Just caught something from looking carefully at Alpha-T announcements.
They claim they each chip runs at 1.5Mh/s with 12 chips per board that's only 18Mh/s. So the 50Mh/s units have 3 boards and the 250Mh/s units will have 14 boards? Something is not adding up here. The Viper case is going to hold 14 boards? Is this correct? From the case dimensions they've given this doesn't seam to make sense. Can someone shed any light on the topic?
That's working out to 135 Watts at 120V per board of 12 chips. Hmm, let me run some more numbers.
EDIT: So that's 1Mh/s running at 11.3 Watts? Math was never my strong suit. Alpha is advertising 7.5 Watts per 1Mh/s. Surprise surprise!
Topic: Alpha Technology Litecoin (Scrypt) ASIC Miner Order Batch 1 Now! - page 37. (Read 529056 times)
November 26, 2014, 01:11:09 AM
November 26, 2014, 12:35:23 AM
Yea, I'm guessing "what to do when the package arrives", is probably not something any of you will have to worry about. Just sayin.
November 25, 2014, 12:12:21 PM
hope they will ship one day
I am thinking to NOT accept any package from AT as this machine is 99% loss I will not pay 20% VAT + 10% Custom fees ....
I will request to be returned to sender ...
So long as you don't open the box, you can take delivery and then bring it back to the courier unopened and tell them you are refusing delivery. I always thought it had to be done when they were at your door, not the case with couriers in the USA.
I suppose my package will be holding on our Custom, so it will not reach to my door at all and if I receive tracking number I will inform the courier that I am refusing this package to return it to AT (sender). I am not going to pay and one penny anymore for this bullshit ..... but I am doubting that AT will send anything at all ....
November 25, 2014, 12:02:34 PM
hope they will ship one day
I am thinking to NOT accept any package from AT as this machine is 99% loss I will not pay 20% VAT + 10% Custom fees ....
I will request to be returned to sender ...
So long as you don't open the box, you can take delivery and then bring it back to the courier unopened and tell them you are refusing delivery. I always thought it had to be done when they were at your door, not the case with couriers in the USA.
November 25, 2014, 10:01:26 AM
Got this card in the mail today. If you paid by credit card, and haven't opened a dispute, definitely do it sooner rather than later! It was past the time for me to start the dispute online, but a simple message to them made it happen. I immediately got the temporary credit. Alpha replied to them close to the 45 day mark when it would have been permanent and said it was still within the time frame for them to deliver (a blatant lie). Chase asked me for some documents... I sent the original terms of order, the email from March 19th showing shipping date in July, the one from March 27th removing PayPal as an option, the one from May 21st requesting final payment (which I had no way to complete as PayPal was gone), the email July 28th saying delivery in September, and the one from Sept 27th saying delivery in October. I pointed out that the terms said shipping 8-10 weeks after final payment, which they requested May 21. That would have put the shipping date July 31. I sent this email to Chase October 28th, so way past that.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Nice. And, yes, this process takes time, nearly 2 months to get this done, so people should get steppin'.
November 25, 2014, 09:59:08 AM
Got a reply from the UK Companies House about the registered office address being vacant and being unable to contact them.
"I can confirm that I have written to the company to request the forms AD01 to update the public record without delay.
As we have no response steps will be taken to commence action to remove this company from the Register."
"I can confirm that I have written to the company to request the forms AD01 to update the public record without delay.
As we have no response steps will be taken to commence action to remove this company from the Register."
Good work man.
+1
for sure. they'll have to re-register or they are completely out of business.
this is also important news for people trying to get their money back via the courts, CC or PayPal.
nice.
November 25, 2014, 09:17:15 AM
Got a reply from the UK Companies House about the registered office address being vacant and being unable to contact them.
"I can confirm that I have written to the company to request the forms AD01 to update the public record without delay.
As we have no response steps will be taken to commence action to remove this company from the Register."
"I can confirm that I have written to the company to request the forms AD01 to update the public record without delay.
As we have no response steps will be taken to commence action to remove this company from the Register."
Good work man.
November 25, 2014, 08:15:46 AM
hope they will ship one day
I am thinking to NOT accept any package from AT as this machine is 99% loss I will not pay 20% VAT + 10% Custom fees ....
I will request to be returned to sender ...
Join us over at http://fightalpha.net/
November 25, 2014, 07:27:45 AM
hope they will ship one day
I am thinking to NOT accept any package from AT as this machine is 99% loss I will not pay 20% VAT + 10% Custom fees ....
I will request to be returned to sender ...
November 25, 2014, 05:04:34 AM
Got a reply from the UK Companies House about the registered office address being vacant and being unable to contact them.
"I can confirm that I have written to the company to request the forms AD01 to update the public record without delay.
As we have no response steps will be taken to commence action to remove this company from the Register."
"I can confirm that I have written to the company to request the forms AD01 to update the public record without delay.
As we have no response steps will be taken to commence action to remove this company from the Register."
November 25, 2014, 01:50:03 AM
Got this card in the mail today. If you paid by credit card, and haven't opened a dispute, definitely do it sooner rather than later! It was past the time for me to start the dispute online, but a simple message to them made it happen. I immediately got the temporary credit. Alpha replied to them close to the 45 day mark when it would have been permanent and said it was still within the time frame for them to deliver (a blatant lie). Chase asked me for some documents... I sent the original terms of order, the email from March 19th showing shipping date in July, the one from March 27th removing PayPal as an option, the one from May 21st requesting final payment (which I had no way to complete as PayPal was gone), the email July 28th saying delivery in September, and the one from Sept 27th saying delivery in October. I pointed out that the terms said shipping 8-10 weeks after final payment, which they requested May 21. That would have put the shipping date July 31. I sent this email to Chase October 28th, so way past that.
Good luck!
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Good luck!
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November 25, 2014, 01:09:44 AM
Can't see one scenario in which they do anything to come close to make their customers whole through legitimately purchasing their hardware. They wipe their ass with customers, why would they stop now?
November 25, 2014, 01:07:24 AM
You understood, I tend to use the term ROI to mean more than its literal meaning. I've gotten lazy from reading these forums. The pressure on the market to buy up all of these coins that miners must sell in order to pay the electric bill, rent, etc... The outlook for cryptos in general doesn't look good. Wish I could say otherwise. It could be years after the bubble collapses and a large portion of the miners leave the network. It could have a resurgence, but only if the difficulty bottoms out or the price skyrockets. Neither one seems likely, so it's going to be a tough ride if your playing by the rules. Hence Alpha-T and there crafty schemes. If they hadn't planned on milking your miners for as much as possible, I'm sure they are trying to figure out a way to do it now. They will claim to be "testing" your hardware until the rigs are worthless due to the difficulty rise.
November 25, 2014, 12:38:41 AM
Home mining is already near death. It's sad to see it have happened to the Scrypt ASIC so soon. Only those whom can get the miners for wholesale prices and are also paying discounted electric bills stand a chance at ROI. The rest will be lucky to ROI, if ever!!!
not sure if you're aware but even a negative return is still 'ROI'.
what you may mean is BREAK EVEN - at which i would agree. The rest will be lucky to break even..
November 24, 2014, 09:59:17 PM
Home mining is already near death. It's sad to see it have happened to the Scrypt ASIC so soon. Only those whom can get the miners for wholesale prices and are also paying discounted electric bills stand a chance at ROI. The rest will be lucky to ROI, if ever!!!
November 24, 2014, 12:25:04 PM
Litecoin Difficulty: 49,818
Estimated Next Difficulty: 51,176 (+2.73%)
Adjust time: After 1601 Blocks, About 2.7 days
Hashrate(?): 1,493 GH/s
Looks like another 100 GH/s added ...... Alpha testing even more vipers
100 GH/s = monthly 213500$ fecking wenkers alpha t
Estimated Next Difficulty: 51,176 (+2.73%)
Adjust time: After 1601 Blocks, About 2.7 days
Hashrate(?): 1,493 GH/s
Looks like another 100 GH/s added ...... Alpha testing even more vipers
100 GH/s = monthly 213500$ fecking wenkers alpha t
You do realize there's other manufacturers out there, along with some private ones, right? Whether AT has anything hashing away, they're not the sole contributor to nethash.
Considering Bitmain is supposed to start shipping their L1 scrypt miner next month, I might guess they're doing some testing as well.
Precisely... KNC, Bitmain, AlphaTech, Unknown countless others... it adds up. Between all of them, and there's about ten of them, 100..200..700GH is not unheard of.
November 24, 2014, 10:15:18 AM
Litecoin Difficulty: 49,818
Estimated Next Difficulty: 51,176 (+2.73%)
Adjust time: After 1601 Blocks, About 2.7 days
Hashrate(?): 1,493 GH/s
Looks like another 100 GH/s added ...... Alpha testing even more vipers
100 GH/s = monthly 213500$ fecking wenkers alpha t
Estimated Next Difficulty: 51,176 (+2.73%)
Adjust time: After 1601 Blocks, About 2.7 days
Hashrate(?): 1,493 GH/s
Looks like another 100 GH/s added ...... Alpha testing even more vipers
100 GH/s = monthly 213500$ fecking wenkers alpha t
You do realize there's other manufacturers out there, along with some private ones, right? Whether AT has anything hashing away, they're not the sole contributor to nethash.
Considering Bitmain is supposed to start shipping their L1 scrypt miner next month, I might guess they're doing some testing as well.
November 24, 2014, 10:03:50 AM
I think you're given them too much credit for building a quality miner that isn't a power hog. Their miner would already be worthless if it were to ship today. These incompetent liars will probably produce something that uses twice as much power as originally advertised, ship it out, and then close shop having "fulfilled" the few orders that were not partially refunded.
I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they come up with a new scheme to offer cloud mining instead of shipping a product. Watch and see, they'll change their minds again and announce that no physical products will be shipped out.
After all, they're going to have a huge data center where they will "Break In" their customer's miners. Assuring that each and every product is thoroughly tested. If by side effect they earn a ton in cryptos and push up the difficulty for everyone, they'll claim it was for their customer's benefit. Here is your worthless miner, we've tested it for 6 months now and it's passed our quality control.
After all, they're going to have a huge data center where they will "Break In" their customer's miners. Assuring that each and every product is thoroughly tested. If by side effect they earn a ton in cryptos and push up the difficulty for everyone, they'll claim it was for their customer's benefit. Here is your worthless miner, we've tested it for 6 months now and it's passed our quality control.
November 24, 2014, 09:40:15 AM
Litecoin Difficulty: 49,818
Estimated Next Difficulty: 51,176 (+2.73%)
Adjust time: After 1601 Blocks, About 2.7 days
Hashrate(?): 1,493 GH/s
Looks like another 100 GH/s added ...... Alpha testing even more vipers
100 GH/s = monthly 213500$ fecking wenkers alpha t
Estimated Next Difficulty: 51,176 (+2.73%)
Adjust time: After 1601 Blocks, About 2.7 days
Hashrate(?): 1,493 GH/s
Looks like another 100 GH/s added ...... Alpha testing even more vipers
100 GH/s = monthly 213500$ fecking wenkers alpha t
You do realize there's other manufacturers out there, along with some private ones, right? Whether AT has anything hashing away, they're not the sole contributor to nethash.
November 23, 2014, 03:33:48 PM
I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they come up with a new scheme to offer cloud mining instead of shipping a product. Watch and see, they'll change their minds again and announce that no physical products will be shipped out.
After all, they're going to have a huge data center where they will "Break In" their customer's miners. Assuring that each and every product is thoroughly tested. If by side effect they earn a ton in cryptos and push up the difficulty for everyone, they'll claim it was for their customer's benefit. Here is your worthless miner, we've tested it for 6 months now and it's passed our quality control.
After all, they're going to have a huge data center where they will "Break In" their customer's miners. Assuring that each and every product is thoroughly tested. If by side effect they earn a ton in cryptos and push up the difficulty for everyone, they'll claim it was for their customer's benefit. Here is your worthless miner, we've tested it for 6 months now and it's passed our quality control.
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