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Board Hardware
Re: ANTMINER S3 Discussion and Support Thread.
by
moss
on 22/09/2014, 21:07:27 UTC
Smiley l took your advice and ordered the Thermalright TR-TY143...  Just out of interest I'd like to add that I think discussions about temperatures on this forum are a little over-hyped. 50C is a perfectly acceptable temperature for an asic to run at. Note that the menu shutdown temperature default is 80C. I worked for a computer manufacuturer and regularly changed ic's using hot-air guns where temperaturers attained hundreds of degrees C during the process and it never caused problems. You'd be surprised how much abuse ics can take. It's over-voltage kills them, not overheating.

Hi mate, I take your point, but I think you've done the right thing.  The asics in the S3s seem to be rather temperamental and someone posted a while back how just running without the case fitted was enough to 'x' out an asic that was distant from the inlet fan.