GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread

[gt_addict]

Did someone play baseball with it or something?

Reading through these oddball problems with temp sensors and blinking lights I was wondering if there could well be a link to it being shipped and the handling of it? As you said you haven’t had any problems with testing but now people are having issues and the only common factor is shipping or possible storage (although these are selling like hotcakes so I doubt its that).

Could it be possible something has become unseated/worked loose?

P.S. sidehack please dont take that as a slur on your workmanship. I love your gear and its robust build quality 👍🏼

[DaveF]

Reading through these oddball problems with temp sensors and blinking lights I was wondering if there could well be a link to it being shipped and the handling of it? As you said you haven’t had any problems with testing but now people are having issues and the only common factor is shipping or possible storage (although these are selling like hotcakes so I doubt its that).

Could it be possible something has become unseated/worked loose?

P.S. sidehack please dont take that as a slur on your workmanship. I love your gear and its robust build quality 👍🏼

If you take a look at the Apollo LTC miner discussion you can see jstefanop had some shipping issues with them. They were shipped in a very sold box that was very well padded and people still had miners coming in damaged.

Mine came in yesterday and is hashing away with no issues. Can't get it above 750G, going to play with it more today.

-Dave

[sidehack]

Wes0310, according to the device line, cgminer is only detecting 1 chip on that stick. If it's brand-new (just received), it's probably damaged and should be replaced. If it's not new, could be the voltage is set way too low and it's not picking up properly, or the voltage is set too high and it's overheating.

Adjust the voltage up a bit, make sure you have good cooling, and try it again. Sometimes an unplug-replug will take care of that.

gt_addict, I had similar issues with temp sensors not reporting on some advanced-controls prototype sticks last summer but chalked it up to the firmware. This one's code is much more robust, and when I first got temp sensors going I let one run for a week without any hiccups. But something's for sure going on, and the "quick fix" is just disabling that part pending a redesign. I can probably get the same functionality out of the microcontroller's internal temp sensor, though it's not as close to the heatsinks so won't read out the same which is why I didn't want to rely on it. Might have that implemented before Batch 2 starts shipping.

Additionally, I have a couple pods here that, on volt setting 4, could only hit something like 535MHz but were otherwise great. So everything will be tested at Volt 4 but with a second round at Volt 5 if it's only a few percent low. We did a similar adjust-retest for the weaker 2Pacs and nobody complained.

[cliftonk]

@DaveF  Happy for you.  Mine is going back, and depending on how that goes I will probably just have to look at other equipment.

@Rockmoney the seller has not responded to my PM sent here, and calling the phone number listed just says "user busy."

@sidehack  Just to rule out the Ubuntu 18.04 industrial computer that works fine with the newpac,  but gets the chip errors with the R606, I got out a Dell Windows7 laptop.  Installed the latest build and the R606 fails in exactly the same manner.  Completely different hardware and different O/S.

Going to give @Rockmoney another couple hours, then just hit the return all button and be done with it.

[sidehack]

Speaking as not just a seller but also a manufacturer working 11-hour days for the last eight years or so - patience is a virtue. Rockmoney's usually up to his eyeballs dealing with all the various garbage Amazon throws at its sellers in exchange for the benefits of an unfair marketplace that embraces counterfeiting and withholds payouts for weeks at a time and can't always be relied upon to answer emails within a few minutes. But he'll take care of you if you let him.

And if he doesn't, I will.

It's possible your miner is the one he was discussing with me this morning.

[cliftonk]

I appreciate that @sidehack.   Integrity makes all the difference in this day and time.  It says a lot about you.  Thanks.

[rockmoney]

I appreciate that @sidehack.   Integrity makes all the difference in this day and time.  It says a lot about you.  Thanks.

Message sent. My apologies for the delay, as we have been extremely busy (like sidehack mentioned). Also as sidehack mentioned, we have been talking about how to best resolve the issue you're experiencing.

Please shoot me another email when you get this. Thanks!  

[lrowland21093]

One more data point - I have three R606 from 419.  One of them was giving me the blinking lights and would not mine higher than about 200GH.
I worked with Nick from 419 and after compiling the latest cgminer on a RPi all three are hashing 800-900 each now.
This is using a Gekko USB hub and one of the HP DPS-1200FB power supplies.  
Again it is on a RPi.  I have tried mining with cksolo, kano, and slush and ASICBoost works on all at the same 900GH on all.

The one miner that is blinking is apparently #1 off the "assembly line" according to Nick (it does not have a notch on the case for the USB connection).
While it is still blinking, it is running nicely now.

Using a laser thermometer, the temperature on all three miners is about the same - about 100F.

These are great little machines - thank you sidehack for making them and vh for updating the cgminer!!

[kingofhammers]

@sidehack- after careful consideration I have decided to forgo re-engineering a case. The fun part is outweighed by the cost part.

[DieselWeaseI]

Just wanted to share my testing results from the past two days with my R606 powered by an HP1200. Running on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ over wifi, so it looks like I'm maxxed out on this config as 600MHz is autotuning to 588. Might try an ASUS Tinker Board since that has a little more horsepower. I really want to keep this setup as mobile as possible. Still need to run a cable to where I have this sitting, so I haven't tried a hardwired network connection yet.

V4 550MHz - whole setup is drawing 102W at the wall (if you trust my Wemo Insight switch):

https://imgur.com/a/0nb1vWf

V4 600MHz - drawing 107W at the wall:

https://imgur.com/a/QVnpGaV

[sidehack]

Try a higher voltage setting first. If it still throttles low, it's more likely the controller than the miner.

[os2sam]

588Hhz @ Voltage level 4 sounds pretty good.  If your shooting for a higher frequency why haven't you set the voltage higher?  The power draw seems high, but I have no idea what your power supply is consuming.

I'm testing a run at Power Level 6 and it's at 681Mhz and drawing 91 Watts, ATX Power supply and R606 only, although it may still be tuning.

Edit: yep it was still tuning.  Seems to have settled at 656Mhz.

[philipma1957]

I am getting  767.5  with voltage 7   and  about  1.025 th

power is an evga 750 watt T2  psu. (Titanium class)

cpu is  a ryzen 2700

16 gb ram

1 tb  sandisk ssd.

this is nice unit.  happy with it.

http://solo.ckpool.org/users/1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje

Will be throwing a nice party when I hit that block with it.


I still have 8 compacs to give away.

I think I will do first raffle. Today will be the start.

Send me a pm  that you purchased a r606  from

sidehack or 419miner or rockmoney  or minefarmbuy.

lets try to get the first drawing done  on Tuesday the 21st.

[DieselWeaseI]

Try a higher voltage setting first. If it still throttles low, it's more likely the controller than the miner.

Even at V5, it throttles down. I'm betting on the issue being the pi. Autotune drops it big time if I try to use any of the resources on the pi while mining. I'd set it up in my office and connect it to my antique AMD mining rig, but the temperature is still swinging up and down in New Jersey and my heat may kick on at some point and blow hot air on my equipment overnight.

[philipma1957]

Even at V5, it throttles down. I'm betting on the issue being the pi. Autotune drops it big time if I try to use any of the resources on the pi while mining. I'd set it up in my office and connect it to my antique AMD mining rig, but the temperature is still swinging up and down in New Jersey and my heat may kick on at some point and blow hot air on my equipment overnight.

it can run in a 90f garage at voltage 7 and do 1.035th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ANZPRnjCpA

video show 775 and 1.035th.

over time (a week) it sagged to freq 767.5 and 1.025th.

[DieselWeaseI]

I still have 8 compacs to give away.

I think I will do first raffle. Today will be the start.

Send me a pm  that you purchased a r606  from

sidehack or 419miner or rockmoney  or minefarmbuy.

lets try to get the first drawing done  on Tuesday the 21st.

I'd love to join in, but my account isn't allowed to send pm's yet. I bought mine from 419 and received it on Thursday.

[vh]

@DieselWeaseI

Those asic chips of the R606 expects work every few ms, on the dot.   If the CPU gets diverted elsewhere or the USB bus gets congested by other traffic for even a short period, it's not going to perform ideally.

[philipma1957]

I'd love to join in, but my account isn't allowed to send pm's yet. I bought mine from 419 and received it on Thursday.

You are first on list.

1) DieselWeaseI

[kingofhammers]

Just wanted to share my testing results from the past two days with my R606 powered by an HP1200. Running on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ over wifi, so it looks like I'm maxxed out on this config as 600MHz is autotuning to 588.

This is damn near a mirror of what I am seeing. My Pi is hardwired just because of proximity.

Good to know that someone is having a similar experience. Time to pull an old desktop out and start fiddling with it.

Thank you for the insight @DieselWeaseI

[philipma1957]

When the list fills in a bit more I will use randomnumber.org to pick winner.
If you are on list and win I need two things proof of purchase and an address to send the prize.
I realized this prevents a false claim to a certain extent.
If you win you do not go into next  free raffle.

1) DieselWeaseI
2) Irowland21093
3) Kingofhammers