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Board Hardware
Re: Antminer R1
by
notlist3d
on 08/10/2015, 21:41:37 UTC
I'm not sure on that.  Look at what sidehack was able to do with a chip.  I mean it's able to do 8GH easily with no issues. 
While the Compac will run passive at 8Gh/s, I wouldn't really recommend it - never mind if putting it into an enclosed space with limited surface area for cooling (which the R1 largely appears to be, ventilation holes notwithstanding).
I was surprised how hot the heat sink got when running a compac at only 125 freq, I put a fan on the one I have at that frequency right away after I touched it.

You might try to turn down voltage and see if it makes a difference. What speed are you getting at 125? 

I have 2 at 150 and it ran fine with no fan.  Now the ones I have cranked up to 250 I had to add fans.   They really did get hot, but well within spec.