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Topic: ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 132. (Read 710164 times)

legendary
Activity: 3892
Merit: 4331
November 09, 2014, 12:09:18 PM
First non-hashing benefit (noticed today):

Temperature outside is 64F (~18C), temperature in the house: 74-75F (23-24C) WITHOUT heater turned on.
Thanks to my small S3 "collection"...
Will see later in the week when night temps drop to 50-55F (10-12C)
legendary
Activity: 1540
Merit: 1001
November 09, 2014, 08:30:26 AM
Beeping when internet goes down..

HOW CAN I MAKE IT STOP.. Sad


i have unchecked the box in the miner config tab... but when the internet has an outage all the miners start beeping..

of course when the internet comes back online, they dont stop until i get up and unplug them and restart them Sad

seriously..

this is becoming so annoying to be woken up at 3am because the internet has some update or something and has gone offline for a few minutes..


did i mention that they are pretty freaking loud too.. Sad

Annoying isn't it?  I don't think there's any fix short of a hard fix ... ie destroy the speaker, cut the wire, or glue it closed.  Sometimes they beep for reason at all as well.

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legendary
Activity: 1736
Merit: 1006
November 09, 2014, 04:52:21 AM
Beeping when internet goes down..

HOW CAN I MAKE IT STOP.. Sad


i have unchecked the box in the miner config tab... but when the internet has an outage all the miners start beeping..

of course when the internet comes back online, they dont stop until i get up and unplug them and restart them Sad

seriously..

this is becoming so annoying to be woken up at 3am because the internet has some update or something and has gone offline for a few minutes..


did i mention that they are pretty freaking loud too.. Sad
sr. member
Activity: 312
Merit: 250
November 07, 2014, 06:42:08 PM
Anyone using the Umisoo hosting service? I would love to hear some feedback, it seems like a great option considering the shipping of these things are almost the cost of one unit.

I took the Umisoo option to avoid shipping and customs on my S4s, so I can't say if it would be the same experience as with the S3s, but overall I'm happy with the service.  It's pretty reasonable; they basically charge $0.13/kwh including all power/maintenance, then it'll reduce to $0.12 at the end of Dec, then another drop to $0.11 in the spring. 

My ants have been running well for the past month aside from one glitch where I had to reset my pools to get one of my S4s back online.  The nice thing is you end up using the same account as Bitmain, and shipping/delivery/installation is pretty seamless.

Depending on how much control you like to have over your hardware, the web interface is a little lacking; they just have 3 sets of pool, worker ID and password for each miner.  Maybe they'll give us direct access to miners in the future (or maybe you just need to ask), but if I had S3s there, I'd prefer to be able to overclock them.

Communication is more than a little cryptic (they refer to miners as "mills" for some reason) but overall communication has been solid, letting me know when they were online and ready for me to enter pool info.

Overall, I'm very happy with my decision, but obviously there's room for improvement!


And if you decide at some point that you want your miners they will ship them to you?

The Terms of Service states they will ship the miner to you after the term expires, but it is not clear how long the contract is for.

   1.6 User should notice Umisoo two weeks in advance if it need off-shelves the miners after the Terms is expired, otherwise, will default for continuation.   
   1.7 User has the right to request Umisoo ship the miner to the pointed address after the Terms expire. The shipping cost is on the user’s own.

My guess is the term is monthly, because of this statement.
   3.5 Payment: The payment shall be monthly prepayment.

You can read the Terms of Service here.  https://www.umisoo.com/about/terms.action

But that info was not the main reason for this post.  I purchased 2x S3+ earlier this week and they would not let me select UMISOO to host the S3's.  I didn't capture the exact message, but it was something about hosting is not available for the S3 model.   It appears only the S4 can be hosted at this time.
sr. member
Activity: 312
Merit: 250
November 07, 2014, 06:25:08 PM
Can someone help me?

I became today my Antminer S3.


i give him power and put lan cable insite.

then power on.

the fan works for 1-2 seconds, lan blinking red and green, then fan going out and the LED on the Lan is Blinking RED

i can not go on 196.168.1.99

i can´t see the miner in my fritzbox.


is not working:( what can i do?

I was having same problem with my miner. Your miner is not fully powered up.
Switch of the power supply & turn on after 5m, make sure your power supply is dedicate to this miner (i.e. one power supply for one miner)
Repeat the above step with a gap of 5m until your miner is fully powered up. If you succeed than set the frequency to s3+ default & reboot. Make sure your miner is powered up for 2 days. This will fix the problem, if not than change the power supply. Please let me know if it worked for you.


i try it, but now working Sad

THE PSN has now 530Watt
is a Thermaltake Hamburg 530W

u tell (i.e. one power supply for one miner)

is this only 1 PCI E to 1 Miner ?

and in witch plugin?

if i do 1 insite ( Right site front of Lan ) then the miner start but the lan is not flashing Sad

if i do the 2nd in the left plugin, the miner stops the lan blinking red >_<
You need at least 2 PCI-E power connections per miner, at least 1 on the left and 1 on the right (front/back is less important, but you HAVE to power both left and right sides).  If you have 4 PCI-E connectors from your PSU, then use all of them.
Good luck!

If further clarification is needed, look at the picture in section 2 of the manual. 

https://bitmaintech.com/files/download/Antminer%20S3%20Manual_EN_2014.7.16.pdf


hero member
Activity: 616
Merit: 500
November 07, 2014, 05:12:20 PM
Can someone help me?

I became today my Antminer S3.


i give him power and put lan cable insite.

then power on.

the fan works for 1-2 seconds, lan blinking red and green, then fan going out and the LED on the Lan is Blinking RED

i can not go on 196.168.1.99

i can´t see the miner in my fritzbox.


is not working:( what can i do?

I was having same problem with my miner. Your miner is not fully powered up.
Switch of the power supply & turn on after 5m, make sure your power supply is dedicate to this miner (i.e. one power supply for one miner)
Repeat the above step with a gap of 5m until your miner is fully powered up. If you succeed than set the frequency to s3+ default & reboot. Make sure your miner is powered up for 2 days. This will fix the problem, if not than change the power supply. Please let me know if it worked for you.


i try it, but now working Sad

THE PSN has now 530Watt
is a Thermaltake Hamburg 530W

u tell (i.e. one power supply for one miner)

is this only 1 PCI E to 1 Miner ?

and in witch plugin?

if i do 1 insite ( Right site front of Lan ) then the miner start but the lan is not flashing Sad

if i do the 2nd in the left plugin, the miner stops the lan blinking red >_<
You need at least 2 PCI-E power connections per miner, at least 1 on the left and 1 on the right (front/back is less important, but you HAVE to power both left and right sides).  If you have 4 PCI-E connectors from your PSU, then use all of them.
Good luck!
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
November 07, 2014, 03:56:52 PM
Can someone help me?

I became today my Antminer S3.


i give him power and put lan cable insite.

then power on.

the fan works for 1-2 seconds, lan blinking red and green, then fan going out and the LED on the Lan is Blinking RED

i can not go on 196.168.1.99

i can´t see the miner in my fritzbox.


is not working:( what can i do?

I was having same problem with my miner. Your miner is not fully powered up.
Switch of the power supply & turn on after 5m, make sure your power supply is dedicate to this miner (i.e. one power supply for one miner)
Repeat the above step with a gap of 5m until your miner is fully powered up. If you succeed than set the frequency to s3+ default & reboot. Make sure your miner is powered up for 2 days. This will fix the problem, if not than change the power supply. Please let me know if it worked for you.


i try it, but now working Sad

THE PSN has now 530Watt
is a Thermaltake Hamburg 530W

u tell (i.e. one power supply for one miner)

is this only 1 PCI E to 1 Miner ?

and in witch plugin?

if i do 1 insite ( Right site front of Lan ) then the miner start but the lan is not flashing Sad

if i do the 2nd in the left plugin, the miner stops the lan blinking red >_<
sr. member
Activity: 318
Merit: 250
November 07, 2014, 12:09:52 PM
Anyone using the Umisoo hosting service? I would love to hear some feedback, it seems like a great option considering the shipping of these things are almost the cost of one unit.

I took the Umisoo option to avoid shipping and customs on my S4s, so I can't say if it would be the same experience as with the S3s, but overall I'm happy with the service.  It's pretty reasonable; they basically charge $0.13/kwh including all power/maintenance, then it'll reduce to $0.12 at the end of Dec, then another drop to $0.11 in the spring. 

My ants have been running well for the past month aside from one glitch where I had to reset my pools to get one of my S4s back online.  The nice thing is you end up using the same account as Bitmain, and shipping/delivery/installation is pretty seamless.

Depending on how much control you like to have over your hardware, the web interface is a little lacking; they just have 3 sets of pool, worker ID and password for each miner.  Maybe they'll give us direct access to miners in the future (or maybe you just need to ask), but if I had S3s there, I'd prefer to be able to overclock them.

Communication is more than a little cryptic (they refer to miners as "mills" for some reason) but overall communication has been solid, letting me know when they were online and ready for me to enter pool info.

Overall, I'm very happy with my decision, but obviously there's room for improvement!


And if you decide at some point that you want your miners they will ship them to you?
hero member
Activity: 918
Merit: 1002
November 07, 2014, 10:38:45 AM
Communication is more than a little cryptic (they refer to miners as "mills" for some reason) but overall communication has been solid, letting me know when they were online and ready for me to enter pool info.
This made me giggle--I'm going to refer to my gear as "Bitcoin mills" from now on.
legendary
Activity: 1722
Merit: 1000
November 07, 2014, 09:51:37 AM
Can someone help me?

I became today my Antminer S3.


i give him power and put lan cable insite.

then power on.

the fan works for 1-2 seconds, lan blinking red and green, then fan going out and the LED on the Lan is Blinking RED

i can not go on 196.168.1.99

i can´t see the miner in my fritzbox.


is not working:( what can i do?

Can you ping it?

Is your IP address 198.168.1.(something besides 99, perf 200)
member
Activity: 170
Merit: 10
November 07, 2014, 09:36:41 AM
Anyone using the Umisoo hosting service? I would love to hear some feedback, it seems like a great option considering the shipping of these things are almost the cost of one unit.

I took the Umisoo option to avoid shipping and customs on my S4s, so I can't say if it would be the same experience as with the S3s, but overall I'm happy with the service.  It's pretty reasonable; they basically charge $0.13/kwh including all power/maintenance, then it'll reduce to $0.12 at the end of Dec, then another drop to $0.11 in the spring. 

My ants have been running well for the past month aside from one glitch where I had to reset my pools to get one of my S4s back online.  The nice thing is you end up using the same account as Bitmain, and shipping/delivery/installation is pretty seamless.

Depending on how much control you like to have over your hardware, the web interface is a little lacking; they just have 3 sets of pool, worker ID and password for each miner.  Maybe they'll give us direct access to miners in the future (or maybe you just need to ask), but if I had S3s there, I'd prefer to be able to overclock them.

Communication is more than a little cryptic (they refer to miners as "mills" for some reason) but overall communication has been solid, letting me know when they were online and ready for me to enter pool info.

Overall, I'm very happy with my decision, but obviously there's room for improvement!
sr. member
Activity: 318
Merit: 250
November 07, 2014, 08:17:23 AM
Can someone help me?

I became today my Antminer S3.


i give him power and put lan cable insite.

then power on.

the fan works for 1-2 seconds, lan blinking red and green, then fan going out and the LED on the Lan is Blinking RED

i can not go on 196.168.1.99

i can´t see the miner in my fritzbox.


is not working:( what can i do?

Usually because you dont have the Power supply setup or connected correctly or you dont have enough power going to the antminer from the psu  What wattage is your PSU?
newbie
Activity: 22
Merit: 0
November 07, 2014, 01:31:21 AM
Can someone help me?

I became today my Antminer S3.


i give him power and put lan cable insite.

then power on.

the fan works for 1-2 seconds, lan blinking red and green, then fan going out and the LED on the Lan is Blinking RED

i can not go on 196.168.1.99

i can´t see the miner in my fritzbox.


is not working:( what can i do?

I was having same problem with my miner. Your miner is not fully powered up.
Switch of the power supply & turn on after 5m, make sure your power supply is dedicate to this miner (i.e. one power supply for one miner)
Repeat the above step with a gap of 5m until your miner is fully powered up. If you succeed than set the frequency to s3+ default & reboot. Make sure your miner is powered up for 2 days. This will fix the problem, if not than change the power supply. Please let me know if it worked for you.
newbie
Activity: 40
Merit: 0
November 06, 2014, 05:28:23 PM
Can someone help me?

I became today my Antminer S3.


i give him power and put lan cable insite.

then power on.

the fan works for 1-2 seconds, lan blinking red and green, then fan going out and the LED on the Lan is Blinking RED

i can not go on 196.168.1.99

i can´t see the miner in my fritzbox.


is not working:( what can i do?

I assume the above IP is a typo, but just incase the default Antminer IP address is 192.168.1.99

This forum thread is helpful as well - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-dogies-comprehensive-bitmain-antminer-s3-setup-hd-702653
hero member
Activity: 602
Merit: 500
November 06, 2014, 04:08:50 PM
Anyone using the Umisoo hosting service? I would love to hear some feedback, it seems like a great option considering the shipping of these things are almost the cost of one unit.
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
November 06, 2014, 02:34:33 PM
Can someone help me?

I became today my Antminer S3.


i give him power and put lan cable insite.

then power on.

the fan works for 1-2 seconds, lan blinking red and green, then fan going out and the LED on the Lan is Blinking RED

i can not go on 196.168.1.99

i can´t see the miner in my fritzbox.


is not working:( what can i do?
legendary
Activity: 1232
Merit: 1000
November 05, 2014, 04:21:57 AM

My ambivalent temperature is 22 C. Here is the actual temperature (F, which is about 42 C):


What's an "ambivalent temperature"?



I think he meant ambient temperature. You know, "room temperature".
Ambivalent temperature is the temperature at which point you don't care what the temperature is.

...and I thought all this time that it has something to do with the temperature not being able to decide whether it's a Farenheit or a Celsius.



I thought is was a handicap temperature
legendary
Activity: 1081
Merit: 1001
November 04, 2014, 09:28:28 PM

My ambivalent temperature is 22 C. Here is the actual temperature (F, which is about 42 C):


What's an "ambivalent temperature"?



I think he meant ambient temperature. You know, "room temperature".
Ambivalent temperature is the temperature at which point you don't care what the temperature is.

...and I thought all this time that it has something to do with the temperature not being able to decide whether it's a Farenheit or a Celsius.


legendary
Activity: 1081
Merit: 1001
November 04, 2014, 09:18:43 PM

My ambivalent temperature is 22 C. Here is the actual temperature (F, which is about 42 C):


What's an "ambivalent temperature"?



I think he meant ambient temperature. You know, "room temperature".

Thanks for the clarification.  I thought it was some kinda very technical metric for temperatures.

newbie
Activity: 51
Merit: 0
November 04, 2014, 09:08:26 PM
ambient temperature does make a different on how cool the PSU and S3 miner runs, I just today moved my S3 under my table closer to the floor to stop the fans from ramping up cause the air closer to the ground is cooler. Its also more quiet along the ground and the fan noise on the S3 is actually tolerable now.

So for anyone here having temp issues or fan speed ramp up, I recommend doing this.

the heat on the PSU wen't from barely warm to no heat at all after I did this. I also found that the cooler the PSU runs the more efficent the miner runs. My hashrate and shares acually wen't up a tiny bit on the pool.
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