ANTMINER S2 Discussion and Support Thread

[aistto]

An OC to 225MHz shows 1147GH/s on the miner, but less than 1,000GH/s at the pool, basically the HW errors are so much higher you get a lower effective speed at the pool. Hoping the community can figure this out, maybe a firmware update or a more optimized CGminer.

You mean OC not profitable?

I set frequency to 250Mhz and after reboot it make long beep. What does it means? Lack of power or too high frequency ?

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[Biffa]

An OC to 225MHz shows 1147GH/s on the miner, but less than 1,000GH/s at the pool, basically the HW errors are so much higher you get a lower effective speed at the pool. Hoping the community can figure this out, maybe a firmware update or a more optimized CGminer.

You mean OC not profitable?

I set frequency to 250Mhz and after reboot it make long beep. What does it means? Lack of power or too high frequency ?

If you are using the stock 1kw Psu then it's probably lack of power, but it's not a good idea to do such big jumps in click rate when overclocking anyway. Take it slow and incremental.

[ElGabo]

Respect if somebody find a way how to overclock them.... 

[freebit13]

Does anyone have the PCB design sheets for these new boards like we have for the S1?

[BITMAIN]

AntMiner S2 1TH/s Miner Batch 3 Sales Open

Bitmain Technologies Limited is proud to announce ANTMINER S2 sales open at 22:00pm BeiJing time Apr 23rd GMT+8.
The 3rd Batch of AntMiner S2 will be shipped out starting from April 26th. AntMiner S2 will be available in the global market for a price of $3,199.

Coupon for Returning Customers:
Only $3,099 after a $100 Instant Coupon, which will be released to the user IDs who have bought S2 in the Batch 1 & Batch 2.



AntMiner S2 SPEC:
 
 Hash rate: 1,000GH/s
 Power consumption: less than 1,100W from the wall
 Power efficiency: Around 1.1Watt/GH/s
 PSU: 1050W produced by Enermax, 80PLUS gold
 4U Rack (442mm * 432mm * 177mm)
 Built-in 1050W PSU
 Plug and Mining
 Stable and quietly
 
Contact: info@bitmaintech.com
URL: https://www.bitmaintech.com

[manatwork]

will be a late night for me counting down

[ChuckBuck]

AntMiner S2 1TH/s Miner Batch 3 Sales Open

Bitmain Technologies Limited is proud to announce ANTMINER S2 sales open at 22:00pm BeiJing time Apr 23rd GMT+8.
The 3rd Batch of AntMiner S2 will be shipped out starting from April 26th. AntMiner S2 will be available in the global market for a price of $3,199.

Coupon for Returning Customers:
Only $3,099 after a $100 Instant Coupon, which will be released to the user IDs who have bought S2 in the Batch 1 & Batch 2.



AntMiner S2 SPEC:
 
 Hash rate: 1,000GH/s
 Power consumption: less than 1,100W from the wall
 Power efficiency: Around 1.1Watt/GH/s
 PSU: 1050W produced by Enermax, 80PLUS gold
 4U Rack (442mm * 432mm * 177mm)
 Built-in 1050W PSU
 Plug and Mining
 Stable and quietly
 
Contact: info@bitmaintech.com
URL: https://www.bitmaintech.com

Sorry to put this in your face, as you've been awesome for the mining community, especially for the Antminer S1, but your pricing, design, and rollout of the S2 has been way off.

Pricing, you've been beat several times over by your competitors.  Best example, $2350 1 TH/s miner from Bit-Tech:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=409701.0

Design, just based from the feedback on this thread.  Blades disconnected, cables unplugged, quality control issues.  Either the S2 isn't packaged correctly, or the case design is horrible.

Rollout in batches now.  What happened to the shipping from in stock or in hand model?  This is basically a shortened pre-order model which causes inflated demand with everyone trying to get in line to make the batch cut.

Hopefully for the S3, you go back to the S1 model of rock solid design, competitive and affordable pricing, and always shipping from stock.

You already have the most popular miner in the world, maybe listen to the community that put you there.

[dlowings]

S2 going back on sale, but as suspected the price is totally retarded … They can go fish ….. 3199 is still WAY over priced considering all the dam issues, and the fact that there is still no site on ROI at that price… Where do these guys dream this stuff up...

[Maxcoin88]

IMO the price should be betwwen 2200$ and 2400$. Others like bit-tech or the dragon miners are selling for far less than 3199$.

I am "lucky" that my miners are working fine, problem with just one having my fans running at 100% all the time. Still didnt find any solution on how to control those god damn fans. So fans are still running, 3 of them are monitored in the antminer webinterface and with the first one it is showing 0 rpm ( but still running at 100% ).  It is so loud, and bitmain replied to me that it is not possible to adjust fan control manually. So disapointing.

I hope someone can find a way to acces the miners configuration file, I really need to reset / control the fan settings with SSH or something like that. I tried everything I could in order to have my fan control working good.

[dlowings]

IMO the price should be betwwen 2200$ and 2400$. Others like bit-tech or the dragon miners are selling for far less than 3199$.

I am "lucky" that my miners are working fine, problem with just one having my fans running at 100% all the time. Still didnt find any solution on how to control those god damn fans. So fans are still running, 3 of them are monitored in the antminer webinterface and with the first one it is showing 0 rpm ( but still running at 100% ).  It is so loud, and bitmain replied to me that it is not possible to adjust fan control manually. So disapointing.

I hope someone can find a way to acces the miners configuration file, I really need to reset / control the fan settings with SSH or something like that. I tried everything I could in order to have my fan control working good.

I agree, Bitmain seems to REALLY be milking the S2 … That or they are trying not to piss off batch 1 or batch 2 customers...

[samsonn25]

IMO the price should be betwwen 2200$ and 2400$. Others like bit-tech or the dragon miners are selling for far less than 3199$.

I am "lucky" that my miners are working fine, problem with just one having my fans running at 100% all the time. Still didnt find any solution on how to control those god damn fans. So fans are still running, 3 of them are monitored in the antminer webinterface and with the first one it is showing 0 rpm ( but still running at 100% ).  It is so loud, and bitmain replied to me that it is not possible to adjust fan control manually. So disapointing.

I hope someone can find a way to acces the miners configuration file, I really need to reset / control the fan settings with SSH or something like that. I tried everything I could in order to have my fan control working good.

I agree, Bitmain seems to REALLY be milking the S2 … That or they are trying not to piss off batch 1 or batch 2 customers...

Batch 1 and 2 owners already made back $31-32 a day on the machines mining.

[freebit13]

I agree, Bitmain seems to REALLY be milking the S2 … That or they are trying not to piss off batch 1 or batch 2 customers...

If they didn't want to piss off batch 1 or batch 2 customers, they might have given us a coupon worth more than $100...

Their prices were unbeatable when the bitcoin price was higher, but now they have pegged the price in dollars, making break-even very difficult, if not impossible...

[jimmyl]

IMO the price should be betwwen 2200$ and 2400$. Others like bit-tech or the dragon miners are selling for far less than 3199$.

I am "lucky" that my miners are working fine, problem with just one having my fans running at 100% all the time. Still didnt find any solution on how to control those god damn fans. So fans are still running, 3 of them are monitored in the antminer webinterface and with the first one it is showing 0 rpm ( but still running at 100% ).  It is so loud, and bitmain replied to me that it is not possible to adjust fan control manually. So disapointing.

I hope someone can find a way to acces the miners configuration file, I really need to reset / control the fan settings with SSH or something like that. I tried everything I could in order to have my fan control working good.

I agree, Bitmain seems to REALLY be milking the S2 … That or they are trying not to piss off batch 1 or batch 2 customers...

Batch 1 and 2 owners already made back $31-32 a day on the machines mining.

Wow! Seriously, I am interest to see how you arrive at that. If it's true, I get 1 too.

[samsonn25]

IMO the price should be betwwen 2200$ and 2400$. Others like bit-tech or the dragon miners are selling for far less than 3199$.

I am "lucky" that my miners are working fine, problem with just one having my fans running at 100% all the time. Still didnt find any solution on how to control those god damn fans. So fans are still running, 3 of them are monitored in the antminer webinterface and with the first one it is showing 0 rpm ( but still running at 100% ).  It is so loud, and bitmain replied to me that it is not possible to adjust fan control manually. So disapointing.

I hope someone can find a way to acces the miners configuration file, I really need to reset / control the fan settings with SSH or something like that. I tried everything I could in order to have my fan control working good.

I agree, Bitmain seems to REALLY be milking the S2 … That or they are trying not to piss off batch 1 or batch 2 customers...

Batch 1 and 2 owners already made back $31-32 a day on the machines mining.

Wow! Seriously, I am interest to see how you arrive at that. If it's true, I get 1 too.

What im saying is 1Th will make about $31 a day hashing now.  If you bought a machine last week for $3600 it is almost same price as if you order a batch 3 machine today for $3199 and receive it next week.

[ChuckBuck]

IMO the price should be betwwen 2200$ and 2400$. Others like bit-tech or the dragon miners are selling for far less than 3199$.

I am "lucky" that my miners are working fine, problem with just one having my fans running at 100% all the time. Still didnt find any solution on how to control those god damn fans. So fans are still running, 3 of them are monitored in the antminer webinterface and with the first one it is showing 0 rpm ( but still running at 100% ).  It is so loud, and bitmain replied to me that it is not possible to adjust fan control manually. So disapointing.

I hope someone can find a way to acces the miners configuration file, I really need to reset / control the fan settings with SSH or something like that. I tried everything I could in order to have my fan control working good.

I agree, Bitmain seems to REALLY be milking the S2 … That or they are trying not to piss off batch 1 or batch 2 customers...

Batch 1 and 2 owners already made back $31-32 a day on the machines mining.

Wow! Seriously, I am interest to see how you arrive at that. If it's true, I get 1 too.

What im saying is 1Th will make about $31 a day hashing now.  If you bought a machine last week for $3600 it is almost same price as if you order a batch 3 machine today for $3199 and receive it next week.

Too bad the S2 won't ROI in it's lifetimes for Batch 1, 2, or 3 buyers.

[jimmyl]

IMO the price should be betwwen 2200$ and 2400$. Others like bit-tech or the dragon miners are selling for far less than 3199$.

I am "lucky" that my miners are working fine, problem with just one having my fans running at 100% all the time. Still didnt find any solution on how to control those god damn fans. So fans are still running, 3 of them are monitored in the antminer webinterface and with the first one it is showing 0 rpm ( but still running at 100% ).  It is so loud, and bitmain replied to me that it is not possible to adjust fan control manually. So disapointing.

I hope someone can find a way to acces the miners configuration file, I really need to reset / control the fan settings with SSH or something like that. I tried everything I could in order to have my fan control working good.

I agree, Bitmain seems to REALLY be milking the S2 … That or they are trying not to piss off batch 1 or batch 2 customers...

Batch 1 and 2 owners already made back $31-32 a day on the machines mining.

Wow! Seriously, I am interest to see how you arrive at that. If it's true, I get 1 too.

What im saying is 1Th will make about $31 a day hashing now.  If you bought a machine last week for $3600 it is almost same price as if you order a batch 3 machine today for $3199 and receive it next week.

Too bad the S2 won't ROI in it's lifetimes for Batch 1, 2, or 3 buyers.

ROI is possible if BTC reach USD 850 and above.

[kendog77]

I agree that $3200 is too high for a S2.

I'm a big Bitmain supporter, but honestly, for the price, I'll either go with A1 clones for $500 less or May SP10 Dawsons.

[dropt]

I agree that $3200 is too high for a S2.

I'm a big Bitmain supporter, but honestly, for the price, I'll either go with A1 clones for $500 less or May SP10 Dawsons.

+1

[ElGabo]

IMO the price should be betwwen 2200$ and 2400$. Others like bit-tech or the dragon miners are selling for far less than 3199$.

I am "lucky" that my miners are working fine, problem with just one having my fans running at 100% all the time. Still didnt find any solution on how to control those god damn fans. So fans are still running, 3 of them are monitored in the antminer webinterface and with the first one it is showing 0 rpm ( but still running at 100% ).  It is so loud, and bitmain replied to me that it is not possible to adjust fan control manually. So disapointing.

I hope someone can find a way to acces the miners configuration file, I really need to reset / control the fan settings with SSH or something like that. I tried everything I could in order to have my fan control working good.

I agree, Bitmain seems to REALLY be milking the S2 … That or they are trying not to piss off batch 1 or batch 2 customers...

Batch 1 and 2 owners already made back $31-32 a day on the machines mining.

Wow! Seriously, I am interest to see how you arrive at that. If it's true, I get 1 too.

What im saying is 1Th will make about $31 a day hashing now.  If you bought a machine last week for $3600 it is almost same price as if you order a batch 3 machine today for $3199 and receive it next week.

Too bad the S2 won't ROI in it's lifetimes for Batch 1, 2, or 3 buyers.

ROI is possible if BTC reach USD 850 and above.

You mine BTC not fiat....

[bcollan]

I am VERY disappointed BITMAIN.
I have a dozen S1s, and at this price I see no reason to buy S2s. I can buy 6 more S1s (1.1TH@375mhz), 3 gold PSs, and have $200 left to pay 2 months of additional electricity usage.

What exactly is the benefit here? They take up less space?
Or just to say I have one?