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legendary
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Anyone know of any modded firmware or mods to S3.

Only thing I know of a mod to get nicehash to have extranonoce .

https://www.nicehash.com/?p=software

Keep in mind firmware is not official, meaning it breaks warranty.
full member
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Anyone know of any modded firmware or mods to S3.
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
S3 in mining status what is gh\s  (avg)  ? What is avg ?

S3+ should see about 450 gh/s at factory freq/volt.  S3 is slightly lower.

I think ToQ has a regular S3 so I would say around 440 gh/s depending on which batch.  Batch 1 had some that ran a little slower but they sent some money back because of it.
legendary
Activity: 1274
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S3 in mining status what is gh\s  (avg)  ? What is avg ?

S3+ should see about 450 gh/s at factory freq/volt.  S3 is slightly lower.
soy
legendary
Activity: 1428
Merit: 1013
Following Bitmain's suggestion I shut down my second S3+ and tested the bad hash board with the other's controller.  The hash board is still bad but I did just find a difference between the two S3+'s.  The one that has remained good has components on the inside above the heatsink as S3's have.  The S3+ with a failed hash board has no components on the reverse side except the ribbon connector of course.

Good thing I did what they said as dust was accumulating on the internal heatsink of the good S3+ behind the front fan.

Did you take pics? I'm curious to see the differences. Maybe it's just due to different batches?

As far as I can tell there's really no such thing as an S3+, it's just the freq the miner was set at. Are there actually hardware differences between a marketed S3 and S3+?

This is an S3_Hash Board_262 V1.1.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_DLmNkCkkVpOS05bkRCblRjVzQ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_DLmNkCkkVpa2NPWmh0VjAwXzg/view?usp=sharing

I tried the image button but get an invalid image type.  Let me know if there's a view problem as I might need to change share settings.

I've tried this board with two S3+ controller boards.  Anyone know if an S3 controller will be harmed or do harm with an S3+ board?


Here's an odd bit.  On the S3 boards from memory there are at least a couple of 12v test points that if I remember correctly are common with 12v in.  On this version board I see only a single 12v test point and it doesn't appear to be common with 12v in however I do see voltage on the board.

Opening up the machine to compare with the other board now.

Odd.  The second working board has no continuity between the 12v test point and 12v in nor any pin on the ribbon cable connector.  Firing the board up, hashes well and no voltage showing at the test point so the test point is dead on both boards.

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Dead crystal would explain it.  Changed crystals on USB miners in the past but looking at the two nearby smt resistors, I suspect that if the crystal is heated enough to remove the resistors will blow away.

That seems to be it.  The bad board generates no heat when powered up.  Dragging out my old Tektronics 475,  with an uncalibrated probe (adjusted with the time VAR on the calibrator at 1khz) I get 27MHz from the crystal's TP11 and putting the VAR back it give me 20MHz so I go to the bad board and there's no oscillation.

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Nope, got it wrong.  I had looked for the 25MHz while the bad board was on the bench.  Putting the bad board back into the miner and giving it the ribbon cable then looking again I get a booming signal.  So, that's not it.

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ToQcHista
S3 in mining status what is gh\s  (avg)  ? What is avg ?
soy
legendary
Activity: 1428
Merit: 1013
Following Bitmain's suggestion I shut down my second S3+ and tested the bad hash board with the other's controller.  The hash board is still bad but I did just find a difference between the two S3+'s.  The one that has remained good has components on the inside above the heatsink as S3's have.  The S3+ with a failed hash board has no components on the reverse side except the ribbon connector of course.

Good thing I did what they said as dust was accumulating on the internal heatsink of the good S3+ behind the front fan.

Did you take pics? I'm curious to see the differences. Maybe it's just due to different batches?

As far as I can tell there's really no such thing as an S3+, it's just the freq the miner was set at. Are there actually hardware differences between a marketed S3 and S3+?

This is an S3_Hash Board_262 V1.1.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_DLmNkCkkVpOS05bkRCblRjVzQ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_DLmNkCkkVpa2NPWmh0VjAwXzg/view?usp=sharing

I tried the image button but get an invalid image type.  Let me know if there's a view problem as I might need to change share settings.

I've tried this board with two S3+ controller boards.  Anyone know if an S3 controller will be harmed or do harm with an S3+ board?


Here's an odd bit.  On the S3 boards from memory there are at least a couple of 12v test points that if I remember correctly are common with 12v in.  On this version board I see only a single 12v test point and it doesn't appear to be common with 12v in however I do see voltage on the board.

Opening up the machine to compare with the other board now.

Odd.  The second working board has no continuity between the 12v test point and 12v in nor any pin on the ribbon cable connector.  Firing the board up, hashes well and no voltage showing at the test point so the test point is dead on both boards.

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Dead crystal would explain it.  Changed crystals on USB miners in the past but looking at the two nearby smt resistors, I suspect that if the crystal is heated enough to remove the resistors will blow away.
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ToQcHista
what is this ? Needed?




It's a mining pool on the miner config screen.  It's only needed if you plan to mine to that pool.  Unsure exactly what you're asking.

What is this red underland top ?

I that buy s3 , this data was write .

Remove this data if was ?

I understand what you are asking now. You need to go to the miner configuration page and it's best if all three pools are filled in. If you only have two pools, maybe one has a different connection you can use as a backup. An example: You use west-01.miningpool.com as pool 1, a different pool for pool 2, and pool 3 instead of being empty, might be east-01.miningpool.com

What is happening now, if your pools seem to be down, you are mining for someone else. Get rid of that third pool listing that is not yours. Leave it empty if you have nothing else.

I only using 1 pool and what advice me will use 2 pool ?  What will happens ? Good is that i will use 2 pool ?

The reason to have a second pool is in-case the first pool goes down.  If you add it it's going to be a failover pool.  If first pool goes down it switches to second pool, same with third.

Yes it is good to have them set up incase.

 I guess .  thanks
soy
legendary
Activity: 1428
Merit: 1013
Following Bitmain's suggestion I shut down my second S3+ and tested the bad hash board with the other's controller.  The hash board is still bad but I did just find a difference between the two S3+'s.  The one that has remained good has components on the inside above the heatsink as S3's have.  The S3+ with a failed hash board has no components on the reverse side except the ribbon connector of course.

Good thing I did what they said as dust was accumulating on the internal heatsink of the good S3+ behind the front fan.

Did you take pics? I'm curious to see the differences. Maybe it's just due to different batches?

As far as I can tell there's really no such thing as an S3+, it's just the freq the miner was set at. Are there actually hardware differences between a marketed S3 and S3+?

This is an S3_Hash Board_262 V1.1.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_DLmNkCkkVpOS05bkRCblRjVzQ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_DLmNkCkkVpa2NPWmh0VjAwXzg/view?usp=sharing

I tried the image button but get an invalid image type.  Let me know if there's a view problem as I might need to change share settings.

I've tried this board with two S3+ controller boards.  Anyone know if an S3 controller will be harmed or do harm with an S3+ board?
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
what is this ? Needed?




It's a mining pool on the miner config screen.  It's only needed if you plan to mine to that pool.  Unsure exactly what you're asking.

What is this red underland top ?

I that buy s3 , this data was write .

Remove this data if was ?

I understand what you are asking now. You need to go to the miner configuration page and it's best if all three pools are filled in. If you only have two pools, maybe one has a different connection you can use as a backup. An example: You use west-01.miningpool.com as pool 1, a different pool for pool 2, and pool 3 instead of being empty, might be east-01.miningpool.com

What is happening now, if your pools seem to be down, you are mining for someone else. Get rid of that third pool listing that is not yours. Leave it empty if you have nothing else.

I only using 1 pool and what advice me will use 2 pool ?  What will happens ? Good is that i will use 2 pool ?

The reason to have a second pool is in-case the first pool goes down.  If you add it it's going to be a failover pool.  If first pool goes down it switches to second pool, same with third.

Yes it is good to have them set up incase.
soy
legendary
Activity: 1428
Merit: 1013
Following Bitmain's suggestion I shut down my second S3+ and tested the bad hash board with the other's controller.  The hash board is still bad but I did just find a difference between the two S3+'s.  The one that has remained good has components on the inside above the heatsink as S3's have.  The S3+ with a failed hash board has no components on the reverse side except the ribbon connector of course.

Good thing I did what they said as dust was accumulating on the internal heatsink of the good S3+ behind the front fan.

Did you take pics? I'm curious to see the differences. Maybe it's just due to different batches?

As far as I can tell there's really no such thing as an S3+, it's just the freq the miner was set at. Are there actually hardware differences between a marketed S3 and S3+?

This is an S3_Hash Board_262 V1.1.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_DLmNkCkkVpOS05bkRCblRjVzQ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_DLmNkCkkVpa2NPWmh0VjAwXzg/view?usp=sharing

I tried the image button but get an invalid image type.  Let me know if there's a view problem as I might need to change share settings.
member
Activity: 98
Merit: 10
ToQcHista
what is this ? Needed?




It's a mining pool on the miner config screen.  It's only needed if you plan to mine to that pool.  Unsure exactly what you're asking.

What is this red underland top ?

I that buy s3 , this data was write .

Remove this data if was ?

I understand what you are asking now. You need to go to the miner configuration page and it's best if all three pools are filled in. If you only have two pools, maybe one has a different connection you can use as a backup. An example: You use west-01.miningpool.com as pool 1, a different pool for pool 2, and pool 3 instead of being empty, might be east-01.miningpool.com

What is happening now, if your pools seem to be down, you are mining for someone else. Get rid of that third pool listing that is not yours. Leave it empty if you have nothing else.

I only using 1 pool and what advice me will use 2 pool ?  What will happens ? Good is that i will use 2 pool ?
sr. member
Activity: 294
Merit: 250
Following Bitmain's suggestion I shut down my second S3+ and tested the bad hash board with the other's controller.  The hash board is still bad but I did just find a difference between the two S3+'s.  The one that has remained good has components on the inside above the heatsink as S3's have.  The S3+ with a failed hash board has no components on the reverse side except the ribbon connector of course.

Good thing I did what they said as dust was accumulating on the internal heatsink of the good S3+ behind the front fan.

Did you take pics? I'm curious to see the differences. Maybe it's just due to different batches?

As far as I can tell there's really no such thing as an S3+, it's just the freq the miner was set at. Are there actually hardware differences between a marketed S3 and S3+?
sr. member
Activity: 294
Merit: 250
what is this ? Needed?




It's a mining pool on the miner config screen.  It's only needed if you plan to mine to that pool.  Unsure exactly what you're asking.

What is this red underland top ?

I that buy s3 , this data was write .

Remove this data if was ?

I understand what you are asking now. You need to go to the miner configuration page and it's best if all three pools are filled in. If you only have two pools, maybe one has a different connection you can use as a backup. An example: You use west-01.miningpool.com as pool 1, a different pool for pool 2, and pool 3 instead of being empty, might be east-01.miningpool.com

What is happening now, if your pools seem to be down, you are mining for someone else. Get rid of that third pool listing that is not yours. Leave it empty if you have nothing else.
soy
legendary
Activity: 1428
Merit: 1013
Following Bitmain's suggestion I shut down my second S3+ and tested the bad hash board with the other's controller.  The hash board is still bad but I did just find a difference between the two S3+'s.  The one that has remained good has components on the inside above the heatsink as S3's have.  The S3+ with a failed hash board has no components on the reverse side except the ribbon connector of course.

Good thing I did what they said as dust was accumulating on the internal heatsink of the good S3+ behind the front fan.
member
Activity: 98
Merit: 10
ToQcHista
what is this ? Needed?




It's a mining pool on the miner config screen.  It's only needed if you plan to mine to that pool.  Unsure exactly what you're asking.

What is this red underland top ?

I that buy s3 , this data was write .

Remove this data if was ?
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1000
what is this ? Needed?




It's a mining pool on the miner config screen.  It's only needed if you plan to mine to that pool.  Unsure exactly what you're asking.
member
Activity: 98
Merit: 10
ToQcHista
what is this ? Needed?


soy
legendary
Activity: 1428
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The S3+ has two hashing boards.  The miner runs at 226.76GH/s with only one board in place.  I swap that out for the other board and no hashing.  The miner had gotten up into the 50°'s.  Perhaps an ASIC was going and drawing more power?  I'm guessing that the increased current may have damaged a conducting thru hole or internal trace.  cgminer shows zero hashing and no chain nor board data.  

The miner had been tested with a number of power supplies.  I have plenty.
member
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ToQcHista
i that 1 whole day have runing my s3 on pool will earning 1$ ?

i today s3 have rrun 6hourse and earning 0.00078205 BTC . bad is  ?

Electricity tax more will earning my s3 ?

maybe that Profits will not go?
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