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Topic: A4 Dominator - Pre-Order Group Buy - 280mh, roughly 1000w, $1800 + shipping - page 40. (Read 122571 times)

hero member
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By the looks of it they are more concerned with sales right now then fixing current issues.  I really think they need an associate here to answer questions.  A good amount of sales can be made (me being one of them) so long as i know they are not going to go the route of knc.....we shall see

I agree with everything wheelz says, I'd really like to get one of these up and running but thanks to this thread I'm very worried.

ya tbh, that slap in the face promo above there will secure that i DON'T buy one of these, wow, so happy i refused to go in on the pre-order now Sad

not only is it a joke promo (15-30$ savings on 1800?) , but you can GUARANTEE their buyers have already lost at least 30$ (prob a week per machine) for underperformance. :\

No, it's very clear , starting with not accepting BTC, now shameless selling while customers suffer, nope, they want $$$ more then to give support.
 not for me this round, darn you inno, you have lost my faith. Sad

And i own A2's, love them, they really are reliable, let's hope these get there but im personally not even looking for atleast 6 months at these now :/

good luck guys

Unfortunately in 6 months at the same price this unit might not be ever profitable.  I dont know that (cant predict difficulty over 6 months) but each day they waste not fixing their firmware issues will hamper sales.  Been looking for new scrypt miners to pair with my titans and thought these would be the ones.   Sad

Yeah I passed on the a4's as adding to titans too. Got 2 5 card gpu rigs for zcash. Probably
also dumb. But with 2 year warranties and other uses then eventual ASIC doorstops well it has
a meh.....kinda toy justification I guess. Still may be as dumb a purchase thou as 2 a4's

I turned down my zcash machines today, pointed them back to Monero.  I could have made maybe a few bucks more on zcash for a few days, but I believe XMR might fare better in the long run.

I wonder if Inno is going to continue charging a premium for using BTC with this sale.  I'm not willing to pull the trigger until the firmware shapes up.  Odd that they run a promotion before we get a stable product.
newbie
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Anyone have version 1.0 that they can upload my miner came with 1.0.2 just want to give it a try to see if it would work with my a4?

See if you can get the v1.0.0T here.  I just uploaded it, but I have no idea if it is accessible.
https://www.mediafire.com/?tht3uazklxuq9z8

Than you it worked hope this runs better than 1.0.2
copper member
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Clueless!
By the looks of it they are more concerned with sales right now then fixing current issues.  I really think they need an associate here to answer questions.  A good amount of sales can be made (me being one of them) so long as i know they are not going to go the route of knc.....we shall see

I agree with everything wheelz says, I'd really like to get one of these up and running but thanks to this thread I'm very worried.

ya tbh, that slap in the face promo above there will secure that i DON'T buy one of these, wow, so happy i refused to go in on the pre-order now Sad

not only is it a joke promo (15-30$ savings on 1800?) , but you can GUARANTEE their buyers have already lost at least 30$ (prob a week per machine) for underperformance. :\

No, it's very clear , starting with not accepting BTC, now shameless selling while customers suffer, nope, they want $$$ more then to give support.
 not for me this round, darn you inno, you have lost my faith. Sad

And i own A2's, love them, they really are reliable, let's hope these get there but im personally not even looking for atleast 6 months at these now :/

good luck guys

Unfortunately in 6 months at the same price this unit might not be ever profitable.  I dont know that (cant predict difficulty over 6 months) but each day they waste not fixing their firmware issues will hamper sales.  Been looking for new scrypt miners to pair with my titans and thought these would be the ones.   Sad

Yeah I passed on the a4's as adding to titans too. Got 2 5 card gpu rigs for zcash. Probably
also dumb. But with 2 year warranties and other uses then eventual ASIC doorstops well it has
a meh.....kinda toy justification I guess. Still may be as dumb a purchase thou as 2 a4's
legendary
Activity: 3752
Merit: 1415
By the looks of it they are more concerned with sales right now then fixing current issues.  I really think they need an associate here to answer questions.  A good amount of sales can be made (me being one of them) so long as i know they are not going to go the route of knc.....we shall see

I agree with everything wheelz says, I'd really like to get one of these up and running but thanks to this thread I'm very worried.

ya tbh, that slap in the face promo above there will secure that i DON'T buy one of these, wow, so happy i refused to go in on the pre-order now Sad

not only is it a joke promo (15-30$ savings on 1800?) , but you can GUARANTEE their buyers have already lost at least 30$ (prob a week per machine) for underperformance. :\

No, it's very clear , starting with not accepting BTC, now shameless selling while customers suffer, nope, they want $$$ more then to give support.
 not for me this round, darn you inno, you have lost my faith. Sad

And i own A2's, love them, they really are reliable, let's hope these get there but im personally not even looking for atleast 6 months at these now :/

good luck guys

Unfortunately in 6 months at the same price this unit might not be ever profitable.  I dont know that (cant predict difficulty over 6 months) but each day they waste not fixing their firmware issues will hamper sales.  Been looking for new scrypt miners to pair with my titans and thought these would be the ones.   Sad
legendary
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~Full-Time Minter since 2016~
By the looks of it they are more concerned with sales right now then fixing current issues.  I really think they need an associate here to answer questions.  A good amount of sales can be made (me being one of them) so long as i know they are not going to go the route of knc.....we shall see

I agree with everything wheelz says, I'd really like to get one of these up and running but thanks to this thread I'm very worried.

ya tbh, that slap in the face promo above there will secure that i DON'T buy one of these, wow, so happy i refused to go in on the pre-order now Sad

not only is it a joke promo (15-30$ savings on 1800?) , but you can GUARANTEE their buyers have already lost at least 30$ (prob a week per machine) for underperformance. :\

No, it's very clear , starting with not accepting BTC, now shameless selling while customers suffer, nope, they want $$$ more then to give support.
 not for me this round, darn you inno, you have lost my faith. Sad

And i own A2's, love them, they really are reliable, let's hope these get there but im personally not even looking for atleast 6 months at these now :/

good luck guys
legendary
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Meh.
By the looks of it they are more concerned with sales right now then fixing current issues.  I really think they need an associate here to answer questions.  A good amount of sales can be made (me being one of them) so long as i know they are not going to go the route of knc.....we shall see

I agree with everything wheelz says, I'd really like to get one of these up and running but thanks to this thread I'm very worried.
full member
Activity: 136
Merit: 100
Got this in the mail today..... dang... I placed an order recently - and I want the new price not the old price.
Also, they really need to fix the firmware issues first... before doing a firesale! I am speechless.


Maybe they need to fix the miner before running sales like this.. After owning this I would not recommend to anyone to buy at this time.
The price will only continue to go down. This is a 245Mhs mining rig not 280Mhs. False advertising until they fix the problem if it can be fixed
legendary
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By the looks of it they are more concerned with sales right now then fixing current issues.  I really think they need an associate here to answer questions.  A good amount of sales can be made (me being one of them) so long as i know they are not going to go the route of knc.....we shall see
hero member
Activity: 952
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Got this in the mail today..... dang... I placed an order recently - and I want the new price not the old price.
Also, they really need to fix the firmware issues first... before doing a firesale! I am speechless.

Yeah... that's going to upset a lot of people lol.
legendary
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---- winter*juvia -----
Got this in the mail today..... dang... I placed an order recently - and I want the new price not the old price.
Also, they really need to fix the firmware issues first... before doing a firesale! I am speechless.

hero member
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So yeah, someone posted a setup guide and apparently the A4 uses the Raspberry Pi default login for SSH.  Huh

Just tested it on mine works fine.

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2.   SSH remote access and control for your Raspberry Pi Control unit. There are many ways to do it, and many programs but this allows you to remote access and control a Raspberry Pi https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh The default login information.  

Username: pi
Password: raspberry

Credit for this information goes here > A4 Setup Guide - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/innosilicon-a4-dominator-setup-guide-revamped-1680082
hero member
Activity: 868
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Anyone have version 1.0 that they can upload my miner came with 1.0.2 just want to give it a try to see if it would work with my a4?

See if you can get the v1.0.0T here.  I just uploaded it, but I have no idea if it is accessible.
https://www.mediafire.com/?tht3uazklxuq9z8
full member
Activity: 136
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Well after running the v1.0.0 vs v1.0.2 for 24 hours side by side.  The v1.0.0T is far more stable than v1.0.2.  I have been battling the v1.0.2 and it just will not stay up.  Constant cycling/restarting, dropping cards.  I would suggest everyone stay away from the v1.0.2.  Not that v1.0.0T is a gem by any means, but the two compared side by side the v1.0.0T wins.

I swear the A4's are going to drive me to drink!  I hope we can get this sorted out soon.  If we can get these working reliably as my A2 used to hash then I would be interested in buying a couple more of these.  But until we can get this crash, drop cards, instability issues fixed I will be holding off.
I can confirm at least for me V.0.0.2 for Batch 1 is not better. I just switched back to original batch one software.
newbie
Activity: 36
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Anyone have version 1.0 that they can upload my miner came with 1.0.2 just want to give it a try to see if it would work with my a4?
hero member
Activity: 868
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Well after running the v1.0.0 vs v1.0.2 for 24 hours side by side.  The v1.0.0T is far more stable than v1.0.2.  I have been battling the v1.0.2 and it just will not stay up.  Constant cycling/restarting, dropping cards.  I would suggest everyone stay away from the v1.0.2.  Not that v1.0.0T is a gem by any means, but the two compared side by side the v1.0.0T wins.

I swear the A4's are going to drive me to drink!  I hope we can get this sorted out soon.  If we can get these working reliably as my A2 used to hash then I would be interested in buying a couple more of these.  But until we can get this crash, drop cards, instability issues fixed I will be holding off.
newbie
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I think the sticker on my miner is October 13, anyone have v1 that they can send me? Nvm the red light flashes until the miner starts is there a v1 software where for batch 2?
newbie
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This does not sound like good news. This is the email I got back when I said my blades drop after 30 minutes or so

Well I don't know where you got the info that "the blades from dropping out after 25-30 minutes"....
Recently yes I got feedback about the dropping of blades. We are investigating all the test cases on our sides now.
Sure we will keep updating the firmware for customers if need.
full member
Activity: 136
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Finally got my cables issues sorted for my PSU that powers the second A4.  Finally got it running today.  It is running the 1.0.0T version of the software and so far has stayed up since I started it.  Can't say that for the 1.0.2 version.  That thing is as stable as a one legged chair.  If the pattern continues into tomorrow I will reimage the the 1.0.2 back to the stock build.  This is just nuts.  I mean the stock build is far from stable, but my 1.0.2 is crazy unstable.  

Of course LTC drops like a rock after we get the A4's.  Go figure.  

Most I get on 1.0.0T is about 48 hours before card drops but I can stop the miner, and start it a couple of times to get the cards back online without having to power cycle.

I agree on 1.0.2 -- its basically worthless to use.
Thank you for the info. I am running 1.0.0 on my single batch 2 and was wondering if I should try the update.. So far I have not seen any improvements in any updates. Batch one latest update did not seem to help but it is to early to tell. Still testing. That would be V0.0.2 for Batch one only
hero member
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Finally got my cables issues sorted for my PSU that powers the second A4.  Finally got it running today.  It is running the 1.0.0T version of the software and so far has stayed up since I started it.  Can't say that for the 1.0.2 version.  That thing is as stable as a one legged chair.  If the pattern continues into tomorrow I will reimage the the 1.0.2 back to the stock build.  This is just nuts.  I mean the stock build is far from stable, but my 1.0.2 is crazy unstable. 

Of course LTC drops like a rock after we get the A4's.  Go figure. 

Most I get on 1.0.0T is about 48 hours before card drops but I can stop the miner, and start it a couple of times to get the cards back online without having to power cycle.

I agree on 1.0.2 -- its basically worthless to use.
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Anyone get the new firmware v0.0.2 to work for Batch 1? I am getting
 Error getting device list: ERR: socket connect(0) failed  Angry

Yes, works great using the stock settings that come preconfigured from Inno. 815Mv/1200Mhz.
Note that Batch 1 machines were built before 15th Oct. Check the sticker on the back plate.
The other way you can tell them from Batch 2, 3, etc is that when you power them on the red light stays on solid before you start mining.
With the batch 2 + miners it flashes until the card starts hashing.

HTH.
Yes for sure I have batch one... I tried it again just now and it worked.. Just started mining will see how it goes.. Thanks.. BTW what is the best version to use for batch 2.. I have a single unit that is batch 2 also..Thanks
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