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August 04, 2014, 07:10:25 PM |
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During the early GPU times, you should really be a techie to run miners.
It was a hobby and was too interesting to maintain the GPUs and doing various hacks.
Now coming to the ASIC arena, its almost plug and play. You never need to be a techie to run a mining farm.
Antminers from bitmaintech is the one which gives some relief from plug and play.
Not ignoring some small scale other manufacturers.
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"This isn't the kind of software where we can leave so many unresolved bugs that we need a tracker for them." -- Satoshi
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nottm28
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August 04, 2014, 07:24:56 PM |
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Again.
4 x batch 4 S3s arrived today.
15 minutes later all 4 are up and running out of the box with no problems.
You've got to give it to bitmain...
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hanti
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August 04, 2014, 07:29:38 PM |
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got my 5 antminers from batch 4 and all works great on p2pool but showing strange fanspeed 5000-9000RPM  ofc its a bug becouse it would be jumbojet noise. I flashed one with same firmware from 21 july (downlaoded from bitmaintech site) and fanspeeds didnt change ;p so its the same firmware not as someone above said that its diferent ;p Did you have to add static difficulty to your username/payout address for P2Pool on the S3 like Bitmain mentioned? no i did only BTC address and password no any / or + options my 5 antminers S3 mining here -> thash.pl |
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August 04, 2014, 07:29:48 PM |
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 So. This is a thing. Anyone know where I can source those 477 6.3V caps? Funny thing is, the miner still hashes over 400GH |
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GreenBits
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August 04, 2014, 07:38:51 PM |
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hey folks,
I've been looking around for a power supply suitable for overclocking a single unit. I will run the unit stock for a time, then oc it sometime later. I would like a power supply suitable for both modes of operation. So far, I find plenty of 2x pcie units, but very few 4x pcie units (ive been told oc'ing requires all 4 pcie cables to be connected.) Can someone please point me to a suitable product that has 4 pcie connectors for ocing (or point me to a unit that can do it with two cables)? It would be greatly appreciated, this has caused me a great deal of confusion. Pardon if this has been covered before.
~Green
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August 04, 2014, 07:42:59 PM |
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<snip>
So. This is a thing. Anyone know where I can source those 477 6.3V caps?
Are you seeing this a lot on your units? I haven't noticed any issues other then some with the thermal paste issues (earlier batches it seems like). FYI - they sell those pcs in bulk usually. Try your local shop (frys, radioshack type stores) edit: try hereI've only seen this on one unit so far. |
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Darthswan
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August 04, 2014, 07:58:18 PM |
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Looking at purchasing a couple of S3s. Were there any coupons for people who bought S2? Just curious. Thanks in advance.
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nottm28
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August 04, 2014, 08:02:00 PM |
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Looking at purchasing a couple of S3s. Were there any coupons for people who bought S2? Just curious. Thanks in advance.
No coupons yet - batch 4 |
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Darthswan
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August 04, 2014, 08:03:08 PM |
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Looking at purchasing a couple of S3s. Were there any coupons for people who bought S2? Just curious. Thanks in advance.
No coupons yet - batch 4 I'll just make my purchase worry about them later. |
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aztecminer
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August 04, 2014, 08:12:36 PM |
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got my 5 antminers from batch 4 and all works great on p2pool but showing strange fanspeed 5000-9000RPM ofc its a bug becouse it would be jumbojet noise. I flashed one with same firmware from 21 july (downlaoded from bitmaintech site) and fanspeeds didnt change ;p so its the same firmware not as someone above said that its diferent ;p Dang 5000-9000 rpm would be cointerra loud! and even at those speeds the cointerra would be pushing 90-120C (cointerra tech says 120c is ok  )even with AC blowing directly on them. Soo glad I got rid of those abominations. The Bitmain are sooo much better, cost less, cost less to run and run cooler. i think it must be some kind of error because all of mine are getting crazy fan speeds too. i even had one reach as high as 14000 .. they do not sound like jet engines so must be an error. btw overclocking:  225 -1x 440g/hs 250 stable 495g/hs 250 stable 510g/hs 250 stable 495g/hs 237 stable 475g/hs 250 stable 480g/hs 250 stable 500g/hs 250 stable 500g/hs i have one asic number 10 hashing with one x .. i might pull that one and open up heat sinks again and look. i think the other one at 237 could reach 250. i probably test again soon. the last one that is 0's is on my workbench opened up waiting on my 30g of thermal paste to arrive. i am working on additional thermal paste tests on that one when the thermal paste arrives. |
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MoreBloodWine
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August 04, 2014, 08:52:52 PM |
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So. This is a thing. Anyone know where I can source those 477 6.3V caps? Funny thing is, the miner still hashes over 400GH How does that even happen, shipping ? Anyone else notice bad caps etc on their S3's ? |
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allcoinminer
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August 04, 2014, 08:56:40 PM |
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[IM]https://i.imgur.com/vGexh34.jpg?1[/img]
So. This is a thing. Anyone know where I can source those 477 6.3V caps?
Funny thing is, the miner still hashes over 400GH
How does that even happen, shipping ? Anyone else notice bad caps etc on their S3's ? Love to see a picture of bitmain employees assembling these S3-es. That will explain all about thermal paste and cap issues. |
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Lowell904
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August 04, 2014, 08:58:14 PM |
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Not feasible for me as my controller board's Ethernet interface is completely dead - so it's not even possible to get into it with the default IP address to configure anything let alone see the logs.
Other people have comparatively minor issues and at least get some hashing out of their units. Mine is completely dead in the water going on a week now, extending to at least another week.
I have 3 S1 units, and thought about swapping the controller from them, but they're still profitable and I don't want to muck anything up that is actually still running.
BITMAIN - PLEASE JUST SEND REPLACEMENT BOARDS TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM AND HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT IS THEIR PROBLEM. WAITING 2+ WEEKS FOR A SOLUTION KILLS OUR PROFITABILITY.
But apparently the only thing that seems to matter to them is their own profitability.
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You could try the wifi. If you place your S3s right next to your router, your router should see them.
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August 04, 2014, 08:58:37 PM |
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Lowell904
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August 04, 2014, 09:08:32 PM |
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hey folks,
I've been looking around for a power supply suitable for overclocking a single unit. I will run the unit stock for a time, then oc it sometime later. I would like a power supply suitable for both modes of operation. So far, I find plenty of 2x pcie units, but very few 4x pcie units (ive been told oc'ing requires all 4 pcie cables to be connected.) Can someone please point me to a suitable product that has 4 pcie connectors for ocing (or point me to a unit that can do it with two cables)? It would be greatly appreciated, this has caused me a great deal of confusion. Pardon if this has been covered before.
~Green
I oc'ed one of my units using only 2 cables and is doing 500Gh/s happily. Others have reported issues with using 4 cables and the way I look at it is, the S1 only uses 2 cables and they draw more power so it should be a non-issue. |
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Tripjammer
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August 04, 2014, 09:12:00 PM |
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Just got my first two antminer s3 and just got them set up. So far they hashing at 450 gh/s avg with jumps to 500 gh/s with a avg on nicehash at 950 gh/s for both of them. It's only been 2 hours. I got them at stock clocks.
Nothing below 440 gh/s yet...looks like batch 5 is solid like a rock!
Thanks bitmain!
Also my second batch already shipped! Should have it Wednesday.
Folks use DHL if you are in the USA or Canada!
DHL rocks!
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Lowell904
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August 04, 2014, 09:18:29 PM |
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Balance : Change multipool strategy from failover to even share balance.
Load Balance: Change multipool strategy from failover to quota based balance. Any one tried the Balance and Load Balance options in S3? I did with crappy results. Lots of rejects and hash rates that did not make sense. I think it's the buggy firmware. Liking the upgraded unit with the 2 QC stickers, impressive. |
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August 04, 2014, 09:21:07 PM |
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Just got my first two antminer s3 and just got them set up. So far they hashing at 450 gh/s avg with jumps to 500 gh/s with a avg on nicehash at 950 gh/s for both of them. It's only been 2 hours. I got them at stock clocks.
Nothing below 440 gh/s yet...looks like batch 5 is solid like a rock!
Thanks bitmain!
Also my second batch already shipped! Should have it Wednesday.
Folks use DHL if you are in the USA or Canada!
DHL rocks!
My B3 units are veritable lemons, I need to restart them every 1/2 hour to keep it over 400gh. My B5 units are all hashing 440gh at stock clocks after 4.5 hours. |
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allcoinminer
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August 04, 2014, 09:25:52 PM |
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Yes Batch 4 onward seems more stable with the expense of higher fans speed.
Any one tried backing up the S3 batch4 firmware and load it to the earlier batches?
Also need to look at the hardware components for any changes.
Can any one post the both blade images and control panels of batch 4 or later S3 herE?
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