(Review/Guide) WhatsMiner M10 33.0 Th/s, 2145W Bitcoin (SHA-256) ASIC miner

[NotFuzzyWarm]

Aaaaand it seems my #3 M10-31 that came in today needed a few restarts before it came fully alive. Despite a nice warmup for an hour in front of the exhaust from its 2 other brothers, on the new miner board SM2 would not go above 368MHz whereas the other 2 boards hit around 500. Letting it run at least 10 min each time to see how it came up, after1 hard boot and 3 'restart CGminer's' all three boards came up and now report 469, 510 and 526Mhz for 31.7 THs.

Seems that once you get the reported chip temps above 45-50C things will kick in properly. Hmm, like the ol' Spondoolies maybe a pre-heat with a heat gun/hair dryer would do the trick

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[philipma1957]

this one is a bit funky

sm0 does   9295 gh  63.5 temp 448 free
sm1 does 11896 gh  75.0 temp 576 freq
sm2 does   9158 gh  63.5 temp 437 freq

the one in bold was the one that did not want to fire up for a while

[minefarmbuy]

I initially ran into that as well with my 2nd one but like yours, after a good warmup all 3 boards came to life and have been doing just fine for over 5 days now.

The autotune does set different speeds as needed for the boards and interestingly, the board that initially did not show up runs at a lower speed than the other 2 boards do: Hmm, just looked and checking the 2, my 1st one all three boards are centered around 500MHz +/- 4, number-2 oth are all over the map! 499, 468 and 562MHz... Definitely some variation in chips there... Still, considering it holds a steady 31.6THs - werks fer me!

I wonder if this variance was their need to sell a different model to begin with with the 31T version.

[philipma1957]

I wonder if this variance was their need to sell a different model to begin with with the 31T version.

I have 2 33th models
I have 5 31th models

Everyone does more then  the number it is rated to do. Except this one it is a fraction low.

30.8

[DJsC]

I just received my 31T unit today which I ordered last Friday, so very quick shipment. I live in Canada.

FYI, my total customs+duties on the unit (with the USD51 discount code) came up to CAD68. So all in all, very positive experience so far. I'll post an update once the unit has run for a few hours on wintery Canadian sunshine electricity.

Thanks to everyone here for tips and advice!

[philipma1957]

I just received my 31T unit today which I ordered last Friday, so very quick shipment. I live in Canada.

FYI, my total customs+duties on the unit (with the USD51 discount code) came up to CAD68. So all in all, very positive experience so far. I'll post an update once the unit has run for a few hours on wintery Canadian sunshine electricity.

Thanks to everyone here for tips and advice!

Good luck mining.

[dj_wldwst]

Hi guys,

Happy to see this is working out well for everyone! Feel free to get in touch via PM if I can help further or if this coupon expires, I'll probably have a new one at that point 

[philipma1957]

This unit seems to have an issue with one board.

It simply does not fire up. It did work for three days and I switch pools.

Now it does not want to fire up.

I am going to contact pangolin to see about support.

[Steamtyme]

That sucks. I'm interested to see how they respond, seeing as your issue is actually something failing, I imagine it will be rather quick. I never did hear back when I was trying to troubleshoot the lame board, but it may have been low to no priority as it was in spec.

Reading through Pangolin's support info, you may get away with only having to ship back the hashboard, but they might not have updated the information lately. Definitely better than sending the whole unit in for repair.

FYI, my total customs+duties on the unit (with the USD51 discount code) came up to CAD68. So all in all, very positive experience so far. I'll post an update once the unit has run for a few hours on wintery Canadian sunshine electricity.

Nice one of those low tax provinces, I get hit pretty hard on everything I bring in. Enjoy, so far my 2 have been pumping the heat nicely to fight the ridiculous cold.

[philipma1957]

I found they have spare parts for the m10.

the psu https://pangolinminer.com/product/power-supply-unit-for-m10d1/

the fans https://pangolinminer.com/product/miner-fan-set-m10/

the control board https://pangolinminer.com/product/miner-control-board-shipout-before-3-31/

since we have 7 of these I will be needing to order 1 of each of the above.

I also want to mention weather is good here in NJ we have had a pretty warm winter.

ps I will post back on  the repair service.

If you look at the quote here you can guess it is board SM1 the fastest one that died.

this one is a bit funky

sm0 does   9295 gh  63.5 temp 448 free
sm1 does 11896 gh  75.0 temp 576 freq
sm2 does   9158 gh  63.5 temp 437 freq

the one in bold was the one that did not want to fire up for a while

[minefarmbuy]

Sorry to hear philip, not a lot of reports on whatsminers failing. I suppose the only caveat would be it's with someone who will keep us updated.  

Pricing on the fan seems pretty high unless shipping is cheap. The I/O board as well. I'd look at other fan myself but I hate having to figure out cable length.

I'm sure you can handle everything but if you want some help philip let me know.

[philipma1957]

Sorry to hear philip, not a lot of reports on whatsminers failing. I suppose the only caveat would be it's with someone who will keep us updated.  

Pricing on the fan seems pretty high unless shipping is cheap. The I/O board as well. I'd look at other fan myself but I hate having to figure out cable length.

I'm sure you can handle everything but if you want some help philip let me know.

it is 2 fans not one so it is not that crazy high price.  but not cheap either.

I am waiting on info on the hash board replacement.

[minefarmbuy]

www.minefarmbuy.com/accessories/whatsminer-kit  aka "the philipma special".

[philipma1957]

www.minefarmbuy.com/accessories/whatsminer-kit  aka "the philipma special".

I will be getting this package of spare parts.

I will place order on sat.

no reply on hash board which is still down.

I am going to try a hard reset pull plug for 20 minutes

[NotFuzzyWarm]

When you open it up to pull the hash board, please take pics of how the PSU is connected to them. Curious to know if they use bus bars from the PSU and BM-style clips on the boards or something better like actual screw-down connections to the boards.

[DJsC]

Nice one of those low tax provinces, I get hit pretty hard on everything I bring in. Enjoy, so far my 2 have been pumping the heat nicely to fight the ridiculous cold.

Yeah, it’s been ludicrous cold here in Alberta this past month too. Each miner is displacing about 3.5GJ of natural gas per month while keeping the house and garage warm. Still a bit of a work in progress to keep them quiet, but I’m getting there

So far, after one day, my 31T averaged 31.5TH. Looks like I got a decent one.

[philipma1957]

When you open it up to pull the hash board, please take pics of how the PSU is connected to them. Curious to know if they use bus bars from the PSU and BM-style clips on the boards or something better like actual screw-down connections to the boards.

I just turned it off for 30 minutes.

I will power it up now  to see it that dead board fires up.

[TheYankeesWin!]

Phil did the hard reset help?

[philipma1957]

Phil did the hard reset help?

No  on second screen shot you can see it has done 1331 attempts to fire the dead board up.

So it is most likely a board issue. It also has the issue on low power.



here are the  good six at clifton  as you can see one is a bit under  at 24th the rest are good

[TheYankeesWin!]

Phil did they  contact you about the bad board?