Is there somewhere with more info on these sticks just as how to assess if they are heat damaged
+1
I would imagine heat damage will cause one of 2 things:
1) reduced hash rate. These run very precisely (ive got 335 Mhash and 334.9 Mhash respectively), and heat damage to the asic chip would result in fewer (if any) hashes.
2) increased error rate: much more rejected shares or hardware errors.
I find with a small heatsink to add slight cooling bonus, my HW errors sits around 1.3%. Without any cooling, and the 2 devices horizontal above eachother and creep up to 1.5-2.3% error rate. this alone makes a little bit of forced cooling a bonus for hardware lifespan and ROI
Thanks for sharing the experience of this.
Who designed the Eruptor? Don't they have some kind of page or tool for querying the device?
AFAIK the USB Eruptor is very basic - USB-Serial interface -> ASIC. No diagnostic output, no temp sensor, no firmware. I can see header pins on the board though