Topic: ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 292. (Read 710164 times)

While I'm shopping on amazon is there any other mods I can't buy for my two s3 miners? A rack? Lol
I bought two cx750s this morning lol

Possible alternate source for the pigtails at NewEgg.com [caution - I have NOT used these]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3M31GV8575&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-_-pla-_-Audio+%2f+Video+Accessories-_-9SIA3M31GV8575&ef_id=Updo8AAAAEB3s0ks:20140809154252:s

Edit: Nevermind it's the same item I mentioned below.  The manufacturer is just selling it through NewEgg.com.

Item does ship to Canada.

Damn they don't ship to Canada

Bought the same ones and they work well. Came from Indy and took just over a week via snail mail to arrive to Toronto.

I see that Biodom has already answered, but let me add my comments as well:

Alternatives to 1300G2: very few (like the Seasonic x1250), but I don't think you'll find less pricey PSUs in this class. The 1300G2 is a well-engineered supply; it is worth the money. I have many of them; really the only negative things I could say about 1300G2 are that it is relatively noisy (not as noisy as the miners, though) and that it is only Gold rated, not Platinum. You may want to consider buying 2 smaller PSUs (750W class) that may end up cheaper; each can run 2 S3's.

3 Antminers on a single 1300G2: yes, not problem. You can even overclock them a little.

If you want to use all 4 power connectors on an S3, you'll have to be creative. I have 8 1300G2's; they all came with 8 separate PCIe cables (6 6+2 pin, and 2 6-pin). I am in Canada, so what's in the box may vary from country to country. If you want to use all 4 power connectors on an S3 then you can only power 2 S3's from what's in the 1300G2 box, or find some quality PCIe splitters.

Splitters are generally fine as long as you keep the power below 200W-250W or so (a stock S3 would see about 175W per blade, or 350W total, so it should be ok to use 2 splitters to power the 4 power connectors); you just need to watch for heat buildup at the connection points (crimps points and friction locks mostly). Sometimes you get a cable with a poor crimp or some resistance on the mating contacts which can sometimes create enough heat to actually melt the cable housing and/or sleeving ... something you really don't want.

YMMV, of course, but I've never had the need to use all 4 power connections on an S3. I've played around with dozens of S3's, and all of them had the same overclocking limits, the same HW errors, and the same average hashrate whether I use 2 connectors or 4. I understand that others have had difference experiences.

1. yes, see below, but EVGA is good
2. yes, EVGA1300 can power 3 ants at default speed with no problem. It can also power 1 overclocked plus 2 on regular speed or 2 overclocked.
3. EVGA1300 has 8, not 6 connectors. people are sometimes confused because it has 6 cables, but two of these 6 cables have double connectors, so the total is 8 (I have one).
In addition, at least my EVGA came with a jumper dummy already, if you feel uncertain as to how to insert the jumper.

As far as cheaper-corsairCX500 or CX500M is a choice, but you need one for each ant and, since there are only 2 connectors on  each, you cannot overclock it (at least overclock without going against Bitmain recs). While using CX500M, PCI-e cord gets pretty warm (42C), some people feel uncomfortable about it.

I use EVGA1300, CX500M and CX750M (this one has 4 connectors, but is a bit overkill in power, unless you want to run 2 ants on it on regular speed only).

I'm using these:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DP64JRG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

What WiFi antenna did you buy? I'm trying to find one on mono price that will fit.

I'm thinking of buying 3 or 4 Antminer S3, but right now I'm puzzled about getting proper power supplies for these.

• Such EVGA 1300 G2 is quite pricey, are there any cheaper alternatives?
• Can 3 Antminer S3 be powered by a single EVGA 1300 G2 without problem?
• When overclocking 3 or 4 Antminer S3, how do you solve the power supply issue with 4 power connections each S3 (since a EVGA 1300 G2 only comes with 6 cables)?

I got my pair of miners this week. One arrived a day early on Thursday and the other yesterday. Not being great at reading the manual it took me a couple of hours to get them up and running at full speed. Had them running at half for most of last night think something was wrong. Yeah it was me I plugged the PCI-E cables into the same side. Finally found the prob and now I'm up to full speed. Bitmain you did a great job

Quick update on WiFi.  I have five S3s running 100% stable (no reboots) for 4 days at stock clock (daily avg 434 GH/s) on WiFi.

It sounds like north, but it is south next to the DMZ. What is UPS thinking?

Incheon, Korea, Republic of

8:10 A.M.Arrival ScanShenzhen, China
08/09/20143:59 A.M.Departure ScanShenzhen, China
08/08/20144:09 P.M.Export Scan

Last status is that they released them today.
They didn't call me or tell me I had to pay anything.

So if they released them maybe I won't have to pay ?

Have you paid your taxes yet? They may be trying to get a hold of you.

You might want to try to call them, or call the shipping company.

3 days at customs is that good or bad?.


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Retired accountant. Numbers are pretty much wired into my head.

How did you know, lol

zzzzz

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at atledenin you have the formula inverted  I think but I just woke up LOL

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you are fine  you are more then 99% good.

   take the  formula    hw / diffA +diffR +HW

   if it is under  .005   you are better then 99 percent

926/23,716,864+32,744+926 =   926/23749534 = .000003899    x 100 =    .0003899   that is .9996101 percent good


see screen shot

You can use this formula to calculate percentage of hardware errors, I generally consider <=0.3% an acceptable level when hashing at stock.

(HW + DiffA + DiffR) / HW * 100 = %HW

Ooops: HW / (HW + DiffA + DiffR) * 100 = HW%