got the end of batch 3 today. also received my refund today. units are hashing at 439 each.
anyone have a coupon they DON'T plan on using? pm me. thanks
Topic: ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 359. (Read 710164 times)
Has anyone with a batch 4 had their edit option removed?
I went to the bitmaintech site and batch 4 is gone no longer reads sold out.
I went to my order page and the little edit from my order 4 is gone.
this sometimes means the order will ship. It is 12 noon tues in china I wonder if my batch 4 order is shipping today?
If true I think I could get it by august 1st friday or monday the 4th. I am very hopeful that others have some news.
Once my order comes in for batch 4 I may order 2 more for batch 5
I went to the bitmaintech site and batch 4 is gone no longer reads sold out.
I went to my order page and the little edit from my order 4 is gone.
this sometimes means the order will ship. It is 12 noon tues in china I wonder if my batch 4 order is shipping today?
If true I think I could get it by august 1st friday or monday the 4th. I am very hopeful that others have some news.
Once my order comes in for batch 4 I may order 2 more for batch 5
I have been looking at the explanations about how to get the S3 antminer mining bitcoins.
Bear in mind, I haven't mined at all yet, and I also am not really familiar with electronics and messing around
with power supply and such.(it doesn't come ready to mine, but I would have to get power supply stuff myself and do some kind of paper clip electrical trick etc..)
To be honest, the explanations seem fairly daunting, with room for errors being many possibilities because
of so many steps involved in getting the S3 mining bitcoins.
What do you think? Is buying an S3 Antminer a good idea for me,
or do you think I will encounter problems in one of the many steps involved, and never actually get to the point where I am ever mining bitcoins?
Bear in mind, I haven't mined at all yet, and I also am not really familiar with electronics and messing around
with power supply and such.(it doesn't come ready to mine, but I would have to get power supply stuff myself and do some kind of paper clip electrical trick etc..)
To be honest, the explanations seem fairly daunting, with room for errors being many possibilities because
of so many steps involved in getting the S3 mining bitcoins.
What do you think? Is buying an S3 Antminer a good idea for me,
or do you think I will encounter problems in one of the many steps involved, and never actually get to the point where I am ever mining bitcoins?
Same situation with me. If you can research, you can figure it out. I just got my first two miners today (B3) and set them up. It took me a while to figure that out. As for what power supplies and how to get them running without a motherboard, go to YouTube and search. I found everything there. I am using the EVGA SuperNOVA 650G1 650W ATX12V Power Supply 120-G1-0650-XR, two of them. Right now I plan to just use one per miner. I could do one and a half though I think. With these power supplies, they have the plug to turn on the PSUs without a motherboard, but I also ordered some female plugs and pins and will make my own simple bridge.
Frankly, just buying Bitcoin was as hard as setting these miners up and figuring out what all I needed.
I have been looking at the explanations about how to get the S3 antminer mining bitcoins.
Bear in mind, I haven't mined at all yet, and I also am not really familiar with electronics and messing around
with power supply and such.(it doesn't come ready to mine, but I would have to get power supply stuff myself and do some kind of paper clip electrical trick etc..)
To be honest, the explanations seem fairly daunting, with room for errors being many possibilities because
of so many steps involved in getting the S3 mining bitcoins.
What do you think? Is buying an S3 Antminer a good idea for me,
or do you think I will encounter problems in one of the many steps involved, and never actually get to the point where I am ever mining bitcoins?
Bear in mind, I haven't mined at all yet, and I also am not really familiar with electronics and messing around
with power supply and such.(it doesn't come ready to mine, but I would have to get power supply stuff myself and do some kind of paper clip electrical trick etc..)
To be honest, the explanations seem fairly daunting, with room for errors being many possibilities because
of so many steps involved in getting the S3 mining bitcoins.
What do you think? Is buying an S3 Antminer a good idea for me,
or do you think I will encounter problems in one of the many steps involved, and never actually get to the point where I am ever mining bitcoins?
I think that no matter how you go about it you're almost guaranteed to have problems. That's just how it is. But maybe your best bet would be to start by reading Doggie's Guide (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-dogies-comprehensive-bitmain-antminer-s3-setup-hd-702653).
Got the refund this morning BEFORE the physical delivery of the B3's (American Customs and UPS are screwing me violently in the arse). Might (doubtful) show up tomorrow.
Picked my 5 Batch 3 S3's up at UPS today. My A/C went out today will be out till tomorrow. Also 1 of the 5 isn't hashing in my 30 min test.
Prolimatech PK-3 Nano Aluminium Thermal
-High Thermal Conductivity
-Low Thermal Resistance
-Long-Term Stability
-Low Dry-Out
-Non-CorrosiveElectrically
-Non-Conductive
-No "burn-in" time required
Would anyone recommend this paste? I would like to clean and replace thermal paste. What size would I need to do 2 AntMiner s3's
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-High Thermal Conductivity
-Low Thermal Resistance
-Long-Term Stability
-Low Dry-Out
-Non-CorrosiveElectrically
-Non-Conductive
-No "burn-in" time required
Would anyone recommend this paste? I would like to clean and replace thermal paste. What size would I need to do 2 AntMiner s3's
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I have been looking at the explanations about how to get the S3 antminer mining bitcoins.
Bear in mind, I haven't mined at all yet, and I also am not really familiar with electronics and messing around
with power supply and such.(it doesn't come ready to mine, but I would have to get power supply stuff myself and do some kind of paper clip electrical trick etc..)
To be honest, the explanations seem fairly daunting, with room for errors being many possibilities because
of so many steps involved in getting the S3 mining bitcoins.
What do you think? Is buying an S3 Antminer a good idea for me,
or do you think I will encounter problems in one of the many steps involved, and never actually get to the point where I am ever mining bitcoins?
Bear in mind, I haven't mined at all yet, and I also am not really familiar with electronics and messing around
with power supply and such.(it doesn't come ready to mine, but I would have to get power supply stuff myself and do some kind of paper clip electrical trick etc..)
To be honest, the explanations seem fairly daunting, with room for errors being many possibilities because
of so many steps involved in getting the S3 mining bitcoins.
What do you think? Is buying an S3 Antminer a good idea for me,
or do you think I will encounter problems in one of the many steps involved, and never actually get to the point where I am ever mining bitcoins?
This is probably the easiest solution on the market right now. If you look through the last 4-5 pages you will see a lot of recommendations for power supplies. It's really easy to setup and there are plenty of write ups on how to set them up and configure them.
Why are you folks in the USA picking UPS over DHL? DHL is way better at handling customs. I ordered a bunch of Zeusminer stuff (half of it was free because of their crazy coupons but you still had to pay the shipping) and it always came through DHL like in less than 48 hours from China to my crib. DHL also lets you pre-sign if you are not around.
I would always pick DHL if possible when shipping from China if you are in the USA.
I would always pick DHL if possible when shipping from China if you are in the USA.
We weren't given an option, Bitmain just shipped them with UPS.
My B3 units arrived in California today. I think I was early in the B3 queue, purchasing very soon after they became available.
I'm out of town, but my awesome son did the initial setup to bring the units up on our LAN, then I configured them remotely for the pools, etc. via our home VPN. He did a great job.
With no mods I'm seeing a consistent 440 GH/s on each unit with no unpleasant surprises. When I'm back in town I'll do the firmware update, tweak the frequencies, and probably reduce the queue size. In the meantime, my S3s are happily hashing away (albeit slower than I originally had hoped when I bought them).
Coincidentally my refund also came in today. Hats off to BitMain who really delivered. Now I'm a believer.
All and all it's been a good day...
I'm out of town, but my awesome son did the initial setup to bring the units up on our LAN, then I configured them remotely for the pools, etc. via our home VPN. He did a great job.
With no mods I'm seeing a consistent 440 GH/s on each unit with no unpleasant surprises. When I'm back in town I'll do the firmware update, tweak the frequencies, and probably reduce the queue size. In the meantime, my S3s are happily hashing away (albeit slower than I originally had hoped when I bought them).
Coincidentally my refund also came in today. Hats off to BitMain who really delivered. Now I'm a believer.
All and all it's been a good day...
Got my S3's today and they're happily hashing away. They've been up about 2.5 hours so far and I'm getting 445-450GH on one and 440-445GH on the other. I haven't had any chips blink out on me yet so things are looking good. 
Why are you folks in the USA picking UPS over DHL? DHL is way better at handling customs. I ordered a bunch of Zeusminer stuff (half of it was free because of their crazy coupons but you still had to pay the shipping) and it always came through DHL like in less than 48 hours from China to my crib. DHL also lets you pre-sign if you are not around.
I would always pick DHL if possible when shipping from China if you are in the USA.
I would always pick DHL if possible when shipping from China if you are in the USA.
We weren't given an option, Bitmain just shipped them with UPS.
Why are you folks in the USA picking UPS over DHL? DHL is way better at handling customs. I ordered a bunch of Zeusminer stuff (half of it was free because of their crazy coupons but you still had to pay the shipping) and it always came through DHL like in less than 48 hours from China to my crib. DHL also lets you pre-sign if you are not around.
I would always pick DHL if possible when shipping from China if you are in the USA.
I would always pick DHL if possible when shipping from China if you are in the USA.
I have a unit with the fans blowing the wrong way, exhausting towards the ethernet port, anyone else experience this?
I guess some poor employe at Bitmain turned them the wrong direction after being kept awake for a week straight assembling 100xx ants. As long as both of them are mounted "wrongly" it should be just fine.
My Batch 3's also arrived today (Phoenix, AZ). Unfortunately Bitmain wouldn't allow me to release them without signature (and I can't wait at home all day waiting for UPS) so they delivered to my nearby UPS Store 20 minutes before closing so I didn't know they were there to pick up. Now I have to wait until 8am to go get them.
I feel sorry for the B1 and B2 orders that haven't arrived yet. I didn't think I was that early on ordering my B3. Guess I got lucky.
I feel sorry for the B1 and B2 orders that haven't arrived yet. I didn't think I was that early on ordering my B3. Guess I got lucky.
Have got my 4 s3's up and running, All averaging about 445 gh after a couple hours, I have noticed the PCI-e cables have become warm, Not hot just warm, Is this cause for concern?
I am powering 2 units from a 750w Seasonic PSU, 2 PCI-e cables to each S3, Watts at the wall are 685-690 @ 240v.
I am powering 2 units from a 750w Seasonic PSU, 2 PCI-e cables to each S3, Watts at the wall are 685-690 @ 240v.
yeah 24/7 will hurt you in this case. You are just past what that psu can do if it is the gold one.
which seasonic the plat?
or this one the gold?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087&cm_re=seasonic-_-17-151-087-_-Product
try to ssh in to it and set the freq to 212.5 your gh will drop a little maybe 430gh for each s-3, but the power will drop 20-30 watts for the 2 s-3's and the wires should stay safe.
Got my refund today.
Thanks Bitmain. Still THE most reliable, honest hardware vendor out there.
Thanks Bitmain. Still THE most reliable, honest hardware vendor out there.
Have got my 4 s3's up and running, All averaging about 445 gh after a couple hours, I have noticed the PCI-e cables have become warm, Not hot just warm, Is this cause for concern?
I am powering 2 units from a 750w Seasonic PSU, 2 PCI-e cables to each S3, Watts at the wall are 685-690 @ 240v.
I am powering 2 units from a 750w Seasonic PSU, 2 PCI-e cables to each S3, Watts at the wall are 685-690 @ 240v.
I have a unit with the fans blowing the wrong way, exhausting towards the ethernet port, anyone else experience this?
Got the refund this morning BEFORE the physical delivery of the B3's (American Customs and UPS are screwing me violently in the arse). Might (doubtful) show up tomorrow.
Ordering in shipments of 2 units each and using DHL, all of my Bitmain orders have made it from HK to VA, USA in 3 days. Even before they gave the form option, you could always specify DHL in the order comments.
Orders of less than $1000 rarely get stopped by US customs. All of mine have been correctly labeled as BITCOIN ASIC COMPUTER for S1 and S3 shipments.
Just something to consider for the future if you're a US customer.
TLDR: Multiple small orders are less likely to get stopped by US customs. Use DHL.
Have 2 B2's clocked @ 212.5, powered by all eight PCI coming out of an EVGA 1300 . Drawing exactly 650W on the Kill-a-Watt.
Stock firmware, no other tweaks save clock speed.
So 325 * 4 = 1300.
Me thinks that's pushing the envelope a little too hard.
Stock firmware, no other tweaks save clock speed.
So 325 * 4 = 1300.
Me thinks that's pushing the envelope a little too hard.
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