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Re: undervolt antminer s3
by
Moria843
on 02/06/2015, 17:11:25 UTC
success undervolt ant s3+ 0.63j/gh  .68v on my digital tester

305 gh
freq 150
config voltage 065
new firmware

hw .003 30ment. idle

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.new#new

Has anyone else tried this and had the same success?

antminer s3+ undervolt

here is the better result

update new firmware
310gh
freq. 150
adv. config voltage 065
HW .003 20 ment. idle

how to drop voltage

parallel 2.2k resistor on VFB to Vout resistor

.68 for 2.2k
.75 for 6.8k

http://i.imgur.com/mxxI2t6.png
http://i.imgur.com/Zw3El3U.png
http://i.imgur.com/VL9AGvu.png
http://i.imgur.com/5oGshqw.png

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg10214088#msg10214088
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=671189.msg10222598#msg10222598

I was able to duplicate these results on 2 units by paralleling a 2.2k across the resistor between VFB and Vout for each TPS53355 switcher (8 per board). That's all I did, I didn't upgrade my firmware or change voltage settings in firmware (not available in mine and read that the setting doesn't do anything anyway). I tested efficiency at different frequencies and the best results I achieved are:

Unit 1: 0.645 J/Gh @ 193 MHz
Unit 2: 0.625 J/Gh @ 175 MHz

At $0.13/kWh and current BTC price I'm profitable again, but just barely.

I have 3 more S3+ units to convert and did notice that one of the boards is a different (newer) version. I don't see the TPS53355 switcher on it or a voltage divider circuit that I can modify to change the hashing chips voltage. Any info on the newer board appreciated. I can post pictures of mod and detailed drawing if anyone is interested.