[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive ASICMiner Tube Setup [HD]

[TheJuice]

How much airflow do you think these need? I have a quiet fan I attached, but the flow is very minimal compared to stock...

[dogie]

How much airflow do you think these need? I have a quiet fan I attached, but the flow is very minimal compared to stock...

As much as stock provides really, remember we're removing 800-900W of heat with a single 120mm fan. Thats 3x what the Cube was doing and more than any other miner on the market. The Cube's stock fan is already on the lower side of airflow compared to what other OEMs are using, I really wouldn't recommend lowering it if you want your boards to last any amount of time.

[bolehvpn]

What's the CFM on the stock fan?

Tempted to get more of these tube miners but frustrated that it won't work with miningrigrentals type of pools.

Also here is a youtube video of me assembling it with some tips:

http://youtu.be/zEL5EKWwBx0

[dogie]

What's the CFM on the stock fan?

Tempted to get more of these tube miners but frustrated that it won't work with miningrigrentals type of pools.

Its less about CFM and more about static pressure which is hard to measure and impossible to compare against anything other than server fans. You can try and track down the data sheet for HashRatio's 120mm Nidec Beta V TA450DC to compare as ASICMiner's fan is generic/unmarked.

You should be able to use any type of pool using the proxy.

[-ck]

You should be able to use any type of pool using the proxy.

I'm really sorry to see this as the accepted solution and AM are not addressing it.

[dogie]

You should be able to use any type of pool using the proxy.

I'm really sorry to see this as the accepted solution and AM are not addressing it.

Its not the solution, its a workaround.

[Beastlymac]

Dogie how many tubes would you recommend be used per controller board for stability?
What are common factors that effect stability?

Also congratulations on 4000 forum posts.

[dogie]

Dogie how many tubes would you recommend be used per controller board for stability?
What are common factors that effect stability?

Also congratulations on 4000 forum posts.

The controller is fine dealing with 8 but then every time you take one down for maintenance you take half the chain down with it. Temperatures and using the wrong PSUs are the main factors. I have lots of CX750s from the good old days and while two of them can power 4 or 5 boards between them, getting 6 out of them is very difficult. RM1000s are infinitely more suited to the task.

[hdbuck]

wonderful thx dogie, tipped!

[-ck]

You should be able to use any type of pool using the proxy.

I'm really sorry to see this as the accepted solution and AM are not addressing it.

Its not the solution, its a workaround.

I know it's a workaround. What I'm telling you is I've seen this pattern before and that's all AM will do about it and it will be the solution.

[dogie]

You should be able to use any type of pool using the proxy.

I'm really sorry to see this as the accepted solution and AM are not addressing it.

Its not the solution, its a workaround.

I know it's a workaround. What I'm telling you is I've seen this pattern before and that's all AM will do about it and it will be the solution.

What would you suggest?

[-ck]

I know it's a workaround. What I'm telling you is I've seen this pattern before and that's all AM will do about it and it will be the solution.

What would you suggest?

Maintain pressure on the manufacturer since these are aimed squarely at the hobbyist miner which is all we have left as a community here.

[dogie]

wonderful thx dogie, tipped!

Thanks

[sidehack]

I know it's a workaround. What I'm telling you is I've seen this pattern before and that's all AM will do about it and it will be the solution.

What would you suggest?

Maintain pressure on the manufacturer since these are aimed squarely at the hobbyist miner which is all we have left as a community here.

What I figure on doing is helping Novak trace the protocol, cook up a cgminer driver that talks to the boards directly, and then probably not buy ASICMiner hardware again. I know my business is small but I've always enjoyed messing with their hardware and this is a fairly heavy dropped ball that turns things pretty sour.

[philipma1957]

You should be able to use any type of pool using the proxy.

I'm really sorry to see this as the accepted solution and AM are not addressing it.

Yeah this is a pretty good piece of gear. I am babysitting the controller.  I don't mind using the hated ghash even though right now I am running my 2 tube daisy chain (sounds like a porn film .)
at mmpool.  A controller with 2 pools auto switching using a free choice of  any two pools is not much to ask for.

[R-T-B]

I know it's a workaround. What I'm telling you is I've seen this pattern before and that's all AM will do about it and it will be the solution.

What would you suggest?

Maintain pressure on the manufacturer since these are aimed squarely at the hobbyist miner which is all we have left as a community here.

I agree.  Especially since this solution/workaround sucks, to put it mildly.  BFGMiner regularly freezes the controller!  That is completely unacceptable as a solution.

[stompysteve]

Great guide Dogie the pictures are amazing as always. Will you provide information on over clocking I see you have said it will achieve 920gh/s over clocked how stable is that?

Sometimes a good reboot is all that's needed.. Oh and a nice drop in ambient temperature.

thats the highest GH ive seen so far and one board is having problems lol

[old nice guy]

Really very good thankyou for this info we just recieved 5 units of these miners and waitng on rest of our order, i do want to comment the folowing,
1: packaging is not the best we recieved one unit with suport base bent and one of the R44 BUSTED.( i guess that board will not hash)
2: WE PAID FOR ASSEMBLED UNITS AND THEY SENT THERMAL PADS NOT INSTALLED.(to me that means no quality control !, i hope my units run well will advise)
As far as the erruptor is concerned i would like to verify , the ones i recieved say 5 volts input,( not 12v) please advise, and thankyou again for the most thorough guide in setup.

[R-T-B]

Really very good thankyou for this info we just recieved 5 units of these miners and waitng on rest of our order, i do want to comment the folowing,
1: packaging is not the best we recieved one unit with suport base bent and one of the R44 BUSTED.( i guess that board will not hash)
2: WE PAID FOR ASSEMBLED UNITS AND THEY SENT THERMAL PADS NOT INSTALLED.(to me that means no quality control !, i hope my units run well will advise)
As far as the erruptor is concerned i would like to verify , the ones i recieved say 5 volts input,( not 12v) please advise, and thankyou again for the most thorough guide in setup.

I don't know about running them without thermal pads...  Usually in the PC space that's a big no-no.  Be careful.

[sidehack]

The controller has an internal switching DC regulator, and works with a range of DC inputs. I've got controllers running both 5V and 12V with no issues.