ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[dlasher]

So I have (1) S3 that will let out a single beep every couple minutes, but the rest don't. Is there some stat in cgminer I should be looking for? Queue depth perhaps?

Of how many?  What firmware?  Are you using a pool that it is loosing a connection to with the original firmware?.

I know my beeped alot until i turned the beeper off. ;-)  it seemed each time the multi-pool i was using changed work load it would take the miner a minute to get going and beep.

original shipping firmware, and 1 out of 30 beeps. not sure which one however..
 

[MoreBloodWine]

Well, I finally did it...

Three of my four B5 S3's are all steady at 477+ Gh/s with freq 237.5 with the fourth never seeming to go over 460, did find one x on that one but that's after a week of 237.5 so I just reset it without worry.

Anyway, as for what I finally did. I put one of the three "good" S3's on freq 250 and were now 15 mins in with no X's and ~500Gh/s.

If it runs well or at least an hr I will try 250 on the other two "good" ones doing ~477Gh/s

[thehairymob]

Well, I finally did it...

Three of my four B5 S3's are all steady at 477+ Gh/s with freq 237.5 with the fourth never seeming to go over 460, did find one x on that one but that's after a week of 237.5 so I just reset it without worry.

Anyway, as for what I finally did. I put one of the three "good" S3's on freq 250 and were now 15 mins in with no X's and ~500Gh/s.

If it runs well or at least an hr I will try 250 on the other two "good" ones doing ~477Gh/s

Congrats

[Biodom]

Well, I finally did it...

Three of my four B5 S3's are all steady at 477+ Gh/s with freq 237.5 with the fourth never seeming to go over 460, did find one x on that one but that's after a week of 237.5 so I just reset it without worry.

Anyway, as for what I finally did. I put one of the three "good" S3's on freq 250 and were now 15 mins in with no X's and ~500Gh/s.

If it runs well or at least an hr I will try 250 on the other two "good" ones doing ~477Gh/s

In philipma case he had one running 24hr OK on 250, then had to be restarted and was NEVER able to run at 237.5 again. For me it means that you will be better off keeping most miners either on 237.5 or 243.75 instead of swinging for 250 or 256.25

[chadbu]

I predict the next difficulty increase will be 20%

I predict it to be 11%

I predict 11.11%

jokes aside, it will be less than 20%, but higher than 11%, I choose 14-15%

WINNER WINNER  chicken dinner.
20.8% difficulty increase.

[Biodom]

I predict the next difficulty increase will be 20%

I predict it to be 11%

I predict 11.11%

jokes aside, it will be less than 20%, but higher than 11%, I choose 14-15%

WINNER WINNER  chicken dinner.
20.8% difficulty increase.

running bitcoin into a ditch with all these moronic speed increases…how nice.
soon a few mining companies will go out of business and remaining home miners will get too pissed to care.
kawabanga!

[MoreBloodWine]

Well, I finally did it...

Three of my four B5 S3's are all steady at 477+ Gh/s with freq 237.5 with the fourth never seeming to go over 460, did find one x on that one but that's after a week of 237.5 so I just reset it without worry.

Anyway, as for what I finally did. I put one of the three "good" S3's on freq 250 and were now 15 mins in with no X's and ~500Gh/s.

If it runs well or at least an hr I will try 250 on the other two "good" ones doing ~477Gh/s

Congrats

Thx, I went ahead and bumped the other two "good" ones so here's where we stand with all four.

I'll do pics after 24hrs when I have more precise stats assuming everything holds well that long.

Miner 1:
 --- Uptime: 1hr 59min
 --- Freq: 237.5
 --- Hash: 453 Gh/s
 --- HW%: 0.1936

Miner 2:
 --- Uptime: 1hr 8min
 --- Freq: 250
 --- Hash: 500 Gh/s
 --- HW%: 0.2291

Miner 3:
 --- Uptime: 1hr 11min
 --- Freq: 250
 --- Hash: 496 Gh/s
 --- HW%: 0.0008

Miner 4:
 --- Uptime: 1hr 56min
 --- Freq: 250
 --- Hash: 503 Gh/s
 --- HW%: 0.0044

Well, I finally did it...

Three of my four B5 S3's are all steady at 477+ Gh/s with freq 237.5 with the fourth never seeming to go over 460, did find one x on that one but that's after a week of 237.5 so I just reset it without worry.

Anyway, as for what I finally did. I put one of the three "good" S3's on freq 250 and were now 15 mins in with no X's and ~500Gh/s.

If it runs well or at least an hr I will try 250 on the other two "good" ones doing ~477Gh/s

In philipma case he had one running 24hr OK on 250, then had to be restarted out and was NEVER able to run at 237.5 again. For me it means that you will be better off keeping most miners either on 237.5 or 243.75 instead of swinging for 250 or 256.25

I'll still take the gamble because even if I do have to re-downclock, I have better than most power situations so I can play with stuff fairly easy an still make decent BTC even at a slight loss of hash.

As for 243.75, that's not a choice in the new FW and even in the one before it, there's no stuff for it.

Plus, one needs to know the values for thee three fields to even try 243.75.

option 'freq_value'    '1286'  #237.5M
option 'chip_freq'     '237.5'
option 'timeout'       '17'

All that said, what speeds have been seen on the 243.75 freq ?

I'm not opposed to 243.75 for safety, just need the three option settings an supposed speeds with it. Not even sure if many people run that freq.

[philipma1957]

Well, I finally did it...

Three of my four B5 S3's are all steady at 477+ Gh/s with freq 237.5 with the fourth never seeming to go over 460, did find one x on that one but that's after a week of 237.5 so I just reset it without worry.

Anyway, as for what I finally did. I put one of the three "good" S3's on freq 250 and were now 15 mins in with no X's and ~500Gh/s.

If it runs well or at least an hr I will try 250 on the other two "good" ones doing ~477Gh/s

In philipma case he had one running 24hr OK on 250, then had to be restarted and was NEVER able to run at 237.5 again. For me it means that you will be better off keeping most miners either on 237.5 or 243.75 instead of swinging for 250 or 256.25

that was batch 4. they are both stable at 231.25

the batch 6 did all the way up to 256.25

but really bad hw

they like 237.5

these s-3 units are picky.

they even get different numbers pool to pool

i suspect it may be how far you are from the pool's server's.
I am getting this psu on fri will see if it runs 4 s-3's

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MMLUIE8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


 i know it is far more  $ then the 1300 watt model but it will be fun to test.



at morebloodwine :

#option 'freq_value'    '0982'  #250M
        #option 'chip_freq'     '250'
        #option 'timeout'       '16'
              
        option  'freq_value'    '1306' #243.75M
        option  'chip_freq'     '243.75'      
        option  'timeout'       '16'          
                                              
        #option 'freq_value'    '1286'  #237.5M
        #option 'chip_freq'     '237.5'      
        #option 'timeout'       '17'        
                                            
        #option  'freq_value'    '1206' #231.25M
        #option  'chip_freq'     '231.25'      
        #option   'timeout'       '17'        
                                              
                                                
                                                
        #option 'freq_value'    '0882'  #225M  
        #option 'chip_freq'     '225'          
        #option 'timeout'       '18'            
                                                
        #option 'freq_value'    '1106'  #218.75M
        #option 'chip_freq'     '218.75'        
        #option 'timeout'       '18'      

[vortexz]

when will we see an S4 ?

[MoreBloodWine]

at morebloodwine :

        option  'freq_value'    '1306' #243.75M
        option  'chip_freq'     '243.75'      
        option  'timeout'       '16'          

What speeds can one expect with this, check my last reply to see where I sit with everything right now.

[Master One]

when will we see an S4 ?

Now that's a really good question, because with such difficulty jumps of more than 20% every 12 days the S3+ is utterly obsolete when they finally start shipping!

@BITMAIN, you may want to call for a company emergency meeting to discuss canning the S3+ in favor of going straight for the S4 based on 20nm (or better) chip technology. Oh wait, you already have A LOT of S3+ running in your mining farm and have to sell those off first? Good luck with trying to get them going with such well informed customers as you can find here in this thread! 

[padrino]

when will we see an S4 ?

Now that's a really good question, because with such difficulty jumps of more than 20% every 12 days the S3+ is utterly obsolete when they finally start shipping!

@BITMAIN, you may want to call for a company emergency meeting to discuss canning the S3+ in favor of going straight for the S4 based on 20nm (or better) chip technology. Oh wait, you already have A LOT of S3+ running in your mining farm and have to sell those off first? Good luck with trying to get them going with such well informed customers as you can find here in this thread! 

If you knew how they actually worked and pulled your head out of your ass and dropped the conspiracy theories at every corner you might have a more realistic view of things..

[ElGabo]

when will we see an S4 ?

Now that's a really good question, because with such difficulty jumps of more than 20% every 12 days the S3+ is utterly obsolete when they finally start shipping!

@BITMAIN, you may want to call for a company emergency meeting to discuss canning the S3+ in favor of going straight for the S4 based on 20nm (or better) chip technology. Oh wait, you already have A LOT of S3+ running in your mining farm and have to sell those off first? Good luck with trying to get them going with such well informed customers as you can find here in this thread! 

Just quit mining please.... 

[1Neptune]

when will we see an S4 ?

Now that's a really good question, because with such difficulty jumps of more than 20% every 12 days the S3+ is utterly obsolete when they finally start shipping!

@BITMAIN, you may want to call for a company emergency meeting to discuss canning the S3+ in favor of going straight for the S4 based on 20nm (or better) chip technology. Oh wait, you already have A LOT of S3+ running in your mining farm and have to sell those off first? Good luck with trying to get them going with such well informed customers as you can find here in this thread! 

Just quit mining please.... 

+1

Even after the diff increase the stated price on an S3 hasn't changed, making it 20.86% less likely to ROI.

[philipma1957]

at morebloodwine :

        option  'freq_value'    '1306' #243.75M
        option  'chip_freq'     '243.75'      
        option  'timeout'       '16'          

What speeds can one expect with this, check my last reply to see where I sit with everything right now.

256.25 = 512gh

250 = 500gh

243.75 = 487gh

237.5 = 475gh

231.25 = 462gh

225 = 450gh

218.75 = 440gh

or close enough.

[MoreBloodWine]

at morebloodwine :

        option  'freq_value'    '1306' #243.75M
        option  'chip_freq'     '243.75'      
        option  'timeout'       '16'          

What speeds can one expect with this, check my last reply to see where I sit with everything right now.

256.25 = 512gh

250 = 500gh

243.75 = 487gh

237.5 = 475gh

231.25 = 462gh

225 = 450gh

218.75 = 440gh

or close enough.

Thx for that, I'm using the new FW, I was hoping by adding 243.75 to the list it would show up on the menu but it doesn't.

Know what I'm missing here ?

I kinda like being able to manage over/down-clocking with the new FW menu.

[xjack]

at morebloodwine :

        option  'freq_value'    '1306' #243.75M
        option  'chip_freq'     '243.75'      
        option  'timeout'       '16'          

What speeds can one expect with this, check my last reply to see where I sit with everything right now.

256.25 = 512gh

250 = 500gh

243.75 = 487gh

237.5 = 475gh

231.25 = 462gh

225 = 450gh

218.75 = 440gh

or close enough.

Thx for that, I'm using the new FW, I was hoping by adding 243.75 to the list it would show up on the menu but it doesn't.

Know what I'm missing here ?

I kinda like being able to manage over/down-clocking with the new FW menu.

asic-freq is no longer a factor with the new FW menu.

Here's some info on what to do about changing that menu - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=699064.msg8370071#msg8370071

[buy4crypto]

For the older firmwares, can I add in a asic-freq line to the putty command to get the 243 freq?

Would like to add that if possible without doing any firmware updates. I know many of my machines do well at 237.5, but not at 250, may try the next one up if its possible.

Thanks in advance!

[MoreBloodWine]

at morebloodwine :

        option  'freq_value'    '1306' #243.75M
        option  'chip_freq'     '243.75'      
        option  'timeout'       '16'          

What speeds can one expect with this, check my last reply to see where I sit with everything right now.

256.25 = 512gh

250 = 500gh

243.75 = 487gh

237.5 = 475gh

231.25 = 462gh

225 = 450gh

218.75 = 440gh

or close enough.

Thx for that, I'm using the new FW, I was hoping by adding 243.75 to the list it would show up on the menu but it doesn't.

Know what I'm missing here ?

I kinda like being able to manage over/down-clocking with the new FW menu.

asic-freq is no longer a factor with the new FW menu.

Here's some info on what to do about changing that menu - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=699064.msg8370071#msg8370071

Thx for he link, I only added 243.75 though.

[philipma1957]

For the older firmwares, can I add in a asic-freq line to the putty command to get the 243 freq?

Would like to add that if possible without doing any firmware updates. I know many of my machines do well at 237.5, but not at 250, may try the next one up if its possible.

Thanks in advance!

i did it with ssh 

all of the below

256.25 -works  hw errors
250.0 --works  hw errors
243.75--works much less hw errors
237.50--I use this with 2 miners
231.25--I use ths with 2 miners
225.0 -- works
218.75--works
212.5 --I use this with 2 miners
206.25-- works
200.0 -- works