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Quote from: xstr8guy on September 30, 2013, 02:01:36 AM

Lol, being a PSU snob has come 'round and bit me in the ass!

Two pi's and 2 SD cards now appear to be faulty and or corrupted. The pi's boot up but then they go into a never ending cycle of debugging gibberish.

Where do I start?! I know, go back and read... doing that now. But if anyone can point me to a shortcut, that would be cool.

Don't worry, this may not be related to power at all, the card/os may just have got corrupted, it happens. You were being a bit of a snob though ;-).

ok Im freaking out a little bit....are there problems with the raspberry Pis on the current M2 boards that are expected for october delivery? Does using a ribbon cable seem to address these issues (someone said that the interface used to connect the PI to the M-Board is not the best way to power the pi is there is no overvoltage regulation? Its sounding like the input from the mboard eventually gets high like around 5.4V when it should be staying around 5v even? I'll email their support to be sure...but I was wondering if you guys could put my fears to ease beforehand? Does having a different amount of H-boards connected make a difference to longevity? I'm also planning to install into a case made by spotswood will the fans used hopefully mitigate the problem with the pi? Should I consider buying a 2nd pi and sd card to make a drop in backup? Have you guys done the same if the answer to that was yes? I've already dropped a substantial amt of coin on a miner from them but in retrospect I wish i just went along with cex.io now that i see its on demand.

+1, would be good to get some input from BFSB/megabigpower on this.

I don't think that cooling will help if the m-board supplies too high a voltage to the pi. Also, just using a ribbon cable to connect to the GPIO pins on the pi wont help. You would have to cut the power wires on the ribbon cable and then supply power through the usb power socket on the pi to bypass the 5V supply from the m-board. Presumably you shouldn't do this unless you know what you're doing.

We've got a backup pi + SD cards because of all of this. For a few $ it makes sense having them around I guess. Even if the power issue is fixed the SD cards/os die pretty easily and so it's a good idea to have a spare or two with pre-flashed images on them.

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Quote from: jlsminingcorp on September 30, 2013, 03:09:15 AM

Quote from: xstr8guy on September 30, 2013, 02:01:36 AM

Lol, being a PSU snob has come 'round and bit me in the ass!

Two pi's and 2 SD cards now appear to be faulty and or corrupted. The pi's boot up but then they go into a never ending cycle of debugging gibberish.

Where do I start?! I know, go back and read... doing that now. But if anyone can point me to a shortcut, that would be cool.

Don't worry, this may not be related to power at all, the card/os may just have got corrupted, it happens. You were being a bit of a snob though ;-).

Problem resolved and lesson learned. I just had to recreate the img file on the SD and reconfigure. Took 30 minutes and most of that time was spent waiting for img file to download and copy to the SD card. Panic attack aborted!

And the lessoned learned is... don't be a dick! Or the pi gods will get you. Lol.

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Quote from: dracore on September 29, 2013, 03:52:49 PM

Quote from: xstr8guy on September 29, 2013, 03:39:33 PM

I'm curious to hear more details from people who have fried pi's. Are you using older or inexpensive PSUs that are plugged directly into the wall or a high quality PSU plugged into an UPS?

Brand new (relatively) high quality 80%-efficiency with UPS. I'm confident that my PSU is generating stable 12V for the mboard. I measured the 5v power coming out of the m-board pins and going into the RPi. It's weird... first it's at 5.39V but it keeps increasing every couple seconds. In any case, 5.39V is beyond the maximum (5.25V)

What I'm finding is that the polyfuse F3 (near the micro-usb connector) gets really really hot - finger burning. Is yours like that?

Doesn't a hot polyfuse mean that it's blown or in the process of blowing? What's the resistance of the fuse now (see http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=19033 and http://elinux.org/RPi_Hardware for some related discussion)?

These overcooked RPis are a bit of a worry though aren't they? It sounds like it's happening with a range of different PSUs (including some high-end units), which suggests that it's not necessarily a PSU problem. Is it possible that the way that some m-boards are stepping down the voltage from 12V to 5V to supply the RPi is causing the problem?

Apologies for being an armchair EE here (I don't have a lot of experience in the area), perhaps one of the more experienced EEs on the forum can give more insight (and correct my errors ;-)).

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Quote from: cet on September 30, 2013, 03:21:39 AM

Does anyone have some good pointers for setting up a network file server to point several rPIs at? I've had a couple of memory cards fail already and I'd like to move to something more dependable.

/cet

just export a separate directory for each raspberry pi and associate it with the IP address each individual pi is booted with (as specified in the cmdline.txt). Then your /etc/exports file should look similar to this:

Code:

# /etc/exports: the access control list for filesystems which may be exported
#		to NFS clients.  See exports(5).
#
# Example for NFSv2 and NFSv3:
# /srv/homes       hostname1(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) hostname2(ro,sync,no_subtree_check)
#
# Example for NFSv4:
# /srv/nfs4        gss/krb5i(rw,sync,fsid=0,crossmnt,no_subtree_check)
# /srv/nfs4/homes  gss/krb5i(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
#
/var/lib/tftpboot/raspberry/192.168.1.249		192.168.1.249(rw,no_root_squash,async,insecure,no_subtree_check)
/var/lib/tftpboot/raspberry/192.168.1.248		192.168.1.248(rw,no_root_squash,async,insecure,no_subtree_check)

Before, you should have copied the rootfs to the server, e.g. by mounting directly the SD card:
mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2
mkdir -p /var/lib/tftpboot/raspberry/template
cp -ax /mnt/sdb2/* /var/lib/tftpboot/raspberry/template

and populate each new client:
mkdir /var/lib/tftpboot/raspberry/192.168.1.249
cp -ax /var/lib/tftpboot/raspberry/template/* /var/lib/tftpboot/raspberry/192.168.1.249

The IPs dependent on your particular network configuration.

As long as the number of clients is low, the network and the server should be able to handle it. If somebody has access to >40 pi's, it would be worth some benchmarking to find out how large this can scale.

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Does anyone have some good pointers for setting up a network file server to point several rPIs at? I've had a couple of memory cards fail already and I'd like to move to something more dependable.

/cet

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Quote from: jlsminingcorp on September 30, 2013, 03:09:15 AM

Quote from: xstr8guy on September 30, 2013, 02:01:36 AM

Lol, being a PSU snob has come 'round and bit me in the ass!

Two pi's and 2 SD cards now appear to be faulty and or corrupted. The pi's boot up but then they go into a never ending cycle of debugging gibberish.

Where do I start?! I know, go back and read... doing that now. But if anyone can point me to a shortcut, that would be cool.

Don't worry, this may not be related to power at all, the card/os may just have got corrupted, it happens. You were being a bit of a snob though ;-).

ok Im freaking out a little bit....are there problems with the raspberry Pis on the current M2 boards that are expected for october delivery? Does using a ribbon cable seem to address these issues (someone said that the interface used to connect the PI to the M-Board is not the best way to power the pi is there is no overvoltage regulation? Its sounding like the input from the mboard eventually gets high like around 5.4V when it should be staying around 5v even? I'll email their support to be sure...but I was wondering if you guys could put my fears to ease beforehand? Does having a different amount of H-boards connected make a difference to longevity? I'm also planning to install into a case made by spotswood will the fans used hopefully mitigate the problem with the pi? Should I consider buying a 2nd pi and sd card to make a drop in backup? Have you guys done the same if the answer to that was yes? I've already dropped a substantial amt of coin on a miner from them but in retrospect I wish i just went along with cex.io now that i see its on demand.

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Hooray for non-equilibrium thermodynamics!

Quote from: xstr8guy on September 30, 2013, 02:01:36 AM

Lol, being a PSU snob has come 'round and bit me in the ass!

Two pi's and 2 SD cards now appear to be faulty and or corrupted. The pi's boot up but then they go into a never ending cycle of debugging gibberish.

Where do I start?! I know, go back and read... doing that now. But if anyone can point me to a shortcut, that would be cool.

Don't worry, this may not be related to power at all, the card/os may just have got corrupted, it happens. You were being a bit of a snob though ;-).

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Quote from: Beastlymac on September 30, 2013, 02:20:19 AM

Quote from: xstr8guy on September 30, 2013, 02:01:36 AM

Lol, being a PSU snob has come 'round and bit me in the ass!

Two pi's and 2 SD cards now appear to be faulty and or corrupted. The pi's boot up but then they go into a never ending cycle of debugging gibberish.

Where do I start?! I know, go back and read... doing that now. But if anyone can point me to a shortcut, that would be cool.

Start with re flashing the sd card. Simplest things first.

I downloaded the img file. So I just copy that to a new SD card then? Do I need to install chainminer too?

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Quote from: xstr8guy on September 30, 2013, 02:01:36 AM

Lol, being a PSU snob has come 'round and bit me in the ass!

Two pi's and 2 SD cards now appear to be faulty and or corrupted. The pi's boot up but then they go into a never ending cycle of debugging gibberish.

Where do I start?! I know, go back and read... doing that now. But if anyone can point me to a shortcut, that would be cool.

Start with re flashing the sd card. Simplest things first.

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Lol, being a PSU snob has come 'round and bit me in the ass!

Two pi's and 2 SD cards now appear to be faulty and or corrupted. The pi's boot up but then they go into a never ending cycle of debugging gibberish.

Where do I start?! I know, go back and read... doing that now. But if anyone can point me to a shortcut, that would be cool.

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Quote from: -Redacted- on September 29, 2013, 08:30:27 PM

I suspect that nearly every brand of PSU gets made in the same 2 or 3 Chinese factories as every other brand, regardless of label...

True, but certain brands/models get higher quality components and workmanship. And substandard units get budget labels. Nothing is wasted. But "you get what you pay for" is oftentimes true.

Why would someone go cheap on the PSU is beyond me. This is the most critical part of any system. A heart that pumps all the blood.
Get gold or platinum Corsair or Sea Sonic and forget you have a PSU.

An accident waiting to happen.

Those same people are driving around at dusk with their lights off so they don't have to replace their headlights so often... just to save a buck. And not realizing they are invisible to other drivers. Wink

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Quote from: xstr8guy on September 29, 2013, 09:40:52 PM

Quote from: -Redacted- on September 29, 2013, 08:30:27 PM

I suspect that nearly every brand of PSU gets made in the same 2 or 3 Chinese factories as every other brand, regardless of label...

True, but certain brands/models get higher quality components and workmanship. And substandard units get budget labels. Nothing is wasted. But "you get what you pay for" is oftentimes true.

Why would someone go cheap on the PSU is beyond me. This is the most critical part of any system. A heart that pumps all the blood.
Get gold or platinum Corsair or Sea Sonic and forget you have a PSU.

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Quote from: -Redacted- on September 29, 2013, 08:30:27 PM

I suspect that nearly every brand of PSU gets made in the same 2 or 3 Chinese factories as every other brand, regardless of label...

True, but certain brands/models get higher quality components and workmanship. And substandard units get budget labels. Nothing is wasted. But "you get what you pay for" is oftentimes true.

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I suspect that nearly every brand of PSU gets made in the same 2 or 3 Chinese factories as every other brand, regardless of label...

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Quote from: Littleshop on September 29, 2013, 07:59:21 PM

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Quote from: dracore on September 29, 2013, 03:52:49 PM

Quote from: xstr8guy on September 29, 2013, 03:39:33 PM

I'm curious to hear more details from people who have fried pi's. Are you using older or inexpensive PSUs that are plugged directly into the wall or a high quality PSU plugged into an UPS?

Brand new (relatively) high quality 80%-efficiency with UPS. I'm confident that my PSU is generating stable 12V for the mboard. I measured the 5v power coming out of the m-board pins and going into the RPi. It's weird... first it's at 5.39V but it keeps increasing every couple seconds. In any case, 5.39V is beyond the maximum (5.25V)

What I'm finding is that the polyfuse F3 (near the micro-usb connector) gets really really hot - finger burning. Is yours like that?

What brand of PS and what brand of UPS?

rosewill rg-530, cyberpower ups

I had VERY bad luck with cyberpower. I had six, three died turning off the servers they were supposed to protect.

Not to pile on here... but aren't Rosewill PSUs pretty much 'bottom o' the barrel' too? They're Newegg's private budget label.

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Quote from: dracore on September 29, 2013, 04:16:24 PM

Quote from: Littleshop on September 29, 2013, 04:13:43 PM

Quote from: dracore on September 29, 2013, 03:52:49 PM

Quote from: xstr8guy on September 29, 2013, 03:39:33 PM

I'm curious to hear more details from people who have fried pi's. Are you using older or inexpensive PSUs that are plugged directly into the wall or a high quality PSU plugged into an UPS?

Brand new (relatively) high quality 80%-efficiency with UPS. I'm confident that my PSU is generating stable 12V for the mboard. I measured the 5v power coming out of the m-board pins and going into the RPi. It's weird... first it's at 5.39V but it keeps increasing every couple seconds. In any case, 5.39V is beyond the maximum (5.25V)

What I'm finding is that the polyfuse F3 (near the micro-usb connector) gets really really hot - finger burning. Is yours like that?

What brand of PS and what brand of UPS?

rosewill rg-530, cyberpower ups

I had VERY bad luck with cyberpower. I had six, three died turning off the servers they were supposed to protect.

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Quote from: E on September 29, 2013, 06:19:39 PM

Just a quick note that the SD card (Kingston SD4) that shipped w/ my starter kit kicked the bucket yesterday after about 22 days of operation. I reflashed onto another card rather than trying to debug a 4GB sd card; I guess I'll be looking into the NFS root image approach shortly.

I really doubt that had anything to do with your mining machine. It has been my experience that Kingston's stuff is about 80/20 on reliability. 8 out of ten are bulletproof, and two fail withing a week or two. Never tried to warranty them, as they are cheap, but I've had far better luck with Sandisk and PNY.

The downside of that is that Kingston is usualy first to market with bigger cards Sad

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Just a quick note that the SD card (Kingston SD4) that shipped w/ my starter kit kicked the bucket yesterday after about 22 days of operation. I reflashed onto another card rather than trying to debug a 4GB sd card; I guess I'll be looking into the NFS root image approach shortly.

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Quote from: Littleshop on September 29, 2013, 04:13:43 PM

Quote from: dracore on September 29, 2013, 03:52:49 PM

Quote from: xstr8guy on September 29, 2013, 03:39:33 PM

I'm curious to hear more details from people who have fried pi's. Are you using older or inexpensive PSUs that are plugged directly into the wall or a high quality PSU plugged into an UPS?

Brand new (relatively) high quality 80%-efficiency with UPS. I'm confident that my PSU is generating stable 12V for the mboard. I measured the 5v power coming out of the m-board pins and going into the RPi. It's weird... first it's at 5.39V but it keeps increasing every couple seconds. In any case, 5.39V is beyond the maximum (5.25V)

What I'm finding is that the polyfuse F3 (near the micro-usb connector) gets really really hot - finger burning. Is yours like that?

What brand of PS and what brand of UPS?

Coarsair HX1050 80 Plus Gold. No UPS - no outages here in the last 2 years.

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Quote from: dracore on September 29, 2013, 03:52:49 PM

Quote from: xstr8guy on September 29, 2013, 03:39:33 PM

I'm curious to hear more details from people who have fried pi's. Are you using older or inexpensive PSUs that are plugged directly into the wall or a high quality PSU plugged into an UPS?

Brand new (relatively) high quality 80%-efficiency with UPS. I'm confident that my PSU is generating stable 12V for the mboard. I measured the 5v power coming out of the m-board pins and going into the RPi. It's weird... first it's at 5.39V but it keeps increasing every couple seconds. In any case, 5.39V is beyond the maximum (5.25V)

What I'm finding is that the polyfuse F3 (near the micro-usb connector) gets really really hot - finger burning. Is yours like that?

Nothing on my pi is remotely warm to the touch. It is getting some cooling from the fans directed at my H boards. I'm using a Corsair AX 860 PSU and APS XS1500 UPS.

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