Re: Black Arrow 28nm 100Ghash Bitcoin ASIC from $0.49/GH/s

[notbatman]

So the final verdict is no fire just blinking LEDs reflecting off polished metallic surfaces and smoke from a shorted transistor?

Seriously, is this the reason why I've received nothing for the thousands of dollars I paid a year ago?

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[ElGrandJefe]

So the final verdict is no fire just blinking LEDs reflecting off polished metallic surfaces and smoke from a shorted transistor?

Seriously, is this the reason why I've received nothing for the thousands of dollars I paid a year ago?

That's what they hope you're gullible to believe.

I think it just proves that they are the most dishonest, straw-grasping, despicable motherfuckers on the face of this planet.

[notbatman]

So what does the PSU company have to say about this turn of events and how much did BA extort from them?

[Pentax]

So the final verdict is no fire just blinking LEDs reflecting off polished metallic surfaces and smoke from a shorted transistor?

Seriously, is this the reason why I've received nothing for the thousands of dollars I paid a year ago?

That's what they hope you're gullible to believe.

I think it just proves that they are the most dishonest, straw-grasping, despicable motherfuckers on the face of this planet.

the guy that reported the first fire, direct quote from e-cointalk:

"Quote me again, that bad boy was on fire. Flame about the height of a coke can from within the unit. When the power turned off the flame went down to the size of a flame you would see on a candle, and i blew it out."

so, what then, is Black Arrow saying he blew out the LED?  This guy blew the flame out.  He knew damn well exactly what he was looking at and it was not an LED.  

Give me a break.  These people are knowingly telling people a story that not even they can possibly believe, which could very conceivably lead to someone's home starting on fire and/or injuring someone; and doing it only so they can continue to ship these hazardous devices to people, instead of recalling and fixing them or doing the smart thing and simply refunding people's money before someone ends up dead.

Insane.

[Pentax]

So what does the PSU company have to say about this turn of events and how much did BA extort from them?

Gotta wonder about that, don't ya.

someone should give our friends at Aplus a call.....

[notbatman]

Now it's the shipping companies fault; beware of pirates lol!

[notbatman]

Over in the in the AMT thread customers have found a way to show their appreciation this holiday season.

http://www.shitexpress.com/

This is a great idea!

The crew at BA also deserve a gift this Christmas for all their hard work over the last year in bringing us the highest quality miners ever.

[warrensgun]

So what does the PSU company have to say about this turn of events and how much did BA extort from them?

Gotta wonder about that, don't ya.

someone should give our friends at Aplus a call.....

I contacted Aplus when I thought that I needed a replacement PSU - you can believe it or not - get a reply out of them... He suggested it might be the miner causing the fault, and sure enough - it was a dead hash board

[Dallas5]

Would be nice to have our money refunded before the holidays, minersource still has my $800 which wasn't exactly a gift 

[notbatman]

Would be nice to have our money refunded before the holidays, minersource still has my $800 which wasn't exactly a gift 

Would have been nice to have had a refund before last holiday season.

[donpablo]

I've bought some used X3's and one is not functioning.

Did someone look into what exactly is the problem with the AP188 PSU ?
I trying to see if i can have it repaired locally.

Ordering a new AP188 PSU from BA costs about USD255 !!

I'm thinking of using an HP DPS1200W PSU and use that instead of the AP188 unit.
Anyone done this ?




 

[notbatman]

Really, were's my incendiary bomb if I can't have my money back?

[warrensgun]

I've bought some used X3's and one is not functioning.

Did someone look into what exactly is the problem with the AP188 PSU ?
I trying to see if i can have it repaired locally.

Ordering a new AP188 PSU from BA costs about USD255 !!

I'm thinking of using an HP DPS1200W PSU and use that instead of the AP188 unit.
Anyone done this ?

What is wrong with it?  Fault light blinking on the PSU?  Solutions to that have been posted on the BlackArrow forum - as well as on this forum.

[SimonBeCoinin]

Raked a shit-ton of leaves over the weekend and burned them in the fire pit.

Either that or someone dumped a bunch of LED's into it.

Black Arrow, where your miners do not burn, even when they're on fire.  Why? because fire is not fire, it is a blinking LED.

See?  No fire.  No such thing as fire.

Cavemen discovered LED's and we've been cooking with them ever since.

[notbatman]

A report on BA's latest LED light show from eCoin Talk:

[greenlion]

I went looking around online and found this miner, just as effective as BA's offering but uses no electricity, you just periodically have to stick some wood in it.

[notbatman]

I went looking around online and found this miner, just as effective as BA's offering but uses no electricity, you just periodically have to stick some wood in it.

Wood? Fuck that, I'm loading mine up with rolls of $100 bills!

EDIT:

Notice the rear log holder is in-front of the burning logs, this is like the moon landing revisited.

[Pentax]

I went looking around online and found this miner, just as effective as BA's offering but uses no electricity, you just periodically have to stick some wood in it.

Ohhhhhh, look at the pretty LED.  Blinky, blinky.....

[notbatman]

I went looking around online and found this miner, just as effective as BA's offering but uses no electricity, you just periodically have to stick some wood in it.

Ohhhhhh, look at the pretty LED.  Blinky, blinky.....

It's a shame, most fireplaces are LED these days. 

[GPK260]

News
Date added: 12 Nov 2014 Prospero X3 issues

There have been several reports and X3 units returned to warranty that have failed during hashing. While the issue has happened to less than 0.5% of manufactured machines, we would like to assure that this is under our standards of quality and we deeply apologize for any inconveniences this has caused.

We take this matter very seriously and have started looking into it with the first report we have received. We have also already contracted several expert companies to help us analyse and locate the problem. Until now we have not received their final answer but their preliminary analysis is that the problem is caused by faulty soldering of the mosfets which allowed them to overheat and enter in a state of short-circuit which caused the PCB to overheat and the PCI socket to meltdown. We believe that the smoke caused by the mosfet and plastic burning is toxic and must not be inhaled. For this reason we ask customers who have just received their X3 to keep it in a well ventilated area for at least 1 week as we did not had the chance to test the latest shipped miners for more than 1 hour.

Please rest assured that this issue is covered by warranty and in order to provide peace of mind to customers that are concerned that this might happen to their machine we are offering hosting into our partner's datacenter in China. This includes any X3 unit that has been shipped or still due to be shipped. Please contact us via our customer support, should you like us to host your X3.