ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 125.

nelsoncs

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Problem with antminer s3+ solo.

My miners work fine for a pool. But when I try to run solo I get either a very, very slow hash rate and super high error rate(s), or the miners may also refuse to connect to the machine running bitcoin-qt/bitcoind and also may incorrectly report connections as being alive or dead.

I have tried upgrading cgminer to the most recent version, to no avail. Often, cgminer quits after a few minutes.

here is my cgminer command line (<> indicate substitutions to protect the innocent):

--bitmain-options 115200:32:8:18:225:0882 -o http://192.168.0.2:8332 -O : --verbose --btc-address 1D7CFcY3gYMgNrns6ttRmomyGTLNzZ6XRA --api-listen --api-network --bitmain-checkn2diff --bitmain-hwerror --version-file /usr/bin/compile_time --queue 4096

here is my bitcoin-qt/bitcoind command line:

-datadir=/home/.bitcoin -rpcuser= -rpcpassword= -blocknotify=%s -alertnotify=%s

The verbose flag did not seem to give any more info, I can find an open port :8332 on the bitcoind machine and netstat will report "ESTABLISHED" then "CLOSE_WAIT".

Any suggestions on how to debug the rpc connection or cgminer would be greatly appreciated. I may have no hair left soon.

mdude77

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I've got a bunch of coupons up for grabs. I'd like to keep one of each for myself, just in case ... but the rest I'm happy to give away. PM if you want one, and of what type if interested. First come first serve.

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solitude

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I have some Bitmain coupons for sale:

1. AntMiner C1 Coupon 50 USD x 2

2. AntMiner S3+ Coupon 50 USD x 2

3. AntMiner S4 Coupon 400 USD x 6

Good through November 30th

I'm not sure what they're worth, send me a message if you're interested.

brush242

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Quote from: faetos on November 19, 2014, 11:37:57 PM

That's a case of "penny-wise and pound-foolish." I wouldn't be hard on yourself. BitMain should have done the right thing. Now that $50 they saved has cost them probably 10x that in bad press.

Yeah, you can tell because the batches aren't selling out.

Oh wait....

dankefoss

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FYI - All my posts got deleted by Bitman. More customer ill will in my opinion.

Dan

iglasses

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Yea I have...
C1 x14
S3 x14
S4 x42

and they can keep all of them! WTF am I supposed to do with a stupid $50 coupon (.14BTC) on a device that they now want .588BTC for and then another fucking $135 to ship!!

Bitmain...you guys were good but selling overpriced hardware that you've already mined a profit with and now making a profit on shipping too is just too much for this guy.

hurricandave

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In the midnight hour babe, I want MORE MORE MOREHOR, ...........

cloh76

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Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: faetos on November 19, 2014, 11:37:57 PM

Quote from: MissouriMiner on November 19, 2014, 10:30:34 PM

Quote from: jackbox on November 19, 2014, 10:24:40 PM

Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: BITMAIN on November 15, 2014, 11:37:26 PM

BITMAIN Promotion plan for S3+, S4 and C1

$50 coupon for S3+, $400 coupon for S4 and $50 coupon for C1 are issued to customers who ever bought miners from BITMAIN or our official distributors

I have (12) S4 $400 coupons, and (4) S3+ $50 coupons and (4) C1 $50 coupons. Expire the 30th.

50 cents on the dollar seems fair to me. PM me if you are interested.

Dan

That's not fair. You got them for free. In fact, almost everyone here has them for free and many people will gladly give them away for free. Good luck selling at that price.

I thought the same thing. They are going for 99 cents buy-it-now on eBay. Too bad they are only good for 2 weeks. I'll give away mine. I have coupons for all 3 models. What makes me mad is I'm the dumbass who bought an S4 at full price the day before the coupons were given out. I pleaded with Bitmain to give me a break, but they said no.

That's a case of "penny-wise and pound-foolish." I wouldn't be hard on yourself. BitMain should have done the right thing. Now that $50 they saved has cost them probably 10x that in bad press.

It's $400 off an S4. I wouldn't be as upset if it was only $50. My timing was so close. It was just a matter of hours before the coupons arrived. This is just my typical bad luck. I won't complain anymore.

I look at it this way - We will all eventually get screwed one way or another. We may buy them -400 USD now, but eventually a newer miner will come out that will be more efficient at an even lower cost. Plus we wont ROI with the difficulty exponentially increasing. It's a viscous never ending cycle.

jackbox

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Quote from: faetos on November 19, 2014, 11:37:57 PM

Quote from: MissouriMiner on November 19, 2014, 10:30:34 PM

Quote from: jackbox on November 19, 2014, 10:24:40 PM

Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: BITMAIN on November 15, 2014, 11:37:26 PM

BITMAIN Promotion plan for S3+, S4 and C1

$50 coupon for S3+, $400 coupon for S4 and $50 coupon for C1 are issued to customers who ever bought miners from BITMAIN or our official distributors

I have (12) S4 $400 coupons, and (4) S3+ $50 coupons and (4) C1 $50 coupons. Expire the 30th.

50 cents on the dollar seems fair to me. PM me if you are interested.

Dan

That's not fair. You got them for free. In fact, almost everyone here has them for free and many people will gladly give them away for free. Good luck selling at that price.

They saved $400. S4 coupons are $400 off,
I thought the same thing. They are going for 99 cents buy-it-now on eBay. Too bad they are only good for 2 weeks. I'll give away mine. I have coupons for all 3 models. What makes me mad is I'm the dumbass who bought an S4 at full price the day before the coupons were given out. I pleaded with Bitmain to give me a break, but they said no.

That's a case of "penny-wise and pound-foolish." I wouldn't be hard on yourself. BitMain should have done the right thing. Now that $50 they saved has cost them probably 10x that in bad press.

faetos

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gotta let a coin be a coin

Quote from: MissouriMiner on November 19, 2014, 10:30:34 PM

Quote from: jackbox on November 19, 2014, 10:24:40 PM

Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: BITMAIN on November 15, 2014, 11:37:26 PM

BITMAIN Promotion plan for S3+, S4 and C1

$50 coupon for S3+, $400 coupon for S4 and $50 coupon for C1 are issued to customers who ever bought miners from BITMAIN or our official distributors

I have (12) S4 $400 coupons, and (4) S3+ $50 coupons and (4) C1 $50 coupons. Expire the 30th.

50 cents on the dollar seems fair to me. PM me if you are interested.

Dan

That's not fair. You got them for free. In fact, almost everyone here has them for free and many people will gladly give them away for free. Good luck selling at that price.

I thought the same thing. They are going for 99 cents buy-it-now on eBay. Too bad they are only good for 2 weeks. I'll give away mine. I have coupons for all 3 models. What makes me mad is I'm the dumbass who bought an S4 at full price the day before the coupons were given out. I pleaded with Bitmain to give me a break, but they said no.

That's a case of "penny-wise and pound-foolish." I wouldn't be hard on yourself. BitMain should have done the right thing. Now that $50 they saved has cost them probably 10x that in bad press.

MissouriMiner

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Quote from: jackbox on November 19, 2014, 10:24:40 PM

Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: BITMAIN on November 15, 2014, 11:37:26 PM

BITMAIN Promotion plan for S3+, S4 and C1

$50 coupon for S3+, $400 coupon for S4 and $50 coupon for C1 are issued to customers who ever bought miners from BITMAIN or our official distributors

I have (12) S4 $400 coupons, and (4) S3+ $50 coupons and (4) C1 $50 coupons. Expire the 30th.

50 cents on the dollar seems fair to me. PM me if you are interested.

Dan

That's not fair. You got them for free. In fact, almost everyone here has them for free and many people will gladly give them away for free. Good luck selling at that price.

I thought the same thing. They are going for 99 cents buy-it-now on eBay. I'll give away mine. I have coupons for all 3 models.

jackbox

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Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: BITMAIN on November 15, 2014, 11:37:26 PM

BITMAIN Promotion plan for S3+, S4 and C1

$50 coupon for S3+, $400 coupon for S4 and $50 coupon for C1 are issued to customers who ever bought miners from BITMAIN or our official distributors

I have (12) S4 $400 coupons, and (4) S3+ $50 coupons and (4) C1 $50 coupons. Expire the 30th.

50 cents on the dollar seems fair to me. PM me if you are interested.

Dan

That's not fair. You got them for free. In fact, almost everyone here has them for free and many people will gladly give them away for free. Good luck selling at that price.

notlist3d

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I have 10 AntMiner S3 + Coupon 50 USD off that expire 11/30/14. I am happy to get rid off them for .01 donation. (Set a price as people are bad about donations

and I'm not here to make money just pay for time my C1's were down because of syscooling)

PM me if you are interested. After the .01 is donated per coupon you want I will send coupon or coupons. Currently that is around 3.25 for 50 off.

praeluceo

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Quote from: faetos on November 18, 2014, 02:58:17 PM

Quote from: praeluceo on November 18, 2014, 02:45:12 PM

Quote from: faetos on November 18, 2014, 12:23:48 AM

new coupons are making me think about it - on the fence about buying new gear to replace the S1s. A lot to think about for sure, but I really don't want to part with any more btc

EDIT: shipping kills the deal for me. Let me know if you need coupons.

If you're interested in skipping the shipping, and going with co-location, I work with a mine with a large number of S3s that are hosted, so they can be lit up immediately after payment, and as it's based out of Washington, USA the power is really stinking cheap!

I say this, because I have 14.4 TH hosted there, and have had an awesome experience with their hosting, and my house is quiet (although cooler now that winter is here), and it's way more hashrate than I could ever power off my regular home line (and even including hosting, it's still way cheaper than my PUD's price per kWh). Industrial power, a secure facility, redundant Internet, and they aren't running in my bedroom. I like it a lot. Can you tell?

2 cents in Wenatchee, right? I used to live in Redmond and I heard you all get cheap current from the dam.

It isn't my mine, I host there. But I know that the raw power (before rent, Internet, etc) is more than that. I met a couple of guys who were working on getting a co-lo running up in Wenatchee who claimed they were paying 2.8 cents, but they were really shady, and kept going on about raised floors and commercial HVAC, I don't think they actually knew anything about Bitcoin. They came to our Portland Bitcoin meetup to pitch their facility, but their costs (despite having access to cheaper power) were higher than what I'm paying now. Also, I can't easily drive to Wenatchee to inspect the site, whereas I was able to with the one I went with. Also, shady has a lot of sway with me, with how Bitcoin is and how much money there is to be had in running a scam.

faetos

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gotta let a coin be a coin

Quote from: praeluceo on November 18, 2014, 02:45:12 PM

Quote from: faetos on November 18, 2014, 12:23:48 AM

new coupons are making me think about it - on the fence about buying new gear to replace the S1s. A lot to think about for sure, but I really don't want to part with any more btc

EDIT: shipping kills the deal for me. Let me know if you need coupons.

If you're interested in skipping the shipping, and going with co-location, I work with a mine with a large number of S3s that are hosted, so they can be lit up immediately after payment, and as it's based out of Washington, USA the power is really stinking cheap!

I say this, because I have 14.4 TH hosted there, and have had an awesome experience with their hosting, and my house is quiet (although cooler now that winter is here), and it's way more hashrate than I could ever power off my regular home line (and even including hosting, it's still way cheaper than my PUD's price per kWh). Industrial power, a secure facility, redundant Internet, and they aren't running in my bedroom. I like it a lot. Can you tell?

2 cents in Wenatchee, right? I used to live in Redmond and I heard you all get cheap current from the dam.

Biodom

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Quote from: praeluceo on November 18, 2014, 02:45:12 PM

Quote from: faetos on November 18, 2014, 12:23:48 AM

new coupons are making me think about it - on the fence about buying new gear to replace the S1s. A lot to think about for sure, but I really don't want to part with any more btc

EDIT: shipping kills the deal for me. Let me know if you need coupons.

If you're interested in skipping the shipping, and going with co-location, I work with a mine with a large number of S3s that are hosted, so they can be lit up immediately after payment, and as it's based out of Washington, USA the power is really stinking cheap!

I say this, because I have 14.4 TH hosted there, and have had an awesome experience with their hosting, and my house is quiet (although cooler now that winter is here), and it's way more hashrate than I could ever power off my regular home line (and even including hosting, it's still way cheaper than my PUD's price per kWh). Industrial power, a secure facility, redundant Internet, and they aren't running in my bedroom. I like it a lot. Can you tell?

how much do you pay per kw? setup fees?

Biodom

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Quote from: faetos on November 18, 2014, 12:23:48 AM

new coupons are making me think about it - on the fence about buying new gear to replace the S1s. A lot to think about for sure, but I really don't want to part with any more btc

EDIT: shipping kills the deal for me. Let me know if you need coupons.

yes, shipping is NOT good.
Anyway, I have 19 C1, 19 S3 and 57 (wow!) S4 coupons.
Make a small donation offer for my time dealing with this in PM (up to total of 10 coupons/person) and I will get back to you.

praeluceo

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Quote from: faetos on November 18, 2014, 12:23:48 AM

new coupons are making me think about it - on the fence about buying new gear to replace the S1s. A lot to think about for sure, but I really don't want to part with any more btc

EDIT: shipping kills the deal for me. Let me know if you need coupons.

If you're interested in skipping the shipping, and going with co-location, I work with a mine with a large number of S3s that are hosted, so they can be lit up immediately after payment, and as it's based out of Washington, USA the power is really stinking cheap!

I say this, because I have 14.4 TH hosted there, and have had an awesome experience with their hosting, and my house is quiet (although cooler now that winter is here), and it's way more hashrate than I could ever power off my regular home line (and even including hosting, it's still way cheaper than my PUD's price per kWh). Industrial power, a secure facility, redundant Internet, and they aren't running in my bedroom. I like it a lot. Can you tell?

faetos

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gotta let a coin be a coin

new coupons are making me think about it - on the fence about buying new gear to replace the S1s. A lot to think about for sure, but I really don't want to part with any more btc

EDIT: shipping kills the deal for me. Let me know if you need coupons.

philipma1957

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'The right to privacy matters'

Quote from: mdude77 on November 17, 2014, 01:16:12 PM

Quote from: IITravel01 on November 17, 2014, 12:34:01 PM

There could be some missing info. needed to help explain the difference. First, list if you are in a 120v (U.S.) or 220v(E.U.) area. Higher volt. countries will have a little better efficiency. Also, the closer you are to the 50% load on the power supply, the more efficient it usually is (so a 1000w power supply running 850w will probably run more wattage than a 1500w power supply running the same 850w). Also, a Titanium, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze or none supply will have different efficiencies.

From what I saw, platinum isn't that much more efficient than gold.

M

overhead means a lot. the evga 1600watt p2 power supply coasts doing 1150 watts it is really efficient at that mark.

A gold 1200 doing the same will not do well maybe 1195 or not work since you are near its peak.

Just did a lot of testing with the asic miner prisma and the 1600 watt platinum evga was 30 to 45 watts better running the prisma then the 1300 watt gold evga. I posted here for other reasons I opened my bitmaintech account today and I have 84 coupons.

I have 50 s 4 coupons. 400 each
  I have 17 c 1 coupons. 50 each
  I have 17 s-3 coupons. 50 each

So I grabbed 2 s-3's 5 minutes ago.

https://blockchain.info/tx/a91af51b116fbc3e71f8b6d4782b01fbad698cbb927bb12779aaf357554b5510

Seems I was not checking this thread fucking around with the prisma and almost missed these coupons.

So they last until nov 30th.
So who wants to buy some cheap shoot me a pm.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9557627

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