ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[Antuam]

please see this image http://imgur.com/4Mgq0ME

this is a Box of my psu.

please check and tell that PSI-E cable is 12v or 5v

thank you

Corsair is the best power supply for my.

You can use any converter to molex aor Sata to PCIe.

http://www.amazon.es/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=pci+e+6+pin&tag=hydes-21&index=aps&hvadid=48349771870&hvpos=1t2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3132629927815241907&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=t&ref=pd_sl_2se9vr32u1_b

But be careful, you only can connect one S3 without OC and nothing more.

Regards.
Antuam

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[moss]

Is there a safe shutdown command, like a "Halt" for these? Either for web Gui or ssh?

I usually unplug the rj45 cable and let the s3 came to an idle not hashing mode and my psu fan stop spinning then I turn off

Thanks for the tip.   It always seems so abrupt to just turn the things off on full stream.

[1Neptune]

Is there a safe shutdown command, like a "Halt" for these? Either for web Gui or ssh?

I usually unplug the rj45 cable and let the s3 came to an idle not hashing mode and my psu fan stop spinning then I turn off

Thanks for the tip.   It always seems so abrupt to just turn the things off on full stream.

Better is to ssh into the miner, then issue the following command:

poweroff -d 3

This instructs the miner to stop all processes in an orderly fashion then wait for the power switch to be turned off. The "3" instructs it to power off with a 3 second delay. You could also use "5" or "1" or whatever time interval you want. You should see the fan(s) stop as well, which is usually a good visual clue to turn off the power switch on your power supply.

[mazedk]

I saw that bitmain released cgminer..

Does this mean we'll eventually be able to run auto-tuning enabled on our miners?

[moss]

Is there a safe shutdown command, like a "Halt" for these? Either for web Gui or ssh?

I usually unplug the rj45 cable and let the s3 came to an idle not hashing mode and my psu fan stop spinning then I turn off

Thanks for the tip.   It always seems so abrupt to just turn the things off on full stream.

Better is to ssh into the miner, then issue the following command:

poweroff -d 3

This instructs the miner to stop all processes in an orderly fashion then wait for the power switch to be turned off. The "3" instructs it to power off with a 3 second delay. You could also use "5" or "1" or whatever time interval you want. You should see the fan(s) stop as well, which is usually a good visual clue to turn off the power switch on your power supply.

Many thanks. I'll do that next time. 

[topcat888]

Hummm, strange one here, updated two S3/B4's and two S3/B5's to latest firmware this morning, all went well and initially all four will hash at 500GH/s using 250M...
however after a while (30 mins or so) one of the S3/B5's always drops back to 458GH/s (from 500)..? There are no x's or -'s, as per screen shot...

One Seasonic X-1050 PSU for each pair of miners...

Any Ideas..?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/67xnf8jooxmu380/Miner3.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jlb8lc4ppkv891t/List.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/utqyflm292k6fip/Graph.jpg

[Reynaldo]

Anyone bought from Bitmain pre buy from Amazon (Batch 7)? Order date of arrival for me is 22-26 but no shipping yet.. :l

[kaltar]

Okay. I don't want to start rumors, so somebody else, PLEASE investigate...

I ordered from Bitmain directly for the first time within minutes of the S3+ going up for sale. I can now view my order, but the edit button has gone away.

From lurking in the forums, I have read that the Edit button going away always meant that things were about to ship.

The S3+ isn't slated to ship until on or around Sept 20th.

Has anybody else's Edit button gone away for their S3+ order, and could that really mean that things are going to be happening soon??

Interested in the opinion of those who have done this before...

Thx.

-OCS

Mine has been missing for several days now, don't hold your breath.

+1

The next reason is the website is about to be updated with either a price change or the batch is sold out and the next batch is about to be listed.

Just checked. Web site still says for both S3 B8 and S1 upgrade: "Shipping starts on September 20th or earlier."

The "earlier" part probably won't be early enough for those holding their breath.

I know, i already passed out twice by holding my breathy and nothing shipped yet 

[qwertyuiop88]

Hi, I`ve got wierd defected chips layout. And when I`m trying to overclock to 250 some "-" are becoming "x". Another question. I`m mining at vip.btcguild, should I set difficulty to 512+ if my overclocked workers are slightly slover?
https://i.imgur.com/EW4n9O2.png
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[faetos]

Anyone bought from Bitmain pre buy from Amazon (Batch 7)? Order date of arrival for me is 22-26 but no shipping yet.. :l

No, we order from bitmaintech.com which is the manufacturer's site. That sounds scammish. Why didn't you order from Bitmain directly?

[martijntje]

Anybody here knows how to get wireless setup so it keeps working after a reboot? I want to move the miners to the shed soon, where I don't have UTP cables. I have connected an antenna and the signal strength seems to be good but still it does not like it when I remove the network cable.

It is still connected to the router through the wifi (the router sees it and figures it's alive), but it does not accept pings. As soon as I connect a network cable, even if not configured on the other end (like an unconnected switch) it starts working. The fix for this is to disable the wired network (WAN), which works until you reboot (then it's re-enabled).

Another issue it has is that dnsmasq does not work over wireless, the only way to get DNS to work is to add an entry to /etc/resolv.conf, which is again lost after a reboot.

[Rabinovitch]

I'm wondering why Bitmain just don't make a firmware that wil simply work normally? And what for they injured Linux in S2 and S3 firmware?.. I thought before that when I save, rename or create a file in Linux filesystem it should exist or being chahged no matter if I shutdown or restart a computer... But Bitmain proved that there is nothing impossible when they contribute to Linux... 

[MoreBloodWine]

Ok, so I had three of my four B5's on 250 and they ran great but I felt like I might have been pushing my luck some so I put them on 243.75 and man, I must say, from philipma's expectations of what he said I should get. I'm doing pretty damn good.

The first image is the one machine that's never gone past 237.5.

[Moria843]

Bitmain,

Anyway to get an S1 to S3 upgrade kit without a fan and cover?

I already have an extra fan and don't need the cover. Selling a kit without fan and cover would significantly reduce your kit weight, shipping cost, and overall kit cost.

Savings should allow you to sell this version of the kit for less. Thanks.

[philipma1957]

Ok, so I had three of my four B5's on 250 and they ran great but I felt like I might have been pushing my luck some so I put them on 243.75 and man, I must say, from philipma's expectations of what he said I should get. I'm doing pretty damn good.

The first image is the one machine that's never gone past 237.5.

yeah  that is pretty good .

 your 1 slow one may want 231.25  it may give you the same hash as the 237.5 gives you or it may even give you 460gh.  it will also save power over your 237.5 setting.

What I found so far is :
batch 1 sucked
batch 4 was better
batch 6 was best

I am running these in my garage  with temps about 92f in the garage.

[MoreBloodWine]

Ok, so I had three of my four B5's on 250 and they ran great but I felt like I might have been pushing my luck some so I put them on 243.75 and man, I must say, from philipma's expectations of what he said I should get. I'm doing pretty damn good.

The first image is the one machine that's never gone past 237.5.

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30001.jpg

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30002.jpg

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30003.jpg

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30004.jpg

yeah  that is pretty good .

 your 1 slow one may want 231.25  it may give you the same hash as the 237.5 gives you or it may even give you 460gh.  it will also save power over your 237.5 setting.

What I found so far is :
batch 1 sucked
batch 4 was better
batch 6 was best

I am running these in my garage  with temps about 92f in the garage.

I think it's the one mining pool u bumped out of when the guy went on a sleep bender. It's done ~460 ~470 on BTC guild.

I like to

Was about to ask for the settings for 231.25 but I forgo I did all those edits yesterday so I could use the new FW lol

Anyway, I just put the slow one on 231.25 so we'll see what happens by 8pm which will give it 7 hrs but I'll still check on it from time to time but by 8pm I should have a good idea of where it likes to sit.

[Gogreen]

Ok, so I had three of my four B5's on 250 and they ran great but I felt like I might have been pushing my luck some so I put them on 243.75 and man, I must say, from philipma's expectations of what he said I should get. I'm doing pretty damn good.



yeah  that is pretty good .

 your 1 slow one may want 231.25  it may give you the same hash as the 237.5 gives you or it may even give you 460gh.  it will also save power over your 237.5 setting.

What I found so far is :
batch 1 sucked
batch 4 was better
batch 6 was best

I am running these in my garage  with temps about 92f in the garage.

Batch 7 what did the Fox says? LOL

[MoreBloodWine]

Ok, so I had three of my four B5's on 250 and they ran great but I felt like I might have been pushing my luck some so I put them on 243.75 and man, I must say, from philipma's expectations of what he said I should get. I'm doing pretty damn good.

The first image is the one machine that's never gone past 237.5.

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30001.jpg

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30002.jpg

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30003.jpg

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30004.jpg

yeah  that is pretty good .

 your 1 slow one may want 231.25  it may give you the same hash as the 237.5 gives you or it may even give you 460gh.  it will also save power over your 237.5 setting.

What I found so far is :
batch 1 sucked
batch 4 was better
batch 6 was best

I am running these in my garage  with temps about 92f in the garage.

Ok, so for a while I ran the 231.25 and was seeing ~450, that being said, I forgot the one pool the "bad" machine is on set up a new server with a hard diff of 512. So I switched to that, put the machine back to 237.5 and am now seeing ~480 where as on he old server I was getting diffs of like 1.48k and a hash of around 455Gh/s

So ya, that's interesting. I know some people argue diffs can't affect machines like that but I've basically just proven it does... at least with the S3's.

[philipma1957]

Ok, so I had three of my four B5's on 250 and they ran great but I felt like I might have been pushing my luck some so I put them on 243.75 and man, I must say, from philipma's expectations of what he said I should get. I'm doing pretty damn good.

The first image is the one machine that's never gone past 237.5.

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30001.jpg

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30002.jpg

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30003.jpg

http://www.eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/images/bitcoin_stuff/820S30004.jpg

yeah  that is pretty good .

 your 1 slow one may want 231.25  it may give you the same hash as the 237.5 gives you or it may even give you 460gh.  it will also save power over your 237.5 setting.

What I found so far is :
batch 1 sucked
batch 4 was better
batch 6 was best

I am running these in my garage  with temps about 92f in the garage.

Ok, so for a while I ran the 231.25 and was seeing ~450, that being said, I forgot the one pool the "bad" machine is on set up a new server with a hard diff of 512. So I switched to that, put the machine back to 237.5 and am now seeing ~480 where as on he old server I was getting diffs of like 1.48k and a hash of around 455Gh/s

So ya, that's interesting. I know some people argue diffs can't affect machines like that but I've basically just proven it does... at least with the S3's.

yep  some pools set  s-3 at 256

some pools set s-3 at 512

some pools have vardiff and don't care what you do.

[ElGabo]

when will we see an S4 ?

Now that's a really good question, because with such difficulty jumps of more than 20% every 12 days the S3+ is utterly obsolete when they finally start shipping!

@BITMAIN, you may want to call for a company emergency meeting to discuss canning the S3+ in favor of going straight for the S4 based on 20nm (or better) chip technology. Oh wait, you already have A LOT of S3+ running in your mining farm and have to sell those off first? Good luck with trying to get them going with such well informed customers as you can find here in this thread! 

Just quit mining please.... 

+1

Even after the diff increase the stated price on an S3 hasn't changed, making it 20.86% less likely to ROI.

Enough with the whining.  Don't like the way Bitmain does business?  Buy from someone else.
Can't figure out how to make money with increasing difficulty?  Quit. 
But for the love of God stop posting here.

I've been off for a while...

Not Bitmain has to quit mining, whining guys have to...