ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[not.you]

Looks like UPS is moving again. Just got this back on a refresh of the UPS tracking page for my shipment:

Anchorage, AK, United States    07/21/2014    1:49 P.M.    Arrival Scan
Scheduled delivery: Tuesday, 07/22/2014, By End of Day

Mine should have been on that plane but like so many others, it's stuck in a warehouse in the city where it started, Shenzhen.

[Biodom]

One of my only gripes with mine (outside an unneeded UPS shipment release frustration bomb - would only release 1 of 2 boxes to my front door)...

It lists on the UPS label on each box "Description: BITCOIN MINER" -  Still not comfortable with this being out in the open given what the hardware is...

This is idiotic: each box "Description: BITCOIN MINER" - they might as well say "PLEASE STEAL ME!"

stealing-probably rare occasion at $622 BTC
It would not be so rare if BTC will be at $5K or even 2K

[contactlight]

One of my only gripes with mine (outside an unneeded UPS shipment release frustration bomb - would only release 1 of 2 boxes to my front door)...

It lists on the UPS label on each box "Description: BITCOIN MINER" -  Still not comfortable with this being out in the open given what the hardware is...

This is idiotic: each box "Description: BITCOIN MINER" - they might as well say "PLEASE STEAL ME!"

stealing-probably rare occasion at $622 BTC
It would not be so rare if BTC will be at $5K or even 2K

If the price was 2K or 5K then these miners would be priced accordingly as well. Difficulty would be higher too.

[1Neptune]

One of my only gripes with mine (outside an unneeded UPS shipment release frustration bomb - would only release 1 of 2 boxes to my front door)...

It lists on the UPS label on each box "Description: BITCOIN MINER" -  Still not comfortable with this being out in the open given what the hardware is...

This is idiotic: each box "Description: BITCOIN MINER" - they might as well say "PLEASE STEAL ME!" Who put the description on the box, UPS or Bitmain? That means more eyes on our personal business. Especially if we live in repressive countries.

Given the ability and nature of the NSA as exposed by Snowden, who **doesn't** live in a repressive country these days?

[iglasses]

Bitmain what the hell is the story with the refunds?  When we order stuff we have 60 minutes to pay!!

[faetos]

One of my only gripes with mine (outside an unneeded UPS shipment release frustration bomb - would only release 1 of 2 boxes to my front door)...

It lists on the UPS label on each box "Description: BITCOIN MINER" -  Still not comfortable with this being out in the open given what the hardware is...

This is idiotic: each box "Description: BITCOIN MINER" - they might as well say "PLEASE STEAL ME!" Who put the description on the box, UPS or Bitmain? That means more eyes on our personal business. Especially if we live in repressive countries.

Given the ability and nature of the NSA as exposed by Snowden, who **doesn't** live in a repressive country these days?

I miss privacy. I want it back.

[nitehawk]

20 mins so far and i'm not getting more the 210

[bentleyrosco]

UPS website just updated my shipping status with these two items:
    07/21/2014    8:19 P.M.    Your shipment was not processed by brokerage and has not cleared customs. This has caused a delay. / Your package was released by the clearing agency.
Shenzhen, China    07/21/2014    8:15 P.M.    Your shipment was not processed by brokerage and has not cleared customs. This has caused a delay.

Still says it will deliver tomorrow but I find that hard to believe now.

I got the same info from UPS too.
My B1 order is still showing it will be delivered on Tuesday but I'm doubtful.

Mine just says "Shenzhen, China    19/07/2014    23:56    Arrival Scan"
It's been there now for about 48 hours.  Trying to find out from UPS what is the reason.

I hope all of our miners get delivered soon

Cheers

Mine sat in China for 5 days. I was biting my nails. They have to get released by customs. You can call ups but they cant do anything. Its all customs holdups.

Mine finally arrived today. B-1 ordered within 5 minutes of sale.

[HerbPean]

Soooo after almost 4 days of uptime...

I got one S3 at 434 GH/S (do not handle any OC AT ALL and error rate is at 0.00136459441 %).

My second unit is at 503 GH/S (OC to 250 and error rate at 0.00154311841 %).

So one bad unit and one good unit. I wish I could fix the first one to be able to OC it too.

[sjc1490]

20 mins so far and i'm not getting more the 210

Take it down to 212 and see if that helps.

[philipma1957]

20 mins so far and i'm not getting more the 210

Take it down to 212 and see if that helps.

my two are at 212.5 and getting very good numbers at my friends office. I actually think something is wrong but in my favor>

 Note to btcguild  could you be over reporting s-3 hashes?

 I am getting 450 each right now at 212.5 clocks!  I will watch this like a hawk  as I should be doing 430 not 450.

[RecentGraduate]

Figured I post an update of my B1 orders to potentially help the B2 and B3 folks out.  I placed 2 separate B1 orders (2014-06-30 14:20:15 & 2014-06-30 20:32:58), which were marked as "Order Processed: Ready for UPS" on 19 JUL 2014 at 0408 hrs and 0216 hrs, respectively.  Hope this helps.

1st Order

Location    Date    Local Time    Activity
Shenzhen, China    07/22/2014    12:08 A.M.    Warehouse Scan
   07/21/2014    8:17 P.M.    Your shipment was not processed by brokerage and has not cleared customs. This has caused a delay. / Your package was released by the clearing agency.
Shenzhen, China    07/21/2014    8:13 P.M.    Your shipment was not processed by brokerage and has not cleared customs. This has caused a delay.
   07/21/2014    2:15 A.M.    The package is awaiting clearing agency review. / The package is at the clearing agency awaiting final release.
   07/20/2014    8:08 A.M.    A UPS My Choice delivery change was requested for this package. / The receiver arranged to pick up the package at a UPS facility.
Shenzhen, China    07/19/2014    11:56 P.M.    Arrival Scan
   07/19/2014    11:55 P.M.    Departure Scan
   07/19/2014    11:40 P.M.    Origin Scan
China    07/19/2014    4:08 A.M.    Order Processed: Ready for UPS



2nd Order

Location    Date    Local Time    Activity
Shenzhen, China    07/22/2014    12:11 A.M.    Warehouse Scan
   07/21/2014    8:17 P.M.    Your shipment was not processed by brokerage and has not cleared customs. This has caused a delay. / Your package was released by the clearing agency.
Shenzhen, China    07/21/2014    8:13 P.M.    Your shipment was not processed by brokerage and has not cleared customs. This has caused a delay.
   07/21/2014    2:15 A.M.    The package is awaiting clearing agency review. / The package is at the clearing agency awaiting final release.
   07/20/2014    6:16 A.M.    A UPS My Choice delivery change was requested for this package. / The receiver arranged to pick up the package at a UPS facility.
Shenzhen, China    07/19/2014    11:56 P.M.    Arrival Scan
   07/19/2014    11:55 P.M.    Departure Scan
   07/19/2014    11:32 P.M.    Origin Scan
   07/19/2014    6:10 P.M.    Pickup Scan
China    07/19/2014    2:16 A.M.    Order Processed: Ready for UPS  


P.s. It says I should expect to receive them tomorrow, however, I don't buy that seeing how it was still in China not even 8 hours ago.

Andrew

[dogie]

Dogie's comprehensive setup guide now up in super HD!

 

For anyone complaining about using the paperclip method to jump start PSUs, its what's recommended by corsair so.... The current over that signal pin is almost negligible.

[rograz]

The DHL/UPS race is ongoing, currently DHL seems to be winning!

DHL
15    Processed at LEIPZIG - GERMANY    LEIPZIG - GERMANY    00:09    
 
UPS
Bangkok, Thailand    22.07.2014    5:53    Arrival Scan

Both were B1 orders sent on the 19th.

[miter_myles]

For anyone complaining about using the paperclip method to jump start PSUs, its what's recommended by corsair so.... The current over that signal pin is almost negligible.

Jesus christ please spam your guides more

lol

[oge345]

I'm in Batch 3 for 2 units at: 2014-07-06 06:08:57

I'm listed as unshipped at Bitmain, but my UPS labels have been created.

For Batch 3 folks, I used the track by reference number on the UPS site. No details for my address and no confirmation from MyUPS yet. Hope this gives some hope to Batch 3 folks!

[bit_NINj4]

If any of you are still concerned about processing/shipping times.

My two orders:

2014-06-30 14:04:06.0 AST Arrived Thursday
2014-06-30 14:29:50.0 AST Arrived today (two days later for a 25min delay in 2nd purchase)

In a lot of cases 'the early bird', does in fact get the worm.

I would hate to have waited. I can't image the queue. Sorry folks. I feel for you..

[bit_NINj4]

One of my only gripes with mine (outside an unneeded UPS shipment release frustration bomb - would only release 1 of 2 boxes to my front door)...

It lists on the UPS label on each box "Description: BITCOIN MINER" -  Still not comfortable with this being out in the open given what the hardware is...

My feelings exactly. Now everyone at UPS knows you have BTC miners.

[klondike_bar]

4 units (batch 1, first ~15min) arrived today and setup was a breeze.

gorgeous case, makes it feel like a solid consumer-grade product compared to the S1.

miner 1: 237.5MHz     477GH    (2.5hrs)
miner 2: 225MHz        417GH    (2hrs)
miner 3: 225MHz        450GH    (2hrs)
miner 2: 225MHz        413GH    (2hrs)

so far overclocking is a total grab-bag. looks like 2 of the miners lose hashrate at even a slight overclock, and the other has negligible improvement over stock. miner 1 will go for 250mhz tomorrow

I havent seen the invoice yet, but presumably it was about $400 CAD to import and receive all 4 miners.

[nitehawk]

I'm only getting half speed out of both of them


I must've done something wrong here all I took them out of the box plugged them up and configured them


Am I missing something ?

Do I need to power both group of plugs or just one?