Quote from: sloopy on February 05, 2015, 06:21:55 PM

Quote from: Rabinovitch on February 05, 2015, 12:41:35 PM

Has anyone else tried this antMiner_S320150109.bin?

In my experience the 01-09 is Crap Firmware. Things were so bad I may not have waited long enough to prove with data 10-24 works better. So, I will.

To further Pekatete's assertions regarding firmware...
Take a look at his overclocking threads and if you want, look through his post history.
If I was unable to roll back and forth between firmware revisions and test on my own I would still give a ton of credibility from his documented test results alone.

I am not saying I don't use dogie's information. I place people in context and use them for their strengths based in my experience.
pekatete knows more about the S3 firmware than probably anyone currently posting, and if someone else claims to be a better authority they should compliment their claims with the who, why, when, and how to back it up.
Model, hashrates over time, temps, frequencies, voltages, etc
That is for anyone making claims about this or that firmware, tell me all the details.

Dogie is a subcontractor for bitmain to provide support to customers on this forum. Dogie knows things and has provided great guides for n00bz which also includes reference material for everyone. While technically not an employee, him being a sub does suggest access to engineering information, or at least knowing who to ask the right questions but again, the same matters to me, employee or not, how did you arrive at the claim you make regarding S3 firmware? To me, the reset button issue alone is not enough of a reason to upgrade. I experienced other issues. I see effects in work submitted in my own testing between those versions. I did not simply test one unit for a couple of hours. I ran several days with multiple units. I plan to do so again, and include the latest build from 01-09 in the tests. I will run each firmware version, 10-24, 12-19, and 01-09 for x amount of time on each S3. My mix of units spans from old S3 batches to much newer S3+.

I enjoy this type of process and if there is other information anyone wants just ask. While I have not been here long I have been doing things such as this for a long time, and appreciate any input from anyone, but most value the input with explanations of how someone arrives there.

I agree with your thoughts that's how us engineers also get things done that's why we have testing labs I am the same way less lip talk and more proof !