Canaan avalon 1166pro resets pool and password

[Mtplig]

Hello,
I have some Avalon 1166pro but 1 asic is always rebooting and changing the pool address and worker name.
It also changes the login password. Usually it is user: root and pass: root but it changes the password to another.
Has someone had similar problem?

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[DaveF]

Is it changing the pools back to the default ones or something else?

If it's going back to the default pools with the default user / pass for them then the control board is resetting for some reason.
If it's changing to something else, then either the miner or something on your network is infected and re-configuring the miner to mine for them.

-Dave

[Mtplig]

It changes to a pool I think is original. Pool: stratum+tcp://sd.antpool.com:3333 with worker name: stockmnr.avalon

[DaveF]

It changes to a pool I think is original. Pool: stratum+tcp://sd.antpool.com:3333 with worker name: stockmnr.avalon

ss.antpool or sd.antpool? sd is not a valid address.

stockmnr.avalon is not what mine defaults to, but I don't know if they have more then 1 username.

I would make sure you are on the latest firmware https://www.canaan.io/service/447
and reach out to avalon support they also have a sales rep in the forum you can try sending a PM to: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3481962

-Dave

[BitMaxz]

Did you buy this miner as a used unit?

Can you use other devices to set up your miner maybe the device you currently using is infected try to set up your miner through mobile or another PC that you know is clean.

Also, try to change the pool using another browser and incognito mode.
Update here if it works or not.

[Mtplig]

It changes to a pool I think is original. Pool: stratum+tcp://sd.antpool.com:3333 with worker name: stockmnr.avalon

ss.antpool or sd.antpool? sd is not a valid address.

stockmnr.avalon is not what mine defaults to, but I don't know if they have more then 1 username.

I would make sure you are on the latest firmware https://www.canaan.io/service/447
and reach out to avalon support they also have a sales rep in the forum you can try sending a PM to: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3481962

-Dave



Thanks for the help. It is ss.antpool and the worker is stockmnr.avalon. How can I check the if I am on the latest firmware?

[Mtplig]

Did you buy this miner as a used unit?

Can you use other devices to set up your miner maybe the device you currently using is infected try to set up your miner through mobile or another PC that you know is clean.

Also, try to change the pool using another browser and incognito mode.
Update here if it works or not.

Yes I bought it used but it was working fine.
What is strange is that it changes the login password. Usually it should be root

[BitMaxz]

Yes I bought it used but it was working fine.
What is strange is that it changes the login password. Usually it should be root

Most of what I heard from other users who bought used units experienced the same thing there might be something on the firmware it might loaded with modified firmware or malware that possibly has a locked pool and password so regardless of how many times you change the pool and password it would only reset back to original pool and password.

If you haven't tried to flash the unit try it first it might fix the issue you can also use the upgrading tool to update the unit.

[Mtplig]

It was infected with a virus. I updated the firmware and changed the ip and password. Now it’s all ok. What I notice now is that the hashrate has gone from 81th to 76th. I have done the aging option but it does not pass from that

[BitMaxz]

It was infected with a virus. I updated the firmware and changed the ip and password. Now it’s all ok. What I notice now is that the hashrate has gone from 81th to 76th. I have done the aging option but it does not pass from that

How about the temp? Have you monitored the temp? The high-performance mode will not be triggered if your miner is hot. You should cool down the miner a bit.
Try to increase the fan speed of your miner at 90% to test if it can help to drop down the temp and trigger the high-performance mode.

[philipma1957]

Did you buy this miner as a used unit?

Can you use other devices to set up your miner maybe the device you currently using is infected try to set up your miner through mobile or another PC that you know is clean.

Also, try to change the pool using another browser and incognito mode.
Update here if it works or not.

Yes I bought it used but it was working fine.
What is strange is that it changes the login password. Usually it should be root

could be the 76 is normal and you had a better firmware that pushed 81 th but stole it with a bad pool switch.

[mikeywith]

could be the 76 is normal and you had a better firmware that pushed 81 th but stole it with a bad pool switch.

Yup it's pretty normal for infected firmware to overclock your miner to make the most money out of it, they know it's only a matter of time before the owner finds out and solves the problem, however, there is also a possibility that the other firmware version did better tunning on the individual chips and was able to achieve better hashrate.

OP, you say the miner was working fine, so we know it didn't come infected, you really have to figure out where the hell it came from, you sure have a virus/malware sitting somewhere in your local network, it scans for miners and brute force itself in, let me guess, your password was the default or was easy to guess?