Re: BITMAIN Antminer S3 support and OverClocking thread

Total noob here. Could you please provide a step by step guide to overclocking the S3. Thanks.

Download putty from here first. http://www.putty.org/
Open it and put your antminer ip address.
Put root as username and password when asked.
Then, type and enter the below.

Code:

vim /etc/config/asic-freq

vim is a text file editor. The asic-freq file is opened now.
Type

Code:

and comment by putting # in the default values and uncomment by removing # from the frequency set(freq_value,chip_freq,timeout) you want to set.
Type

Code:

!wq

to save and exit the file.
Type the below now and close putty. Restart Antminer S3 and you are running now at the new frequency.

Thanks for the help. I was able to login via putty and get the screen with the freq values. However, not sure where on the screen to type the "i" and "!wq" commands.

do yourself a favour and install nano, it's an easier to use (albeit less capable) text editor.
opkg update
opkg install nano

A bit OT but maybe you can answer this for me.

Either in nano or vim - is there a shortcut for select all? I can't seem to find it and replies from searches online don't work for me.

Its not possible to use a single shortcut the select all in nano or vim.
Multiple shortcuts will work that's a hard job. Using mouse will be more easy.
An enhanced version of vim called vim-enhanced may be used.
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/vim-enhanced