ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[MoreBloodWine]

Everything still looks good but I'm curious about the HW figure on two miners, one of which on BTC Guild shows 768 dupes and the other 1280. Where as the other two miners have less than an HW of 30. All four though seem to be hashing at normal / advertised speeds. Just received all four Fri the 8th and they've been running as long as seen below.

Ty.

Miner 1 Stale / Dupe / Other : 4608 / 768 / 0

Elapsed   GH/S(5s)   GH/S(avg)   FoundBlocks   Getworks   Accepted   Rejected   HW   Utility   Discarded   Stale   LocalWork   WU   DiffA   DiffR   DiffS   BestShare
10h 52m 31s
452.03
441.55
0
1,439
15,658
24
295
24
133,158
0
7,141,206
6,168
4,008,448
6,144
0
0

Miner 2 Stale / Dupe / Other : 5888 / 1280 / 0

Elapsed   GH/S(5s)   GH/S(avg)   FoundBlocks   Getworks   Accepted   Rejected   HW   Utility   Discarded   Stale   LocalWork   WU   DiffA   DiffR   DiffS   BestShare
10h 54m 5s
452.19
439.71
0
1,440
15,618
31
267
23
133,908
0
7,186,989
6,142
3,998,208
7,936
0
0

Miner 3 Stale / Dupe / Other : 5376 / 0 / 0

Elapsed   GH/S(5s)   GH/S(avg)   FoundBlocks   Getworks   Accepted   Rejected   HW   Utility   Discarded   Stale   LocalWork   WU   DiffA   DiffR   DiffS   BestShare
10h 54m 31s
450.79
439.95
0
1,442
15,551
23
29
23
133,223
0
7,195,787
6,146
3,981,056
5,888
0
0

Miner 4 Stale / Dupe / Other : 3328 / 0 / 0

Elapsed   GH/S(5s)   GH/S(avg)   FoundBlocks   Getworks   Accepted   Rejected   HW   Utility   Discarded   Stale   LocalWork   WU   DiffA   DiffR   DiffS   BestShare
10h 54m 43s
439.25
440.95
0
1,441
15,826
15
14
24
132,636
0
7,167,682
6,159
4,051,456
3,840
0
0

[taipo]

Re: PSU spam

What is up with all this PSU crap in this thread, its like product placement on crack!!! How hard is it for people to figure out what is the right PSU to use for an S3 ?

[allcoinminer]

So all in all if I want 2 overclocked Antminer s3s I'll have to buy a 1300W EVGA psu..

It's either you're a shill for the people who owns this site for the purpose of generating traffic or you're just someone who has nothing better to do and get your kicks in here to somehow fill in an emotional/psychological void or you're just a plain, good ol' jerk.  Whichever it is, please take your shite somewhere else because you are a distraction to the members in here who truly are seeking useful information from the community.  It's getting too old already just in case you haven't notice that yourself.  Nobody is that dumb.

No, I'm literally an idiot when it comes to this and I'm wondering what has others used!
I'm trying to fit 2 Antminer s3's onto one psu or two and I want to overclock both antminers safely..

Hey "lady", have this Spoon Feed.
Just buy a Corsair RM1000. Enough for all your needs.
http://www.corsair.com/en/rm-series-rm1000-80-plus-gold-certified-power-supply

[9600]

Does anyone know if the --no submit stale cgminer flag works as a BMT cgminer param?

[Fahlcor]

Has anyone actually tried cooling these S3's off.  I mean I had them in my garage and it was pretty warm
with 12 42-45) running.  So now I have them all in my basement and it is about 18 celsuis down here and they all still say 38,39,40 degrees on them.  Is it just me or do these fans on these things keep them around 39/40 on purpose?

I'm not concerned but i figured that they would run the fans the same and keep the chips cooler if they could?

Any thoughts on this idea?

[visdude]

Has anyone actually tried cooling these S3's off.  I mean I had them in my garage and it was pretty warm
with 12 42-45) running.  So now I have them all in my basement and it is about 18 celsuis down here and they all still say 38,39,40 degrees on them.  Is it just me or do these fans on these things keep them around 39/40 on purpose?

I'm not concerned but i figured that they would run the fans the same and keep the chips cooler if they could?

Any thoughts on this idea?

I have the same thoughts.  With me, it seems they stay between 41C-45C, whether hot (daytime) or cold (nighttime).

[muhhentuhhen]

I have G-750 SeaSonic 80 gold powering up 2x S3 miners. After couple of hours, one of the antminer started getting some HW errors. Is this because one of the blades i connected with daisy chain?

what are some hw errors
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1000 errors a day are not too bad.

both have been running for 13h+ now, first one has 57 HW and second 166.

[visdude]

I like to tell another thing, my 2 PCI-E Power cables to S3 were a little hot.
My S3 hashrate was not stable at the rated 441Ghs but was averaging at 420. I ordered thermal paste.
Before thermal plates were arriving, I tried to plug two additional PCI-E power cables to S3.
The Antminer S3 is running at stock clocks 218.75 and PCI-E power cables are cool now.
The main reason for this post is to report that the miners stabilised at 441. Earlier it was 420.
Two thing I'm pointing out,
1. The miners plugged in continuously for 4 or 5 days and seems like it was running-in and stabilised at-last at 441.
2. Plugging the all four connectors even if you are not overclocking will some way help you.

Similar experience here.  S3 clocked down to 212 as it would not stabilise at stock.  Finally decided last night to have a fiddle as I had a bit of time on my hands.  After removing the cover I did the following -

Straightened out the heatsink fins as some were bent close to where the screws were.
Tightened up one screw which was loose on one heatsink.
Pushed the cables to make sure they were seated properly, they all looked ok, no "give" when pushing.
Put the cover back on and instead of putting the cables into the sockets closest to the ethernet port I decided to try the other two.

Hooked it back up, checked the results after a couple of hours and it was hashing at 420.  Decided to put the clock back to stock and it's been hashing at 440 for the last 24 hours!

Really strange as the only thing I felt I really did was swap the cables.  Maybe it just needed a bit of TLC and me stroking its internals made it happy!

OK so I'm back to square one with this! Went back to fluctuating between 380-410 after about 72 hours on stock setting.  Reset it back to 212.5 and it's hashing steadily at 410 now.  

Just had a thought, has anyone ran one without the cover on?  I'm thinking I might try it this weekend, wondering if the controller is getting too warm as its directly above the inside heatsinks and not to the side as with the S1.  I understand the cover is required for decent airflow across the outside heat sinks so I'll either make some sides or blow air from another couple of fans on them.

I have the same thoughts.  Since heat rises, perhaps the whole surface area of the controller PCB is getting the brunt of the radiating/rising heat from the heat sinks underneath it.  It's one of the factors that made me decide to orient my S3s vertically (vertical airflow).  This way, the controller is at the bottom (cooler) and vertically adjacent to the heat sinks and not above them.  Pictures here.

[atledenin]

I have G-750 SeaSonic 80 gold powering up 2x S3 miners. After couple of hours, one of the antminer started getting some HW errors. Is this because one of the blades i connected with daisy chain?

what are some hw errors
 5
10
100
1000
10000


1000 errors a day are not too bad.

both have been running for 13h+ now, first one has 57 HW and second 166.

You can use this formula to calculate percentage of hardware errors, I generally consider <=0.3% an acceptable level when hashing at stock.

(HW + DiffA + DiffR) / HW * 100 = %HW

Ooops: HW / (HW + DiffA + DiffR) * 100 = HW%

[philipma1957]

I have G-750 SeaSonic 80 gold powering up 2x S3 miners. After couple of hours, one of the antminer started getting some HW errors. Is this because one of the blades i connected with daisy chain?

what are some hw errors
 5
10
100
1000
10000


1000 errors a day are not too bad.

both have been running for 13h+ now, first one has 57 HW and second 166.

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at atledenin you have the formula inverted  I think but I just woke up LOL

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you are fine  you are more then 99% good.

   take the  formula    hw / diffA +diffR +HW

   if it is under  .005   you are better then 99 percent

926/23,716,864+32,744+926 =   926/23749534 = .000003899    x 100 =    .0003899   that is .9996101 percent good


see screen shot

[atledenin]

I have G-750 SeaSonic 80 gold powering up 2x S3 miners. After couple of hours, one of the antminer started getting some HW errors. Is this because one of the blades i connected with daisy chain?

what are some hw errors
 5
10
100
1000
10000


1000 errors a day are not too bad.

both have been running for 13h+ now, first one has 57 HW and second 166.

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at atledenin you have the formula inverted  I think but I just woke up LOL

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you are fine  you are more then 99% good.

   take the  formula    hw / diffA +diffR +HW

   if it is under  .005   you are better then 99 percent

926/23,716,864+32,744+926 =   926/23749534 = .000003899    x 100 =    .0003899   that is .9996101 percent good


see screen shot


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How did you know, lol

zzzzz

[philipma1957]

I have G-750 SeaSonic 80 gold powering up 2x S3 miners. After couple of hours, one of the antminer started getting some HW errors. Is this because one of the blades i connected with daisy chain?

what are some hw errors
 5
10
100
1000
10000


1000 errors a day are not too bad.

both have been running for 13h+ now, first one has 57 HW and second 166.

----------------------------------------------------
at atledenin you have the formula inverted  I think but I just woke up LOL

---------------------------------------------------


you are fine  you are more then 99% good.

   take the  formula    hw / diffA +diffR +HW

   if it is under  .005   you are better then 99 percent

926/23,716,864+32,744+926 =   926/23749534 = .000003899    x 100 =    .0003899   that is .9996101 percent good


see screen shot

How did you know, lol

zzzzz

Retired accountant. Numbers are pretty much wired into my head.

[oskuro]

3 days at customs is that good or bad?.


2014-07-31  19:23:00       Posting 
2014-07-31  19:44:00   SJYX    Despatch from Sorting Center 
2014-07-31  21:36:00   SHENZHEN    Arrival at Sorting Center 
2014-07-31  21:48:58   SHENZHEN    Despatch from Sorting Center 
2014-08-06  14:33:00   SPAIN MADRID AP    Arrival at Sorting Center 
2014-08-06  14:35:00   SPAIN MADRID AP    Handed over to Customs 
2014-08-09  10:34:00   SPAIN MADRID AP    Released from Customs 

[Lowell904]

3 days at customs is that good or bad?.


2014-07-31  19:23:00       Posting  
2014-07-31  19:44:00   SJYX    Despatch from Sorting Center  
2014-07-31  21:36:00   SHENZHEN    Arrival at Sorting Center  
2014-07-31  21:48:58   SHENZHEN    Despatch from Sorting Center  
2014-08-06  14:33:00   SPAIN MADRID AP    Arrival at Sorting Center  
2014-08-06  14:35:00   SPAIN MADRID AP    Handed over to Customs  
2014-08-09  10:34:00   SPAIN MADRID AP    Released from Customs  

Have you paid your taxes yet? They may be trying to get a hold of you.

You might want to try to call them, or call the shipping company.

[oskuro]

3 days at customs is that good or bad?.


2014-07-31  19:23:00       Posting  
2014-07-31  19:44:00   SJYX    Despatch from Sorting Center  
2014-07-31  21:36:00   SHENZHEN    Arrival at Sorting Center  
2014-07-31  21:48:58   SHENZHEN    Despatch from Sorting Center  
2014-08-06  14:33:00   SPAIN MADRID AP    Arrival at Sorting Center  
2014-08-06  14:35:00   SPAIN MADRID AP    Handed over to Customs  
2014-08-09  10:34:00   SPAIN MADRID AP    Released from Customs  

Have you paid your taxes yet? They may be trying to get a hold of you.

You might want to try to call them, or call the shipping company.

Last status is that they released them today.
They didn't call me or tell me I had to pay anything.

So if they released them maybe I won't have to pay ?

[mrpark]

Anyone in the US order miners and they go through Korea? Says Shenzen then next hop was in Korea?

Which Korea? North or South?

It sounds like north, but it is south next to the DMZ. What is UPS thinking?

Incheon, Korea, Republic of

8:10 A.M.Arrival ScanShenzhen, China
08/09/20143:59 A.M.Departure ScanShenzhen, China
08/08/20144:09 P.M.Export Scan

[dsheaffer]

Quick update on WiFi.  I have five S3s running 100% stable (no reboots) for 4 days at stock clock (daily avg 434 GH/s) on WiFi.

[thehairymob]

I got my pair of miners this week. One arrived a day early on Thursday and the other yesterday. Not being great at reading the manual it took me a couple of hours to get them up and running at full speed. Had them running at half for most of last night think something was wrong. Yeah it was me I plugged the PCI-E cables into the same side. Finally found the prob and now I'm up to full speed. Bitmain you did a great job

[Master One]

I'm thinking of buying 3 or 4 Antminer S3, but right now I'm puzzled about getting proper power supplies for these.

• Such EVGA 1300 G2 is quite pricey, are there any cheaper alternatives?
• Can 3 Antminer S3 be powered by a single EVGA 1300 G2 without problem?
• When overclocking 3 or 4 Antminer S3, how do you solve the power supply issue with 4 power connections each S3 (since a EVGA 1300 G2 only comes with 6 cables)?

[JennaK]

Quick update on WiFi.  I have five S3s running 100% stable (no reboots) for 4 days at stock clock (daily avg 434 GH/s) on WiFi.

http://i57.tinypic.com/rms4cp.png

What WiFi antenna did you buy? I'm trying to find one on mono price that will fit.