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Board Hardware
Re: ANTMINER S5: 1155GH(+OverClock Potential), In Stock $0.319/GH & 0.51W/GH
by
notlist3d
on 28/07/2015, 15:42:32 UTC
Just unboxed a couple S5's I bought a while back and found one of them had obviously been used excessively.  It has soot all over the heatsink.  I have submitted a WTF email to Bitmain...I guess they really are going downhill Sad
http://i.imgur.com/HFtddQ7.jpg
Let us know how it goes!  That was not the "2nd hand" unit was it?  
It was still a batch that showed new right?
Bitmain has been doing this for quite some time now - Passing off obviously used and dirty units as "brand new". I've received dirty and used "brand new units" myself.

It had been a while since the last "batch" of miners so they were plugged in for quite a bit compared to earlier batches I think.    The raising of prices made less sells I think and then the batch kept lasting.

And I do give them credit to mark these right now as 2nd hand.   They have all been run in a data center for a while, so the status change of new was the right thing to do.

I'm not unrealistic I know they need to be running and cant sit in a box.  But I like the more honest status change.