ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 107.

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Quote from: ATCkit on December 14, 2014, 08:53:29 PM

Thx. Tried that already. no luck tho.

Sorry, what does "bricked your control board" mean?

Since it's Bitmain's fault, i should be able to do an RMA- right?

Bricked as in your control board is (probably) like a brick now .... can't work ... dead .... un-repairable ... things like that.
Not sure whether it is bitmain's fault ..... but you;ll have to hear from thm for that.

patriotminer76

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the fields are not blank. I removed one pool, leaving 2. I added back in a third to humor you. Nothing different.

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Quote from: patriotminer76 on December 14, 2014, 08:59:32 PM

Yes it is dhcp, yes it is getting the address from dhcp.

I can even ping , nslookup and tracert from the diagnostics page.

Uptime: 0h 4m 28s
MAC-Address: 20:59:A0:CA:3B:B0
RX: 200.01 KB (1438 Pkts.)
TX: 239.70 KB (691 Pkts.)
IPv4: 192.168.1.99/24

other things to try?

Now try starting cgminer manually via the System -> Start Up tab (click on start in the cgminer row thn browse back to the status page and see)

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Quote from: patriotminer76 on December 14, 2014, 08:59:32 PM

Yes it is dhcp, yes it is getting the address from dhcp.

I can even ping , nslookup and tracert from the diagnostics page.

Uptime: 0h 4m 28s
MAC-Address: 20:59:A0:CA:3B:B0
RX: 200.01 KB (1438 Pkts.)
TX: 239.70 KB (691 Pkts.)
IPv4: 192.168.1.99/24

other things to try?

On the Miner configuration page, maybe try adding in your 3 pools again?

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Yes it is dhcp, yes it is getting the address from dhcp.

I can even ping , nslookup and tracert from the diagnostics page.

Uptime: 0h 4m 28s
MAC-Address: 20:59:A0:CA:3B:B0
RX: 200.01 KB (1438 Pkts.)
TX: 239.70 KB (691 Pkts.)
IPv4: 192.168.1.99/24

other things to try?

ATCkit

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Thx. Tried that already. no luck tho.

Sorry, what does "bricked your control board" mean?

Since it's Bitmain's fault, i should be able to do an RMA- right?

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Quote from: ATCkit on December 14, 2014, 08:46:40 PM

Quote from: ATCkit on December 14, 2014, 11:32:17 AM

I flashed the firmware on all my S3s yesterday to the Nov 24th release (antMiner_S320141126.bin). It created problems like someone else mentioned above.

So i decided to flash them to the October release (antMiner_S320141024.bin). All except one completed the process. It just kept saying flashing for about 30 minutes....like it had stalled.

I tried to re-connect to it using the static address I've been using for 2 months. I got this message: " This webpage is not available".

So i used the reset button and connected it directly to my PC. When I tried to connect to the original IP address (192.168.1.99), I got: "This webpage is not available".

long story short, it seems my computer and router can not see the miner anymore. Also, The green light for the internet connection only comes on for a second after turning on the miner. I also noticed that only the red light blinks. None of the other LED lights come on.

Did the november firmware release (antMiner_S320141126.bin) kill my miner?

Pls help!

EDIT: I also tried using an IP scanner to try to find that miner in case its IP address had changed. The IP scanner showed all my other devices but also reported that there was a dead device.

Anyone got any ideas how to connect to miner that can't be reset?

1. Switch off the troublesome unit.
2. Ensure you do not have any other rig / computer connected to your network with the default IP
3. Switch on the troublesome unit and load the default IP

If that fails, then you have most probably bricked your control board during the reflash.

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Quote from: ATCkit on December 14, 2014, 11:32:17 AM

I flashed the firmware on all my S3s yesterday to the Nov 24th release (antMiner_S320141126.bin). It created problems like someone else mentioned above.

So i decided to flash them to the October release (antMiner_S320141024.bin). All except one completed the process. It just kept saying flashing for about 30 minutes....like it had stalled.

I tried to re-connect to it using the static address I've been using for 2 months. I got this message: " This webpage is not available".

So i used the reset button and connected it directly to my PC. When I tried to connect to the original IP address (192.168.1.99), I got: "This webpage is not available".

long story short, it seems my computer and router can not see the miner anymore. Also, The green light for the internet connection only comes on for a second after turning on the miner. I also noticed that only the red light blinks. None of the other LED lights come on.

Did the november firmware release (antMiner_S320141126.bin) kill my miner?

Pls help!

EDIT: I also tried using an IP scanner to try to find that miner in case its IP address had changed. The IP scanner showed all my other devices but also reported that there was a dead device.

Anyone got any ideas how to connect to miner that can't be reset?

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Quote from: patriotminer76 on December 14, 2014, 08:39:54 PM

How will resetting he network help? I can connect fine. Everything was working fine.

Yes it is brand new AND I believe was from batch 10. I received it from a vendor who shipped mid November. Was that 10? Regardless it was new and using whatever firmware it shipped with.

ALL I did was remove a pool and save/apply. Nothing more.

Please help.

There is certainly something else that you did, otherwise, it'd be showing the pool details in the screenshot you posted even though the pool was dead. But you'll get a blank status screen if it can not connect to the internet. And that, ma dear friend, is why we advised you to look at the network settings!
EDIT: And before you ask, YES it has been known that the S3 set to static IP can fail to connect, there's a simple explanation for that, but that is for another day, simply ensure it is on DHCP!

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How will resetting he network help? I can connect fine. Everything was working fine.

Yes it is brand new AND I believe was from batch 10. I received it from a vendor who shipped mid November. Was that 10? Regardless it was new and using whatever firmware it shipped with.

ALL I did was remove a pool and save/apply. Nothing more.

Please help.

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Quote from: Biodom on December 14, 2014, 08:24:20 PM

Quote from: patriotminer76 on December 14, 2014, 08:04:15 PM

My brand new S3+ (batch 10 I believe) was running great until an hour ago when I changed one of the pool settings. Since that re-start neither of my boards show up. Its on its own power supply (EVGA 650).

HELP! Is it dead? How? What can I do? I lowered the frequency, took off the cover and checked all the connections. nothing.

was DHCP checked or unchecked?
Use advanced IP scanner (PC) to see its IP address.

He does not need to scan for the IP as he can clearly log into the webUI.
Simply check your network settings and ensure you have it set to DHCP (as Biodom suggests), if not set it as such and then Save & Apply.

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Hobby Miner

Is it brand new or was it indeed batch 10? What firmware was it running?

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Quote from: patriotminer76 on December 14, 2014, 08:04:15 PM

My brand new S3+ (batch 10 I believe) was running great until an hour ago when I changed one of the pool settings. Since that re-start neither of my boards show up. Its on its own power supply (EVGA 650).

HELP! Is it dead? How? What can I do? I lowered the frequency, took off the cover and checked all the connections. nothing.

was DHCP checked or unchecked?
If not, Use advanced IP scanner (PC) to see its IP address.

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Quote from: tt_1111 on December 14, 2014, 01:58:31 AM

Hi,

in the meantime one slowdown occured, hashcheck script run, no reboot. As I'm not overclocking my device mingh is 405 in my case.

I also adjusted the voltage to the suggested 0.725 V (a bit below standard, right?).

I'm not very good in Unix / Linux bash commands, thus I played a bit around in a putty terminal session (using half a dozen of example and help URLs) and reworked the var=$ ... line till the output matched exactly the average GH/s — basically just taking the end of the line containing [GHSavg].

Code:

#! /usr/bin/ash
mingh=405
var=$(`cgminer-api lcd | grep '\[GHSavg\]' | cut -c 16-`)
if [ $var -lt mingh ]
then
/sbin/reboot
fi

When I try to run the script in the putty box it gives me:
-ash: hashcheck: Permission denied
In the system log no error is mentioned, thus I assume it's just my missing knowledge of how get elevated rights in a terminal session.

Edit: No reboot after next slowdown.

Looks like I should revert to the August firmware, too — see next post.

How are you starting this from the scheduled tasks? If you saved the script as /sbin/checkHash (made it executable by chmod +x), and want it to run every 15 minutes past the hour, you'd have added to your scheduked tasks as line as follows:

Code:

*/15 * * * * root cd /sbin && ./checkHash >/dev/null 2>&1

That "should" take care of the permissions (though I have not tried it either!)

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My brand new S3+ (batch 10 I believe) was running great until an hour ago when I changed one of the pool settings. Since that re-start neither of my boards show up. Its on its own power supply (EVGA 650).

HELP! Is it dead? How? What can I do? I lowered the frequency, took off the cover and checked all the connections. nothing.

http://patriotpunks.com/images/s3kaput.png

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Quote from: charles2k on December 14, 2014, 06:34:52 PM

Bought 17 units S3+ (all with November firmware). Almost all units very often slowing down to around 30-50Ghash, so average hashrate is much lower than 453GHash.
Also it seems that units are not new unlike previous deliveries, dust inside, sometimes scratches on the top...

I am not satisfied.

What is interesting - that PCB inside are much different (green, other capacitors) than PCB in units purchased in September (blue).

Whoa! Did you buy those directly from Bitmain? If so, looks like they are offloading some of the units they had up in their hosting facility.
PS. Just downgrade the firmware to the October one and you should be good to go. The fixes flying around (with your 17 units) will just give you more head-aches.

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Bought 17 units S3+ (all with November firmware). Almost all units very often slowing down to around 30-50Ghash, so average hashrate is much lower than 453GHash.
Also it seems that units are not new unlike previous deliveries, dust inside, sometimes scratches on the top...

I am not satisfied.

What is interesting - that PCB inside are much different (green, other capacitors) than PCB in units purchased in September (blue).

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Quote from: Biodom on December 14, 2014, 03:13:03 PM

Quote from: aarons6 on December 14, 2014, 03:06:48 PM

Quote from: Biodom on December 14, 2014, 12:33:57 PM

Bottom line of my antminer S3 experience (NOT S3+; have just one left out of 10 purchased). I bought them as b1, b3, b5 and b7

I made more BTC than i paid for each and every one of them.
Upon recent re-sale, I got more $$ than I used for electricity throughout, making this a positive ROI case.
Performance was great-one slightly below par, one at par and eight overclocked to 478GH (never tried 500).
they never came down with the case of lost "marbles", kept hashing day in and day out, sometimes longer than a month without reset.
I never bothered downloading latest and "greatest" software, was stuck at second or third iteration because why doing it if the production is great.
Thanks, Bitmain!
Now waiting for S5, which, hopefully, will be as solid as S3 has been.

i hope they dont come out with faster machines in a really long time.
you know as soon as faster machines come out, the difficulty will double and we will be right where we are now.

its a vicious circle.. more hash, increased difficulty, making the same btc as before with lower hash..

if these companies are smart, they wouldn't release faster machines and just keep using the ones they have now or sell at a premium cost so nobody buys them.
if they dont come out with faster machines we might even get lucky and the difficulty will go down a few times..

You don't quote another very important parameter-BTC price.
If we suddenly jump to $1000, then ALL machines will evaporate from sales (will go on backorder), people will bid up stuff on ebay to crazy numbers: even the lowly S1 will bid up to $200.
As of right now-it is a long game, and I am happy with flat difficulty since equipment is still quite pricey (especially from Bitmain and Spond).
Re no faster machines for a long time-it is NOT going to happen, since we already know for sure that AM will have such machines by March. Others had not announced yet (Bitmain, Spond), but, surely, they are coming. Enjoy the relative lull while it lasts...

knowing how they did it last time, they will pre-order the heck out of these faster machines.. using them the whole time.. after the difficulty bumps up so you can just break even they will release them.

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Quote from: aarons6 on December 14, 2014, 03:06:48 PM

Quote from: Biodom on December 14, 2014, 12:33:57 PM

Bottom line of my antminer S3 experience (NOT S3+; have just one left out of 10 purchased). I bought them as b1, b3, b5 and b7

I made more BTC than i paid for each and every one of them.
Upon recent re-sale, I got more $$ than I used for electricity throughout, making this a positive ROI case.
Performance was great-one slightly below par, one at par and eight overclocked to 478GH (never tried 500).
they never came down with the case of lost "marbles", kept hashing day in and day out, sometimes longer than a month without reset.
I never bothered downloading latest and "greatest" software, was stuck at second or third iteration because why doing it if the production is great.
Thanks, Bitmain!
Now waiting for S5, which, hopefully, will be as solid as S3 has been.

i hope they dont come out with faster machines in a really long time.
you know as soon as faster machines come out, the difficulty will double and we will be right where we are now.

its a vicious circle.. more hash, increased difficulty, making the same btc as before with lower hash..

if these companies are smart, they wouldn't release faster machines and just keep using the ones they have now or sell at a premium cost so nobody buys them.
if they dont come out with faster machines we might even get lucky and the difficulty will go down a few times..

You don't quote another very important parameter-BTC price.
If we suddenly jump to $1000, then ALL machines will evaporate from sales (will go on backorder), people will bid up stuff on ebay to crazy numbers: even the lowly S1 will bid up to $200.
As of right now-it is a long game, and I am happy with flat difficulty since equipment is still quite pricey (especially from Bitmain and Spond).
Re no faster machines for a long time-it is NOT going to happen, since we already know for sure that AM will have such machines by March. Others had not announced yet (Bitmain, Spond), but, surely, they are coming. Enjoy the relative lull while it lasts...

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Quote from: Biodom on December 14, 2014, 12:33:57 PM

Bottom line of my antminer S3 experience (NOT S3+; have just one left out of 10 purchased). I bought them as b1, b3, b5 and b7

I made more BTC than i paid for each and every one of them.
Upon recent re-sale, I got more $$ than I used for electricity throughout, making this a positive ROI case.
Performance was great-one slightly below par, one at par and eight overclocked to 478GH (never tried 500).
they never came down with the case of lost "marbles", kept hashing day in and day out, sometimes longer than a month without reset.
I never bothered downloading latest and "greatest" software, was stuck at second or third iteration because why doing it if the production is great.
Thanks, Bitmain!
Now waiting for S5, which, hopefully, will be as solid as S3 has been.

i hope they dont come out with faster machines in a really long time.
you know as soon as faster machines come out, the difficulty will double and we will be right where we are now.

its a vicious circle.. more hash, increased difficulty, making the same btc as before with lower hash..

if these companies are smart, they wouldn't release faster machines and just keep using the ones they have now or sell at a premium cost so nobody buys them.
if they dont come out with faster machines we might even get lucky and the difficulty will go down a few times..

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