ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[GrandMasterB]

The first is on DHCP and moved to a different address. Makes me wonder if I did something so my router isn't reading static IPs...

[Biodom]

Let's try this one more time but with images... here's what my four S3's look like after a lil over 24hrs. Looks like I go lucky and got ones that run fine at stock all around or just over 440gh/s. That being said, two of them have high HW numbers, best I can tell from he math done, the two with high figures are under 0.008 and the lower two under 0.002. So these would all be considered ok and nothing to worry about then, right ?

http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30001.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30002.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30003.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30004.jpg

yes, that's fine. You don't want to bump them up to 237.5 and see what happens?

Well, each miner is on it's own 1k watt PSU where there being hosted with all four power ports on the miners being used. That said, I do want to incrementally OC them with each step being left alone for 24hrs to see what extras I can squeeze out of these while being stable.

That said, can these be OC'd from the webui or do I need to use PuTTy to get in to the miners ?

Putty (PC) or Terminal (on a mac)
I would suggest to skip 225 initially, and go to 237.5. In my experience, if they cannot do 237.5, then they cannot be at 225 either, so you save time.

[JennaK]

Does anyone mind posting pictures of their antminer s3 setups?
I don't know how I'm going to neatly keep 2 psus and 2 antminers.
Some people have some neat rack ideas!

[MoreBloodWine]

Let's try this one more time but with images... here's what my four S3's look like after a lil over 24hrs. Looks like I go lucky and got ones that run fine at stock all around or just over 440gh/s. That being said, two of them have high HW numbers, best I can tell from he math done, the two with high figures are under 0.008 and the lower two under 0.002. So these would all be considered ok and nothing to worry about then, right ?

http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30001.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30002.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30003.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30004.jpg

yes, that's fine. You don't want to bump them up to 237.5 and see what happens?

Well, each miner is on it's own 1k watt PSU where there being hosted with all four power ports on the miners being used. That said, I do want to incrementally OC them with each step being left alone for 24hrs to see what extras I can squeeze out of these while being stable.

That said, can these be OC'd from the webui or do I need to use PuTTy to get in to the miners ?

Putty (PC) or Terminal (on a mac)
I would suggest to skip 225 initially, and go to 237.5. In my experience, if they cannot do 237.5, then they cannot be at 225 either, so you save time.

What do I use for port in putty ?

I got the hostname / ip like this for all my miners where they're being hosted.

1.2.3.4:5678

So for putty i guess it would be root@1.2.3.4:5678 but what do I us for port ? I might have to ask my collo guy to open the port so I can use it.

Also, what are the increments you an use besides 225 & 237.5 ?

Basically I'm looking for an OC guide... I've seen it here before but god knows what damn page it's on. Forgo to bookmark it last time.

[Biodom]

Let's try this one more time but with images... here's what my four S3's look like after a lil over 24hrs. Looks like I go lucky and got ones that run fine at stock all around or just over 440gh/s. That being said, two of them have high HW numbers, best I can tell from he math done, the two with high figures are under 0.008 and the lower two under 0.002. So these would all be considered ok and nothing to worry about then, right ?

http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30001.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30002.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30003.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30004.jpg

yes, that's fine. You don't want to bump them up to 237.5 and see what happens?

Well, each miner is on it's own 1k watt PSU where there being hosted with all four power ports on the miners being used. That said, I do want to incrementally OC them with each step being left alone for 24hrs to see what extras I can squeeze out of these while being stable.

That said, can these be OC'd from the webui or do I need to use PuTTy to get in to the miners ?

Putty (PC) or Terminal (on a mac)
I would suggest to skip 225 initially, and go to 237.5. In my experience, if they cannot do 237.5, then they cannot be at 225 either, so you save time.

What do I use for port in putty ?

I got the hostname / ip like this for all my miners where they're being hosted.

1.2.3.4:5678

So for putty i guess it would be root@1.2.3.4:5678 but what do I us for port ? I might have to ask my collo guy to open the port so I can use it.

Also, what are the increments you an use besides 225 & 237.5 ?

Basically I'm looking for an OC guide... I've seen it here before but god knows what damn page it's on. Forgo to bookmark it last time.

how to ssh into miner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FU4Z_n0B4

I am using Terminal, don't know putty, but the gist is, i believe, that you ssh into root@<you miner IP>, not port.
Check the video and also click on "more" tab in comments.

[MoreBloodWine]

Let's try this one more time but with images... here's what my four S3's look like after a lil over 24hrs. Looks like I go lucky and got ones that run fine at stock all around or just over 440gh/s. That being said, two of them have high HW numbers, best I can tell from he math done, the two with high figures are under 0.008 and the lower two under 0.002. So these would all be considered ok and nothing to worry about then, right ?

http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30001.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30002.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30003.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30004.jpg

yes, that's fine. You don't want to bump them up to 237.5 and see what happens?

Well, each miner is on it's own 1k watt PSU where there being hosted with all four power ports on the miners being used. That said, I do want to incrementally OC them with each step being left alone for 24hrs to see what extras I can squeeze out of these while being stable.

That said, can these be OC'd from the webui or do I need to use PuTTy to get in to the miners ?

Putty (PC) or Terminal (on a mac)
I would suggest to skip 225 initially, and go to 237.5. In my experience, if they cannot do 237.5, then they cannot be at 225 either, so you save time.

What do I use for port in putty ?

I got the hostname / ip like this for all my miners where they're being hosted.

1.2.3.4:5678

So for putty i guess it would be root@1.2.3.4:5678 but what do I us for port ? I might have to ask my collo guy to open the port so I can use it.

Also, what are the increments you an use besides 225 & 237.5 ?

Basically I'm looking for an OC guide... I've seen it here before but god knows what damn page it's on. Forgo to bookmark it last time.

how to ssh into miner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FU4Z_n0B4

I am using Terminal, don't know putty, but the gist is, i believe, that you ssh into root@<you miner IP>, not port.
Check the video and also click on "more" tab in comments.

Great, another brit with a shitty mic.

[dance191]

Let's try this one more time but with images... here's what my four S3's look like after a lil over 24hrs. Looks like I go lucky and got ones that run fine at stock all around or just over 440gh/s. That being said, two of them have high HW numbers, best I can tell from he math done, the two with high figures are under 0.008 and the lower two under 0.002. So these would all be considered ok and nothing to worry about then, right ?

http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30001.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30002.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30003.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30004.jpg

yes, that's fine. You don't want to bump them up to 237.5 and see what happens?

Well, each miner is on it's own 1k watt PSU where there being hosted with all four power ports on the miners being used. That said, I do want to incrementally OC them with each step being left alone for 24hrs to see what extras I can squeeze out of these while being stable.

That said, can these be OC'd from the webui or do I need to use PuTTy to get in to the miners ?

Putty (PC) or Terminal (on a mac)
I would suggest to skip 225 initially, and go to 237.5. In my experience, if they cannot do 237.5, then they cannot be at 225 either, so you save time.

What do I use for port in putty ?

I got the hostname / ip like this for all my miners where they're being hosted.

1.2.3.4:5678

So for putty i guess it would be root@1.2.3.4:5678 but what do I us for port ? I might have to ask my collo guy to open the port so I can use it.

Also, what are the increments you an use besides 225 & 237.5 ?

Basically I'm looking for an OC guide... I've seen it here before but god knows what damn page it's on. Forgo to bookmark it last time.

how to ssh into miner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FU4Z_n0B4

I am using Terminal, don't know putty, but the gist is, i believe, that you ssh into root@<you miner IP>, not port.
Check the video and also click on "more" tab in comments.

Great, another brit with a shitty mic.

Ssh uses port 22.  You log in as the root user.

[Biodom]

Great, another brit with a shitty mic.

Still sore about the Battle of Brandywine after all these years  
Cheers

[MoreBloodWine]

Let's try this one more time but with images... here's what my four S3's look like after a lil over 24hrs. Looks like I go lucky and got ones that run fine at stock all around or just over 440gh/s. That being said, two of them have high HW numbers, best I can tell from he math done, the two with high figures are under 0.008 and the lower two under 0.002. So these would all be considered ok and nothing to worry about then, right ?

http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30001.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30002.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30003.jpg
http://eojmarket.com/NonForumStuff/bitcointalk/s30004.jpg

yes, that's fine. You don't want to bump them up to 237.5 and see what happens?

Well, each miner is on it's own 1k watt PSU where there being hosted with all four power ports on the miners being used. That said, I do want to incrementally OC them with each step being left alone for 24hrs to see what extras I can squeeze out of these while being stable.

That said, can these be OC'd from the webui or do I need to use PuTTy to get in to the miners ?

Putty (PC) or Terminal (on a mac)
I would suggest to skip 225 initially, and go to 237.5. In my experience, if they cannot do 237.5, then they cannot be at 225 either, so you save time.

What do I use for port in putty ?

I got the hostname / ip like this for all my miners where they're being hosted.

1.2.3.4:5678

So for putty i guess it would be root@1.2.3.4:5678 but what do I us for port ? I might have to ask my collo guy to open the port so I can use it.

Also, what are the increments you an use besides 225 & 237.5 ?

Basically I'm looking for an OC guide... I've seen it here before but god knows what damn page it's on. Forgo to bookmark it last time.

how to ssh into miner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FU4Z_n0B4

I am using Terminal, don't know putty, but the gist is, i believe, that you ssh into root@<you miner IP>, not port.
Check the video and also click on "more" tab in comments.

Great, another brit with a shitty mic.

Ssh uses port 22.  You log in as the root user.

Ty, waiting on my collocation guy to look in to that port for me since I keep timing out.

Great, another brit with a shitty mic.

Still sore about the Battle of Brandywine after all these years  
Cheers

Lol, it just seems like every video I watch that a brit recorded regardless of where they live now, always has a video to which you need to go blind watching because you have to sit so close to hear it good lol.

[philipma1957]

Great, another brit with a shitty mic.

Still sore about the Battle of Brandywine after all these years  
Cheers

   Ahh nice reference.

 I gather you know his home state.



I won't mention Monmouth Battlefield and Molly Pitcher more then this one time.

But enough of PA and NJ revolutionary battle references .

 I saw that video about ten times the instructions help but it is not well miked.    I  watch his videos a lot.  here is my thread for  over under clocks


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589429.0


and the s-3 thread is here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=699064.0

[MoreBloodWine]

Great, another brit with a shitty mic.

Still sore about the Battle of Brandywine after all these years  
Cheers

   Ahh nice reference.

 I gather you know his home state.



I won't mention Monmouth Battlefield and Molly Pitcher more then this one time.

But enough of PA and NJ revolutionary battle references .

 I saw that video about ten times the instructions help but it is not well miked.    I  watch his videos a lot.  here is my thread for  over under clocks


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589429.0


and the s-3 thread is here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=699064.0

I remember from here you said you live numbers from an old job but that's a bit too technical for me lol.

I suppose all I need are the written instructions he provides in the video.

That being said, I noticed in what you link you talk about undervolting, thats basically for conserving power right ? But dont you need to downclock when you undervolt ? Which I believe is something people look at when these start to be useless.

I mean can't you just downclock the freq to save power, why undervolt too ?

[Fahlcor]

OK another observation.

I OC'ed 4 of my 12 ants and found that the HW errors were ~1% according to ant monitor.  So I droppped them back to the default freq and they are now still hashing faster than the others by a full 10ghash eash.  this has been over ~8 hours and it is obvious which are going faster.

S1:210   0d 8h 48m 49s   422.48   449.42   0   0.0017%   0   1,024   UUU   0.3326   0   2580   2580 1500   40   39 40
S1:211   0d 8h 48m 49s   439.16   447.55   0   0.0032%   0   1,024   UUU   0.4324   0   3000   3000 1620   39   38 39
S1:212   0d 8h 48m 50s   477.85   448.5   0   0.0158%   0   1,024   UUU   0.4189   0   3360   3360 2880   39   38 39
S1:213   0d 5h 25m 12s   459.72   455.67   0   0.0159%   0   256   UUU   0.3514   0   1620   1560 1620   39   37 39
S1:214   0d 6h 28m 12s   482.36   435.28   0   0.0003%   0   256   UUU   0.1668   0   1680   1680 1500   39   39 37
S1:215   0d 6h 28m 11s   425.68   436.66   0   0.0118%   0   256   UUU   0.3153   0   3540   3540 1680   40   38 40
S1:216   0d 6h 28m 13s   452.1   434.52   0   0.0014%   0   1,024   UUU   0.3471   0   1680   1680 1380   40   40 40
S1:217   0d 5h 25m 16s   444.85   440.49   0   0.0025%   0   1,024   UUU   0.3075   0   2580   2580 1680   39   39 37
S1:218   0d 9h 4m 42s   431.95   436.89   0   0.0069%   0   1,024   UUU   0.4008   0   2040   2040 1620   40   38 40
S1:219   0d 9h 3m 53s   417.35   437.78   0   0.0008%   0   1,024   UUU   0.5288   0   1680   1680 1380   39   37 39
S1:220   0d 9h 3m 35s   417.95   437.34   0   0.002%   0   256   UUU   0.1403   0   3120   3120 1440   38   38 38
S1:221   0d 9h 2m 32s   422.26   436.51   0   0.0007%   0   1,024   UUU   0.4047   0   2820   2820 1740   39   37 39

Weird why when put back to the default they are going faster.

Fahlcor

[JennaK]

Is there anyone here that can post what PSU they have and if its powering an overclocked antminer s3?
I am a dumb girl that can't figure out this whole PSU situation
I can't choose between a CX500, CX600 or CX750 per antminer.
The cost between those power supplies are quite a bit for me.
HELP!

WHAT CONFUSES ME IS THAT SOME PEOPLE SAY I SHOULD GET A PSU WITH 4 SEPERATE PCI-E connections.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THE ANTMINER S3 will overclock well on 2 SEPERATE PCI-E CONNECTIONS.

I can't choose!

[MoreBloodWine]

OK another observation.

I OC'ed 4 of my 12 ants and found that the HW errors were ~1% according to ant monitor.  So I droppped them back to the default freq and they are now still hashing faster than the others by a full 10ghash eash.  this has been over ~8 hours and it is obvious which are going faster.

S1:210   0d 8h 48m 49s   422.48   449.42   0   0.0017%   0   1,024   UUU   0.3326   0   2580   2580 1500   40   39 40
S1:211   0d 8h 48m 49s   439.16   447.55   0   0.0032%   0   1,024   UUU   0.4324   0   3000   3000 1620   39   38 39
S1:212   0d 8h 48m 50s   477.85   448.5   0   0.0158%   0   1,024   UUU   0.4189   0   3360   3360 2880   39   38 39
S1:213   0d 5h 25m 12s   459.72   455.67   0   0.0159%   0   256   UUU   0.3514   0   1620   1560 1620   39   37 39
S1:214   0d 6h 28m 12s   482.36   435.28   0   0.0003%   0   256   UUU   0.1668   0   1680   1680 1500   39   39 37
S1:215   0d 6h 28m 11s   425.68   436.66   0   0.0118%   0   256   UUU   0.3153   0   3540   3540 1680   40   38 40
S1:216   0d 6h 28m 13s   452.1   434.52   0   0.0014%   0   1,024   UUU   0.3471   0   1680   1680 1380   40   40 40
S1:217   0d 5h 25m 16s   444.85   440.49   0   0.0025%   0   1,024   UUU   0.3075   0   2580   2580 1680   39   39 37
S1:218   0d 9h 4m 42s   431.95   436.89   0   0.0069%   0   1,024   UUU   0.4008   0   2040   2040 1620   40   38 40
S1:219   0d 9h 3m 53s   417.35   437.78   0   0.0008%   0   1,024   UUU   0.5288   0   1680   1680 1380   39   37 39
S1:220   0d 9h 3m 35s   417.95   437.34   0   0.002%   0   256   UUU   0.1403   0   3120   3120 1440   38   38 38
S1:221   0d 9h 2m 32s   422.26   436.51   0   0.0007%   0   1,024   UUU   0.4047   0   2820   2820 1740   39   37 39

Weird why when put back to the default they are going faster.

Fahlcor

Ant Monitor ?

[Fahlcor]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=596178.0

[MoreBloodWine]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=596178.0

Tyvm, I hope what I just posted there is doable.

[Fahlcor]

Is there anyone here that can post what PSU they have and if its powering an overclocked antminer s3?
I am a dumb girl that can't figure out this whole PSU situation
I can't choose between a CX500, CX600 or CX750 per antminer.
The cost between those power supplies are quite a bit for me.
HELP!

WHAT CONFUSES ME IS THAT SOME PEOPLE SAY I SHOULD GET A PSU WITH 4 SEPERATE PCI-E connections.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THE ANTMINER S3 will overclock well on 2 SEPERATE PCI-E CONNECTIONS.

I can't choose!

If you want cheap and quick the CX500 will support 1 ant and 2 cables works fine for most OC'ing.  These are common and cheap and may not be worth anything later. (yes i mean when these ants stop making bitcoins in 6-9 months)

If you want something longer term I use HX850 and it works nicely for 2 ants /PSU.  It will likely be easy to sell in the future and retain some resale if I wish to do so.

Also be aware that all of these unit use~350 watts of power each at the wall +/- some for the PSU loss.  This ALL turns into HEAT.  so be aware that you will need to deal with ~700 watts of HEAT from 2 Ants.  1400 watts for 4 and so on...  Also if you are plugging this stuff into a power bar please make sure everything you use is rated for the amount of power you as using.  NO LAMP CORDS!!!

if you think you can deal with the heat take a small 1000w heat and stick it where you are planning to put the ants and leave it on for a few days.  This heat sinks into everything around and can be tricky to resolve.  plan ahead.  OC'ing will make them hotter also.

Fahlcor

[1Neptune]

Is there anyone here that can post what PSU they have and if its powering an overclocked antminer s3?
I am a dumb girl that can't figure out this whole PSU situation
I can't choose between a CX500, CX600 or CX750 per antminer.
The cost between those power supplies are quite a bit for me.
HELP!

WHAT CONFUSES ME IS THAT SOME PEOPLE SAY I SHOULD GET A PSU WITH 4 SEPERATE PCI-E connections.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THE ANTMINER S3 will overclock well on 2 SEPERATE PCI-E CONNECTIONS.

I can't choose!

This will probably sound trite, stereo-typical, sexist and not politically correct, but here goes anyway.

Are you blonde?

[PlanetCrypto]

What 7.5-8.0 TH/s looks like.
Dissipating ~24,000 BTU.
Most PSU's = EVGA 1300's, powers 3 S3's each with current to spare.
Bitmain Rocks!

Awesome work planet, when I saw the red cables I thought that looks familiar as I am using the same EVGA 1300 to power 3 S3's each (they fit perfectly 3 per shelf in my 42U cabinet vented to the attic ), I only have 7 units and just checked the power at the wall all 7 use almost exactly 2400watts combined.

Thanks, we'll be adding more in the near future. But not until the power company runs in another 400A@240V.

@ stock freq, feed by the EVGA 1300's I measure exactly 325W each.
Each "rack" (purchased @ Menards ~$50) has 12 S3's.
So power consumption of a single rack ends up being 3900W.
The equation to convert watts to BTU is: watts * 3.15 = BTU
So each rack is dissipating 12,285 BTU.
2x racks = 24,570 BTU

So your 7 are dissipating 7,560 BTU or about what 2 Walmart space heaters would do.
If you live in a place that has cold winters (like us in Minnesota) vent that heat in to your house and get paid to heat the house.

[xstr8guy]

Lol, it just seems like every video I watch that a brit recorded regardless of where they live now, always has a video to which you need to go blind watching because you have to sit so close to hear it good lol.

They make these things called headphones...