Bitcoin Merch Mars Lander Hardware-Error Rate

[thalpius]

I have a question regarding my Bitcoin Merch Mars Lander which shows a lot of hardware errors during mining.

The are some stats of my Mars Lander after mining for "1day 23h 24m 13s":

• Accepted: 26,016
  
• Rejected: 5
  
• Hardware Errors: 10,928
  

That is a ~42% Hardware Error rate which I think is insanely high. It does mine at an average of 288 MH/s. So, just to be sure, I e-mailed Idan Abada from Bitcoin Merch and this is his reply:

"Hardware errors are normal. I see 289 GH/s, the advertised hash rate is 250. You are doing wonderful!"

When I said it's a 50% hardware error rate at that time, I got a reply back saying:

"Yes as long as your hash rate is normal, yours is very high so very good!"

So, my question is: is a 42% hardware rate accepted when mining at an average of 288MH/s? To me, it sounds like faulty hardware.

[BitMaxz]

I think the hardware errors came from overheating did you overclocked the miner?

Maybe the power supply is not giving enough power you might need to replace it.
Or I suggest try to downclock your miner and let's see if it could reduce the hardware errors.

[thalpius]

I think the hardware errors came from overheating did you overclocked the miner?

Maybe the power supply is not giving enough power you might need to replace it.
Or I suggest try to downclock your miner and let's see if it could reduce the hardware errors.

Cheers for answering. No, I did not overclock the miner and the power supply comes with the Mars Lander.

By the look of your answer, it is not ok when the miner has a 42% hardware error rate? I don't understand the answer from the owner of Bitcoin Merch then.

[BitMaxz]

By the look of your answer, it is not ok when the miner has a 42% hardware error rate? I don't understand the answer from the owner of Bitcoin Merch then.

For me, it is not ok if the miner reaches almost 50% of the hardware error but this issue can be solved and according to your hashrate for me, it looks fine.

Sometimes this issue comes up on the first run and the miner needs to be warmed up first to get rid of this issue. So I suggest try to reboot the miner after warmup and now monitor the hardware error. If the issue is still there then downclock the miner.

[stanleyhatake]

I have a question regarding my Bitcoin Merch Mars Lander which shows a lot of hardware errors during mining.

The are some stats of my Mars Lander after mining for "1day 23h 24m 13s":

• Accepted: 26,016
  
• Rejected: 5
  
• Hardware Errors: 10,928
  

That is a ~42% Hardware Error rate which I think is insanely high. It does mine at an average of 288 MH/s. So, just to be sure, I e-mailed Idan Abada from Bitcoin Merch and this is his reply:

"Hardware errors are normal. I see 289 GH/s, the advertised hash rate is 250. You are doing wonderful!"

When I said it's a 50% hardware error rate at that time, I got a reply back saying:

"Yes as long as your hash rate is normal, yours is very high so very good!"

So, my question is: is a 42% hardware rate accepted when mining at an average of 288MH/s? To me, it sounds like faulty hardware.

May I know how do you check the status for using Mars Lander

Thanks

[Stavroski]

I have a question regarding my Bitcoin Merch Mars Lander which shows a lot of hardware errors during mining.

The are some stats of my Mars Lander after mining for "1day 23h 24m 13s":

• Accepted: 26,016
  
• Rejected: 5
  
• Hardware Errors: 10,928
  

That is a ~42% Hardware Error rate which I think is insanely high. It does mine at an average of 288 MH/s. So, just to be sure, I e-mailed Idan Abada from Bitcoin Merch and this is his reply:

"Hardware errors are normal. I see 289 GH/s, the advertised hash rate is 250. You are doing wonderful!"

When I said it's a 50% hardware error rate at that time, I got a reply back saying:

"Yes as long as your hash rate is normal, yours is very high so very good!"

So, my question is: is a 42% hardware rate accepted when mining at an average of 288MH/s? To me, it sounds like faulty hardware.

May I know how do you check the status for using Mars Lander

Thanks

Go to to the ip address of the Mars lander followed by :8080 in your web browser.

You can also SSH into it (username "pi", password "raspberry"). Once in, type "sudo screen -list" and you will be showna  few screen instances. Connect to the one that is histing CGMiner and you will get access to CGMiner. You do this by typing "screen -r ###" (### being the screen instance number).