ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[dogie]

Question for you guys - were the wireless cards replaced in any production run on the S3. I have a guy I buy equipment from time to time and have two I picked up from him that unless the housing is off there is no wireless. With the cover off and antenna I get 80 - 90 % with no antenna 50-60%. With cover on 40% will not connect. Thanks in advance

I'm not sure I understand that question. Those running S3s on wireless usually add a small antennae as its situational as to if you can get it stable without and with case on.

[vabchgent]

Question for you guys - were the wireless cards replaced in any production run on the S3. I have a guy I buy equipment from time to time and have two I picked up from him that unless the housing is off there is no wireless. With the cover off and antenna I get 80 - 90 % with no antenna 50-60%. With cover on 40% will not connect. Thanks in advance

I'm not sure I understand that question. Those running S3s on wireless usually add a small antennae as its situational as to if you can get it stable without and with case on.

Thats exactly what I am saying. The S3 sees the antenna as soon as I put the cover back on its antenna out - all wireless connection stops.Even thought the antenna is on the outside of the case.

[FlensGold]

Well, I received another S3+ today. Unfortunately the customer has changed the "root" password for the webIF and hardware reset does not work. I assume it has been updated with a firmware from december, as far as I remember that firmware disabled the reset button, right?
Any ideas how I can access the miner without the password?
Kind regards

[dog1965]

Question for you guys - were the wireless cards replaced in any production run on the S3. I have a guy I buy equipment from time to time and have two I picked up from him that unless the housing is off there is no wireless. With the cover off and antenna I get 80 - 90 % with no antenna 50-60%. With cover on 40% will not connect. Thanks in advance

I'm not sure I understand that question. Those running S3s on wireless usually add a small antennae as its situational as to if you can get it stable without and with case on.

Thats exactly what I am saying. The S3 sees the antenna as soon as I put the cover back on its antenna out - all wireless connection stops.Even thought the antenna is on the outside of the case.

I am not sure I was reading about the antennas not having the same polarity as a normal antenna try checking into that maybe it will help. I forgot what forum I read that on.

[hurricandave]

Question for you guys - were the wireless cards replaced in any production run on the S3. I have a guy I buy equipment from time to time and have two I picked up from him that unless the housing is off there is no wireless. With the cover off and antenna I get 80 - 90 % with no antenna 50-60%. With cover on 40% will not connect. Thanks in advance

I'm not sure I understand that question. Those running S3s on wireless usually add a small antennae as its situational as to if you can get it stable without and with case on.

Thats exactly what I am saying. The S3 sees the antenna as soon as I put the cover back on its antenna out - all wireless connection stops.Even thought the antenna is on the outside of the case.

The S3 was not promoted as having wireless connectivity but the card was in it. A carryover from the S1 design. It needs a specific type of antenna, I think if you search the forum you will find a thread that has pictures and parts that will work correctly or check the S1 thread it was discussed there as well.

[dogie]

Well, I received another S3+ today. Unfortunately the customer has changed the "root" password for the webIF and hardware reset does not work. I assume it has been updated with a firmware from december, as far as I remember that firmware disabled the reset button, right?
Any ideas how I can access the miner without the password?
Kind regards

Pre 1216 would be broken reset buttons until you go quite a bit back. 1216 itself worked.

See if you've still got SSH access, using root as username and password.

[dogie]

Question for you guys - were the wireless cards replaced in any production run on the S3. I have a guy I buy equipment from time to time and have two I picked up from him that unless the housing is off there is no wireless. With the cover off and antenna I get 80 - 90 % with no antenna 50-60%. With cover on 40% will not connect. Thanks in advance

I'm not sure I understand that question. Those running S3s on wireless usually add a small antennae as its situational as to if you can get it stable without and with case on.

Thats exactly what I am saying. The S3 sees the antenna as soon as I put the cover back on its antenna out - all wireless connection stops.Even thought the antenna is on the outside of the case.

Right okay. I'd suggest that either the antennae isn't plugged in correctly or its incompatible as it shouldn't be affected by the case at all. If the S3 was acting as if it didn't have an antennae, it most certainly would be affected by the case.

[FlensGold]

Well, I received another S3+ today. Unfortunately the customer has changed the "root" password for the webIF and hardware reset does not work. I assume it has been updated with a firmware from december, as far as I remember that firmware disabled the reset button, right?
Any ideas how I can access the miner without the password?
Kind regards

Pre 1216 would be broken reset buttons until you go quite a bit back. 1216 itself worked.

See if you've still got SSH access, using root as username and password.

"Access denied" when trying to connect via SSH using root/root

[rpandassociates]

fpool charges to much in fees and why are you supporting that chinese pool. Miners should support smaller pools. Try bitcoinaffiliatenetwork they charge less fees and payout a bonus you would be earning more there than at discus fish

[dog1965]

Antpool BITMAIN pool site don't charge either and I earned less there then Discus fish.

[rpandassociates]

its got to do with your hashrate compared to the pool hashrate the bigger the pool the smaller your cut unless you have a ton of hashing. I run 3.5 th/s and dont earn enough at antpool ghash or fpool tried them all. I make the most at slushs when he finds blocks which he has not been, so I hum along at bitcoinaffiliate network and average .038 per day with 3.5ths

[dog1965]

its got to do with your hashrate compared to the pool hashrate the bigger the pool the smaller your cut unless you have a ton of hashing. I run 3.5 th/s and dont earn enough at antpool ghash or fpool tried them all. I make the most at slushs when he finds blocks which he has not been, so I hum along at bitcoinaffiliate network and average .038 per day with 3.5ths

is that BTC or USD ?

[rpandassociates]

BTC

[MyRig]

If you can't access the S3 or S3+ control PCB due to someone changing the password and unable to reset, please return the control PCB to the following address.  We will restore it to the factory default for you.  

Bitmain Warranty
3700 Quebec Street
Unit 100-239
Denver, Colorado 80207
USA

Tel: 844-248-6246

Please include Printed version of this post, to use as pre-approved RMA (control PCB reset)

Also, please include the printed original order confirmation from Bitmaintech.com that shows original UPS tracking number.

Thank you

Well, I received another S3+ today. Unfortunately the customer has changed the "root" password for the webIF and hardware reset does not work. I assume it has been updated with a firmware from december, as far as I remember that firmware disabled the reset button, right?
Any ideas how I can access the miner without the password?
Kind regards

[MyRig]

When you use Antpool.com , please stay on the pool for at least a few days (3-5 days) to see the payout difference.  It is 0% fee pool.

Antpool BITMAIN pool site don't charge either and I earned less there then Discus fish.

[dog1965]

BTC

will give it a go how much do you think 2.2 ths would make ?

aas long as its more that $4.65 USD a day than great!!

I will split my miners half and half and give it a try.

[rpandassociates]

heres todays stats for bitcoinaffiliate
Current Time    2015-01-16 08:51:21
Last Payout Time    2015-01-15 14:44:51
Last Payout Avg Hashrate    2,475.66 GH/s
Pending Shares    37,398,491
Pending Payout    0.02126283
-- Bonus (1%)    0.00021262

Plus
DOGE   9.41627138
NMC   0.01376188

Thats with the 2.5 Th/s i have pointed there today I was having some hashing issues these days because of bad firmware

a couple previous payouts representing a 24 hr mining period
Time: 2015-01-11 01:56:13 Total Amount: 0.03085724 (Payout: 0.03055172 + Bonus: 0.00030552) Donation: 0 Shares: 49666047 Avg Hashrate from last payment: 2,465.31 GH/s

9f4bd6060d59d158bda5760b2afd5d4b0c38b3fc19118a3a5d9a2591383dfe65 confirmations.

Time: 2015-01-10 01:55:35 Total Amount: 0.03093686 (Payout: 0.03063055 + Bonus: 0.00030631) Donation: 0 Shares: 49794195 Avg Hashrate from last payment: 2,473.90 GH/s

f4bf2c883b893752bae73d525ab890567e1df9fad023b2805b3f74244cbaa4e8 confirmations.

[CryptoGuy]

Plus
DOGE   9.41627138

How do you get a Scrypt coin while mining BTC? I assume the pool pays this to the miners as an added bonus?

[dog1965]

heres todays stats for bitcoinaffiliate
Current Time    2015-01-16 08:51:21
Last Payout Time    2015-01-15 14:44:51
Last Payout Avg Hashrate    2,475.66 GH/s
Pending Shares    37,398,491
Pending Payout    0.02126283
-- Bonus (1%)    0.00021262

Plus
DOGE   9.41627138
NMC   0.01376188

Thats with the 2.5 Th/s i have pointed there today I was having some hashing issues these days because of bad firmware

a couple previous payouts representing a 24 hr mining period
Time: 2015-01-11 01:56:13 Total Amount: 0.03085724 (Payout: 0.03055172 + Bonus: 0.00030552) Donation: 0 Shares: 49666047 Avg Hashrate from last payment: 2,465.31 GH/s

9f4bd6060d59d158bda5760b2afd5d4b0c38b3fc19118a3a5d9a2591383dfe65 confirmations.

Time: 2015-01-10 01:55:35 Total Amount: 0.03093686 (Payout: 0.03063055 + Bonus: 0.00030631) Donation: 0 Shares: 49794195 Avg Hashrate from last payment: 2,473.90 GH/s

f4bf2c883b893752bae73d525ab890567e1df9fad023b2805b3f74244cbaa4e8 confirmations.

That's less that what I get and I only have 2.0GH/s to 2.2GH/s Depending on network traffic.

[aarons6]

Plus
DOGE   9.41627138

How do you get a Scrypt coin while mining BTC? I assume the pool pays this to the miners as an added bonus?

yeah they are giving us it as a bonus..