I had a situation with my S4 2 days ago where I was changing pools and after I clicked save & apply it crashed.I could not access the web interface nor was it mining to any of the pools. It took me about 2 hours to get to where it is stored and it was running quite hot and roaring like it was trying to take off on a runway. I did a hard reboot and monitored it for an hour. Everything seemed to be running better than before since it was now hashing around 2.1TH instead of 1.9TH so I went back home. After about 3 hours running I noticed the temp rise on 1 board from 49C to 61C. I was not able to get to the miner to reboot it again so it ran all night like that with me stressing.
As soon as I could get to it I hard rebooted again and monitored it for about 4 hours this time. Every thing seems to be running normal again with the boards at 51C and hashing at 2TH now.
I would love to know what could cause this so I can try not to do it again...
How can I remotely stop the antminer? I know I would only be able to stop it if I can connect to it, but when it is running hot and it seems like something is wrong I would like to be able to stop it so it does not damage itself.
As soon as I could get to it I hard rebooted again and monitored it for about 4 hours this time. Every thing seems to be running normal again with the boards at 51C and hashing at 2TH now.
I would love to know what could cause this so I can try not to do it again...
How can I remotely stop the antminer? I know I would only be able to stop it if I can connect to it, but when it is running hot and it seems like something is wrong I would like to be able to stop it so it does not damage itself.
First off, your IP Address provided to you by your IP needs to be a static IP instead of dynamic. Mine was dynamic with charter communications. I had to upgrade to a business line with them to get a static IP. I'm paying $21.00 higher each month for it. The plus side is if my internet goes down, they are supposed to have me up no more than 4 hours later. They give business subscribers higher priority over residence.
Once you have a static IP, I would recommend you going to youtube to see what you need to do to connect to devices (your S4) through your router and/or switch that are connected to your modem. I'm saying to go to youtube because of so many different OS's out there; versions of that OS; routers, etc...
I'm assuming you are set up for DHCP. You would need to know what address was assigned to it or that you manually assigned to it in your settings so you can connect to it after you connect to your router via the static IP address.
The router would have to be set up a certain way, etc... That's why I'm saying go to youtube after you get static (same IP address all the time) instead of dynamic service, which changes the IP address all the time.
For instance, this youtube video tells me what one would need to do in a similar situation you're in with an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpeRdji4BmM
Yes, they talk about connecting to other "Mac's" within your house or business. You can also connect to any other devices assigned addresses in DHCP in Airport Extreme Base Station. However, you first need a "static" IP address to connect to the Base Station so you can connect to other devices through the Base Station.
As for what could be wrong with your S4, I have no clue. Not my expertise. Good Luck!
Wait until others wake up and head to the forum to read new posts. Then you may find your answer.
I'm just hoping someone who has played around with an S4 a lot or staff from BitmainTech would be able to shed some light on this matter because so far this has not been easy to manage remotely with the issues I have been having, for example with 1 board randomly over-heating when compared to the other 3 and hash rate changing after reboots.
After reading the posts about the voltage regulators not functioning like they should I am a little worried this might be a similar problem or the same thing. And with the stock power supply already close to max it's not good if it is.