ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 262.

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Quote from: Ilan1 on August 14, 2014, 08:01:50 AM

For some strange reason 2 out of my 5 Ant Miners require re-flashing every day to bring back up to stock speeds of 441 GH/s they appear to run stable for about 12 hours or so and then both just fall to circa 420 GH/s. I have tried everything, replacing the thermal paste, swapping around the PSU's, factory restart, reboot etc. The only thing that helps (For a short period of time) is if I flash the device again and again every 12 hours or so.
Has anyone else got any thoughts on what else I could do? Or do I just have 2 faulty units?

I don't really have anything helpful to say other than repeated flashing will probably do more damage than good over time.

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Quote from: RogMiner on August 14, 2014, 04:44:23 AM

Quote from: jimmyoh on August 14, 2014, 04:26:30 AM

Quote from: fire000 on August 14, 2014, 03:49:36 AM

Has to laugh at the s1 upgrade kit why would ya put all the parts in the kit to upgrade it to an s3 minus the 2nd fan when the s3 has the second fan there for a reason,,,, That very odd and strange not to have the 2nd fan in the upgrade kit

The parts list didn't include the case cover either.

I could cynically suggest that the case cover has cosmetic value only.

The omission of the second fan either demonstrates that the second fan is not really essential, or that Bitmain think that anyone upgrading would have previously overclocked their S1 and would therefore have fitted a second fan already. My vote goes for it being superfluous unless you overclock.

The Bitmain website now includes a fan on the list Wink

I've considered running it without the cover just to see if it helps with the cooling on mine as I can only get it to hash stably at 212.5. My thinking behind this was the location of the control board which is now above the heatsinks and I was wondering if it was overheating, further testing required!

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For some strange reason 2 out of my 5 Ant Miners require re-flashing every day to bring back up to stock speeds of 441 GH/s they appear to run stable for about 12 hours or so and then both just fall to circa 420 GH/s. I have tried everything, replacing the thermal paste, swapping around the PSU's, factory restart, reboot etc. The only thing that helps (For a short period of time) is if I flash the device again and again every 12 hours or so.
Has anyone else got any thoughts on what else I could do? Or do I just have 2 faulty units?

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Quote from: cowchaser on August 14, 2014, 03:11:08 AM

Ah...Just received my reply from China on what to do.
Most of it already tried like trying another power supply but now will start to swap boards with other minders to see if it's the controller board or the blade.

I've been down the same rat hole. I finally asked them what the point of this was since I got a miner that can only do 428 without choking.

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Quote from: jimmyoh on August 14, 2014, 04:26:30 AM

Quote from: fire000 on August 14, 2014, 03:49:36 AM

Has to laugh at the s1 upgrade kit why would ya put all the parts in the kit to upgrade it to an s3 minus the 2nd fan when the s3 has the second fan there for a reason,,,, That very odd and strange not to have the 2nd fan in the upgrade kit

The parts list didn't include the case cover either.

I could cynically suggest that the case cover has cosmetic value only.

The omission of the second fan either demonstrates that the second fan is not really essential, or that Bitmain think that anyone upgrading would have previously overclocked their S1 and would therefore have fitted a second fan already. My vote goes for it being superfluous unless you overclock.

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Quote from: fire000 on August 14, 2014, 03:49:36 AM

Has to laugh at the s1 upgrade kit why would ya put all the parts in the kit to upgrade it to an s3 minus the 2nd fan when the s3 has the second fan there for a reason,,,, That very odd and strange not to have the 2nd fan in the upgrade kit

The parts list didn't include the case cover either.

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Has to laugh at the s1 upgrade kit why would ya put all the parts in the kit to upgrade it to an s3 minus the 2nd fan when the s3 has the second fan there for a reason,,,, That very odd and strange not to have the 2nd fan in the upgrade kit

heslo

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Half a day. Seems to be a consistent 4-6 hours between when I email them and when they reply. Always helpful and sorted me out with no dramas

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Ah...Just received my reply from China on what to do.
Most of it already tried like trying another power supply but now will start to swap boards with other minders to see if it's the controller board or the blade.

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Quote from: heslo on August 14, 2014, 02:51:14 AM

Been great to me! Needed a replacement hash board, they sent one out no questions asked via UPS and according to the tracking it should be here tomorrow. Also used the info@ email address

How long did it take for them to reply ? I can imagine that even with the smallest failure rate they must be receiving numerous support requests after this huge rollout of S3 miners.

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Quote from: cowchaser on August 14, 2014, 02:42:58 AM

What's the experience with Bitmaintech RMA support so far ?

I received a S3 that's showing xxxxxx xxxxx000 for one of the blades after using it for about an hour.
No overclocking, tried 2 different power supplies, 2 power connectors, 4 power connectors...
Also tried to reconnect all internal wiring. Checked if the heatsink is tight, all to no avail....

Hashing power is around 220 Gh/s on average, obviously not what I want. Sad

I tried to get a reply from Bitmain since last monday but no feedback at all on how they're going to fix this. I'm using their info@. email address.

Probably I need a new blade. Naturally I would really like to get to full hashing power asap to get some better ROI on my little antfarm, so if any of you have tips or tricks on what to try next....

Also if Bitmaintech is reading this thread (and they should be).. please try and get your RMA team to work overtime.. I know you guys must be crazy busy to move out thousands of miners but for continued business customer support is equally important as R&D and sales.

Been great to me! Needed a replacement hash board, they sent one out no questions asked via UPS and according to the tracking it should be here tomorrow. Also used the info@ email address

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What's the experience with Bitmaintech RMA support so far ?

I received a S3 that's showing xxxxxx xxxxx000 for one of the blades after using it for about an hour.
No overclocking, tried 2 different power supplies, 2 power connectors, 4 power connectors...
Also tried to reconnect all internal wiring. Checked if the heatsink is tight, all to no avail....

Hashing power is around 220 Gh/s on average, obviously not what I want. Sad

I tried to get a reply from Bitmain since last monday but no feedback at all on how they're going to fix this. I'm using their info@. email address.

Probably I need a new blade. Naturally I would really like to get to full hashing power asap to get some better ROI on my little antfarm, so if any of you have tips or tricks on what to try next....

Also if Bitmaintech is reading this thread (and they should be).. please try and get your RMA team to work overtime.. I know you guys must be crazy busy to move out thousands of miners but for continued business customer support is equally important as R&D and sales.

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Hy there is anyoane ho had playd whit quota from cgminer on antminer s3?

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Quote from: suchmoon on August 13, 2014, 11:10:00 PM

B1 was obviously underpriced because it was announced around the time when the big 25% difficulty jump happened and nobody could have predicted the subsequent sub-10% difficulty increases.

Batch 1 was also fraught with initial production issues and stability, so the pricing actually isn't as good considering many get less than a stable 440GH/s, and B1 was initially advertised as being closer to ~480GHs.

Having said that, it's great to see that Bitmain has improved things with the newer batches. Would love to have some sort of trade-in program where I could return my wonky B1 S3's for the more recent ones.

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Quote from: chunkyjunkie on August 14, 2014, 02:01:10 AM

Quote from: Fahlcor on August 13, 2014, 11:49:54 PM

Do we dare comment on the dropping hash rate? Doing a small happy dance for the time being.

Why wouldn't the hash rate be dropping? People shutting down older equipment that was probably lucky to be break even.

You did see current btc price right? 520 USD

Hashrate is going to go even lower as people can't pay electric with btc earned on most older equipment.

or......sp30s are being boxed up ready to ship

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Quote from: Fahlcor on August 13, 2014, 11:49:54 PM

Do we dare comment on the dropping hash rate? Doing a small happy dance for the time being.

Why wouldn't the hash rate be dropping? People shutting down older equipment that was probably lucky to be break even.

You did see current btc price right? 520 USD

Hashrate is going to go even lower as people can't pay electric with btc earned on most older equipment.

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Quote from: Fahlcor on August 13, 2014, 11:49:54 PM

Do we dare comment on the dropping hash rate? Doing a small happy dance for the time being.

Guess not.

Have fun dancing. <{:^{0}

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Do we dare comment on the dropping hash rate? Doing a small happy dance for the time being.

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Quote from: OutlawsVices on August 13, 2014, 11:29:50 PM

Quote from: Biodom on August 13, 2014, 11:14:47 PM

Quote from: 64dimensions on August 13, 2014, 08:43:00 PM

Results of today's BITMAIN announcement:

1) Existing S3 owners basically received a 0.1 - 0.2 BTC increase in the value of their individual S3's

2) New ebay scams: Sudden increase in the number of S3+ units for sale.

3) cynical B1 owners now have the new S1- model.

i don't get point #3. point#1 is correct, so what?

I think he just means that they own basically an upgraded-ish version of the S1.

yeah me too but he is wrong. my batch 1 pair has earned .55btc as of today.

they also got me 2

.075 coupons. so that is .150 + .55 or .7btc .

I can't complain about them.. they mine at freq 212.5 use 650 watts and do 860gh

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Quote from: Biodom on August 13, 2014, 11:14:47 PM

Quote from: 64dimensions on August 13, 2014, 08:43:00 PM

Results of today's BITMAIN announcement:

1) Existing S3 owners basically received a 0.1 - 0.2 BTC increase in the value of their individual S3's

2) New ebay scams: Sudden increase in the number of S3+ units for sale.

3) cynical B1 owners now have the new S1- model.

i don't get point #3. point#1 is correct, so what?

I think he just means that they own basically an upgraded-ish version of the S1.

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