ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[dog1965]

Don't quote me I did not get me S5 yet still waiting for S***MAIN to ship it on the 8th but it looks like the control board takes a s card ?

Would anybody know ?

[intobit459]

upload 12.16 firmware for me

[dog1965]

finally running 0103 my S3+ is running correctly. 2 bugs on it, one is the Web interface reboot needed every time. Bug number 2 was I had to apply the firmware twice.

when you flashed the January firmware twice in a row did you get all those HD ERRORS after re-flashing second time ? yes no ?   

[dogie]

Can we get a firmware that actually has the correct fan speed? Out of 11 miners, 6 are wrong.

Hfan       Fans
1740   1740 1380
1560   1560 1200
1860   1860 1620
1500   1500 1320
1740   1740 1500
7140   4260 7140
9300   7200 9300
8460   8460 6240
9480   7500 9480
8940   8700 8940
10500 7080 10500

What do you mean? What is that data?

It is the fan data from my S3's pages.

Why are there 3 columns though, that's what I'm asking.

[mrpark]

I think no, first time I got XML errors.. I even unchecked save the first time, didn't help. second time I saved settings.

finally running 0103 my S3+ is running correctly. 2 bugs on it, one is the Web interface reboot needed every time. Bug number 2 was I had to apply the firmware twice.

when you flashed the January firmware twice in a row did you get all those HD ERRORS after re-flashing second time ? yes no ?   

[intobit459]

let me get 1216 fw

[visdude]

My S3s still got antMiner_S320140826 firmware with ckolivas' antminer/s3/4.6.0-140908 fix and have been hashing around 490 GH/s at 243.75M since then.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg8471571#msg8471571

[soy]

I have two S3's and if they run long enough one comes up with an "-" and the other an "x".  Rebooting doesn't clear these but if I shut down and let sit for a minute then restart both, both come up all"o"'s.  Always the same ASIC on each.  It can't be temperature as with windows open the room was 42°.

[aarons6]

I have two S3's and if they run long enough one comes up with an "-" and the other an "x".  Rebooting doesn't clear these but if I shut down and let sit for a minute then restart both, both come up all"o"'s.  Always the same ASIC on each.  It can't be temperature as with windows open the room was 42°.

it can be temp if you never pasted them.



when i first got my s3s the first thing i did was tear them down and repaste them, and on one machine 2 chips didnt have any paste.. its like the guy at the factory skipped right over them.

[daddyfatsax]

Can we get a firmware that actually has the correct fan speed? Out of 11 miners, 6 are wrong.

Hfan       Fans
1740   1740 1380
1560   1560 1200
1860   1860 1620
1500   1500 1320
1740   1740 1500
7140   4260 7140
9300   7200 9300
8460   8460 6240
9480   7500 9480
8940   8700 8940
10500 7080 10500

What do you mean? What is that data?

It is the fan data from my S3's pages.

Why are there 3 columns though, that's what I'm asking.

It is from M's ant monitor. The 2nd and 3rd columns are the front and rear fans. I know I do not have 7,8,9, and 10k RPM fans

[Antuam]

Hi Guys.

Be careful with the last firmware of January. I was update it yesterday in the night and today my S3+ is burn for the expensive voltage.
My Power supply, Corsair HX 1050 is work fine, but 2 of the PCIe connections are burn and the s3 don't mining. It only mining 10 minutes to 450Gh and down the hash to 50Gh more or less.

I had flash to the October firmware but my problem continue same. Any help, please?.

Best regards.
Antuam.

[dogie]

Hi Guys.

Be careful with the last firmware of January. I was update it yesterday in the night and today my S3+ is burn for the expensive voltage.
My Power supply, Corsair HX 1050 is work fine, but 2 of the PCIe connections are burn and the s3 don't mining. It only mining 10 minutes to 450Gh and down the hash to 50Gh more or less.

I had flash to the October firmware but my problem continue same. Any help, please?.

Best regards.
Antuam.

Can you post a picture please? Its very likely going to be an RMA if its under warranty though. 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.

[IYFTech]

My S3s still got antMiner_S320140826 firmware with ckolivas' antminer/s3/4.6.0-140908 fix and have been hashing around 490 GH/s at 243.75M since then.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg8471571#msg8471571

This is by far the best setup. Every firmware release since this one has been fail.

[visdude]

Can we get a firmware that actually has the correct fan speed? Out of 11 miners, 6 are wrong.

Hfan       Fans
1740   1740 1380
1560   1560 1200
1860   1860 1620
1500   1500 1320
1740   1740 1500
7140   4260 7140
9300   7200 9300
8460   8460 6240
9480   7500 9480
8940   8700 8940
10500 7080 10500

My highest fan speed beats yours: 



Kidding aside, I concur.  Considering Bitmain's technical accomplishments to date, how hard is it for them to fix this lingering issue?

[aarons6]

Hi Guys.

Be careful with the last firmware of January. I was update it yesterday in the night and today my S3+ is burn for the expensive voltage.
My Power supply, Corsair HX 1050 is work fine, but 2 of the PCIe connections are burn and the s3 don't mining. It only mining 10 minutes to 450Gh and down the hash to 50Gh more or less.

I had flash to the October firmware but my problem continue same. Any help, please?.

Best regards.
Antuam.

Can you post a picture please? Its very likely going to be an RMA if its under warranty though. 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.

this means that if you are out of warranty to NOT flash newer firmware as they wont help you out?

if the firmware bricks the miners, it should be warranty forever.

[aarons6]

Can we get a firmware that actually has the correct fan speed? Out of 11 miners, 6 are wrong.

Hfan       Fans
1740   1740 1380
1560   1560 1200
1860   1860 1620
1500   1500 1320
1740   1740 1500
7140   4260 7140
9300   7200 9300
8460   8460 6240
9480   7500 9480
8940   8700 8940
10500 7080 10500

My highest fan speed beats yours:  



Kidding aside, I concur.  Considering Bitmain's technical accomplishments to date, how hard is it for them to fix this lingering issue?

it might be the fans fault..

ive had case fans in my pc that show up as spinning really fast on the motherboard sensor.. i replaced the fan and the speed shows correct..

also, id set your diff to 512..
and your hwe% is really high.. its causing your rejects to be high.. plus best share of 0 after 5 hours?

you might get more share rate if you set your diff to 512, and lower your speed to the 237.5 setting.

more shares = higher payout

[daddyfatsax]

All my units with fan issues are from B4.

Some pools use vardiff, and you don't really need a high diff on a normal pool with S3's. My S3's run between 256 and 512 on most pools. Also some pools do not support the best share value. BTC Guild does not, for example.

[visdude]

Can we get a firmware that actually has the correct fan speed? Out of 11 miners, 6 are wrong.

Hfan       Fans
1740   1740 1380
1560   1560 1200
1860   1860 1620
1500   1500 1320
1740   1740 1500
7140   4260 7140
9300   7200 9300
8460   8460 6240
9480   7500 9480
8940   8700 8940
10500 7080 10500

My highest fan speed beats yours:  



Kidding aside, I concur.  Considering Bitmain's technical accomplishments to date, how hard is it for them to fix this lingering issue?

it might be the fans fault..

ive had case fans in my pc that show up as spinning really fast on the motherboard sensor.. i replaced the fan and the speed shows correct..

also, id set your diff to 512..
and your hwe% is really high.. its causing your rejects to be high.. plus best share of 0 after 5 hours?

you might get more share rate if you set your diff to 512, and lower your speed to the 237.5 setting.

more shares = higher payout

It's possible that the culprit is the fan's sensor itself.  However, considering Bitmain's inability to put out a decent S3 firmware since it's introduction in June of last year, it's possible that it could be a firmware issue also.

I've played around with S3 diff settings north and south of 256 but it seems 256 is it (at least for the pool that they were pointed to at the time of the screenshot in August 2014).

[Antuam]

Hi Guys.

Be careful with the last firmware of January. I was update it yesterday in the night and today my S3+ is burn for the expensive voltage.
My Power supply, Corsair HX 1050 is work fine, but 2 of the PCIe connections are burn and the s3 don't mining. It only mining 10 minutes to 450Gh and down the hash to 50Gh more or less.

I had flash to the October firmware but my problem continue same. Any help, please?.

Best regards.
Antuam.

Can you post a picture please? Its very likely going to be an RMA if its under warranty though. 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.

this means that if you are out of warranty to NOT flash newer firmware as they wont help you out?

if the firmware bricks the miners, it should be warranty forever.

Hi Guys.
Yes, I sent an e-mail with a pictures to Yoshi of Bitmaintech, but he don't tell me nothing yet.
My S3 have more of 3 moths ago  .

Regards.
Antuam

[dogie]

it might be the fans fault.. ive had case fans in my pc that show up as spinning really fast on the motherboard sensor.. i replaced the fan and the speed shows correct..

also, id set your diff to 512.. and your hwe% is really high.. its causing your rejects to be high.. plus best share of 0 after 5 hours?

you might get more share rate if you set your diff to 512, and lower your speed to the 237.5 setting.

more shares = higher payout

HW % is fine, as is anything under a few %. Diff isn't an issue on S3s, and best share has never worked.

That's also not how it works for shares, everything goes back to calculating at diff 1 otherwise it wouldn't make any sense. If you double the difficulty, you're also going to be doubling the solve time.