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Board Mining support
Re: Not all USB Erupters mining on minepeon
by
madcratebuilder
on 02/11/2013, 16:28:38 UTC
When I look at the PS for my D-Ling 7 port it's claims to be 2.5 amps.  That's why they run 5 miners.  The Rosewill 520 10 port well run 8 miners.  I'm working on converting a atx psu for a 30+ amp 5 volt supply.

you put to much through you could fry the hub...

No, not at all.  The amount of available current has nothing to do with it.  A hub well only take the amount of current the asic's require.  My 10 port Rosewill hubs run 10 miners, powered by the 5v rail of a atx psu, rated at +5v/36Amp.  I've seen some cheap import hubs that can't supply 0.5 amps per port because of a cheap surface mount fuse that blows, 10 ports needs a minimum of a 5 amp fuse yet some cheap 10 port hubs have 3-4 amp fuses.

There's a thread someplace that shows how to change these surface mount fuses, fairly simple but you need good soldering skills.