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

[alh]

BITMAIN promised us. I hope they will keep their words.

p.s. fortunately I have an access to free electricity, that's why I haven't sold my S2 yet.  

p.p.s. how about e-mail attack, like several months ago about GPL terms?..  

It might make the most sense to figure out what you could get for the S2 if you sold it today. Use that as a cost figure, and churn the numbers on how long it will take to break-even with 0 running cost.Can you wait that long? Do you want to?

I think continuing to wait for Bitmain, or harping at them is a waste of time. They have forgotten about this months ago.

The graphic above from Finsky sums it up.

[notlist3d]

BITMAIN promised us. I hope they will keep their words.

p.s. fortunately I have an access to free electricity, that's why I haven't sold my S2 yet.  

p.p.s. how about e-mail attack, like several months ago about GPL terms?..  

It might make the most sense to figure out what you could get for the S2 if you sold it today. Use that as a cost figure, and churn the numbers on how long it will take to break-even with 0 running cost.Can you wait that long? Do you want to?

I think continuing to wait for Bitmain, or harping at them is a waste of time. They have forgotten about this months ago.

The graphic above from Finsky sums it up.

One thing I could not tell who is in the graphic above?   I do agree time to let go.

[Rabinovitch]

I feel I can sell my S2 freely. There will no be any kind of upgrade for S2s...

Please correct me if I am wrong...

[mavericklm]

Just DO IT!
       nike


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s7.....

[mindtrip]

It has been some time sinca ny upgrade kit was sold the only one was and S1 to S3 upgrade kit I wonder when the next one will be available maybe once they refine the S7's chips they will release some sort of smaller miners using the same chips or possibly an upgrade kit I hope at least 

I still have 1 S2' I held onto just for Winter heating as well other then that its a large heavy paperweight not even worth shipping

[HagssFIN]

I just couldn't let go of this, so I sent an e-mail to Bitmain asking if they are planning on any sort of upgrade kit 

[HagssFIN]

Well, answer was as predicted..

"Hi,

We dont have anything to previous models already! we can assist on RMA, repair hash boards. but no any kits

Best Regards

BITMAIN"

[Refeek]

I guess it's time to sell the S2's!    Such a pity!

[HagssFIN]

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[Refeek]

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Brilliant 

[quakefiend420]

I gave up on this a long time ago.  Sold my S2s.

[mindtrip]

I gave up on this a long time ago.  Sold my S2s.

Ditto I saved one for sentimental value to put in my museum some day it cost more to ship it then its worth these days 

[leowonderful]

S2? I use that as a lottery machine on ckpool solo
Its a shame it cant be upgraded tho

[klondike_bar]

I gave up on this a long time ago.  Sold my S2s.

Ditto I saved one for sentimental value to put in my museum some day it cost more to ship it then its worth these days 

I sold all 5 of mine when everyone still thought kits would be available, at a price that basically got the same hashrate in S3 units

[quakefiend420]

I gave up on this a long time ago.  Sold my S2s.

Ditto I saved one for sentimental value to put in my museum some day it cost more to ship it then its worth these days  

I sold all 5 of mine when everyone still thought kits would be available, at a price that basically got the same hashrate in S3 units

I got a decent enough price for mine, all things considered.  I actually talked to Yoshi at a conference about the upcoming hardware kit and how it was progressing, which was why I was fairly sure that it was coming.  Not to mention the prototype boards that were revealed at a different conference.

I understand that nothing is guaranteed, but I can't be the only one that held onto S2s for far too long in the hopes of making them useful again at my electric rate

[mindtrip]

Maybe some day a 3rd party like sidhack could make some new boards with what ever chips are must efficient at the time. As of right now mine are retired and sitting on a shelf until I find a place with free power to just stuff them

[dropt]

The S2 design isn't worth it; S1/S3/S5 style boards make more sense.

What are you talking about?  The S2 design was great.  Modular, 4U rackmount...  What wasn't great was when they decided to fuck all the people Bitmain (repeatedly) promised upgrade kits to.

I haven't bought a single piece of HW from them since because of it, and I most likely never will again.  I'll see what Bitfury has when that comes about.

[kekman1337]

The S2 design isn't worth it; S1/S3/S5 style boards make more sense.

What are you talking about?  The S2 design was great.  Modular, 4U rackmount...  What wasn't great was when they decided to fuck all the people Bitmain (repeatedly) promised upgrade kits to.

I haven't bought a single piece of HW from them since because of it, and I most likely never will again.  I'll see what Bitfury has when that comes about.

I don't trust chinese anymore even though I am chinese.. lol. Everybody likes rackmounts! Server style racking is great for data centers and shit. Now, though, Looks like the only good rack bitmain has left is the s4 and its already out with roi.

[dropt]

The batch 4's were ok; before that if you got an intact S2 it must have been a miracle.

Yes Bitmain lied to us about the kits, and didn't even apologize.

It's been over a year.

I think it would make more sense for Bitmain to make a 6U enclosure for 3x S7 plus powersupplies, but I don't see that happening. 

I received many S2s in pristine condition.  The trick is to purchase after the initial batch.

[sidehack]

The trick is to hire engineers who understand anything about structure.