Topic: Announcement: Bitmain launches AntMiner solution, 0.68 J/GH on chip - page 30. (Read 368338 times)

yeah but they will make you test working controller on another s3 and send them screenshots of all troubleshooting steps.. i just went through same thing

Oh, hey!  I didn't notice these coupons until you mentioned them.  I've also got two available--PM me and we'll sort out a deal.  They need to be used by the 16th.

Cheers.

Valid up to 16August
You can use also for S3+ and S1 Upgrade Kit.

Bitmain now announce the S3+ which is a revised version of S3 running stably at 453GH/s (frequency=225 MHz), while consumes 355 Watt power at the wall. Most of miners will be able to run up to 500GH/s but not guaranteed.

S3+ for sales shipping starts on September 20th or earlier

S3 is a great success product and almost sold out. The sale of S3+ is 0.58 BTC each including the international shipping, which starts on September 20th, 2014 or earlier. Sales open in the Beijing Time tonight 22:00 (UCT+8:00 Time Zone).
We strongly believe it is best choice of mining bitcoin for both the mining farm and the home miners.

S3+ Specifications:
Hash Rate: 453 GH/s±5% with great OC potential
Power Consumption: 355 Watt at the wall
Power Efficiency: 0.78J/GH on wall
Power Supply: 12V DC
Size:  331 mm x 137 mm x 160 mm
Fans: Two 14038 fans mounted on both front and back ends
Operating Temperature: 0 °C to 35 °C
Complied with: FCC / CE
Network Connection: Ethernet

S1 Upgrade Kit for sales shipping starts on September 20th or earlier

The sale of S1 Upgrade Kit is 0.46 BTC each including international shipping, which starts on September 20th or earlier. Sales open in the Beijing Time tonight 22:00 (UCT+8:00 Time Zone).

S1 Upgrade Kit allows global loyal customers who own S1 to spend the cheapest cost to achieve the best performance: Used S1 will be upgraded to 453 GH/s while consumes only 355 Watt power at the wall.

The time of deployment is a significant factor in the global mining market. The design for heat sink of S1 is customized but compatible with the hashing board of S3. Hence we can finalize the S1 upgrade solution by a surprising speed, to maximize the mining life time for used S1 for each end-customer.

Here customers will get a “yes” for the question that can we recycle the used stuffs from used S1: control board, heat sink, fan, holder… Remove and Replace two units of hash boards and one unit of adapter board only.

S1 Upgrade Kit includes:
1.   2 units of Hash boards which will be mounted with mini customized heat sink
2.   1 unit of adapter board
3.   1 unit of control board holder
4.   4 units of Plastic brackets, 2 units of 2x10 pin cables, 4 screws, 4 spring screws, some thermal paste

Specifications:
Hash Rate: 453 GH/s±5% with great OC potential
Power Consumption: 355 Watt at the wall
Power Efficiency: 0.78 J/GH on wall
Power consumption: This figure depends on the PSU efficiency, ambient temperature and the accuracy of the power meters.

Notes:
1)   S1 Upgrade Kit is designed for customers who own S1. Please be careful to place an order before you are sure you have or will have S1 in hands.
2)   S1 Upgrade Kit is nonrefundable after purchase.

OK, So I swapped the controller cables around.

Looking from the back of the S3 (where the ethernet port is).

1st try: Put left hand controller cable in right hand blade, other controller cable unplugged = bleeped and fans going full blast and wouldn't boot up
2nd try: Put right hand controller cable in left hand blade, other controller cable unplugged = fans going full blast and wouldn't boot up
3rd try: Put right hand controller cable in left hand blade, put left hand controller in right hand blade = booted up but showed only chain #1 @ 206-210GH/s
4th try: Left cables as the S3 was delivered =  booted up but showed only chain #1 @ 206-210GH/s

I'm no expert but it seems that the controller might be faulty?

It seems the right hand controller on the board doesn't make the blade its connected to work.

I'm not happy taking the controller out of the other working S3 to test it, just in case I end up with 2 faulty S3 miners.

The mail/support options seem to have dissapeared from the Bitmain website login?

Should I just email them asking for a replacement controller?

In your case reapplying thermal paste will not help.
It seems like your one of the blade is not even powered.
Have you checked for any pcb/pcb component missing/damages in that blade?
First do below steps:
Steps:
Disconnect the the faulty blade from the control board.
Unplug the cable which connects to the controller from working Blade. Unplug it from the controller side.
Connect it to the place where the faulty blades cable connected.
Now check whether the good blade still works.

If not working, your controller is damaged. Confirm it by swapping the controller from another working S3.
    {
      If not working, Try swapping the control cable and again not working, your did something wrong in this step or I have no cue. Contact bitmaintech.
      If working, send you control board to RMA
    }
If working, you now disconnect the cable from blade and connect to the faulty blade.
    {
      If working, Remove the control cable from the good blade side and connect the cable to the faulty blade.
           {
             If working, swap the control cable.
                    {
                      If working, your controller is damaged and send it for RMA.
                      If not working, current control cable is damaged.
                    }
             If not working, Your current blade(faulty blade) is damaged and send it for RMA
           }
      If not working, swap control cable
             {
               If working,  the earlier control cable is damaged. Confirm if by using a working cable from another S3.
                       {
                         If working on confirmation,  Get a new control cable.
                         If not working, your blade and cable is damaged. RMA blade and Control cable
                        }
               If not working, your faulty blade is damaged and RMA it. may confirm it by connecting good blade alone here.
              }
    }

*During all the above steps we are only connecting one blade, good or bad.
**Swap cable means, take out the connected control cable and leave it on your desk and connect with the other cable already on table.

I'm disappointed by the upgrade kit. Since you're replacing the boards, you're only getting ~273 additional GH/s for .46 BTC. Yes, it will be more efficient, so there's that.

a month away till the next batch? The prices would be good if it shipped in the next 2 weeks, but 4 weeks away the network difficulty will be about 30% more than it is today

todays price of 0.66 / 1.30 = 0.51BTC would be a more fair price

All the metal bits must count for a lot of the delivery cost

Why an S1 upgrade kit  

The only thing you can use from an S1 is a fan and 2 metal brackets, maybe.

Why an S1 upgrade kit  

The only thing you can use from an S1 is a fan and 2 metal brackets, maybe.

Bitmain

When will the S-1 upgrade kits be available???