GAW Miners (Scrypt/SHA256 miners and Hashlet cloud) independent feedback thread

[cryptofunk]

Is anybody's G-Blade still down?  I know there was an e-mail sent out saying they are having issues but I was wondering if I was the only one still down.

Mine is up and running strong.

[yeahright]

Is anybody's G-Blade still down?  I know there was an e-mail sent out saying they are having issues but I was wondering if I was the only one still down.

Mine is up and running strong.

I don't understand why mine is still down.  Opened a ticket and now going into 7 hours downtime and no reply still.

[cryptofunk]

Is anybody's G-Blade still down?  I know there was an e-mail sent out saying they are having issues but I was wondering if I was the only one still down.

Mine is up and running strong.

I don't under why mine is still down.  Opened a ticket and now going into 7 hours downtime and no reply still.

Can't talk for them but when the Blades were initially released it created some power configuration issues and they had to move things around a bit.  My blade may be in a place were all the new hardware aren't whereas your's may be in closer proximity to the new stuff.  But then again I can't really say, just an assumption on my part.  

Have you emailed support or hostedsupport?  I think they ask customers to write hostedsupport@gawminers.com for hosted issues.  You might also want to try and PM Josh or Rami, it usually speeds up resolution.

[yeahright]

Is anybody's G-Blade still down?  I know there was an e-mail sent out saying they are having issues but I was wondering if I was the only one still down.

Mine is up and running strong.

I don't under why mine is still down.  Opened a ticket and now going into 7 hours downtime and no reply still.

Can't talk for them but when the Blades were initially released it created some power configuration issues and they had to move things around a bit.  My blade may be in a place were all the new hardware aren't whereas your's may be in closer proximity to the new stuff.  But then again I can't really say, just an assumption on my part.  

Have you emailed support or hostedsupport?  I think they ask customers to write hostedsupport@gawminers.com for hosted issues.  You might also want to try and PM Josh or Rami, it usually speeds up resolution.

Yeah I emailed hostedsupport and right after an info e-mail came out saying they had some issues 7 hours ago and was fixing it but I'm hitting into the 7.5hr downtime mark.  I e-mailed again and cc'd Joe so will see how long it will take.  I'm really just looking for a least an update if it is a major issue they are having but doesn't seem like all G-Blades are affected which is driving me crazy.

[Mad Macs]

I got my tracking # and should have my Black Widow tomorrow.  Luke helped me out and straightened out my tracking # issues in minutes.

Glad you're all set but...

Yet again praise for fixing mistakes. 

There was a typo in my tracking #.  My device did ship when they said it would.  I'll call this one a minor snafu.

[Mad Macs]

I got my tracking # and should have my Black Widow tomorrow.  Luke helped me out and straightened out my tracking # issues in minutes.

Awesome, happy to hear you are getting hardware soon! 

Have they given any info in regards to power supply requirements?  I mean, it looks basically like a G-Blade if I am seeing the pictures right (two halves, two power supplies?), with two connections on either side, but I can't see well enough to tell quite how the connection works.

I will post pics tomorrow along with a readout on my kill a watt.  For comparison's sake i will have my Zeusminer Cyclone tomorrow as well.

[supah_hasha]

did anybody find out if they really have been hashing with customer hardware?  like the new stuff they are shipping now?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=602864.msg6647371#msg6647371

That means nothing. You make a million dollar out of pocket payment to said company. Then raise "pre-order" money for new product. The "pre-order" money never leaves your bank but only because the payment was already made. Pre-order money is just balancing your books.

You could very well be re-paying your investment with customer's money. not sure which is worse.

If you are a month away from shipping you have to have a working prototype. If its being developed in house how could you not? Otherwise there is no proof of concept and you could be funding garbage.

Yes, we have units already in house and hashing away

i just ordered bitmain s1s to start btc hashing and hope they aren't used, read people are getting used gridseed stuff direct from factory too.  been reading horror stories like this stuff all over this forum

why can't you trust these people? sucks being new and feeling like I have to get scammed somehow

[philipma1957]

I have spent thousands  at zoomhash and at gawminers.


Both make a lot of mistakes.  Both make an effort to fix their mistakes.

It the world of btc/ltc / yada yada yada coins….  


 most companies don't make an effort to fix the mistakes.


read my posts carefully you will see me complain to them on their threads  .  and in a few hours you will see me say they fixed the problem.


It this ideal no.   But in the world of crypto coins   it is better then most.

[supah_hasha]

I have spent thousands  at zoomhash and at gawminers.


Both make a lot of mistakes.  Both make an effort to fix their mistakes.

It the world of btc/ltc / yada yada yada coins….  


 most companies don't make an effort to fix the mistakes.


read my posts carefully you will see me complain to them on their threads  .  and in a few hours you will see me say they fixed the problem.


It this ideal no.   But in the world of crypto coins   it is better then most.

That's true. I'm doing what's in my power to get these companies to minimize or eliminate issues to begin with. Greed blinds them and quality leaves with it.

that is crazy...  I think this is why my friend said I shouldn't get into hardware.  too late now, stuff looks too neat not to play with!

thanks for the help guys, ill keep poking around on here and read some more

[supah_hasha]

yo, this forum is great for reading all kinds of things. 

gaw has been moderating since march?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=543277.0

then that thread links to reddit

http://www.reddit.com/r/litecoinmining/comments/1yqx55/mining_rig_builders_do_not_sell_anything_or/

then

http://www.reddit.com/r/litecoinmining/comments/1yh23g/has_anyone_here_sold_their_own_rig_on_ebay_and/

then

http://www.reddit.com/r/litecoinmining/comments/1yh23g/has_anyone_here_sold_their_own_rig_on_ebay_and/cfkvbbk

why don't they kick this GAW guy off the forum?  like do the moderators step in on this stuff?

[yeahright]

Is anybody's G-Blade still down?  I know there was an e-mail sent out saying they are having issues but I was wondering if I was the only one still down.

Mine is up and running strong.

I don't under why mine is still down.  Opened a ticket and now going into 7 hours downtime and no reply still.

Can't talk for them but when the Blades were initially released it created some power configuration issues and they had to move things around a bit.  My blade may be in a place were all the new hardware aren't whereas your's may be in closer proximity to the new stuff.  But then again I can't really say, just an assumption on my part.  

Have you emailed support or hostedsupport?  I think they ask customers to write hostedsupport@gawminers.com for hosted issues.  You might also want to try and PM Josh or Rami, it usually speeds up resolution.

Yeah I emailed hostedsupport and right after an info e-mail came out saying they had some issues 7 hours ago and was fixing it but I'm hitting into the 7.5hr downtime mark.  I e-mailed again and cc'd Joe so will see how long it will take.  I'm really just looking for a least an update if it is a major issue they are having but doesn't seem like all G-Blades are affected which is driving me crazy.

Because they are busy coming up with more promos and ways to get peoples money instead of helping their current customers.

The GAWlympics continue!

We're holding 2 contests simultaneously! 

To enter each contest, please submit an image for each theme:

1. A funny picture with your brand new miner!

2. Show your miner some love! <3 

The contests will end Friday night and we will have 2 winners!

The Rules:

• Up to 1 image entry per contest
• No adult content - family friendly!
• Include the contest # (1 or 2) with your submission

Let's have some good, clean fun with lots of laughs!

How about some love for us hosted customers. You know, your bread and butter customers.

hmmmmm, thats a good point...

My issue got sent to Luke and once he picked it up it was resolved right away. Josh followed up as well and offered compensation for the down time. Luke, Josh and the team are great. Definitely changing the crypto market.

[alienesb]

I can see that some people have issues with GAW but some of that is due to the hyperfast world of crypto where you expect everything NOW, NOW, NOW! I'm the same way so I get it. In the end they do make everything right and I can say they've gone above and beyond for me. I have hosted miners that are working right now so they are not a scam. I have miners delivered to me that are working now so they are not a scam. I want Josh's car but I don't think he'll give it to me

[suchmoon]

I can see that some people have issues with GAW but some of that is due to the hyperfast world of crypto where you expect everything NOW, NOW, NOW! I'm the same way so I get it. In the end they do make everything right and I can say they've gone above and beyond for me. I have hosted miners that are working right now so they are not a scam. I have miners delivered to me that are working now so they are not a scam. I want Josh's car but I don't think he'll give it to me

I can't speak for others but my main issue with GAW is not how fast or slow they do things or how well they fix issues as they arise. My issue has been and still is the constant stream of LIES even on the mundane things like how USPS/DHL/whoever are conspiring against GAW to not "update" tracking when the truth is they didn't hand the packages to the carrier. If they just said that 500 or 5000 packages cannot be shipped in one day and it will take 3 days to move it all out, that would be the end of it. Instead it is always "we're perfect/awesome/infallible, but Gridseed/USPS/DHL/Zenminer/competitor/electricity/reactor are causing all the problems and we should be praised and never criticized". I've dealt with many hardware vendors on and off these boards and while nobody is perfect GAW is by far the most extreme in creating this absurd image.

[philipma1957]

I can see that some people have issues with GAW but some of that is due to the hyperfast world of crypto where you expect everything NOW, NOW, NOW! I'm the same way so I get it. In the end they do make everything right and I can say they've gone above and beyond for me. I have hosted miners that are working right now so they are not a scam. I have miners delivered to me that are working now so they are not a scam. I want Josh's car but I don't think he'll give it to me

I can't speak for others but my main issue with GAW is not how fast or slow they do things or how well they fix issues as they arise. My issue has been and still is the constant stream of LIES even on the mundane things like how USPS/DHL/whoever are conspiring against GAW to not "update" tracking when the truth is they didn't hand the packages to the carrier. If they just said that 500 or 5000 packages cannot be shipped in one day and it will take 3 days to move it all out, that would be the end of it. Instead it is always "we're perfect/awesome/infallible, but Gridseed/USPS/DHL/Zenminer/competitor/electricity/reactor are causing all the problems and we should be praised and never criticized". I've dealt with many hardware vendors on and off these boards and while nobody is perfect GAW is by far the most extreme in creating this absurd image.

you could be correct but  I can tell you from years of ebay sales that the post office only scans the item in if you stand on line and hand them the item.    most post offices want you to have less then prepaid  5 items for one  by one individual scanning...  So if I go to the post office with 20 prepaid items they want me to have a  scan sheet.  they scan the sheet that you created when you prepaid the  20 items in your office.  these prepaid scan sheets make lots of mistakes.

I can also tell from the time an item gets to me since they are in Mass and I am in New Jersey  that many times the item did not get scanned correctly by the post office.  but that it came so fast they had to have shipped it when then said they did.

    The only way perfect scanning will occur is if they send many workers with small amounts of packages and get a manual scan done.

That said I still believe that sometimes it is them and not the post office.  BTW both zoomhash and GAw miners do this. As i type I am waiting on a rma advance shipment from zoom hash and it is in the gray zone  of  "the seller purchased this label electronically and has yet to drop it off".

I will know which is true by the following if fri is shows up at my house .  this can only happen if they sent it on time and the post office did a shit scan job.

If I get this on MON it means zoom hash fucked around.  if it come on sat   I stay in mystery land.      Past deliveries from them have shown me any of the three can happen,but that most of the time the fastest shipping happens.  Which means they were okay.

[suchmoon]

So what do we have for today in GAW land:

Zenminer seems to be accepting registrations as promised. Some minor glitches (WiFi etc), nothing out of ordinary it seems. I was a bit surprised they donn't support Zeus hardware even though they have it listed on their site. Maybe the zen guy misspoke.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=529093.msg7018183

PCI-E connectors on the miners are shorting PSUs - that's a nasty one, could be terminal if you have a cheap PSU without short circuit protection.

Reactor and waldohoover were bribed / lawyered / beaten into conformance .

[philipma1957]

So what do we have for today in GAW land:

Zenminer seems to be accepting registrations as promised. Some minor glitches (WiFi etc), nothing out of ordinary it seems. I was a bit surprised they donn't support Zeus hardware even though they have it listed on their site. Maybe the zen guy misspoke.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=529093.msg7018183

PCI-E connectors on the miners are shorting PSUs - that's a nasty one, could be terminal if you have a cheap PSU without short circuit protection.

Reactor and waldohoover were bribed / lawyered / beaten into conformance .

reactor and waldohoover can speak for their selves .

  How about their issues were fixed correctly and fairly. IMHO

What do you have against gaw?  BTW  I use both gaw and zoom hash .  both have had lots of errors on my orders and b oth make efforts to fix the errors.

Even the great bit main of s-1 legend has errors and I can tell you their rma service is worse then either GAW oR ZOOMHASH.

So far I am getting grid seed  blades from zoomhash  since they are proven gear.

I have to say  GAW has to be annoyed with the wiring issue  as the gear is costly.

[cryptofunk]

Zeus looking for a new hosting partner?  I missed that one, care to share a link?

-- Edit

I agree with the ZenController, IMHO it's one big black box that and the site is minimal to say the least.  I'm going to wait a while before I give it another try, it's so buggy right now that I would be afraid to be assigned the pools from someone else.

I ended up starting from scratch on the RPi and recompiling everything.. I'm using CGWather to monitor and add/edit/switch pools until I find a somewhat decent front end.

[philipma1957]

Zeus looking for a new hosting partner?  I missed that one, care to share a link?

Very pissed off.  The original partnership was announced in a quasi-press release (CCN) and this is the first time anyone is saying anything about it, what, dissolving?  Transparency is a requirement in this business.

http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e7f58a67b04eae5ef4525d2a8&id=68ae6f1016&e=b528a3d51c

Look for the heading "A few words about hosting service....".  I think, unfortunately, it was worded very carefully.  

Edit: Wow, this thread lost a whole page today.

I agree with you on this.

They are not being transparent about the hosting. I just spoke to Terry on this. I was not going to say anything out-loud, but now that I read the way they worded that, I am. They did this as a stale tactic as the hardware is delayed. Essentially, they through us under the bus to save face. We are still doing all the hosting, but the hardware is not available to do it yet.

In short, you are correct here, and I want to be open about whats going on.

Reactor, sent you a few PMs

Gaw you have always been square dealer with me. In fact I am listening to an s-1 miner delivered today from gaw miners what is that. an a sic miner for btc yep!

You gave me a store credit for  bad  'old' giridseed miners that were dumped on you by grid seed.

I wanted the new gear but I was afraid of a bad rollout. so I used the credit to order the ant miner from you.

I will get some of the gaw new gear once the kinks get straightened out.

To anyone reading this thread at least GAW miner comes on to the thread and attempts to fix errors.  Most companies are f you.

This is why I am posting here because Gaw makes the effort to fix fuckups.

this gear is rushed to market  why cause it is a fucking gold rush or silver rush.  read about gold rushes and silver rushes on wiki.

I have been play this game for 2 years I learned to walk a few yards behind the pack and pick up crumbs.

Why because it has been working that way.  I would love to know how many companies let you use a cc or paypal in this game.

[cryptofunk]

Zeus looking for a new hosting partner?  I missed that one, care to share a link?

Very pissed off.  The original partnership was announced in a quasi-press release (CCN) and this is the first time anyone is saying anything about it, what, dissolving?  Transparency is a requirement in this business.

http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e7f58a67b04eae5ef4525d2a8&id=68ae6f1016&e=b528a3d51c

Look for the heading "A few words about hosting service....".  I think, unfortunately, it was worded very carefully.  

Edit: Wow, this thread lost a whole page today.

I agree with you on this.

They are not being transparent about the hosting. I just spoke to Terry on this. I was not going to say anything out-loud, but now that I read the way they worded that, I am. They did this as a stale tactic as the hardware is delayed. Essentially, they through us under the bus to save face. We are still doing all the hosting, but the hardware is not available to do it yet.

In short, you are correct here, and I want to be open about whats going on.

Reactor, sent you a few PMs

Gaw you have always been square dealer with me. In fact I am listening to an s-1 miner delivered today from gaw miners what is that. an a sic miner for btc yep!

You gave me a store credit for  bad  'old' giridseed miners that were dumped on you by grid seed.

I wanted the new gear but I was afraid of a bad rollout. so I used the credit to order the ant miner from you.

I will get some of the gaw new gear once the kinks get straightened out.

To anyone reading this thread at least GAW miner comes on to the thread and attempts to fix errors.  Most companies are f you.

This is why I am posting here because Gaw makes the effort to fix fuckups.

this gear is rushed to market  why cause it is a fucking gold rush or silver rush.  read about gold rushes and silver rushes on wiki.

I have been play this game for 2 years I learned to walk a few yards behind the pack and pick up crumbs.

Why because it has been working that way.  I would love to know how many companies let you use a cc or paypal in this game.

A bit off topic maybe but NO COMPANY should ever accept Paypal if it is remotely related to Bitcoin, I have a feeling GAW learned about it the hard way.  I've been screwed by Paypal so many times that I'm actually in the process of suing them for a substantial amount of money.  Paypal is the last method of payment anyone should accept as far as I'm concerned.

[Mad Macs]

Zeus looking for a new hosting partner?  I missed that one, care to share a link?

Very pissed off.  The original partnership was announced in a quasi-press release (CCN) and this is the first time anyone is saying anything about it, what, dissolving?  Transparency is a requirement in this business.

http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e7f58a67b04eae5ef4525d2a8&id=68ae6f1016&e=b528a3d51c

Look for the heading "A few words about hosting service....".  I think, unfortunately, it was worded very carefully.  

Edit: Wow, this thread lost a whole page today.

I agree with you on this.

They are not being transparent about the hosting. I just spoke to Terry on this. I was not going to say anything out-loud, but now that I read the way they worded that, I am. They did this as a stale tactic as the hardware is delayed. Essentially, they through us under the bus to save face. We are still doing all the hosting, but the hardware is not available to do it yet.

In short, you are correct here, and I want to be open about whats going on.

Reactor, sent you a few PMs

I've worked in IT and owned a business for over 10 years now and I've NEVER seen anything like this litecoin ASIC rush.  There have been bumps, some larger than others, that would NOT pass in the real world.  But since we're all greedy we're willing to look the other way.

I'm super pissed at Zeus, I have a Cyclone ordered with them and it's been stuck in a customs warehouse for 2 days now being "inspected".  No return emails from them, I can't call them, I can't PM the CEO on a forum, etc.

Josh, you and I have exchanged quite a few PM's and you know my thoughts on this.  I hold everybody accountable, and so far you're the ONLY one that's doing it right now.