Topic: Avalon ASIC users thread - page 51. (Read 438714 times)

You would need to change the Avalon's ethernet port IP address to something similar to your computers. For insance, if your desktop/laptop is something like 192.168.1.100 change the Avalon to 192.168.1.(pick a number between 10 and 254). Keep in mind that there might be something on your network with the number you might choose so pick something odd like 177...

Remove the antenna, plug in an ethernet cable and you should be good to go.

So I could just unscrew and remove the external WiFi Ariel and plug it directly into my router with an Ethernet? Would that require me to change any settings?

All four of my miners are using 8.8.8.8 as the DNS entry. Only one of them would not connect and mine about 90% of the time.

I've decided to NOT use that bad miners controller and just plugged the two modules into another Avalon.

I didnt take any photo's (although I should have). The screws I'm talking about are on the small rectangular plates that secure the ASIC boards to the heat sink. With those screws as lose as they were the ASIC's would not have been able to transfer heat properly to the heat sinks and most likely would fail prematurely. 

I would suggest setting a static local IP rather than using DHCP and see if that helps.

Your software and hardware seems incompatible. Try another version of the firmware.

Much obliged!

Upgraded to ck-20131112 and got this:


 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] AVA0 reset: get:                    
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] 00000000   aa 55 aa 55 00 00 00 00  00 5d 20 00 00 00 01 00 |.U.U.....] .....|                    
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] 00000010   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08  00 00 00 08 00 00 00 08 |................|                    
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] 00000020   00 00 00 08 00 00 00 08  00 00 00 08 00 00 00 08 |................|                    
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] 00000030   00 00 00 08 7f be 2c 78  00 00 00 00 7f be 2b 50 |......,x......+P|                    
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] AVA0: Reset failed! not an Avalon? (9: aa 55 aa 55)                    


I can assure you it's still an Avalon, but needless to say, I strongly suspect a hardware fault.

EDIT: Found the below later in the log:

 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] AVA0: Idling 32 miners                   
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] Avalon Detected: 1:3 (miner_count=32 asic_count=10 timeout=45 frequency=282)                   
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] AVA looking for BTB 0403:6001 but found 0409:005a instead                   
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] AVA looking for BBF 0403:6001 but found 0409:005a instead                   
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] AVA looking for AVA 0403:6001 but found 0409:005a instead                   
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] AVA looking for BTB 0403:6001 but found 1d6b:0002 instead                   
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] AVA looking for BBF 0403:6001 but found 1d6b:0002 instead                   
 [2013-11-12 19:47:23] AVA looking for AVA 0403:6001 but found 1d6b:0002 instead                   


All the values are correct, but I can't really decode the rest.

you connecting via wifi or physical ethernet cable?
ethernet cable is always much more stable than wifi.

which screws are you referring to specifically?
can you show via a photo?

thanks mate, i would like to try it out.

Why is my miner losing connection? I have only had it a couple of days and haven't tampered with the hardware. Sometimes when I come home after college my miner has stopped mining and the orange light is on, so it is losing connection, yet my internet has been on the whole time. Can anybody help? Thanks.
~AvalonMiner
p.s. My miner is an AvalonMini 60Gh.

Recently I purchased a avalon mini and I kinda screwed up the PSU. What happened was I opened up the machine to check what PSU I have, but then a screw when into the PSU and I didn't know. Without screwing everything back in, I tried to start the machine. I tried it twice and it switched off my fuse panel. So I opened the PSU later and tried to figure out what happened, then I bought the screw stuck in between 2 circuit wires. My question is did I damage my machine or just the PSU? I have an new PSU coming in and I want to know what is the chance that I screwed up the whole avalon mini.

http://avalon-asics.com/

Where is the official place to buy an Avalon?

dns?

Yeah, that makes more sense. I wonder why my 2 module units are set to 24? I wonder if I should try setting them to 16 to see if they behave any different. The reason I ask is because when my now 4 module Avalon was set to 24 it would only hash in the MH range. Never would reach a singe GH.

Thanks for posting that.

-8 is an overflow error which is unusual. Which firmware are you running? Try upgrading to latest supported

My Avalon recently stopped hashing, and this is what cgminer outputs with debug enabled (hopefully relevant excerpt):

 [2013-10-11 10:32:48] AVA0: GetAvalonReset (amt=64 err=-8 ern=11)
 [2013-10-11 10:32:48] AVA0: Get avalon read got err -8
 [2013-10-11 10:32:48] AVA0 reset: get:
 [2013-10-11 10:32:48] 00000000   aa 55 aa 55 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.U.U............|
 [2013-10-11 10:32:48] 00000010   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
 [2013-10-11 10:32:48] 00000020   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 41 06 d6 bf |............A...|
 [2013-10-11 10:32:48] 00000030   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 0a 28 cd 70 |.............(.p|
 [2013-10-11 10:32:48] AVA0: Reset succeeded (Controller version: 2013060665)


Can anyone suggest a remedy? Thanks in advance.

1 modules = 8
2 modules = 16
3 modules = 24
4 modules = 32

Nevermind, found it.

Change the number of miners from 24 (for a 2 module unit) to 32 (for a 4 module unit) and restart CGMiner.

120+GH's now. 

Oh trust me, I'm not confused by the working/not working Avalons. I know I want to take a hammer to the one that doesnt work! LOL!

1. Right now, its static. Its been DHCP as well but that did not change the fact that it wont hash. For the record, I know it can only be one or the other.
2. Yes, same cable plugged into my laptop (pulled out of the port on the Avalon) and it works fine. Yes, at its new location. (up a 10 foot ladder thank you very much  )

So... From my 30+ years of troubleshooting (albeit a completely different industry) I've deduced that there is something wrong with the network controller on the Avalon that wont connect. Since my other 3 are working I decided to give something a shot.

I unplugged the ribbon cables from the FPGA controller board in the BA (Bad Avalon) and plugged them into one of my GA's (Good Avalon). I also moved the fan connector from the BA to the controller in the GA. Obviously the temp sensors cant be fooled with but these units "should" heat up about the same so the GA should be able to keep the modules in the BA cooled down. The power supply from the BA is supplying current to the 2 hashing modules so theres no crazy load on the other units supply.

I think I have some tweaking yet to do in CGMiners setup as I'm not getting the 120ish GH's that I should be getting from 4 modules clocked at 375. FWIW when the BA was working I was getting right around 63GH's out of it.

Anyone know the tweaks needed for what would be a 4 module Avalon?