ANTMINER S2 Discussion and Support Thread

[rodeoclownicp]

wow, long thread, wont lie skipped to the end- so where is the best price on a 1th/s miner kinda interested

These guys have them for sale right now, and the price definitely right!

Plus they have excellent customer support from my experience buying gear from them:

http://www.gawminers.com/gaw-miners-1t-bitcoin-asic-miner/

thanks that is exactly the info i was looking for

[whonesta]

S1's made it from Alaska to Kentucky for Today's delivery, S2 says Tuesday, but I doubt that..

And yes my Brain is just fine, GPU mining SUCKED!! burning 3KW to earn $15.00 a day, verses ASIC burning 3KW to earn $75.00 a day. Maybe my brain is wired wrong but I thought more money was the idea?

Flight UPS77 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS77 Come on Tuesday!

Yes, it sucked.  But if you were in it for the long-term you held onto those coins and that $15 turned into a lot more.

Yes they did! Because we all spent a boat load of monies on ASIC, which assisted in increasing the price of BTC. Had we stayed with GPU/FPGA, BTC may only be worth $50 right now. DO I think HUGE data center mines suck, well sure in the short term, but if/when they do fall on their faces because that is how Satoshi designed the coin, there should be plenty of cheap hardware and at least a plateauing of difficulty, so hopefully long term these ASIC data centers become blessings.

[samsonn25]

S1's made it from Alaska to Kentucky for Today's delivery, S2 says Tuesday, but I doubt that..

And yes my Brain is just fine, GPU mining SUCKED!! burning 3KW to earn $15.00 a day, verses ASIC burning 3KW to earn $75.00 a day. Maybe my brain is wired wrong but I thought more money was the idea?

Flight UPS77 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS77 Come on Tuesday!

Yes, it sucked.  But if you were in it for the long-term you held onto those coins and that $15 turned into a lot more.

Yes they did! Because we all spent a boat load of monies on ASIC, which assisted in increasing the price of BTC. Had we stayed with GPU/FPGA, BTC may only be worth $50 right now. DO I think HUGE data center mines suck, well sure in the short term, but if/when they do fall on their faces because that is how Satoshi designed the coin, there should be plenty of cheap hardware and at least a plateauing of difficulty, so hopefully long term these ASIC data centers become blessings.

Huge data centers have higher costs because they have to pay for rent and maintenance.  The electricity discount rates wash out because they have to run more power for the cooling.

The only advantage is if you sleep with a asic manufacturer and get chips or machines at close to wholesale cost before anyone else.

[robbcarpdm]

wow, long thread, wont lie skipped to the end- so where is the best price on a 1th/s miner kinda interested

These guys have them for sale right now, and the price definitely right!

Plus they have excellent customer support from my experience buying gear from them:

http://www.gawminers.com/gaw-miners-1t-bitcoin-asic-miner/

thanks that is exactly the info i was looking for

Please no more GAW trolling we have enough clutter put it in right thread please

[davebodger]

S1's made it from Alaska to Kentucky for Today's delivery, S2 says Tuesday, but I doubt that..
And yes my Brain is just fine, GPU mining SUCKED!! burning 3KW to earn $15.00 a day, verses ASIC burning 3KW to earn $75.00 a day. Maybe my brain is wired wrong but I thought more money was the idea?
Flight UPS77 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS77 Come on Tuesday!

Yes, it sucked.  But if you were in it for the long-term you held onto those coins and that $15 turned into a lot more.

Yes they did! Because we all spent a boat load of monies on ASIC, which assisted in increasing the price of BTC. Had we stayed with GPU/FPGA, BTC may only be worth $50 right now. DO I think HUGE data center mines suck, well sure in the short term, but if/when they do fall on their faces because that is how Satoshi designed the coin, there should be plenty of cheap hardware and at least a plateauing of difficulty, so hopefully long term these ASIC data centers become blessings.

Huge data centers have higher costs because they have to pay for rent and maintenance.  The electricity discount rates wash out because they have to run more power for the cooling.

The only advantage is if you sleep with a asic manufacturer and get chips or machines at close to wholesale cost before anyone else.

Actually, data center costs are all to do with location.
If you do as KNC have done and build your data centre on the edge of the arctic circle then there is unlimited free cooling by just opening the door.
They also built it next door to a hydro-electric dam, so plenty of cheap green electricity too.
And they rented an existing building, not built it from scratch, so start-up costs were kept low and operation start-up time was minimised.
Needless to say they made the ASIC mining machines at cost price and are now minting their own money big time.
Sadly with the cost of the S2's I can't afford to do the same thing.
I guess Bitmain doesn't want to move to Sweden either. 

[hdbuck]

wow, long thread, wont lie skipped to the end- so where is the best price on a 1th/s miner kinda interested

These guys have them for sale right now, and the price definitely right!

Plus they have excellent customer support from my experience buying gear from them:

http://www.gawminers.com/gaw-miners-1t-bitcoin-asic-miner/

thanks that is exactly the info i was looking for

Please no more GAW trolling we have enough clutter put it in right thread please

care to expand on this matter? is GAW good or bad? i see they even have a discount going on for S2, are they assumably in-stock?

[samsonn25]

S1's made it from Alaska to Kentucky for Today's delivery, S2 says Tuesday, but I doubt that..
And yes my Brain is just fine, GPU mining SUCKED!! burning 3KW to earn $15.00 a day, verses ASIC burning 3KW to earn $75.00 a day. Maybe my brain is wired wrong but I thought more money was the idea?
Flight UPS77 http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS77 Come on Tuesday!

Yes, it sucked.  But if you were in it for the long-term you held onto those coins and that $15 turned into a lot more.

Yes they did! Because we all spent a boat load of monies on ASIC, which assisted in increasing the price of BTC. Had we stayed with GPU/FPGA, BTC may only be worth $50 right now. DO I think HUGE data center mines suck, well sure in the short term, but if/when they do fall on their faces because that is how Satoshi designed the coin, there should be plenty of cheap hardware and at least a plateauing of difficulty, so hopefully long term these ASIC data centers become blessings.

Huge data centers have higher costs because they have to pay for rent and maintenance.  The electricity discount rates wash out because they have to run more power for the cooling.

The only advantage is if you sleep with a asic manufacturer and get chips or machines at close to wholesale cost before anyone else.

Actually, data center costs are all to do with location.
If you do as KNC have done and build your data centre on the edge of the arctic circle then there is unlimited free cooling by just opening the door.
They also built it next door to a hydro-electric dam, so plenty of cheap green electricity too.
And they rented an existing building, not built it from scratch, so start-up costs were kept low and operation start-up time was minimised.
Needless to say they made the ASIC mining machines at cost price and are now minting their own money big time.
Sadly with the cost of the S2's I can't afford to do the same thing.
I guess Bitmain doesn't want to move to Sweden either. 

Yeah they built the dc with mostly the Neptune pre-order money.

Bitmain is ok, they can build and manufacture the asic equipment faster and probably cheaper. Just from late Nov to March they pushed out 6-8 PH

[jelin1984]

Shenzhen, China    04/15/2014    5:12 A.M.   A mechanical failure has delayed delivery. We're adjusting plans to deliver your package as quickly as possible. / Forwarded to the facility in the destination city.

[jelin1984]

What the f.....

[robbcarpdm]

wow, long thread, wont lie skipped to the end- so where is the best price on a 1th/s miner kinda interested

These guys have them for sale right now, and the price definitely right!

Plus they have excellent customer support from my experience buying gear from them:

http://www.gawminers.com/gaw-miners-1t-bitcoin-asic-miner/

thanks that is exactly the info i was looking for

Please no more GAW trolling we have enough clutter put it in right thread please

care to expand on this matter? is GAW good or bad? i see they even have a discount going on for S2, are they assumably in-stock?

They are a reseller cluttering up the boards right now..... anyone doing a little research can save themselves 10%

Disrespect with newbies posting on the non subject boards makes them bad for wasting our time

[robbcarpdm]

What the f.....

AKA ...... we drop the turd  so wait until we duckie tape it

[robbcarpdm]

Okay has anyone tired to edit the asic.freq.config and have it save the change on reboot?

We have tried with no success.

Thanks

[bitmanaus]

UPS is finally showing an update... Export scan Shenzhen 5:37pm.  I wonder if Tuesday delivery is still a possibility?

doubt it unfortunately they will probably take Easter holidays, and all this could have been avoided with DHL.

UPS took 2 days to even pick the package up according to the scans

[xstr8guy]

UPS is finally showing an update... Export scan Shenzhen 5:37pm.  I wonder if Tuesday delivery is still a possibility?

doubt it unfortunately they will probably take Easter holidays, and all this could have been avoided with DHL.

UPS took 2 days to even pick the package up according to the scans

Mine has passed through the clearing agency and is currently in Anchorage.  It should make it to Kentucky before this evening and to my state by tomorrow morning.

Easter holidays?  As far as I know Sunday is the only day where that might be a factor.  UPS still delivers on Good Friday.  Are there some places in the world where days before Easter are shutdown worthy?  It's not even a Federal Holiday in the US.

[robbcarpdm]

wow, long thread, wont lie skipped to the end- so where is the best price on a 1th/s miner kinda interested

These guys have them for sale right now, and the price definitely right!

Plus they have excellent customer support from my experience buying gear from them:

http://www.gawminers.com/gaw-miners-1t-bitcoin-asic-miner/

thanks that is exactly the info i was looking for

Please no more GAW trolling we have enough clutter put it in right thread please

care to expand on this matter? is GAW good or bad? i see they even have a discount going on for S2, are they assumably in-stock?

That is NOT an S2 and that price is $300 higher than you can get that Coincraft chip based miner for immediate ship

[stewdk]

Overclocking: You have to edit /config/asic-freq.config, not /etc/asic-freq.config
After you make your edits, go to the miner configuration page and click save & apply to restart cgminer without rebooting.

Files may or may not revert to their original state after a reboot.

Does anyone know what values to use for option 'freq_value', option 'chip_freq', and option 'timeout' if you want a 225M clock?

[Soros Shorts]

Mine has passed through the clearing agency and is currently in Anchorage.  It should make it to Kentucky before this evening and to my state by tomorrow morning.

Mine too has left Anchorage at 3 pm. Let's see it it makes it to NYC by tomorrow evening.

[1l1l11ll1l]

All set up and running. And yes, the backlight of 8 have burned out so far.


Has anyone else had issues with the MicroSD card corrupting after a power cycle?




If you look close you'll see 24 S1's on each side.

[hdbuck]

^ neat. 

[ZiG]

20T+ total ...?

Not bad...at all...