Topic: A4 Dominator - Pre-Order Group Buy - 280mh, roughly 1000w, $1800 + shipping - page 11. (Read 122577 times)

They were released in January and they sold out very quickly, then Bitmain removed the product listing from their site... I assume its because they won't have more for a while. From my research the next estimated shipping is sometime in early Feb so keep an eye out.

If you dont mind me asking, where did you purchase your L3 from? I thought it was reported these would come out in january from bitmain, but that doesnt seem to be the case. I am finishing up some changes to my mining area and have the funds and space for around 10 L3's, but would prefer to buy from bitmain directly.

Also, i know you said they were quiet, but what kind of quiet are we talking?

The L3's on Prohashing with vardiff was working fine once I set h=3.  I am running on Nicehash with default settings and no problems there for me.  I didn't like the wild swings in hash on zpool so I didn't keep it there for very long.  I am sure with time we will get the settings figured out for the other pools to get the best performance.  Overall I am pleased with the performance. 

The prices through resellers of the L3 are pretty high.  If you can wait to get one from Bitmain you will save some cash and not have any warranty questions about coverage etc.  I have to concur that the L3 is very nice.  So far no issues and it is very profitable right now.

I can't help but wonder if Inno is going to be able to fix the A4.  The early chip tests showed the A4 ASIC is capable of some great numbers. I don't know where this was lost in translation when packaging this up into multi chip boards but I can't help but wonder if they will get it figured out and have an updated version of the miner that delivers the performance that the A4 is capable of.  So I wouldn't count Inno out of the competition yet.  I would like to see them get these miners running right for everyone and open sourcing the software.

Maybe we will see that updated miner this year that delivers the performance that everyone was expecting from the A4.  I know I would be willing to test that miner for Inno if they do that. 

Lets just say that they lost quite a bit of credibility they had brought to the table from the A2.
The A2 was the only reason I went for the A4 in the first place on a pre order. Wont be making that mistake again.

Easy to say after the fact my man. No one knew the L3 was coming or that Inno would get it this wrong for early buyers.

If you have a Batch 1 or 2 miner you need to put your name on the list with Inno to have a jig sent to you.  We currently have 1 jig being sent around in the US, but I understand a second jig is coming.  So you should reach out to Inno ASAP to get your name on the list.

Interesting, thank you for this info! Inno should make a sticky post or edit the front page to include information regarding this jig. I will reach out to them and try to get my name on the list.

If you have a Batch 1 or 2 miner you need to put your name on the list with Inno to have a jig sent to you.  We currently have 1 jig being sent around in the US, but I understand a second jig is coming.  So you should reach out to Inno ASAP to get your name on the list.

How do I reflash the firmware rather than the software on the sd card?

This software is so unstable for me. Almost nothing works. I can't get it to mine without rebooting constantly, the auto-start doesn't work, changing the voltage or the core speed renders the whole unit inoperable until I reflash the SD card. I'm lucky if I actually get the miner to start hashing successfully.... I really think it has everything to do with the software and not the miner as on the original firmware I was getting much closer to the reported hash rate (although still about 40 mh/s shy of 270). I am most likely going to flash that image back (V1).

Its rather unfortunate, really, because I have an A2 as well that works phenomenally (with a custom image though). In fact, the A2 has almost the exact same speed as my A4 right now (minus about 30 mh/s). Simply not what I purchased at all. Hopefully Inno does something to address these issues (as it seems that I am not the only one encountering them). I enjoy the mining experience because of the ebbs and flows, but this has been one ebb I can't figure out and its driving me bonkers .

EDIT:

I re-flashed the original firmware that came with it (unknown version number, as it doesn't show any on the webpage. Its the one where the voltage shows a "/" and you have to manually input to get it to start). I also switched pools to pro hash and am now getting the appropriate hash rate (270). I'm certain now that the firmware was the cause of the issue, as even on pro hash I would still get significantly lower hash rate on v2+.

I have confirmed in some of my previous posts -- 2.0.2 makes the Pi go into a reboot loop every time it sees 1 Get Failure or any sort of network connection issue. -- I call it the "Reboot Dance" -- I do know they are working on updating/improving the software.

Interesting that you got the old software to work. I have 1.0.0T on my original SD Card.

This software is so unstable for me. Almost nothing works. I can't get it to mine without rebooting constantly, the auto-start doesn't work, changing the voltage or the core speed renders the whole unit inoperable until I reflash the SD card. I'm lucky if I actually get the miner to start hashing successfully.... I really think it has everything to do with the software and not the miner as on the original firmware I was getting much closer to the reported hash rate (although still about 40 mh/s shy of 270). I am most likely going to flash that image back (V1).

Its rather unfortunate, really, because I have an A2 as well that works phenomenally (with a custom image though). In fact, the A2 has almost the exact same speed as my A4 right now (minus about 30 mh/s). Simply not what I purchased at all. Hopefully Inno does something to address these issues (as it seems that I am not the only one encountering them). I enjoy the mining experience because of the ebbs and flows, but this has been one ebb I can't figure out and its driving me bonkers .

EDIT:

I re-flashed the original firmware that came with it (unknown version number, as it doesn't show any on the webpage. Its the one where the voltage shows a "/" and you have to manually input to get it to start). I also switched pools to pro hash and am now getting the appropriate hash rate (270). I'm certain now that the firmware was the cause of the issue, as even on pro hash I would still get significantly lower hash rate on v2+.