
I don't want to ghetto rig anything to avoid breaking the thing and voiding the warranty.
As for taking it up with bitmain, I thought I had to go through sushi because he was the reseller I bought from. I didn't want to go over Sushi because he said he would send out a replacement cable when I first notified him, so I took him for his word. I haven't seen it and I tried to get an update. It took a few days but he said he would send it yesterday. Since it was close the weekend, I gave him the benefit of waiting until Monday.
Today,I saw that he lowered the price of the Antminer in a new GB. I'm interested in a 2nd unit and figured I'd ask if he can compensate for the lost mining time since I paid much more for a unit that haven't really done anything. At minimum, at least send me the price diff between the new and old price since I couldn't mine until (hopefully) sometime next week, which is like purchasing from this GB and just only receiving the unit sometime next week (when the cable comes).
I originally asked if he can compensate by discounting the next unit for 17 days of missed mining at 180 GH. The 17 days doesn't count the day I received it since I figured a true 24 hour would start the next day. The 17 days was calculated assuming I would get the cable this Monday.
Here's the original post that has links to photos of the cable I'm speaking of:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=364342.msg3951717#msg3951717
