I decided to get into mining for a little bit of fun and speculation.
I ordered three Antminer U2s and got them this week.
I'm running Ubuntu, bfgminer, purchased this USB hub:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ELPSEVW/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (probably not the greatest in hindsight, but should be able to run at least three no problem)
and this fan:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XN24GY/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1So out of the first three I ordered, one was working great, 0.2% HW errors after about 18 hours, one not so great giving 12% HW error, and one 100% HW errors.
I sent the 100% HW error chip back and ordered two more.
I got my additional two today. One gives me 14% HW error, the other is giving me 70+%!
Am I just getting bad hardware, or is there some setup I'm missing? The chips run pretty cool, barely warm to the touch. I'm not overclocking.
Here is the command I'm using:
sudo bfgminer -S antminer:all -o http://btc.give-me-coins.com:3334 -O xxx -p xxx --icarus-options 115200:2:2
Any suggestions?