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Topic: Avalon ASIC users thread - page 166. (Read 438600 times)

legendary
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June 22, 2013, 05:45:40 PM
ebereon,
Great post about power!

What about hash rate at 375?
I am afraid to test it and as reported there is no big increase performance

legendary
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June 22, 2013, 05:42:00 PM
Blue fan pulls air into unit if I understand correctly

Yes you do i have just checked it and it is indeed. i get confused
10X
sr. member
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June 22, 2013, 05:34:10 PM
If anyone is interested in power consumption of the different clocks:

300:


325:


350:


375:


I think this is very acurate  Wink

greets,
ebereon

legendary
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June 22, 2013, 05:14:41 PM
Blue fan pulls air into unit if I understand correctly
legendary
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June 22, 2013, 05:07:44 PM
So how hot is too hot?

I'm running my batch 1 and batch 2 units at 350MHz now.  B1 seems to have settled on 47c for temp3, where B2 is at 52c now.  Ambient temperature here is somewhat high (28c).

I have to place my unit right at the mouth of AC vent to make sure temp3 < 50C.
 In SW USA, top floor Smiley

Dude,
Can you tell me batch one unit blue fan is it sucking or blowing cold air like PWMS?
Please take a look at my last post
legendary
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Bitcoin / Crypto mining Hardware.
June 22, 2013, 03:28:27 PM
So how hot is too hot?

I'm running my batch 1 and batch 2 units at 350MHz now.  B1 seems to have settled on 47c for temp3, where B2 is at 52c now.  Ambient temperature here is somewhat high (28c).

I have to place my unit right at the mouth of AC vent to make sure temp3 < 50C.
 In SW USA, top floor Smiley
legendary
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Bitcoin / Crypto mining Hardware.
June 22, 2013, 03:27:13 PM
I'm using Strombom firmware stable @ 11h 11m 33s 83647.44 @ 350 on slush Suggested difficulty set to 32 my temps are alot lower 46

Fans are not set @ 100% Fan1 2400 Fan2 3960 Fan3 3720


How did you change the fan setting from 100% to auto? Thanks
hero member
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June 22, 2013, 03:24:50 PM
Batch 1 users did you put new thermal paste? or are you running stock? I might want to add new thermal paste and maybe set the fan speed lower if I can get Temps under 45...
legendary
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June 22, 2013, 03:22:03 PM
hi
is there any way (not to overclock!) to change frequency dynamic so that the fans run at max. 2000 rpm (because of the noise) in dependency of the (outside) temperatur
(summer is coming and cooling is more and more a trouble and with high frequency the noise is getting horrible..)
TIA
member
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June 22, 2013, 02:53:13 PM
can i get a link to modified firmware which allows 325 + 350 in seetings

thanks in advance

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16881231/avalon_clone/firmware/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr703n-v1-squashfs-factory_20130519b.bin

However the fans will run at 100%

Source

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2544524

Since the information about overclocking the Avalons seems to be out already and it's only a question about time when someone distributes a modified bit-file, I will post mine:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16881231/avalon_clone/firmware/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr703n-v1-squashfs-factory_20130519b.bin

I have been running it for a month on a batch 1 unit. Happy mining Smiley

Edit: I should add that the fan PWM is locked to 100% in this firmware.

Note:

Just wanted to share this fact. People have invested intrest to get the maximum return on their investment and are not required to share the results with the public as was the case with strombom.

The fact that the cgminer team shared their results with the peeps the moment they were confident with the code is just another reason we should continue to support open source.

THANKS!!!

flashed sucessfully!

hashing stably @ 76Gh/s @ 325mhz @ slush's pool now
data center cooling on stock PSU
fans working great
legendary
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June 22, 2013, 02:30:48 PM
Guy's,
Just a question it drives me nuts.
While changing PSU of my Avalon batch one i removed blue fan connector and forget where it was. I connected it to the last fan connector on controler Now following happens

When avalon boots Blue fan is blowing inside like the rest fans
When cgminer starts BLUE fan start to suck - changing the rotation

This is driving me nuts

To be on the safe side i hacked cgminer to max out fan speed that is all.

Here is the patch (by the way - con pls add an option like avalon-fan-max or whatever so we can max out fan performance)

Does your blue fan suck hot air out or blow cold inside while you are mining? I did not pay attention to it but it is stupid fun to suck while other two pwm's blow



  temp_new = info->temp_sum / info->temp_history_count;

        if (temp_new < 35) {
-               info->fan_pwm = AVALON_DEFAULT_FAN_MIN_PWM;
+               //info->fan_pwm = AVALON_DEFAULT_FAN_MIN_PWM;
+               info->fan_pwm = AVALON_DEFAULT_FAN_MAX_PWM;
                info->temp_old = temp_new;
        } else if (temp_new > 55) {
                info->fan_pwm = AVALON_DEFAULT_FAN_MAX_PWM;
                info->temp_old = temp_new;
        } else if (abs(temp_new - info->temp_old) >= 2) {
-               info->fan_pwm = AVALON_DEFAULT_FAN_MIN_PWM + (temp_new - 35) * 6.4;
+               info->fan_pwm = AVALON_DEFAULT_FAN_MAX_PWM;
+               //info->fan_pwm = AVALON_DEFAULT_FAN_MIN_PWM + (temp_new - 35) * 6.4;
                info->temp_old = temp_new;
        }
legendary
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June 22, 2013, 02:21:12 PM
power consumption of my Avalon 2 at 350MHz is 890Watts  Tongue. Room is at 76F right now.


I get the same power draw (890watts) at 325 MHz and about a third of the shares are rejected.  I'm guessing that the power supply is a 650watt unit and can't handle the load.  I'm back to running at 300MHz until I get a new power supply.


Here is a before and after upgrade to a Corsair AX860i from the original Batch 1 Avalon power supply.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1910169

Side by Side Comparison
Typical Batch 1 Avalon  before  upgrade, and an upgraded Batch 1 Avalon


Before                                             After
legendary
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Etherscan.io
June 22, 2013, 01:51:12 PM

I don`t know why but build 622 did not work (the hash rate was always 0  )



Try reapplying and Save the settings  under CGminer configuration and then hard power off/on
full member
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June 22, 2013, 01:41:42 PM
power consumption of my Avalon 2 at 350MHz is 890Watts  Tongue. Room is at 76F right now.


I get the same power draw (890watts) at 325 MHz and about a third of the shares are rejected.  I'm guessing that the power supply is a 650watt unit and can't handle the load.  I'm back to running at 300MHz until I get a new power supply.
legendary
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June 22, 2013, 01:31:57 PM
can butch 1 be updated also?

 the fan with the blue light struggles sometimes on one of my Avalon units, can anyone point me in the direction of where to find a replacement in the EU?
legendary
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June 22, 2013, 01:25:21 PM
350 - 105092.67mh/s

94194.56

91662.63
legendary
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June 22, 2013, 01:21:38 PM
thank you very much! Currently running my batch 2 on 325 Smiley running around 80gh/s
legendary
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June 22, 2013, 01:17:44 PM
So how hot is too hot?

I'm running my batch 1 and batch 2 units at 350MHz now.  B1 seems to have settled on 47c for temp3, where B2 is at 52c now.  Ambient temperature here is somewhat high (28c).
sr. member
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June 22, 2013, 12:25:42 PM
it was hard booted
after any update is a must
the cgminer was stopped and started manually
legendary
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June 22, 2013, 12:24:14 PM
I think the best solution will be the multiple options like the ones added by strombom in his build.
I`m running the 2 working modules from my aval at 355 with lower hw error rate then the build 519 at 43:300
Also the option to make the fun run in manual mode full speed or automatic mode is needed.
The unit with 15C air in stays at about 27C  at full speed (it worked at about 39C with all the previous builds, with )
Also the option to add lower modules then 2
I don`t know why but build 622 did not work (the hash rate was always 0  )

Sounds like the config settings did not take.

You may need to hard boot your unit after the update.
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