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November 12, 2013, 12:37:54 AM
Thanks for the heads up, I'll give it a try.
November 12, 2013, 12:35:39 AM
Spent about 12 hours tinkering with it, but I think I finally got mine working... no clue whats gonna happen tomorrow when it warms up tho.
You are luckier than I, enjoy it sir.
After spending several hours trying random things suggested all over, I've still had no luck. One rig starts off good at about 450 Gh, but slowly goes down to 250-350 Gh. I have to hit start/stop every 5 minutes to keep it above 400 Gh.
The other one can't even pull 0 Gh. I'm thinking it's possibly a bad M board, or something is wrong with the firmware. There are others with this problem.. so I'm glad knowing I'm not alone. It sucks having an $8,000 bitcoin mining rig and it can't even do 0.1 Gh. I'm gonna keep messing around with it, but at this point I'm at a loss as to what to do.
Mine did the exact same thing. Your chainminer is probably freezing on startup, i couldn't get it to do a single hash. SSH in and use bfgminer instead, you just won't be able to use the web interface.
November 12, 2013, 12:33:27 AM
Spent about 12 hours tinkering with it, but I think I finally got mine working... no clue whats gonna happen tomorrow when it warms up tho.
You are luckier than I, enjoy it sir.
After spending several hours trying random things suggested all over, I've still had no luck. One rig starts off good at about 450 Gh, but slowly goes down to 250-350 Gh. I have to hit start/stop every 5 minutes to keep it above 400 Gh. I am now switching out H cards in different slots to try and see if I can come up with a card configuration that will run more stable. I read putting bad cards in the last slot of every bank helps.
The other one can't even pull 0 Gh. I'm thinking it's possibly a bad M board, or something is wrong with the firmware. There are others with this problem.. so I'm glad knowing I'm not alone. It sucks having an $8,000 bitcoin mining rig and it can't even do 0.1 Gh. I'm gonna keep messing around with it, but at this point I'm at a loss as to what to do.
November 12, 2013, 12:11:03 AM
I am finding this whole experience with bitfury very annoying.
Glad to see that I am not alone.
I have only seen the H-cards run for a few minutes before the overheating starts.
I don't want to waste time with adding heatsinks, or fine tuning voltage. I just want these to hash.
I really think that pushing the default config for the h-cards to the bleeding edge of performance was a bad idea.
Glad to see that I am not alone.
I have only seen the H-cards run for a few minutes before the overheating starts.
I don't want to waste time with adding heatsinks, or fine tuning voltage. I just want these to hash.
I really think that pushing the default config for the h-cards to the bleeding edge of performance was a bad idea.
November 12, 2013, 12:09:01 AM
Spent about 12 hours tinkering with it, but I think I finally got mine working... no clue whats gonna happen tomorrow when it warms up tho.
November 11, 2013, 11:58:42 PM
reading the last few pages makes me feel not so bad.
I'm happy for you, HashFast shill.
no, more from the standpoint that i have been having alot of trouble with my BF's as well.
November 11, 2013, 11:40:49 PM
reading the last few pages makes me feel not so bad.
I'm happy for you, HashFast shill.
November 11, 2013, 11:25:45 PM
reading the last few pages makes me feel not so bad.
November 11, 2013, 10:58:20 PM
Good job to the dumbass misguided helper who chose the smaller than atomic particle Potentiometers (something just a little bit bigger that wouldve been easier to catch with a screwdriver would have made all the difference to me) that are too small for anything. Smallest screwdriver I could find in frys barely seems to catch them most of the time. Extremely frustrating when trying to undervolt the cards for the sake of keeping them on.
No kidding
Having a helluva time with the smallest screwdriver I could find from Fry's...Not even sure if I'm getting any movement.
Get yourself a phone repair kit, the ones that came with my replacement screen fit perfectly.
Or an eyeglass repair kit.
I had an eyeglass repair kit and it was too big! Hence the trip to Frys.
November 11, 2013, 10:56:59 PM
I am pretty sure you are missing make install.
it should be
sudo make
Sudo make install
it should be
sudo make
Sudo make install
November 11, 2013, 10:51:48 PM
Whoever helps me to get this up and running will get a .25 BTC reward
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.3555132
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.3555132
November 11, 2013, 10:51:07 PM
November 11, 2013, 10:35:27 PM
Ah ha! Now I know why random cards have dropped out. It's always happened when I've moved a fan or slightly adjusted the position of the M board, etc.
Yeah. I couldn't figure out why my rig did worse in the garage with a loud box fan blasting on it with near-freezing air temperatures (as opposed to inside the house with a less obnoxious fan setting). I finally narrowed it down to the boards wiggling around slightly. Sometimes I could get them in the right position and they'd run for hours and then randomly crap out. Here was my fix (just cut slits with a miter saw):
Look ma, no heatsinks:
speed:13670 noncerate[GH/s]:620.895 (2.425/chip) hashrate[GH/s]:629.412 good:43369 errors:455 spi-err:10 miso-err:0 duplicates:0 jobs:291 cores:78% good:254 bad:0 off:2 (best[GH/s]:626.034) Sun Nov 10 08:36:21 2013
Code:
board-2 speed nrate hrate good errors spi-err miso-er duplic good bad off per chip good cores
0: 863 38.426 39.309 2684 88 2 0 0 16 0 0 (2.402/chip) 77%
1: 862 39.399 39.456 2752 9 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.462/chip) 80%
2: 809 34.388 36.444 2402 67 0 0 0 15 0 1 (2.149/chip) 71%
3: 863 38.898 39.752 2717 12 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.431/chip) 80%
4: 859 39.313 39.900 2746 14 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.457/chip) 79%
5: 863 41.905 40.482 2927 22 2 0 0 16 0 0 (2.619/chip) 81%
6: 861 38.640 40.831 2699 15 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.415/chip) 80%
7: 862 40.487 39.932 2828 5 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.530/chip) 80%
8: 863 39.786 39.425 2779 19 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.487/chip) 79%
9: 859 40.659 39.805 2840 9 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.541/chip) 80%
A: 863 40.630 40.101 2838 8 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.539/chip) 80%
B: 861 39.256 39.594 2742 7 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.454/chip) 80%
C: 855 38.469 39.161 2687 22 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.404/chip) 79%
D: 809 34.775 37.438 2429 132 0 0 0 15 0 1 (2.173/chip) 69%
E: 858 37.209 38.717 2599 9 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.326/chip) 79%
F: 860 38.655 39.065 2700 17 2 0 0 16 0 0 (2.416/chip) 78%
0: 863 38.426 39.309 2684 88 2 0 0 16 0 0 (2.402/chip) 77%
1: 862 39.399 39.456 2752 9 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.462/chip) 80%
2: 809 34.388 36.444 2402 67 0 0 0 15 0 1 (2.149/chip) 71%
3: 863 38.898 39.752 2717 12 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.431/chip) 80%
4: 859 39.313 39.900 2746 14 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.457/chip) 79%
5: 863 41.905 40.482 2927 22 2 0 0 16 0 0 (2.619/chip) 81%
6: 861 38.640 40.831 2699 15 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.415/chip) 80%
7: 862 40.487 39.932 2828 5 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.530/chip) 80%
8: 863 39.786 39.425 2779 19 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.487/chip) 79%
9: 859 40.659 39.805 2840 9 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.541/chip) 80%
A: 863 40.630 40.101 2838 8 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.539/chip) 80%
B: 861 39.256 39.594 2742 7 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.454/chip) 80%
C: 855 38.469 39.161 2687 22 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.404/chip) 79%
D: 809 34.775 37.438 2429 132 0 0 0 15 0 1 (2.173/chip) 69%
E: 858 37.209 38.717 2599 9 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.326/chip) 79%
F: 860 38.655 39.065 2700 17 2 0 0 16 0 0 (2.416/chip) 78%
Keep in mind that this was manually tuned and I have access to unlimited amounts of very cold air.
That's beautiful, what type of tuning did you do to get the ones over 40 like that?
I went ahead and made myself a stablizer to attempt the same thing. I think because I had the 120mm fans on top sitting in a way to keep them from doing the shaking was why I was getting stable numbers.
Also, what is the measurement of the spacing you used on your board there? I think I will build the same thing. I used to foam which is working well but Id like to make it better.
November 11, 2013, 10:24:51 PM
Okay I want to brainstorm my ideas a little bit.
Here's what I am going to do. I am thinking of decoupling the voltage regulator from the PCB since it causes so much overheating issues. It will reduce board BOM and hopefully faster turnaround by PCB manufacturer.
I am planning to use multiples of this regulator since the output can be paralleled (~$55 e.a.)
http://www.intersil.com/en/tools/reference-designs/isl8225meval3z.html
a) Order chips ($25 ea on megabigpower.com)
b) Order decoupling capacitors for ASICs
c) Get PCB made and assembled by the PCB company (only solder ASIC + decoupling caps. No need to solder voltage regulator section)
d) Order Voltage regulators
e) Test assembled cards
f) Mine
g) If successful, sell to interested parties
Here's what I am going to do. I am thinking of decoupling the voltage regulator from the PCB since it causes so much overheating issues. It will reduce board BOM and hopefully faster turnaround by PCB manufacturer.
I am planning to use multiples of this regulator since the output can be paralleled (~$55 e.a.)
http://www.intersil.com/en/tools/reference-designs/isl8225meval3z.html
a) Order chips ($25 ea on megabigpower.com)
b) Order decoupling capacitors for ASICs
c) Get PCB made and assembled by the PCB company (only solder ASIC + decoupling caps. No need to solder voltage regulator section)
d) Order Voltage regulators
e) Test assembled cards
f) Mine
g) If successful, sell to interested parties
You'll have no margins for profit if chips are $25 ea. That's $400 for the ASICs alone.
And I think it's generally expected when MGP and BFSB started selling H boards again they're going to have to price them at less than $300 per board or they'll generate very little interest.
Lets say I do it without any profit margins, just for the community at first.
BTW can I use this to hand solder the ASICs without much problems? http://www.cmlsupply.com/model-850-esd-safe-hot-air-rework-station.html?gclid=COTelKSe3roCFa1AMgod8VMAaw
Looks pretty similar to the one I have, I use it regularly to solder 0402s
Yeah, should be fine. Although you might want to get a stencil for at least a QFN if not the whole board. http://oshstencils.com are really cheap.
November 11, 2013, 10:22:40 PM
What am I doing wrong here?
I downloaded putty.exe so I could ssh into my setup
Then on my laptop I entered login (pi) and the password (raspberry)
I typed (I have almost no idea what this does, found it on Bitfury Miner Support)
cd /opt/bitfury/chainminer
sudo make clean
sudo make
sudo killall screen
sudo /etc/rc.local
I typed the raspberry pi IP into my url and changed the default mining pool, along with my username and password. I hit start mining and the power goes up to 650 watts or so for a minute and then the system shuts down and it is not a cooling or power issue.
How do I get this to mine?
I downloaded putty.exe so I could ssh into my setup
Then on my laptop I entered login (pi) and the password (raspberry)
I typed (I have almost no idea what this does, found it on Bitfury Miner Support)
cd /opt/bitfury/chainminer
sudo make clean
sudo make
sudo killall screen
sudo /etc/rc.local
I typed the raspberry pi IP into my url and changed the default mining pool, along with my username and password. I hit start mining and the power goes up to 650 watts or so for a minute and then the system shuts down and it is not a cooling or power issue.
How do I get this to mine?
November 11, 2013, 10:22:03 PM
That is madness.
I've removed the fans that were blowing on them, causing any movement, and hooked up fans onto the headers, and have fans resting on top of the H-Cards, blowing down and giving them more support... in theory...
Cards in the same few slots still creeping towards 0.
Looking for some guidance from Dave and crew, 'cause something isn't right with this batch
I've removed the fans that were blowing on them, causing any movement, and hooked up fans onto the headers, and have fans resting on top of the H-Cards, blowing down and giving them more support... in theory...
Cards in the same few slots still creeping towards 0.
Looking for some guidance from Dave and crew, 'cause something isn't right with this batch
They're either overheating or losing connectivity (or a combination of both). It's possible that you got a bad h-card somewhere, but it's damn near impossible that you have SIX bad boards. Keep in mind that if a board loses connectivity, it'll generally take out additional boards that are next in the chain.
If you want to help rule out the overheating, tune all of the chip clocks to 52 and see if they stay hashing (or stay hashing longer). If you have a voltmeter, it's easy to see if they overheat. The voltage will gradually creep up as the VRM heats up, and eventually it hits a point where the voltage moves up *quickly* and then nosedives when it shuts off.
November 11, 2013, 10:21:25 PM
Okay I want to brainstorm my ideas a little bit.
Here's what I am going to do. I am thinking of decoupling the voltage regulator from the PCB since it causes so much overheating issues. It will reduce board BOM and hopefully faster turnaround by PCB manufacturer.
I am planning to use multiples of this regulator since the output can be paralleled (~$55 e.a.)
http://www.intersil.com/en/tools/reference-designs/isl8225meval3z.html
a) Order chips ($25 ea on megabigpower.com)
b) Order decoupling capacitors for ASICs
c) Get PCB made and assembled by the PCB company (only solder ASIC + decoupling caps. No need to solder voltage regulator section)
d) Order Voltage regulators
e) Test assembled cards
f) Mine
g) If successful, sell to interested parties
Here's what I am going to do. I am thinking of decoupling the voltage regulator from the PCB since it causes so much overheating issues. It will reduce board BOM and hopefully faster turnaround by PCB manufacturer.
I am planning to use multiples of this regulator since the output can be paralleled (~$55 e.a.)
http://www.intersil.com/en/tools/reference-designs/isl8225meval3z.html
a) Order chips ($25 ea on megabigpower.com)
b) Order decoupling capacitors for ASICs
c) Get PCB made and assembled by the PCB company (only solder ASIC + decoupling caps. No need to solder voltage regulator section)
d) Order Voltage regulators
e) Test assembled cards
f) Mine
g) If successful, sell to interested parties
You'll have no margins for profit if chips are $25 ea. That's $400 for the ASICs alone.
And I think it's generally expected when MGP and BFSB started selling H boards again they're going to have to price them at less than $300 per board or they'll generate very little interest.
Lets say I do it without any profit margins, just for the community at first.
BTW can I use this to hand solder the ASICs without much problems? http://www.cmlsupply.com/model-850-esd-safe-hot-air-rework-station.html?gclid=COTelKSe3roCFa1AMgod8VMAaw
Looks pretty similar to the one I have, I use it regularly to solder 0402s
November 11, 2013, 10:21:08 PM
November 11, 2013, 10:17:33 PM
Ah ha! Now I know why random cards have dropped out. It's always happened when I've moved a fan or slightly adjusted the position of the M board, etc.
Sometimes I could get them in the right position and they'd run for hours and then randomly crap out. Here was my fix (just cut slits with a miter saw):
http://i.imgur.com/SfpNAa2l.jpg
That is madness.
I've removed the fans that were blowing on them, causing any movement, and hooked up fans onto the headers, and have fans resting on top of the H-Cards, blowing down and giving them more support... in theory...
Cards in the same few slots still creeping towards 0.
Looking for some guidance from Dave and crew, 'cause something isn't right with this batch
EDIT: I give up...
speed:13568 noncerate[GH/s]:136.723 (0.534/chip) hashrate[GH/s]:144.709 good:9550 errors:462 spi-err:3 miso-err:0 duplicates:0 jobs:289 cores:16% good:256 bad:0 off:0 (best[GH/s]:0.000) Tue Nov 12 03:18:20 2013
board-2 speed nrate hrate good errors spi-err miso-er duplic good bad off per chip good cores
0: 848 34.847 36.021 2434 50 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.178/chip) 32%
1: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 7% speed down
2: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 8%
3: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 13%
4: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 9%
5: 848 31.955 34.394 2232 140 0 0 0 16 0 0 (1.997/chip) 31%
6: 848 35.262 37.438 2463 135 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.204/chip) 33%
7: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 6%
8: 848 34.660 36.856 2421 137 2 0 0 16 0 0 (2.166/chip) 32%
9: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 15%
A: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 12%
B: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 17%
C: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 14%
D: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 13%
E: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 7%
F: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 13%
November 11, 2013, 10:09:48 PM
Something definitely seems amiss with these kits.
I received 32 H-Cards, and 2 M-Boards. 1 M-Board is DOA and have filled an RMA request with MBP.
I've swapped out several H-Cards in slots that had their hash-rate go from full to zero, and even new sealed H-Cards start slowing down and approach 0 GHs in the same slots.
Best I can tell, at least 2 H-Cards are completely DOA, and having sad-times getting a full M-Board hashing steady above 500.
Fuck
Will let it run for a few hours and see how things look a bit later...
EDIT: Well, that went to zero quickly... Fuck. Eg: Swapped slot 1 and 2 for new H-Cards...
speed:13568 noncerate[GH/s]:351.042 (1.371/chip) hashrate[GH/s]:367.538 good:24520 errors:8994 spi-err:60 miso-err:125 duplicates:111 jobs:262 cores:24% good:256 bad:0 off:0 (best[GH/s]:0.000) Tue Nov 12 02:52:05 2013
board-2 speed nrate hrate good errors spi-err miso-er duplic good bad off per chip good cores
0: 848 34.245 35.863 2392 120 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.140/chip) 31%
1: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 8% speed down
2: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 8%
3: 848 35.391 36.687 2472 3 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.212/chip) 33%
4: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 13%
5: 848 32.556 34.499 2274 124 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.035/chip) 31%
6: 848 34.961 37.417 2442 138 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.185/chip) 32%
7: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 10%
8: 848 34.145 36.846 2385 124 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.134/chip) 31%
9: 848 34.474 35.937 2408 67 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.155/chip) 32%
A: 848 35.290 36.613 2465 47 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.206/chip) 33%
B: 848 37.767 36.656 2638 9 2 0 0 16 0 0 (2.360/chip) 34%
C: 848 34.832 35.683 2433 14 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.177/chip) 33%
D: 848 35.691 36.201 2493 3 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.231/chip) 33%
E: 848 0.000 0.803 0 7788 0 0 6 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 11%
F: 848 1.689 4.334 118 557 54 125 105 16 0 0 (0.106/chip) 7%
I received 32 H-Cards, and 2 M-Boards. 1 M-Board is DOA and have filled an RMA request with MBP.
I've swapped out several H-Cards in slots that had their hash-rate go from full to zero, and even new sealed H-Cards start slowing down and approach 0 GHs in the same slots.
Best I can tell, at least 2 H-Cards are completely DOA, and having sad-times getting a full M-Board hashing steady above 500.
Fuck
Will let it run for a few hours and see how things look a bit later...
EDIT: Well, that went to zero quickly... Fuck. Eg: Swapped slot 1 and 2 for new H-Cards...
speed:13568 noncerate[GH/s]:351.042 (1.371/chip) hashrate[GH/s]:367.538 good:24520 errors:8994 spi-err:60 miso-err:125 duplicates:111 jobs:262 cores:24% good:256 bad:0 off:0 (best[GH/s]:0.000) Tue Nov 12 02:52:05 2013
board-2 speed nrate hrate good errors spi-err miso-er duplic good bad off per chip good cores
0: 848 34.245 35.863 2392 120 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.140/chip) 31%
1: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 8% speed down
2: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 8%
3: 848 35.391 36.687 2472 3 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.212/chip) 33%
4: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 13%
5: 848 32.556 34.499 2274 124 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.035/chip) 31%
6: 848 34.961 37.417 2442 138 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.185/chip) 32%
7: 848 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 10%
8: 848 34.145 36.846 2385 124 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.134/chip) 31%
9: 848 34.474 35.937 2408 67 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.155/chip) 32%
A: 848 35.290 36.613 2465 47 1 0 0 16 0 0 (2.206/chip) 33%
B: 848 37.767 36.656 2638 9 2 0 0 16 0 0 (2.360/chip) 34%
C: 848 34.832 35.683 2433 14 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.177/chip) 33%
D: 848 35.691 36.201 2493 3 0 0 0 16 0 0 (2.231/chip) 33%
E: 848 0.000 0.803 0 7788 0 0 6 16 0 0 (0.000/chip) 11%
F: 848 1.689 4.334 118 557 54 125 105 16 0 0 (0.106/chip) 7%
look like your last Hboard very bad with i/o error F: 848 1.689 4.334 118 557 54 125 105 16 0 0 (0.106/chip) 7%
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