General questions about the S3 now that mine have been hashing for a few hours...
1) Why in the name of all that's holy does it randomly beep? Every now and then it just goes "BEEEEEP!" It's not like it's rebooting... it just decides to let everyone know, "Hey, I'm here! Pay attention to me!"
2) I know the "o" in the miner status means "OK" and that "x" means "error". What does "-" mean?
General comments:
1) At stock clocks it hashes almost exactly to spec on p2pool (my local node). Initially it was around 450GH/s, but after settling down and going for a few hours now, it's about 439GH/s.
2) Overclocking it has far less effect on p2pool than on another pool. For example, at 250, I get about 455GH/s on p2pool. I get 500GH/s elsewhere with the same settings.
1) Why in the name of all that's holy does it randomly beep? Every now and then it just goes "BEEEEEP!" It's not like it's rebooting... it just decides to let everyone know, "Hey, I'm here! Pay attention to me!"
2) I know the "o" in the miner status means "OK" and that "x" means "error". What does "-" mean?
General comments:
1) At stock clocks it hashes almost exactly to spec on p2pool (my local node). Initially it was around 450GH/s, but after settling down and going for a few hours now, it's about 439GH/s.
2) Overclocking it has far less effect on p2pool than on another pool. For example, at 250, I get about 455GH/s on p2pool. I get 500GH/s elsewhere with the same settings.
Out of the first two S3, one beeps once in 20 min, another does not. It's just getting used to the workload, I figure
.BTW, I also had a "beeper" S1 ant, with beeping disappearing after a couple of days.
It takes a bit longer for S3 to accept settings change in comparison with S1, but just a few sec more.
It also emits a loud beep to tell you-"I've got it-let's the hashing commence".
Interestingly, only a portion of heat is being released through fans judging by the intensity of air flow and heat of what comes out, with the rest dissipating probably from the metal covers, which are 3-5oC warmer than ambient air (33oC max with 28oC ambient).
I did not try to overclock them yet, with one hashing at 446Gh and another 436Gh, average 441Gh, right on the spot.
Fans do sound quiet, but oddly whiny sometimes despite the low rpm
The machine looks professional-will appeal to family mass market for sure if there will ever be one.
Wife's comment-"nice" while S1 was "it looks like a computer board"
. It's covered by a shroud
