ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[cereal7802]

mine has shipped now it seems. order created 2014-06-30 17:37:11.0 for those keeping track of their queue.

[vulgartrendkill]

I have managed to get into one miner and added my config, but its not actually mining.  also anyone know what the ip is for the 2nd ant?

[kabopar]

mine has shipped now it seems. order created 2014-06-30 17:37:11.0 for those keeping track of their queue.

Thanks! There are many following this order queue.

[Collider]

I have managed to get into one miner and added my config, but its not actually mining.  also anyone know what the ip is for the 2nd ant?

the same as for the first ant. you need to switch one of their ips.

enter data, click save and apply.

Check whether IP4 gateway and local ipserver have your routers ip (under wan settings).

[rograz]

Got my two S3s today, and I must say I'm very impressed. Well built, quiet, and easy to set up. I was even happier to see these things actually support wireless right out of the box, although no antenna connector has been added to attach an antenna to this.

So, any particular reason why a suitable hole for an RP-SMA connector wasn't drilled and a RP-SMA pigtail attached to the AR9331 board? I added my own RP-SMA pigtail and got Wi-Fi working right out of the box with less than five minutes extra configuration...

Are there plans to add these bits and pieces in a future revision? The pigtails only cost a few cents extra after all!

That is extremely peculiar. Why would they not do that? I'm sure there are enough people that decided against buying for this reason out there to justify drilling holes on these boxes and connecting a pigtail.

Anything with a wifi/antenna connection usually comes under even more scrutiny when it goes trough customs

[Unacceptable]

Your PC might be in the wrong IP range ?!

my pc is on 192.168.0.1 etc.   does that mean i should change it?

Plug the S3 ethernet into your PC & unplug your PC from your router.Change your PC IP to 192.168.1.100 or something,now log into the S3 & change it to 192.168.0.10 or something.Do not make both your PC & the S3 the same last digits.

Change your PC back to the IP you had before you started & plug both PC & S3 into your router & login to the IP you set it too  

Scroll down to Setup IP address on your computer:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=344970.0

That should get you thru this  

[kabopar]

I have managed to get into one miner and added my config, but its not actually mining.  also anyone know what the ip is for the 2nd ant?

They both have the same factory settings.  You probably need to change the IP of the 1st one from default (192.168.1.99 according to the manual) so that it doesn't clash with the 2nd one. (same as for multiple S1's).

Cheers

[Trammel]

I have managed to get into one miner and added my config, but its not actually mining.  also anyone know what the ip is for the 2nd ant?

They all come pre-configured to 192.168.1.99.  So, you need to change the IP address for each, well at least the first one.  Once you have the first S3 set to a different IP address to anything else on your LAN i.e. 192.168.1.201, you will be able to access the second S3 on the original IP address on 192.168.1.99 and then change that to a different unique IP address.

[vulgartrendkill]

Ok so i`ve done that added my set up but its still not mining

[Beastlymac]

I am looking to sell one of my S3 that arrived today. I only want to keep one. It is still in its box and can ship out in the next three hours. I am looking for offers above 0.8BTC. You pay shipping.

Above is the one i have opened. I will have a video uploaded soon on the device.

That's one quick turn around for profit mate.
Also, how did you not have to pay extra $ for import tax, did Bitmain value the 2 less than $1k?

Not sure on value i can't see anything on the outside of the box. UPS never asked about value etc. No hold ups. I only ever wanted one but made a impulse decision for the two just after sales opened.

I will have a video up of the one i received soon.

[cereal7802]

Ok so i`ve done that added my set up but its still not mining

if it is anything like the S1, make sure you click save, then click save and apply and wait for the page to stop loading completely. if it doesn't start mining within 20-30 seconds, reboot the miner and it should start.

[R4v37]

Outer Heat Sink Mod

Cleaned and Reapplied Thermal Compound



Reinforced Springs for better contact of outer heatsink (Lucky find in my parts collection)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-pcs-Leveling-Extruder-Springs-for-Reprap-Prusa-Mendel-3D-Printer-/261254785748



Brought my temps down 6 degrees (46/47 -> 40/41 and seemingly stopped all HW errors... also running at 225 instead of 218.75..
I chose to work on this S3 because it was performing worse than my others, prior to mod I had 26 HW errors after 5 hours @ 218.75..
Time will tell, but at the moment its my star performer!

btw,
is it safe, if the thermal paste is around the feet of the chip..

[Trammel]

Ok so i`ve done that added my set up but its still not mining

You also need to add the details of the pool you are mining with and make sure the miner is on the same LAN that your router is connected to which has a WAN connection.

[Collider]

Ok so i`ve done that added my set up but its still not mining

what is your router ip?

[Beastlymac]

Ok so i`ve done that added my set up but its still not mining

You also need to add the details of the pool you are mining with and make sure the miner is on the same LAN that your router is connected to which has a WAN connection.

Yes check this i remember the first time i had an S1 and my lan was 192.168.0.x instead of the required 192.168.1.x

[Beastlymac]

Bitmain Antminer S3 unboxing on youtube.

[hanti]

got mine
its even better than s1
declared value was 460USD for 1 unit

[kp5995]

Can we try and get a tally of miners shipped and those waiting on B1
Hope to see 90%+ shipped.

Just reply with updated figures from last post in the following format:

Batch 1 only
Shipped  0
Waiting   2

[jonnybravo0311]

When you setup the fixed address, did you do it at your router by mac address, or on the S3?

EDIT: Never mind... I re-read what you wrote.  Since you included the comment about setting up the DHCP server, you obviously didn't just put a static IP in the S3.  Duh... sorry about the stupid question back at you.

Yes by MAC @ your router..

Well after 5 hours of testing all I have to say is BLAH!!  Overclocking even with 4 PCI-e connections does little.

218.75 Clock:

miner 1 / 444.95 @ Miner / 463.36 @ Pool
miner 2 / 427.78 @ Miner / 432.18 @ Pool
miner 3 / 443.52 @ Miner / 454.49 @ Pool
miner 4 / 410.05 @ Miner / 410.58 @ Pool  --- Indicates 1 chip as " - "
miner 5 / 427.41 @ Miner / 413.85 @ Pool

250 Clock:

miner 6 / 464.32 @ Miner / 479.65 @ Pool  --- Indicates 1 chip as " x "
miner 7 / 450.27 @ Miner / 417.84 @ Pool

will continue to mess with timeouts to see if anything works as for now not getting a stable 441 GH/s, but on a few. ;(

Hope B2 is better!

I hear ya.  I left mine at 250 overnight and checked when I woke up a few minutes ago.  One miner had a "-", the other had 2 "x".  The one with a "-" only averaged 387GH/s from the miner stats, and pool stats (my local p2pool node) showed just about the same.  The one with 2 "x" did better.  It showed an average hash rate of 454GH/s on the miner and about 450 on my node.

I've set them back to stock clocks and will see where I am in 8 hours or so.

By the way, I'm driving the S3s on an EVGA G2 1300 with 4 PCI-e connections to each miner.

[kabopar]

Batch 1 only
Shipped  0
Waiting   2