This project has become quite a joke, no software yet, got a bunch of useless hardware, one should think that with all the delays they ahould have finished the software by now.
And like always you got to be on some secret discord that is imposible to get into, to get any information on what is going on.
Im done, if anyone from eu is intrested in my acorns and nest cards send me a message and we find a price.
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this alpha release is purely an unofficial effort on gpuhoarders part. it is not part of squirrels official miner.
no acorns were permanently bricked (from what i understand), some in m2 slots did not come back up after flashing until they were in nests, then they came up as normal. its thought by some its related to pcie timing or something, but that stuff is way beyond my understanding.
i have had no problems with my two 215+s in two different systems aside from occasional lockups.. most likely due to me messing with clocks and such. they are both in nests, one in a nest4x, one in a nest2x.
so please keep in mind this is all unofficial playing around. i just loaded a new bitstream on both. from what i understand these new bitstreams have two cores instead of the one the original alpha bitstream had (may be wrong on that).
so those who arent comfortable messing around with alpha stage stuff obviously should wait. and do not take these results as final by any means. wait for the official squirrel miner for real results.
me, im having a blast. but im a hardware guy 1st.
no acorns were permanently bricked (from what i understand), some in m2 slots did not come back up after flashing until they were in nests, then they came up as normal. its thought by some its related to pcie timing or something, but that stuff is way beyond my understanding.
i have had no problems with my two 215+s in two different systems aside from occasional lockups.. most likely due to me messing with clocks and such. they are both in nests, one in a nest4x, one in a nest2x.
so please keep in mind this is all unofficial playing around. i just loaded a new bitstream on both. from what i understand these new bitstreams have two cores instead of the one the original alpha bitstream had (may be wrong on that).
so those who arent comfortable messing around with alpha stage stuff obviously should wait. and do not take these results as final by any means. wait for the official squirrel miner for real results.
me, im having a blast. but im a hardware guy 1st.
Many of us are glad that many of you backed out. Now if we just didn't have to hear you bitching and whining over here too life would be grand even with the drop in btc prices.
So the stand alone 215x spends how much power and earns how much coin
not sure on power (it can be over/underclocked but i heard 10 to 15 watts somewhere) but its showing like 12 cents USD a day each at the zen protocol mining pool lol. im running just over stock.. 260 vs 250.
this is after all just a quick and dirty test miner to work bugs out (there do seem to be some). gpuhoarder is messing with the bitstream right now. im sure it will do more with more algos and tuning. and of course who knows what kinda difference it will make when its boosting gpus.
i will keep this updated as i go.
btw never mined zen before this.. its the only algo the 215+ has a bitstream for at the moment. i also have a 101 but no bitstream exists for it right now.
basically as soon as you fire the miner up it hunts down your acorns and flashes the new bitstreams to it before it starts mining. pretty straightforward.
runs around 60-65C at 260. and very quiet. as for temps i heard around 80C is ok but thats not official that i know of i just heard it mentioned on discord.
Is it not that some people have bricked Acorns after experimenting with new software. Theer is talk about flashing Acorn for "Stand Alone Mining" or GPU Assist (details on Discord)? What surprises me is that people are basically troubleshooting the bit stream that is just in alpha stage. There is no prospect for SQRL miner next week, I think. Some people obviously like this type of project. NO one is talking about any gains or ROI.
I took the refund because I felt they would not have good software ready for me or anyone else.
So the stand alone 215x spends how much power and earns how much coin
not sure on power (it can be over/underclocked but i heard 10 to 15 watts somewhere) but its showing like 12 cents USD a day each at the zen protocol mining pool lol. im running just over stock.. 260 vs 250.
this is after all just a quick and dirty test miner to work bugs out (there do seem to be some). gpuhoarder is messing with the bitstream right now. im sure it will do more with more algos and tuning. and of course who knows what kinda difference it will make when its boosting gpus.
i will keep this updated as i go.
btw never mined zen before this.. its the only algo the 215+ has a bitstream for at the moment. i also have a 101 but no bitstream exists for it right now.
basically as soon as you fire the miner up it hunts down your acorns and flashes the new bitstreams to it before it starts mining. pretty straightforward.
runs around 60-65C at 260. and very quiet. as for temps i heard around 80C is ok but thats not official that i know of i just heard it mentioned on discord.
Is it not that some people have bricked Acorns after experimenting with new software? There is talk about flashing Acorn for "Stand Alone Mining" or GPU Assist (details on Discord)? What surprises me is that people are basically troubleshooting the bit stream that is just in alpha stage. There is no prospect for SQRL miner next week, I think. Some people obviously like this type of project. NO one is talking about any gains or ROI.
So the stand alone 215x spends how much power and earns how much coin
not sure on power (it can be over/underclocked but i heard 10 to 15 watts somewhere) but its showing like 12 cents USD a day each at the zen protocol mining pool lol. im running just over stock.. 260 vs 250.
this is after all just a quick and dirty test miner to work bugs out (there do seem to be some). gpuhoarder is messing with the bitstream right now. im sure it will do more with more algos and tuning. and of course who knows what kinda difference it will make when its boosting gpus.
i will keep this updated as i go.
btw never mined zen before this.. its the only algo the 215+ has a bitstream for at the moment. i also have a 101 but no bitstream exists for it right now.
basically as soon as you fire the miner up it hunts down your acorns and flashes the new bitstreams to it before it starts mining. pretty straightforward.
runs around 60-65C at 260. and very quiet. as for temps i heard around 80C is ok but thats not official that i know of i just heard it mentioned on discord.
Pictures and screen shots please
here ya go.. sorry about the real crappy photos
also this is an alpha miner, just for 215+ in stand alone mode. no boost to gpus. more a "get something out the door" kinda thing.
acorn 215+ in nest4x on onda D8P
acorn 215+ in nest4x in gigabyte Z97X
acorn and zenemy mining on the onda
acorn mining alone on the Z97X
So the stand alone 215x spends how much power and earns how much coin
Pictures and screen shots please
here ya go.. sorry about the real crappy photos
also this is an alpha miner, just for 215+ in stand alone mode. no boost to gpus. more a "get something out the door" kinda thing.
acorn 215+ in nest4x on onda D8P
acorn 215+ in nest4x in gigabyte Z97X
acorn and zenemy mining on the onda
acorn mining alone on the Z97X
gpuhoarder now has a standalone alpha miner out for the 215+, alpha 0.11c. running on my two rigs at zenprotocolpool.
it has begun!
find the miner on discord.
it has begun!
find the miner on discord.
Nice an actual one in the field working .
Pictures and screen shots please
gpuhoarder now has a standalone alpha miner out for the 215+, alpha 0.11c. running on my two rigs at zenprotocolpool.
it has begun!
find the miner on discord.
it has begun!
find the miner on discord.
Should have spend less on fancy packaging and more on software development I suppose.
back in the 70's software (trs-80 stuff is what i remember most like this) came in ziplock baggies with photocopied instructions.
those were the days.
anyway care in packaging pretty much means a lot of effort went into other areas too. well, hopefully.
Read the thread above you.
i did.
less time effort on packaging could be redirected to time and effort on software dev. every little bit helps
Hopefully the same can be said for the forthcoming (SoonTM) miner.
Is it true? Lol, they better hurry before there's nothing left to mine!
Looks like a mine and hold situation for the next few months anyway.
Quick switching fast dynamic adjusting diff coins FTW
Are these going to be compatible with that self adjusting fpga pool I hear about?
Hope so, you guys deserve more than just some pretty boxes after all this time.
BTW, Glad to see you all finally getting deliveries!
I am glad I decided to hold off even though most of the cash I would have spent On these I dropped at the casino's.
Should have spend less on fancy packaging and more on software development I suppose.
Read the thread above you.
@vapourminer, you get my last sM+ for the month.
Should have spend less on fancy packaging and more on software development I suppose.
So they gave you all a toy with no software?
yup.
word is they asked folks whether to ship the hardware without miner software rather than wait for the software, then ship. (i dont recall that but whatever, i would of wanted the hardware 1st anyway).
theory is, they cant be accused of mining on your hardware in secret if its in your hands, not theirs. and we can set our rigs up and make sure all stuff is recognized as it should be.
of my two rigs, the gigabyte Z97X has a 215+ in an m2 slot and is recognized. in my onda D8P, a 101 in a nest2x is not, but a 215+ in a nest4x is. same slot (1st one, runs at x8 gen3), no changes were made when swapping the 2x and 4x in the slot. dunnowhatsupwitdat.
probably my error, i will play more today with it.
all in all, delays etc, i more or less expected it. sure im a bit disappointed in the delay, but realistically it is what it is. i knew delays could happen when i went in.
i must say the quality if the hardware is very good. they also gave 4 risers with the nest2x, which was a nice touch.
so in the meantime, they (the 215+ in the m2 on the Z97X and the 215+ in the nest4x in the onda) sit there in my rigs with pretty green light that blink every so often.
My Nest X4 and four CLE-215+s arrived yesterday (Friday) late morning. Unfortunately not going to have time to install them until next weekend. Hopefully by then there will be some software (beyond the drivers) that will allow me to try them out and make the LEDs blink.
Though with the current state of the crypto market, waiting a week doesn't seem so bad. That's more time for hash rates and difficulties to drop, but who the heck knows if that means anything more than noisy heat.
One thing I know is that ethOS has already been checked out by a member of the FPGA Discord/sqrl-products channel and the drivers install easily. Hopefully the same can be said for the forthcoming (SoonTM) miner.
Though with the current state of the crypto market, waiting a week doesn't seem so bad. That's more time for hash rates and difficulties to drop, but who the heck knows if that means anything more than noisy heat.
One thing I know is that ethOS has already been checked out by a member of the FPGA Discord/sqrl-products channel and the drivers install easily. Hopefully the same can be said for the forthcoming (SoonTM) miner.
not all orders have shipped yet, my order is still untouched. (#1904)
Does anyone know when the softwares gonna be released? I received my acorn yesterday (and had to pay $60 in customs) but its pretty much a paper weight without the SQRL mining software.
ive heard next week. we will see.
btw just got my order in too. pretty lights is all they do at the moment..
So they gave you all a toy with no software?
I will hold my tongue to say anything bad right now.
I will say I took a lot of abuse fomr a lot of people saying I was too hard on gpu_hoarder in the early parts of the thread.
Hmm this something like Take your order mid june deliver in july.
that became take your order mid july deliver in august .
then deliver in sept
then deliver in oct
finally delivery starts in late nov
but no software..
Yeah not for me I guess I was not hard enough .
Maybe working software shows next week good luck to all.
Does anyone know when the softwares gonna be released? I received my acorn yesterday (and had to pay $60 in customs) but its pretty much a paper weight without the SQRL mining software.
ive heard next week. we will see.
btw just got my order in too. pretty lights is all they do at the moment..
Does anyone know when the softwares gonna be released? I received my acorn yesterday (and had to pay $60 in customs) but its pretty much a paper weight without the SQRL mining software.
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