ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[9600]

I received 8x S3's in the first batch.  I have not attempted to under or over-clock any of them.  I did update the firmware to the latest release.  Seven are in a data center and one is in an office.  All are running around 38-40 C.
I did no mods, no paste check, nothing.  Plugged them in, updated the UI and let them run.
Here is the average speed at the pool for the past 24 hours:

443 Gh/s
445
445
446
448
448
450
452

The 446 is the one in the office running slightly hotter. 
They do fluctuate from one minute to the next.  But the 24 hour averages are all within 9 Gh/s or only a 2% variance.

Curious to know your power supply choice and whether or not you are using 2 or 4 PCIe connectors per unit?

[Biodom]

I received 8x S3's in the first batch.  I have not attempted to under or over-clock any of them.  I did update the firmware to the latest release.  Seven are in a data center and one is in an office.  All are running around 38-40 C.
I did no mods, no paste check, nothing.  Plugged them in, updated the UI and let them run.
Here is the average speed at the pool for the past 24 hours:

443 Gh/s
445
445
446
448
448
450
452

The 446 is the one in the office running slightly hotter.  
They do fluctuate from one minute to the next.  But the 24 hour averages are all within 9 Gh/s or only a 2% variance.

Yours is a better experience than for most people. I have one machine from batch 2 that is stuck at 420-424GH, no matter what mhz I throw at it (all four from batch1 work to spec).
I have a feeling that batch 1 was probably their best miners selected to have the best performance and therefore BEST reviews. Batches 2-3 are average, but it is probably to be expected to a degree.

[bobsav2121]

I received 8x S3's in the first batch.  I have not attempted to under or over-clock any of them.  I did update the firmware to the latest release.  Seven are in a data center and one is in an office.  All are running around 38-40 C.
I did no mods, no paste check, nothing.  Plugged them in, updated the UI and let them run.
Here is the average speed at the pool for the past 24 hours:

443 Gh/s
445
445
446
448
448
450
452

The 446 is the one in the office running slightly hotter.  
They do fluctuate from one minute to the next.  But the 24 hour averages are all within 9 Gh/s or only a 2% variance.

Yours is a better experience than for most people. I have one machine from batch 2 that is stuck at 420-424GH, no matter what mhz I throw at it (all four from batch1 work to spec).
I have a feeling that batch 1 was probably their best miners selected to have the best performance and therefore BEST reviews. Batches 2-3 are average, but it is probably to be expected to a degree.

My units ( 1st batch ) are doing the same as yours. It is VERY strange that there is such a discrepancy in performance.  I could understand if they all just didn't meet the expected speed but there are such a wide range of problems being experienced.
Time and some very smart electronic types will find the answer I'm sure.
Bob

[spazzdla]

Bitmain la sent the 7% refunds!! Ya bitmain!!

Also 2 miners minig 430-450 g/hash for over a week.

[faetos]

212.5 seems like the most stable freq for my set. He is negligible, temps are low as well 38C< on both.

[Biodom]

212.5 seems like the most stable freq for my set. He is negligible, temps are low as well 38C< on both.

how much gh you get on 212.5?
I couldn't make it go above 424, while some people report in mid 430ies.

[Todd042]

anyone used DHL for shipping method ? are they good ?

They have to be better than UPS, out of my B3 order 1 was lost and 4 were stolen by one of the UPS guys with the last name of Wilkerson he had a hold put on the account and had it moved to will call and pick them up.

So anyone using UPS keep an eye out for a hold being put on your account.

[Swimmer63]

I received 8x S3's in the first batch.  I have not attempted to under or over-clock any of them.  I did update the firmware to the latest release.  Seven are in a data center and one is in an office.  All are running around 38-40 C.
I did no mods, no paste check, nothing.  Plugged them in, updated the UI and let them run.
Here is the average speed at the pool for the past 24 hours:

443 Gh/s
445
445
446
448
448
450
452

The 446 is the one in the office running slightly hotter.  
They do fluctuate from one minute to the next.  But the 24 hour averages are all within 9 Gh/s or only a 2% variance.

Curious to know your power supply choice and whether or not you are using 2 or 4 PCIe connectors per unit?

I am all over the board.  I have 2 on a Corsair 850, 3 on the EVA 1350 as recommended and three are on server PSU's.

EDIT - Only two cables per miner.

[Biodom]

anyone used DHL for shipping method ? are they good ?

They have to be better than UPS, out of my B3 order 1 was lost and 4 were stolen by one of the UPS guys with the last name of Wilkerson he had a hold put on the account and had it moved to will call and pick them up.

So anyone using UPS keep an eye out for a hold being put on your account.

hold on account? what is that?

[-ck]

anyone used DHL for shipping method ? are they good ?

I use DHL exclusively because they're the best in my part of the world (Australia). Bear in mind people have different experience with different delivery companies depending on where they are.

[Pt0x]

anyone used DHL for shipping method ? are they good ?

I use DHL exclusively because they're the best in my part of the world (Australia). Bear in mind people have different experience with different delivery companies depending on where they are.

I also use DHL on my country and always send the packages to their warehouse to avoid delivery issues at the last mile. Piking up the stuff works better for me, all the time.

[ibminer]

anyone used DHL for shipping method ? are they good ?

They have to be better than UPS, out of my B3 order 1 was lost and 4 were stolen by one of the UPS guys with the last name of Wilkerson he had a hold put on the account and had it moved to will call and pick them up.

So anyone using UPS keep an eye out for a hold being put on your account.

Are you in Georgia?  
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dale-wilkerson/52/864/95b
 

[Todd042]

@Biodom

It is when you go in to your my choice account and go to Change Delivery. You can have them Hold for pickup. So for me who ever did it new they were only 4 Antminers at the local warehouse even before I did.


@ibminer

Good find thanks, no I am in Jacksonville FL

[Swimmer63]

anyone used DHL for shipping method ? are they good ?

I use DHL exclusively because they're the best in my part of the world (Australia). Bear in mind people have different experience with different delivery companies depending on where they are.

I'm in Phoenix and always get my stuff from Bitmain in 2 days via UPS.  Never have had a problem with big or small orders.  They all go through Alaska, which is on my side of the country.  That probably helps.

[pawlo74]

Any news about upgrade S2 ?

[not.you]

In case anyone wants it I setup a batch file to reboot my miner.  This can then be setup as a scheduled task.  I am supposed to go on a weeks vacation and I honestly don't trust these things to maintain a hashrate for that long.  Sometimes they are good for 24 hours or longer but eventually they always crash to sub 400 hashrate and require a reboot to recover.

If you installed putty to SSH to your miner then you have plink so all you need is the batch file.  Just adjust the IP as necessary.  If you didn't install putty then you need to install it for this to work.

Code:

set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY;%PATH%


plink -ssh root@192.168.1.99 -pw root reboot

[grn]

In case anyone wants it I setup a batch file to reboot my miner.  This can then be setup as a scheduled task.  I am supposed to go on a weeks vacation and I honestly don't trust these things to maintain a hashrate for that long.  Sometimes they are good for 24 hours or longer but eventually they always crash to sub 400 hashrate and require a reboot to recover.

If you installed putty to SSH to your miner then you have plink so all you need is the batch file.  Just adjust the IP as necessary.  If you didn't install putty then you need to install it for this to work.

Code:

set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY;%PATH%


plink -ssh root@192.168.1.99 -pw root reboot

Why not just add a crontab entry? 0 0 * * * reboot

[not.you]

In case anyone wants it I setup a batch file to reboot my miner.  This can then be setup as a scheduled task.  I am supposed to go on a weeks vacation and I honestly don't trust these things to maintain a hashrate for that long.  Sometimes they are good for 24 hours or longer but eventually they always crash to sub 400 hashrate and require a reboot to recover.

If you installed putty to SSH to your miner then you have plink so all you need is the batch file.  Just adjust the IP as necessary.  If you didn't install putty then you need to install it for this to work.

Code:

set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY;%PATH%


plink -ssh root@192.168.1.99 -pw root reboot

Why not just add a crontab entry? 0 0 * * * reboot

I don't know how.

EDIT: OK did a little crash course on google.  Will this reboot every 6 hours?

0 0 * * * reboot
0 6 * * * reboot
0 12 * * * reboot
0 18 * * * reboot

[grn]

0 0,6,12,18 * * *

or

0 */6 * * *

both will run every 6 hours

[not.you]

0 0,6,12,18 * * *

or

0 */6 * * *

both will run every 6 hours

Nice.  Thanks.  

So does this mean every 3 minutes?

*/3 *  *   *   *     /usr/bin/cgminer-monitor