ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[1Neptune]

Guys please help.

Just received a SMS saying(i will translate it, im spanish):

UPS REF: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

call 902888820 option 5 or email brokeragees@ups.com with reference, full name, NIF and product description for Customs.

What the hell??

Last status was:

Lugar    Fecha    Hora Local    Actividad
Mumbai, India    23/07/2014    11:35    Escaneo de llegada
Bangkok, Thailand    23/07/2014    8:42    Escaneo de salida
23/07/2014    7:17    Escaneo de llegada
Shenzhen, China    23/07/2014    5:39    Escaneo de salida
Shenzhen, China    22/07/2014    23:52    Escaneo de exportación
Shenzhen, China    21/07/2014    23:28    Escaneo de llegada
21/07/2014    23:20    Escaneo de salida
21/07/2014    22:09    Escaneo de origen
21/07/2014    15:38    Falta una id. fiscal o número de aplazamiento, es necesario para el despacho. Trabajamos para obtener esta información.
Shenzhen, China    21/07/2014    20:42    Escaneo de recogida
China    20/07/2014    4:06    Orden procesada: Lista para UPS


Im calling lets see what happens.....  

they are telling me that i have to describe the articles because they dont understand me. I told them they are electronic devices for mining bitcoins, and the girl didnt understand what it was.... i have to send an email.

ffs

Just tell them it's a specialized computer to do complex math calculations, without a power supply. Hopefully that will be easier for them to understand.

Mmmmm ok i will try with that, thanks.

But then i say its 2 computers?. I hope they dont charge me a lot for saying "2 computers" xD

i think im going to be charged a 21%... sigh

Technically, if you use the same payout address you could say that the two units form one computer for calculation and reporting purposes. That of course is taking some "artistic license" with phrases and subtle differences in meanings, but is basically true.

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[kabopar]

Got my 2 S3's today.  Thanks UPS and Bitmain.
The 1st one worked fine straight away.  The 2nd one had some 'jet lag', only one blade was reported and the hash rate was correspondingly about half.  Swapped power supplies, but that was not the issue.  Opened the cover, pushed the connectors of cables between the controller and hashing boards in, and now both blades come up.  Re-installed the cover, and it's still running both blades.
Average hash rate is about GH/s after almost 2 hours on the 1st one. The 2nd one is has similar performance, but did not have much time to stabilize yet.  Both running at default settings (frequency=218.75 MHz).
Had only a few beeps so far, nothing annoying.

Cheers

[oskuro]

well, sent the email, hope they accept it and now i will have to pay tomorrow a 21% of 680 EUR --> ~142 EUR + another small taxes 

[Omarko]

just out of curiosity, how does the rockminer R3 compare to the antminer S3 ?

cost is similar and its bit faster but does consume bit more power. Is that it ?

[WheresWaldo]

Guys please help.

Just received a SMS saying(i will translate it, im spanish):

UPS REF: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

call 902888820 option 5 or email brokeragees@ups.com with reference, full name, NIF and product description for Customs.

What the hell??

Last status was:

Lugar    Fecha    Hora Local    Actividad
Mumbai, India    23/07/2014    11:35    Escaneo de llegada
Bangkok, Thailand    23/07/2014    8:42    Escaneo de salida
23/07/2014    7:17    Escaneo de llegada
Shenzhen, China    23/07/2014    5:39    Escaneo de salida
Shenzhen, China    22/07/2014    23:52    Escaneo de exportación
Shenzhen, China    21/07/2014    23:28    Escaneo de llegada
21/07/2014    23:20    Escaneo de salida
21/07/2014    22:09    Escaneo de origen
21/07/2014    15:38    Falta una id. fiscal o número de aplazamiento, es necesario para el despacho. Trabajamos para obtener esta información.
Shenzhen, China    21/07/2014    20:42    Escaneo de recogida
China    20/07/2014    4:06    Orden procesada: Lista para UPS


Im calling lets see what happens.....  

they are telling me that i have to describe the articles because they dont understand me. I told them they are electronic devices for mining bitcoins, and the girl didnt understand what it was.... i have to send an email explaining it.

ffs

You really should of described it as computer electronics. The word bitcoin never helps. Also you can call it development hardware or something fancy. You can always tone it down and describe it as a computer board with a aluminum shroud and fans, it consists of chips, mosfets, and capacitors as many computers parts do.

Maybe this is not the best advice to give, but I know for sure it's more difficult explaining what a bitcoin asic is then vaguely claiming it's just some computer hardware.

just out of curiosity, how does the rockminer R3 compare to the antminer S3 ?

cost is similar and its bit faster but does consume bit more power. Is that it ?

it definitely consumes more power, and when it comes to GH vs Watt that's what seems to matter the most.
The biggest thing for rockminer is they shipped the R3 weeks ago so many people have had a head start with mining those units.

[atledenin]

Guys please help.

Just received a SMS saying(i will translate it, im spanish):

UPS REF: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

call 902888820 option 5 or email brokeragees@ups.com with reference, full name, NIF and product description for Customs.

What the hell??

Last status was:

Lugar    Fecha    Hora Local    Actividad
Mumbai, India    23/07/2014    11:35    Escaneo de llegada
Bangkok, Thailand    23/07/2014    8:42    Escaneo de salida
23/07/2014    7:17    Escaneo de llegada
Shenzhen, China    23/07/2014    5:39    Escaneo de salida
Shenzhen, China    22/07/2014    23:52    Escaneo de exportación
Shenzhen, China    21/07/2014    23:28    Escaneo de llegada
21/07/2014    23:20    Escaneo de salida
21/07/2014    22:09    Escaneo de origen
21/07/2014    15:38    Falta una id. fiscal o número de aplazamiento, es necesario para el despacho. Trabajamos para obtener esta información.
Shenzhen, China    21/07/2014    20:42    Escaneo de recogida
China    20/07/2014    4:06    Orden procesada: Lista para UPS


Im calling lets see what happens.....  

they are telling me that i have to describe the articles because they dont understand me. I told them they are electronic devices for mining bitcoins, and the girl didnt understand what it was.... i have to send an email.

ffs

Just tell them it's a specialized computer to do complex math calculations, without a power supply. Hopefully that will be easier for them to understand.

Mmmmm ok i will try with that, thanks.

But then i say its 2 computers?. I hope they dont charge me a lot for saying "2 computers" xD

i think im going to be charged a 21%... sigh

My last order of a Gridseed blade came with "Heatsink Test Sample" as the description ;-)

[rodeoclownicp]

how come when i go to the website it wont let me buy an s3? or order an s3

[oskuro]

how come when i go to the website it wont let me buy an s3? or order an s3

u cant, try to read last posts batch 4 will be announced who knows when

[aurel57]

Guys please help.

Just received a SMS saying(i will translate it, im spanish):

UPS REF: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

call 902888820 option 5 or email brokeragees@ups.com with reference, full name, NIF and product description for Customs.

What the hell??

Last status was:

Lugar    Fecha    Hora Local    Actividad
Mumbai, India    23/07/2014    11:35    Escaneo de llegada
Bangkok, Thailand    23/07/2014    8:42    Escaneo de salida
23/07/2014    7:17    Escaneo de llegada
Shenzhen, China    23/07/2014    5:39    Escaneo de salida
Shenzhen, China    22/07/2014    23:52    Escaneo de exportación
Shenzhen, China    21/07/2014    23:28    Escaneo de llegada
21/07/2014    23:20    Escaneo de salida
21/07/2014    22:09    Escaneo de origen
21/07/2014    15:38    Falta una id. fiscal o número de aplazamiento, es necesario para el despacho. Trabajamos para obtener esta información.
Shenzhen, China    21/07/2014    20:42    Escaneo de recogida
China    20/07/2014    4:06    Orden procesada: Lista para UPS


Im calling lets see what happens.....  

they are telling me that i have to describe the articles because they dont understand me. I told them they are electronic devices for mining bitcoins, and the girl didnt understand what it was.... i have to send an email explaining it.

ffs

I think I would have used the word "computer game" into your description

[Didldak]

Can anyone tell me what to do when Miner Status page shows that BLADE 1 - 1 chip running, all other dead maybe?

Blade 2 ok

Tried to change power supplies, no luck any help?

[jimmyoh]

Can anyone tell me what to do when Miner Status page shows that BLADE 1 - 1 chip running, all other dead maybe?

Blade 2 ok

Tried to change power supplies, no luck any help?

Try doing a reboot.

[Didldak]

Tried many times. It does it from start.

[jimmyoh]

Tried many times. It does it from start.

Just to be clear, did you reboot via the user interface?

[Didldak]

both user interface and "hard reboot".

Do you mean restore factory settings?

[oskuro]

Guys please help.

Just received a SMS saying(i will translate it, im spanish):

UPS REF: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

call 902888820 option 5 or email brokeragees@ups.com with reference, full name, NIF and product description for Customs.

What the hell??

Last status was:

Lugar    Fecha    Hora Local    Actividad
Mumbai, India    23/07/2014    11:35    Escaneo de llegada
Bangkok, Thailand    23/07/2014    8:42    Escaneo de salida
23/07/2014    7:17    Escaneo de llegada
Shenzhen, China    23/07/2014    5:39    Escaneo de salida
Shenzhen, China    22/07/2014    23:52    Escaneo de exportación
Shenzhen, China    21/07/2014    23:28    Escaneo de llegada
21/07/2014    23:20    Escaneo de salida
21/07/2014    22:09    Escaneo de origen
21/07/2014    15:38    Falta una id. fiscal o número de aplazamiento, es necesario para el despacho. Trabajamos para obtener esta información.
Shenzhen, China    21/07/2014    20:42    Escaneo de recogida
China    20/07/2014    4:06    Orden procesada: Lista para UPS


Im calling lets see what happens.....  

they are telling me that i have to describe the articles because they dont understand me. I told them they are electronic devices for mining bitcoins, and the girl didnt understand what it was.... i have to send an email explaining it.

ffs

I think I would have used the word "computer game" into your description

6 kgs computer game Yeah xD

[aurel57]

6 kgs computer game Yeah xD


I just think it would have been easier for them to understand than trying to explain Bitcoin or using the word "
mining" but good luck.

[jimmyoh]

both user interface and "hard reboot".

Do you mean restore factory settings?

Oh no, I didn't mean a reset.
It's just that many people confuse rebooting with restarting but you got it right.

If your miner always had this problem you could try to check for excessive use of thermal paste under the heatsink.
Members have reported mixed results after cleaning and reapplying thermal paste.

[Didldak]

Yeah it could be that. Will check asap

[kabopar]

Can anyone tell me what to do when Miner Status page shows that BLADE 1 - 1 chip running, all other dead maybe?

Blade 2 ok

Tried to change power supplies, no luck any help?

I had a similar issue on one of the S3s that arrived today.  One of the blades (2nd one) would not show on the status page of the web interface.  I took the cover off, pushed all the connectors of the 2 cables between the controller and the hashing boards into their sockets, and that seems to have rectified it (at least for now).  Maybe there is some workmanship/quality issue with these cables/connectors.  (see my post a bit earlier on this thread).

Good luck

[Didldak]

Thank you for the tip - I will try it later today and definetly post results here. Wish me luck.. damn !