ROCKMINER ASIC miner official thread

[philipma1957]

I noticed today that GAWminers is now selling the Rocket Box on their site for $699.95 with a ship date of July 7th.  I don't see them listed on the rockminer agent list though.  I'm considering buying one since I have $250 credit with GAW; yes, no? I've purchased a Black Widow from GAW before, I'm wondering if that's worth buying or waiting on the S3 price.

thank you, kiss kiss

so 350 net?

 that is pretty good for 450gh.

do you have a psu that will power it?

do you have a decent usb hub?

If yes to those questions I would do it.

Gawminers still allows cc to pay so you have a nice safe order.

I did the above with my 250 credit but I got an s-1 about 2 weeks ago. it was 300 -250 = 50 bucks net.  I sold it on ebay for 350 as I included a psu and a second fan.

[mstrongbow]

That is good to see.  I did not have any problem with BFG but I have been using MultiMiner to better control them all.  It uses BFG so it rocks.
I am going to push the clock up a bit now.  Have you pushed above 290??

Just wanted to add my experiences getting my Rockminer going. BFGminer wouldn't detect it automatically, no matter what I did. Finally I added the device manually with \\.\COM6 (which is where Windows said it was), and it worked. I'm using BFGminer 4.2.0 (this is the correct one to use with Rockminer, yes?).

The only issue now is that it's hashing at 26Gh/s, not 32-36Gh/s. Does it need to be overclocked to achieve 36? Its clock speed is 270, according to BFGminer.

Edit: this is interesting. Looking at the speeds of the individual chips, one is doing 8Gh/s but the other three are doing 6. If they were all doing 8, that would indeed add up to 32.

Edit2: adding set rockminer:clock=290 did two things for me. One, BFG is now recognizing the miners on startup, which is odd but true. Two, they're now doing 32-35Gh/s. So all is well. I don't understand the reasons, but rockminer:clock=290 fixed everything.

I tried 295 and 300 awhile back but didn't get any good results.

[ManeBjorn]

Good to know.  I run them on a 850 Watt PSU.  290 runs well for me. 
I will push them further if I can.

That is good to see.  I did not have any problem with BFG but I have been using MultiMiner to better control them all.  It uses BFG so it rocks.
I am going to push the clock up a bit now.  Have you pushed above 290??

Just wanted to add my experiences getting my Rockminer going. BFGminer wouldn't detect it automatically, no matter what I did. Finally I added the device manually with \\.\COM6 (which is where Windows said it was), and it worked. I'm using BFGminer 4.2.0 (this is the correct one to use with Rockminer, yes?).

The only issue now is that it's hashing at 26Gh/s, not 32-36Gh/s. Does it need to be overclocked to achieve 36? Its clock speed is 270, according to BFGminer.

Edit: this is interesting. Looking at the speeds of the individual chips, one is doing 8Gh/s but the other three are doing 6. If they were all doing 8, that would indeed add up to 32.

Edit2: adding set rockminer:clock=290 did two things for me. One, BFG is now recognizing the miners on startup, which is odd but true. Two, they're now doing 32-35Gh/s. So all is well. I don't understand the reasons, but rockminer:clock=290 fixed everything.

I tried 295 and 300 awhile back but didn't get any good results.

[klintay]

I noticed today that GAWminers is now selling the Rocket Box on their site for $699.95 with a ship date of July 7th.  I don't see them listed on the rockminer agent list though.  I'm considering buying one since I have $250 credit with GAW; yes, no? I've purchased a Black Widow from GAW before, I'm wondering if that's worth buying or waiting on the S3 price.

thank you, kiss kiss

so 350 net?

 that is pretty good for 450gh.

do you have a psu that will power it?

do you have a decent usb hub?

If yes to those questions I would do it.

Gawminers still allows cc to pay so you have a nice safe order.

I did the above with my 250 credit but I got an s-1 about 2 weeks ago. it was 300 -250 = 50 bucks net.  I sold it on ebay for 350 as I included a psu and a second fan.

nah i think it is 699 for 1 rocket box but still pretty decent.

[ManeBjorn]

True GAW is $699 for a full kit with a Pi.  The only thing needed is a PSU.  Not a bad deal.
I am looking forward to the Rocket Box. 
Did you find a way to clean up the cabling a bit?  That is the only drawback I can see so far.
Also on your PSU setup do yours connect via a breakout board or directly into the PSU?

I noticed today that GAWminers is now selling the Rocket Box on their site for $699.95 with a ship date of July 7th.  I don't see them listed on the rockminer agent list though.  I'm considering buying one since I have $250 credit with GAW; yes, no? I've purchased a Black Widow from GAW before, I'm wondering if that's worth buying or waiting on the S3 price.

thank you, kiss kiss

so 350 net?

 that is pretty good for 450gh.

do you have a psu that will power it?

do you have a decent usb hub?

If yes to those questions I would do it.

Gawminers still allows cc to pay so you have a nice safe order.

I did the above with my 250 credit but I got an s-1 about 2 weeks ago. it was 300 -250 = 50 bucks net.  I sold it on ebay for 350 as I included a psu and a second fan.

nah i think it is 699 for 1 rocket box but still pretty decent.

[J4bberwock]

Overclocking anyone?

I'm currently working on it, but it seems this thing wasn't designed to allow easy overclock.
Undervolt will be interesting in a few monthes to miinimize the power draw.
Should have the voltmod ready in a few hours, but the buck converter looks almost at its limits and there are no pin to pin replacement with higher amps in TI catalog.
30A rated buck converter, chips powered with 0.7v = 21watt and the R-box is rated 40 watt.

[klondike_bar]

Two alternative setups for the gigampz boards: you can fit 2 16awg wires per terminal if you need to balance larger loads. I sell both the 6" 18awg splitters and 24" 16awg leads in my signature link


This is what happens when you use adapters with thin wires unable to carry a load. notice this is an 8pin ATX to 6pin PCIe adapter that burnt up under 200w load, probably only a 22awg wire at best. it even melted into a nearby fan wire.



notice the difference between the burnt-out adapter and the 18awg y-splitter I sell. There is also a 16awg tip from the 24" cable visible, which is a little bit thicker again.

[mstrongbow]

Ordered and paid for my 1st RK-Box guys!
Should have some 3d printed STACKING clips within a week of receiving my unit! Stoked.

[ProudMiner]

I see that they have added a new product to their site called R3 box, same specifications, same price, shipping June 3rd.
What the Frak!! 

[mstrongbow]

I see that they have added a new product to their site called R3 box, same specifications, same price, shipping June 3rd.
What the Frak!! 

I am ALL for new mining products. Bitmain needs to step it up!

Go Rockminer go!

[Phosphorous]

I am ALL for new mining products. Bitmain needs to step it up!

Um, they did. It's called the S3:
https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020140630025130637RV8OhOwt06BC

[ProudMiner]

https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020140630025130637RV8OhOwt06BC
AntMiner S3 for sales shipping starts from July 10th
Bitmain is proud to announce the sale of AntMiner S3 for 0.75 BTC each to include International shipping.  S3 is hashing at 478 GH/s while consumes 366 Watt power from the wall.

It' s cheaper, more compact, ethernet controller on board, quieter and good looking.

I am ALL for new mining products. Bitmain needs to step it up!

Um, they did. It's called the S3:
https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020140630025130637RV8OhOwt06BC

Where can it be purchased right now? Estimated ship date?  

[mstrongbow]

https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020140630025130637RV8OhOwt06BC
AntMiner S3 for sales shipping starts from July 10th
Bitmain is proud to announce the sale of AntMiner S3 for 0.75 BTC each to include International shipping.  S3 is hashing at 478 GH/s while consumes 366 Watt power from the wall.

It' s cheaper, more compact, ethernet controller on board, quieter and good looking.

I am ALL for new mining products. Bitmain needs to step it up!

Um, they did. It's called the S3:
https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020140630025130637RV8OhOwt06BC

Where can it be purchased right now? Estimated ship date?  

Not bad.

Anyways, back to Rockminer!

[J4bberwock]

Overclocking anyone?

I'm currently working on it, but it seems this thing wasn't designed to allow easy overclock.
Undervolt will be interesting in a few monthes to miinimize the power draw.
Should have the voltmod ready in a few hours, but the buck converter looks almost at its limits and there are no pin to pin replacement with higher amps in TI catalog.
30A rated buck converter, chips powered with 0.7v = 21watt and the R-box is rated 40 watt.

first "easy" resistor for voltmod identified, R55, 10K original value.
5.1K gives around 0.9v.
Obviously, if you want do undervolt for less power draw (and hashrate), you can go with something like 12 or 13k.

removing the resistor gives around 0.4v, but miner isn't detected by cgminer. Not sure it's related as my r-box isn't detected ervery time I try to plug it

pictures and more soon.

Edit:

Running stable at 290MHZ, slghtly over 35GH/s 50°C.

Is there a way to go higher on clock than 290?
Even if the readme says we can set the value up to 500, I tried 330,320 and 300. they all reverted back to 270.

[rockxie]

update:

new link for RPI image files:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1bnjFYX5   link for RPI image files

[ZBC3]

Where did you see the R 3's for sale?

[bobsag3]

update:

new link for RPI image files:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1bnjFYX5   link for RPI image files

Faster Dl Speed,

New Image for the R-Box (not slow)
https://mega.co.nz/#!qYdSUJTQ!mqFCFBA2FVsXzvXrtOnmKj6CgUOSETSfrbLUa_zuQ3o

[Billbags]

Received UPS tracking number from Minersource.net. Rocket Boxes on the way!!

[TrekRider]

Received UPS tracking number from Minersource.net. Rocket Boxes on the way!!

Mine are still "unfulfilled", that's awfully unfulfilling. 

[rockxie]

update:

new link for RPI image files:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1bnjFYX5   link for RPI image files

Faster Dl Speed,

New Image for the R-Box (not slow)
https://mega.co.nz/#!qYdSUJTQ!mqFCFBA2FVsXzvXrtOnmKj6CgUOSETSfrbLUa_zuQ3o

Thanks,that's better for oversea customers.