ANTMINER S4 Discussion and Support Thread - page 136.

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Quote from: MyRig on October 05, 2014, 04:23:54 AM

Just to keep all of you guys safer, the e-mailed version's MD5 is...

MD5: 506A7AEACC0FF853A351AC3B20ABB1AF

Can test the MD5 after download by using one of the free software.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/quickhash/?source=typ_redirect

Quote from: Prelude on October 05, 2014, 12:57:02 AM

Guys, here is the new fixed firmware. Bitmain emailed it to me as their engineer isn't avilable to upload it to their website yet.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24462711/initramfs.bin.SD-20141003-1.tar.gz

Enjoy!

Happy Yom Kippur! Tongue

Thank you to everyone at Bitmain for tackling this during the holidays (Jewish or otherwise lol) Cheesy

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Just to keep all of you guys safer, the e-mailed version's MD5 is...

MD5: 506A7AEACC0FF853A351AC3B20ABB1AF

Can test the MD5 after download by using one of the free software.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/quickhash/?source=typ_redirect

Quote from: Prelude on October 05, 2014, 12:57:02 AM

Guys, here is the new fixed firmware. Bitmain emailed it to me as their engineer isn't avilable to upload it to their website yet.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24462711/initramfs.bin.SD-20141003-1.tar.gz

Enjoy!

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Quote from: Rabinovitch on October 05, 2014, 03:55:04 AM

Well, looking at all previous messages I can conclude that it was a bit of luck not to buy S4... It's firmware even hasn't been tested well...

Not so much that.

We have been rushing them for weeks to get the updated cgminer firmware (for all of the Antminers).
The fix they were expected to push, seems to be running perfectly fine. So far.

The hiccup involved, was uploading a firmware package with the wrong file path.
Caused the upgrade to fail before it started.
The "fixed" firmware package (link posted above, and will be on the Bitmain website "soon") does flash properly now.

This difficulty issue seems to be unexpected, and probably unknown by Bitmain up until now.
Completely unrelated to this firmware, as it happened before with the older firmware too.
It can be fixed manually easily enough if you know to be on the lookout for it, and I would assume that Bitmain can eventually push a fix so that manually setting difficulty is not essentially necessary.
Only recommended.

I would say they tested the firmware well enough. Just goofed on the deployment, due to the holidays. All is well now. (so far)

Quote from: xstr8guy on October 05, 2014, 04:02:21 AM

Damn you! Lol. I deleted that seconds after I posted it. Guess what thread I thought I was posting in? Hint: Spondoolies. Embarrassed

Whoa!! hold on now... you are trying to tell me there are not entirely 100% Jewish Chinese people running Bitmain??? Shocked

INCONCEIVABLE!!! hahaha

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Quote from: StormTheFront on October 05, 2014, 03:51:21 AM

Quote from: Prelude on October 05, 2014, 03:15:57 AM

Edit: changed the difficulty to 2048 and ghash is also working perfectly with the new firmware. Something to note about the new firmware is that the cpu load is lower for some reason.

Also, something to note, this firmware seems to reset your settings.
Whether you request it or not.

Flashed okay otherwise.

That difficulty issue is something that will need to be addressed.
Never had that with S1 or S2.
Not to the point where it mined at less than 1/4 hashing power.

All S4 owners should be made aware of this, and told to set their difficulty manually for best results.

CPU load being lower is interesting.......

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Lol, it's Yom Kippur! It's not optional for Jews to works on Yom Kippur. Unless they have a christian or secular person on staff, NOTHING is going to happen.

Inconceivable!!! It states clearly on their recruiting page, JEWS ONLY!

Except... things are happening, and they do have some staff operating at some level.

Damn you! Lol. I deleted that seconds after I posted it. Guess what thread I thought I was posting in? Hint: Spondoolies. Embarrassed

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Quote from: Prelude on October 05, 2014, 02:50:42 AM

... And ghash. Looks like BTCGuild set to 2048 is the only properly working pool. S4 just can't handle vardiff pools. Undecided

BTCGuild, like every other modern pool is vardiff. You can only set your starting difficulty. But BTCGuild does do something better than most pools. I have old Bitfury rigs that hate every other pool that I've tried. I have no idea why that it though.

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Well, looking at all previous messages I can conclude that it was a bit of luck not to buy S4... It's firmware even hasn't been tested well...

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Quote from: Prelude on October 05, 2014, 03:15:57 AM

Edit: changed the difficulty to 2048 and ghash is also working perfectly with the new firmware. Something to note about the new firmware is that the cpu load is lower for some reason.

Also, something to note, this firmware seems to reset your settings.
Whether you request it or not.

Flashed okay otherwise.

That difficulty issue is something that will need to be addressed.
Never had that with S1 or S2.
Not to the point where it mined at less than 1/4 hashing power.

All S4 owners should be made aware of this, and told to set their difficulty manually for best results.

CPU load being lower is interesting.......

Quote from: ?? on ??

Lol, it's Yom Kippur! It's not optional for Jews to works on Yom Kippur. Unless they have a christian or secular person on staff, NOTHING is going to happen.

Inconceivable!!! It states clearly on their recruiting page, JEWS ONLY!

Except... things are happening, and they do have some staff operating at some level.

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Yep, got it done. Edited my previous post. Changing the difficulty was extra fun on my mobile lol.

Wonder why nicehash doesn't play nice even with 2048 diff set.

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Quote from: Prelude on October 05, 2014, 03:15:57 AM

Yep, no new issues. You can manually set difficulty on Ghash.io? I didn't see the option anywhere.

Its not very obvious.
Go to your workers, second to last column called "click to edit".

Gets worse. It resets itself, unless you click enter afterwards Wink

lol

Ghash is my backup after BTCguild, because it hits blocks so bloody often.

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Yep, no new issues. You can manually set difficulty on Ghash.io? I didn't see the option anywhere.

Edit: changed the difficulty to 2048 and ghash is also working perfectly with the new firmware. Something to note about the new firmware is that the cpu load is lower for some reason.

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Quote from: Prelude on October 05, 2014, 02:50:42 AM

... And ghash. Looks like BTCGuild set to 2048 is the only properly working pool. S4 just can't handle vardiff pools. Undecided

Ghash works on the old firmware, when you set it to 2048.

Does the new firmware work fine, besides the manual difficulty issue?

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... And ghash. Looks like BTCGuild set to 2048 is the only properly working pool. S4 just can't handle vardiff pools. Undecided

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Nicehash is not working any better either. Low hashrate and 20% rejects.

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Still not working on eligius with new firmware....

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Quote from: testerman on October 05, 2014, 01:49:51 AM

will not roi ever.. and ever...

When you make a claim like that it helps to also state your assumed difficulty projections, and perhaps power/hosting costs as well.

We can't tell you if your calculations are wrong if we don't know what those calculations are.

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I have just calculated,

1250$ for S4, 100$ for customs, 170$ for shipping , that means, 1520$ per 2000GHS = 0.76$ per GHS = 0.0023BTC/GHS with 330$/BTC, ---> if my calculations are wrong, pls correct it, thx..

if it is correct,

just want to know, who is buying at that prices? because that prices will not roi ever.. and ever...

even if you have free shipping and customs, 0.00187 btc /ghs , with maintenance costs , it will not roi ever again, pls correct me if my calculations are wrong..

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Guys, here is the new fixed firmware. Bitmain emailed it to me as their engineer isn't avilable to upload it to their website yet.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24462711/initramfs.bin.SD-20141003-1.tar.gz

Enjoy!

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Quote from: Prelude on October 04, 2014, 10:04:11 PM

Great news indeed! I switched the files, and have the updated cgminer running. Problem is, now btcguild is reporting 1.6TH/s instead of the 2.1TH/s I was getting before switching the files. Guess I'm going to switch them back, and this time the screws are staying off for a while LOL.

Give it some time Wink

usually takes pools a little while to catch up Wink

They calculate speed differently.

I'm still waiting for the "fixed" version.

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Quote from: StormTheFront on October 04, 2014, 09:57:37 PM

Quote from: Prelude on October 04, 2014, 09:46:57 PM

I don't get it? I assuming by flush you mean flash. You're saying to remove the sd card and power the S4 without it in? How would we log back into it and flash it without the sd card?

Flush, definitely = Flash Wink

I would assume the "bug" lies somewhere in naming, or whatever the case.
Removing the SD card probably tricks it somehow.
Not 100% clear if you would remove the card and attempt to flash without it, or insert it later with the power on, or boot without it & then boot again with it to flash, or what the deal is exactly... but I am sure with minimal fiddling it is probably pretty self-explanatory.
At least we have a hint Tongue

Regardless, the "fixed" firmware is currently being worked on, and will be uploaded "soon".
That is what I am waiting for.
Much simpler that way.

Not having to wait until October 9th, is great news!

Great news indeed! I switched the files, and have the updated cgminer running. Problem is, now btcguild is reporting 1.6TH/s instead of the 2.1TH/s I was getting before switching the files. Guess I'm going to switch them back, and this time the screws are staying off for a while LOL.

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Quote from: Prelude on October 04, 2014, 09:46:57 PM

I don't get it? I assuming by flush you mean flash. You're saying to remove the sd card and power the S4 without it in? How would we log back into it and flash it without the sd card?

Flush, definitely = Flash Wink

I would assume the "bug" lies somewhere in naming, or whatever the case.
Removing the SD card probably tricks it somehow.
Not 100% clear if you would remove the card and attempt to flash without it, or insert it later with the power on, or boot without it & then boot again with it to flash, or what the deal is exactly... but I am sure with minimal fiddling it is probably pretty self-explanatory.
At least we have a hint Tongue

Regardless, the "fixed" firmware is currently being worked on, and will be uploaded "soon".
That is what I am waiting for.
Much simpler that way.

Not having to wait until October 9th, is great news!

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