GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread

[os2sam]

Just curious, what are you all using as you're difficulty setting with the newpacs? I'm at 512 right now, but I'd like to know your opinions.

Just let the pool adjust.  It only matters for the pool to report a reasonably accurate hash rate for your equipment.  Most pools adjust for a rate of 18 shares per minute.

[jeyzeus]

I seem to be having an issue with my r606 and not really sure what it is.

I had it set up and running on Windows fine for a couple of days. I started to test some of my Newpac sticks so had to unplug the r606 and have been having issues ever since disconnecting it. At first I thought it was Windows being wonky but I actually configured CGminer on my Raspberry Pi4 and the issue persisted. The next step was to check the USB cable. I didn't use brand new ones but I did use two that I had at home and both didn't work.

The last thing I suppose it could be is the PSU but I am using the PSU for a USB mining rig and it works with no issues.

The problem I am running into is that the USB port seems to be dead, dying or not transmitting data.

The error I am getting on my Raspberry Pi 4 is:

gekkoscience detect failed to initialise 1:44

It also says something like "waiting for USB hot plug"

On windows it keeps trying to reset it and I get some notice that says: GSI 0 failure, disabling

I also tried a different PSU and lower voltage and just get a "zero chips found" notice.

I don't think a PSU or a new cable will fix the issue but I am getting a new PSU with a 6 pin connector and should be able to test that soon. I bought the unit off of eBay and messaged the seller requesting the original order date & seller of the hardware. number starts with 100 so it might be an early batch. I don't mind sending it in for repair or inspection if that needs to be done, it would just be dope to get this thing up and running. Any help would be appreciated thanks!

[MoparMiningLLC]

I seem to be having an issue with my r606 and not really sure what it is.
....

does your r606 have a cut out below where the USB cable plugs into the miner?

here is one without the notch -




and one with the notch -



the reason I ask is that the ones without the notch have had issues where if the USB cord used is too thick, it applies pressure to that connection - I had one where it completely broke the connector off.

[jeyzeus]

I seem to be having an issue with my r606 and not really sure what it is.
....

does your r606 have a cut out below where the USB cable plugs into the miner?

here is one without the notch -




and one with the notch -



the reason I ask is that the ones without the notch have had issues where if the USB cord used is too thick, it applies pressure to that connection - I had one where it completely broke the connector off.

Mine is the one with the notch

[MoparMiningLLC]

I seem to be having an issue with my r606 and not really sure what it is.
....

does your r606 have a cut out below where the USB cable plugs into the miner?

here is one without the notch -




and one with the notch -



the reason I ask is that the ones without the notch have had issues where if the USB cord used is too thick, it applies pressure to that connection - I had one where it completely broke the connector off.

Mine is the one with the notch

well there goes that idea. I mean it might be still possible that the socket has been damaged but not as likely if you have the one with the notch.

[slurfius]

I’m going to run the gekkoscience  8 port hub and power brick with 6 newpacs. Should this system be able to run the newpacs at 650 with proper cooling?

I have 6 on 1000w psu inside my computer case on gekkohub. I can run at 550 MHz on all the sticks until I get xmrig mining monero on 30 of my 32 threads cpu. Then my hashrate cuts in half. I didn’t think these required much processing power to run. It’s unlikely the psu, does same on power brick. Windows 10 pro x570 motherboard running Ryzen 5950x 64gb ram 500gb ssd for the os

[goldenlord]

I think my NewPac is after a pc-crush pherhaps now defect.

What does it mean, when the Green and White LED-Lights are together on?

CGMiner says not correct USB-Port - that i should install Zadic.exe

The Stick runs before the crash perfect, could it be that White and Green LED together is the standard, when the software is deinstalled?

[gt_addict]

I think my NewPac is after a pc-crush pherhaps now defect.

What does it mean, when the Green and White LED-Lights are together on?

CGMiner says not correct USB-Port - that i should install Zadic.exe

The Stick runs before the crash perfect, could it be that White and Green LED together is the standard, when the software is deinstalled?

I would try Zadig again and do a clean restart of your PC. Shut it down leave it a minute then restart it and see what happens. Also unplug the stick, let it cool, then plug it back in.

[jeyzeus]

well there goes that idea. I mean it might be still possible that the socket has been damaged but not as likely if you have the one with the notch.

Any idea on how I might be able to trouble shoot this? Haven't been able to run it unfortunately -.-. I wouldn't mind sending it out for repair, just have no idea how to get it looked at.

I've tried emailing eyeboot(where the miner was originally purchased), gekkoscience & PMing sidehack but no luck yet.

Also somewhat unrelated -

I'm also running a couple of overclocked Newpac sticks. Most are running fine & can hit 100+ GH/s at 500MHz+

I have a 3 Newpac sticks that when running around 100-300 MHz get a lot higher of a hash rate than when running at 400+ MHz. Ideally I would like to get all sticks at 100+ GH/s.

Is it possible to run an individual stick at a specific frequency based on the serial number? I saw a post earlier in the thread about it but I believe was the conclusion that this was not possible if they are the same model.

I also was thinking of adjusting the voltage screw but not sure which direction I should turn it  or if I had to resort to that.. Would anyone have any feedback on which direction to adjust the screw if the individual frequency cant be changed (or if this would even help)?

Thanks for any assistance!

[gt_addict]

You should be able to run multiple instances of cgminer and specify a serial number for a stick.

You dont need to adjust the voltage pot. I was running mine without touching it and getting 140ghs on all 6 sticks on gekkos usb hub.

[jeyzeus]

You should be able to run multiple instances of cgminer and specify a serial number for a stick.

You dont need to adjust the voltage pot. I was running mine without touching it and getting 140ghs on all 6 sticks on gekkos usb hub.

Awesome thanks for the tip! I was able to figure it out and def squeezing out a bit more per stick now.

If anyone could point me to the right direction on fixing the USB port on the R606 I would really appreciate that. Would love to get this thing running properly 

[gt_addict]

You should be able to run multiple instances of cgminer and specify a serial number for a stick.

You dont need to adjust the voltage pot. I was running mine without touching it and getting 140ghs on all 6 sticks on gekkos usb hub.

Awesome thanks for the tip! I was able to figure it out and def squeezing out a bit more per stick now.

If anyone could point me to the right direction on fixing the USB port on the R606 I would really appreciate that. Would love to get this thing running properly 

Have you tried soldering on a new connector?

[jeyzeus]

You should be able to run multiple instances of cgminer and specify a serial number for a stick.

You dont need to adjust the voltage pot. I was running mine without touching it and getting 140ghs on all 6 sticks on gekkos usb hub.

Awesome thanks for the tip! I was able to figure it out and def squeezing out a bit more per stick now.

If anyone could point me to the right direction on fixing the USB port on the R606 I would really appreciate that. Would love to get this thing running properly 

Have you tried soldering on a new connector?

No, I don't know how to solder. Unfortunately I am not too techy but I will see if I can get this done locally with a electronic repair store or a friend. I am getting another power supply today with a 6 pin PCIE connection so other than trying a brand new cable and this PSU I am out of ideas. Would you know what part number to get? Just want to ensure compatibility.

Thanks again for all your help!

[gt_addict]

There isn't a specific part number. I assume its just a standard mini usb jack like these:-

Sourcingmap® 10 x Mini USB 5 Pin Socket Female Solder Adaptor Connector https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GONWWRQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_5D2CTCMFRCEB3YFPHEB0

[larankin]

I have 3 GekkoScience NewPac USB  Miners. Is it possible to mine Ethereum with these devices. I would like to know also what would be the pool to use for these devices. Another question would be how would I be able to access the balance from this device has generated. Thank You

[wavelengthsf]

I have 3 GekkoScience NewPac USB  Miners. Is it possible to mine Ethereum with these devices. I would like to know also what would be the pool to use for these devices. Another question would be how would I be able to access the balance from this device has generated. Thank You

No, these can only mine SHA-256 coins like Bitcoin. You can use any pool you like, as long as they'll accept the low hashrates of these devices. When you connect to a pool, they'll have instructions on how to redeem any balance you might have.

[larankin]

What other coins can I mine with GekkoScience NewPac USB.

[gt_addict]

What other coins can I mine with GekkoScience NewPac USB.

Google is your friend. You’ve been told the answer already.

[MoparMiningLLC]

What other coins can I mine with GekkoScience NewPac USB.

Any sha-256 coin

[benoitm974]

Hi there,

I decided to put 2 R606 as lottery miners on a local full node. The node (bitcoin-core 0.21.1) run on a A4-5000 from AMD with a 1To SSD/8G RAM on an alpine linux with just the node and cgminer on it. Everything seems fine on the node I get 60 to 70 peers connected and the machine run alsmost IDLE (8% on 1 cpu <1% of the 3 other CPUs).


For CGminer, I've compiled latest version from for Gekko r606 (4.1.11).

I can run around 630GH/s*2 when I run cgminer solo to the http 127.0.0.1:8332 and I notice the message from cgminer "connected without LP to ..."  (which I guess is without longPoll?), I can try different frequency etc ... I'm stuck at 630GH/s, and I get reagular "peak adjust: target frequency 525.00MHz -> 518.75MHz" message down to 435 and 600GH/s.

Now if I run the same cgminer to the stratum solo.ckpool.org solo pool server then I can get up to 900+GH/s and even close to 1TH/s by raising he frequency.

Any ideas ? Is the longpoll the issue ? is the cgminer in http the issue ? Or bitcoin-core ? Any though are welcome.

Thanks.