ANTMINER S2 upgrade kit? EDIT: BITMAIN WHERE ARE YOU?!?!

[ABitNut]

Weren't the S1 upgrade kits nearly as expensive as an S3 when released?  Price would need to stay under $350 if indeed they will output 2th.

No idea, I was mining Scrypt back then.  I've only recently finally started mining SHA256.  I'd be interested to know, though.

If I read the latest stats right, its seems antpool has increased hash power quite a bit. Pure speculation, but it could indicate they have upgraded any S2 they still had. If there's a business case for it, why wouldn't they upgrade their own miners first? So we may be seeing official news on the upgrade at the beginning of March?

Again, pure speculation. 

[Meech]

What also could affect the change in pool is Bitmain putting all there stock that didnt ship before the holidays on the line.

[fullzero]

The Holiday is over Bitmain; show us the kits.

[Meech]

My S2 is awaiting an overhaul.  Come on show us what your workin with.   Please....

[Rabinovitch]

dogie promised "more info soon"...

[Rabinovitch]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=902305.msg10588108#msg10588108

[Meech]

Could we get a lil hint of when anouncement will be.  Checking these pages every 1/2 hour.

[Finksy]

Weren't the S1 upgrade kits nearly as expensive as an S3 when released?  Price would need to stay under $350 if indeed they will output 2th.

Yes.  The savings for getting an S1 upgrade kit were only BTC.12 cheaper than buying a full S3+ back in August, or $60 (20% savings vs an S3). Based on the price of the S4 and S5's, I would predict between $500 and $600 for the upgrade to 2.25-2.5 TH/s.  Purely speculation until they release it though, and I hope they sell it for cheaper.

[Meech]

Could we get a lil hint of when anouncement will be.  Checking these pages every 1/2 hour.

Just calm down, it doesn't warrant that much attention.

Yes, for you maybe not.  But if the specs are what they presume and they learn their lesson from the S1 kits it could be the most efficient miner currently.  Could be a good thing for those of us that have S2's.  They failed with the S1 kits.  But it also may be an announcement for upcoming tech.

[notlist3d]

Could we get a lil hint of when anouncement will be.  Checking these pages every 1/2 hour.

Just calm down, it doesn't warrant that much attention.

Yes, for you maybe not.  But if the specs are what they presume and they learn their lesson from the S1 kits it could be the most efficient miner currently.  Could be a good thing for those of us that have S2's.  They failed with the S1 kits.  But it also may be an announcement for upcoming tech.

I could also see bitmain wanting the kit's for them self. If they still have any data centers with S2's it would make sense they would want to upgrade machines.

[quakefiend420]

Up...paging BITMAIN!

[Meech]

Dogie hinted maybe monday for some info.  Are we still looking at > .4 w and 1.8 - 2 th for the upgraded blades?

[MyRig]

A bit of PR....

Some Hashing PCB may show up in Berlin, Germany at the Inside Bitcoin Conference. March 5 & 6

No, we do not have them produced yet for the mass production and the recent spike on hash rate is not unshipped S2 upgrade kits.  (I wish but that is not the case...  )

How many of you are actually interested in the S2 upgrade kits?  I mean, purchasing them to use on your existing S2 unit.  In order to use the kit, you have to have the existing S2.

Power Consumption...  will be a nice improvement from S5

Also, how many of you who has S2 but the Control PCB, Beagle Bone, or the bottom Power Plain PCB is damaged or the fans are damaged?  It will kind of give us an idea what we should prepare.

Any volunteers who lives in Berlin to assist Yoshi with German Translation?  I'm sure he needs help finding a bowl of rice with a good German Beer


*S2 Upgrade kit is still a speculation!!
*Yoshi will take care of the volunteer's lunch and dinner for 2 days and get you inside the conference
*Volunteers will receive a free Bitmain T-shirt (large) x 1
*Warning: Yoshi may make you work your butt off at the booth  


1 last thing....  If you own the S2 and interested in purchasing the upgrade kit, show us some support and email support @ bitmain . zendesk  . c o m   with subject "S2 Upgrade Kit List" and how many working S2 you own now.

[dropt]

I still have 5 s2 units that I will consider upgrading dependent on the price.  All 5 of my machines are completely intact and functional....   Everything works the same as it did coming out of the box.

[mavericklm]

i still own 2 s2, and i know the owner of other 2 s2's of mine will like to upgrade too

if the numbers are right, we might upgrade

[MyRig]

Thanks!!

Wish Count: 13


If you own the S2 and interested in purchasing the upgrade kit, show us some support and email support @ bitmain . zendesk  . c o m   with subject "S2 Upgrade Kit List" and how many working S2 you own now.

[Meech]

I have 2 S2's needing an upgrade.  Extra parts are a smart call but my 2 are fully functional.  Will email @ support shortly.  Please don't keep bringing this subject up if don't indeed intend to build these.

[fullzero]

I currently have 3x fully operational S2's plus some spare parts; I will get more if these are a reality.  Emailing now.

[Biodom]

A bit of PR....

*S2 Upgrade kit is still a speculation!!

Hmmm....you guys need to coordinate your PR.
The following clearly says that S2 upgrade WILL be done, no ifs or buts.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=728068.msg10435170#msg10435170

Thanks to legkodymov.
S5 was based on legkodymov's serial power design, and its power consumption at wall is 0.51W/G.
S2-replace PCB will be released after Chinese Spring Festival, and it will be serial powered too, and its power consumpiton at wall will be less than 0.4W/G.

I don't think that getting a few emails will show you the potential market size.
Don't have any S2, but was interested in getting some used IF the update is coming at a reasonable price.

[Meech]

Email sent. Please can you give us some more updated specs., these seem to match the same specs. you were going to release last year.