Topic: ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 367. (Read 710164 times)

Quote from: Lowell904 on July 27, 2014, 02:37:45 PM

The huge amount of discards and so low accepted then thats because they are the opposite? discards = accepted and accepted = discards?

I'll repeat because this message seems to keep getting forgotten

Ignore discards!

They have nothing to do with hashrate, share acceptance, efficiency or anything else of any relevance today. They are an internal value which was only of relevance in the getwork era. Trying to optimise this value is futile, and lowering the value achieves nothing. It annoys the crap out of me that it was ever displayed in these standalone devices because people get hung up about it and it is of zero relevance.

CK laying down the LAW!!! "Note to self: don't mention anything about discards around CK. LOL, thank you again for your advice.

Got it and set mine back to original settings. Anybody want to start a pool on how many pages it takes before it is brought up all over again?

I'm back to stock firmware as well after getting mixed results.

Plus now I noticed that one of the boards are running a little hot so I'm trying to solve that issue. It might be effecting hash rate but it's hard to tell because I was on different settings there for awhile.

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Thanks for posting. I'll be playing around a bit today as well.

Are you using 2 or 4 cables? I would like to try to go to 225 after I get some heat sinks for the DC/DCs but I will only have 2 cables available.

I've gone to GREAT lengths to cool my DC/DC modules but am still having issues getting anything over 430gh.
I never get any ASIC errors at higher frequencies, though 212 will force one of my boards to not be recognized by the controller.

Chip temps are 31 degrees, DC/DC modules are cool to the touch.

I do see 475+ for about 30-45 minutes on one unit but it tapers off below 430 after more than 10 hours.
Using server power supplies and a separate PWS for the fans. (They are 12V 2A each)

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Quote from: nzgrant on July 27, 2014, 05:54:53 PM

what diff value are people using?

512, thinking of moving down.

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Quote from: crazyearner on July 27, 2014, 04:41:41 PM

Quote from: contactlight on July 27, 2014, 04:37:15 PM

Quote from: crazyearner on July 27, 2014, 04:32:18 PM

Quote from: Tripjammer on July 27, 2014, 10:18:58 AM

Has anyone received their refund yet? I mean we had an hour to pay, They've had weeks.. An ETA would be nice @Bitmain

Refunds

what on earth for. Unless I missed something was Bitmain refunding for prices or something on offer for units ? or people just asking for refund of unit?

Yes, you definitely missed something. Since the miners were performing below the initially advertised hashrates, buyers were given the option for a 7.7% refund or 10% coupons. Coupons are issued but the refunds aren't yet.

Ah luckly I have not bought any yet was thinking to buy but with the sha diff on coins going at stupid increases am looking more on the scrypt side of things shortly or maybe wait it out for a unit to deliver power to all algos like x11 x13 x15 and so forth would be interesting. But even with scrypt miners they are out but now face same sort of problems buying in and having massive spikes in diff and making units imposable to brake even. Going to wait it out and see how things progress in the coming months.

You can do good with script asics if you know which pools to mine on. I have tried just about everything on the script pools and found a few good spots to rest them on.

Also in sha 256, I know a few good spots to rest on but its much easier to find mining nests on sha 256 than scrypt.

Litecoin diffs have been going kinda sideways the last few diffs, so do some research and don't believe everything you hear. Even the bitcoin diff changes are manageable. You just ain't gonna make a lot of money buying just one S3. You need at least 4, and the ability to add more.

But holding onto your BTC and LTC and waiting is not a bad option.

20 nm scrypt asics and 20 nm sha256 asics are just around the corner....

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How big is this batch 5?

People throwing random speculation numbers of ~2200 a batch.

Thanks bro!

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what diff value are people using?

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Quote from: faetos on July 27, 2014, 05:13:53 PM

Quote from: 64dimensions on July 27, 2014, 05:29:19 PM

The huge amount of discards and so low accepted then thats because they are the opposite? discards = accepted and accepted = discards?

I'll repeat because this message seems to keep getting forgotten

Ignore discards!

They have nothing to do with hashrate, share acceptance, efficiency or anything else of any relevance today. They are an internal value which was only of relevance in the getwork era. Trying to optimise this value is futile, and lowering the value achieves nothing. It annoys the crap out of me that it was ever displayed in these standalone devices because people get hung up about it and it is of zero relevance.

CK laying down the LAW!!! "Note to self: don't mention anything about discards around CK. LOL, thank you again for your advice.

Got it and set mine back to original settings. Anybody want to start a pool on how many pages it takes before it is brought up all over again?

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Quote from: crazyearner on July 27, 2014, 02:38:13 PM

Quote from: bitcoinbelieve on July 27, 2014, 02:03:15 PM

One of my S3 temperature shows as 0 (for both chain 1, 2). How do I resolve this?

I tried to restart, reboot and nothing helped.

Have a look inside the ant miner see if the sensor is actually connected to the board or try removing and re applying it. Make sure unit is turned off when doing this. If it is then you could try firmware update flash with image then reset to see if it comes on if it don't then this looks more of a faulty sensor if none of the above resolves the problem then looks like possible rma.

I have the identical problem.

Crazy, could you be more specific where this sensor is connected? Should we be looking for something that is just connected up using a couple of wires?

I have had a look at mine well the S1 looking at the board seems to be a little chip as i cant see any wires on it that are used like in one i provided so must be directory soldiered to the board where the chips are.

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Quote from: crazyearner on July 27, 2014, 02:38:13 PM

The huge amount of discards and so low accepted then thats because they are the opposite? discards = accepted and accepted = discards?

I'll repeat because this message seems to keep getting forgotten

Ignore discards!

They have nothing to do with hashrate, share acceptance, efficiency or anything else of any relevance today. They are an internal value which was only of relevance in the getwork era. Trying to optimise this value is futile, and lowering the value achieves nothing. It annoys the crap out of me that it was ever displayed in these standalone devices because people get hung up about it and it is of zero relevance.

Thank you for clarifying this, Boss... Grin

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Quote from: bitcoinbelieve on July 27, 2014, 02:03:15 PM

One of my S3 temperature shows as 0 (for both chain 1, 2). How do I resolve this?

I tried to restart, reboot and nothing helped.

Have a look inside the ant miner see if the sensor is actually connected to the board or try removing and re applying it. Make sure unit is turned off when doing this. If it is then you could try firmware update flash with image then reset to see if it comes on if it don't then this looks more of a faulty sensor if none of the above resolves the problem then looks like possible rma.

I have the identical problem.

Crazy, could you be more specific where this sensor is connected? Should we be looking for something that is just connected up using a couple of wires?

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The huge amount of discards and so low accepted then thats because they are the opposite? discards = accepted and accepted = discards?

I'll repeat because this message seems to keep getting forgotten

Ignore discards!

They have nothing to do with hashrate, share acceptance, efficiency or anything else of any relevance today. They are an internal value which was only of relevance in the getwork era. Trying to optimise this value is futile, and lowering the value achieves nothing. It annoys the crap out of me that it was ever displayed in these standalone devices because people get hung up about it and it is of zero relevance.

NO WORRIES ===== Hakuna matata ======== Discard Data Roll Eyes

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gotta let a coin be a coin

Quote from: contactlight on July 27, 2014, 04:37:15 PM

The huge amount of discards and so low accepted then thats because they are the opposite? discards = accepted and accepted = discards?

I'll repeat because this message seems to keep getting forgotten

Ignore discards!

They have nothing to do with hashrate, share acceptance, efficiency or anything else of any relevance today. They are an internal value which was only of relevance in the getwork era. Trying to optimise this value is futile, and lowering the value achieves nothing. It annoys the crap out of me that it was ever displayed in these standalone devices because people get hung up about it and it is of zero relevance.

CK laying down the LAW!!! "Note to self: don't mention anything about discards around CK. LOL, thank you again for your advice.

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Quote from: crazyearner on July 27, 2014, 04:32:18 PM

Has anyone received their refund yet? I mean we had an hour to pay, They've had weeks.. An ETA would be nice @Bitmain

Refunds

what on earth for. Unless I missed something was Bitmain refunding for prices or something on offer for units ? or people just asking for refund of unit?

Yes, you definitely missed something. Since the miners were performing below the initially advertised hashrates, buyers were given the option for a 7.7% refund or 10% coupons. Coupons are issued but the refunds aren't yet.

Wow still no refunds nor word from bitmain. I know they are a good company but their communication on this matter has been terrible.

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Quote from: contactlight on July 27, 2014, 04:37:15 PM

The huge amount of discards and so low accepted then thats because they are the opposite? discards = accepted and accepted = discards?

I'll repeat because this message seems to keep getting forgotten

Ignore discards!

They have nothing to do with hashrate, share acceptance, efficiency or anything else of any relevance today. They are an internal value which was only of relevance in the getwork era. Trying to optimise this value is futile, and lowering the value achieves nothing. It annoys the crap out of me that it was ever displayed in these standalone devices because people get hung up about it and it is of zero relevance.

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Quote from: crazyearner on July 27, 2014, 04:32:18 PM

Quote from: crazyearner on July 27, 2014, 04:32:18 PM

Has anyone received their refund yet? I mean we had an hour to pay, They've had weeks.. An ETA would be nice @Bitmain

Refunds

what on earth for. Unless I missed something was Bitmain refunding for prices or something on offer for units ? or people just asking for refund of unit?

Yes, you definitely missed something. Since the miners were performing below the initially advertised hashrates, buyers were given the option for a 7.7% refund or 10% coupons. Coupons are issued but the refunds aren't yet.

Ah luckly I have not bought any yet was thinking to buy but with the sha diff on coins going at stupid increases am looking more on the scrypt side of things shortly or maybe wait it out for a unit to deliver power to all algos like x11 x13 x15 and so forth would be interesting. But even with scrypt miners they are out but now face same sort of problems buying in and having massive spikes in diff and making units imposable to brake even. Going to wait it out and see how things progress in the coming months.

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Has anyone received their refund yet? I mean we had an hour to pay, They've had weeks.. An ETA would be nice @Bitmain

Refunds

what on earth for. Unless I missed something was Bitmain refunding for prices or something on offer for units ? or people just asking for refund of unit?

Yes, you definitely missed something. Since the miners were performing below the initially advertised hashrates, buyers were given the option for a 7.7% refund or 10% coupons. Coupons are issued but the refunds aren't yet.

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