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Topic: 896 mh/s firmware release - Butterfly Labs - page 10. (Read 18548 times)

legendary
Activity: 1795
Merit: 1208
This is not OK.
just flashed one of mine, seems to be working just fine.

The temps of my 4 units are: 53, 57, 42 & 52. I flashed the 41, and it went up to 47. Hashing from 825 to 856.

Respectable.

Edit:
Tell a Lie, it wasn't 41 before it was 46, so temp hasn't really changed.
legendary
Activity: 1400
Merit: 1000
I owe my soul to the Bitcoin code...
If you run the easyminer test sequence it will tell you if the unit throttles.  Maybe that is worth a try.
sr. member
Activity: 446
Merit: 250
heres screenshot with new firmware http://i.imgur.com/dqOYX.jpg  Grin

 I posted this on another thread too but its best here.

864 runs great on mine too. However, even though the Hash rate is increased, the performance is decreased. I can not figure out why but when I went back to 832 I am doing better than at 862. If mine were throttling I could not tell. No blinking light and hash rate was at expected rate. Just very low U.
member
Activity: 84
Merit: 10
This may be surprising to some, but I'm generally more interested in the slower firmware.

I've replaced the stock fans with (much) quieter ones, accepting that some units will occasionally throttle due to the lowered CFM. By loading the 800 or 792 firmware onto those marginal units, I'm able to eliminate throttling and increase their effective speed.

The various firmware versions give me a way to optimize speed vs. noise that wasn't available before. Much appreciated.


I too, am glad for this. Three of my singles would do this thing where they would clearly throttle (reduced output on cgminer) but they wouldn't blink their LEDs. I just installed the 816 MH firmware and now they are sitting at 811 MH and are rock solid. Actually increased my (avg) hash rate from ~6200 to ~6500
legendary
Activity: 922
Merit: 1003
This may be surprising to some, but I'm generally more interested in the slower firmware.

I've replaced the stock fans with (much) quieter ones, accepting that some units will occasionally throttle due to the lowered CFM. By loading the 800 or 792 firmware onto those marginal units, I'm able to eliminate throttling and increase their effective speed.

The various firmware versions give me a way to optimize speed vs. noise that wasn't available before. Much appreciated.

Just curious, what brand / model fan did you replace the stock one with?

I've tried nearly 10 different fans on my Singles; the one I ended up using is the Silenx Effizio EFX-09-15. For what I was looking for, it had the best balance of silence and airflow of the models I've tried.

Out of nine 832Mhps Singles that I have so far retrofitted, 4 run without throttling even up to 27C ambient but the 5 others throttle.

For the 5 throttling ones, I've loaded 800Mhps firmware which allows them to run full-speed (no throttling). Your mileage may vary, of course.
sr. member
Activity: 438
Merit: 250
heres screenshot with new firmware http://i.imgur.com/dqOYX.jpg  Grin
sr. member
Activity: 249
Merit: 250
This may be surprising to some, but I'm generally more interested in the slower firmware.

I've replaced the stock fans with (much) quieter ones, accepting that some units will occasionally throttle due to the lowered CFM. By loading the 800 or 792 firmware onto those marginal units, I'm able to eliminate throttling and increase their effective speed.

The various firmware versions give me a way to optimize speed vs. noise that wasn't available before. Much appreciated.


@Epoch:

Just curious, what brand / model fan did you replace the stock one with?


-nbtcminer
-ck
legendary
Activity: 4088
Merit: 1631
Ruu \o/
Thank you for the explanation. Makes perfect sense. Does the U also go down when the difficulty goes up?
The utility is based on the difficulty shares you are mining for. Most pools work with difficulty one shares, regardless of the overall bitcoin block difficulty. About the only time you are mining for different difficulty shares is when you're mining on p2pool. (unrelated) However p2pool is a terrible choice to mine with these devices on because of the ~25% work lost.
legendary
Activity: 4592
Merit: 1851
Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
Although I'm seeing more MH/s wit the 863 firmware, My "U" in cgminer has gone down and the pools reported GH/s is down too. My average MH/s as reported by cgminer is up about 300MH/s across my 10 singles.

Any thoughts on why the cgminer reported MH/s is up but less work being reported by the pool?
Most likely: U is random - just like block finding.
Check it again in a few days Smiley

Ok, but they have always reported as 8+GH/s on the pools but now only 7.x GH/s.
The pools report based on your U. So if you're unlucky for a while, your U goes down, and your pool reports it slower. Doesn't mean you're actually hashing slower for that period.

Thank you for the explanation. Makes perfect sense. Does the U also go down when the difficulty goes up?

Statistically - no.
(but of course, the value of your shares will drop)
sr. member
Activity: 446
Merit: 250
Although I'm seeing more MH/s wit the 863 firmware, My "U" in cgminer has gone down and the pools reported GH/s is down too. My average MH/s as reported by cgminer is up about 300MH/s across my 10 singles.

Any thoughts on why the cgminer reported MH/s is up but less work being reported by the pool?
Most likely: U is random - just like block finding.
Check it again in a few days Smiley

Ok, but they have always reported as 8+GH/s on the pools but now only 7.x GH/s.
The pools report based on your U. So if you're unlucky for a while, your U goes down, and your pool reports it slower. Doesn't mean you're actually hashing slower for that period.

Thank you for the explanation. Makes perfect sense. Does the U also go down when the difficulty goes up?
-ck
legendary
Activity: 4088
Merit: 1631
Ruu \o/
Although I'm seeing more MH/s wit the 863 firmware, My "U" in cgminer has gone down and the pools reported GH/s is down too. My average MH/s as reported by cgminer is up about 300MH/s across my 10 singles.

Any thoughts on why the cgminer reported MH/s is up but less work being reported by the pool?
Most likely: U is random - just like block finding.
Check it again in a few days Smiley

Ok, but they have always reported as 8+GH/s on the pools but now only 7.x GH/s.
The pools report based on your U. So if you're unlucky for a while, your U goes down, and your pool reports it slower. Doesn't mean you're actually hashing slower for that period.
sr. member
Activity: 446
Merit: 250
Although I'm seeing more MH/s wit the 863 firmware, My "U" in cgminer has gone down and the pools reported GH/s is down too. My average MH/s as reported by cgminer is up about 300MH/s across my 10 singles.

Any thoughts on why the cgminer reported MH/s is up but less work being reported by the pool?
Most likely: U is random - just like block finding.
Check it again in a few days Smiley

Ok, but they have always reported as 8+GH/s on the pools but now only 7.x GH/s.
legendary
Activity: 4592
Merit: 1851
Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
Although I'm seeing more MH/s wit the 863 firmware, My "U" in cgminer has gone down and the pools reported GH/s is down too. My average MH/s as reported by cgminer is up about 300MH/s across my 10 singles.

Any thoughts on why the cgminer reported MH/s is up but less work being reported by the pool?
Most likely: U is random - just like block finding.
Check it again in a few days Smiley
sr. member
Activity: 446
Merit: 250
Although I'm seeing more MH/s wit the 863 firmware, My "U" in cgminer has gone down and the pools reported GH/s is down too. My average MH/s as reported by cgminer is up about 300MH/s across my 10 singles.

Any thoughts on why the cgminer reported MH/s is up but less work being reported by the pool?
full member
Activity: 227
Merit: 100
has anyone else encountered a firmware integrity failure ... after attempting to upgrade the firmware ... the following message is listed in the device information ... "Firmware integrity test failed.  Reflash required."


This happens if during the firmware upload something goes wrong ( power failure, device disconnect, etc).
Once this happens, the unit must be re-flashed.


Regards,
BF Labs Inc.
member
Activity: 107
Merit: 10
has anyone else encountered a firmware integrity failure ... after attempting to upgrade the firmware ... the following message is listed in the device information ... "Firmware integrity test failed.  Reflash required."
legendary
Activity: 922
Merit: 1003
This may be surprising to some, but I'm generally more interested in the slower firmware.

I've replaced the stock fans with (much) quieter ones, accepting that some units will occasionally throttle due to the lowered CFM. By loading the 800 or 792 firmware onto those marginal units, I'm able to eliminate throttling and increase their effective speed.

The various firmware versions give me a way to optimize speed vs. noise that wasn't available before. Much appreciated.
sr. member
Activity: 249
Merit: 250
Flashed one cool one of mine and it is now 857 up from 816.  Temps still around 56 degrees. Grin  Very nice work BFL.

Flashed one of mine and also getting 857, but my temps are 49C.

Third person also getting 857 MH. Out of 6 rev3's and 2 rev2's, three of the rev3's will run (at 857) without throttling.

Temps are ~55,57,62C on the ones with the higher clocks.

Also interesting note, all units are spaced roughly the same distance apart, and the 857 units do not have significantly higher temps than the stock units.



In a fairly cold room; also getting 857.7 at around 43-43.7C. Nice work BFL!
full member
Activity: 168
Merit: 100


so far 857.7Mh/s with the bitminter miner and no throttling....

when does the 900 Mh/s firmware come out?  Grin
member
Activity: 84
Merit: 10
Flashed one cool one of mine and it is now 857 up from 816.  Temps still around 56 degrees. Grin  Very nice work BFL.

Flashed one of mine and also getting 857, but my temps are 49C.

Third person also getting 857 MH. Out of 6 rev3's and 2 rev2's, three of the rev3's will run (at 857) without throttling.

Temps are ~55,57,62C on the ones with the higher clocks.

Also interesting note, all units are spaced roughly the same distance apart, and the 857 units do not have significantly higher temps than the stock units.

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