Official FutureBit Apollo LTC Image and Support thread

[vegascoinpool]

I cannot get the Apollo to connect to NiceHash to save my life. No matter what I try, which region or with or without the stratum language... it just wont connect. Can literally connect to any other pool with no issues. Am I crazy?

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[merdock69]

Are there any places that repair these
Hash boards?

[atroiano]

I just got a new future bit Apollo and it says the hashboard 1 is offline and won't connect to slushpool.  All the lights on the front are red so it seems to be powered up correctly. I see the worker in my slushpool account. 

[Insectoid]

I just received my Full Apollo Package for BTC mining on 8/23/2021.  I've set it up, and 2 of the 3 machines appear to be working just fine.  However, the 3rd machine just has a solid red light and doesn't do anything.  When I secure power and restart, the red light flashes quickly, and the fan will spin for a second.  After about 20 seconds, the red light turns solid and nothing else happens.  I've made sure all the cables are securely in place, but there is nothing else I can think of.  Is there something else I could try?  Or is this unit dead?

[Insectoid]

I got an email back from Futurebit.  It turned out that one of the USB ports were faulty.  After changing the USB connections and restarting all of them together, all 3 machines are working fine now

[merdock69]

My full node stops running after 24 - 30 hours, like clockwork. Has anyone  experienced this or come up with a solution? I've changed both the SD card and the flash drive, reformated both the new drives, installed the newest OS... Nothing seems to fix it.

I  seem to have been able to fix this issue. I did two things:

1) Increased the size of the USB drive from 64gb to 256gb (still used a samsung EVO though)
2) Increased the size of the swap file from 370mb? to 1gb
     a) sudo swapoff -a.   
     b) sudo dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1024 of=/media/usb/swapfile
         (this command took almost 30 minutes to complete with no indication on the screen what was going on, so be patient)
     c) sudo swapon -a


I've now been running the node for 12 hours, monitoring it with htop and the CPU and mem usage are both way down. I  was able to get past the 96.62% mark during the blockchain sync, which is where its been hanging up for me.

Hope this help someone else out.

[merdock69]

My full node stops running after 24 - 30 hours, like clockwork. Has anyone  experienced this or come up with a solution? I've changed both the SD card and the flash drive, reformated both the new drives, installed the newest OS... Nothing seems to fix it.

I  seem to have been able to fix this issue. I did two things:

1) Increased the size of the USB drive from 64gb to 256gb (still used a samsung EVO though)
2) Increased the size of the swap file from 370mb? to 1gb
     a) sudo swapoff -a.   
     b) sudo dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1024 of=/media/usb/swapfile
         (this command took almost 30 minutes to complete with no indication on the screen what was going on, so be patient)
     c) sudo swapon -a


I've now been running the node for 12 hours, monitoring it with htop and the CPU and mem usage are both way down. I  was able to get past the 96.62% mark during the blockchain sync, which is where its been hanging up for me.

Hope this help someone else out.

Okay, this has been a game changer. Closing in on 48 hours of uptime and over 100,000 blocks synched and no hiccups, stalls or crashing. Highly recommend this increased swap file be incorporated into the latest softward image.

[Cornyjokester]

Is it fair to say that if you have a standarx version running off of a full  version of the Apollo BTC then you are effectively doing Parallel processing?

[redzep]

well after quite a few years of running my Apollo LTC is now busted, not sure if its terminal maybe.
was running fine and then the other day noticed at litecoinpool.org it stop running middle of the night, which was odd and on checking it was silent, which was odd, so power cycled on FutureBit PSU and seemed to be powering back up. checked litecoinpool.org and was hashing ok.
Checked a few hours later and again silent so checked it further and found that Apollo power pins & PSU plug had melted a bit
see pics. no idea why as Apollo been in same place for years

i can replace power pins on the board and rewire PSU plugs, but what is the concusses is this maybe terminal

[jnglfvr]

Fan question:

1) The fan at the top on all three of my LTCs (all purchased used, some barely, some ran quite a bit) never turns on.  Is that normal?

2) One of them, the other fan is making a noise like its bearing is going out.  Does anyone know what the sizes of these fans are and if they're 3 or 4 pin?


Thanks

[rosic1]

I have two LTC miners, a week or so ago I noticed that the power port on one of them was fried yet the miner was still running.
When I unplugged it I noticed the connectors were destroyed on both the LTC and the FutureBit power supply that was running the miner.
I don't understand why it was still running with this damage, but it was so I think the miner can be saved. Does anyone have any suggestions on how/where to get it repaired.

[redzep]

hi rosic1

i had same issue see post above & pic's, not fixed mine yet. but bought the following of ebay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184004406412
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153793724432

just need to fined some spare time, odd though that you have same issue, must be an issue with the components

Redzep

[HagssFIN]

I have repaired BW-L21 miner 6-pin power connectors at forum user lightfoot shop.
He knows what he is doing and can easily repair those burned connectors of yours.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=148567

[azereki]

Has anyone tried replacing the fan on the FutureBit PSU yet? The supply that came with my Apollo LTC is no longer spinning, but the power supply itself seems to be operating just fine.

[JohnnyCucuzza]

hi rosic1

i had same issue see post above & pic's, not fixed mine yet. but bought the following of ebay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184004406412
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153793724432

just need to fined some spare time, odd though that you have same issue, must be an issue with the components

Redzep

I've had mine running for years as well. Just noticed the other day the power connectors are burnt but not melted. Came here to find out what kind to get. Thanks for posting links.

[Piminer2021]

Hello Together,

Acctually i found no new LTC Pod. So i buy one on Ebay.
But i mean this one had a Problem.

The Temp. ist very High  in Balance Mode i have 77 degree Celsius
I have a 7% HW Error
The Fan run at 3000rpm
The Hashrate is only 100-110MH/S

I cleaned the cooling an insert a new SD with the newest Firmware.

But i didnt get down the Temp, the Fan speed and the HW Errors

Had Anybody an idea what can i do next.

Thanks for your help

[cosmiconion]

If its not futurebit, just reflash the the SD and start again

Can someone tell me the initial password of the apollo ltc? 

futurebit

[rwolcott]

The attached pics are for the forum user "lightfoot".

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159540881414788&type=3

[HagssFIN]

The attached pics are for the forum user "lightfoot".

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159540881414788&type=3

So... what's the story here? For context.

[rwolcott]

The attached pics are for the forum user "lightfoot".

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159540881414788&type=3

So... what's the story here? For context.

I have two Futurebit Apollo LTC Miners, both with burned connectors (also both of my APU-200 Units). I suspect that happened when I setup them for run the LTC Node. I have 4 Apollo LTC Miners in total, and only this 2 have this "burned connectors" problem. I stopped the Node and the overheating diminished instantly, One of the units is still working fine but the other is in bad shape. I started looking for someone to fix them and somebody in the Forum recommended this user "lightfoot" for repair Miners with burned connectors. Cheers to this amazing Forum!!