Topic: ANTMINER S2 Discussion and Support Thread - page 25. (Read 355820 times)

This is my first real post here and I feel I should offer my contributions and findings to help the community...after all we are one...and there does not seem to be a lot of concise information regarding this miner...so here is my attempt to sort things out and help  
I have been using both the Kano and stock bitmain firmware...hate to say but the bitmain FW needs a LOT of work still..such as miner taking 4 minutes to restart...certain miners always seem to restart after 15-20 mins then are ok for days....I have my S2 mixed between both firmware and am torn on the results...1 S2 with 6/19 firmware found a block so Im happy about that..

You can get the Kano firmware here:
https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer-binaries/tree/master/AntS2

With Kano firmware miner just seems way more responsive ...to be expected considering who he is...and hats off to you Kano for all of your contributions !!!
its kinda like using S1 with kano magic...nice touch to see a block found indicator on screen and more accurate temperature reading for starters...it even says "upgrade is successed" when the firmware upgrades..I don't know how that simple thing got passed by for the firmware upgrades by bitmain...all the screen does is HANG during upgrade and all you can do is WAIT
I eagerly await the next version which is supposed to address p2pool issues
Right now I am just trying to make sense of the chip timeouts (I gave up trying to figure out at what point the QC passed sticker was put on the case but my guess is when it was empty)....I wouldn't recommend overclocking these boards unless you upgrade the PSU..especially with the horrible job bitmain does of grease (see for yourself what hides under that heatsink...worse thing I have ever seen...but back on topic)...this is with all boards cleaned and re-greased PROPERLY...what a difference   Right now the biggest thing I see is the amount of rejected shares...seems to depend how the S2 boots up...sometimes I see a ridiculous amount of rejected shares at startup..other times its ok...there is a lot more at play here than meets the eye but Im working on figuring it out....I have 8 S2 and they are all different...in every way from fans to case to boards... 4 batches? I think not...
All S2 have had PSU replaced with EVGA 1300
Using 215 Clock I am hitting 1.1TH according to miner and pool anywhere from .2% to .5% HWE
It would be nice if Bitmain could take a minute and actually put a proper config file in the S2 rather than a cheap hack of the S1 asic-freq file ...all that shows to me is the lack of time and effort taken by the manufacturer...how hard is it to put chip values in the proper range...400MHz with those heatsinks...really  
I see different timeout recommendations in almost every thread..the only one that is constant is 40....but that seems to be the worst chip timeout of all..at least for the clock speeds and output I am looking for...
Enermax PSU may be good for 220v...but rather poor efficiency for 110v after all they test in Europe with 220v not North America...I asked for 110v cables which should be included in North American shipments by default but that made no difference....no matter when REPLACING THE STRAINING STOCK PSU with 14AWG cable at same time
One last thing...what does that white piece of paper with Chinese symbols and numbers that ships in the box mean??? I hope it is not important as I cannot understand it...English would be of great help there ...something to do with the order of the plugs on the board and PSU connectors perhaps...moot point with single rail PSU

I see Bitmain has released some useful info regarding S3...why don't we have this type of info for S2...is it due to PSU limitations with stock config? I hope so
Can we get some similar info for the S2

THESE ARE S3 values DO NOT USE ON S2
S3 Datasheet Values
Voltage(V) | Hash Rate(GH/s) | Current(A) | Total power(W) | W/GH
0.72                14.18                 10.40             7.49             0.528
0.75                15.75                 12.24             9.18             0.583
0.80                17.33                 15.20            12.16            0.702
0.85                17.33                 20.00            17.00            0.981

Clock Freq. (M)|Hash rate (G)|Reg. value|Ideal delay (ms)|Recommend delay (ms)
100                      6.30              0783          42.6                    38
125                      7.88              0983          34.0                    31
150                      9.45              0b83          28.4                    26
175                    11.03               0d83         24.3                    22
200                    12.60               0782         21.3                    19
225                    14.18               0882         18.9                    17
250                    15.75               0982         17.0                    15
275                    17.33               0a82         15.5                    14
300                    18.90               0b82         14.2                    13
325                    20.48               0c82         13.1                    12
350                    22.05               0d82         12.2                    11
375                    23.63               0e82         11.3                    10
400                    25.20               08f2         10.6                     10

Sorry if this post is a bit off topic..all I have been doing lately is sorting out S2s....the joys lol
It would be nice to be able to upload screenshots...I have loads

can you post a link?

I still haven't seen any coupons

Any progress on the p2pool compatibility fix yet Bitmain?

maybe you should try to PM Bitmain in this forum
or just email them (website)

hope they'll give you, so you can purchase S2 for $1255

Is bitmain giving out coupons still???

I bet they have 10 of these blowing into their sauna

lol, it is use to rack up bitcoins.

They are using S2 to heat up the spa?

Buy from Amazon for $1450 new!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aag/main/ref=olp_merch_name_2?ie=UTF8&asin=B00KH9339O&isAmazonFulfilled=0&seller=A3CV1MCFTE33KX

Hi Jerry,

    I wrote a shell script that will repackage the firmware files from bitmaintech. It makes a unique file for each miner (Name, IP, and Pools), and all you have to do is "upgrade" each file to the correct miner. I can send you this if you'd like to try it?

Yes, the S2 manages to create a high amount of discarded shares.

edit: I could have swore I stumbled across a calculator that included discard calculations, but can't seem to find it just yet...

i got alot of discarded. is it normal?


FoundBlocks   Getworks   Accepted   Rejected   HW       Utility     Discarded   Stale   LocalWork   WU              DiffA       DiffR        DiffS                  BestShare
    0                      12794    121364  1021     141433   13.61      7083190         7            146824619  14022.75  124276736  1045504             0                            0

$100 off on Amazon today!

Edit: $110 off now

New price for AntMiner S2 1 TH/s Miner Batch 4: 1655 USD  each one, shipping cost included.

Knock on wood, but I am running 3 S2's and never have had a problem with the PSU. Only thing is if you loose power you do have to turn them off for about 5 min. or so before turning back on. Are you running in a cooled environment with clean power?

I agree that the PSU was a poor choice, but where are you reading 1150-1200?  At the wall?


Are you sure you burned out the Enermax?  I have a number of S2 units and the worst that happens to me is that the PSU overheats because my hosting environment is less than ideal.  Power off for 15 mins, then they're good to go.

Engeniers of bitmaintech is little stupid(

i have burned out 2PSU. one was enermax 87+(stock) and 2nd was  CHIEFTEC APS-1000C. All they burned out couse power consumption is little more than 1000 Wats! it is 1150-1200!  So minimum 1500 Wats PSU is needed for Antminer S2 =((

How did you guys get free vouchers?

Or please PM me with this.