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warning my friends and family to avoid BFL like a disease-infested hooker, I'll take my leave of this thread. :-)

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I should have listened to this post before placing an order.  It's been almost 7 months since I ordered and paid for my miner and still nothing.  Even their own customer service's blog (BFL_Jody) is false.  They claim they have shipped ordered that they have not.

Now they have the audacity to ask for more money to upgrade to their newest miner.  I'm so done with this company and based on the response on their own forums, so are hundreds of other customers.  There is no SINGLE POSITIVE post that I came across in the customer service section.

If you're thinking of ordering from these people, trying calling them to see if you can get an actual person on the phone.  Then read a page or so from their forums.  Then if you still think they will deliver on time or provide any customer service, go ahead and order.

Someone mentioned a "small but vocal" group of unsatisfied customers.  Based on past experience and BFL's own forums, I would say the vast majority of their customers are angry and vocal about being lied to and mistreated.

I should have listened to this post before placing an order.  It's been almost 7 months since I ordered and paid for my miner and still nothing.  Even their own customer service's blog (BFL_Jody) is false.  They claim they have shipped ordered that they have not.

Now they have the audacity to ask for more money to upgrade to their newest miner.  I'm so done with this company and based on the response on their own forums, so are hundreds of other customers.  There is no SINGLE POSITIVE post that I came across in the customer service section.

If you're thinking of ordering from these people, trying calling them to see if you can get an actual person on the phone.  Then read a page or so from their forums.  Then if you still think they will deliver on time or provide any customer service, go ahead and order.

I had such high hopes for this company when I placed my order in March.  They kept saying they would ship in a couple of months, but it's October now and still nothing.  You CANNOT call anyone and they don't respond to emails anymore.  They have a blog with a so called shipping status, but it's not based on reality.  They claim they have shipped orders dated late March, but mine hasn't even gone into production and I placed my order at the beginning of March.

Do yourself a favor and avoid dealing with these clowns.  Don't believe me, go read the horror stories on their own forum.  Critical posts mysteriously disappear regularly, but they can't delete all the negative comments because there would be nothing left.

Did you change the "Power Control" settings in AMD's Catalyst driver and overclock your card?  I have a newer 6970 and get 420.

This is a very nice guide.  I'm sure it will be helpful to new miners.

  So, who is the lucky recipient of the donation?

Make sure you set the "Power Control" setting in AMD Catalyst to +20%.  If I leave mine at 0, I get a speed increase up to 900 MHz, but then the speed goes down.  With the "Power Control" setting at +20%, I can overclock to 950 with 70 degree temps and 420 Mhps using the bitminter client.  Check out this thread:

http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22432.0

How do you set your memory to 350?  I use MSI's Afterburner and I can only go down to 685.

Me too.  I just installed 11.7 and my computer no longer locks up when I try to play back video, both local and web flash.

According to the information from the same thread, unfortunately 11.7 and 11.8 have a bug that causes 100% cpu utilization on a core.  This may be causing the loss in performance.

It's a known issue with the 6000 series cards.  AMD hopes to address it in Catalyst 11.8.

http://forums.amd.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=390&threadid=128404

Have you tried the java-based bitminter?  The author is very active on this forum and has a very nice miner.  The pool is small and he is paying 5% bonus until the 60th block has been found.  So far, we've found 3.

http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22432.0

How long is the warranty for Saphire cards?

Ebay began using asterisks to mask user names.  What you're seeing is normal.

I don't see how someone can place a lower bid after you've placed yours.  The system doesn't allow you to do that.

I think the "Power Control" allows the card to pull more current if it needs it.  It won't make a difference if there is not need for extra juice.  I was just lazy and my temps were low enough that I didn't tinker with it.

I got a nice boost when I switched from GUIMiner to bitminter miner.  It works really well for 6000 series radeon cards.  I was at 400s with GUIMiner and now I'm in 420s with 0.2% stale/rejected shares.  The author is very active on this board and is constantly adding features that users want.

Check out this thread:

http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22432.0

Did you swap the cards or the monitor cable?  With 2 cards, my computer only outputs signal from one of the cards.  Have you tried moving the monitor cable from port to port?  Again with my computer and DVI, I have to turn off the power before moving the monitor cable.  If my computer is one and I move the monitor cable to the right DVI output on the right card, I don't get a signal until I turn the compute off and on.

I don't know if there is an equivalent setting in Ubuntu, but make sure the "Power Control" setting in AMD's Catalyst driver is at 20%.  I have a single XFX 6970 running at 950 MHz and 420 Mhps with a temp that hovers around 70 degrees.  If I set the "Power Control" to 0%, my speed drops when I go over 900 MHz.

Try using another video output when the computer is off.  I have two 9800 in SLI, but only one card has the video signal.  With DVI, I have to turn the computer off before changing the ports.