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Re: [ANN] Spondoolies-Tech - carrier grade, data center ready mining rigs
by
ZiG
on 01/08/2014, 23:32:15 UTC
I received my first SP30. It's got the Emerson PSUs. I'm running it on 122V in our office space because our DC isn't ready yet. It's running at 3383 GH/s right now, and using 1954 W, or 0.577 J/GH. I haven't gotten around to tweaking it yet, or configuring it to ignore the firmware limit on power consumption for 120V supplies. I saw 3800 GH/s at one point, but I think I changed around the settings afterwards and I can't remember what I had it at that gave 3800. I'll figure that out later.

I have it connected to two separate 20A circuits, and I haven't had any breakers trip. It seems it restarts cgminer frequently, which makes it hard to configure. When the fans shut down, you don't know if it's because of something you did or just because it's doing its thing.

ASIC #24 seems to be damaged somehow. It's usually clocked at a lower frequency, and at one time I saw it disabled by the system.

I'll give reports later on how supply voltage and other settings changes performance. I'm going to try the "touch /etc/mg_ignore_110_fcc" mod to see if I can get some moar powr our of the machine.

Edit: Something I did boosted hashrate up to around 3.9 TH/s (and maybe still climbing?). It seems that you may need to click on the "Restart Minergate" button on the main page in order to get new clockspeed settings to be enabled. Clicking the text on the Settings page to restart Minergate might not work. Not sure yet what's going on. More later.

Edit 2: 4158 GH/s now on 122 V using 2688 W at the wall for 0.646 J/GH.

Edit 3: I think the issue I've been observing is that the file /etc/mg_custom_mode exists and had the following contents:

FAN:90 VST:660 VSB:660 VMAX:770 AC_TOP:1150 AC_BOT:1150 DC_AMP:150

The WebUI wasn't updating that file when I entered new settings, so I'm going to change it now by SSH and see what happens. I'm changing them to this:

FAN:90 VST:670 VSB:670 VMAX:780 AC_TOP:1250 AC_BOT:1250 DC_AMP:150

Edit 4: Okay, so I changed it, then hit Restart Minergate, then checked the file again, and it's back to VST: 660 etc. Something in the firmware is rewriting the custom mode values with conservative values when Minergate is restarted, it seems. Running the SP30 in Turbo mode (instead of the advanced settings custom mode) seems to produce 4.1 TH/s, but the custom mode is stuck at very conservative settings which give me around 3.4 TH/s.


Old stats, when I was getting 3.4 TH/s. Note the "PSU-TOP[EMERSON1200]: 944->812w" line, which indicates that the top PSU was only using 944 W.
Code:
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leading zeroes=42
-----TOP-BOARD-----
PSU-TOP[EMERSON1200]: 944->812w[812 812 812] (lim=1150) 0c cooling:0
LOOP[0] ON :)
 0: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 47W  71A  42c] ASIC:[ 80c  565hz(TL:1245/BL: 565)  42 (193)]
 1: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 44W  67A  42c] ASIC:[ 80c  545hz(TL:1245/BL: 545)  48 (193)]
 2: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 49W  75A  40c] ASIC:[ 80c  585hz(TL:1245/BL: 585)  45 (193)]
LOOP[1] ON :)
 3: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 48W  73A  44c] ASIC:[ 80c  555hz(TL:1245/BL: 555)  51 (193)]
 4: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 43W  66A  46c] ASIC:[ 80c  545hz(TL:1245/BL: 545)  45 (193)]
 5: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 48W  73A  48c] ASIC:[ 80c  590hz(TL:1245/BL: 590)  45 (193)]
LOOP[2] ON :)
 6: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 45W  69A  50c] ASIC:[ 80c  575hz(TL:1245/BL: 575)  41 (193)]
 7: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 47W  72A  50c] ASIC:[ 80c  575hz(TL:1245/BL: 575)  41 (193)]
 8: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 44W  67A  42c] ASIC:[ 80c  530hz(TL:1245/BL: 530)  37 (180)]
LOOP[3] ON :)
 9: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 50W  76A  52c] ASIC:[ 80c  575hz(TL:1245/BL: 575)  43 (193)]
10: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 51W  78A  54c] ASIC:[ 80c  605hz(TL:1245/BL: 605)  53 (193)]
11: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:652 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 48W  73A  54c] ASIC:[ 80c  595hz(TL:1245/BL: 595)  39 (193)]
LOOP[4] ON :)
12: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:652 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 46W  71A  56c] ASIC:[ 80c  575hz(TL:1245/BL: 575)  33 (193)]
13: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:652 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 49W  75A  56c] ASIC:[ 80c  605hz(TL:1245/BL: 605)  49 (193)]
14: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 50W  77A  47c] ASIC:[ 80c  585hz(TL:1245/BL: 585)  43 (193)]
----BOTTOM BOARD------
PSU-BOT[EMERSON1200]: 1008->868w[864 868 856] (lim=1150) 0c cooling:0
LOOP[5] ON :)
15: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:652 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 44W  67A  41c] ASIC:[ 80c  565hz(TL:1245/BL: 565)  53 (193)]
16: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 43W  66A  41c] ASIC:[ 80c  560hz(TL:1245/BL: 560)  48 (193)]
17: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 50W  76A  40c] ASIC:[ 80c  605hz(TL:1245/BL: 605)  36 (193)]
LOOP[6] ON :)
18: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 49W  74A  48c] ASIC:[ 80c  610hz(TL:1245/BL: 610)  52 (193)]
19: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 47W  72A  48c] ASIC:[ 80c  595hz(TL:1245/BL: 595)  53 (193)]
20: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 43W  66A  48c] ASIC:[ 80c  550hz(TL:1245/BL: 550)  42 (193)]
LOOP[7] ON :)
21: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 44W  67A  52c] ASIC:[ 80c  570hz(TL:1245/BL: 570)  50 (193)]
22: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 50W  76A  54c] ASIC:[ 80c  630hz(TL:1245/BL: 630)  56 (193)]
23: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:652 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 49W  75A  45c] ASIC:[ 80c  620hz(TL:1245/BL: 620)  33 (192)]
LOOP[8] ON :)
24: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 39W  59A  48c] ASIC:[ 80c  495hz(TL:1245/BL: 495)  33 (191)]
25: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:654 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 49W  75A  55c] ASIC:[ 80c  615hz(TL:1245/BL: 615)  34 (193)]
26: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 49W  75A  57c] ASIC:[ 80c  620hz(TL:1245/BL: 620)  43 (193)]
LOOP[9] ON :)
27: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 49W  75A  60c] ASIC:[ 80c  620hz(TL:1245/BL: 620)  53 (193)]
28: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 48W  74A  61c] ASIC:[ 80c  625hz(TL:1245/BL: 625)  40 (193)]
29: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:656 vlt2:658(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:778) 50W  77A  51c] ASIC:[ 80c  645hz(TL:1245/BL: 645)  48 (193)]

[H:HW:3383Gh[1660+1722],W:1426,L:0,A:30,MMtmp:0 TMP:(26)=>=>=>(52,53)]
Pushed 30 jobs , in HW queue 4 jobs (sw:3, hw:3)!
min:26 wins:1329[this/last min:17/40] bist-fail:81, hw-err:0
leading-zeroes:42 idle promils[s/m]:0/0, rate:2796gh/s
Fan:90, conseq:200
I2C BUSY with BUG: 0
Adapter queues: rsp=3, req=20

New stats, with 4153 GH/s. Note that it's being limited to about 1150 or 1144 W per PSU right now. Need to figure out how to bypass that soon

Code:

----------
leading zeroes=43
-----TOP-BOARD-----
PSU-TOP[EMERSON1200]: 1328->1152w[1140 1152 1152] (lim=1150) 0c cooling:0
LOOP[0] ON :)
 0: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:679 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 63W  93A  53c] ASIC:[ 80c  720hz(TL:1245/BL: 720)  26 (193)]
 1: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:675 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 60W  88A  52c] ASIC:[ 80c  700hz(TL:1245/BL: 700)  26 (193)]
 2: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:681 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 65W  95A  49c] ASIC:[ 80c  725hz(TL:1245/BL: 725)  26 (193)]
LOOP[1] ON :)
 3: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:675 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 63W  93A  53c] ASIC:[ 80c  710hz(TL:1245/BL: 710)  28 (193)]
 4: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:677 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 58W  85A  58c] ASIC:[ 80c  685hz(TL:1245/BL: 685)  32 (193)]
 5: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:677 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 64W  94A  61c] ASIC:[ 80c  730hz(TL:1245/BL: 730)  43 (193)]
LOOP[2] ON :)
 6: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:679 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 61W  90A  63c] ASIC:[ 80c  720hz(TL:1245/BL: 720)  25 (193)]
 7: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:677 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 61W  90A  63c] ASIC:[ 80c  710hz(TL:1245/BL: 710)  32 (193)]
 8: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:677 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 60W  88A  51c] ASIC:[ 80c  680hz(TL:1245/BL: 680)  26 (180)]
LOOP[3] ON :)
 9: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:677 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 66W  97A  63c] ASIC:[ 80c  720hz(TL:1245/BL: 720)  32 (193)]
10: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:671 vlt2:680(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 66W  97A  69c] ASIC:[ 80c  740hz(TL:1245/BL: 740)  33 (193)]
11: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:675 vlt2:680(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 62W  92A  68c] ASIC:[ 80c  735hz(TL:1245/BL: 735)  38 (193)]
LOOP[4] ON :)
12: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:677 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 62W  91A  73c] ASIC:[ 95c  725hz(TL:1245/BL: 725)  33 (193)]
13: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:677 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 66W  97A  73c] ASIC:[ 95c  765hz(TL:1245/BL: 765)  41 (193)]
14: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:677 vlt2:682(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 68W 100A  58c] ASIC:[ 80c  740hz(TL:1245/BL: 740)  36 (193)]
----BOTTOM BOARD------
PSU-BOT[EMERSON1200]: 1344->1144w[1144 1144 1140] (lim=1144) 0c cooling:0
LOOP[5] ON :)
15: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:669 vlt2:674(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 53W  80A  49c] ASIC:[ 80c  660hz(TL:1245/BL: 660)  36 (193)]
16: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:671 vlt2:677(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 55W  81A  48c] ASIC:[ 80c  680hz(TL:1245/BL: 680)  32 (193)]
17: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:673 vlt2:677(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 63W  94A  49c] ASIC:[ 80c  730hz(TL:1245/BL: 730)  34 (193)]
LOOP[6] ON :)
18: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:671 vlt2:677(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 62W  92A  57c] ASIC:[ 80c  735hz(TL:1245/BL: 735)  42 (193)]
19: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:671 vlt2:677(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 61W  91A  58c] ASIC:[ 80c  730hz(TL:1245/BL: 730)  32 (193)]
20: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:675 vlt2:677(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 55W  82A  57c] ASIC:[ 80c  670hz(TL:1245/BL: 670)  35 (193)]
LOOP[7] ON :)
21: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:671 vlt2:677(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 55W  82A  63c] ASIC:[ 80c  685hz(TL:1245/BL: 685)  32 (193)]
22: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:671 vlt2:677(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 62W  91A  68c] ASIC:[ 80c  740hz(TL:1245/BL: 740)  24 (193)]
23: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:671 vlt2:677(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 63W  93A  56c] ASIC:[ 80c  745hz(TL:1245/BL: 745)  26 (192)]
LOOP[8] ON :)
24: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:673 vlt2:677(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 50W  73A  56c] ASIC:[ 80c  595hz(TL:1245/BL: 595)  29 (191)]
25: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:671 vlt2:674(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 62W  92A  67c] ASIC:[ 80c  735hz(TL:1245/BL: 735)  40 (193)]
26: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:669 vlt2:674(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 62W  92A  70c] ASIC:[ 80c  745hz(TL:1245/BL: 745)  34 (193)]
LOOP[9] ON :)
27: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:669 vlt2:674(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 63W  94A  75c] ASIC:[ 80c  770hz(TL:1245/BL: 770)  29 (193)]
28: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:673 vlt2:674(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 60W  90A  73c] ASIC:[ 80c  735hz(TL:1245/BL: 735)  35 (193)]
29: DC2DC/1/:[vlt1:671 vlt2:674(DCl:794 Tl:794 Ul:727) 63W  94A  63c] ASIC:[ 80c  760hz(TL:1245/BL: 760)  48 (193)]

[H:HW:4153Gh[2085+2067],W:1847,L:0,A:30,MMtmp:0 TMP:(27)=>=>=>(65,65)]
Pushed 30 jobs , in HW queue 4 jobs (sw:3, hw:3)!
min:0 wins:985[this/last min:39/55] bist-fail:547, hw-err:0
leading-zeroes:43 idle promils[s/m]:0/0, rate:7689gh/s
Fan:90, conseq:200
I2C BUSY with BUG: 0
Adapter queues: rsp=1, req=21

4.153GH / 441GH = ~ 9 x S3 * ~$400 each = #3600 as we speak...

And you paid what...$5,600...to $11,500 for this "deliver on time and on specs" thingy... Huh