ANTMINER S2 Discussion and Support Thread

[Biodom]

What is a noise level of AntMiner S2 1Th/s?   80Db?

Less than that.  It depends on your ambient temp.  Highest I've recorded was 70dB and that was in 30'C or so ambient.

re db- I have a very quiet S2 from the recent batch that was shipped 6/26. Room temperature: 28.4oC/83oF
At 1m distance, it is just 62 dB, and if you get as close to the fans as possible-66-67 dB.

I know that some reported different numbers-but this is what I got with dB Pro app on iPhone.

[dropt]

re db- I have a very quiet S2 from the recent batch that was shipped 6/26. Room temperature: 28.4oC/83oF
At 1m distance, it is just 62 dB, and if you get as close to the fans as possible-66-67 dB.

I know that some reported different numbers-but this is what I got with dB Pro app on iPhone.

Good point.  My previous statement was from a B3 order.  My B4 units do seem noticeably quieter, but I don't have them in the same operating environment so comparing them (in my case) is moot.

[Biodom]

When is somebody going to make a magical money printing machine that is plug and play? :/

Lol the Antminers are basically plug and play (It cannot get much easier)

Yeah, but the whole IP thing, mining configuration, admin password, and the power plug. So untoasterish.

I can start a service "mining for dummies" not meant as an insult but to mock the book series. You call us up give us your pool info we config and ship it to you plug and play ready all you do is plug in power and data and off you go 

for a low low fee of 0.3BTC? Could be popular...

[faetos]

When is somebody going to make a magical money printing machine that is plug and play? :/

Lol the Antminers are basically plug and play (It cannot get much easier)

Yeah, but the whole IP thing, mining configuration, admin password, and the power plug. So untoasterish.

I can start a service "mining for dummies" not meant as an insult but to mock the book series. You call us up give us your pool info we config and ship it to you plug and play ready all you do is plug in power and data and off you go 

for a low low fee of 0.3BTC? Could be popular...

sadly, I do agree that people would sign up. But wait, there's more! What about MaaS - Mining as a Service! Maintain and run the miners from their home. We're so smart.

[Und3rd0g]

When is somebody going to make a magical money printing machine that is plug and play? :/

Lol the Antminers are basically plug and play (It cannot get much easier)

Yeah, but the whole IP thing, mining configuration, admin password, and the power plug. So untoasterish.

I can start a service "mining for dummies" not meant as an insult but to mock the book series. You call us up give us your pool info we config and ship it to you plug and play ready all you do is plug in power and data and off you go 

That's not a bad idea.  In fact love it!  I say you go for it!!!

[FlensGold]

Are there any valid S2 voucher available? If so please pm me with your offer

[mindtrip]

I have several S2's however anytime I have a power outage, or I need to move one I have to reset them up.

Any Ideas about what I am missing?

Jerry

Replace the crappy class 4 SD cards bitmain shipped the units with to a decent class 10 card see if that helps

[mindtrip]

When is somebody going to make a magical money printing machine that is plug and play? :/

Lol the Antminers are basically plug and play (It cannot get much easier)

Yeah, but the whole IP thing, mining configuration, admin password, and the power plug. So untoasterish.

I can start a service "mining for dummies" not meant as an insult but to mock the book series. You call us up give us your pool info we config and ship it to you plug and play ready all you do is plug in power and data and off you go 

That's not a bad idea.  In fact love it!  I say you go for it!!!

lol so maybe ill post it as an offer we already sell mining hardware on ebay I can offer this as an additional service we already unpack test for 12hrs document then ship out to customers to ensure no DoA units so if anyone is interested in having there miners pre-configured ready to mine just "plug and mine" let us know 

[Rabinovitch]

Are there any valid S2 voucher available? If so please pm me with your offer

Or please PM me with this. 

[Golph]

How did you guys get free vouchers?

[S.Z.]

Engeniers of bitmaintech is little stupid(

i have burned out 2PSU. one was enermax 87+(stock) and 2nd was  CHIEFTEC APS-1000C. All they burned out couse power consumption is little more than 1000 Wats! it is 1150-1200!  So minimum 1500 Wats PSU is needed for Antminer S2 =((

[dropt]

Engeniers of bitmaintech is little stupid(

i have burned out 2PSU. one was enermax 87+(stock) and 2nd was  CHIEFTEC APS-1000C. All they burned out couse power consumption is little more than 1000 Wats! it is 1150-1200!  So minimum 1500 Wats PSU is needed for Antminer S2 =((

I agree that the PSU was a poor choice, but where are you reading 1150-1200?  At the wall?


Are you sure you burned out the Enermax?  I have a number of S2 units and the worst that happens to me is that the PSU overheats because my hosting environment is less than ideal.  Power off for 15 mins, then they're good to go.

[sjc1490]

Engeniers of bitmaintech is little stupid(

i have burned out 2PSU. one was enermax 87+(stock) and 2nd was  CHIEFTEC APS-1000C. All they burned out couse power consumption is little more than 1000 Wats! it is 1150-1200!  So minimum 1500 Wats PSU is needed for Antminer S2 =((

Knock on wood, but I am running 3 S2's and never have had a problem with the PSU. Only thing is if you loose power you do have to turn them off for about 5 min. or so before turning back on. Are you running in a cooled environment with clean power?

[BITMAIN]

New price for AntMiner S2 1 TH/s Miner Batch 4: 1655 USD  each one, shipping cost included.

[CryptoCrane]

New price for AntMiner S2 1 TH/s Miner Batch 4: 1655 USD  each one, shipping cost included.

$100 off on Amazon today!

Edit: $110 off now

[kanes]

i got alot of discarded. is it normal?


FoundBlocks   Getworks   Accepted   Rejected   HW       Utility     Discarded   Stale   LocalWork   WU              DiffA       DiffR        DiffS                  BestShare
    0                      12794    121364  1021     141433   13.61      7083190         7            146824619  14022.75  124276736  1045504             0                            0

[TracerX]

i got alot of discarded. is it normal?


FoundBlocks   Getworks   Accepted   Rejected   HW       Utility     Discarded   Stale   LocalWork   WU              DiffA       DiffR        DiffS                  BestShare
    0                      12794    121364  1021     141433   13.61      7083190         7            146824619  14022.75  124276736  1045504             0                            0

Yes, the S2 manages to create a high amount of discarded shares.

edit: I could have swore I stumbled across a calculator that included discard calculations, but can't seem to find it just yet...

[specialed101]

I have several S2's however anytime I have a power outage, or I need to move one I have to reset them up.

Any Ideas about what I am missing?

Jerry

Hi Jerry,

    I wrote a shell script that will repackage the firmware files from bitmaintech. It makes a unique file for each miner (Name, IP, and Pools), and all you have to do is "upgrade" each file to the correct miner. I can send you this if you'd like to try it?

[gallery2000]

Buy from Amazon for $1450 new!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aag/main/ref=olp_merch_name_2?ie=UTF8&asin=B00KH9339O&isAmazonFulfilled=0&seller=A3CV1MCFTE33KX

[Biodom]

Buy from Amazon for $1450 new!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aag/main/ref=olp_merch_name_2?ie=UTF8&asin=B00KH9339O&isAmazonFulfilled=0&seller=A3CV1MCFTE33KX

They are using S2 to heat up the spa?