Still waiting on two more batch 1 orders dated 9/04 and 9/15.
Also have a pre 8/31 unit which stopped hashing at optimum (dropped by 1/3) after 10 days online. Hard and and soft reboots with not change. Appreciate some assistance on warranty service, Bitmain. Reference your support ticket #4143.
Topic: ANTMINER S7 is available at bitmaintech.com with 4.86TH/s, 0.25J/GH - page 301. (Read 528055 times)
October 14, 2015, 08:37:19 PM
October 14, 2015, 08:24:12 PM
Even worse not even a guess when anything will be shipped. Nothing.
But I am optimistic.Just wish it would pay the bills.
I'm not sure if you are a newbie to mining? It's obvious you're a newbie to the website. If you are a newbie to mining, I want to take this opportunity to encourage you to hang in there. This sort of thing [Being late with shipment/batch not up to specifications] is rare with Bitmain. Yes, they've had a few hick ups here and there. However, they have always made an effort to try to make good of the inconvenience placed upon customers. All will be well in due time.
They always announced the compensation during the problems though. I just think were seeing a new Bitmain mentality and I dont think there will be coupons. I think they will stick with the compensation they already mentioned.
Have they ever gave a compensation then later made it more? I cant think of a time of it but I could be wrong. I'm just basing it off my memory of past.
October 14, 2015, 08:18:24 PM
Even worse not even a guess when anything will be shipped. Nothing.
But I am optimistic.Just wish it would pay the bills.
I'm not sure if you are a newbie to mining? It's obvious you're a newbie to the website. If you are a newbie to mining, I want to take this opportunity to encourage you to hang in there. This sort of thing [Being late with shipment/batch not up to specifications] is rare with Bitmain. Yes, they've had a few hick ups here and there. However, they have always made an effort to try to make good of the inconvenience placed upon customers. All will be well in due time.
October 14, 2015, 08:11:36 PM
So they sold many many more units than they had.
Not a problem when it is preorder except for the customer having to wait a long long time for product.
The long long part worries me.
Even worse not even a guess when anything will be shipped. Nothing. Not a problem when it is preorder except for the customer having to wait a long long time for product.
The long long part worries me.
Just wish it would pay the bills.
October 14, 2015, 08:03:34 PM
So they sold many many more units than they had.
Not a problem when it is preorder except for the customer having to wait a long long time for product.
The long long part worries me.
Even worse not even a guess when anything will be shipped. Nothing. Not a problem when it is preorder except for the customer having to wait a long long time for product.
The long long part worries me.
October 14, 2015, 08:03:15 PM
So they sold many many more units than they had.
Not a problem when it is preorder except for the customer having to wait a long long time for product.
The long long part worries me.
Not a problem when it is preorder except for the customer having to wait a long long time for product.
The long long part worries me.
I'm not saying they sold more than they had. I'm saying they "had" enough "until" it was determined they had boards falling short of declared specifications.
Then, they have to take the time to test each and every board with limited resources.
October 14, 2015, 08:00:49 PM
So they sold many many more units than they had.
Not a problem when it is preorder except for the customer having to wait a long long time for product.
The long long part worries me.
Not a problem when it is preorder except for the customer having to wait a long long time for product.
The long long part worries me.
October 14, 2015, 07:48:23 PM
My 9/2 order arrived today. Both are powered up and running at 600Mhz, yielding ~4.8TH.
Sounds good. That means my order should be shipped soon. My order was placed on 9/3 at 6:05am.
October 14, 2015, 06:52:48 PM
My 9/2 order arrived today. Both are powered up and running at 600Mhz, yielding ~4.8TH.
One is at 4.822TH, the other at 4.886TH - but they have only been running a few minutes.
I'm pushing my 30amp 220V power strip to the max with (2) S7s on one half and (3) S4s on the other half. So close that I had to downshift my S4s from 200MHz to 187Mhz to keep from popping the internal breaker. Suspect I'll move another power strip into the room and split the load. I don't like running circuits over 80%.
I'm using the Bitmain 1600W power supplies, which appeared to have nice long PCI-E cables, but it was closer than I liked.
I did notice a howling sound from one unit. If I put my hand close to the fan it changes the sound. Ended up putting a small block of wood about an inch in front of the intake fan to keep it quiet.
One is at 4.822TH, the other at 4.886TH - but they have only been running a few minutes.
I'm pushing my 30amp 220V power strip to the max with (2) S7s on one half and (3) S4s on the other half. So close that I had to downshift my S4s from 200MHz to 187Mhz to keep from popping the internal breaker. Suspect I'll move another power strip into the room and split the load. I don't like running circuits over 80%.
I'm using the Bitmain 1600W power supplies, which appeared to have nice long PCI-E cables, but it was closer than I liked.
I did notice a howling sound from one unit. If I put my hand close to the fan it changes the sound. Ended up putting a small block of wood about an inch in front of the intake fan to keep it quiet.
October 14, 2015, 06:27:17 PM
Of course, I have not toured their facility. However, I'm beginning to believe BITMAIN does not have a lot of employees. It's not like they are a computer manufacturer like HP or chip manufacturer like Intel.
It's possible they could of had more employees when the price of bitcoin was higher [Back in the S1 days]. With the price of bitcoin being much lower than end of 2013 and beginning of 2014, they may have let go of some employees. They may have had more purchase requests than what they could handle. Then, to add the troubled hash boards into the mix with few employees, it's not a good mix. They are trying to do the best they can with the resources they have. I imagine testing and labeling each and every board is quite time consuming. Especially, if they don't have the man power they need to speed up the process. Hopefully, they have learned something from this to avoid a similar issue in the future.
It's possible they could of had more employees when the price of bitcoin was higher [Back in the S1 days]. With the price of bitcoin being much lower than end of 2013 and beginning of 2014, they may have let go of some employees. They may have had more purchase requests than what they could handle. Then, to add the troubled hash boards into the mix with few employees, it's not a good mix. They are trying to do the best they can with the resources they have. I imagine testing and labeling each and every board is quite time consuming. Especially, if they don't have the man power they need to speed up the process. Hopefully, they have learned something from this to avoid a similar issue in the future.
October 14, 2015, 06:16:15 PM
Could be... OR S7+
Or could be done special for their own data center. I could see them liking this as 1/3 of controllers needed. Only configure 1/3 of miners they would with this.
So would not surprise me if they have a internal S7+. I would eventually guess it comes to public, but they chances are have been doing these custom S7+ in their own data centers for a while.
Agreed.
I would if I were them. I plan on getting the longer cords to make it possible to have multiple S7's on one controller after the warranty period. I'm not sure if disconnecting a controller and hooking up multiple S7's to one controller will void the warranty or not?
After seeing the dust on them, I'm kind of wondering if it's the S5+ though.
I edited my post as well. It appears they showed this person old miners to. Look at other pictures on the twitter. It shows some old miners.
I see S3, and S5 in same picture being shown off. So second take thinking it's S5+'s there.
October 14, 2015, 06:12:14 PM
Could be... OR S7+
Or could be done special for their own data center. I could see them liking this as 1/3 of controllers needed. Only configure 1/3 of miners they would with this.
So would not surprise me if they have a internal S7+. I would eventually guess it comes to public, but they chances are have been doing these custom S7+ in their own data centers for a while.
Agreed.
I would if I were them. I plan on getting the longer cords to make it possible to have multiple S7's on one controller after the warranty period. I'm not sure if disconnecting a controller and hooking up multiple S7's to one controller will void the warranty or not?
After seeing the dust on them, I'm kind of wondering if it's the S5+ though.
October 14, 2015, 06:07:55 PM
As promised, here are more photos from the Shenzhen facility of Bitmain. Thanks again for their hospitality. I have a video of their miners hashing aswell, I'll upload it later on.
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326052823638016
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326185242009600
They said they were busy with packaging the miners and shipping them. I hope you guys get yours soon too.
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326052823638016
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326185242009600
They said they were busy with packaging the miners and shipping them. I hope you guys get yours soon too.
Are those S5+ miners there? I thought they were done with the S5+.
Could be... OR S7+
Or could be done special for their own data center. I could see them liking this as 1/3 of controllers needed. Only configure 1/3 of miners they would with this.
So would not surprise me if they have a internal S7+. I would eventually guess it comes to public, but they chances are have been doing these custom S7+ in their own data centers for a while.
Edit: Would not surprise me if S5+ after looking deeper into it then just two pictures. They have S3's and S5's in other picture. So very well could be older miners showed.
October 14, 2015, 06:02:46 PM
As promised, here are more photos from the Shenzhen facility of Bitmain. Thanks again for their hospitality. I have a video of their miners hashing aswell, I'll upload it later on.
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326052823638016
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326185242009600
They said they were busy with packaging the miners and shipping them. I hope you guys get yours soon too.
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326052823638016
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326185242009600
They said they were busy with packaging the miners and shipping them. I hope you guys get yours soon too.
Are those S5+ miners there? I thought they were done with the S5+.
Could be... OR S7+
October 14, 2015, 05:30:24 PM
As promised, here are more photos from the Shenzhen facility of Bitmain. Thanks again for their hospitality. I have a video of their miners hashing aswell, I'll upload it later on.
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326052823638016
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326185242009600
They said they were busy with packaging the miners and shipping them. I hope you guys get yours soon too.
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326052823638016
https://twitter.com/CryptoStarIN/status/654326185242009600
They said they were busy with packaging the miners and shipping them. I hope you guys get yours soon too.
Are those S5+ miners there? I thought they were done with the S5+.
October 14, 2015, 05:19:26 PM
snipped other quotes
I started with GPU's back in the day and had corsair RM1000 psu's
Went to
gridseed
gridseed blade
s3
s3+
s5
Then flipped to 240v
Then to the datacenter.
Now dumped s5's at the datacenter and used the cash for s7's.
Waiting on s7's
So now I have PILES of RM1000 corsairs.
So I am going to use three Rm1000 to power two s7's
Rm1000 are gold psu's
I started with GPU's back in the day and had corsair RM1000 psu's
Went to
gridseed
gridseed blade
s3
s3+
s5
Then flipped to 240v
Then to the datacenter.
Now dumped s5's at the datacenter and used the cash for s7's.
Waiting on s7's
So now I have PILES of RM1000 corsairs.
So I am going to use three Rm1000 to power two s7's
Rm1000 are gold psu's
if you do that, you would not be able to follow the bitmain's rule of powering boards first and controller later when using more than one PSU/machine.
You are bound to start at least some boards at the same time as controller while other board(s) in the same machine will be powered by another PSU.
Maybe it is still OK, i don't know.
yeah, good point-I don't have PDU(s), just power strips with just one machine, so this kind of escaped me.
October 14, 2015, 05:10:43 PM
snipped other quotes
I started with GPU's back in the day and had corsair RM1000 psu's
Went to
gridseed
gridseed blade
s3
s3+
s5
Then flipped to 240v
Then to the datacenter.
Now dumped s5's at the datacenter and used the cash for s7's.
Waiting on s7's
So now I have PILES of RM1000 corsairs.
So I am going to use three Rm1000 to power two s7's
Rm1000 are gold psu's
I started with GPU's back in the day and had corsair RM1000 psu's
Went to
gridseed
gridseed blade
s3
s3+
s5
Then flipped to 240v
Then to the datacenter.
Now dumped s5's at the datacenter and used the cash for s7's.
Waiting on s7's
So now I have PILES of RM1000 corsairs.
So I am going to use three Rm1000 to power two s7's
Rm1000 are gold psu's
if you do that, you would not be able to follow the bitmain's rule of powering boards first and controller later when using more than one PSU/machine.
You are bound to start at least some boards at the same time as controller while other board(s) in the same machine will be powered by another PSU.
Maybe it is still OK, i don't know.
October 14, 2015, 04:26:15 PM
snipped other quotes
I started with GPU's back in the day and had corsair RM1000 psu's
Went to
gridseed
gridseed blade
s3
s3+
s5
Then flipped to 240v
Then to the datacenter.
Now dumped s5's at the datacenter and used the cash for s7's.
Waiting on s7's
So now I have PILES of RM1000 corsairs.
So I am going to use three Rm1000 to power two s7's
Rm1000 are gold psu's
I started with GPU's back in the day and had corsair RM1000 psu's
Went to
gridseed
gridseed blade
s3
s3+
s5
Then flipped to 240v
Then to the datacenter.
Now dumped s5's at the datacenter and used the cash for s7's.
Waiting on s7's
So now I have PILES of RM1000 corsairs.
So I am going to use three Rm1000 to power two s7's
Rm1000 are gold psu's
if you do that, you would not be able to follow bitmain's rule of powering boards first and controller later when using more than one PSU/machine.
You are bound to start at least some boards at the same time as controller while other board(s) in the same machine will be powered by another PSU.
Maybe it is still OK, i don't know.
With three 1000 watt psu's you turn on two hash boards on each s7 then turn on both controllers and one hashboard on each s7.
I am doing this right now, works like a charm, multiple starts.
The thing I noticed is that is doesn't even matter if I start the controllers first, wait five seconds, then start the hash boards it still works just fine.
October 14, 2015, 04:04:28 PM
One small advantage to a single PSU is the "sequencing upon startup" is resolved. Two PSU's require some additional fiddling, some of the time, which wouldn't exist with a single PSU.
How much that's worth is individual choice.
How much that's worth is individual choice.
October 14, 2015, 04:03:51 PM
snipped other quotes
I started with GPU's back in the day and had corsair RM1000 psu's
Went to
gridseed
gridseed blade
s3
s3+
s5
Then flipped to 240v
Then to the datacenter.
Now dumped s5's at the datacenter and used the cash for s7's.
Waiting on s7's
So now I have PILES of RM1000 corsairs.
So I am going to use three Rm1000 to power two s7's
Rm1000 are gold psu's
I started with GPU's back in the day and had corsair RM1000 psu's
Went to
gridseed
gridseed blade
s3
s3+
s5
Then flipped to 240v
Then to the datacenter.
Now dumped s5's at the datacenter and used the cash for s7's.
Waiting on s7's
So now I have PILES of RM1000 corsairs.
So I am going to use three Rm1000 to power two s7's
Rm1000 are gold psu's
if you do that, you would not be able to follow the bitmain's rule of powering boards first and controller later when using more than one PSU/machine.
You are bound to start at least some boards at the same time as controller while other board(s) in the same machine will be powered by another PSU.
Maybe it is still OK, i don't know.
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