Does anyone has a clue that by when cointerra is going to fix this PCB issue? Do old customers get benefits when they fix up this issue? Or it just benefits those new Terraminers using new designed PCB board.
dont shoot the messenger...
i visited cointerra briefly yesterday and will probably pop back on monday before i go home (to london.. after attending the austin bitcoin conf and sxsw). i also met with cloudhashing, who are hosting several of my systems.
I've been assuming that firmware updates help improve stability and give modest gains... (as has been reported by others already - the latest firmware last week helped several systems eek out a bit more juice ... forum users mostly report good results)
I suspect the new board will only be used for future production (since they continue to claim 2 TH/s in their online store for May and June batch systems, they seem confident the may and june batches will be utilising the next board).
i don't think its realistic nor worth sending any of the existing machines back for an upgrade to get the boards replaced (the cost to both sides, several hundred bucks in shipping, plus downtime while its not hashing, etc - thus it isn't worth the effort nor significant expense)... let alone what it would cost cointerra to write off old boards and supply new ones (the chips are soldered in)... so being realistic, this is unlikely (imho!) to happen...
so, what we have right now, hashing away (at 1.6-1.7 th/s) is likely what it is and i doubt it will change much.. just improved with firmware updates and tweaks. heck maybe someone will figure out how to over clock it like has happened over in the knc forums!