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Re: [Special Group Buy - Spondoolies-Tech SP30 pre-order] Specs: 0.83$/GH + 0.46W/GH
does this mean that with upgraded power supplies we will be given the option to go to ~6.3 THs ? Would this be something Spondoolies would offer as an upgrade option? I take it the power supplies in the SP30 are server supplies rated at 1200watts each and by the looks the just click and slide out, will you be supporting specific replacement PSU's and allowing software overclocking? 
I think that you will have 6.3 TH/s by with the default PSUs. And yes the PSUs are server rated and they are click and slide out.
Thanks RoadStress, hey how many units are we at now BTW? I would love to have more money to order more :O but alas i'm just a poor boy
Re: [Special Group Buy - Spondoolies-Tech SP30 pre-order] Specs: 0.69$/GH + 0.46W/GH
Re: [Special Group Buy - Spondoolies-Tech SP30 pre-order] Specs: 0.83$/GH + 0.46W/GH
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Are you talking with chances??
Aren't we all? Unless you have a magic crystal ball then you don't know what the future will hold.
Since you won't take the bet let's revert to name calling. If SP-Tech delivers on time and on spec i will call you as i wish(maybe troll). If SP-Tech won't deliver on time and spec feel free to call me as you wish. Deal?
Sorry I didn't know the bet was directed towards me. I'd be happy to take the bet but not for 1btc. That is too much for me to gamble especially because I think that out of all the asic manufacturers, SP has the best chance of delivering on time and on spec. But I still find it unlikely.
So if you want to bet here would be my terms:
- 0.1btc donated to seansoutpost (loser pays)
- SP must deliver their entire August batch no later than 1 week after August.
- SP30 specs must reach a minimum of 5th/machine and 0.4w/gh (efficiency must be reached above 5th)
Deal?
LOL? So wait. First you claim that they won't deliver in time and in spec and now you chicken out? Let's make it 0.5 BTC+free name calling. 0.4w/gh? How did you came up with that? It's not what they announced and it's not in their specs. If you agree on 0.5w/GH then we can do it, but you are requesting a better efficiency than advertised. Minimum 5TH and 0.5w/gh and we have a deal.
Indeed, we're at 0.35 W/GHs at the ASIC level and below 0.5 W/Ghs at the system level (Working on our DC2DC design so we'll be below 0.45 W/Ghs at the system level)
I've mistaken in reading jimmothy post. I've assume he is referring to below 0.4 W/GHs in the ASIC level.
We got final post layout engine results from GUC.
The ASIC is at 0.35 W/GHs, which means that the system is at 0.43 W/GHs
Under 2700 Watt (total from the 2 PSUs), the system will be ~6.3 THs
Our commitment is still to 5.4 THs +- 10% as published in the web site.
does this mean that with upgraded power supplies we will be given the option to go to ~6.3 THs ? Would this be something Spondoolies would offer as an upgrade option? I take it the power supplies in the SP30 are server supplies rated at 1200watts each and by the looks the just click and slide out, will you be supporting specific replacement PSU's and allowing software overclocking?
Re: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain AntMiner S2 Setup [HD]
hey dogie, love your guides, always top notch quality
I made a few modifications to my S2, i found my power supply was drawing in too much warm air from the boards so i turned it around and cut a nice neat whole in the side of my case to allow it to bring in air, i was going to change the power supply to a 1250w i had lying around but one of the pci-e pins on the mainboard was badly damaged so i decided not to risk it.
I did however change all of my fans out (one was damaged in transit and couldn't get a matched replacement) I put some high speed Yate Loon fans in and they work a treat, I have them running direct off the enermax power supply using an enermax peripheral cable and a Bitspower X-Station Fan Board to allow the fans to run full speed all the time, the fans are an improvement over the factory fans, much quieter and the temperatures of the unit stay down much lower.
Thanks for your awesome guides and pictures, its your guides that inspire me to rip things apart and have a look
Cheers
I made a few modifications to my S2, i found my power supply was drawing in too much warm air from the boards so i turned it around and cut a nice neat whole in the side of my case to allow it to bring in air, i was going to change the power supply to a 1250w i had lying around but one of the pci-e pins on the mainboard was badly damaged so i decided not to risk it.
I did however change all of my fans out (one was damaged in transit and couldn't get a matched replacement) I put some high speed Yate Loon fans in and they work a treat, I have them running direct off the enermax power supply using an enermax peripheral cable and a Bitspower X-Station Fan Board to allow the fans to run full speed all the time, the fans are an improvement over the factory fans, much quieter and the temperatures of the unit stay down much lower.
Thanks for your awesome guides and pictures, its your guides that inspire me to rip things apart and have a look
Cheers
please tell me how to post a screen shot i want to share something. i tried the prnt screen and paste but nothing happend
if your using windows (or a mac) a great little program is Duck Link Screen Capture http://www.ducklink.com/
it just sits next to your clock on the windows task bar and when you roll over it gives you the screen capture options, it can do rolling screen shots, selected area etc. etc. and once captured you have the easy link to save the file of copy to the clipboard
I use it all the time
much more versatile than Print ScreenBFL Josh - Inaba reminded me that "we" do not say enough nice things about our experiences in the forums.
I LOVE my antMiner Products.
I own 12 S1's and an S2 -- ALL run to spec and S2 had minor issues upon arrival due to HOW FAST they ship. 3 DAYS! from China to Mid-west, USA unreal, what a world. BitmainTech does get busy, but their delivery rate and ON TIME performance suggests they are busy working to satisfy ME.. or yews..
BitmainTech is 100% miner friendly,
IMHO..
I LOVE my antMiner Products.
I own 12 S1's and an S2 -- ALL run to spec and S2 had minor issues upon arrival due to HOW FAST they ship. 3 DAYS! from China to Mid-west, USA unreal, what a world. BitmainTech does get busy, but their delivery rate and ON TIME performance suggests they are busy working to satisfy ME.. or yews..
BitmainTech is 100% miner friendly,
IMHO..
really? My S2 batch 2 S2 may as well have come flat packed with all the cards fallen over with bent pci slots as it was. I have since fixed all this, plus replaced all the fans (one fan was broken and couldn't get a matching one), all fans are now running a nice constant speed and are powered by a bitspower x-station fan control unit running off the factory power supply, i would have replaced the factory supply with something a bit bigger but one of the pins on my mainboard was badly damaged and the only pci-e 6 pin cable i can get to fit is the enermax one that came out of it. So i'm stuck with the underpowered power supply, which for the first few days kept turning itself off, the orientation of the psu is all wrong, the intake just sucks in warm air from the asic boards causing the psu to overheat, so have rotated the psu and cut a nice hold in the side of the case and added a fan grill and dust filter and it has not had power problems since. I had a problem with the sdcard corrupting itself and had to steal the sdcard out of my partners phone to fix it at 2am
still haven't replaced her music (sorry bub) now i keep a copy of the sdcard should it have problems again. thinking of making a hatch in the top of the unit so i can pop the sdcard out if i ever need to power down the unit as this would avoid corruption it seems and also wouldn't have to take the case off, maybe a hinged steel lid. The device reports an average hash rate of 1008GH/s but the pool speed actually reports between 800-900 overall not really impressed. I could have had a coincraft unit for less and had less problems. My next unit is a Spondoolies SP30 Sorry Bitmain i had such high hopes for the S2, but 10+ days late and broken has left me less than impressedRe: [IN-STOCK, SHIPPING, OPEN] Professional quality USB hubs for USB bitcoin miners
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Purchasing 8 please! ~$112.8 per unit, plus shipping. Very much looking forward to receiving them.
UPDATE
One unit received and loaded up:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9817077/IMG_20140201_123915.jpg
16 Yellowjackets... mmm...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9817077/Screenshot%202014-02-01%2019.25.20.png
All overclocked to 54 oscillator bits, there don't seem to be any power-related error messages; it seems rock solid
Very happy, can't wait to get the rest!
Purchasing 8 please! ~$112.8 per unit, plus shipping. Very much looking forward to receiving them.
UPDATE
One unit received and loaded up:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9817077/IMG_20140201_123915.jpg
16 Yellowjackets... mmm...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9817077/Screenshot%202014-02-01%2019.25.20.png
All overclocked to 54 oscillator bits, there don't seem to be any power-related error messages; it seems rock solid
Very happy, can't wait to get the rest!
looks neat man
whats your power draw? and what are you using as the controller?Re: [Special Group Buy - Spondoolies-Tech SP30 pre-order] Specs: 0.83$/GH + 0.46W/GH
RoadStress, I made another order of 5x SP30 .
Check your messages.
I feel better now.
Check your messages.
I feel better now.
wish i had the cash to order that many, product looks freakin awesome
i ordered one RoadStress did you get my PM with the TXID? Re: [Special Group Buy - Spondoolies-Tech SP30 pre-order] Specs: 0.83$/GH + 0.46W/GH
Only 4 days left! Hop on, you will have a great ride!
Hi, i've jumped on and i've PM'd you
C'mon people these units look Great!
for those having power supply problems - I am interested what your room temp is at. if i understand correctly higher temps = lower efficiency so you cannot expect the power supply to perform the same at 60 degrees F (15.5 Celsius) vs 80 degrees F (26.5 Celsius). this also would make a difference as to where it is pulling air from (inside the case B2's vs outside the case B2's). i for one replaced mine about 2 hrs after receiving it due to the fact that i wanted to overclock it (if possible). but i did not have any problems with my unit using the stock PS with the room temp at 60 degrees F or below.
short term a cool room the psu will work. long term it is under sized.
be smart pull a blade all worries vanish. this may be the best solution for almost all owners of the gear.
another fairly cheap solution is to replace the power supply with something beefier. my personal recommendation (and what I did for myself) is to spend around $150 and purchase 2x of these 750w kits - http://www.gekkoscience.com/products/server_supply_breakout_board.html - and run them with power sharing pins and you have more than enough for the S2 (unless we figure how to overclock past 250mhz) and enough for 3 overclocked S1's. and if you have one of these power supplies go bad you can replace it for a cheap $25 from ebay. i keep an extra few on hand for myself anyway for rapid deployment for myself and customers. if you want more info on the maker of these you can read this thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=379677
DISCLAIMER: I am in no way affiliated or compensated by sidehack for this recommendation. he has a decent product and i feel he should make money for his work and research.
EDIT: here's pictures of my setup
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23772269/2x%20power%20supplies%20in%20tandem.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23772269/top%20view%20case%20off.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23772269/top%20view%20with%20case%20on.jpg
i have some of these boards and psu, what gauge wire did you use for the main lines? and what did you use for the current share pin to pin? i've been looking in vain for some time for a set of pin to pin female cables
Re: [Special Group Buy - Spondoolies-Tech SP30 pre-order] ***EASTER WEEK SALE***
I would love to be able to purchase a unit at this price, but will not have the full funds until end of June start of August, is there any way we can reserve our place in the queue at this special price by paying a bit more BTC up front and then the balance in USD before shipping? Would really love to be able to get one of these units having heard great things about the SP10
Fuck, the case screws won't come off... anyone else run into this?
yep had to drill mine out
I literally had to RIP the fucking case off.... was not cool, but I was able to push from below once it was open and now I rebent the case and rescrewed in (some) of the screws...
Visual inspection of the inside showed everything was ok. Each blade has a connector to the motherboard at the base, and is supported on each end by plastic sleeves (I think the sleeves are new for batch 2). Much better design - prevents the blades from becoming unseated during transport.
When I turned it on it wouldn't hash (0 GH/s shown on LCD screen). I took out every card, and closely inspected everything. What I found was that the ethernet cable which connects the BBB to the external network port was loose at the network port end. I re-seated the n/w cable, put all the blades back in, and fired it up. Voila! It started hashing! I know other people have had 1 TH/s (and above) miners for a while, but this is my first unit, and I'm quietly amazed to look at this box and consider that it has 1 TH/s of hashing power inside. When I first heard about bitcoin (April 2013), the entire network hashrate was only 80 TH/s.
My S2 has been mining for an hour and a half. The hash rate shown on the LCD fluctuates between roughly 950 to 1100 GH/s. At the pool so far I'm seeing 968 GH/s (and slowly rising), I expect this to settle in closer to 1 TH/s when it has been running longer. At the wall it is draws 1039 Watts max (usually 1 or 2 W less than that). Temperature is 53 C (not sure what the room temp is, but I feel a bit hot). In the Miner Stats, for some reason chain 4 shows a temperature of 0 (no sensor / faulty sensor?).
I had it mining with the case off originally, putting the case on caused the fans to reduce speed. I guess the wind-tunnel affect of having the case on improves cooling, so the fans don't need to work as hard.
After I took the case off I could smell a light machine oil / grease odour. I don't find it unpleasant, just noting it. I think it happened because I pulled all the cards out. With the case back on now I don't smell anything.
those plastic things did nothing for me, 60% of them were broken completely when mine arrived and all the cards were loose and some had even bent the pci slots, 50% of the pci slots needed bending back. did all this and then found one of the fans is missing a piece of a blade, broken in transport like almost everything else.
replaced fan with a spare (well one i had to pull out of my everyday computer), then had firmware problems, finally managed to get logged in and changed pool settings, starts and mines for a while but after less than an hour blade 1 got really hot, like oven hot, strange how this was on the side of the case that didn't have a broken fan, hashed at around 1000 for a bit but majorly unstable, at the moment the unit is only running with half the blades in and gets about 500, this is not what i paid for.
How does one go about an RMA? I want a replacement
Fuck, the case screws won't come off... anyone else run into this?
yep had to drill mine out
Antminer S2 turned up today, it was in horrible condition, cards loose everywhere, thermal paste everywhere, pci slots all bent to shit, after an hour and a half or so of fiddling (2 screws were stripped and needed to be drilled out) i managed to get it back together, then i had a problem with the screen, played around some more and got that working.
PROBLEM!
Its turning on and mining (all cards are flashing, hash rate on screen etc) but it will not allow me to access the settings and displays a "404 not found" error and on top of that it will not login via ssh with putty and tells me that the password i am using username: root password: root is not working, so i cannot even change pools.
Bitmain shipped me a unit that is basically mining for them!
Can someone please help?
PROBLEM!
Its turning on and mining (all cards are flashing, hash rate on screen etc) but it will not allow me to access the settings and displays a "404 not found" error and on top of that it will not login via ssh with putty and tells me that the password i am using username: root password: root is not working, so i cannot even change pools.
Bitmain shipped me a unit that is basically mining for them!
Can someone please help?
UPS is finally showing an update... Export scan Shenzhen 5:37pm. I wonder if Tuesday delivery is still a possibility?
doubt it unfortunately they will probably take Easter holidays, and all this could have been avoided with DHL.
UPS took 2 days to even pick the package up according to the scans
Hello I see that bitmain sent my s2 with saver international and not express
So I have it after 10 days
Why???
What is yours?
Express or saver shipping??
So I have it after 10 days
Why???
What is yours?
Express or saver shipping??
I specifically asked for DHL as the delivery to Australia only took 2-3 days now because they send with UPS its going to take at least another 7-10 days with the Easter public holidays. There goes more money lost and another difficulty rise, so much for any chance on ROI
ok, so i finally received some tracking info
this has probably been asked an answered already but on a quick look across the thread it seems people are having problems with firmware and power supplies?
Do i need a bigger PSU? if so the corsair 1200 the way to go or the silverstone 1500?
And will the firmware need upgrading as soon as i receive the unit? I noticed bitmain have firmware on the site, would i be correct in assuming its in english? what is the flashing procedure
Thought someone might be able to sum all this up for late comers in the thread please Much appreciated if someone could
this has probably been asked an answered already but on a quick look across the thread it seems people are having problems with firmware and power supplies?
Do i need a bigger PSU? if so the corsair 1200 the way to go or the silverstone 1500?
And will the firmware need upgrading as soon as i receive the unit? I noticed bitmain have firmware on the site, would i be correct in assuming its in english? what is the flashing procedure
Thought someone might be able to sum all this up for late comers in the thread please
Much appreciated if someone couldi think 1200w + oc will be fine.
Firmware wise, if your miner doesnt work, update the firmware, otherwise no.
Regards.
Thanks
as far as the overclock is the process the same as the S1? ssh then change frequency? Anyone done any overclock yet? What frequencies and numbers are you using and what other mods have you done? Fans, power etc?ok, so i finally received some tracking info
this has probably been asked an answered already but on a quick look across the thread it seems people are having problems with firmware and power supplies?
Do i need a bigger PSU? if so the corsair 1200 the way to go or the silverstone 1500?
And will the firmware need upgrading as soon as i receive the unit? I noticed bitmain have firmware on the site, would i be correct in assuming its in english? what is the flashing procedure
Thought someone might be able to sum all this up for late comers in the thread please Much appreciated if someone could
this has probably been asked an answered already but on a quick look across the thread it seems people are having problems with firmware and power supplies?
Do i need a bigger PSU? if so the corsair 1200 the way to go or the silverstone 1500?
And will the firmware need upgrading as soon as i receive the unit? I noticed bitmain have firmware on the site, would i be correct in assuming its in english? what is the flashing procedure
Thought someone might be able to sum all this up for late comers in the thread please
Much appreciated if someone could