ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[darthtony]

Thanx and sorry...I can't see anything wrong here

Without knowing any more than your picture, I'd bet my money that your internet connection isn't working.

Go in System->Network and see if it's receiving/sending anything. Are you using ethernet cable or wifi solution?

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I'm on ethernet !

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[lemmyK]

I still have 6 units antminer S3. When I watch the prices on eBay. I think did not have cost or sense them to run again. postage is so expensive that If i sell them to someone not to retaliate. as well as heating units are already too expensive. Or does anyone have any ideas? next week will go to waste.

[Real-Duke]

The selling prices on ebay in my area are between 30 and 80Eur 
Looks to me that the buyers have no idea what the actual halving means...

[darthtony]

So .... is it broken ?

[epichaberdasher]

How much data are your guys S3's using in a month with the current block settings ?

I have a something on my network thats using 5GB a day now, and its just a PC and two miners, and the PC isnt the culprit i checked already but not sure how much data the miners are using but it shouldnt be that high, it used to be a couple hundred MB.

Not sure if the stats in the antminer log the total data statistics, seems to only show realtime.

[Real-Duke]

Do you have your own node? A miner generates less then 5 GB a month, sorry have no exactly counter of traffic for you but its only a few MB / day

[epichaberdasher]

Do you have your own node? A miner generates less then 5 GB a month, sorry have no exactly counter of traffic for you but its only a few MB / day

Not, not running a node for this reason, but ive got a bandwidth problem regardless its seems. Need to figure out why its happening all of a sudden. Might not be the Antminers fault.

[Nite]

well I'm officially done with my S3+ and shut it down, its not profit able anymore, the latest difficulty jump just changed my $25 a month to $10 a month, so its offciially dead now.

all together in my time owning it I probably made around $800 - $900 on it and I bought the unit for $200, so it paid for itself fairly well.

also its the summer time so it will be nice to keep my room cooler not having it running anymore

[Real-Duke]

well I'm officially done with my S3+ and shut it down, its not profit able anymore, the latest difficulty jump just changed my $25 a month to $10 a month, so its offciially dead now.

The halving last saturday is the problem to continue with an old S3+ miner. With only 12,5 instead of 25 BTC per block your earnings also goes down 50%.

[adaseb]

well I'm officially done with my S3+ and shut it down, its not profit able anymore, the latest difficulty jump just changed my $25 a month to $10 a month, so its offciially dead now.

all together in my time owning it I probably made around $800 - $900 on it and I bought the unit for $200, so it paid for itself fairly well.

also its the summer time so it will be nice to keep my room cooler not having it running anymore

Yeah I made a large amount with my S3 also. It was very cheap at like $50 and was quiet and the wifi feature was nice. It will sure be missed.

[Nite]

ok this is freaky, bitcoin price landed on 666 at the same time =/

https://i.imgur.com/gstnnwq.png

[in2tactics]

You have to love these S3 miners. They are built really well. I am still using 4 of them in my farm until I get something like an Avalon 6 or better to replace them.

[Nite]

You have to love these S3 miners. They are built really well. I am still using 4 of them in my farm until I get something like an Avalon 6 or better to replace them.

ya must have free power then.... cause right now 4 of them would only get ya $40 a month

[in2tactics]

You have to love these S3 miners. They are built really well. I am still using 4 of them in my farm until I get something like an Avalon 6 or better to replace them.

ya must have free power then.... cause right now 4 of them would only get ya $40 a month

[ajqjjj]

Hi please help antminer s3 hashing board that isn't recognised. update 3 firmaware equal no working.

[Gogreen]

Hi please help antminer s3 hashing board that isn't recognised. update 3 firmaware equal no working.

Start from the first one s320140711 upgrade from there first then move up to the latest version , which mean u have to reboot a few time to each upgrade.

[gt_addict]

Have you done a reset at all while it's been like that?  Press and hold the reset button (with a paper clip poked through the hole) then let go and let it run (hashing) for ten mins.

[Gogreen]

Have you done a reset at all while it's been like that?  Press and hold the reset button (with a paper clip poked through the hole) then let go and let it run (hashing) for ten mins.

U can reset if u like but not while u r upgrading halftway ...
Just do the upgrading from the first version  right up to the latest  that will do. No reset is require.
Check ur pool hav you enter correctly

[TheFalseHuman]

I got three Antminer S3 from someone who quit mining. I got two of them to work and are up and mining away, but the third not so much. 
On the third one, the fan spins and the LED lights up, but the two activity lights for the ethernet port doesn't light up when plugged in. However, when turning it on, one of the ethernet activity light would blink a few times before going dark. I've tried resetting, but ethernet still doesn't work. 
Any help please? 
Thanks

[in2tactics]

I got three Antminer S3 from someone who quit mining. I got two of them to work and are up and mining away, but the third not so much. 
On the third one, the fan spins and the LED lights up, but the two activity lights for the ethernet port doesn't light up when plugged in. However, when turning it on, one of the ethernet activity light would blink a few times before going dark. I've tried resetting, but ethernet still doesn't work. 
Any help please? 
Thanks

Did you try a different ethernet cable?