ANTMINER S2 Discussion and Support Thread

[solitude]

I think it's perfectly okay for bitmain to mine before selling and shipping.

Bitmain pls go

We're not being deceived by your multiple account bullshit!~!!

[raskul]

I think it's perfectly okay for bitmain to mine before selling and shipping. It's not like you paid them money for a preorder and they use your money to build miners, mine on them, then ship it to you months late.
Bitmain is different than other ASIC's companies. They are trying to setup a win-win situation for themselves and customers. Sounds good to me.

you are joking right? tell you what, next time you go buy a new car, just let the guy on the forecourt take it home to his wife, 3 kids and 2 drooling dogs for a few weeks first.

I can't believe you seriously said that. please keep whatever you are smoking, to yourself.

[1l1l11ll1l]

I think it's perfectly okay for bitmain to mine before selling and shipping. It's not like you paid them money for a preorder and they use your money to build miners, mine on them, then ship it to you months late.
Bitmain is different than other ASIC's companies. They are trying to setup a win-win situation for themselves and customers. Sounds good to me.

you are joking right? tell you what, next time you go buy a new car, just let the guy on the forecourt take it home to his wife, 3 kids and 2 drooling dogs for a few weeks first.

I can't believe you seriously said that. please keep whatever you are smoking, to yourself.

I don't give 2 licks what they do with the hardware before they ship it. If they ship it when I order it and it works and keeps working, that's all I care about.

[raskul]

I think it's perfectly okay for bitmain to mine before selling and shipping. It's not like you paid them money for a preorder and they use your money to build miners, mine on them, then ship it to you months late.
Bitmain is different than other ASIC's companies. They are trying to setup a win-win situation for themselves and customers. Sounds good to me.

you are joking right? tell you what, next time you go buy a new car, just let the guy on the forecourt take it home to his wife, 3 kids and 2 drooling dogs for a few weeks first.

I can't believe you seriously said that. please keep whatever you are smoking, to yourself.

I don't give 2 licks what they do with the hardware before they ship it. If they ship it when I order it and it works and keeps working, that's all I care about.

yeah, well I have the dust allergy from hell, if were to receive a rig that, when I switched it on, blew out a facefull of dust, i could become seriously ill. I'll pass, thanks.

[ElGabo]

I think it's perfectly okay for bitmain to mine before selling and shipping. It's not like you paid them money for a preorder and they use your money to build miners, mine on them, then ship it to you months late.
Bitmain is different than other ASIC's companies. They are trying to setup a win-win situation for themselves and customers. Sounds good to me.

you are joking right? tell you what, next time you go buy a new car, just let the guy on the forecourt take it home to his wife, 3 kids and 2 drooling dogs for a few weeks first.

I can't believe you seriously said that. please keep whatever you are smoking, to yourself.

I don't give 2 licks what they do with the hardware before they ship it. If they ship it when I order it and it works and keeps working, that's all I care about.

+1

Well said....

[tzortz]

If it is a used gear they should mention and DISCOUNT it for God shake!

[freebit13]

I guess it's difficult to tell if one doesn't know the quality of the products leaving their assembly line... maybe they need to mine with them for a few weeks to make sure they actually work properly because 50% of them need to go back for repairs before they are stable enough to ship... just a thought...

[smooth]

I guess it's difficult to tell if one doesn't know the quality of the products leaving their assembly line... maybe they need to mine with them for a few weeks to make sure they actually work properly because 50% of them need to go back for repairs before they are stable enough to ship... just a thought...

The biggest problem with the S2 seems to be that they aren't designed and/or packed properly for shipping.

Most of the BITMAIN miners I've received out-gassed like crazy for 2-3 days. They were clearly not used. I wish they would mine with them for a few days and spare me the fumes. As you say this would also address some of the DOA issues.

[samsonn25]

I guess it's difficult to tell if one doesn't know the quality of the products leaving their assembly line... maybe they need to mine with them for a few weeks to make sure they actually work properly because 50% of them need to go back for repairs before they are stable enough to ship... just a thought...

The biggest problem with the S2 seems to be that they aren't designed and/or packed properly for shipping.

Most of the BITMAIN miners I've received out-gassed like crazy for 2-3 days. They were clearly not used. I wish they would mine with them for a few days and spare me the fumes. As you say this would also address some of the DOA issues.

So brand new equipment is not usually the best.   Lol

When I sold my 10 s1 last month I advertised them as thoroughly tested.  As new.

[freebit13]

I guess it's difficult to tell if one doesn't know the quality of the products leaving their assembly line... maybe they need to mine with them for a few weeks to make sure they actually work properly because 50% of them need to go back for repairs before they are stable enough to ship... just a thought...

The biggest problem with the S2 seems to be that they aren't designed and/or packed properly for shipping.

Most of the BITMAIN miners I've received out-gassed like crazy for 2-3 days. They were clearly not used. I wish they would mine with them for a few days and spare me the fumes. As you say this would also address some of the DOA issues.

Completely agree on the S2 packaging for delivery, it's just too heavy to not have foam between the boards at least... even having the boards plugged in risks damaging the pci slots.

My S1's and my S2 also seemed brand new and unused when I received them, no sign of dust at all... from some of the posts on here though, it does seem like the luck of the draw.

[freebit13]

So brand new equipment is not usually the best.   Lol

When I sold my 10 s1 last month I advertised them as thoroughly tested.  As new.

I sold mine as used, but already overclocked and optimized with latest firmware and cgminer

[samsonn25]

So brand new equipment is not usually the best.   Lol

When I sold my 10 s1 last month I advertised them as thoroughly tested.  As new.

I sold mine as used, but already overclocked and optimized with latest firmware and cgminer

yes I manually upgraded all the units to the latest firmware also.

[Charloz24]

So brand new equipment is not usually the best.   Lol

When I sold my 10 s1 last month I advertised them as thoroughly tested.  As new.

I sold mine as used, but already overclocked and optimized with latest firmware and cgminer

yes I manually upgraded all the units to the latest firmware also.

Did it improve something for the S1?

[s1lverbox]

http://cryptomining-blog.com/2189-bitmain-now-shipping-batch-3-of-their-antminer-s2-1-ths-sha-256-asic-miners/

Spam! GTFO with that

[freebit13]

Did it improve something for the S1?

Slightly, they seemed more stable after the firmware and cgminer update.

[rodeoclownicp]

i am not getting $31 a day, i am on btc guild, any suggestions

You can't really calculate in $ due to the price fluctuations... with 1TH/s, you should be making just under 0.08btc/day until the next diff change.

If you're new to BTC Guild, it'll take some time for your daily earnings to increase.

what is some time why?? day 3 and only at .04 a day but averaging 1.01 th/s a day
i dont get it

[finlof]

Did it improve something for the S1?

Slightly, they seemed more stable after the firmware and cgminer update.

more stable?  they are the most stable miners out there.  as long as power doesnt go out my S1 miners never go down or have problems.  running 24/7

[aistto]

how to understand the column HW in web of antminer S2?
it  is too high

[Biffa]

how to understand the column HW in web of antminer S2?
it  is too high

HW Error Calculation Formula: HW / (diffA + diffR + HW) * 100

[aistto]

how to understand the column HW in web of antminer S2?
it  is too high

HW Error Calculation Formula: HW / (diffA + diffR + HW) * 100

it is in % of accepted?
so with 212.5 Mhz i have 0.001% or 0.1% or...?