GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread

[Mstrrlm]

Well I wonder if any of the programmers in here can tell me why when I run the miner software through a 40+ virus engine it finds malware..  Now I've heard people say ohh miners just go off with false positives. Well I know that's BS I haven't seen a false positive on a virus since the 90's. And due to the nature of these mining programs there's no way programmers didn't try to inject their crypto info in the program to peel off a certain percentage of the mined coin into their wallets.  So can one of you HONEST programmers find the malware or whatever it is and remove it then save compile and reupload with VirusFree in the name.  I'm going to insert the sire I used so you can see for yourselves and just as a FYI my PC virus also blocked the download because of virus

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

Thanks in advance for any help you guys could provide.

[kano]

Coz the virus checker is wrong in the case of cgminer.

Follow the instructions on how to compile it yourself, then virus check it, and it will still say it has a virus.

This has been ongoing for about ... 9 years?

[NotFuzzyWarm]

My guess is that cgminer is one of the payloads that many malwares carry so virus checkers just automatically black flag it w/o bothering to check if a real virus is present to make use of it...

[kano]

My guess is that cgminer is one of the payloads that many malwares carry so virus checkers just automatically black flag it w/o bothering to check if a real virus is present to make use of it...

Yeah thanks to that McAfee guy, windows virus checkers have all been based on pattern matching known viruses, not detecting viruses.
(instead of handling access security correctly to stop viruses, he saw it as an eternal update income stream and the rest is history)
So they have a pattern to match cgminer saying it's a virus, even though it isn't.
Of course if you go download it from some random site elsewhere, not from vh here, you are very likely to get a virus packed with it.

[vintag386]

Anyone have an R606 stop powering up? There's a clicking sound when power is applied, but nothing else. I think it's the 1000 micro farad capacitor, sticking out from the bottom of the board, but I can't be sure. I don't have access to my tools or DMM to test anything.

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

FYI, I bought this one used, but it's been working fine for the last few months.

[hollywood_jack]

Anyone can me help me? I have R606 Zombie and I cannot mining 

[gt_addict]

Anyone can me help me? I have R606 Zombie and I cannot mining 

What OS? What PSU? Did you buy it new or used?

[hollywood_jack]

Anyone can me help me? I have R606 Zombie and I cannot mining 

What OS? What PSU? Did you buy it new or used?

Used but like new...PSU original gekko

[vintag386]

OS/Controller? (i.e. are you running it with a raspberry pi? windows computer, etc)

Also, are the lights coming one when you apply power? Mine just died, but its my fault. I took power off and then re-applied it too quickly. I'm pretty sure I broke the Murata power module. At least that's what it seems like after replacing the 16v Capacitor and running a bunch of other voltage tests on it. We will see when the new module comes in.

Anyways, try and be more specific on the circumstances associated with it going zombie and your setup. That's really the best way to ask for help.

[hollywood_jack]

OS/Controller? (i.e. are you running it with a raspberry pi? windows computer, etc)

Also, are the lights coming one when you apply power? Mine just died, but its my fault. I took power off and then re-applied it too quickly. I'm pretty sure I broke the Murata power module. At least that's what it seems like after replacing the 16v Capacitor and running a bunch of other voltage tests on it. We will see when the new module comes in.

Anyways, try and be more specific on the circumstances associated with it going zombie and your setup. That's really the best way to ask for help.

I have Windows 10 like SO but I also tried with Ubuntu and I also tried with a notebook…I even tried another power supply and at first it seemed that I had solved the problem, it mined regularly…in practice it happens that a few times (many) it goes in zombies, while other times it works normally  

[gt_addict]

So what are your settings then? What voltage level? What freq are you trying to run?

Linux based OS’s are the most reliable for this gear though so try switching away from windoze.

[hollywood_jack]

So what are your settings then? What voltage level? What freq are you trying to run?

Linux based OS’s are the most reliable for this gear though so try switching away from windoze.

Voltage and freq standard...now I am only using ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS, sometimes it works, sometimes not...I don't understand why, I'm going crazy

[gt_addict]

OK so my R606 is poorly.

We had a internet outage yesterday and although it came back up ok I keep getting "0: GSI 0 - R606 Bitcoin Miner (10040338) " listed in cgminer on my Pi4.

Nothing has changed in settings or in power delivery to the unit or the Pi. Its been running since February when I shut it down for a clean. No issues until now.

Anyone have any ideas?


P.S. I have tried different usb cables but still the same result.

[vintag386]

Does anyone have the diagram for how the DC-DC convertor connects to the rest of the board? I burnt out the original one, and when removing it, ended up pulling off some of the solder pads. To put the new one on, I need to know where I can connect the repair pads. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[kano]

Well probably without being much help, there is the 2 pictures on the first post.

Here also:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5053711.0

[NotFuzzyWarm]

Does anyone have the diagram for how the DC-DC convertor connects to the rest of the board?<snip>

On which device, a NewPac or Terminus? They are 2 very different things...

[vintag386]

Does anyone have the diagram for how the DC-DC convertor connects to the rest of the board?<snip>

On which device, a NewPac or Terminus? They are 2 very different things...

My bad, r606

[jeyzeus]

OK so my R606 is poorly.

We had a internet outage yesterday and although it came back up ok I keep getting "0: GSI 0 - R606 Bitcoin Miner (10040338) " listed in cgminer on my Pi4.

Nothing has changed in settings or in power delivery to the unit or the Pi. Its been running since February when I shut it down for a clean. No issues until now.

Anyone have any ideas?


P.S. I have tried different usb cables but still the same result.

I was able to fix mine i had a similar issue. The USB port seems to be wonky. I was going to attempt to get it fixed but i ordered brand new cables (which didn't work at first) but then i opened it up, cleaned everything again and made sure the USB area was VERY clean & applied a tiny bit of pressure by squeezing/pinching the USB area to the board. I guess i was trying to tighten it a bit or maybe get the contacts closer to the board or something like that. Idk i totally broscienced it

Surprisingly, it seems to have worked. I've been mining for a couple of days again no issues. When i first got it working, it did take a couple of jiggles but it was eventually picked up by cgminer and has run solid since.

[gt_addict]

OK so my R606 is poorly.

We had a internet outage yesterday and although it came back up ok I keep getting "0: GSI 0 - R606 Bitcoin Miner (10040338) " listed in cgminer on my Pi4.

Nothing has changed in settings or in power delivery to the unit or the Pi. Its been running since February when I shut it down for a clean. No issues until now.

Anyone have any ideas?


P.S. I have tried different usb cables but still the same result.

I was able to fix mine i had a similar issue. The USB port seems to be wonky. I was going to attempt to get it fixed but i ordered brand new cables (which didn't work at first) but then i opened it up, cleaned everything again and made sure the USB area was VERY clean & applied a tiny bit of pressure by squeezing/pinching the USB area to the board. I guess i was trying to tighten it a bit or maybe get the contacts closer to the board or something like that. Idk i totally broscienced it

Surprisingly, it seems to have worked. I've been mining for a couple of days again no issues. When i first got it working, it did take a couple of jiggles but it was eventually picked up by cgminer and has run solid since.

I'll give this a go when I get the chance. The problem seems to have appeared again after a few days of running fine  

EDIT: So I took it apart today and had a good look over it. USB port seemed fine, no loose joints or anything. Gave the whole thing a clean and also redid the thermal paste under the top heatsink. The original stuff was a bit crusty so thought I may aswell do it.

It seems to have worked so far. Running 775m on V5 now. Previously 800m on V5. No idea if it was the cleaning or the paste thats done anything but I wont be touching it for a while.

[gt_addict]

Well the issue has returned. Managed to get it to run at 500m V5 for a while, then just starts resetting the Target lower and lower until it just ends in a boot loop kind of thing.

Any ideas anyone?