ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[oskuro]

one question, in the USA you pay taxes for customs when you order S3 units??.

[hawkfish007]

one question, in the USA you pay taxes for customs when you order S3 units??.

No, there is no import/customs tax here for computer related products.

[Atomar]

@WheresWaldo

Try the document on this site: http://www.heatmanagement.com/local/media/pdfs/Kunze_ProductCatalogue-2014.pdf

Should be on page +/- 80

Have no idea how much they are. Would have to check with the company though. Or maybe order a sample ... ;-)

[macgyver007]

Cost more? Maybe

Cool less?? Maybe not!! With 200+W/mK I think they do pretty good ;-)

Which thermal pad are you referring to and buying what quantity?

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17467/thr-178/Fujipoly_ModRight_Ultra_Extreme_System_Builder_Thermal_Pad_Blister_Pack_-_12_Sheet_-_200_x_150_x_05_-_Thermal_Conductivity_170_WmK.html

200 x 150 x 0.5 mm in size $119.99 in price. This is for 17.0 w/mK

I am really interested in what 200+ w/mK thermal pad you are referring to

  too bad they don't accept bitcoin..but this u can make at home! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzcBIWwrsUA

Back on topic...Im wondering for the machines that are running 450+GH/s what power supply is being used...and for others having shit results like myself what power supply...in my case I have tested corsair HX1050 and the piece of crap PSU that came out of S2 and both same results...tested with 1 miner and 2 on each PSU, 2 and 4 connectors...btw 4 PCI-E connectors has been bad in my experience..I am pretty sure they are on there only for some type of electrical approval for design spec...kind of like the QC Passed stickers on the S2 (just for show)

[WheresWaldo]

Cost more? Maybe

Cool less?? Maybe not!! With 200+W/mK I think they do pretty good ;-)

Which thermal pad are you referring to and buying what quantity?

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17467/thr-178/Fujipoly_ModRight_Ultra_Extreme_System_Builder_Thermal_Pad_Blister_Pack_-_12_Sheet_-_200_x_150_x_05_-_Thermal_Conductivity_170_WmK.html

200 x 150 x 0.5 mm in size $119.99 in price. This is for 17.0 w/mK

I am really interested in what 200+ w/mK thermal pad you are referring to

  too bad they don't accept bitcoin..but this u can make at home! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzcBIWwrsUA

Back on topic...Im wondering for the machines that are running 450+GH/s what power supply is being used...and for others having shit results like myself what power supply...in my case I have tested corsair HX1050 and the piece of crap PSU that came out of S2 and both same results...tested with 1 miner and 2 on each PSU, 2 and 4 connectors...btw 4 PCI-E connectors has been bad in my experience..I am pretty sure they are on there only for some type of electrical approval for design spec...kind of like the QC Passed stickers on the S2

Frozencpu DOES accept bitcoin lol  
Huge button on top right of the page as you load  "bitcoin accepted here"

I believe the logic behind 4 pci-e connectors on the S3 was for the pci-e wires not to melt when overclocking. Since the wires on a 6pin pci-e can only handle so many watts , the extra 2 connectors would distribute the power so they don't melt

[oskuro]

one question, in the USA you pay taxes for customs when you order S3 units??.

No, there is no import/customs tax here for computer related products.

Amazing.... how luckies ok thx  

[macgyver007]

Cost more? Maybe

Cool less?? Maybe not!! With 200+W/mK I think they do pretty good ;-)

Which thermal pad are you referring to and buying what quantity?

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17467/thr-178/Fujipoly_ModRight_Ultra_Extreme_System_Builder_Thermal_Pad_Blister_Pack_-_12_Sheet_-_200_x_150_x_05_-_Thermal_Conductivity_170_WmK.html

200 x 150 x 0.5 mm in size $119.99 in price. This is for 17.0 w/mK

I am really interested in what 200+ w/mK thermal pad you are referring to

  too bad they don't accept bitcoin..but this u can make at home! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzcBIWwrsUA

Back on topic...Im wondering for the machines that are running 450+GH/s what power supply is being used...and for others having shit results like myself what power supply...in my case I have tested corsair HX1050 and the piece of crap PSU that came out of S2 and both same results...tested with 1 miner and 2 on each PSU, 2 and 4 connectors...btw 4 PCI-E connectors has been bad in my experience..I am pretty sure they are on there only for some type of electrical approval for design spec...kind of like the QC Passed stickers on the S2

Frozencpu DOES accept bitcoin lol  
Huge button on top right of the page as you load  "bitcoin accepted here"

I believe the logic behind 4 pci-e connectors on the S3 was for the pci-e wires not to melt when overclocking. Since the wires on a 6pin pci-e can only handle so many watts , the extra 2 connectors would distribute the power so they don't melt

I was as serious about spending 120$ for a sheet of grease as I was making that toothbrush lol  but good to see more places accepting bitcoin!
To me these machines seem more and more like S1 than anything especially the way they clock...I don't have any more S1 but do they use the same dc/dc converter? The power draw seems to be about the same and I never had any of those cables melt and have seen my share of melted hardware and wiring   200w per PCI-E didn't melt them...I don't have any good units yet to swap controller boards with but hope out of the 4 I get tomorrow that at least they run 440 like they were advertised when I bought them...oh wait they were 478 then....and 415 now 

[Omarko]

how can I find out what firmware is my S3 running?

I am getting the annoying beeps and wonder if I need to upgrade.

btw, this is what I see:



also, I assume the X is no good :



how can I fix this ?

[montyfd]

Any idea on this?

I have 8 S3 running.
4 of batch 2, all are underpferforming, but showing "normal" amounts of duplicates in the pool statistics.
4 of batch 4 are performing to specs, but all about 50% duplicates all the time.

All running the same firmware, no overclocking, same pool.

[WheresWaldo]

how can I find out what firmware is my S3 running?

I am getting the annoying beeps and wonder if I need to upgrade.

btw, this is what I see:



also, I assume the X is no good :



how can I fix this ?

The firmware will get rid of the beeping. You can still lower the beeping in the current firmware, there was some mentions some pages back.

That x is a chip not hashing, try to give it a reboot and see if it goes back to normal

Any idea on this?

I have 8 S3 running.
4 of batch 2, all are underpferforming, but showing "normal" amounts of duplicates in the pool statistics.
4 of batch 4 are performing to specs, but all about 50% duplicates all the time.

All running the same firmware, no overclocking, same pool.

Try this out and lower only your queue

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg8040869#msg8040869

[Omarko]

The firmware will get rid of the beeping. You can still lower the beeping in the current firmware, there was some mentions some pages back.

That x is a chip not hashing, try to give it a reboot and see if it goes back to normal

I rebooted and now the X is gone, however, I am getting this sudden drop in average hashrate:



any ideas why ?

EDIT: also, again how do I check what firmware I am already running? thanks

[1Neptune]

The firmware will get rid of the beeping. You can still lower the beeping in the current firmware, there was some mentions some pages back.

That x is a chip not hashing, try to give it a reboot and see if it goes back to normal

I rebooted and now the X is gone, however, I am getting this sudden drop in average hashrate:



any ideas why ?

EDIT: also, again how do I check what firmware I am already running? thanks

The page your image is from is the 'status' -> 'miner status' page, so click on 'overview', the left-most tab and directly under 'status'. Look for kernel version which is the 4th item down. Version 3.10.12 is the one I have, so you'll be looking for a number like that.

[kabopar]

The firmware will get rid of the beeping. You can still lower the beeping in the current firmware, there was some mentions some pages back.

That x is a chip not hashing, try to give it a reboot and see if it goes back to normal

I rebooted and now the X is gone, however, I am getting this sudden drop in average hashrate:



any ideas why ?

EDIT: also, again how do I check what firmware I am already running? thanks

You need to give it some time to reach the steady hash rate, it can take a few hours until the Avg GH/sec reaches that value.  It goes slower on slower frequency settings and faster when you over-clock.

Cheers

[topminingcontracts]

I have a problem. My "Authorized Distributor" has done the following.

I (stupidly) agreed to overpay on batch 1 S3 because I wanted a batch 1. They usually make money especially batch 1 where you have good clarity on what difficulty might be when they ship. I paid very early on July 1.

I received my confirmation emails. I re-checked my account after end of business later that day. So far everything was in order. Batch 1 S3 etc.

2 weeks about go by and I pop in to check my account to find out when my Batch 1 order will ship to discover it's a magical Batch 2. I have no idea when it was ordered, what point in the queue it was at or anything. At this point I have received 0 contact from distributor. Order was altered 25.5 hours after I placed it. I wish I had known I needed to babysit this order to keep things on track and at a price I could live with.

I notice in my account there is ask us a question. So I ask if they can fix my Batch 1 order to actually be a Batch 1. I really wasn't thinking that someone intentionally changed anything but that there was a clerical error.

24 hours pass still no contact from distributor.

I send a message to the person who has their email on my receipt (I dug it up just to ask again). I was not nice about it. Reply was received in 3 hours. Nothing too helpful just an offer for fair compensation. What is fair for bumping me into a cheaper batch, failing to ask me about changing my order, failing to ask about re-pricing my order? At this point I didn't want a batch 2. I never wanted a batch 2.
 
I asked within 3 hours for the following, after apologizing, What my total refund would be AND what my "Fair Compensation" would be.

Within 12 hours the disputed order shipped.

No answer Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday or Tuesday. Email was sent late Thursday. As of Monday late my order finally finished its warehousing. Tuesday I send another email asking if distributor would please reply to my last email. Last email included in current email.

Wednesday I get a reply. Here is your tracking #. Batch 1 and 2 shipped about the same time. I have to refund the 7.7% for specs and I have to refund 0.02 for the price difference. Let me know wallet address.

I reply I asked for full refund and fair compensation. Order is complete when package is accepted I have not and in 7 days UPS will return your package to you. I point out I still wouldn't have paid shipping on Batch 2 (ordering from bitmain) and told distributor I figured the 0.1115 over the cost of batch 2 directly was fair compensation at this point. I notified distributor that I was interested in either 0.1115  or a full refund and they have until the package goes back at that point I expect a full refund.

No reply in 48 hours. Send email to admin because I get an order complete email. I point out 1.48 is better then 0. Ask what they would prefer.

48 hours more still no replies.

I really would like a way to deal with this that doesn't leave me with a more then Batch 1 priced shipped same as batch 3 held in China for 4-5 days batch 2 then left at UPS because I have an issue with the questionable way this has been handled. Most of this is the price of business

I will contact you today with a fair solution for your problem.

Apologize for the delay

Regards

Juan

[digilean]

Hi Juan,

Batch 1 - Order: #1235 - It's been 2 weeks and it STILL HAS NOT been delivered.

I'd like some feedback on what's going on.

At this point getting a refund and re-ordering it seems I's get my unit faster as Batch 3 customers have their units.

What is going on?

[Gogreen]

Any updates from B5 customers? 

[edonkey]

Are people happy with their S3 units on p2pool?

If you're on p2pool, are you using the stock queue option (4096) or did you change it?

[BennyTheBall]

The firmware will get rid of the beeping. You can still lower the beeping in the current firmware, there was some mentions some pages back.

That x is a chip not hashing, try to give it a reboot and see if it goes back to normal

I rebooted and now the X is gone, however, I am getting this sudden drop in average hashrate:

http://s10.postimg.org/fbdte84it/2014_08_01_18_46_27.jpg

any ideas why ?

EDIT: also, again how do I check what firmware I am already running? thanks

Go to "Status" "Kernel Log". The first line looks like this:[    0.000000] Linux version 3.10.12 (xxl@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.6.4 (OpenWrt/Linaro GCC 4.6-2013.05 r38031) ) #140 Mon Jul 21 17:27:04 CST 2014

The highlighted part is your firmware version. Look at the .bin file name. The date is encoded in the name and you should compare it with this.

[Mudbankkeith]

my batch 4 order has arrived

uk cumbria

[Biodom]

Any updates from B5 customers? 

no shipment yet on my b5