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Re: [ANN] ASICMINER Informer - an English speaking News Hub for all things friedcat
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am-informer
on 16/09/2014, 18:03:16 UTC
UPDATE:
OK. First results arrived from translators.

The FAQ page at http://www.iasicminer.com/index.php/action-channel-name-faq

Price on this one was: 0.05 btc ~ 23.5 usd @ 470 usd per btc
It has 1356 english words ( counting 1-letter words too ) .
This makes: 23.5/1356*400 = 6.93 usd / 400 words . Compared to the 5 usd/400words on fiverr it's not too bad. Maybe will come equal if we dont count 1,2,3 lettered words.

Translator says it took them 2 hours. So 23.5/2 = 11.75 usd / hour


The FAQ page at http://www.iasicminer.com/index.php/action-channel-name-faq


Question:

1. How to buy your miner? 2. Is it pre-sale or is it in stock? 3. How do you cooperate with your reseller agents?
Answer:

1. If purchasing less than ten miners, go to our authorized dealer to buy (all agents are on the same level, there is no general agent), authorized dealer list: (authorized dealer link (EDITOR NOTE: link not available on webpage) ) If you are purchasing more than ten miners, please contact the website on the right side using the online sales customer service.

2. We do not provide pre-sales for a long time, all we sell is in stock or we pre-sell for a very short time.

3. We do not sign any cooperation or contracts except directly buying or selling miners.


Q: what is the miner's current price?
Single miner price: 0.79 bitcoins;
Single miner's hash power: between 800-850GH/s;
Note: the official minimum order quantity is 1 set, 1 set contains 10 assembled miners and three controllers.

Q: when can we buy the miner?
The miner will be released soon, we will announce detailed parameters and prices. ( EDITOR NOTE: see this thread: Topic: ASICMiner Tube Sales Information Thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=735728.0 )

Q: what should be paid attention to when we pay you via bank ?
Answer: The bank transfer fees are different, so please use the “instant transfer” when transfering the money. You should always pay several more cents so that we can check the money easier/faster.
(note: transfer message must not contain "bitcoin", "miner" , etc words)

Q: do you support payment after the arrival of the miners?
A: No. All agents and individual buyers, need to pay first.

Q: if I don't want to buy the miners after reserving the orders, can I return?
A: no, miners once sold won’t be refunded or returned. Please think twice before buying.

Q: Do you provide any warranty?

First, within 72 hours, for non-artificial damage on the hardware, we provide replacement service. Buyers bear the freight charges.

Second, within 90 days, for non-artificial damage on the hardware, we provide warranty service. Buyers bear the freight charges.

Third, if the miners are broken between 90 days and 180 days, we provide money to cover the fixing costs . Buyers bear the freight charges.

Fourth, our company provides redundancy ratio of hash power for large orders, but for the redundant part there is no warranty.

Clients who bought miners from the agents can communicate the warranty problems with the agents, the company will have further communications with the agents.

Added: the price provided by agents cannot be higher than the official price, once found, immediately cancel the agent qualification.


Q: which shipping company do you use, how long can I receive the miner?
A: we use SF Express with "freight collect", it requires clients to pay the freight charges when receiving the miner.
We ship the miners within 48 hours once clients ordered and paid the money. For most of the cities in China it takes 2-4 working days to arrive.

Q: can your miner be used to mine Litecoin(LTC)?
A: no, our miners are only used to mine the digital currencies of the SHA-256 algorithm.

Q: how to become your agent?

First, fill in the agent application form (download address: ( EDITOR NOTE: link missing here )) and send to sale@bitquan.com

Second, the Channel specialist will review and confirm with the applicants if approved.

Three, approved applicants submit the agency materials (contact the Channel specialist, Channel specialist’s QQ: 1327573930).

Fourth, we sign an agency contract with you.

Fifth, starting to the distribution and cooperation.


Q: where can we get official information about you ?
You can get our official information from the following four sources:

1. The official sina weibo: @ASICMiner销售部 (http://weibo.com/u/5195261989);
2. The official twitter: @ASICMinerANN (https://twitter.com/ASICMinerANN);
3. The website: this site iasicminer.com;
4. Our BitcoinTalk official account: Phasebird; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=337449

In addition to the information above is the unofficial information, please do not believe that in order to avoid unnecessary losses!

Q: can we visit your company?
We offer sample mining farms to visit in Shenzhen, Jiangsu and Beijing. We welcome the medium and large customers to come to communicate and cooperate.

( EDITOR NOTE: this text may be inaccurate ! )
Q: why can't I open the web page after connecting the main controller ?
OTO connection cable A should be connected to the Ethernet controller near the Net export, check whether the connection is correct or not.
( EDITOR NOTE: end of uncertain text )

Q: one or more hash power boards can’t be found?
5 pin toggle switch should toggle to different values, check it; Re-examine OTO cable to ensure that the connection is normal.

Q: why is the hash power less than 800 GHash?
The hash power of the miner is the average value within the period of time. If you have diifficulty with a mining pool, restart the Ethernet controller or connect to different mining pools to see if the  hash power will have changes.

Q: why the efficiency of one or two board is less than 90%?
The hash power of a single board may fluctuate, you should observe the average hash power for a long time. The hash power board is sensitive to the external conditions such as temperature, voltage, and the chips got the influence of encapsulation and pasted, therefore there are tiny differences, these differences may be cumulative, resulting in a lower hash rate.

Q: why there are "crack" sounds when the miner is working, the chip surface has burst with smoke?
This is chip burst, chips have bubbles that exist in the process of encapsulation and mounting, heat cannot conduct to the radiator, leading to the chip burst. Single chip bursting does not affect the other chips, it just leads to a loss of one chip's hash power of about 9.6G. If the frequency of a single board is running in the 270M range, and total hash power is less than 180G, it can be replaced for free.

Q: where can I see PCB, CAD details?
Friedcat TUBE is based on X24 open source solution for miner BE200 chip design.
Open source information is as follows:
PCB file: https://github.com/blockerupter/AM_BE200_X24/archive/master.zip
CAD: https://github.com/blockerupter/AM_Tube

Q: What are ASICMINER's TUBE parameters, power consumption, power supply? How much is the price? Is there any quantity limitation for the purchase?
1. ASICMINER TUBE single power: 800-850GH/s; Power consumption: 1.0 w/gh is influenced by the current environment temperature and power tranfer efficiency;
2. A set of 10 miners includes a controller for: 7.9 BTC
3. The minimum order quantity is at least ten


Q: you are selling the parts, how can we configure and assemble?
Official installation and configuration instructions for details click on: http://www.iasicminer.com/index.php/action-viewnews-itemid-30

Q: what is the miner purchase process?
For details, please see: http://www.iasicminer.com/index.php/action-channel-name-payment

Q: can I use fiat to purchase?
Fiat and bitcoin are accepted; Compared with fiat, bitcoin payment have a larger discount, it is strongly recommended that; fiat price is the bitcoin exchange rate + 5%;

Q: do you provide warranty if the miner were bought from other places?
Our service is only for official purchase from us directly (including from the official agents). If you buy from any other markets, please contact the seller to provide services.

Q: what kind of controller, power supply configuration is?
Controller power supply is DC12V1A, also can use an AC/DC converters to replace, or get the electricity by directly using a power cable from your miner power supply.

Q: can I purchase the whole machine? Is it more expensive?
At present all miners are sold in the whole machine, it inculdes 10 miners in each set, a set of price is: 7.9 BTC, consists of three controllers.

Q: Can I mine in f2pool.com ?
miner can't directly mine in f2pool.com. If you want to mine there, you need a PC or a raspberry PI through a proxy, the controller needs to use a proxy to connect to the pool. Users can download the bfgminer software.

Download address: https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=626361
Here is a raspberry PI intermediate proxy tutorial: http://www.iasicminer.com/index.php/action-viewnews-itemid-53

Q: what to do when Ghash is down or any other pools are down?
You can use the company poolswitcher to automatically switch miner information.


EDIT :  changed TRANSLATOR NOTE to EDITOR NOTE - because I, am-informer made those after the translator gave me his text.

EDIT 2 : corrected further for wrong prepositions, a/the and better style and readability.