ANTMINER S2 Discussion and Support Thread - page 155.

DevonMiner

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Quote from: finlof on April 15, 2014, 02:43:11 PM

mine arrived from UPS about 2 hrs ago. I plugged it right in without opening it to verify no loose cards or anything (yeah probably a bad move on my part) and i got lucky. it has has been hashing 1.00424TH average since i got it turned on. havent tried to tweak it yet by replacing the power supply and overclocking. that will be my next move.

Congrats! I'm sure Bitmain learned from the problems of batch 1.

I'm really interested to see how batch 2 people react after receiving their deliveries over the coming days. All being well, I'll hopefully be a batch 3 customer ... just not sure when they might release them though ... I wonder if they might wait to check that batch 2 customers are happy first?

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mine arrived from UPS about 2 hrs ago. I plugged it right in without opening it to verify no loose cards or anything (yeah probably a bad move on my part) and i got lucky. it has has been hashing 1.00424TH average since i got it turned on. havent tried to tweak it yet by replacing the power supply and overclocking. that will be my next move.

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Quote from: 1l1l11ll1l on April 15, 2014, 11:10:57 AM

New blades, new fans:

you got any pics of the chips underneath ?? btw what thermal paste did you use ?? or did you replace the thermal paste ??

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Quote from: 1l1l11ll1l on April 14, 2014, 07:44:36 PM

All set up and running. And yes, the backlight of 8 have burned out so far.

Has anyone else had issues with the MicroSD card corrupting after a power cycle?

If you look close you'll see 24 S1's on each side.

honestly i think the nic should be in the back of these units instead of the front .

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Quote from: robbcarpdm on April 15, 2014, 10:22:29 AM

Folks please stop with the delivery hype my god.

This miner is okay its not worth all this hype.....

What do we have a bunce of Bitmain plants.

A Cointerra would have been better for the price.....

So stop all this delivery BS its gets old

Lol, WTF?! This is the BitMain S2 thread. Where else are we supposed to talk about this?

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Is anyone else PSU giving them headaches? Mine in particular likes to trip its protection circuits on shutdown, which is a real pain in the ass.

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Quote from: 1l1l11ll1l on April 15, 2014, 11:10:57 AM

New blades, new fans:

Fu...

Looks like the same as i wanted to do as custom heatsink.....

I have to get some...

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Quote from: xingqiaoyin on April 15, 2014, 11:08:15 AM

Quote from: kendog77 on April 15, 2014, 11:02:25 AM

Quote from: xingqiaoyin on April 15, 2014, 10:50:05 AM

Mining is never worth it if you spend btc to get btc...
It's only worth it when you start join the game spend some fiat to get btc.
Even with the best ROI machine in the world the S1..you will never see ROI.
With the coupon it's 0.8 + VAT + electricity...mine it forever you'll never see that 0.8 back mining.

Maybe in decades when it becomes an antique then you could sell one as a collector item for some btcs.

Really? That's odd because because I have 8TH running right now that has already paid itself off in BTC.

In fact, I see no mining hardware that is worth buying at the moment.

Simply removing some sentences reveals the paradox.
More power to you for getting the right hardware at the right time.
That's not the luxury most people can have at least for now.

My point was that you need to be patient. If there is no hardware available that looks like it will ROI in BTC, and you want to invest fiat now, simply buy BTC directly and wait...

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New blades, new fans:

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Mine got manhandled by UPS, I honestly think they dropped it out of the plane instead of landing it. Bent PCI slots, backplanes disconnected and rattling around the case, one of the backplains actually had the part that connects it to the case ripped off!

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Quote from: kendog77 on April 15, 2014, 11:02:25 AM

Quote from: xingqiaoyin on April 15, 2014, 10:50:05 AM

Mining is never worth it if you spend btc to get btc...
It's only worth it when you start join the game spend some fiat to get btc.
Even with the best ROI machine in the world the S1..you will never see ROI.
With the coupon it's 0.8 + VAT + electricity...mine it forever you'll never see that 0.8 back mining.

Maybe in decades when it becomes an antique then you could sell one as a collector item for some btcs.

Really? That's odd because because I have 8TH running right now that has already paid itself off in BTC.

In fact, I see no mining hardware that is worth buying at the moment.

Simply removing some sentences reveals the paradox.
More power to you for getting the right hardware at the right time.
That's not the luxury most people can have at least for now.

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Quote from: xingqiaoyin on April 15, 2014, 10:50:05 AM

Mining is never worth it if you spend btc to get btc...
It's only worth it when you start join the game spend some fiat to get btc.
Even with the best ROI machine in the world the S1..you will never see ROI.
With the coupon it's 0.8 + VAT + electricity...mine it forever you'll never see that 0.8 back mining.

Maybe in decades when it becomes an antique then you could sell one as a collector item for some btcs.

Really? That's odd because because I have 8TH running right now that has already paid itself off in BTC.

They key is being able to do basic math, only purchase in stock hardware that ships immediately, and not overpaying for hardware in BTC terms.

There have been a couple of times in the last few months where the S1 was a screaming buy (hint: the sooner you buy after a nice price cut, the better), but now is not one of them... Wink

In fact, I see no mining hardware that is worth buying at the moment. If BTC spikes in price, hardware will become profitable again for those who already have BTC that they can use to buy it.

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Mining is never worth it if you spend btc to get btc...
It's only worth it when you start join the game spend some fiat to get btc.
Even with the best ROI machine in the world the S1..you will never see ROI.
With the coupon it's 0.8 + VAT + electricity...mine it forever you'll never see that 0.8 back mining.

Maybe in decades when it becomes an antique then you could sell one as a collector item for some btcs.

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Quote from: kendog77 on April 15, 2014, 10:42:22 AM

I'm not sure why people are so happy to lose money on the S2.

They would have done far better by simply purchasing S1s at the time instead of S2s.

There is no way the increased power efficiency of the S2 will even come close to making up for the lost mining revenue (S1s could have been mining a couple of weeks now) and lower price of the S1.

I hope the price of BTC goes up so Bitmain can offer future batches of S2s that have a shot at ROI in BTC, because batch 1 and batch 2 certainly did not.

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I'm not sure why people are so happy to lose money on the S2.

They would have done far better by simply purchasing S1s at the time instead of S2s.

There is no way the increased power efficiency of the S2 will even come close to making up for the lost mining revenue (S1s could have been mining a couple of weeks now) and lower price of the S1.

I hope the price of BTC goes up so Bitmain can offer future batches of S2s that have a shot at ROI in BTC, because batch 1 and batch 2 certainly did not.

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Quote from: robbcarpdm on April 14, 2014, 11:12:39 AM

For those following my saga.

I had a call via Juan from HolyScot.....

Thanks Scott

Didnt work yesterday but today I put everything out of the BBB including the network cord. The only think I did different today was pull the on the BBB IE a tug and pull out the net cable....pull out the SD.

Put it all back together and it booted up.

Added back half the blades at a time and whallla....back over 1 TH

I still think this is too touchy for the premium paid.....for this we could have had a dragon at 25% less.

Anyone shopping and looking at miners...... I have yet to have bitmain do anything for me for any of the their fubars.

Me if i shop again it will be the Dragon for 25% less.

Do yourself a favor buy S1 instead and underclock them later you will get 40% more hashing power for same BTC

This thing is a future mouse trap

S1 is the best product in Market,

In the paper Dragon is perfect in real life not so nice they generate in real life 10%-15% less GH than S2.

Juan

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Quote from: CroverNo on April 15, 2014, 06:36:53 AM

Quote from: xstr8guy on April 15, 2014, 05:02:39 AM

Quote from: CroverNo on April 15, 2014, 03:34:45 AM

Quote from: Maxcoin88 on April 15, 2014, 03:07:18 AM

Bangkok, Thailand    15/04/2014    11:58   Departure Scan
15/04/2014    10:35   Arrival Scan
Shenzhen, China    15/04/2014    8:46   Departure Scan
15/04/2014    5:12   A mechanical failure has delayed delivery. We're adjusting plans to deliver your package as quickly as possible. / Forwarded to the facility in the destination city
15/04/2014    4:59   A mechanical failure has delayed delivery. We're adjusting plans to deliver your package as quickly as possible.
15/04/2014    1:33   Export Scan
14/04/2014    2:57   Package data processed by brokerage Waiting for clearance
Shenzhen, China    13/04/2014    0:56   Arrival Scan
13/04/2014    0:55   Departure Scan
Shenzhen, China    12/04/2014    23:41   Origin Scan
China    10/04/2014    3:41   Order Processed: Ready for UPS

Scheduled Delivery:
Scheduled delivery information is not available at this time. Please check back later.
Last Location:
Departed - Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, 15/04/2014

I hope I will receive my package before the end of this week, was supposed to be here today or tomorrow... Undecided

UPS should give us reduction coupons or something, they are always late. Lips sealed

Folks Easter is coming UPS have already told me that Delivery could be end of next week due to the delays they are having in China with local holidays. They are working to resolve the back log. Fingers X but looking like a long time without mining Cry

Call local UPS give them tracking they will tell you customs fee and if you want to pay it also a delivery date eta at local hub - mine is next Tuesday

Mine is in Ontario California. It will be in my hands by tomorrow afternoon. Where is yours going to?

Scotland buddy, Bitmain has been busy at the expo in Canada

Bitmain going green Grin

They were also in NYC along with us. Was a great 2 conferences.

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ON a bright note

BTC has the potentail to make our S2 ROI if can close up here....its at the long term downtrend line and is over as we speak...the close today will dictate the direction....much higher or much lower.

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Folks please stop with the delivery hype my god.

This miner is okay its not worth all this hype.....

What do we have a bunce of Bitmain plants.

A Cointerra would have been better for the price.....

So stop all this delivery BS its gets old

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On the brown truck for delivery TODAY!! Thanks Bitmain!

Suck it KnC!

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