ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[sepehr]

Received my First order of 2xS3 Antminers today.
They are seems very professional.
Their weight was more than S1 Antminers.
They both setup very smoothly with an Enermax 1000 PSU.





But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!




But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

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[Lowell904]

Received my First order of 2xS3 Antminers today.
They are seems very professional.
Their weight was more than S1 Antminers.
They both setup very smoothly with an Enermax 1000 PSU.





But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!




But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

[sepehr]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

[raspberrypirobot]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

It happen during shipping with one of my S1, check for any loose capacitors or inductors on pcb.

[sepehr]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

It happen during shipping with one of my S1, check for any loose capacitors or inductors on pcb.

there is no shipment problem seems on the device.
But I found a clue.
I connected control cable from main-board Socket-1 to Board 2 and from socket-2 to Board 1.

Now the other board is mining and it's temperature increased.

So it's obvious that there is some problem in mainboard and the Asic Boards and cables are ok.

[kabopar]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

What happens if you connect the cables from your PSU that worked with the 'good' unit just to the 'bad' unit?  (checking the possibility that there is some issue in your PSU or its cables)

Cheers

[kabopar]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

It happen during shipping with one of my S1, check for any loose capacitors or inductors on pcb.

there is no shipment problem seems on the device.
But I found a clue.
I connected control cable from main-board Socket-1 to Board 2 and from socket-2 to Board 1.

Now the other board is mining and it's temperature increased.

So it's obvious that there is some problem in mainboard and the Asic Boards and cables are ok.

Looks like its time to swap cables between your 'good' unit and the 'bad' one.  Maybe its just a single faulty ribbon cable between the controller and the hashing boards.

Cheers

[sepehr]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

What happens if you connect the cables from your PSU that worked with the 'good' unit just to the 'bad' unit?  (checking the possibility that there is some issue in your PSU or its cables)

Cheers

Did all these and no change!

Thanks s lot for your attention

[sepehr]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

It happen during shipping with one of my S1, check for any loose capacitors or inductors on pcb.

there is no shipment problem seems on the device.
But I found a clue.
I connected control cable from main-board Socket-1 to Board 2 and from socket-2 to Board 1.

Now the other board is mining and it's temperature increased.

So it's obvious that there is some problem in mainboard and the Asic Boards and cables are ok.

Looks like its time to swap cables between your 'good' unit and the 'bad' one.  Maybe its just a single faulty ribbon cable between the controller and the hashing boards.

Cheers

ribbon cables are ok. tried this before.

[kabopar]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

It happen during shipping with one of my S1, check for any loose capacitors or inductors on pcb.

there is no shipment problem seems on the device.
But I found a clue.
I connected control cable from main-board Socket-1 to Board 2 and from socket-2 to Board 1.

Now the other board is mining and it's temperature increased.

So it's obvious that there is some problem in mainboard and the Asic Boards and cables are ok.

Looks like its time to swap cables between your 'good' unit and the 'bad' one.  Maybe its just a single faulty ribbon cable between the controller and the hashing boards.

Cheers

ribbon cables are ok. tried this before.

If it's not some obvious workmanship problem related to the main-board connector (dry solder joint on the socket to the 'bad' board), then it's probably an RMA issue with BITMAIN.  If you want to prove this 'beyond doubt' you could swap controller boards between your 2 Antminers. Ideally they would provide the replacement main-board so that you can continue mining with the 'half' miner while the replacement is shipped to your rather than loosing the whole turn-around time.

Cheers

[sepehr]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

It happen during shipping with one of my S1, check for any loose capacitors or inductors on pcb.

there is no shipment problem seems on the device.
But I found a clue.
I connected control cable from main-board Socket-1 to Board 2 and from socket-2 to Board 1.

Now the other board is mining and it's temperature increased.

So it's obvious that there is some problem in mainboard and the Asic Boards and cables are ok.

Looks like its time to swap cables between your 'good' unit and the 'bad' one.  Maybe its just a single faulty ribbon cable between the controller and the hashing boards.

Cheers

ribbon cables are ok. tried this before.

If it's not some obvious workmanship problem related to the main-board connector (dry solder joint on the socket to the 'bad' board), then it's probably an RMA issue with BITMAIN.  If you want to prove this 'beyond doubt' you could swap controller boards between your 2 Antminers. Ideally they would provide the replacement main-board so that you can continue mining with the 'half' miner while the replacement is shipped to your rather than loosing the whole turn-around time.

Cheers

As you told I replaced the mainboard of bad device with main board of good device and now the device is working with two asic boards ok, so it's obvious that the main board of the bad device have some problem.
I will ask bitmain for a replacement for mainboard and while then my device can mine half capacity.

Thanks a lot guys!

[BITMAIN]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

It happen during shipping with one of my S1, check for any loose capacitors or inductors on pcb.

there is no shipment problem seems on the device.
But I found a clue.
I connected control cable from main-board Socket-1 to Board 2 and from socket-2 to Board 1.

Now the other board is mining and it's temperature increased.

So it's obvious that there is some problem in mainboard and the Asic Boards and cables are ok.

Looks like its time to swap cables between your 'good' unit and the 'bad' one.  Maybe its just a single faulty ribbon cable between the controller and the hashing boards.

Cheers

ribbon cables are ok. tried this before.

If it's not some obvious workmanship problem related to the main-board connector (dry solder joint on the socket to the 'bad' board), then it's probably an RMA issue with BITMAIN.  If you want to prove this 'beyond doubt' you could swap controller boards between your 2 Antminers. Ideally they would provide the replacement main-board so that you can continue mining with the 'half' miner while the replacement is shipped to your rather than loosing the whole turn-around time.

Cheers

As you told I replaced the mainboard of bad device with main board of good device and now the device is working with two asic boards ok, so it's obvious that the main board of the bad device have some problem.
I will ask bitmain for a replacement for mainboard and while then my device can mine half capacity.

Thanks a lot guys!

Hi,

RMA request is accepted, PMed you just now.

[smilingloki]

BITMAIN Order Shipped B2's
•   Order ID: 00XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
•   Date: 2014-07-03 10:25:13

Fantastic! as promised on or just after the 20th

very happy!

[sepehr]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

It happen during shipping with one of my S1, check for any loose capacitors or inductors on pcb.

there is no shipment problem seems on the device.
But I found a clue.
I connected control cable from main-board Socket-1 to Board 2 and from socket-2 to Board 1.

Now the other board is mining and it's temperature increased.

So it's obvious that there is some problem in mainboard and the Asic Boards and cables are ok.

Looks like its time to swap cables between your 'good' unit and the 'bad' one.  Maybe its just a single faulty ribbon cable between the controller and the hashing boards.

Cheers

ribbon cables are ok. tried this before.

If it's not some obvious workmanship problem related to the main-board connector (dry solder joint on the socket to the 'bad' board), then it's probably an RMA issue with BITMAIN.  If you want to prove this 'beyond doubt' you could swap controller boards between your 2 Antminers. Ideally they would provide the replacement main-board so that you can continue mining with the 'half' miner while the replacement is shipped to your rather than loosing the whole turn-around time.

Cheers

As you told I replaced the mainboard of bad device with main board of good device and now the device is working with two asic boards ok, so it's obvious that the main board of the bad device have some problem.
I will ask bitmain for a replacement for mainboard and while then my device can mine half capacity.

Thanks a lot guys!

Hi,

RMA request is accepted, PMed you just now.

Thank you! you can send it with my other orders.

[Trammel]

My batch 2 order is on its way.

Info from Bitmain Website

Order Placed
Date:  2014-07-04 12:56:46

Payment Confirmed:
Date   2014-07-04 14:07:48

Shipped:
Date   2014-07-20 08:18:59

Hopefully will receive on Tuesday, and hope all arrives safely.

[oskuro]

Batch 2

Pay:1.48 BTC
Confirm:1.48 BTC   Paid
Shipped
Valid   2014-07-02 10:03:41.0

Yesssss!!!!!!  

[oskuro]

Why every newbie buy from bit main
You will never roi
Because diff go so up
Because of bit main hardware
So the only which is earn is bitmain no one else
You never roi your money you spent

I take this as a hobbie and it will roi.  Anyway what are you doing here if you hate bitmain? 

[kabopar]

But the problem is that one card of one of S3's is not working at all!

I have checked everything power, cabling, anything I can imagine but it persist and not working at all!

Any ideas what should I do?

Did you try moving the cables to the other ports?

Otherwise,  I would open it up and look for any loose connections. Sometimes things get knocked loose during shipping.

Yes, tried it and open it up as well but found no problem yet!
Checked the controller cable, changed it with the other one! But absolutely nothing happened yet!

It happen during shipping with one of my S1, check for any loose capacitors or inductors on pcb.

there is no shipment problem seems on the device.
But I found a clue.
I connected control cable from main-board Socket-1 to Board 2 and from socket-2 to Board 1.

Now the other board is mining and it's temperature increased.

So it's obvious that there is some problem in mainboard and the Asic Boards and cables are ok.

Looks like its time to swap cables between your 'good' unit and the 'bad' one.  Maybe its just a single faulty ribbon cable between the controller and the hashing boards.

Cheers

ribbon cables are ok. tried this before.

If it's not some obvious workmanship problem related to the main-board connector (dry solder joint on the socket to the 'bad' board), then it's probably an RMA issue with BITMAIN.  If you want to prove this 'beyond doubt' you could swap controller boards between your 2 Antminers. Ideally they would provide the replacement main-board so that you can continue mining with the 'half' miner while the replacement is shipped to your rather than loosing the whole turn-around time.

Cheers

As you told I replaced the mainboard of bad device with main board of good device and now the device is working with two asic boards ok, so it's obvious that the main board of the bad device have some problem.
I will ask bitmain for a replacement for mainboard and while then my device can mine half capacity.

Thanks a lot guys!

Hi,

RMA request is accepted, PMed you just now.

Thank you! you can send it with my other orders.

Looks like the script for a 'happy end'
Congrats!

[kabopar]

Batch 2

Pay:1.48 BTC
Confirm:1.48 BTC   Paid
Shipped
Valid   2014-07-02 10:03:41.0

Yesssss!!!!!!  

Congrats!  Wish you a quick delivery

I also got the delivery info and am following the tracking, unfortunately the weekend seems to put a bit of a pause, so current delivery of my B1 order is now expected on Wednesday.

Cheers

[JennaK]

I get Free electricity at my dorm! I wish I could buy one so I could mine. Would be fun!
Enjoy your ant miners guys.