[GROUP BUY][CH] Gridseed 5-Chip USB Miner & Blades coming (new prices)

[lucazane]

any eta for batch 3

[CoinEraser]

Received today my Miners!!

Thanks for that!
Good man and good service! 

+1 in trust 

[pictsidhe]

I've been researching and sourcing stuff. I found some nice looking 90 degree power plug cables from kenable.co.uk, along with decently priced usb cables. BUT the power cables are scrypt only grade, they won't take dual mining, well, not long term. I suspect this may apply to most ready made power cables.

I'll be making myself a bunch of 5A power cables, anyone else interested? I'll can put pci-e, cpu-power or molex ends on them. I can also put ends on that plug into corsair RM supplies or EVGA, they aren't compatible with each other though... the contacts are rated at 9A, one gridseed per 12V pin and maybe 2 hubs per 5V seems a sensible maximum. 850W corsairs have 25x 12V that are easy to plug and 5x 5V, more than plenty. 15x gridseeds in dual mode is probably maxing them out. My RM1000s are tricky to get to for a look, but I think they have more.

Give me a few weeks and I may be making gridseed cases too

Hubs.

On the pi, hubs can be stacked 3 deep. There is already a hub in the pi. That means you can only stack external hubs 2 deep. Hub controllers seem to only go up to 7 port, which means the most gridseeds you can theoretically connect to a pi without an unusual hub is 2x7x7 =98. I don't know if a pi will run this many, I'll be trying 30. The point is that 7 port hubs are the best to use if you want to dangle a lot of gridseeds off a pi. 10 and 13 port hubs have two stacked controllers, the 13s could be useful as 1st level hubs though

Don't forget that you NEED powered hubs. 5V Hub power can come from an ATX psu, as can 12V power for gridseeds. People don't seem to like the cheapo 12v supplies usually supplied with gridseeds.

I've mostly been running corsair RM series for my gpu rigs for months, no failures, a couple of them at 105% of rated load, so they get my stamp of approval...

[darkfriend77]

Update:

[BATCH 2] First packages 200 miners arrived!

[BATCH 2] = CLOSED!!
250+ pieces = 25+ packages

Step. 1 [done]: Negotiate pricing & shipping with Gridseed or Reseller
Step. 2 [done]: Opening reservation
Step. 3 [done]: Payment is open now!
Step. 4 [done]: Payed order with bank wire payment (17.03.2014 08:25 MEZ)
Step. 5 [done]: Shipping, estimated: 21.03.2014, 1.package arrived 24.03.2014 ...
Step. 6 [95%]: Dispatching, estimated: 27.03.2014


Everyone should have a PM for the Tracking number ... by now!

[BATCH 3] Postponed.

[lionhead666]

Many thanks for this well organized group buy. 20 Gridseeds with one Raspberry up and running 

http://imgur.com/xDljK1r

Thanks darkfriend77, I'll give you +1 for trust

[gruber_69]

Many thanks for this well organized group buy. 20 Gridseeds with one Raspberry up and running 

http://imgur.com/xDljK1r

Thanks darkfriend77, I'll give you +1 for trust

Hi what image is in use in your build?

Can't get the scripta working as intended (austostart etc.) even when i follow step by step instructions by darkfriend77...

I have to manually start cgminer

[lionhead666]

Many thanks for this well organized group buy. 20 Gridseeds with one Raspberry up and running  

http://imgur.com/xDljK1r

Thanks darkfriend77, I'll give you +1 for trust

Hi what image is in use in your build?

Can't get the scripta working as intended (austostart etc.) even when i follow step by step instructions by darkfriend77...

I have to manually start cgminer

My package was from batch 2
darkfriend77 used this image: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5871402#msg5871402

At my first try I had some problems too and spend hours on searching in the threads. But then i noticed it is really that easy:

1. Unpack, connect power cables, usb cables to the hub, and micro-usb (power) to raspberry
2. Connect the raspberry to your LAN
3. Open your browser: http://hashracontroller
4. Enter your details for the pool
5. Connect the USB hub to raspberry
6. Smile ...

Thats it!

[gruber_69]

Many thanks for this well organized group buy. 20 Gridseeds with one Raspberry up and running  

http://imgur.com/xDljK1r

Thanks darkfriend77, I'll give you +1 for trust

Hi what image is in use in your build?

Can't get the scripta working as intended (austostart etc.) even when i follow step by step instructions by darkfriend77...

I have to manually start cgminer

My package was from batch 2
darkfriend77 used this image: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=482352.msg5871402#msg5871402

At my first try I had some problems too and spend hours on searching in the threads. But then i noticed it is really that easy:

1. Unpack, connect power cables, usb cables to the hub, and micro-usb (power) to raspberry
2. Connect the raspberry to your LAN
3. Open your browser: http://hashracontroller
4. Enter your details for the pool
5. Connect the USB hub to raspberry
6. Smile ...

Thats it!

Thanks for reply.

So we're using the same image, except my is 8GB (version 1.2.7)

Hoped for modified scripta for gridseed with some nice features such as backup pools, email alerts and more information than Hashra.
Current version requires some knowledge of how linux works and my experience is very basic so I can't configure it properly.
Next version should support Gridseed natively and will use BFGminer as default one instead of CGminer.

[darkfriend77]

also my Image is open for SSH access, just use pi/raspberry as credentials ...

[darkfriend77]

I will take a small break ... there is something coming ^^ that needs my attention more then ... this batch 3.

stay tuned.

[BATCH 3] = HALTED!!
? pieces = ? packages

Step. 1 [done]: Negotiate pricing & shipping with Gridseed or Reseller
Step. 2 [done]: Opening reservation
Step. 3 [...]: Open payment
Step. 4 [...]: Initiate order with bank wire payment
Step. 5 [...]: Shipping
Step. 6 [...]: Dispatching


Payment to reseller will be done as soon as BATCH 2 has been confirmed as shipped. Unconfirmed reservations of BATCH 2 are moved to BATCH 3.

Code:

nickname                | Packet   | eMail | Country | Payment | Stat
------------------------+----------+-------+---------+---------+------+
------------------------+----------+-------+---------+---------+------+
             | RESERVED | 0 / ?   |
             +----------+----------+

? means you haven't supplied that information to me ... please PM.

[Tad3j]

Please cancel my reservation for batch 3, darkfriend77.

Thanks

Tad

[darkfriend77]

Please cancel my reservation for batch 3, darkfriend77.

Thanks

Tad

All batch 3 reservations are cancelled ... :-) for now.

[ineedit]

I will take a small break ... there is something coming ^^ that needs my attention more then ... this batch 3.

stay tuned.
....

Missed batch 2 DF, got ill instead...

Would have jumped on batch 3 but you have piqued my interest with your comment, a bigger, faster seed, maybe its now a bulb now or bean

[darkfriend77]

I will take a small break ... there is something coming ^^ that needs my attention more then ... this batch 3.

stay tuned.
....

Missed batch 2 DF, got ill instead...

Would have jumped on batch 3 but you have piqued my interest with your comment, a bigger, faster seed, maybe its now a bulb now or bean

pssst.

[nzgrant]

Any word on a batch3?

[darkfriend77]

Any word on a batch3?

it's postponed for now ... at an undefined date.

[lumix1991]

Today I received the package!

All miners are up and running now and hashing away @3.6Mhz, this weekend I will put them into a datacenter where my company hosting servers are located. I am curious how that will go  

Thanks darkfriend77 for this great GB!

https://i.imgur.com/1zSYCIA.jpg

[ineedit]

I will take a small break ... there is something coming ^^ that needs my attention more then ... this batch 3.

stay tuned.
....

Missed batch 2 DF, got ill instead...

Would have jumped on batch 3 but you have piqued my interest with your comment, a bigger, faster seed, maybe its now a bulb now or bean

pssst.

Have you sprung a leak DF 

[pictsidhe]

If anyone finds another eu group buy, let us know? I just sold a lot of mining gear to finance gridseeds, the cash is doing nothing until I buy more...

[Hektek]

i really want to know what you are up to

Have fun!

best regards

Hektek