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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Official FutureBit Apollo LTC Image and Support thread
by
hnelson01
on 31/01/2019, 18:52:48 UTC
Ok image is complete...I need about 5-10 testers that are at your apollos tonight and have time to do an update and let it run over night just in case I missed something. Shoot me a PM and ill send download link.

I put the new image on card last night and Apollo started up perfectly with no issues.  It has been running for approximately 14 hours with everything on default/auto mode and all seems normal.  There is a difference in the low fan speed on auto.  Previously it ran at 950 rpm at its low speed and now it runs at 1120-1170 rpm at low speed and seems to fluctuate in that range, not really settling on a constant speed.  This causes a fan noise that I would describe as "fluttering" for lack of a better term.  The fan at idle produces more noise with the increased rpm, but I need to leave it on auto due to its location so it will cool down when needed. It is borderline "quiet" enough for its current den location.  It does maintain the same temperatures as it did previously(64-66 degrees C). It is mining normally at about 101.58 Mh/s on the ViaBtc pool.  I would like to mention that the Apollo with the previous image was very stable for me also with only 3 disconnects in a month and 2 of those were pool issues. The fan/temp issues I have noted, other than perhaps the "fluctuation" at low speed, are my own due to the location needed to hard wire it to the LAN, not technical associated with the new image.