Had a smiliar problem after changing the fan on the Orange pi. it was down to the plastic cable that connects the Pi to the NVME was very slighly loose and wanst giving a good connection! Had to give it a really good push in again. took ages to figure it all out  without it you get nothing apart from a light flashing on the pi's an the fans at full speed. Once connected probably i started to get a light again on nvme and it booted up.

hope this helps

Any lights on the front of the unit? does the fan run at full speed by any chance?

Hmmmm have Black arrow gone now?

Not  revealing who this was but....


 I just called the bank that the deposits are made in. It's called Metro Bank in London. I told them about the fraud and they freaked out... Everyone here should call that bank right away to make a complaint!! The more that call the faster things get shut down!

Bank number: +44 20 3402 8285.
Account numbers:
EUR Account Number: 13633018, Sort Code: 23-05-80, IBAN: GB31MYMB23058013633018
USD Account number: 13633045, Sort Code: 23-05-80, IBAN: GB78MYMB23058013633045
GBP Account Number: 13631317, Sort Code: 23-05-80, IBAN: GB77MYMB23058013631317
Company Name: Destino LIMITED

Call them now and make a complaint!!



I once had a call from  Daniel  who said he was nothing but a supplier to BA i asked why a supplier woudl let a  different company use their Bank accounts to make payments or represent them at shows.

I'm goign to call the bank in the morning even though i did'nt pay by that way it may be worth talking to them and letting them know what is going on.

Well I'm posting this here for everyone to see -

I took my unit apart to send the hashboards back to Black Arrow - these unit have NEVER been plugged in and  on one of the hasboards i find this....

i got my x3 - Its now sat in a box doing nothing for fear of it imploding  (as they dont explode) I've asked for new has board but i'm not holing my breath Last time i ordered something from Black arrow it took 11 months and 7 days to arrive....

Angiem was offered hosting by them ...Wait for it.....$ 92.50 a month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

News
Date added: 12 Nov 2014 Prospero X3 issues

There have been several reports and X3 units returned to warranty that have failed during hashing. While the issue has happened to less than 0.5% of manufactured machines, we would like to assure that this is under our standards of quality and we deeply apologize for any inconveniences this has caused.

We take this matter very seriously and have started looking into it with the first report we have received. We have also already contracted several expert companies to help us analyse and locate the problem. Until now we have not received their final answer but their preliminary analysis is that the problem is caused by faulty soldering of the mosfets which allowed them to overheat and enter in a state of short-circuit which caused the PCB to overheat and the PCI socket to meltdown. We believe that the smoke caused by the mosfet and plastic burning is toxic and must not be inhaled. For this reason we ask customers who have just received their X3 to keep it in a well ventilated area for at least 1 week as we did not had the chance to test the latest shipped miners for more than 1 hour.

Please rest assured that this issue is covered by warranty and in order to provide peace of mind to customers that are concerned that this might happen to their machine we are offering hosting into our partner's datacenter in China. This includes any X3 unit that has been shipped or still due to be shipped. Please contact us via our customer support, should you like us to host your X3.

I went in to see them with a big bag of lies and broken promises all  printed out  nicely along with all the company details all the address'  Bank details etc - Hopefully I'll hear something back.

Next step is if i've heard nothing  by mid december I'm going to go and Pop and see Daniel at his place of work - Probably to coniside with the 1 year anniversary of paying these people for Fuck All

Got an update in regard to my fraud case i opened with the police, It's been passed now to thames valley police and things look like they are picking up.

04 November 2014

Dear Mr Kennerley

NFRC141000810656

I’m writing to inform you about the current position of your report.

Experts at the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) have reviewed the information and have found enough evidence for a possible police investigation. I am pleased to inform you your report has been sent to Thames Valley Police, who have recorded it under: • reference : awaiting local reference number allocation - in process

Thames Valley Police is responsible for any resulting investigation and for providing you with further updates to your report. Their contact details are details:

• Thames Valley Police by email at affect@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk or

• by phone 01865 841148

When you contact Thames Valley Police, please give them your reference number (above).

If you would like more information on how to protect yourself from fraud, there is information

on the Action Fraud website at or you can call them on 0300 123 2040.

Thank you again for taking the time to report and helping us to make the UK a safer place for you and others.

We have an update from Black arrow

October update

Power supplies - fixed

In the light of the issues encountered with a limited number of the Power Supply units, we have been pushing really hard the power supply manufacturer, Apluspower, to address all the issues. Apart from reliability issues, the PSU did not comply with EM emissions, although our contract with Apluspower clearly mentioned that the PSU must be CE and FCC certified.

As a consequence, after the PSU issues were fixed, Black Arrow went through certification procedures. Prospero X-3 is now CE certified. Please click here to review the certification.

We are happy to report that according to our knowledge, testing and 3rd party certification, Apluspower have now fixed all the problems discovered and reported and we have resumed shipping. Please note that the power supply is certified together with our Prospero X3 as a whole unit and not independently.

The old design PSUs failure rate is lower than 5% and replacement is only required to comply with EU/US legislation due to EM emissions. We will dispatch new PSUs on our own cost to all customers from EU&US who wish to receive a replacement, but please note that customs duty are the responsibility of the receiver. Customers outside of EU&US will be eligible for a replacement only if their PSU is faulty. We will not be requesting our customers to send the old PSUs back.

X1 manufacturing – in testing

We have stopped manufacturing X1 and we will be shipping all remaining customers X1.5 which contains 2 chips and hashes at 160-180 Ghash in an attempt to clear the compensation sooner.

Certification for Prospero X1.5 is in progress.

X3 manufacturing - fixed

We had issues with the speed of built for the new units therefore we had to make a contract with a new business partner who demonstrated that they can manage delivery of large volume in a short period of time.

Our new partner has just finished the first batch of units which will be dispatched today and tomorrow. Their assembly speed is a clear improvement and at this rate we will be finishing all X3 deliveries in next few weeks.

14nm Bitcoin ASIC

We are still heavily involved in the 14nm ASIC project.

We are happy to report that after bringing on board more talent we have exceeded our initial 0.3W/Ghash target by 4.3 times by employing all techniques possible in ASIC and algorithm design. Our current design efficiency is now 70mW/Ghash (0.07W/Ghash) which allows us to build a 1 Terrahash chip in a single die while using 70 Watts at chip level. This will allow development of a 20Thash machine while using 1.5kw.

We intend to make this chip available for sale only from stock (No pre-orders)

Indeed very strange although it took jumbley to actually bring it to their attention as they banned me and my posts.....

you can open and should open a case on line - you dont have to be in the  UK

 I checked the online version all out after visting and will take you no more than 15- 20 minutes depending on how much information you give - You can list  three people  in the case so i listed BA and there address china / hong kong / Alex and his address in the UK and Daniel and his Company address as He has / is taking Black arrow's payments through his  company ( not exactly legal Daniel ) and he has been to shows on BA's behalf. You can then add more it says if and when needed.

If you do open a case be sure to list my Crime number and also notbatans's crimenumber if the information section os they can link everything together.

To be Honest  I dont really care where they are from - I'm married to an estonian so location means nothing to me - There has been stirring in the  Press as one of the leaders of a political party did state he wouldn't want one living next door to  him.... Personally I would love it.... I'd could just pop round and make sure we get our refunds.

In truth you get good and bad everywhere in the world - Just in thi scase they are Romanian but the could easily be british,  French, etc etc

The police were more interested in him having a prior in Romania rather an being romania with it being part of the EU - Makes it eaiser for them.

I had a chat with Daniel this morning they actually bothered to ring me ( jumbley did ask them too ) I explained to him when i visited the police i gave them his details and his company - He todl me he was just a supplier of theres and is BA is not  his company - I had to explain that not many suppliers let other companies take payments for them and "help Out" at trade shows!

We'll see what happens I put everything in an email and he will speak to the managers - I'm not holding my breath. He said they had sorted out the problem with the psu's. but again i've been fed so many lies over the  last 10 months or so.

Police investigation of course stays open so we'll see where that takes us all.

UK POLICE HAVE NOW BEEN ALERTED TO BLACK ARROW, ALEX SOVU AND DANIEL ANDRONIC
fraud case is open



Well there we go The UK police are now upto date with everything that is has been happening with every Black arrow have been up to and although they cant comment it "certainly fits the bill of a scam operation"!

I was Going to see them on Monday but done it today instead after they decided to delete and block me on ecoin talk.

Hopefully Alex and Daniel are reading this as they have both been named in the fraud case along with Destino Limited  Which has been handling cash payments for Black arrow - Along with Black arrow of course .  Dont worry Daniel  Before i did anything i took a copy of you facebook profile along with friends and family details so they have them along with pictures so they Know what you look like. I also Let them havce details of Alex previous credit crime fraud.

Got to love the internet.

After i spoke to the police they advised that if anyone else wants to also get in touch you can do it all online - you dont even have to leave your home.

you can do it online at : http://www.actionfraud.police.uk

You can list upto three people and address on the online version so enough to do black arrow Alex ion Sovu and Daniel Andronic.

If you have lost the bank details Of Destino limited, Or want  Alex's or daniels adress'  please get in touch with me at nomoreblackarrow@outlook.com or pm me and i can Happily  forward them onto you.

If you do submit the fraud request  they asked if you can add my crime reference number It will help them link all the cases together

CRN NFRC141000810656

Well there we go  - I gave them enough chances.

I'll keep posting this and a website will soon be up as well !

Good Luck

Indeed whats the psu situation on these?

I'm in europe too  although I ordered direct from BA but indeed will do

Hi all,
 Just to let you know I'm currently contacting the law offices of Charlotte C.Linn in regard to  a class action law suit against Black Arrow.

They are currently running a class action law suit against  KNC for much less than Black arrow has done. Over at : http://kncclassaction.com/

I'm looking at the possibilty with them of doing the same against Black arrow for us.

It is early days at the moment but if you have ANY information that may or even not be useful Can you  let  me have a copy?

Screen shots, Broken promises, Messages from and to, Information about BA or Alex in fact pretty much anything that may help

I dont want order numbers or address' etc at this stage I want to collate information to pass onto them.

You even have to supply a name that way we have the information ready for them.

If you would like to email it to me you can at the following address

NoMoreBlackarrow@outlook.com

(even if you dont thing it woudl be helpfull please still pass it  onto me)

My payment also go "moved" on the 26th September

FROM http://ecointalk.net  Angry
Posted Yesterday, 04:55 PM

They are not Chinese.  If it isn't apparent, Black Arrow appears to be one or more Romanians who live in the UK.  They pay Chinese companies to build their equipment for them.

 

I believe they ceased production at their previous factory because the company they contracted out was very slow, and probably because they ran out of money.

 

They found a new production company that can produce all the miners in three days, but I don't think they are producing anything, because they are out of money.  (It would be obvious if they were, because in three days, they'd be done.  Since that hasn't happened, you can figure out the rest.)

 

I believe that they are looking for some kind of third party investor who will provide the necessary cash to complete production.

 

In the meantime, they may be producing units themselves, slowly for lack of anything better to do.

 

I believe the company is broke.  They may be mining with some X3's to get enough cash to keep the lights on and pay people, and maybe finish a miner here or there by hand.  But at this stage, it sounds as though they are just broke and looking for new investors.

 

I would like to think differently, but when I ask about their financial situation and why they are unable to do certain things, their lack of answers indicates they are broke.  No denials.  No proof of any kid.

 

I think if anyone looks at this with a clear head, you have a company that hasn't made a sale in over half a year, trying to pay people to build these miners.  It's game over.

 

Sure, they MIGHT find an investor.  But this generation of miners are worthless unless Bitcoin goes to a thousand dollars a coin, but every difficulty increase that clicks by, no matter how small, shows us that the machines will be that much pointless to produce and ship out.

 

It's a terrible situation to be sure.  They took a lot of people's money, including mine, and gave them nothing in return.  Being broke, they have no way to fix it.  It'll come down to lawsuits and legal action before too long, because they won't be able to prove to any investigating body that they can make good on the contracts they agreed to.  They are screwed.  The only hope is some kind of angel investor, but I really don't see how one would step into this mess and waste money trying to fix it.  Not unless they got complete control of the "company" and all of its IP.

 

I wish Black Arrow luck in trying to sort this mess out.  But the whole thing is a wash as far as I see it.  Pretty soon I'll be able to get 2th for less than what it'll cost BA to ship me my units.

I will post  this here as my posts seem to keep getting deleted over a ecoin etc:



I've been waiting for a crime number for the alledged data breach back at the start of August so i can give it to the UK police.

I was told on the 25th:

"The Chinese police are refusing to open a case because they want a list with a minimum amount of customers which is higher than we have. To open a case with the Hong Kong police somebody from management will need to physically go there, which they haven't been able to do yet. "

 And today when i asked i was told :

"We have been to the Shenzhen police but they didn't want to continue as I said in my earlier post. We haven't had time yet to go to Hong Kong and go to the police there."

I'm starting to think there was no data breachand yet again i'm lead a merry Dance Sad

Why cant anyone be bothered in a month to report the crime to hong kong police?