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Re: Avalon A7 announced
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philipma1957
on 13/10/2017, 21:44:59 UTC
Received mine today from Miner Warez. Took an unboxing video just in case I needed documentation.

Mine looks very much the same as philipma1957's video shows. Like jonlorusso mentioned, I also did not receive the information card and it was not sealed. I did get the two cables and converter as shown in philipma1957's video.

I did not notice any odd smells, however it does not smell like 'new' electronics. More neutral. Looking through the fan area is slightly dusty. More so from looking into it from the rear. Some of the capacitors and mounting brackets show an accumulation of dust/dirt. The silver fins (heat sinks?) look relatively clean. The outer shell is pretty much on par with the mentioned video. A few scratches and the label appears to be lifting a little around the corners.

This is my first purchase in the mining world. I was expecting it to be 'Brand New'. That is what I was paying for. This I would describe as 'used'. Possibly lightly used, but used all the same.

I also received the 1500 watt power supply kit from Parallelminer. These in comparison look 'new' and definitely have a 'new' electronics smell.

I will not be able to test the miner for a couple of days. Waiting on the rest of the Raspberry Pi parts to arrive, so I can make the controller.

I also paid with PayPal, so I'll see how the testing goes.


I almost forgot.

I ordered five 2400 watt delta psu s from parallel miners.

Eighty cables and breakout boards.

They cross wired one pcie cable.  Gear was almost cooked.

I caught it and no issues .

Check all your pcie cables from them to see if they were cross wired.

Can you elaborate more on "cross wired"?  Positive with negative?
I checked all my cables, the black ones are ok, the white ones are crosswired between pins. (left pin goes to middle and vice versa, right pin is ok)  - but this should be ok, it's just ground. Isn't it?

Update: the 12v are crossed between them, that shouldn't be a problem. Grounds are ok (left,sense,right).

my thread is pretty clear see link

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2215578.0