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Topic: ANTMINER S2 Discussion and Support Thread - page 115. (Read 355842 times)

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I just got my RMA for 1 board that's hashing all XXX's - Now to ship it back Sad

Is it hashing at correct speed but showing XXX or not hashing at all?
I wouldn't know if this individual chip is hashing or not but my overall hash rate goes down approximate about 100GHs so I assume that it completely stops. This is the only board that shows XXX in whichever slot. All other boards work flawless.
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Is it similar with s1 xxx?
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I just got my RMA for 1 board that's hashing all XXX's - Now to ship it back Sad

Is it hashing at correct speed but showing XXX or not hashing at all?
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I just got my RMA for 1 board that's hashing all XXX's - Now to ship it back Sad
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Temp is all good in east coast today even with hot weather lately
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Anyone know how to change the password on this thing?
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Mid 50's. I have recently moved it to a different room/circuit and that's when the problem started. But the temps haven't increased.
Interesting, I've never been over 52o (usually around 50) and my psu is doing fine, perhaps it's the temp that's causing it, I'm not sure what others are running at. With the cutoff at 80o one would expect it to handle high temps, but maybe the psu is struggling.

Also, if you've changed it to a different circuit, I'd expect it to trip at your breaker box, not at the psu if that was the problem.

I live in the desert so the house is very warm during the day even with the A/C running. I have a Kill-a-Watt and if i can find it, I'll check it out. Oddly, since I first posted, it has been running fine without interruption.
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Mid 50's. I have recently moved it to a different room/circuit and that's when the problem started. But the temps haven't increased.
Interesting, I've never been over 52o (usually around 50) and my psu is doing fine, perhaps it's the temp that's causing it, I'm not sure what others are running at. With the cutoff at 80o one would expect it to handle high temps, but maybe the psu is struggling.

Also, if you've changed it to a different circuit, I'd expect it to trip at your breaker box, not at the psu if that was the problem.

It may be there is a bit more voltage drop on the second circuit. Wouldn't necessarily trip the breaker but might push the PSU -- already being pushed to the limit -- over the edge. If you have a kill-a-watt or multimeter you can measure the voltage at the outlet you are using and see.

I'd be a little worried if I saw a voltage drop of more than a few volts. At around 10 Amps if the voltage dropped from 120V to 118V it means that there is 20W of power lost somewhere in the electrical wiring.  This 20W goes towards heating up the wires and things can get pretty hot if it is all concentrated one spot (like a bad connection). If you are an electronics hobbyist you'd know how hot a small 20W soldering iron can get. So yeah, if there was a voltage drop that's big enough to affect the PSU I'd stop using that outlet.
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Mid 50's. I have recently moved it to a different room/circuit and that's when the problem started. But the temps haven't increased.
Interesting, I've never been over 52o (usually around 50) and my psu is doing fine, perhaps it's the temp that's causing it, I'm not sure what others are running at. With the cutoff at 80o one would expect it to handle high temps, but maybe the psu is struggling.

Also, if you've changed it to a different circuit, I'd expect it to trip at your breaker box, not at the psu if that was the problem.

Some of mine are hitting above 60°C
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Mid 50's. I have recently moved it to a different room/circuit and that's when the problem started. But the temps haven't increased.
Interesting, I've never been over 52o (usually around 50) and my psu is doing fine, perhaps it's the temp that's causing it, I'm not sure what others are running at. With the cutoff at 80o one would expect it to handle high temps, but maybe the psu is struggling.

Also, if you've changed it to a different circuit, I'd expect it to trip at your breaker box, not at the psu if that was the problem.

It may be there is a bit more voltage drop on the second circuit. Wouldn't necessarily trip the breaker but might push the PSU -- already being pushed to the limit -- over the edge. If you have a kill-a-watt or multimeter you can measure the voltage at the outlet you are using and see.
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Mid 50's. I have recently moved it to a different room/circuit and that's when the problem started. But the temps haven't increased.
Interesting, I've never been over 52o (usually around 50) and my psu is doing fine, perhaps it's the temp that's causing it, I'm not sure what others are running at. With the cutoff at 80o one would expect it to handle high temps, but maybe the psu is struggling.

Also, if you've changed it to a different circuit, I'd expect it to trip at your breaker box, not at the psu if that was the problem.
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I haven't been keeping up with this thread. So if my S2 is shutting down after running just a short while, it's most likely the underpowered PSU, correct?

Well it looks like I'm replacing the PSU now. My batch 2 S2 has worked flawlessly from day one. But today it has started shutting off after running less than an hour. Luckily I have a nice Corsair AX1200i powering some ancient BFL Singles in my garage. It's time to shut them down anyways.

C'mon BitMain, use the proper PSU for the job!  Angry
My machine seems to be doing fine with the stock psu, no shutting down at all. I guess the easiest way to test would be to pull one board and see if it runs longer than an hour without shutting down. Just out of interest, what are your running temps?

Mid 50's. I have recently moved it to a different room/circuit and that's when the problem started. But the temps haven't increased.
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I haven't been keeping up with this thread. So if my S2 is shutting down after running just a short while, it's most likely the underpowered PSU, correct?

Well it looks like I'm replacing the PSU now. My batch 2 S2 has worked flawlessly from day one. But today it has started shutting off after running less than an hour. Luckily I have a nice Corsair AX1200i powering some ancient BFL Singles in my garage. It's time to shut them down anyways.

C'mon BitMain, use the proper PSU for the job!  Angry
My machine seems to be doing fine with the stock psu, no shutting down at all. I guess the easiest way to test would be to pull one board and see if it runs longer than an hour without shutting down. Just out of interest, what are your running temps?
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I haven't been keeping up with this thread. So if my S2 is shutting down after running just a short while, it's most likely the underpowered PSU, correct?

Well it looks like I'm replacing the PSU now. My batch 2 S2 has worked flawlessly from day one. But today it has started shutting off after running less than an hour. Luckily I have a nice Corsair AX1200i powering some ancient BFL Singles in my garage. It's time to shut them down anyways.

C'mon BitMain, use the proper PSU for the job!  Angry
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Well, mine definitely broke somehow. All of a sudden I just started getting massive rejected shares, and my hashrate dropped to 500-600GH/s

Anyone else experienced anything similar?

pool issue? eligius is all over the place the last 2 days.  otherwise does the webUI indicate it is certain boards faulting or an overall drop in speed?
Yeah, I also think it could be pool issues, but I'm not sure. My machine has been far from stable on Eligius the last few days, but I wasn't sure if it was the 2 damaged boards or the pool itself. It seems like it might have calmed down today, but I had the same problem of pool hashrate suddenly dropping down with the miner gui reporting 1005GH/s avg. and I found it was leaking shares to my backup pool.

I also noticed a lot of stales from switching pools, but the GUI didn't actually report diffS, it just stays at 0.
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Well, mine definitely broke somehow. All of a sudden I just started getting massive rejected shares, and my hashrate dropped to 500-600GH/s

Anyone else experienced anything similar?

pool issue? eligius is all over the place the last 2 days.  otherwise does the webUI indicate it is certain boards faulting or an overall drop in speed?
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Someone had figured out how to change the GUI password way back in some pages. Anyone remember where or how?
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Well, mine definitely broke somehow. All of a sudden I just started getting massive rejected shares, and my hashrate dropped to 500-600GH/s

Anyone else experienced anything similar?
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keep in mind the cost of chips - there are 10x as many chips in an S2 as there is in an S1. If the chips still cost bitmain >$1.50 each (~$0.50/GH in an antminer S1) then they are a significant portion of the S2 price. add in a nice LCD, quality case (still tweaking the card support of course), and a PSU - a price drop to $2000 after coupon with delivery before the 14th of may would be fair, and a price I could afford a small premium over the S1 to buy. (fewer cords and better stacking for bigger mining farms)

I could do without the LCD and related display electronic circuits and instead have a 1050w or 1100w psu

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I haven't looked at 10 S1 for almost one month, just GUI & pools checked.
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