Dead BitAxe Gamma 601 : Chips found = 0

[Nexus9090]

Oh Well,

Another one bites the dust. Guess I'll be reworking that this week then!

Chips found = 0


Out of the 7 BitAxes I've owned that's 5 of them that have gone with dead ASIC's


Not exactly a shining example of reliability that's for sure.

I think its biggest failing is the poor heat sink mount which is almost certainly what killed this one off.

Anyone else finding the same issues with BitAxes?

[philipma1957]

yeah the heatsinks wobble basically the worst issue is they should have gone with 4 hole heatsinks and pcb  boards

[FP91G]

Have you tried any of these?
https://solomining.de/en/products/pimp-my-bitaxe-upgrade-kit

Here we discuss cooler models that can be installed after modification instead of the stock cooling system.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bitaxeworldwide/posts/1840995093182969/

Is your chip dead or do you have a problem with the contacts between the chip and the board?

[Nexus9090]

yeah the heatsinks wobble basically the worst issue is they should have gone with 4 hole heatsinks and pcb  boards

Yes, indeed poor co-planarity with the ASIC. This one the fixing pin failed completely snapped clean off and of course I didn't notice when I moved it so within a few hours it was game over.

Thankfully I've got a few spare BM1370's so I should be able to repair it.

[Nexus9090]

Have you tried any of these?
https://solomining.de/en/products/pimp-my-bitaxe-upgrade-kit

Here we discuss cooler models that can be installed after modification instead of the stock cooling system.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bitaxeworldwide/posts/1840995093182969/

Is your chip dead or do you have a problem with the contacts between the chip and the board?

The chip is dead. I've already tried re-flowing it. Unfortunately the heat sink mount failed and I didn't notice until it was too late.

I cant access solomining.de it gets flagged as a scam site and facebook is blocked by my system.

Anyway, I have a suitable replacement heat sink that I bought ages ago, I just never got around to fitting it.

Thanks for the links anyway.