ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[dogie]

$60,000 MOQ for the bulk S3+ units is insane.

make a pack of 25 units at $125 each and ill bite.

Will see if it works out in price. I think the main thing is the shipping, even if its pallet sized its going to have to go via air.

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[pak13]

Well, seems BMT changed things but are still giving us a bit of a big FU !

https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020141015100808946Nj1LM03y0650

$149 MOQ 2 = $300, Gee BMT thx for pulling out the broom handle a bit but it's still stuck up my ass pretty good.

300 + 135 to ship = 435 you may as well buy the s-5

yep. 2.56 S3's are required for same GH. =
$385
$135 shipping (for 2 only)
520 Total

vs

S5
$408
$47.90 shipping
455.90 Total

Include efficiency, it makes no sense to buy the S3's at a higher cost than the s5's. You are actually losing money.

[dog1965]

Well I just ordered one S5 and I hope its going to payoff.

going to run it with two s3's. should equal an s4!!

[dog1965]

why does my Activity say  -   Activity: 28  - and never increases?

[hurricandave]

why does my Activity say  -   Activity: 28  - and never increases?

Updates about every 14 days.

[dog1965]

That makes sense thanks for the info.

[dog1965]

Hmmm, seems like BITMAIN just used the controller and two hashing boards from the S4 ?

and made the S5 out of it.

[philipma1957]

Hmmm, seems like BITMAIN just used the controller and two hashing boards from the S4 ?

and made the S5 out of it.

no the chips are different. the s-5 is very efficient for power much better then the s-4.

I did a review for the s-5 and it is very close to the sp20. 

  2 s-5's are 900 shipped to my door in the USA and 2 sp20's are 1000 shipped to my door in the USA.  You can do a lot of comparisons of the two.

For me in my home using about 10 pieces I give the sp20 a very small edge. For others the s-5 will be better.

[smilingloki]

I ordered 4 S3+ and one of them had a crooked cap that made smoke pour out of the unit, the 2nd DOA unit just made a spark when I plugged it in. That's a 50% defect rate out of the gate! There is nothing wrong with my power supply or electrical as everyone including bitmain is suggesting over and over to me. I used a 20 amp single breaker on each G2 EVGA 1300 with just 3 miners on it with stock PCI-E connectors that worked fine on all my other S3, which should be more than enough. I ran regular S3s on this setup since June.  I am sorry, but bitmain has to do something to really restore my confidence here. I can understand the S3+ going bad after a few months, but 2 of right away out of the box? Even though I have the photos as evidence, its still feels like no one believes me, it MUST have been something I have done wrong and not anyone at bitmain. Very frustrating. I am sending them back, even after they see the smoke pouring out and the spark from the other unit, they probably will still want to blame me for it.

One word - SPONDOOLIES! Israeli made, no bullshit, just works.

[smilingloki]

Hmmm, seems like BITMAIN just used the controller and two hashing boards from the S4 ?

and made the S5 out of it.

ROFLMAO! What were you expecting chinese ingenuity?? new design? 

[hurricandave]

I don't know about those Spoondoodly guys. Only one of them looks to have a real beard.

[soy]

Hmmm, seems like BITMAIN just used the controller and two hashing boards from the S4 ?

and made the S5 out of it.

no the chips are different. the s-5 is very efficient for power much better then the s-4.

I did a review for the s-5 and it is very close to the sp20. 

  2 s-5's are 900 shipped to my door in the USA and 2 sp20's are 1000 shipped to my door in the USA.  You can do a lot of comparisons of the two.

For me in my home using about 10 pieces I give the sp20 a very small edge. For others the s-5 will be better.

Just looked - an SP20 is $659, holiday special.  How do you get $500 each?

[Duce]

Hmmm, seems like BITMAIN just used the controller and two hashing boards from the S4 ?

and made the S5 out of it.

no the chips are different. the s-5 is very efficient for power much better then the s-4.

I did a review for the s-5 and it is very close to the sp20. 

  2 s-5's are 900 shipped to my door in the USA and 2 sp20's are 1000 shipped to my door in the USA.  You can do a lot of comparisons of the two.

For me in my home using about 10 pieces I give the sp20 a very small edge. For others the s-5 will be better.

Just looked - an SP20 is $659, holiday special.  How do you get $500 each?

It was a GB https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=903286.0

[dog1965]

Happy new year everyone.

Hope mining gets better which I doubt.

[dogie]

I ordered 4 S3+ and one of them had a crooked cap that made smoke pour out of the unit, the 2nd DOA unit just made a spark when I plugged it in. That's a 50% defect rate out of the gate! There is nothing wrong with my power supply or electrical as everyone including bitmain is suggesting over and over to me. I used a 20 amp single breaker on each G2 EVGA 1300 with just 3 miners on it with stock PCI-E connectors that worked fine on all my other S3, which should be more than enough. I ran regular S3s on this setup since June.  I am sorry, but bitmain has to do something to really restore my confidence here. I can understand the S3+ going bad after a few months, but 2 of right away out of the box? Even though I have the photos as evidence, its still feels like no one believes me, it MUST have been something I have done wrong and not anyone at bitmain. Very frustrating. I am sending them back, even after they see the smoke pouring out and the spark from the other unit, they probably will still want to blame me for it.

PM BitmainWarranty to arrange an RMA. Be sure to link to your post describing the issues, what type and how many miners you wish to have repaired/replaced and your bitmaintech.com order number.

[aurel57]

Has anybody done a undervolt/clock of the S3 to get the watts per GH down like we did with pencil mods on the S1's? Its time to do something with my 6- S3's

[SJB_miner]

Hi there. This is my first post.  I purchased four S3’s and have had trouble keeping them mining since I received them about three weeks ago. They will all run for several hours and then GH/s drops down from about 450 Gh/s to about 45 Gh/s. 

I had previously been running five S1's that ran great for 6 months. The issue has only begun with the four new S3. They do not drop internet connection they just lower the hash rate to about 45 Gh/s.   

This happens randomly with each S3 and at different times. I cannot run longer than 16 hours before 1 to 3 miners will drop out to about 45 Gh/s randomly.

I would much appreciate some suggestions and help.

[pekatete]

Hi there. This is my first post.  I purchased four S3’s and have had trouble keeping them mining since I received them about three weeks ago. They will all run for several hours and then GH/s drops down from about 450 Gh/s to about 45 Gh/s. 

I had previously been running five S1's that ran great for 6 months. The issue has only begun with the four new S3. They do not drop internet connection they just lower the hash rate to about 45 Gh/s.   

This happens randomly with each S3 and at different times. I cannot run longer than 16 hours before 1 to 3 miners will drop out to about 45 Gh/s randomly.

I would much appreciate some suggestions and help.

Your S3's shipped with the "faulty" firmware so you will have to flash them to the latest 19th December firmware.
To check what firmware you have on your S3's, go to the webUI Status => Overview page.

Get the latest firmware from the bitmain support page.

[AJinNYC]

I contacted Bitmain and I want to warn all customers,  bitmain this is war. You sent me two bad miners that would have started a fire if I wasn't home and they won't give me new miners as replacement. I am going to report this the the FTC and also enter them on the mail fraud list. I went through all this with another mining company. They are starting a war with the wrong guy. I returned the miners within days but they refuse to accept a return. Only to put a bandaid on these fire traps and send them back to me. complete B.S. and not legal either. I also asked about refunding money and they said the amount would be so low they would give me would be a very low amount and no where near what I paid. Unbelievable....

What the hell is the FTC going to do? They're a Chinese-based company. The FTC has no legal authority over a company in China.

[hurricandave]

I think we will have to wait and see if you had an isolated failure or if it is wide spread. At this point, you are the only person whose posted this type of failure. I'm not saying its your fault, just that, unlike a different company, there has not been dozens of posted, burned units, at this point.