[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain Antminer C1 Setup [HD]

[dogie]

All I see is horror stories right, no one comes on to complain about the good stuff.... 

Have to remember that Bitmain typically sells on a scale of # units no one else comes close to in the current market, and so 1-5% of sales is a significant number of people / posts.

[n3lz0n]

Hi,

Please advice if this is alright in terms of temperature? I don't want to stress my C1

http://puu.sh/dwCPP/5fced7a60b.png (the one on the left, the AC is pointing at it while the second one is about a meter away from the AC)

my 2x C1 miners are hashing 800GH/s consistently...........


Thanks!

[dogie]

Hi,

Please advice if this is alright in terms of temperature? I don't want to stress my C1

http://puu.sh/dwCPP/5fced7a60b.png (the one on the left, the AC is pointing at it while the second one is about a meter away from the AC)

my 2x C1 miners are hashing 800GH/s consistently...........


Thanks!

.... You do have watercooling on right? Those temperatures are not right, stop mining.

[GigaBit]

Hey Dogie...

So I got my C1 & Kit yesterday and as I had predicted, the pump is DOA lol 

I should have tested it before filling it with fluid, I lost a bit of that precious liquid.

Everything else is bang on though; too bad I didn't get my Swiftec pump yet, hopefully today

Not only that, Bitmain wants me to send a video showing the pump NOT working...

Watch me send them an Asian porn video starring me... come on, for a $20 pump?  Are people really this fucking cheap?

Gimmie a break, unreal their stupidity, if piss poor customer service was an award, they would win hands down.

Making eBay support look brilliant...

Maybe for the average Joe Miner but I run a fucking company and expect my partners to be as sharp as me; that ain't Bitmain.

Maybe I'll start selling my own custom made C1 cooling kits... one with a working pump; make a killing.

Well, the SysCooling pump will work for a single pen holder or a dab tool holder; expensive one-use paperweight.

Hey, hey check this out, I woke up this morning and got a message from SysCooling...

It's all I think about when I get up...

[2:20:22 AM] *****gna: hello
[2:20:25 AM] *****gna: what can i do for you
[6:38:39 AM] Gigas Gaming Inc.: Make me a coffee...

I just read that again, I didn't even remember typing that... long night, short morning lol

Now, time for a big fat dab.

Peace...

PS: Anyone tried taking apart those pumps?

[dogie]

Watch me send them an Asian porn video starring me... come on, for a $20 pump?  Are people really this fucking cheap?

PS: Anyone tried taking apart those pumps?

I think that's syscooling's requirement, I'll have a look. I took one apart and its as expected. Big dry coil and separate wet impeller.

[HDutchie]

Is the cooling kit necessary?

[HDutchie]

Great work on the guide! I gave up on the gibberish instructions with the kit. I am noticing a massive amount of "discarded" shares...

https://i.imgur.com/BZ35Ne0.png

Is this normal?

[dogie]

Is the cooling kit necessary?

100%, yes. If you want something similar but without watercooling, pick up an S3 or S5.

Great work on the guide! I gave up on the gibberish instructions with the kit. I am noticing a massive amount of "discarded" shares...

Is this normal?

Discards are entirely normal and shouldn't really be displayed at all as they're meaningless in regards to mining performance. Think of it as someone counting how many times you close your front door on the way to work, in a work performance report.

[HDutchie]

Is the cooling kit necessary?

100%, yes. If you want something similar but without watercooling, pick up an S3 or S5.

Great work on the guide! I gave up on the gibberish instructions with the kit. I am noticing a massive amount of "discarded" shares...

Is this normal?

Discards are entirely normal and shouldn't really be displayed at all as they're meaningless in regards to mining performance. Think of it as someone counting how many times you close your front door on the way to work, in a work performance report.

Alright, great. Anything on overclocking yet? I did see a field for that but have no idea what voltage to select. Also, where' s the SSH?

Also, any guides about the S5?

[dogie]

Is the cooling kit necessary?

100%, yes. If you want something similar but without watercooling, pick up an S3 or S5.

Great work on the guide! I gave up on the gibberish instructions with the kit. I am noticing a massive amount of "discarded" shares...

Is this normal?

Discards are entirely normal and shouldn't really be displayed at all as they're meaningless in regards to mining performance. Think of it as someone counting how many times you close your front door on the way to work, in a work performance report.

Alright, great. Anything on overclocking yet? I did see a field for that but have no idea what voltage to select. Also, where' s the SSH?

Also, any guides about the S5?

I don't typically include overclocking as it varies unit to unit, voids your warranty and for 95% of users isn't applicable. I haven't seen much OCing data for the C1 but to be honest I don't expect there to be a huge amount of headroom. Hardware wise its not dissimilar to S3s which max out at 480-510, and we're already at 505x2.

S5 is soon^TM

[HDutchie]

What about wireless? It's really cumbersome to drill holes for a neat looking ethernet cable...

[GigaBit]

Hi Dogie!

So I got my Swiftec pump today and... all I have to say is...

Yeah Baby!! 

Man, this thing has serious balls and works like a charm... except it cost me around C$200 to get it delivered to my door...

I'll pay that any day though, I am more pleased with my pump purchase than my C1 purchase to be honest.

Now, why wouldn't Bitmain want to keep its good name by associating with Swiftec instead of SysCooling?

Idiots ask for cheap shit I guess, or Bitmain is just that dumb of a company; no other explanation.

I am hooked on liquid cooled miners now... kinda like when I went from fan cooled sled to a liquid cooled triple...

Kinda funny to re-live that experience through computing. 

That said, thanks Dogie, you guide helped a lot but you SHOULD steer your viewers towards Swiftec rather than SysCooling.

No one should associate with garbage... pay more, you greedy fucks and get peace of mind 

Really, Bitmain should be ashamed and SysCooling should seize business... seriously.

The C1 was my dumbest investment of 2014... but probably the coolest 

[dogie]

Now, why wouldn't Bitmain want to keep its good name by associating with Swiftec instead of SysCooling?

One pump costs 10x more than the other, at least. The point being you could buy 5 SysCooling pumps (4 as spare) and still save half your money.

[rpandassociates]

So I got my C1 in this afternoon,everythingis together no leaks Thanks for the guide. The instruction that came with the cooling kit (and the wiring harness) state to plug it into the boards PCI-e slot... what the hell? I see you are showing opening up the miner and pluggins it into the fan control on the hashing board.

Can you explain why you chose to power it there? wouldnt that regualate the pump and fan speed dependant upon temp?
I am confused....
Well I cut the pci-e connector off the harness they sent and pigtailed it into the pci-e from the powersupply as I am pretty emphatic about connecting alll 8 pcie connectors I am using a 1300w evga supernova G2 the funny thing about this one is there are 6 pice leads and 2 of them have a double connector kind of like the lepa 850 i use on S3+ unit ----(6+2pcie)---(6+2pcie) so heres what i got connected

PSU
|-----------(pcie)  Board 1
|-----------(pcie)  Board 1
|-----------(pcie)  Board 2
|-----------(pcie)  Board 2
|-----------(pcie)----(6+2pcie)---(6+2pcie)  Board 3
|-----------(pcie)----(6+2pcie)---(6+2pcie) Board 4

I am a little confuse about this PSU cable setup they advertised 8 x pcie 6+2 but when i get it there are only 6 plugins on the psu the last 2 those double cable
As note did ordere a lepa 850w for a s3+ last week and its got the same cables and they advertise 4x pcie but only has 2 connectors on the psu for these double cables errr these damn PSU companies

So 2 questions #1 the water system powering?
#2 whats up with this damn psu and are these double cables okay?

[IITravel01]

The fan connector was on the original C1, they then updated it with the PCIe connector.  I didn't use it myself and simply connected the fans to the power supply directly.

[rpandassociates]

what connector did you use from the PSU surely you didnt waste a pcie for it what other connectors run 12v off of the psu?

[fahq420]

the kit they just sent me, had a pci-e plug that was shown to plug into the slot near the fan, i see no way of connecting any of this to the slot on the board as the videos show, also seem to be getting a low hash rate
your picture shows only 4 holes on time mine hAs like 8 in 2 rows so far its only hitting 800 gh/s i'll see what it does over night.

[IITravel01]

what connector did you use from the PSU surely you didnt waste a pcie for it what other connectors run 12v off of the psu?

Just use a 4 pin moles power cable that comes with the power supply and a 4 pin molex to fan adapter that usually come with aftermarket fans or buy a fan controller.

[dogie]

So I got my C1 in this afternoon,everythingis together no leaks Thanks for the guide. The instruction that came with the cooling kit (and the wiring harness) state to plug it into the boards PCI-e slot... what the hell? I see you are showing opening up the miner and pluggins it into the fan control on the hashing board.

Can you explain why you chose to power it there? wouldnt that regualate the pump and fan speed dependant upon temp?
I am confused....
Well I cut the pci-e connector off the harness they sent and pigtailed it into the pci-e from the powersupply as I am pretty emphatic about connecting alll 8 pcie connectors I am using a 1300w evga supernova G2 the funny thing about this one is there are 6 pice leads and 2 of them have a double connector kind of like the lepa 850 i use on S3+ unit ----(6+2pcie)---(6+2pcie) so heres what i got connected

PSU
|-----------(pcie)  Board 1
|-----------(pcie)  Board 1
|-----------(pcie)  Board 2
|-----------(pcie)  Board 2
|-----------(pcie)----(6+2pcie)---(6+2pcie)  Board 3
|-----------(pcie)----(6+2pcie)---(6+2pcie) Board 4

I am a little confuse about this PSU cable setup they advertised 8 x pcie 6+2 but when i get it there are only 6 plugins on the psu the last 2 those double cable
As note did ordere a lepa 850w for a s3+ last week and its got the same cables and they advertise 4x pcie but only has 2 connectors on the psu for these double cables errr these damn PSU companies

So 2 questions #1 the water system powering?
#2 whats up with this damn psu and are these double cables okay?

My guide shows the original harness that plugged into a fan header on the C1. The new header plugs into a PCI-E connector on the C1 instead so you don't have to open the case.

The C1 uses 8x PCI-E 6 pin connectors, NOT 8 pin so don't worry about that.

[rpandassociates]

But isnt that a waste of a hashing board power plug seems kind of silly to plug it into the hashing board power port then only have one power feed to that board seriously whos the genious at syscool that thought that one up..

I pigged tailed mine in but seen another picture on another board here a guy plugging it into the periph port on the psu so when i get a few minutes today thats the route I am going to take rather than having it pigtailed into the pcie cable Thats 15 more watts that board can have.. That the pump draws.

Thus far I am enjoying this C1's hashing power and efficency however I have to say I am not impressed by its temperatures they are no that much  lower than my S3+'s only a cpl degrees. Which is fine i guess but the problem I am finding I have my S3's lined up by the window and they push all the hot air out, this damn radiator doesnt push it that far and the exhaust drifts up before it reaches the window. if i put it right in the window it vent outside however the s3's exhaust blow into it and cause the temps to rise on the C1. Ugh need a bigger window haha.
Gots to say all in all I think i would of been happier with the S5 for $100 more, the liquid cooling is a pain and when you figure in the fluid cost, if changed annually, well not sure I am real big on this liquid cooling. And if it ever springs a leak or the pump fails just to much extra hassle to worry about.

Now the S5 looks nice sounds awesome but I give it a big thumbs down for the case design.Really it has no top!!! how long before my 4 yr old drops a hot wheels in there and shorts it out hahaha. Dust accumulation etc. They could atleast throw a mesh screen on it. Naturally i will be ordering a couple and will probably put a mesh on top. Not really digging the single fan either or the single heatsinks seems like they are cutting corners a bit to make more profit. I will wait until atleast batch 6 before purchasing with antminers track record  the first batches are always problamatic

Keep up the great work Dogie I always come to your guides when i get new hardware. They should hire you to write there manuals, and why cant they spend $.20 and print one out and ship it haha antminer irks me about that. I guess that .20 x 1 millon units ads up I get it all in the name of profits, but come on what happend to quality concerns customer service and such. I know I know China haha.