Re: BITMAIN Antminer support and OverClocking thread

Quote from: fredsbend on March 17, 2014, 01:57:13 AM

I have myself an Antminer S1, overclocked to 200 Gh/s.

I think it is overheating. The chips on the fan side are pretty hot, but I can touch them without it hurting. The chips on the opposite side are so hot that I can only touch them for about a second before it burns. From this side image (https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbitcoinmalaysia.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FIn-Stock-Bitmain-AntMiner-S1-180Gh-s-2.jpg&t=537&c=EIKKbM4jYKz2gg), you can see the pins in the center that I think are holding the heat sink on the opposite side. There is a grey paste oozing from them; I think it is thermal paste.

It has been running two days straight now, and the room temp is about 70F to 75F.

What is going on here?

If you have not added extra fans to cool the unit, downclock it back to the original setting NOW! An overclocked unit is not able to cool itself sufficiently without extra fans. You need to add extra fans or you are going to damage the unit.