What is the maximum temperature an Antminer S3 ASIC can run at without degrading the hardware?
80℃
That's the thermal shutdown temp. Realistically, you should have 40-50c ideally, but probably won't see any real problems in error rate until over 60c
What is the maximum temperature an Antminer S3 ASIC can run at without degrading the hardware?
You should keep it between 50 and 60 C or less. My S3+ at stock speed runs between 40 and 50C in over 30C ambient temps. Over 70 C is bad for the hardware. Unless you disable it, the firmware will turn the miner off either chain temp reaches 80 C.
If you stop function - Stop running when temprerature is over 80℃ - then you need to restart with PSU
All depends on the frequency. Miner can work without errors over 80℃ width lower frequency.
frequency 218.75
Antminer C1 , 74-77 ℃ . Noo x or - , 0 hardware errors
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