Hi everyone, hoping you can all help me (yes i'm a newb).
So I recently received an Antminer L3+, plugged it in - started running low then became very loud. got it connected to nicehash fine, showed as an "active worker" but also offline?
I then checked the miner status, and it's not hashing. 0's everywhere, no hashing boards showing up, no activity really. Just the fan speeds. Red "fault" light is on. Was still running loudly.
A friend who also set up his Antminer L3+s instructed me to power down and power up several times, even power down/up the internet.
Turned it back on, starts powering up slowly, then fast/loud. red "fault" light turns back on. I left it running and went upstairs for a few minutes, suddenly I heard it get really quiet.. came back down to hear it running low/quietly again. i powered down/up several times and now it does not even show connection to the internet (yellow and green lights are off) by the ethernet port (the internet still works bc i'm currently on that network). it is still running quietly and nothing has changed.
i'm thinking it's a dud?
has this happened to anyone and/or can they assist? any help or insight is greatly appreciated.
J