Old "ants" D3 & A3 --- make them profitable again?

[big_daddy]

I have some D3s and one A3 machine, yes I know, it wasn't the smartest decision to buy them at the time... but that's life...
Is there a way to re-flash the boards with some firmware to make them profitable again, on some other algorithm?

[adaseb]

I have some D3s and one A3 machine, yes I know, it wasn't the smartest decision to buy them at the time... but that's life...
Is there a way to re-flash the boards with some firmware to make them profitable again, on some other algorithm?

Never owned a D3s or A3 so not sure it applies but certain Antminers can be undervolted either by firmware or by some "pencil" mod and you can undervolt the chips, lower the frequency and you can mine at a slower speed but with a more efficient and quieter setup. I actually had no choice but to run a Antminer S4 at 60% of its advertised speed because I couldn't stand the noise at full speed. I undervolted it to the max and lowered the frequencies and it was basically as efficient as an Antminer S5.

Regarding reflashing to mine a different algo, its impossible. You can do that with CPU, GPU and FGPA mining but never with ASICs. Hence why they become obsolete so fast in the crypto world.

[big_daddy]

Regarding reflashing to mine a different algo, its impossible. You can do that with CPU, GPU and FGPA mining but never with ASICs. Hence why they become obsolete so fast in the crypto world.

this is the answer I was worried about... it will be better to find some way to make them hash anything else, cause now those machines are just garbage now 
even sell them for spare parts can't cover even the shipping cost...

[sxemini]

Regarding reflashing to mine a different algo, its impossible. You can do that with CPU, GPU and FGPA mining but never with ASICs. Hence why they become obsolete so fast in the crypto world.

this is the answer I was worried about... it will be better to find some way to make them hash anything else, cause now those machines are just garbage now 
even sell them for spare parts can't cover even the shipping cost...

Yes it is garbage and we can do nothing. This is a normal life of an ASIC 

[adaseb]

It does hold some value. You should just make an ad on Craiglist and sell them for $50. Advertise that they are for hobby experience only and will never yield a profit. And you will be surprised that eventually somebody will buy it. Either someone who wants to try out mining or someone maybe with some free power.

Suprisingly since the gear is obsolete you won't get any issues with low-ballers since this is not a $2000 ASIC that people will offer you $1200 for, its already at the end of its depreciation curve. I did this and never had issues. I warned people that they will never ROI their money back and they understood. So if you got free time then just try the Craiglist route. eBay would work however the shipping costs will kill the deal.

[TotallyNotaLiar]

honestly, if there wern't so many fake ghost asics, the current asics would be making a proper amount.