ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread

[toptek]

Anyone know if you can get the fans to sync?

Doesn't make sense in a push/pull config to have one fan running at a different speed than the other.

wish i could figure out how to make both show up with the upgrade and sync them as well .

[aclass]

@aclass

Reduce frequency or possibly change PSU.

How high is too high?

S3 with latest FW
High as in the ballpark of accepted high.(currently 101 HW and 206 Accepted) Not an OC issue as its high at that level as well. Tried to UC with the same result. Temps are at 35 and 39.

I'll try with another PSU tomorrow but this one is a 1200W gold with all 4 sockets full on the S3

[Ustler]

@aclass

What is your temps and frequency?

[toptek]

@aclass

Reduce frequency or possibly change PSU.

How high is too high?

S3 with latest FW
High as in the ballpark of accepted high. Not an OC issue as its high at that level as well. Tried to UC with the same result. Temps are at 35 and 39.

I'll try with another PSU tomorrow but this one is a 1200W gold with all 4 sockets full on the S3

try this to it might help mine with  http:whatever not with stratum+tcp just to see if that helps any
 set D=1024 as your pw no x or PW it should let you mine  and set /#xnsub after the url port #

and /#xnsub  seems to work with CGminer now lets me use CGMiner with that in the  URL after the port number.

[aclass]

@aclass

What is your temps and frequency?

temp 35 and 40. Frequency is 237 right now but just for a test. On the default the HW are even more.

[toptek]

@aclass

What is your temps and frequency?

temp 35 and 40. Frequency is 237 right now but just for a test. On the default the HW are even more.

I  had the same issue till i started using http:whatever + this firmware seemed to help a lot i was getting lot of  HW error more at defaults then i  updated CGminer and the firmware it help a lot, to day lone on the closed cover S3 after the 7 hours at defaults I  hit 10 HW errors with no rejects but i all so used some of the above stuff  it helped on top of the new update.

[philipma1957]

@aclass

Reduce frequency or possibly change PSU.

How high is too high?

S3 with latest FW
High as in the ballpark of accepted high.(currently 101 HW and 206 Accepted) Not an OC issue as its high at that level as well. Tried to UC with the same result. Temps are at 35 and 39.

I'll try with another PSU tomorrow but this one is a 1200W gold with all 4 sockets full on the S3

 You wasting time as your description is not adequate please show a screen shot like this.  If you can't do a screen shot. list all this info

Elapsed :   Please wait more then 3 hours
GH/s(5s) :
GH/S(avg):
Accepted:
HW:
DiffA:
DiffR:

Frequency:
Frequency:
Fan:
Fan:
Temp:
Temp:

We can then tell if you have a lot of hw .  3 hours min for a reading is needed.

[aclass]

So you mean something like this:

This is before the Firmware update ... Now it's not that different

[dcarnelutti]

what is the recommended PSU for a S3 ?

can i buy 1 PSU 1000 watts and connect 2 S3 together?

[philipma1957]

So you mean something like this:

This is before the Firmware update ... Now it's not that different

perfect thank you.

  try using freq 212.5  see if you get the hw to drop.  you are correct those numbers suck.  I have had my hand s on 20 s-3's  I have had 3 dog's so to speak nothing made them better above 212.5,  but all 3 of them ran  decently with freq 212.50 or freq 206.25

[neegeeboo]

what is the recommended PSU for a S3 ?

can i buy 1 PSU 1000 watts and connect 2 S3 together?

It will be fine as long as you don't overclock.

[visdude]

what is the recommended PSU for a S3 ?

can i buy 1 PSU 1000 watts and connect 2 S3 together?

It will be fine as long as you don't overclock.

Why not overclock?  Please explain.

[cloh76]

To clarify:

1) Download the updated firmware from: https://bitmaintech.com/support.htm?pid=007201407180243004432lBQW28O0633
2) SSH/Putty into S3
3) Paste the code in below.. Will replace Save&Apply with Save&Apply.

Code:

sed -i 's/Save\&Apply/Save\&Apply/g' /usr/lib/lua/luci/model/cbi/cgminer/cgminer.lua

4) Execute the following code

Code:

/etc/init.d/cgminer restart

Much Appreciated!!

[IonHammer]

what is the recommended PSU for a S3 ?

can i buy 1 PSU 1000 watts and connect 2 S3 together?

I just started S3 mining and went though similar PSU choice issues, in the end i went with 1:1      1 psu per 1 S3.

To give me some flexibility I went with a FSP Raider 750 Watt 80 plus Silver PSU, it has 4 6/8 pin pcie connectors so I can fill all the S3 power connectors,
apparently this allows you to overclock and keeps the unit slightly cooler per given freq.

Secondly, it has a common 12 V rail giving 60 amps which is more than enough for an S3 and allows the PSU to run at around 50% capacity which has an efficiency over 90%.

One thing I have noticed with some Gold modular psu's is they have multiple 12 V rails and may add up to 700-800 watts but only deliver 18 amps (per rail),
 if you power you S3 with one connector per side from a rail like this you are going to have trouble as an S3 needs 24-30 amps depending on who you read.

With lots of PSU's it does chew up more space and power points but you don't have a single point of failure and your not running your PSU at 90-100 % capacity.

Good luck with your PSU hunting.

[Rabinovitch]

what is the recommended PSU for a S3 ?

can i buy 1 PSU 1000 watts and connect 2 S3 together?

Sure. But it depends on what exactly will you buy.  

[Rabinovitch]

S3 firmware containing cgminer 4.6.1 has a issue with one of the config pages (preventing you from modifying the "Miner Configuration" page) in certain browsers (due to XML error)

Bitmain may simply fix this in the firmware so it may be worth the wait.

Donations: 19UCaVUvJ7kamCU2zdBioTgjFSUxmaqp3H

Bitmain can fix it (and apologize for any inconvenience), but it looks that they will not. For example, they definetly can provide us with new S2 firmware, but they have no intension to do that, as we can see...

To clarify:

1) Download the updated firmware from: https://bitmaintech.com/support.htm?pid=007201407180243004432lBQW28O0633
2) SSH/Putty into S3
...

Do you mean "Download and flash..."? 

[aclass]

perfect thank you.

  try using freq 212.5  see if you get the hw to drop.  you are correct those numbers suck.  I have had my hand s on 20 s-3's  I have had 3 dog's so to speak nothing made them better above 212.5,  but all 3 of them ran  decently with freq 212.50 or freq 206.25

Seems like the HW errors are directly related to the 'x' on one of the chips in Miner Status. Once the chip gets X-ed the HW errors stop increasing. This is at 212. I will also try a bit lower and a bit higher and wait for that chip to be thrown out of the pool.

[visdude]

what is the recommended PSU for a S3 ?

can i buy 1 PSU 1000 watts and connect 2 S3 together?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg8227268#msg8227268
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg8471571#msg8471571

[cloh76]

Is it me or does the USD shipping price continue to increase as the bitcoin price drops?  I figure the shipping price is now excluded from the entire cost and will continue to be so to adjust for the difference in cost of the equipment as the BTC price fluctuates.

[PatMan]

Just seen this on the S2 thread:

Copy of PM I I sent to Tim.Shao19 of Bitmaintech:

Hello again Tim,

I see you have released another firmware update for the S3, the second in 6 weeks, where as S2 owners are still waiting for the firmware update you promised them over 9 weeks ago - and are still at risk from the various security threats associated with the older firmware. Why is this?

Also, your latest firmware for the S3 actually breaks the S3 - why have you not withdrawn it to fix it?

IYFTech.

I've yet to see the supposed "great" communication the dogie messenger raves about.......