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Re: GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread
by
Muppet007
on 18/01/2022, 21:27:37 UTC
Hi all, had a few issues when cold starting one of my r606's, it will often come up with BM1387:11+ then restart a few times before showing BM1387:12+.
Tried everything, power leads, connections etc.
Today I found it in its usual state of OFF found 0 chip(s).
Tried restarting her but all I get is found 0 chip(s). | OFF.
Any suggestions?


1. check voltage pf power, etc. if power is not work, chip will not work. This is major cause.
2. check usb port on unit or on your pc. if usb is not work, __usb_init() will not find chip.
3. check if green light on the stick is on. no light, usb stick is damaged.
4. plug out 5 usb sticks, only left one usb stick, check which usb stick is wrong.
5. remove cgminer, then, re-install cgminer. when code got damaged.
6. run debugging to trace error, check total_devices?  check __usb_init()  function.
7. the 0-rules must written into linux. Read README.



This is a Terminus r606 that has failed (no green light) not newpac usb stick miner.
Voltage is fine; swapped working terminus r606 power and usb with the non working unit, no change.
I do not think cgminer would be the problem as 10 x newpacs and 1 x terminus r606 work like trojans without fail.
Interesting you should mention the usb as has hot glue all over the usb plug unlike the working one with none
Got a gut feeling something has failed in a big way on this one.