Quote from: btcftw on July 19, 2012, 06:58:06 PM

There is 3 days max left for the new hardware to be installed. So until then, nothing fishy is going on. Am I anxious to see the hashing rate double, you bet, but I am being patient.

Thanks for understanding. There is really a lot of work to assemble all that stuff, and very simple things like taking heat sinks out of the boxes and mount & fix those tiny clips in the exact position to fit them on the boards (600 pieces! It took more than one day only for this), or putting thermal paste on the surface of the chips without splashing it all around the board need a lot of time and patience.

Instead of building one box at a time (it would have taken much more time), I decided to assemble all rack-cases, prepare all the heatsinks, put thermal paste on all the chips, mounting all heatsinks, flashing all the firmware on the units and test them, and so on. That's why all the units will be all ready at the same time.

I had also to patch the management software for a bug discovered with new hardware (now it's working properly).

I'm at the point of putting boards into rack cases. Most probably before friday night (less than 1 day) I will be able to finish the work. If not, it will be the day after, and I am sure that everyone will be more than satisfied from the results. I know that working under pressure makes people more productive, and everybody is anxious to see bigger rewards, but it's not the case to say that's there's something "fishy"! If any of you want to come and see in person (or help me with the assembly), you're welcome!