ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[JennaK]

So I got my antminer s3 running..
Its doing about 500GH/s which isn't bad..
Do you all mine with ghash.io or?

[R4v37]

So I got my antminer s3 running..
Its doing about 500GH/s which isn't bad..
Do you all mine with ghash.io or?

try eligius

i dont know why, but lately ghash paying a bit lower than what we estimated (calculator)
or just try p2pool

[eoakland]

... i performed a factory reset and have used an ip sniffer...so the controller card seems to have taken a bad flash..

That's what I'm in the middle of right now.. Did you ever find the "boot" IP address it uses? I'm hoping there's a tftp-push recovery mode I can use to try to get the device back up, like every *wrt router I've ever owned. If you made this work, do tell!

i have not been able to find the default IP.  it should be 192.268.1.99, the issue is something is screwy with the controller/network card.  there is a factory reset button on it, but that don't do jack shit for my case.  i have the blinking red light of death, fan spins at boot for a minute and stops...and that's about all the action i am going to get out of this expensive paperweight.  Bitmain is giving me the runaround. 

Bitmain customer service used to be pretty good, definitely not what i expected. 

if anyone has been able to recover from the Blinking Red Light of Death...please share.  Thanks

its 192.168.1.99 right?

yep, that is the correct default ip 192.168.1.99

[eoakland]

So I got my antminer s3 running..
Its doing about 500GH/s which isn't bad..
Do you all mine with ghash.io or?

stop bragging that you are going 500gh/s when there are a couple of s3's that won't even get out of the starting block...LoL   j/k.  congrats on the speed.

[MoreBloodWine]

Ok, so I'm now at ~15hrs on 237.5 on all four of my Batch 5 S3's but the images were around the ~12hr mark. Anyway, things look quite good IMO but I am curious as to why I'm seeing ~460 on the 1st machine when I have no X's.

HW percentages are at the top of every pic.

I know I said yesterday I didn't want to attempt 250 but I sill might on one machine later just to see what happens. Since not being on 250 can be seen as a loss of 100Gh/s between the four machines.

HW % = 0.03


HW % = 0.06


HW % = 0.007


HW % = 0.003

[judypug1956]

There are allready some S3+ on ebay ! ;-)

My S3's are S3 black editions . easily over-clocked and stable.

I have 2 that run well at freq 231.25 batch 4
I have 2 that run well at freq 237.5   batch 6
I have 2 that run well at freq 212.5   batch 1

[bigbeninlondon]

Anyone else see the upgrade kits available?  Thoughts?

[aurel57]

So I got my antminer s3 running..
Its doing about 500GH/s which isn't bad..
Do you all mine with ghash.io or?

https://mining.bitcoinaffiliatenetwork.com/index.php

[jimmothy]

Anyone else see the upgrade kits available?  Thoughts?

As I understand it you need to throw away 0.2 btc worth of HW to save 0.12 btc.

[aurel57]

Anyone else see the upgrade kits available?  Thoughts?

not so sure I  am interested. I under volted am still doing good with my 9 S1's but think your better off selling them outright

[jimmothy]

https://mining.bitcoinaffiliatenetwork.com/index.php

For a limited time this pool is currently open to the public mining community. There are no fees and a 12.5% bonus is paid out on all bitcoins mined.

Totally not a scam.

[aurel57]

https://mining.bitcoinaffiliatenetwork.com/index.php

For a limited time this pool is currently open to the public mining community. There are no fees and a 12.5% bonus is paid out on all bitcoins mined.

Totally not a scam.

We will see but the pool has been paying and have bigger plan than just running a mining pool. But we will see.

[BennyTheBall]

So I got my antminer s3 running..
Its doing about 500GH/s which isn't bad..
Do you all mine with ghash.io or?

I use BTCGuild, Slush Pool, and Eligius. Over the course of a few weeks that all payout about the same. With BTCGuild you get a pretty steady trickle. With Slush you get a fairly steady stream, but them seem to come in batches. I get Eligius payouts every couple of days. It's a much larger amount than the other pools pay per payout, but in the end they will pay out about equally.

[ZiG]

i received an email from info@bitmaintech.com. their name usually comes up as "Bitmain Tech" but this time it was "bitmain tech". the subject of the email was Invoice payment with an attachment called Invoice_7845.jar and nothing else written in the email. in the jar there was an ID file, a Main.class and a MANIFEST.MF and a Server.class file.

just thought will let you guys know.

DON'T even touch it ...!!!

.jar is a virus...Trojan horse...will try to hijack your computer...stealing BTC ...etc...

DELETE IT !!!

[windpath]

So I got my antminer s3 running..
Its doing about 500GH/s which isn't bad..
Do you all mine with ghash.io or?

I use BTCGuild, Slush Pool, and Eligius. Over the course of a few weeks that all payout about the same. With BTCGuild you get a pretty steady trickle. With Slush you get a fairly steady stream, but them seem to come in batches. I get Eligius payouts every couple of days. It's a much larger amount than the other pools pay per payout, but in the end they will pay out about equally.

Give p2pool a try

[kaltar]

https://mining.bitcoinaffiliatenetwork.com/index.php

For a limited time this pool is currently open to the public mining community. There are no fees and a 12.5% bonus is paid out on all bitcoins mined.

Totally not a scam.

Yup not a scam at all, 12.5 % bonus AND there is also a tread that he says he`s giving away 1 free S3 every day for august. ya right.

[JennaK]

https://mining.bitcoinaffiliatenetwork.com/index.php

For a limited time this pool is currently open to the public mining community. There are no fees and a 12.5% bonus is paid out on all bitcoins mined.

Totally not a scam.

Yup not a scam at all, 12.5 % bonus AND there is also a tread that he says he`s giving away 1 free S3 every day for august. ya right.

Is it a scam or?

[aurel57]

https://mining.bitcoinaffiliatenetwork.com/index.php

For a limited time this pool is currently open to the public mining community. There are no fees and a 12.5% bonus is paid out on all bitcoins mined.

Totally not a scam.

Yup not a scam at all, 12.5 % bonus AND there is also a tread that he says he`s giving away 1 free S3 every day for august. ya right.

Is it a scam or?

I mine there and the BTC payments have hit my wallet.

Edit: Paying PPS now with auto payouts. Also the bonus has been paid.  My buddy has won 2 of the S3 miners and should take delivery this weekend or next week. Will see if they show.

[Phosphorous]

My S3+ order is also not Editable. Like I said before, I think they will ship earlier than they are claiming (but not this early of course), but they don't want to over promise and disappoint and feel the wrath of this forum.

My only question is if there will be some marking or indication on the S3+ that says S3+ or somehow differentiates it from the S3?

[Stinky_Pete]

https://mining.bitcoinaffiliatenetwork.com/index.php

For a limited time this pool is currently open to the public mining community. There are no fees and a 12.5% bonus is paid out on all bitcoins mined.

Totally not a scam.

Yup not a scam at all, 12.5 % bonus AND there is also a tread that he says he`s giving away 1 free S3 every day for august. ya right.

Is it a scam or?

I mine there and the BTC payments have hit my wallet. Paying PPS now with auto payouts.

I don't see why they need my bitcoin address just to register. Suspicious