Any word on B4 sales?
Id be will to bet they won't start until the 1st of next month at the earliest. 
Topic: ANTMINER S3+ Discussion and Support Thread - page 422. (Read 710164 times)
Any word on B4 sales?
good to hear people running S3. mine still on the way... 
What was that website selling server power supplies with PCI-e outputs? Turns out my 750W E-VGA can't handle two S3s.
http://www.gekkoscience.com/
Last I checked the complete kit w/breakout board, cables and dell 750w server PSU was $70 plus $15 shipping for up to 3 kits.
Ive ordered a couple of sets and seller is friendly and has excellent communications. Prices are good and cuts out the international shipping wait.
http://btcminer.com.au/
First time BM purchaser! Got my 8 S3s today, 7 run like champs around 441ish, although I have one that has a massive 25% HW errors, hashing at about 60-65% of what it should be doing. Any ideas?
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
I'll suggest to flash firmware (without preserving settings) from bitmaintech webpage and see how it goes ...
So the firmware on the website is an update to what is already on the system?
For me it was. One of my units had a wrong firmware from factory and start working as advertised after I installed the firmware.
If you look closely to dimaze image you will notice that it show a non-zero value for BestShare but the S3 firmware show 0 all the time for BestShare so I guess he may have same issue that can be easily fixed by flashing the firmware without preserving settings.
Interesting. The only firmware I see on the site is labelled "antMiner_S320140711.bin first version of firmware for antminer S3", which presumably is what we all have so far unless pre-release versions slip through sometimes.
I'm hoping an update will quiet the beeping more than my felt patch has, so I keep looking for firmware updates. My dog is completely freaked by the beeps, even now that they are muffled.
Does anyone know what the UK Customs cost is for a Antminer s3?
I paid £61 per miner. I believe this included UPS's 10 quid fee for fronting the VAT in the first place.
Does anyone know what the UK Customs cost is for a Antminer s3?
4 units (batch 1, first ~15min) arrived today and setup was a breeze.
gorgeous case, makes it feel like a solid consumer-grade product compared to the S1.
miner 1: 237.5MHz 477GH (2.5hrs)
miner 2: 225MHz 417GH (2hrs)
miner 3: 225MHz 450GH (2hrs)
miner 2: 225MHz 413GH (2hrs)
so far overclocking is a total grab-bag. looks like 2 of the miners lose hashrate at even a slight overclock, and the other has negligible improvement over stock. miner 1 will go for 250mhz tomorrow
I havent seen the invoice yet, but presumably it was about $400 CAD to import and receive all 4 miners.
gorgeous case, makes it feel like a solid consumer-grade product compared to the S1.
miner 1: 237.5MHz 477GH (2.5hrs)
miner 2: 225MHz 417GH (2hrs)
miner 3: 225MHz 450GH (2hrs)
miner 2: 225MHz 413GH (2hrs)
so far overclocking is a total grab-bag. looks like 2 of the miners lose hashrate at even a slight overclock, and the other has negligible improvement over stock. miner 1 will go for 250mhz tomorrow
I havent seen the invoice yet, but presumably it was about $400 CAD to import and receive all 4 miners.
$400?!?
I just spoke with UPS and they told me my shipment (qty 4) was going to be ~$109? That is, if they ever get here.
I wonder if the person I spoke with read it wrong - maybe $109 ea?
You pay only the TPS. 5% of declared value.
After about 3 days mining with my 1 S3 miner it has dropped in speed to 400 gh/s... My 2nd miner that arrived yesterday started at 450g/hs and is down to 430.. I just assume that is it normal.. or did as the 1st one I bought did that.. 450.. 430 for awhile then today 400gh/s.. :S..
Anyone else have this issue?
Anyone else have this issue?
My one dropped total average down to 300GH/s 5s average was still up around normal 460Gh/s fixed by a reboot now at 455gh/s
Ahh sweet thanks I'll cycle them.
After about 3 days mining with my 1 S3 miner it has dropped in speed to 400 gh/s... My 2nd miner that arrived yesterday started at 450g/hs and is down to 430.. I just assume that is it normal.. or did as the 1st one I bought did that.. 450.. 430 for awhile then today 400gh/s.. :S..
Anyone else have this issue?
Anyone else have this issue?
My one dropped total average down to 300GH/s 5s average was still up around normal 460Gh/s fixed by a reboot now at 455gh/s
After about 3 days mining with my 1 S3 miner it has dropped in speed to 400 gh/s... My 2nd miner that arrived yesterday started at 450g/hs and is down to 430.. I just assume that is it normal.. or did as the 1st one I bought did that.. 450.. 430 for awhile then today 400gh/s.. :S..
Anyone else have this issue?
Anyone else have this issue?
First time BM purchaser! Got my 8 S3s today, 7 run like champs around 441ish, although I have one that has a massive 25% HW errors, hashing at about 60-65% of what it should be doing. Any ideas?
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
I'll suggest to flash firmware (without preserving settings) from bitmaintech webpage and see how it goes ...
So the firmware on the website is an update to what is already on the system?
For me it was. One of my units had a wrong firmware from factory and start working as advertised after I installed the firmware.
If you look closely to dimaze image you will notice that it show a non-zero value for BestShare but the S3 firmware show 0 all the time for BestShare so I guess he may have same issue that can be easily fixed by flashing the firmware without preserving settings.
First time BM purchaser! Got my 8 S3s today, 7 run like champs around 441ish, although I have one that has a massive 25% HW errors, hashing at about 60-65% of what it should be doing. Any ideas?
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
I'll suggest to flash firmware (without preserving settings) from bitmaintech webpage and see how it goes ...
So the firmware on the website is an update to what is already on the system?
First time BM purchaser! Got my 8 S3s today, 7 run like champs around 441ish, although I have one that has a massive 25% HW errors, hashing at about 60-65% of what it should be doing. Any ideas?
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
I'll suggest to flash firmware (without preserving settings) from bitmaintech webpage and see how it goes ...
How many watts at the wall are you all pulling at 441 ghash?
First time BM purchaser! Got my 8 S3s today, 7 run like champs around 441ish, although I have one that has a massive 25% HW errors, hashing at about 60-65% of what it should be doing. Any ideas?
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
There's been a bunch of ideas/fixes listed here.
The two easiest and most mentioned were:
1. Swap out your power supply just to rule that out.
2. Pull off the heatsinks and check for excess thermal paste. Clean thoroughly and reapply.
First time BM purchaser! Got my 8 S3s today, 7 run like champs around 441ish, although I have one that has a massive 25% HW errors, hashing at about 60-65% of what it should be doing. Any ideas?
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
http://s15.postimg.org/rfrh5roc9/S3limp.jpg
Whats the recommended frequency then, how much GH/s it gives, and whats the power consume?? Thanks 
Try 0% !!
http://eligius.st/~gateway/
exactly, but i edited the initial post (it was 5% at some point, but 2% now)
i see only ~6gh difference between eligius and btcguild, but with 9gh fee difference: advantage eligius or at least a draw.
btcguild on my best machine generates gobs and gobs of discarded shares, with five to ten times less discarded shares on eligius.
yeah when I tried 218 or 225 btcguild was brutal. but my 212.5 freq almost no rejects ,discards, hw. and the higher report rate.
So it looks like 212.5 is magic for my 2 units. oh I set diff at 256 for each worker
I'm curious why the discard rates are so high in general with the S3's, and if it's something that can't be improved upon.
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