ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 417.

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Quote from: bobsav2121 on July 22, 2014, 05:28:13 PM

Quote from: daddyfatsax on July 22, 2014, 04:24:00 PM

Found out why one of my units was not hashing and having X's on the chips. Paste was everywhere on the inside. Even the screws holding the heat sink on had thermal paste on them.
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Messy paste wont effect anything but poor cooling, unless your units are overheating, that's not the problem

His look far better than mine did... lol. I had paste on the chips, on the pcb, on the connectors... everywhere.

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Quote from: daddyfatsax on July 22, 2014, 04:24:00 PM

Found out why one of my units was not hashing and having X's on the chips. Paste was everywhere on the inside. Even the screws holding the heat sink on had thermal paste on them.

Messy paste wont effect anything but poor cooling, unless your units are overheating, that's not the problem

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Quote from: Anddos on July 22, 2014, 12:55:25 PM

then whats the points of it?

Perhaps some of us have been mining since 1BTC was nearly worthless and we see an increase in stored value.
Some of us are not focused on the day to day, but rather we see a much larger picture.

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-All Investment Has its Risks and Rewards-

Quote from: DevonMiner on July 22, 2014, 05:00:39 PM

So ... has anyone who opted for a 7.7% BTC refund received it yet?

The miners shipped on time ... the refund (for me) awaits ... still shows 'init' on the bitmain site.

I opted for the refund and recently emailed bitmain they replied saying "We'll process all the applications after July 22, please wait for a while:)"

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I think that was not the issue.

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Quote from: daddyfatsax on July 22, 2014, 04:24:00 PM

Found out why one of my units was not hashing and having X's on the chips. Paste was everywhere on the inside. Even the screws holding the heat sink on had thermal paste on them.

... and cleaning it up (and re-applying paste?) resolved the issues ?

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Quote from: tempestb on July 22, 2014, 04:42:21 PM

Quote from: Omarko on July 22, 2014, 04:26:27 PM

Quote from: ?? on ??

I think you're about to be scammed, dude.

well this is the weird bit, they are saying I can have the refund if I want but will obviously loose my pre-order. Not sure if I should just wait until 31st July and see if they come through or just ask for refund now. I got nothing to lose at the moment as I have time to escalate the dispute with Paypal and the seller has been responding to my messages so have been cooperative.

Refund. Wait for Bitmaintech to sell Batch 4 and order at that time like everyone else. Remove the middle man. Get your order direct from the source, and lose any doubt you have about it being a scam.

yeah but what if they are an honest seller? All I am doing then is losing spot in the queue, waiting for refunds to be done and then trying to order another unit form someone else weeks later.

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I am also on que.

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So ... has anyone who opted for a 7.7% BTC refund received it yet?

The miners shipped on time ... the refund (for me) awaits ... still shows 'init' on the bitmain site.

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@daddyfatsax,

"Found out why one of my units was not hashing and having X's on the chips. Paste was everywhere on the inside. Even the screws holding the heat sink on had thermal paste on them."

Are your units hashing without X's now that you cleaned up the paste? Please share more fully.

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Quote from: daddyfatsax on July 22, 2014, 04:24:00 PM

Found out why one of my units was not hashing and having X's on the chips. Paste was everywhere on the inside. Even the screws holding the heat sink on had thermal paste on them.

Are you sure that paste is electro-conductive?

not.you

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Really starting to hate UPS over here. Angry

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Quote from: bgibso01 on July 22, 2014, 02:54:22 PM

Quote from: Anddos on July 22, 2014, 02:19:04 PM

Quote from: jfederkins on July 22, 2014, 02:14:29 PM

Quote from: Anddos on July 22, 2014, 12:46:53 PM

I cant understand why people are purchasing s3's, the return at the current difficulty is 8usd aday, about 50 week and you spend 468.5 usd? Huh

?

How are you going to make your money back, not forgetting running costs...

For many of us this is a hobby that we all understand will not make us rich. I will be happy to break even. Just like my other hobby that I throw money at, I have a race car that I know will cost me more than I make in winnings. Why do I do it? Because I enjoy it.

If you are depending on your Bitcoin mining to survive, you need to find a better way to earn a living.

You enjoy throwing money down the drain?

I started in late March 2013 with 1 graphics card. I've mined, reinvested in newer hardware and sold old hardware. I've been through gpus, fpgas, erupters, blades, cubes, saturns, S1s, Dragons, and now S3s (and a couple U2s). I've gone from 30mh/s to 6Th/s with no additional outlays in cash. I've converted some coins into precious metals, and have properly reported items on my tax returns. If I would have just bought $250 of btc @ $38/coin, I'd have a little over $4k now. Instead, I currently have $3-5k in btc and at least $6k in hardware. Plus it's fun.

Wow that is an awesome story bro. This is why we mine Bitcoins people. Bravo

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Quote from: daddyfatsax on July 22, 2014, 04:24:00 PM

Found out why one of my units was not hashing and having X's on the chips. Paste was everywhere on the inside. Even the screws holding the heat sink on had thermal paste on them.

Thanks for sharing this. How did you rectify the excess paste, and what was the impact on hashing performance of that unit?

(Looks like now that BITMAIN has a heatsink also on the component side, this creates an 'opportunity' for this sort of problem)

Cheers

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Quote from: Anddos on July 22, 2014, 12:55:25 PM

then whats the points of it?

It's called a hobby. Ever heard of the term? I know guys who have spent over $100,000 fixing up cars. They won't ever get ROI on their hot rods but they don't care. It's what they are passionate about. If you don't understand then go buy some BTC and sit on it.

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Quote from: Omarko on July 22, 2014, 04:26:27 PM

Quote from: ?? on ??

I think you're about to be scammed, dude.

well this is the weird bit, they are saying I can have the refund if I want but will obviously loose my pre-order. Not sure if I should just wait until 31st July and see if they come through or just ask for refund now. I got nothing to lose at the moment as I have time to escalate the dispute with Paypal and the seller has been responding to my messages so have been cooperative.

Refund. Wait for Bitmaintech to sell Batch 4 and order at that time like everyone else. Remove the middle man. Get your order direct from the source, and lose any doubt you have about it being a scam.

jamesc760

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Bitmain has the first version of S3 firmware on their website now:

https://bitmaintech.com/files/download/antMiner_S320140711.bin

I'm grabbing it, just in case.

If this has been posted here previously, my apologies. They didn't have it yesterday when I looked.

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Quote from: sticky on July 22, 2014, 04:11:35 PM

Anyone order from 112Bit?

Yes, I did on July 3rd. One from batch#2.
Got an email last week saying I was on shipping list.
Sent Juan a PM yesterday asking for tracking number.
No reply yet.

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Quote from: ?? on ??

I think you're about to be scammed, dude.

well this is the weird bit, they are saying I can have the refund if I want but will obviously loose my pre-order. Not sure if I should just wait until 31st July and see if they come through or just ask for refund now. I got nothing to lose at the moment as I have time to escalate the dispute with Paypal and the seller has been responding to my messages so have been cooperative.

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Anger is a gift.

Found out why one of my units was not hashing and having X's on the chips. Paste was everywhere on the inside. Even the screws holding the heat sink on had thermal paste on them.

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