There are more than a few different revisions of boards out there. Some have different bulk capacitor configurations, (Different values, more/less populated, etc) and this doesn't mean your board was assembled wrong. We designed the boards to have lots of low value caps, and all it means if your board has some "missing" it's that we used higher value caps, just less of them.
There is a known issue where a die with a bad core can cause that whole die, and sometimes the whole system, to stop hashing. We are working on this with the new firmware. I will post here as soon as the firmware is released. I do not know when, but I'm hoping for this week.
We aren't going to release anything until it's proven to fix things without reducing performance or reliability.
All boards were tested at the factory, and then tested again in the completed systems before they were shipped. If you have one that's not working right, please email tech support.
-Phil
Phil,
I suspected that the capacitor placement might be different for different boards, also, I already mailed support with all the info, but no reply yet... (...) <---insert any amount of sarcasm here
Do you know how the RMA is handled? Like, do I need to send in the whole box or board beforehand? Or are there pre-exchanges of boards?
That issue you mention with a full die maybe not working if a single core has a problem, does it show itself in any other ways, like logs or other bahaviour?
One thing I noticed was that even tho my board has an 1.2 sticker the initialization log of the HFA device in CGminer says Hardware Rev 1.1.
If you guys need a new firmware beta tester for this issue out in the field (I know you probably don't) I'll be happy to help.
Also, another hardware question: What is the dip switch array on the board for? Anything usable or dangerous there?
thanks
storm