ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 222.

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Quote from: philipma1957 on August 27, 2014, 10:57:46 AM

Quote from: WheresWaldo on August 27, 2014, 04:33:46 AM

Quote from: charles2k on August 26, 2014, 05:50:10 PM

My experience - consumption:

3x S3 (218,75MHz) - PSU Corsair RM1000 230V 1000W (12V/83A) - on the wall 1020-1035W, so if efficiency 88%, it means on DC side only 905W (+/-)

2x S3 (218,75MHz) - PSU FSP AURUM PRO 850 230V 850W (12V/70A) - on the wall 670-676W
2x S3 (237,5MHz) - PSU FSP AURUM PRO 850 230V 850W (12V/70A) - on the wall 740-745W

similar to mine on different PSU too

similar to mine 2 at 231.25 + 1 at 237.50 total watts 1110 on an evga 1300 that is about 370 watts each or more likely 365 + 365 + 380 = 1110

I'm curious as to what the ambient room temperatures were when these measurements were recorded. According to my data, at-the-wall wattage goes up by approximately 1W per 1C rise in ambient room temperature. Right this very moment is the hottest ambient room temperature that my units have had to endure:

Tambient = 38.7C (101.7F)
Tdevice = 49C
Frequency = 243.75M
Speed = 490.xx GH/s
At-the-wall wattage = 425W

Edit: Tambient is now at 39.4C (103F) and most likely still rising

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Quote from: aztecminer on August 27, 2014, 03:43:43 PM

just wanted to report that all nine of my S3 ants have been running flawlessly at 500+g/hs all month long.
i have not had to reboot a single one of them for the last three weeks.
my S3 ant farm colony is running as stable and strong as the my S1's.
of course i did make some mods before i started running them.
the above screenshot is what i see every day all the time without any reboots.
thanks bitmain for the great miners!

Have you added SMD capacitors (e.g. 22µF ceramic) on the DC-DC converters, or an other trick to ensure the stability, and to improve a little the power efficiency? An other trick?

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just wanted to report that all nine of my S3 ants have been running flawlessly at 500+g/hs all month long.
i have not had to reboot a single one of them for the last three weeks.
my S3 ant farm colony is running as stable and strong as the my S1's.
of course i did make some mods before i started running them.
the above screenshot is what i see every day all the time without any reboots.
thanks bitmain for the great miners!

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Quote from: bspurloc on August 27, 2014, 02:36:39 PM

Quote from: Phosphorous on August 27, 2014, 12:04:53 PM

FYI, MMXIV coin is holding another raffle. Although it says 1 ticket is 2 coins it has been reduced to 1 ticket for 1 coin, a pretty decent deal for a 1 in 100 chance of winning 2 Ant S3's, presumably from Batch 8.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=753112.new#new

how is that a decent deal?? for the person running the raffle quite a decent deal.

It's about $5 for a 1 in 100 shot at $600 in equipment.
If you don't like the odds or value ratio don't enter. I don't think it's too bad. Either you decrease the odds or increase the expense. same thing statistically.
It would appear to me that the person running the raffle is losing money or break even at todays' exchange rates. Far from a good deal for them. Would love to see how you think this is a bonanza for them.

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Quote from: Phosphorous on August 27, 2014, 12:04:53 PM

FYI, MMXIV coin is holding another raffle. Although it says 1 ticket is 2 coins it has been reduced to 1 ticket for 1 coin, a pretty decent deal for a 1 in 100 chance of winning 2 Ant S3's, presumably from Batch 8.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=753112.new#new

how is that a decent deal?? for the person running the raffle quite a decent deal.

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FYI, MMXIV coin is holding another raffle. Although it says 1 ticket is 2 coins it has been reduced to 1 ticket for 1 coin, a pretty decent deal for a 1 in 100 chance of winning 2 Ant S3's, presumably from Batch 8.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=753112.new#new

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Quote from: BitBlitz on August 27, 2014, 10:41:11 AM

Quote from: GrapeApe on August 27, 2014, 10:31:34 AM

I then rebooted the modem, router and then the S3s and they started hashing.

Is the desktop using the same DNS servers as the S3s?

I think the answer to that question is yes but I’m unsure now that you ask. Is there a reason they would be different?

Quote from: dulac97 on August 27, 2014, 10:53:15 AM

Time Warner Cable Internet was down this AM and spotty coming up... do you have TWC?

Yes I am with TWC . This explains what started the problem but not why I couldn't get them back up without the modem and router reboot while all other devices were connected.

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Quote from: WheresWaldo on August 27, 2014, 04:33:46 AM

Quote from: charles2k on August 26, 2014, 05:50:10 PM

My experience - consumption:

3x S3 (218,75MHz) - PSU Corsair RM1000 230V 1000W (12V/83A) - on the wall 1020-1035W, so if efficiency 88%, it means on DC side only 905W (+/-)

2x S3 (218,75MHz) - PSU FSP AURUM PRO 850 230V 850W (12V/70A) - on the wall 670-676W
2x S3 (237,5MHz) - PSU FSP AURUM PRO 850 230V 850W (12V/70A) - on the wall 740-745W

similar to mine on different PSU too

similar to mine 2 at 231.25 + 1 at 237.50 total watts 1110 on an evga 1300 that is about 370 watts each or more likely 365 + 365 + 380 = 1110

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Quote from: GrapeApe on August 27, 2014, 10:31:34 AM

I woke up this morning to a cold quiet house. All S3s had stopped mining.

I can see they temporarily went to both back up pools in succession but they didn't stay there long. Internet was up but they wouldn’t start hashing after several reboots and switching pools around.

All other devices including my desktop which is wired to the router (same as s3s) were connected to the internet and working fine.

I then rebooted the modem, router and then the S3s and they started hashing. I saw something earlier about not having the same order for the pools but that just seems like voodoo (no offense).

Does anyone know why this would happen?

Time Warner Cable Internet was down this AM and spotty coming up... do you have TWC?

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Quote from: GrapeApe on August 27, 2014, 10:31:34 AM

I then rebooted the modem, router and then the S3s and they started hashing.

Is the desktop using the same DNS servers as the S3s?

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I woke up this morning to a cold quiet house. All S3s had stopped mining.

I can see they temporarily went to both back up pools in succession but they didn't stay there long. Internet was up but they wouldn’t start hashing after several reboots and switching pools around.

All other devices including my desktop which is wired to the router (same as s3s) were connected to the internet and working fine.

I then rebooted the modem, router and then the S3s and they started hashing. I saw something earlier about not having the same order for the pools but that just seems like voodoo (no offense).

Does anyone know why this would happen?

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Quote from: dooferorg on August 27, 2014, 09:45:10 AM

Are these still a good idea to buy? Mining is bleak with the difficulty rises and the lack of price gain.

THat is a personal question i would say yes you can still break even and make a small profit on these By first of next yr. But you do come into the issue of how much you pay for power. Do you have aqueduct cooling in your home. If you well and my opinion your roi decision shouldn't be based on btc to usd. It should be based on BTC cost of miner versus btc mined by miner.
Its like investing in the stock market thier are no garantees. You could join a pool on a badluck streak and then switch and hit another with bad luck streak. You could hit a pool with good luck. and make more than the calculators say.
If you are hedging you will profit with the miner only if btc increases in price why not just buy the btc and hold and then sell when it goes up.
I have free power so i have some wiggle room on how long i can run a miner.

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Are these still a good idea to buy? Mining is bleak with the difficulty rises and the lack of price gain.

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Quote from: talap on August 27, 2014, 07:46:52 AM

I purchased an S3 Batch 7 on Aug. 13th, still have not receive any info on shipping status. The site took down the info, but it said shipping before or on Aug. 20. I have sent an email to Bitmain, and their reply was to wait for shipping info. That was a week ago. Does anyone know what the status of Batch 7 is? How are they to say they'll ship batch 8 before Sept 20, if they havent completed the orders of batch 7?
Is anyone else experiencing a delay?

Consider your position in the purchase queue.

Batches can take a few days to get completely shipped out.

Batch 8 is still almost a month away.

Don't panic as I am stipulating but if you purchased too late for B7 (like me) you may need to wait for the next batch ( Cool

.

I missed B7 because they were updating their site as I was making a purchase (lol twice now); I believe there was a price drop since too.

Bitmain tends to do that, allow overselling of a batch knowing they can fulfill it on next batch and deal with complaints with quick short answers.

I think it's safe to say that you might need to wait for next batch shipping.

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Quote from: talap on August 27, 2014, 07:46:52 AM

I purchased an S3 Batch 7 on Aug. 13th, still have not receive any info on shipping status. The site took down the info, but it said shipping before or on Aug. 20. I have sent an email to Bitmain, and their reply was to wait for shipping info. That was a week ago. Does anyone know what the status of Batch 7 is? How are they to say they'll ship batch 8 before Sept 20, if they havent completed the orders of batch 7?
Is anyone else experiencing a delay?

I have heard from a friend thier Batch 7 has shipped. If you have it shipped via UPS go to thier website click on tracking tab then select track by reference number. Enter your order number you can then find if they have printed the label.

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I purchased an S3 Batch 7 on Aug. 13th, still have not receive any info on shipping status. The site took down the info, but it said shipping before or on Aug. 20. I have sent an email to Bitmain, and their reply was to wait for shipping info. That was a week ago. Does anyone know what the status of Batch 7 is? How are they to say they'll ship batch 8 before Sept 20, if they havent completed the orders of batch 7?
Is anyone else experiencing a delay?

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Quote from: charles2k on August 26, 2014, 05:50:10 PM

My experience - consumption:

3x S3 (218,75MHz) - PSU Corsair RM1000 230V 1000W (12V/83A) - on the wall 1020-1035W, so if efficiency 88%, it means on DC side only 905W (+/-)

2x S3 (218,75MHz) - PSU FSP AURUM PRO 850 230V 850W (12V/70A) - on the wall 670-676W
2x S3 (237,5MHz) - PSU FSP AURUM PRO 850 230V 850W (12V/70A) - on the wall 740-745W

similar to mine on different PSU too

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Quote from: eoakland on August 26, 2014, 11:39:38 PM

RMA update...

Bitmain successfully replaced my faulty parts on my Ant. Thank you Bitmain !

How long did it take?

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RMA update...

Bitmain successfully replaced my faulty parts on my Ant. Thank you Bitmain !

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Thank you, it worked. changed setting.

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