ANTMINER S2 Discussion and Support Thread - page 40.

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Quote from: bittydude on June 19, 2014, 02:58:17 PM

what are the s1 upgrade specs/price?

Bitmain have never said that it will be possible to upgrade the S1 so not sure why so many people think it will be.

It's still unknown what the upgrade path will be for S2's but it's likely to be just replacement blades, and it remains to be seen how good a deal it will be.

You won't be able to swap 10 blades with the ones from the S3 as the power consumption will be too high, so it's either going to be different blades with underclocked chips or fewer blades say 4 to match the 1000w PSU.

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Quote from: bittydude on June 19, 2014, 01:48:36 PM

s3 price? shouldnt be anymore then 900$

$900 is too much, remember, it is just 0.5Th.
More like either ~1BTC or $600-650.

$500 would bring down the house-50% or more market share.

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what are the s1 upgrade specs/price?

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Quote from: R4v37 on June 19, 2014, 02:13:14 PM

anyone need S2 coupons?
i have 4left, just PM me

and donate a reasonable btc Grin

1Ng9mxLR25QkyGdFJo6UKZNQJVbR85AjJw

When they expire?

Quote from: ZarKing on June 19, 2014, 02:28:44 PM

Yea i also have 6 s2 cupons ... make me a offer and they are yours lol !

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same question-when they expire?

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Quote from: DebitMe on June 19, 2014, 02:35:43 PM

I received a possible defective S2 and waiting on local warranty service.

LOL

Good luck.

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I received a possible defective S2 and waiting on local warranty service.

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Yea i also have 6 s2 cupons ... make me a offer and they are yours lol !

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Quote from: bittydude on June 19, 2014, 01:48:36 PM

s3 price? shouldnt be anymore then 900$

Hope so, I am more interested in how much the S1 upgrade is and what it requires to do. If I have to solder no chance I'll do it, surfacemount is a bitch.

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anyone need S2 coupons?
i have 4left, just PM me

and donate a reasonable btc Grin

1Ng9mxLR25QkyGdFJo6UKZNQJVbR85AjJw

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Is this feesable with 16 Billion diff next week

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Quote from: dropt on June 19, 2014, 01:43:10 PM

Quote from: Biodom on June 19, 2014, 01:39:18 PM

I like this idea. Maybe minersource, 112bit or jones gear can sell bits and pieces, Like BB, motherboard, blades?

I've been toying with the idea of reverse engineering the backplane and controller to have some fabbed for sale when the upgrades hit. Only forseeable issue would be getting the bitstream of the FPGA from BITMAIN.

I suppose I could reverse engineer the FPGA's operation too, but I don't have a logic analyzer to even attempt it at this point.

Bitmain made the standalone chips available for purchase in quantities for those who wanted to engineer their own miners. I believe they open sourced the code for the chips thru a .zip under the support tab and white sheets are available on github. It's a start!

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s3 price? shouldnt be anymore then 900$

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I have 2 x S2 coupons - expire 21th June - Sell each one 0.05 BTC

Pm me if you want one.

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Quote from: Biodom on June 19, 2014, 01:39:18 PM

I like this idea. Maybe minersource, 112bit or jones gear can sell bits and pieces, Like BB, motherboard, blades?

I've been toying with the idea of reverse engineering the backplane and controller to have some fabbed for sale when the upgrades hit. Only forseeable issue would be getting the bitstream of the FPGA from BITMAIN.

I suppose I could reverse engineer the FPGA's operation too, but I don't have a logic analyzer to even attempt it at this point.

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Quote from: BitcoinPappi on June 19, 2014, 01:19:07 PM

Exactly. And most of the cost for complete unit are more than likely due to the hashing boards and the PSU. If we can get only the "motherboard" or the barebone kit minus the hashing boards which would bring down the cost.

   1 Power Board;
   1 set of IO Board + BB Board + SD card;
   2 sets of Fans + Fans’ cover;
   ~~1 LCD screen;~~

Hell even forget the LCD screen and maybe even the fans. The first 2 items in the list would be enough and if you already have PSU's laying around reusing the old hashing cards (1Th/s ) would be a cheap enough option.

I like this idea. Maybe minersource, 112bit or jones gear can sell bits and pieces, Like BB, motherboard, blades?

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Quote from: hurricandave on June 19, 2014, 12:38:14 PM

The only problem is who would buy the old hashing boards, if a "motherboard" is still needed. Who would have these
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Anyone with a defective board that is still running 8 or 9 and wants to get back to 10!
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Exactly. And most of the cost for complete unit are more than likely due to the hashing boards and the PSU. If we can get only the "motherboard" or the barebone kit minus the hashing boards which would bring down the cost.

1 Power Board;
1 set of IO Board + BB Board + SD card;
2 sets of Fans + Fans’ cover;
~~1 LCD screen;~~

Hell even forget the LCD screen and maybe even the fans. The first 2 items in the list would be enough and if you already have PSU's laying around reusing the old hashing cards (1Th/s ) would be a cheap enough option.

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will be a HUGE glut of the old boards.

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The only problem is who would buy the old hashing boards, if a "motherboard" is still needed. Who would have these
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Anyone with a defective board that is still running 8 or 9 and wants to get back to 10!

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I am having lots of trouble with after market service as well. Have had a non working S2 sitting in my basement since Monday, just gathering dust because the damn thing won't hash, it could have been RMA'd there and back by now, but instead they make me test different things (I even had to go out and buy hardware to flash a stupid SD card which didn't fix it). They still will not RMA the damn thing for some reason or another. I have moved every single piece of it into a working S2 and whenever the backplane, control board, and/or SD card are introduced it doesn't work. I have told them this many times and still have an email chain back and forth and they are stalling. It will be over a week of lost revenue by the end of this. Not happy at all.

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Quote from: BitcoinPappi on June 19, 2014, 11:20:52 AM

Quote from: Threader on June 19, 2014, 08:58:06 AM

Quote from: BitcoinPappi on June 19, 2014, 07:43:19 AM

For those planning to upgrade their S2's . Do you think Bitmain will provide the below parts to use the old hashing boards instead of having them sit on a shelf ?

Would be nice, if they could sell the following only:

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1 Power Board;
   1 set of IO Board + BB Board + SD card;
   2 sets of Fans + Fans’ cover;
   1 LCD screen;

Try thinking out of the box? Keep your S2 intact and buy two S3's Shocked

magic!

You can think like that when you have access to unlimited power. For those that would like to put as much hashing power as possible on the same outlet, especially if no PSU upgrade is required. It is best to do the upgrade and resell the old hashing boards. That way you increase your hashing power while keeping the power requirements constant.

magic lol

The only problem is who would buy the old hashing boards, if a "motherboard" is still needed. Who would have these

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