Assuming there is a Batch #8, I wonder if it will be a 135 chip miner (ala Batch #6), or a 162 chip version (ala Batch 1-5 & 7). It seems odd that they would go to the trouble of making new boards for Batch 6, and only do that one batch. Would it be possible to take a 54-chip board (i.e. the 162-chip miner) and stuff in 3 dummy non-hashing chips into each string to make a 45-chip Batch #6 board? That would eliminate the board re-design.
We probably won't really know what happened until there is a Batch #6 miner "in the wild" in December.
It's really going to take a score-card to keep all the flavors of S7 and their various attributes straight. Should make for a crazy resale market in the future.
Topic: ANTMINER S7 is available at bitmaintech.com with 4.86TH/s, 0.25J/GH - page 203. (Read 527809 times)
November 18, 2015, 05:26:49 AM
November 18, 2015, 04:02:14 AM
Is OregonMines a reputable hosting/colocation facility? Has anyone done business with Matt Carson, VP Sales at OregonMines?
I need hosting/colocation for my S7s.
I need hosting/colocation for my S7s.
November 18, 2015, 04:01:56 AM
B7 already sold out 
November 18, 2015, 03:05:21 AM
My Internet went down before i woke up this AM.
My S5s came back online when the internet came back up...but my S7 (batch 1) didn't. I can still see it when i check it thru my LAN. All the ASICs are there and have all 0's but there is no hashing. The fans are running too.
I rebooted. No change. I switched PSUs - still no change. I did a few reboots- no change. Then i reset it to factory settings- still no change. Finally, i called Bitmain in Denver. The tech guy used chrome remote desktop to look at my kernel log , miner status etc. Then he shh'd into my rig. He couldn't find a problem either.
So I will be contacting Bitmain to see what can be done.
Has anyone else had this problem?
My S5s came back online when the internet came back up...but my S7 (batch 1) didn't. I can still see it when i check it thru my LAN. All the ASICs are there and have all 0's but there is no hashing. The fans are running too.
I rebooted. No change. I switched PSUs - still no change. I did a few reboots- no change. Then i reset it to factory settings- still no change. Finally, i called Bitmain in Denver. The tech guy used chrome remote desktop to look at my kernel log , miner status etc. Then he shh'd into my rig. He couldn't find a problem either.
So I will be contacting Bitmain to see what can be done.
Has anyone else had this problem?
I have this issue, go into Network>Diagnostic and then ping something. Go back after a minute and check if it is hashing.
Tried that already. The ping was successful but still no hashing.
Someone analyzed my kernel log today and replied with this:
"this looks like memory problem with your beagle bone black
change it with another BBB or find S5 BBB and reflash it for S7"
Bitmain said"
"i would suggest you to obtain micro SD card. and to mount s7 firmware from https://www.bitmaintech.com/support.htm?pid=00720151023101739550pOBiK5sO06A0
on sd card.
and then to place it in unit. maybe then unit will start working."
I will try that and let you guys know if it worked. I'm guessing more people will have this problem. If this fixes i, that would be nice.
I'd be very interested if this works for future units. I have already sent the 9 hashcards and 3 controllers back to Bitmain.
November 17, 2015, 09:35:19 PM
Ouch... 
Bitmain really should change some policies. I ordered several batch 6's at $1625 each. And now batch 7 w/ 5th shipping the same time mine are, arg.
If they were going out a month after or even two weeks i'd understand more. Not much I can do but vent a little.
Bitmain really should change some policies. I ordered several batch 6's at $1625 each. And now batch 7 w/ 5th shipping the same time mine are, arg. If they were going out a month after or even two weeks i'd understand more. Not much I can do but vent a little.
well I mean...batch 7 is still overpriced. Funny how its priced in btc though....maybe if btc goes up to 500 and its still 5.05btc you wont feel that bad?
I believe that's the reason it is priced in BTC. BITMAIN, believes the price of BTC will go up instead of down. Hence, pricing it in BTC like they did with the S1 when the price of BTC was high.
fr4nkthetank - 500 at 5.05 would make me feel a liiiitle better lol. I do believe time is running thin for cheap btc. Once the halving media drums begin beating it should be a steady rise. Although... margin trading I think is detrimental to organic pricing with manufactured price swings on the books. I guess we'll see how the market behaves to buying pressure vis a vis whale shenanigans.
dmwardjr - Agreed, I think through sales and other metrics they can gauge the interest level and potential for BTCs price in our near future. I'd take the new batch 7 pricing as a monetary strategy based on Bitmain's projected earnings.
I think all conditions are green for a huge pump. There has been massive accumulation of btc in my opinion (look at low to moderate volume periods, with what seems like a price floor). The halving in itself means nothing, except for less selling pressure AFTER it happens, but it is a good excuse/reason to pump and entice massive buying once the price skyrockets. Financial types have been buying too as were reported in many articles on mainstream media, and they are out for one thing - profit. they dont care about nothing but profit. So dont sell and hold on tight we are heading for a wild ride. But dont kid yourself, it will crash down like Iggy Azalea's career. have fun. └(°ᴥ°)┘
November 17, 2015, 08:57:16 PM
My Internet went down before i woke up this AM.
My S5s came back online when the internet came back up...but my S7 (batch 1) didn't. I can still see it when i check it thru my LAN. All the ASICs are there and have all 0's but there is no hashing. The fans are running too.
I rebooted. No change. I switched PSUs - still no change. I did a few reboots- no change. Then i reset it to factory settings- still no change. Finally, i called Bitmain in Denver. The tech guy used chrome remote desktop to look at my kernel log , miner status etc. Then he shh'd into my rig. He couldn't find a problem either.
So I will be contacting Bitmain to see what can be done.
Has anyone else had this problem?
My S5s came back online when the internet came back up...but my S7 (batch 1) didn't. I can still see it when i check it thru my LAN. All the ASICs are there and have all 0's but there is no hashing. The fans are running too.
I rebooted. No change. I switched PSUs - still no change. I did a few reboots- no change. Then i reset it to factory settings- still no change. Finally, i called Bitmain in Denver. The tech guy used chrome remote desktop to look at my kernel log , miner status etc. Then he shh'd into my rig. He couldn't find a problem either.
So I will be contacting Bitmain to see what can be done.
Has anyone else had this problem?
I have this issue, go into Network>Diagnostic and then ping something. Go back after a minute and check if it is hashing.
Tried that already. The ping was successful but still no hashing.
Someone analyzed my kernel log today and replied with this:
"this looks like memory problem with your beagle bone black
change it with another BBB or find S5 BBB and reflash it for S7"
Bitmain said"
"i would suggest you to obtain micro SD card. and to mount s7 firmware from https://www.bitmaintech.com/support.htm?pid=00720151023101739550pOBiK5sO06A0
on sd card.
and then to place it in unit. maybe then unit will start working."
I will try that and let you guys know if it worked. I'm guessing more people will have this problem. If this fixes i, that would be nice.
November 17, 2015, 07:43:11 PM
Ouch... Bitmain really should change some policies. I ordered several batch 6's at $1625 each. And now batch 7 w/ 5th shipping the same time mine are, arg.
If they were going out a month after or even two weeks i'd understand more. Not much I can do but vent a little.
Bitmain really should change some policies. I ordered several batch 6's at $1625 each. And now batch 7 w/ 5th shipping the same time mine are, arg. If they were going out a month after or even two weeks i'd understand more. Not much I can do but vent a little.
well I mean...batch 7 is still overpriced. Funny how its priced in btc though....maybe if btc goes up to 500 and its still 5.05btc you wont feel that bad?
I believe that's the reason it is priced in BTC. BITMAIN, believes the price of BTC will go up instead of down. Hence, pricing it in BTC like they did with the S1 when the price of BTC was high.
fr4nkthetank - 500 at 5.05 would make me feel a liiiitle better lol. I do believe time is running thin for cheap btc. Once the halving media drums begin beating it should be a steady rise. Although... margin trading I think is detrimental to organic pricing with manufactured price swings on the books. I guess we'll see how the market behaves to buying pressure vis a vis whale shenanigans.
dmwardjr - Agreed, I think through sales and other metrics they can gauge the interest level and potential for BTCs price in our near future. I'd take the new batch 7 pricing as a monetary strategy based on Bitmain's projected earnings.
November 17, 2015, 07:06:21 PM
Ouch... Bitmain really should change some policies. I ordered several batch 6's at $1625 each. And now batch 7 w/ 5th shipping the same time mine are, arg.
If they were going out a month after or even two weeks i'd understand more. Not much I can do but vent a little.
Bitmain really should change some policies. I ordered several batch 6's at $1625 each. And now batch 7 w/ 5th shipping the same time mine are, arg. If they were going out a month after or even two weeks i'd understand more. Not much I can do but vent a little.
well I mean...batch 7 is still overpriced. Funny how its priced in btc though....maybe if btc goes up to 500 and its still 5.05btc you wont feel that bad?
I believe that's the reason it is priced in BTC. BITMAIN, believes the price of BTC will go up instead of down. Hence, pricing it in BTC like they did with the S1 when the price of BTC was high.
November 17, 2015, 07:00:46 PM
Ouch... Bitmain really should change some policies. I ordered several batch 6's at $1625 each. And now batch 7 w/ 5th shipping the same time mine are, arg.
If they were going out a month after or even two weeks i'd understand more. Not much I can do but vent a little.
Bitmain really should change some policies. I ordered several batch 6's at $1625 each. And now batch 7 w/ 5th shipping the same time mine are, arg. If they were going out a month after or even two weeks i'd understand more. Not much I can do but vent a little.
well I mean...batch 7 is still overpriced. Funny how its priced in btc though....maybe if btc goes up to 500 and its still 5.05btc you wont feel that bad?
November 17, 2015, 06:52:13 PM
I've sold 44 rigs on eBay. The last one was sold and shipped the first week in September. I sold 18 x S3's, 15 x SP20's, 5 x S4's and 6 x S5's. All but one S3 sold according to schedule. I had to re-list it because the buyer did not pay. It has been 45 days for most of them now.
I purchased my S3+ on ebay and it has been a rock-solid machine for almost a year now. I run it slightly overclocked to get ~500GH/s and it performs like a champ (solo lottery machine).
Yes, they do run like a champ and very quiet too compared to most! Having them as a lottery rig on CKSolo pool is probably not a bad idea with an S3. I kind of wish I kept one now just for that.
November 17, 2015, 06:49:32 PM
Ouch that's scary. I've sold about 8 S3's and 3 S5's on ebay. Never had one returned so I've been lucky. In fact I plan on selling my last S3 and S5 on ebay once I get another S7 to replace them. Hope I never go through your experience. Their fees really are the rape, though.
I've sold 44 rigs on eBay. The last one was sold and shipped the first week in September. I sold 18 x S3's, 15 x SP20's, 5 x S4's and 6 x S5's. All but one S3 sold according to schedule. I had to re-list it because the buyer did not pay. It has been 45 days for most of them now.
I purchased my S3+ on ebay and it has been a rock-solid machine for almost a year now. I run it slightly overclocked to get ~500GH/s and it performs like a champ (solo lottery machine).
November 17, 2015, 06:41:15 PM
Well, today was the first time for my internet to go down since I've had my Batch 1 S7's [9 in total - 10th on the way; it's a batch 5]. My internet was down for approximately 20 minutes while a technician was working on the main line in the neighborhood. All of my rigs began beeping shortly after the internet went out and beeped the entire time until the modem was back online. However, one of the nine S7's had a red light and was not accessible from the browser. It began working properly after I turned off the PSU and turned it back on. All are hashing properly now.
So, all in all, I'm well pleased with all of my batch 1's.
EDIT: I do get a whistling sound from one of the S7's. I've put a piece of tape over a small portion of the fan at the bottom and the whistling stopped.
So, all in all, I'm well pleased with all of my batch 1's.
EDIT: I do get a whistling sound from one of the S7's. I've put a piece of tape over a small portion of the fan at the bottom and the whistling stopped.
Maybe you missed them, but some folks have mentioned that a a "slight loosen" of the fan screws have cured their machines of various fan noises. Might be the equivalent of the tape you applied.
Just a thought to consider.
I already did this when I first got them to reduce a high pitched sound. This new sound started after my internet connection came back on line and they started hashing again. It's like the wind sucked in the fan is whistling as it goes between the fins of a heat sink towards the front of the rig. If I held my two fingers up at the bottom center of the front fan, the whistle went away. So, I put a small piece of tape in that one spot to stop the whistle. It's weird... I'll go back downstairs after a while and take it off to see if it continues whistling.
November 17, 2015, 06:34:48 PM
Ouch... Bitmain really should change some policies. I ordered several batch 6's at $1625 each. And now batch 7 w/ 5th shipping the same time mine are, arg.
If they were going out a month after or even two weeks i'd understand more. Not much I can do but vent a little.
Bitmain really should change some policies. I ordered several batch 6's at $1625 each. And now batch 7 w/ 5th shipping the same time mine are, arg. If they were going out a month after or even two weeks i'd understand more. Not much I can do but vent a little.
November 17, 2015, 06:29:14 PM
batch 7 up?
YES. Just check www.bitmain.com for the specs. Yet another variant of the S7 specifications in terms power, cost, speed, etc. Looks to be priced in BTC.
November 17, 2015, 06:23:50 PM
batch 7 up?
November 17, 2015, 06:14:53 PM
Well, today was the first time for my internet to go down since I've had my Batch 1 S7's [9 in total - 10th on the way; it's a batch 5]. My internet was down for approximately 20 minutes while a technician was working on the main line in the neighborhood. All of my rigs began beeping shortly after the internet went out and beeped the entire time until the modem was back online. However, one of the nine S7's had a red light and was not accessible from the browser. It began working properly after I turned off the PSU and turned it back on. All are hashing properly now.
So, all in all, I'm well pleased with all of my batch 1's.
EDIT: I do get a whistling sound from one of the S7's. I've put a piece of tape over a small portion of the fan at the bottom and the whistling stopped.
So, all in all, I'm well pleased with all of my batch 1's.
EDIT: I do get a whistling sound from one of the S7's. I've put a piece of tape over a small portion of the fan at the bottom and the whistling stopped.
Maybe you missed them, but some folks have mentioned that a a "slight loosen" of the fan screws have cured their machines of various fan noises. Might be the equivalent of the tape you applied.
Just a thought to consider.
November 17, 2015, 06:03:00 PM
My Internet went down before i woke up this AM.
My S5s came back online when the internet came back up...but my S7 (batch 1) didn't. I can still see it when i check it thru my LAN. All the ASICs are there and have all 0's but there is no hashing. The fans are running too.
I rebooted. No change. I switched PSUs - still no change. I did a few reboots- no change. Then i reset it to factory settings- still no change. Finally, i called Bitmain in Denver. The tech guy used chrome remote desktop to look at my kernel log , miner status etc. Then he shh'd into my rig. He couldn't find a problem either.
So I will be contacting Bitmain to see what can be done.
Has anyone else had this problem?
My S5s came back online when the internet came back up...but my S7 (batch 1) didn't. I can still see it when i check it thru my LAN. All the ASICs are there and have all 0's but there is no hashing. The fans are running too.
I rebooted. No change. I switched PSUs - still no change. I did a few reboots- no change. Then i reset it to factory settings- still no change. Finally, i called Bitmain in Denver. The tech guy used chrome remote desktop to look at my kernel log , miner status etc. Then he shh'd into my rig. He couldn't find a problem either.
So I will be contacting Bitmain to see what can be done.
Has anyone else had this problem?
I have this issue, go into Network>Diagnostic and then ping something. Go back after a minute and check if it is hashing.
Tried that already. The ping was successful but still no hashing.
Someone analyzed my kernel log today and replied with this:
"this looks like memory problem with your beagle bone black
change it with another BBB or find S5 BBB and reflash it for S7"
November 17, 2015, 05:28:06 PM
Ouch that's scary. I've sold about 8 S3's and 3 S5's on ebay. Never had one returned so I've been lucky. In fact I plan on selling my last S3 and S5 on ebay once I get another S7 to replace them. Hope I never go through your experience. Their fees really are the rape, though.
I've sold 44 rigs on eBay. The last one was sold and shipped the first week in September. I sold 18 x S3's, 15 x SP20's, 5 x S4's and 6 x S5's. All but one S3 sold according to schedule. I had to re-list it because the buyer did not pay. It has been 45 days for most of them now.
November 17, 2015, 05:24:31 PM
Well, today was the first time for my internet to go down since I've had my Batch 1 S7's [9 in total - 10th on the way; it's a batch 5]. My internet was down for approximately 20 minutes while a technician was working on the main line in the neighborhood. All of my rigs began beeping shortly after the internet went out and beeped the entire time until the modem was back online. However, one of the nine S7's had a red light and was not accessible from the browser. It began working properly after I turned off the PSU and turned it back on. All are hashing properly now.
So, all in all, I'm well pleased with all of my batch 1's.
EDIT: I do get a whistling sound from one of the S7's. I've put a piece of tape over a small portion of the fan at the bottom and the whistling stopped.
So, all in all, I'm well pleased with all of my batch 1's.
EDIT: I do get a whistling sound from one of the S7's. I've put a piece of tape over a small portion of the fan at the bottom and the whistling stopped.
November 17, 2015, 05:24:19 PM
In my personal experience, I had just one return while selling bitcoin related items. I did not fight it and the item was returned in good shape.
re selling on btctalk-you are right, it is mostly useless for newer items, but OK for old or cheap stuff.
re selling on btctalk-you are right, it is mostly useless for newer items, but OK for old or cheap stuff.
I sold a miner 1 time on ebay. Will never try it again. The buyer actually returned a different miner that had obviously been burned to hell. It was completely destroyed and wasn't even the same board revision #. I provided evidence to paypal showing the miner worked beforehand, showed evidence the miner that was returned was not the same miner that was sent, and tried to fight it. They sided with the buyer (they always do) and I was out a miner and the $. The kicker is that ebay/paypal even still took fees from me for ripping me off. I can honestly say that I believe ebay is the absolute worst possible way to sell a miner and if it wasn't for how awful paypal is, I and many others probably wouldn't have even discovered Bitcoin in the first place. If you haven't been stung by a scammer yet on ebay, you will.
Ouch that's scary. I've sold about 8 S3's and 3 S5's on ebay. Never had one returned so I've been lucky. In fact I plan on selling my last S3 and S5 on ebay once I get another S7 to replace them. Hope I never go through your experience. Their fees really are the rape, though.
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