Yeah we had so much trouble with those we started epoxying the jack to the board. Yours must be an early batch. I'll take care of it.

edit - Definitely an early batch, because we also put a notch in the case punchout to help accomodate the end of the cord and yours doesn't have that either. Your serial number must be like '1'.

Has anyone have burnt ports on R606? I have 4 and have 2 burnt PCIE ports, They are running on server ps with breakout board.

Has anyone have burnt ports on R606? I have 4 and 2 have burnt PCIE ports, They are running on server ps with breakout board.

That sounds pretty good.  I wouldn't go over 750Mhz though, per sidehacks suggestion.

Here are a few from my latest adventure:

Right now we're packing up the shop. The last units built in our current location are currently on the tester and will be dispatched to a reseller next week. The first truckload of tools and materials rolls out in the morning.

Good news is, stuff for the next batch is already on order. Most of it's already here. Production will start in the new shop not long after Thanksgiving. I recently redesigned the PCB so the new batch units will be quicker to assemble and quicker to test and verify, so that's good for you guys.

Ahh  I have a tripod.  I like the shaky effect  makes it more genuine.  I would say the phone call was genius  but that was just luck.

yes hersh9 won  number 11  is now retired.

I have 2 more  compacs to give away  one for Oct one for Nov.  I may get other prizes to give away  for DEC.

I updated  my list below

1) DieselWeaseI
2) Lrowland21093
3) Kingofhammers
4) mstrozier
5) gcanelson
6) searing
7) cliftonk = winner 1  I will retire number seven and cliftonk from future contests
8 )  shrimplomein = winner 2 I will retire number eight and shrimplomein from future contests
9) LightZ = winner 3a number is retired.
10)okwasmo
11)hersh9 = winner 5
12)taserz  = winner 3 I will retire number 12 and taserz from future contests no winner    did not have a r606
13)ftguy
14)k21000
15)hammuh
16) Kalus has been added
17) sarahsmithe
18) ClaytonBigsby
19) Stryfe
20) demagogue
21) Cohenpol
22) nuanicaj
23) gvb = winner 4 number retired
24) sethahoward
25) margotcoins

7,8,9,11,23  12 are winners so far.

if you want on the list let me know.
you need to have purchased  r606 from sidehack or a qualifed seller
you will be asked for an address to ship and proof of purchase if you are a winner.

Next drawing some time in Oct.

@ hersh9   please give me shipping info

The 600MHz neighborhood is also where USB runs out of steam on a bandwidth/framerate scale if you're not running ASICBoost. If you're not connected to an AB-enabled pool, it won't matter if you have it running off a Cray, you won't get much more than about 800GH.

GS miners all have an Arctic Silver ceramic white thermal paste applied, so whatever they recommend for lifetime.

Curious how that U10 looks exactly like my 2Pac. Do they have unique serial numbers or did they just steal my configs straight across like TTBit did? I've not seen one in person.

With as much as has been tried, it most likely is a bad machine. The BM1387 ASICs are really difficult to reliably solder with the equipment I have. Pins are sub-quarter-millimeter dimensions which means virtually zero solder, and the comparably massive belly pads can cause lift. Took us about six months of trial and error to find a stencil profile, placement method and reflow oven speed/temp profile that worked satisfactorily, but it's not perfect. It's basically an exacerbation of the same issue we had with R606, where there'd be pad contact or, at best, an unreliable solder joint, while testing that then gets disconnected once conditions change after some burn-in by the customer, resulting in dropped chips.

I'll keep making R606 and testing as strenuously as I can before releasing, but unfortunately until we start using a different, better ASIC in a new version, this is going to keep happening to a percentage of pods.

I'd guess it was frodocooper being overzealous again. That guy's been problematic since he started as a mod.

Additionally, weird your pod is dropping out. They're all tested for 12 chips and run at 550MHz at V5 or lower for 24 hours before getting sent out. Each one is tested in various ways both before and after that burn-in, meaning it gets plugged in and run for various durations at least four times.

If it refuses to operate right despite a good controller, good power and all that, talk to the seller about warranty replacement. The seller probably can give you startup and testing advice also.

I have two P4s installed new cgminer to the 4gb one and now I have both running at 700mhz  sweet lord I have finally done it.