[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain Antminer S3 Setup [HD]

[Dexenthes1]

Here's a pic of the advanced page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65739947@N03/22011722596/in/dateposted-public/

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[dogie]

Here's a pic of the advanced page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65739947@N03/22011722596/in/dateposted-public/

Oh nevermind, look at your temps. You've hit the 80C cutoff so mining will stop. If you're sure that the overheating was a one off then you can reset the miner via the PSU. If not, you need to find out why its overheating.

[MikeMike]

Hi dogie,

How ya been?

Is it possible to setup an S3 through the LAN port on my DeskTop?
What would be the settings I set the IP address to in my Local Area Connection.

Is it:
192.168.1.99
255.255.255.0
192.168.1.1
8.8.8.8

If the above is correct...

Is there an alternate DNS I could use?
I can't get it to load on a web page with the above settings.


MM

[dogie]

Hi dogie,

How ya been?

Is it possible to setup an S3 through the LAN port on my DeskTop?
What would be the settings I set the IP address to in my Local Area Connection.

Is it:
192.168.1.99
255.255.255.0
192.168.1.1
8.8.8.8

If the above is correct...

Is there an alternate DNS I could use?
I can't get it to load on a web page with the above settings.

That's correct for a stock S3. Public Google DNSes are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.. Have you ever connected to this S3? What happened since?

[MikeMike]

Hi dogie,

How ya been?

Is it possible to setup an S3 through the LAN port on my DeskTop?
What would be the settings I set the IP address to in my Local Area Connection.

Is it:
192.168.1.99
255.255.255.0
192.168.1.1
8.8.8.8

If the above is correct...

Is there an alternate DNS I could use?
I can't get it to load on a web page with the above settings.

That's correct for a stock S3. Public Google DNSes are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.. Have you ever connected to this S3? What happened since?

OK It works with the settings above.
I had to repair the wireless connection while being connected to the S3.
It was showing a conflict and actually I deleted the LAN and reinstalled it.
I was messing with it too much and broke it.  


Let me explain:
I connect to the internet through a wireless thumb drive.
I am trying to hook a single S3 miner up to my LAN to mine with it
through the Wireless USB Internet Connection.
Is that possible?

I guess I am ignorant.
I see there is a wireless option in the LAN settings on my S3.
Can I connect directly to the Wireless network?
Heck I never knew the S3 had this capability!
Never hooked an S3 up through the WAN so could use a newbie help guide please.
 
Or am I mistaken and there is no Wireless capability...

[MikeMike]

We have a Solution!
 

There is wireless capability however you need to add a pigtail & antenna.

http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-WIFI-Antenna-with-Pigtail/dp/B005TX3GE0

Rich

You can use the pigtail from the old S1 and an antenna from an old wireless router.

MM

[MontyTheMooch]

Hi all.

Was wondering if I might get a little bit of help. I picked up 3 AntMiner S3s a while back and currently have 2 of the 3 (#2 & #3) up and running just fine. The first one, however, was my learning curve and I accidentally deleted the LAN config from the interface when initially trying to set the unit up. Now I'm unable to get it to factory reset so that I can properly configure it.

When I turn the unit on it'll start with the typical steady flashing red LED which, after a few seconds, starts to quickly flash then goes solid along with the green light. During this time at initial startup the green LED on the ethernet port blinks about 4 times then shuts off completely going forward. At this point, no form of reset that I've found yet works.

The only time I can get any type of change is if I  double tap the reset button which will get the ethernet port to blink a few more times and then shut back off. At that point I have to restart to get any kind of result.

In all likelihood I've totally bricked the unit and there's nothing that can be done, but from what I've see the control boards on these are pretty damned resilient. It's just a pain in the ass to get a proper reset on them.

Opinions? Ideas? Suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[VirosaGITS]

Hi all.

Was wondering if I might get a little bit of help. I picked up 3 AntMiner S3s a while back and currently have 2 of the 3 (#2 & #3) up and running just fine. The first one, however, was my learning curve and I accidentally deleted the LAN config from the interface when initially trying to set the unit up. Now I'm unable to get it to factory reset so that I can properly configure it.

When I turn the unit on it'll start with the typical steady flashing red LED which, after a few seconds, starts to quickly flash then goes solid along with the green light. During this time at initial startup the green LED on the ethernet port blinks about 4 times then shuts off completely going forward. At this point, no form of reset that I've found yet works.

The only time I can get any type of change is if I  double tap the reset button which will get the ethernet port to blink a few more times and then shut back off. At that point I have to restart to get any kind of result.

In all likelihood I've totally bricked the unit and there's nothing that can be done, but from what I've see the control boards on these are pretty damned resilient. It's just a pain in the ass to get a proper reset on them.

Opinions? Ideas? Suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any help!

I think there is a way to unbrick it and hopefully someone can help you with that. In either case, i recommend you start your own thread in Beginners & Help to get better, more concise support.

In the case that become unmanageable, just a S3 controller should be purchasable for fairly cheap.

[dogie]

Hi all.

Was wondering if I might get a little bit of help. I picked up 3 AntMiner S3s a while back and currently have 2 of the 3 (#2 & #3) up and running just fine. The first one, however, was my learning curve and I accidentally deleted the LAN config from the interface when initially trying to set the unit up. Now I'm unable to get it to factory reset so that I can properly configure it.

When I turn the unit on it'll start with the typical steady flashing red LED which, after a few seconds, starts to quickly flash then goes solid along with the green light. During this time at initial startup the green LED on the ethernet port blinks about 4 times then shuts off completely going forward. At this point, no form of reset that I've found yet works.

The only time I can get any type of change is if I  double tap the reset button which will get the ethernet port to blink a few more times and then shut back off. At that point I have to restart to get any kind of result.

In all likelihood I've totally bricked the unit and there's nothing that can be done, but from what I've see the control boards on these are pretty damned resilient. It's just a pain in the ass to get a proper reset on them.

Opinions? Ideas? Suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any help!

If its on older firmware, then the factory reset won't work and the controller is bricked. Have look what firmware versions are on the other two miners and report back.

[pinhead666]

It is clear that when "lan" part is deleted, there is no way reset would correct it. So you have to unbrick it. It can be done 2 ways: through serial port, or through icsp port. Here is link how to do it through serial port: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=889206.0

I use icsp-port,but that way you need a programmer for that pic. Serial programming needs just cp2102.
Edit: I checked,it's (serial port) called debug-port in PCB. 3-pins.

[usukan]

summer has come

people just did not tell me that by simply taking the cover off S3's that they run very cool EVEN in summer.

No extra fans, cooling or family complaining noise and heat

Please consider

Soooo..... simple

[dogie]

summer has come

people just did not tell me that by simply taking the cover off S3's that they run very cool EVEN in summer.

No extra fans, cooling or family complaining noise and heat

Please consider

Soooo..... simple

S3 is an enclosed push pull configuration so while you might be reducing temps on one point on the board, you'll likely hinder cooling overall.

[rylord]

I need help setting up this machine.

Currently I have it connected through WIFI as a client. I am wondering if it's possible to use the LAN port on the machine and run it to a switch so I can connect other miners to the switch and it will relay the wifi traffic thru the lan port. I will setup all machines through the lan port to the switch as a Static ip, if that helps out any.. I know its possible to do this, I am just having a hard time getting it to route through. I need to know specifics such as if the lan port needs to have it's own IP address (managed or unmanaged) and how to bridge them and firewall/routing information. The Wifi is setup right now with a Static IP address on a 10.0.0.x ip range


Thanks

Shawn


Summary ------
3 S3 ant-miners. one is WiFi connected as well as going to a switch with a cable, other two will be connected via LAN port to the switch. And a few other miners using a Raspberry PI. I'm just trying to route the Wifi traffic through the LAN port to the switch so the other miners have connectivity.

[epichaberdasher]

What speeds would i have to run my S3+ at if i want to run two of them on one Corsair AX760 PSU ?

Doable ?

[Mikestang]

What speeds would i have to run my S3+ at if i want to run two of them on one Corsair AX760 PSU ?

Doable ?

Not really, you'd be over 90% of the psu's rated capacity even with underclocked S3s.  It might work for a little while, but the psu is going to run hot and not be as efficient and probably burn out quickly.

[VirosaGITS]

What speeds would i have to run my S3+ at if i want to run two of them on one Corsair AX760 PSU ?

Doable ?

Not really, you'd be over 90% of the psu's rated capacity even with underclocked S3s.  It might work for a little while, but the psu is going to run hot and not be as efficient and probably burn out quickly.

He's actually okay, since the rated watt is not at the wall its how much it can feed.

A notch or two under stock would do it "to be safe". I think the best would be to get 850-1050 EVGA G2, personally i prefer the 7-10 years warranty over 0-1% more efficiency, also cheaper.
Then you could run two full speed with slight overclock if you're so inclined to.

[epichaberdasher]

I already have the Corsair AX-760 which is why i wanted to use it 

[VirosaGITS]

I already have the Corsair AX-760 which is why i wanted to use it 

Then sure, get a watt meter, check at the wall what the draw is at, quick calculation would suggest you keep the draw at the wall at 670 or under to keep the load at 80%~ for maximum PSU life time. Then raise or lower the clock from there.

If the PSU has a long warranty, then knock yourself out up to 760-800Watts at the wall. Thats what i do with my EVGA G2's. Run them at the wall what their rating is, i mean. A bit higher sometimes.

[dogie]

I already have the Corsair AX-760 which is why i wanted to use it 

would suggest you keep the draw at the wall at 670 or under to keep the load at 80%~ for maximum PSU life time

That's far too conservative, the 760W rating on Corsair PSUs is already its 24/7 rating with 836W being the peak rating. They're also MTBF'ed at 100,000 hours.

[epichaberdasher]

I already have the Corsair AX-760 which is why i wanted to use it 

would suggest you keep the draw at the wall at 670 or under to keep the load at 80%~ for maximum PSU life time

That's far too conservative, the 760W rating on Corsair PSUs is already its 24/7 rating with 836W being the peak rating. They're also MTBF'ed at 100,000 hours.

Dogie you seem to know a lot about PSUs, will the Raidmax RX850-AE work okay with 2x S3+ as well ? I might have one of those. I dont think its as good as the corsair but will it be good enough ?