ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 158.

ZiG

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Quote from: aztecminer on September 30, 2014, 09:35:52 PM

happy that my S3 farm has roi'd in bitcoins.
i did use some S1's to help though .
the above hashrates helped a lot.
solid miner like S1 .

Mine farm ROI'd last month...now I am +1 BTC in profit... Grin

10 x S1's + 2 x S3 ...more on the way...some in, some out... Wink

Good luck mining...

ZiG

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happy that my S3 farm has roi'd in bitcoins.
i did use some S1's to help though .
the above hashrates helped a lot.
solid miner like S1 .

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Quote from: DataStorm on September 30, 2014, 04:08:55 PM

Hi,
How do we configure the antminer to send btc to our address? We wish to go solo for a bit then maybe join a pool later. Thanks for considering. Despite the basic question, we have logged onto the antminer through the ip address and have been poking around. I'm just not finding anything straitforward.

-DS

Try this link, https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/yh-solockpoolorg-2-fee-solo-mining-usade-255-blocks-solved-763510 This is probably the easiest way to solomine with the Antminer.

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Hi,
How do we configure the antminer to send btc to our address? We wish to go solo for a bit then maybe join a pool later. Thanks for considering. Despite the basic question, we have logged onto the antminer through the ip address and have been poking around. I'm just not finding anything straitforward.

-DS

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Quote from: mrpark on September 25, 2014, 04:04:40 PM

when will the S3+ Batch 10 be listed?

I think it's been posted that BitMain will be closed for holidays until 06 October, so probably not before then. I think I read someone state by end of October shipping but don't know how they got that info. I saw a couple people selling S3+'s on eBay for $290-300 shipped on hand if you don't want to wait.

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Quote from: tl121 on September 30, 2014, 10:47:13 AM

Quote from: IYFTech on September 30, 2014, 08:50:23 AM

Now they have finally upload the newer cgminer code that fixes the security holes (6 weeks late), but they don't give users any information about how to apply the update!! Does that mean their customers have to wait another 6 weeks to get an answer?

This is a simple and quick fix. The recipe has been posted many times in the forums.

1. SSH into the S3 and login
2. Issue the following commands sequentially.
a) cd /usr/bin
b) mv cgminer cgminer.bak
c) wget http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/antminer/s3/4.6.0-140908/cgminer
d) chmod +x cgminer
3. Reboot

replace reboot with
/etc/init.d/cgminer restart
or
/etc/init.d/cgminer stop
/etc/init.d/cgminer start

no need to reboot the device! OMG! A block could be found in that time!!!

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Watch out for the "Neg-Rep-Dogie-Police".....

Quote from: tl121 on September 30, 2014, 10:47:13 AM

Quote from: IYFTech on September 30, 2014, 08:50:23 AM

Now they have finally upload the newer cgminer code that fixes the security holes (6 weeks late), but they don't give users any information about how to apply the update!! Does that mean their customers have to wait another 6 weeks to get an answer?

This is a simple and quick fix. The recipe has been posted many times in the forums.

1. SSH into the S3 and login
2. Issue the following commands sequentially.
a) cd /usr/bin
b) mv cgminer cgminer.bak
c) wget http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/antminer/s3/4.6.0-140908/cgminer
d) chmod +x cgminer
3. Reboot

For the S3, yes, but not for the S2. Besides, Bitmain should supply the latest cgminer in their firmware as they promised to do over 6 weeks ago - many users don't have the tech know-how to update their miners like this & if they get it wrong, they can brick their units. Releasing it as a firmware update is safer & more user friendly Wink

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Quote from: IYFTech on September 30, 2014, 08:50:23 AM

Now they have finally upload the newer cgminer code that fixes the security holes (6 weeks late), but they don't give users any information about how to apply the update!! Does that mean their customers have to wait another 6 weeks to get an answer?

This is a simple and quick fix. The recipe has been posted many times in the forums.

1. SSH into the S3 and login
2. Issue the following commands sequentially.
a) cd /usr/bin
b) mv cgminer cgminer.bak
c) wget http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/antminer/s3/4.6.0-140908/cgminer
d) chmod +x cgminer
3. Reboot

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WANTED: Active dev to fix & re-write p2pool in C

Getting an answer from Bitmain is like getting blood from a stone:

Post a question here - nothing.
PM them a question - nothing.
Email them a question - nothing.

S2 & S3 users have been waiting since August 18th for these answers, that's over 6 weeks!

Quote from: BITMAIN on August 17, 2014, 09:09:15 PM

Dear Community,

Our truly apologies for the mis-understanding reported....blah blah......there is a little mis-communicaton between Customer Service Team and R&D Department...blah blah.....

Any advice from the Community and Global Customers is appreciated, feel free to contact us via PM or [email protected].

Thank you!

Now they have finally upload the newer cgminer code that fixes the security holes (6 weeks late), but they don't give users any information about how to apply the update!! Does that mean their customers have to wait another 6 weeks to get an answer?

It takes seconds to read a post, and minutes to reply with instructions on how to update, yet they don't seem at all interested in making sure that all their customers miners are safe from exploitation.....why is that Bitmain?

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Quote from: atledenin on September 16, 2014, 08:02:54 AM

Hi all,

Hope someone can help in response to a problem I'm having with an RMA. I'd been through all the diags with Tim from Bitmain and he'd agreed to do an RMA for one of the hashing boards as its only hashing at 170-176Gh, the other is fine. I'd explained to Tim that I'd bought it from a reseller and was happy to purchase a board from them and then send the other back for a refund.

They advised that there was a 0.66BTC charge (I know!) for a hashing board but would be refunded when the other is returned so I was happy to do this. I filled the form in without the order number and reiterated that I bought from a reseller and I thought they'd be ok as I was paying for the board. But my request got rejected at the final hurdle and was told to go back to my reseller.

Sooooooo I emailed my reseller who advised that I need to send a screenshot in, which I did. It shows the unit on for about 14 hours with a hashrate of 387Ghs at stock speed.

The reseller has now been in touch and advised me that Bitmain are now refusing to do an RMA as it's within a +/- 10% threshold!

Anyone had anything similar happen? So frustrating!

Thought I'd post an update. My reseller (Briztech) has been awesome with this. He went back to Bitmain with the email trail I had from Tim and they've now agreed to do an RMA :O) sent the board back last week(weds) and am awaiting replacement.

Thanks Briztech and Bitmain :O)

I sent the board back to Bitmains UK distribution centre, anyone know how long they take to do an RMA?

Vikingfr

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for answers, read page 1 of this topic.
you have to clean and replace thermal grease.

Roman1974

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Hello Guy.

Sorry, but I have a problem with one S3+ Bath 8 With low Hash because I have some problems because 2 chips no working. I see it with "X".
I turn off the power supply, wait 1 minute, turn on, but a few second of start of mining, I see again 2 chips with "X" in the same card.
The frequency is a 225Mhz, I haven't do OC.

I load the last firmware (antMiner_S320140826.bin) again, and load default setup up, but the problems with 2 chips continue same. The temperature is good 40 (card with 2 chips with "X") and 42 grade.

I change the power supply and I have the same problem. I have some Corsair RM 1000 and Corsair HX1050.

Could you help us, please?.

And other question. What is the difference between "-" and "X" in the chips, please?.

Have a good day and thank you in advanced.

Best Regards.
Roman 1974

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Quote from: SEGMining on September 29, 2014, 12:32:00 AM

Quote from: hurricandave on September 29, 2014, 12:30:08 AM

Have you checked the DNS setting.

If this is directed at me, yes I have. I set the rigs to use google DNS.

Page 1 of this thread isn't a whole lot of help but it does have this issue addressed about halfway down. Bitmain Troubleshooting guide suggests swapping the control board out with a known good one and testing the individual boards but there is an important note about how to connect them.

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Quote from: hurricandave on September 29, 2014, 12:30:08 AM

Have you checked the DNS setting.

If this is directed at me, yes I have. I set the rigs to use google DNS.

hurricandave

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Have you checked the DNS setting.

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Quote from: pekatete on September 28, 2014, 06:52:09 PM

Quote from: SEGMining on September 28, 2014, 06:44:41 PM

I opened up the unit with the customers permission to see nothing out of the ordinary. I expected to see some kind of burn marks on the boards or something along those lines, maybe something completely out of place.

What I've done rule out the basics:

Factory reset
Updated to latest firmware
Changed power supplies
Turned it on with all 4 power connectors plugged in
Turned it on with different combinations of 2 connectors

Any ideas?

The obvious one, are there any IP conflicts on your network and is the problem rig set to DHCP Client?

The rig is set with a static IP and there is no conflict. This problem also occurs for any address I set it to.

jklopiloppi

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Does this support wifi?

Also if it does, what is the range / how to get a better range?

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Quote from: SEGMining on September 28, 2014, 06:44:41 PM

A customer sent me several S3s for hosting. Upon arrival all of them worked except one.

Symptoms:

On boot, the fan starts, then immediately stops.
After booting up, the indicator light on the back stays solid red.
There is no status information in the antminer section of the status page
Manually starting cgminer yields "No devices detected" error

I opened up the unit with the customers permission to see nothing out of the ordinary. I expected to see some kind of burn marks on the boards or something along those lines, maybe something completely out of place.

What I've done rule out the basics:

Factory reset
Updated to latest firmware
Changed power supplies
Turned it on with all 4 power connectors plugged in
Turned it on with different combinations of 2 connectors

Any ideas?

A normal start would see at least the larger red LED and the fan start; fan would run for a second then stop; the LEDs associated with the ethernet connection would light and change to green possibly turning off and on rapidly; the red LED would turn to green; the fan would start.

If you've established an ethernet connection but hashing hasn't started, try ssh'ing in and give the command "ps | grep cgminer" which should get an output of two lines, one the cgminer and its running parameters, and the second line should reflect the grep cgminer command. If you only see the second, then you must start cgminer. Cgminer can be started with this command: /etc/init.d/cgminer start

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Quote from: SEGMining on September 28, 2014, 06:44:41 PM

I opened up the unit with the customers permission to see nothing out of the ordinary. I expected to see some kind of burn marks on the boards or something along those lines, maybe something completely out of place.

What I've done rule out the basics:

Factory reset
Updated to latest firmware
Changed power supplies
Turned it on with all 4 power connectors plugged in
Turned it on with different combinations of 2 connectors

Any ideas?

The obvious one, are there any IP conflicts on your network and is the problem rig set to DHCP Client?

SEGMining

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A customer sent me several S3s for hosting. Upon arrival all of them worked except one.

Symptoms:

On boot, the fan starts, then immediately stops.
After booting up, the indicator light on the back stays solid red.
There is no status information in the antminer section of the status page
Manually starting cgminer yields "No devices detected" error

I opened up the unit with the customers permission to see nothing out of the ordinary. I expected to see some kind of burn marks on the boards or something along those lines, maybe something completely out of place.

What I've done rule out the basics:

Factory reset
Updated to latest firmware
Changed power supplies
Turned it on with all 4 power connectors plugged in
Turned it on with different combinations of 2 connectors

Any ideas?

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