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Topic: ANTMINER S4 Discussion and Support Thread - page 141. (Read 301481 times)

legendary
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October 03, 2014, 08:11:41 AM

WTB Bitmain S4 coupon. PM me

I have some  coupons valued at $200 off your S4 order, looking for 0.1 btc ea. PM if interested.
Escrow possible but if you got enough good trust i transfer coupon first and you pay after transfer.
sr. member
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October 03, 2014, 07:45:05 AM
I trust bitmain will sort hings out after Chinese holiday.

WTB Bitmain S4 coupon. PM me
hero member
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WANTED: Active dev to fix & re-write p2pool in C
October 03, 2014, 07:34:14 AM
3.12.0

As I feared. Your S4's are working fine - it's just that someone is stealing your hash....... Cheesy Cheesy

Bitmain fail.


Please explain further - Having a heart attack now!!

Read back through the thread. In short, this old version of cgminer has security vulnerabilities, worst of which is the "stratum redirect" - where a third party can steal your hashes & point them at a pool of their choice. It and all other miners were patched very quickly - but Bitmain have refused to upgrade it for some (strange?) reason, despite promising to do so 7 weeks ago.

It's as phoney as your cryptocoin SEC statement...... Cheesy Cheesy
member
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October 03, 2014, 07:24:53 AM
3.12.0

As I feared. Your S4's are working fine - it's just that someone is stealing your hash....... Cheesy Cheesy

Bitmain fail.


Please explain further - Having a heart attack now!!
hero member
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October 03, 2014, 07:22:35 AM
3.12.0

As I feared. Your S4's are working fine - it's just that someone is stealing your hash....... Cheesy Cheesy

Bitmain fail.
member
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October 03, 2014, 07:22:23 AM
Is there anyone here with a "normal" working (2TH/s @ tested at different Pools) S4?

Mine is (if your definition of normal includes overclocked to 225Mhz...).  See my earlier posts.

[Edit: Oh, never mind - I've only tested on one pool, Slush's.]

thanks,

-dave
legendary
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October 03, 2014, 07:20:07 AM
Hmmmm, could someone tell me what version of cgminer these come with?

Also, if someone wouldn't mind telling me how they fair on p2pool - that would be cool. Even better, point one at my node for 10 mins using a wallet addy as your username:

stratum+tcp://iyftech.zapto.org:9332

.....just so I can see how they perform with p2pool & weather I should get one or not....

Thanks in advance  Smiley

Someone? Maybe p2pool is the only pool they work with......  Cheesy

3.12.0
hero member
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October 03, 2014, 07:16:00 AM
Hmmmm, could someone tell me what version of cgminer these come with?

Also, if someone wouldn't mind telling me how they fair on p2pool - that would be cool. Even better, point one at my node for 10 mins using a wallet addy as your username:

stratum+tcp://iyftech.zapto.org:9332

.....just so I can see how they perform with p2pool & weather I should get one or not....

Thanks in advance  Smiley

Someone? Maybe p2pool is the only pool they work with......  Cheesy
legendary
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October 03, 2014, 07:13:16 AM
I did a buy on the S4's and their hashrate locally is 2th/s or greater (awesome!) however, when connected to BTCGuild NONE of them show anywhere close to 2 Th/s.  They show more like 200 Gh/s.  I have 2 that are over 1 Th/s, but the rest between 0 - 278 GH/s.  WTF Bitmain?Huh

BTCGuild and Ghash are the only 2 pools which I've tested that actually work. You may need to power down the miner (not a reboot in the miner's web settings) to get it hashing properly. Any changes to the miner's settings without a hard reboot can cause the issue you're experiencing. Very frustrating.
legendary
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October 03, 2014, 07:11:19 AM
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Anyone know what the button above the reset button does? Edit: Nothing. It's just a hole with no button.

...

It is a beeper hole.

https://www.bitmaintech.com/files/download/Antminer%20S2%20Manual_EN.pdf  the picture on the third page


Ah, that makes sense. Thanks.
member
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October 03, 2014, 07:10:04 AM
I did a buy on the S4's and their hashrate locally is 2th/s or greater (awesome!) however, when connected to BTCGuild NONE of them show anywhere close to 2 Th/s.  They show more like 200 Gh/s.  I have 2 that are over 1 Th/s, but the rest between 0 - 278 GH/s.  WTF Bitmain?Huh
legendary
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October 03, 2014, 07:08:51 AM
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Anyone know what the button above the reset button does? Edit: Nothing. It's just a hole with no button.

...

It is a beeper hole.

https://www.bitmaintech.com/files/download/Antminer%20S2%20Manual_EN.pdf  the picture on the third page
legendary
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October 03, 2014, 07:02:30 AM
Is there anyone here with a "normal" working (2TH/s @ tested at different Pools) S4?
legendary
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October 03, 2014, 06:58:56 AM
Ok, got it going again after 2 more hard resets. Hope I don't have a bad unit and that this isn't a sign of things to come.

This thing needs a firmware update ASAP.

... Display is showing IP as 127.0.0.1.

Anyone know what the button above the reset button does? ....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost

Yes?
legendary
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October 03, 2014, 06:56:34 AM
... Display is showing IP as 127.0.0.1.

Anyone know what the button above the reset button does? ....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost
legendary
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October 03, 2014, 06:13:51 AM
Great, my S4 just woke me up with it's annoyingly loud beeping. It's dead! I'm able to log into it just fine, but nothing shows up under status. Tried 3 software reboots and 2 power downs. Nothing! Just hard reset the miner following their instructions in the S4's manual, and now the machine isn't getting an IP address. Display is showing IP as 127.0.0.1.

Anyone know what the button above the reset button does? Edit: Nothing. It's just a hole with no button.

S4 was running at stock speed and voltage. Time to see if Antminer provides good support or not, I guess. Of course they're on holiday.

 Cry
hero member
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October 03, 2014, 03:16:51 AM
Why should I or shouldn't I buy one of these to mine with at home?  I have .09cents per kw electric here.  I'm debating on doing this or buying a hashlet.
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October 03, 2014, 01:17:53 AM
Oh boy, looks like S4 B1 buyers are beta testers after all! My guess, Bitmaintech has reached the power limit in their hosting facilities and did not run the S4 themselves, which is why they started selling them directly but at a higher price to make the desired extra.

Although it's still clear the S4 will not ROI, I have been keeping an eye on it, because I want to purchase a few miners to assist heating the house during winter, but under these circumstances (noise + troubles) I still think AM's Prisma may be the better choice. No decision made yet though.
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October 03, 2014, 12:08:40 AM
I love to see how these miners work. I dont mine really but their job is pretty. I given the chance, I will mine but budget is kinda high.
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ASIC Myth Buster
October 02, 2014, 11:33:18 PM
China is on the National Holiday.  (Chinese Golden Week)

For now, may be create an account at BTCGUILD.COM and hash.  It does recognise the full 2TH/s speed at btcguild.com pool

I know this is not the best solution but at least temporary you will get your BTC mined at the hashing speed we paid for.


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If anyone is having problem powering up S4...

There is a little knob/switch at the back of the S4 where you plug the power cable.  Please press and hold it for 2-3 seconds and it will power up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD4vdR7ZS8s&feature=youtu.be

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If you see a few X on your asic status page, please try to shut it off and wait for 10-15 minutes then power it back on and see if the x goes away.


Happy Mining!!
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