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

[dogie]

I plan on overclocking soon, but I have a question first. I'm powering my ant with one 8 to 6+2 pin and one 8 to 6+2 + 6+2 "L" cable (8 pin goes to 6+2, and that goes to another 6+2). Should I use this to overclock? Or is the the L cable essentially the same thing as the regular cable? And if you are going to overclock, don't you need 4, since the miner has 2 boards (two per board, even power distribution?) Thanks.

The L cable will nearly be as good as 2x 6 pins, but the 8 to 6 pin will be worse than a normal 6 pin due to the increased cable length and additional connectors. Its not about even power distribution when overclocking, its about keeping cable temperatures low and safe.

[00pmac00]

Hi. A couple of questions for the S3 and difficulty...

What is the difference from using a lower difficulty 64 or a higher difficulty 256 or 512 in earnings or whatever?

Where do you adjust/see what the difficulty is? Or does it do it automatically?

Thanks in advance. I have been wondering this for a while, figured this would be a good place to ask since I am using an S3

[mdiggy]

Hi Dogie,
Got my SP30 today and cant connect to the web interface. I'm using 10.0.1.X and have tried plugging the miner directly into my computer as well. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

[dogie]

Hi Dogie,
Got my SP30 today and cant connect to the web interface. I'm using 10.0.1.X and have tried plugging the miner directly into my computer as well. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

This is the S3 thread If you can hear the machine revving fans to max every few minutes then at least we know its 'waiting' for you somewhere, as it will restart after a few minutes of not mining. If not then something may be wrong. It should have shipped on DHCP, so you may have to contact Zvisha otherwise. I'm not sure what could have gone wrong because they don't really go wrong.

[dogie]

Hi. A couple of questions for the S3 and difficulty...

What is the difference from using a lower difficulty 64 or a higher difficulty 256 or 512 in earnings or whatever?

Where do you adjust/see what the difficulty is? Or does it do it automatically?

Thanks in advance. I have been wondering this for a while, figured this would be a good place to ask since I am using an S3

Lower difficulty = slightly more stable earnings but more network bandwidth and more work for the pool to do. Difficulty is set pool side and a lot of pools now are moving to auto difficulty so you don't get an option.

[00pmac00]

Thank you for the reply.

[omnik]

Dogie would you suggest running diff at 256 if at stock speeds (440GH/s)?

Also, would this PSU be sufficient to run 2 units even with overclocking?
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=240&area=usa

[dogie]

Dogie would you suggest running diff at 256 if at stock speeds (440GH/s)?

Also, would this PSU be sufficient to run 2 units even with overclocking?
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=240&area=usa

Difficulty will make very little difference, I generally whack it up a bit higher than required.

Its a bit small for 2 OC'ed but would do it on stock. You'd have no headroom.

 

[omnik]

Dogie would you suggest running diff at 256 if at stock speeds (440GH/s)?

Also, would this PSU be sufficient to run 2 units even with overclocking?
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=240&area=usa

Difficulty will make very little difference, I generally whack it up a bit higher than required.

Its a bit small for 2 OC'ed but would do it on stock. You'd have no headroom.

 

Thanks.
Then I will go with this one: http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=238&area=en


Sorry about being boring, how about this one: http://www.corsair.com/en/cx750-80-plus-bronze-certified-power-supply

[Count_Frackula]

Has anyone tried sticking Kano's S1 CGminer on an S3 yet?  If so, does it work?
I'm debating about trying it tonight...

[dogie]

Dogie would you suggest running diff at 256 if at stock speeds (440GH/s)?

Also, would this PSU be sufficient to run 2 units even with overclocking?
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=240&area=usa

Difficulty will make very little difference, I generally whack it up a bit higher than required.

Its a bit small for 2 OC'ed but would do it on stock. You'd have no headroom.

 

Thanks.
Then I will go with this one: http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=238&area=en


Sorry about being boring, how about this one: http://www.corsair.com/en/cx750-80-plus-bronze-certified-power-supply

I recommend CX750s on everything.

[|D0C|]

Do you guys have a link where you buy the wifi antenna? or the name of the plug? its coaxial but way smaller???


Thank you!

[Beastlymac]

Do you guys have a link where you buy the wifi antenna? or the name of the plug? its coaxial but way smaller???


Thank you!

It is possible if you have some extra hardware. It has the software for wifi already and just needs one of the below to work. I was getting a wireless connection during testing without a pigtail. Signal strength was ~50% with the case on and right beside my WAP.

You can also do what laptops and other devices do and use an INTERNAL antenna, too.  Like this one:



There are many different kinds, just do a search for internal antenna.  Does anyone know what the enclosure is made of?  It looks like steel, so that could be a problem.  If you have a strong signal, it might just be enough to use for mining though.  Having the antenna glued/taped to the enclosure will probably help a lot (partially use the enclosure as an antenna?).  Otherwise you could always route that cable to the outside and tape the antenna to the side or something.  Someone has to try and let us know if that's even necessary.

I think an internal antenna would be easier than drilling holes, installing the connector and then a protruding antenna.  Btw, I use WiFi on all my S1's just to save on cables and switches/access points, and never had an issue with network connectivity.

They are pigtail adapters

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

[AlleyCat67]

Hello all.... new to this forum though I've been active in bitcoin for about 6 months.

I'm contemplating the purchase of a few of these S3 miners, and I'm just wondering if anyone has tried using this power supply to run them:

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/400W-12V-Single-Output-Switching-power-supply-for-LED-Strip-light-AC-to-DC/613696_621212625.html

I do realize that it probably won't be sufficient to OC but seems like it should work fine at stock speed.

Any thoughts?

[dogie]

Hello all.... new to this forum though I've been active in bitcoin for about 6 months.

I'm contemplating the purchase of a few of these S3 miners, and I'm just wondering if anyone has tried using this power supply to run them:

I do realize that it probably won't be sufficient to OC but seems like it should work fine at stock speed.

Any thoughts?

I haven't personally, but the real cost is finding the cabling.

[shadow2]

in response to count fracular I gave it a go but it didn't work as it was compiled for a S1 so the driver is slightly different (I think)  anywayyou can now get an up to date version of cgminer

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg8722578#msg8722578

to get it to work (a potted rehash of what's in the other thread)

ssh into your Antminer

cd /etc/init.d/cgminer stop
cd /usr/bin
mkdir oldcgminer (to keep a copy of the old one)
mv cgminer oldcgminer/cgminer
wget http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/antminer/s3/4.6.0-140908/cgminer
chmod 755 cgminer
reboot

[Count_Frackula]

in response to count fracular Count Frackula I gave it a go but it didn't work as it was compiled for a S1 so the driver is slightly different (I think)  anywayyou can now get an up to date version of cgminer

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg8722578#msg8722578

to get it to work (a potted rehash of what's in the other thread)

ssh into your Antminer

cd /etc/init.d/cgminer stop
cd /usr/bin
mkdir oldcgminer (to keep a copy of the old one)
mv cgminer oldcgminer/cgminer
wget http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/antminer/s3/4.6.0-140908/cgminer
chmod 755 cgminer
reboot

Looks like it's been revised to this:

1. SSH into the S3 and login
2. Issue the following commands sequentially.

Code:

cd /usr/bin
mv cgminer cgminer.bak
wget http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/antminer/s3/4.6.0-140908/cgminer
chmod +x cgminer
reboot

Thanks for the info.

[AlleyCat67]

Hello all.... new to this forum though I've been active in bitcoin for about 6 months.

I'm contemplating the purchase of a few of these S3 miners, and I'm just wondering if anyone has tried using this power supply to run them:

I do realize that it probably won't be sufficient to OC but seems like it should work fine at stock speed.

Any thoughts?

I haven't personally, but the real cost is finding the cabling.

Since I do have some PC/electronics experience I had planned to make the cables.... I found the connectors here:

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9277/ele-505/FrozenCPU_ConnectRight_6-pin_Female_PCI-Express_Power_Connector_Version_1_-_UV_Brite_Orange.html?id=hkCssRPx&mv_pc=145
http://www.frozencpu.com/images/products/main/ele-505_3.jpg

If version 2 of the connector is needed that is also available.

Cables will be made using 16 ga wire, 6 to 12 inches in length (depending on PS placement in relation to miner) so as to avoid the overheating issues mentioned elsewhere on this thread.

[rpandassociates]

Anyone have any info on how to solomine via a qt wallet with the antminer s3?

I want to mine NEOS through the neos qt wallet
I have tried connecting to http://127.0.0.1:18000/ and http://localhost:18000/ and direct ip of computer wallet is on i.e. http://192.168.1.2:18000 and all show as dead, however when i connect with my butterfly 50 which is on the usb of the comp with the wallet it conects. so if anyone can point me in the direction of how to get the antminer s3 to connect that would be awesome.

[Count_Frackula]

Anyone have any info on how to solomine via a qt wallet with the antminer s3?

I want to mine NEOS through the neos qt wallet
I have tried connecting to http://127.0.0.1:18000/ and http://localhost:18000/ and direct ip of computer wallet is on i.e. http://192.168.1.2:18000 and all show as dead, however when i connect with my butterfly 50 which is on the usb of the comp with the wallet it conects. so if anyone can point me in the direction of how to get the antminer s3 to connect that would be awesome.

Well, firstly, localhost and 127.0.0.1 is the unit itself, so if you use that on a S3, you're telling a S3 to mine to itself.
If 192.168.1.2 is indeed your machine's actual IP (which doesn't sound right), then it's quite possibly a firewall issue.