Re: Unofficial Spondoolies SP20 thread

We take pride of the quality of our units and service yet even our units have their limit, just like any other electronic device.
Our customer service has RMA several units as I'm sure the forum members can verify, however we cannot cover damages that are caused by improper maintenance.
Our team will continue to work with you as best they can to help you out and will be happy to continue doing so in the future.
Regards, Gadi

Wow!!! What an unbelievable claim. I bought 15 SP20Es and I've been trying for over 2 months to get tech support. All I ever get is the run around from Barbara. I have no reason to believe that tech support even exists at Spondoolies-Tech. I wrote detailed emails explaining what I tried. Barbara keeps telling me I have to open a port and let you Skype me because I have 2 DOA SP20Es that have never booted into the user interface. Just what will letting you snoop around my PC tell you about a network device that cannot be recognized by my network Huh

When the 15 SP20Es arrived 6 of them would not hash. I found a cryptic FAQ called "MY UNIT IS NOT RESPONDING AFTER A FIRMWARE UPGRADE. HOW DO I RECOVER IT?" Even though these 6 SP20Es had never booted into their user interface and were not recognized by my network I gave it a try any way. I had to go to 3 shops to find this microSDcard with reader in the photography section and bought it for $19. I installed the image and managed to get 4 of the SP20Es running, although not fully. E.g., some are missing a board "or something" as the ASIC Stats report says:

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2.6.14
Uptime:73146 | FPGA ver:100 | BIST in 19
-----BOARD-0-----
PSU[UNKNOWN]: 0->(247w/247w)[247 247 247] (->247w[247 247 247]) (lim=270) 0c 389GH cooling:0/0xe0
-----BOARD-1-----
PSU[UNKNOWN]: 0->(5w/5w)[5 5 5] (->5w[5 5 5]) (lim=270) 0c 0GH cooling:0/0xe0
-----BOARD-2-----
PSU[UNKNOWN]: 0->(261w/261w)[261 261 261] (->261w[261 261 261]) (lim=270) 0c 401GH cooling:0/0xe0
-----BOARD-3-----
PSU[UNKNOWN]: 0->(195w/195w)[195 195 195] (->195w[195 195 195]) (lim=270) 0c 351GH cooling:0/0xe0
LOOP[0] ON TO:0 (w:6544)
0: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:712 vlt2:719(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:719) 99W 139A 64c] ASIC:[ 85c (125c) 1010hz(BL:1010) 3263 (E:193) F:0 L:0]
1: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:716 vlt2:719(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:719) 100W 139A 74c] ASIC:[ 85c (125c) 1010hz(BL:1010) 3281 (E:193) F:0 L:0]
LOOP[1] OFF TO:0 (test serial failed or something)
2: disabled (serial problem)
3: disabled (serial problem)
LOOP[2] ON TO:0 (w:6733)
4: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:710 vlt2:719(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:719) 106W 148A 71c] ASIC:[115c (125c) 1040hz(BL:1040) 3325 (E:193) F:0 L:0]
5: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:714 vlt2:719(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:719) 104W 146A 89c] ASIC:[120c (125c) 1040hz(BL:1040) 3408 (E:193) F:0 L:0]
LOOP[3] ON TO:0 (w:5733)
6: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:667 vlt2:674(DCl:794 Tl:674 Ul:719) 86W 128A 84c] ASIC:[120c (125c) 960hz(BL: 960) 3018 (E:193) F:0 L:0]
7: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:640 vlt2:642(DCl:794 Tl:642 Ul:719) 69W 109A 82c] ASIC:[120c (125c) 860hz(BL: 860) 2715 (E:193) F:1 L:0]

[H:HW:1142Gh (500),DC-W:568,L:0,A:6,MMtmp:0 TMP:(31/31)=>=>=>(41/41 , 68/68)]
Pushed 10 jobs , in HW queue 4 jobs (sw:1, hw:1)!
min:1 wins:19010[this/last min:14/10] bist-fail:256, hw-err:0
leading-zeroes:42 idle promils[s/m]:0/0, rate:699gh/s asic-count:204 (wins:6+8)
wall watts:777
Fan:90, conseq:200
AC2DC BAD: 0 0
R/NR: 1098/0
RTF asics: 0
FET: 0:5 1:5
2 restarted 0 reset 0 reset2 0 fake_wins
0 stuck_bist 0 low_power 0 stuck_pll 0 runtime_dsble
0 purge_queue 0 read_timeouts 0 dc2dc_i2c 0 read_tmout2 0 read_crptn
0 purge_queue3 0 bad_idle
0 err_murata
Adapter queues: rsp=1, req=24

After paying for my order I received this email:

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After a successful burn-in test, we are happy to announce that your units were shipped and are now on their way to you.
The units were shipped with Fedex. Please see attached shipping documents.
A lot of work was put into designing, building, and shipping these units. We believe you will enjoy them very much.
If you have any questions feel free to contact us at info@spondoolies-tech.com.
Best Regards,
Katya Penkar
Sales Operations Manager
Spondoolies-Tech LTD.
Tel.: +972(8)8606636
Fax : +972 (8)8643050
Mobile: +972(54)4882443

So if this email was true and the 15 SP20Es worked when Spondoolies-Tech shipped them then they are so fragile they degrade and die in transit.
Please explain why SP refuses to RMA or refund (1J3p2htyCPucmJ1pNaCamsmKdZBbLwhBy5) my two (2) DOA SP20Es and what to do about the SP20Es with the dead board "or something". Not to mention the 2.5 months of lost production from 2 SP20Es plus a few partially functioning SP20Es.
Order: SO1500241, Your Order: 4364, Customer Number: 101113

Gadi, Why don't you or someone at SP answer me Huh

I have not received one answer to any of my questions or my numerous emails to your company. I provided the PO numbers so you know I'm the one that bought 15 SP20Es directly from SP and have been contacting you for months. It appears you've gone out of business.

Hi Miasma,

The last email correspondence with you that I could find in our system is dated March 31 where Barbara offered to RMA the units but you have not responded.
If you have other tickets open please share them either here or via PM.

I also understand that you were asked multiple times to contact the support team via Skype and were also offered for them to contact you. The tech support team is the only one who can diagnose the unit thoroughly. Were they able to get in touch with you?

Gadi

SpondooliesTech gives BitCoin a bad reputation. Had I paid you with a credit card and you shipped me the two DEAD SP20Es I would have disputed the charge and gotten my money back. But with BitCoin you got paid upfront and just thumb your nose at me. You've ignored me me for months and have never answered a single one of my reasonable questions. You pretend as if there's some way you can diagnose the two DEAD SP20Es via Skype. Why don't you stop lying and tell the truth Huh

You do NOT stand behind your warranty. You lied to me and said you did a sucessful burn-in test before you shipped the 15 SP20Es and yet several of them failed to work out of the box. I had to spend hours reinstalling their firmware images. How does that constitute a sucessful burn-in Huh

Depending on what they do there is a lot they can tell via skype/teamviewer. They can see how the miner reacts, and also they are able to tell you to open it without voiding warranty since they are watching.

I would say give them a chance on Skype, it's far better then paying shipping if they can get them possibly fixed from the Skype session.

Notlist3d, When are you going to repay the money you borrowed from me on BTCjam

I bolded this part in blue , please pm me both notlist3d and Miasma I want to know the truth about this statement.

thread is locked until this statement is proven true or false.

I opened this since notlist3d wants to speak about this accusation.

It appears someone used my username of Notlist3d at BTCJam. I am not a member and do not loan or take loans through BTCJam so I was unaware. After looking at it appears the user on BTCJam that is using my username is - https://btcjam.com/users/43568

I am in no way associated with this account. As I have mentioned multiple times I am on a farm in the US. That user mentions from being from Norway. Also not a picture of me.

I have never asked for a loan at any point on here or other sites. If anyone here was affected by the BTCJam user I suggest following up with BTCJam.

In the future if anyone sees a Notlist3d and think it is me. Feel free to PM me. I also have a BTC address staked in meta that I can sign with. If you ever need to verify if a Notlist3d is me I can do either one of those. I cannot stop others from using my name at other sites, but I can do those two things to help.

I want to thank philipma1957 for pointing out the accusation. And giving me time to look into it.