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Re: GekkoScience has a new stickminer that does 300+GH
by
RKG456
on 03/05/2022, 03:11:08 UTC
Hi,

i also got 2 of the sticks. And still have a lot of NewPacs. I am using an Raspi 3b+ Now my Problem.:
I can add 11 sticks to my hubs and everything works fine.
At the moment i put the 12th stick in, i get an error: failed to initialize....
Doesn't matter which frequency or which sticks i put in. So there is no Problem with the Power.
I guess it have something to do with the USB Bandwidth, Maybe anyone knows how i can fix the Problem and add more sticks?

I would be very happy if somene can help.

Peace Wink

To really exclude the possibility of this being a power issue, I recommend hooking up one of the hubs to a different computer.

Thanks for your answer, but if i use 1 Hub, i can fill it with 7 sticks without problems. (i use the "original 7+1 port hub) and have an 1200W Power supply it can also run my T9+.
So it does not matter where i put the sticks just the number of devices matter. Before i used an older Raspberry and only 8 sticks where running, number 9 get me trouble.
Now with the 3B+ 11 sticks are running fine and number 12 will bring trouble.

Usually on the 7+1 or 7+3 hubs  the +# port is a fast charging port and may be acting differently. Than the others.
If you are running more than one hub are they daisy chained on the same USB port or is each hub plugged into a separate USB port on the RPi3b+? 
Is it always the same USB miner that is the 12 stick and fails to initialize?  If 11 run ok, have you tried taking out one of the original 11 and putting in what would be 12 as the 11th stick to see if the issue follows the stick with only 11 running?