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Quote from: exahash on September 09, 2013, 05:13:56 PM

Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 06, 2013, 11:02:48 PM

I am certain it is the module, after messing around with it for a while I started to smell that infamous burning electronics smell. To further prove it's the module, I saw it spark up pretty good upon flipping the switch on... scared the crap out of me lol.

This just happened to me too. Angry

On mine it's clearly the chip near the center of a miner with a big + sign and "680 e31" - it looks and smells burnt

In my unit two modules are connected and two are not. The problem is on one of the connected modules, though it looks like I could separate it fairly easily.

Still searching... is there a warranty or some way to get this fixed?

What frequency were you running?

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Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 06, 2013, 11:02:48 PM

I am certain it is the module, after messing around with it for a while I started to smell that infamous burning electronics smell. To further prove it's the module, I saw it spark up pretty good upon flipping the switch on... scared the crap out of me lol.

This just happened to me too. Angry

On mine it's clearly the chip near the center of a miner with a big + sign and "680 e31" - it looks and smells burnt

In my unit two modules are connected and two are not. The problem is on one of the connected modules, though it looks like I could separate it fairly easily.

Still searching... is there a warranty or some way to get this fixed?

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Quote from: 6raygp on September 08, 2013, 08:46:16 PM

Quote from: GandalfG on September 08, 2013, 05:49:50 PM

Quote from: 6raygp on September 08, 2013, 03:28:24 PM

Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 06, 2013, 10:29:24 PM

When the Avalon is turned on, immediately the red light comes on & it won't hash. The fans aren't spinning either. Huh

Replacing the PSU... nothing
Flashing to ckolivas' newest firmware... nothing

Ive been having similar issues, when using http://ocz.com/consumer/psu/zx-series-850w-1250w-power-supply ZX Series 850W-1250W - Power Supply
I get red and yellow leds and the fans dont spin.

When placing the original power supply back in fans spin and I get yellow and green leds.

Ive checked all connections to make sure nothings unplugged, reflashed the wr703n, unsuccessfully tried replacing the power supply(red and yellow led), copied every setting from a functioning avalons luci/cgminer settings.

I've posted the system, kernal and cgminer error logs here.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.3089903

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks in advance.
6ray

As well I understood Avalon works without problems with original PSU ?
If not remove all modules and try run with one. Than check next one.

With the orginal PSU the fans spin, wr703n functions fine but we still have a yellow/green leds.

When you talk about removing a module to you mean removing the power chord attached to the module, removing the pci data ribbon or both?

Yes both, data and power connector from all modules, and start connecting one by one.

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Quote from: GandalfG on September 08, 2013, 05:49:50 PM

Quote from: 6raygp on September 08, 2013, 03:28:24 PM

Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 06, 2013, 10:29:24 PM

When the Avalon is turned on, immediately the red light comes on & it won't hash. The fans aren't spinning either. Huh

Replacing the PSU... nothing
Flashing to ckolivas' newest firmware... nothing

Ive been having similar issues, when using http://ocz.com/consumer/psu/zx-series-850w-1250w-power-supply ZX Series 850W-1250W - Power Supply
I get red and yellow leds and the fans dont spin.

When placing the original power supply back in fans spin and I get yellow and green leds.

Ive checked all connections to make sure nothings unplugged, reflashed the wr703n, unsuccessfully tried replacing the power supply(red and yellow led), copied every setting from a functioning avalons luci/cgminer settings.

I've posted the system, kernal and cgminer error logs here.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.3089903

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks in advance.
6ray

As well I understood Avalon works without problems with original PSU ?
If not remove all modules and try run with one. Than check next one.

With the orginal PSU the fans spin, wr703n functions fine but we still have a yellow/green leds.

When you talk about removing a module to you mean removing the power chord attached to the module, removing the pci data ribbon or both?

GandalfG

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Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 07, 2013, 12:27:23 AM

BTW-

Has anyone tried taking Avalon batch 3 modules apart? In the four module version, they combined modules 1 & 2 and 3 & 4. I'm not sure if there is an easy way to separate them into individual modules.

If anyone wants a fried batch 3 module let me know, maybe you could fix it. I am not sure what fried on it, but I saw sparks flying so it can't be good.

You can remove only broken submodule. Each module usually contains 8 mini modules (PCBs) with 10 chips. I see only on low quality photo batch 3 module. They have 2x40 chip PCB, but I'm not sure.
I test Avalon with only one chip and works fine

So in my opinion You can work with any quantity PCB. I am happy to buy the defective unit without heat sink - depends on the price.

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Quote from: 6raygp on September 08, 2013, 03:28:24 PM

Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 06, 2013, 10:29:24 PM

When the Avalon is turned on, immediately the red light comes on & it won't hash. The fans aren't spinning either. Huh

Replacing the PSU... nothing
Flashing to ckolivas' newest firmware... nothing

Ive been having similar issues, when using http://ocz.com/consumer/psu/zx-series-850w-1250w-power-supply ZX Series 850W-1250W - Power Supply
I get red and yellow leds and the fans dont spin.

When placing the original power supply back in fans spin and I get yellow and green leds.

Ive checked all connections to make sure nothings unplugged, reflashed the wr703n, unsuccessfully tried replacing the power supply(red and yellow led), copied every setting from a functioning avalons luci/cgminer settings.

I've posted the system, kernal and cgminer error logs here.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.3089903

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks in advance.
6ray

As well I understood Avalon works without problems with original PSU ?
If not remove all modules and try run with one. Than check next one.

6raygp

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Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 06, 2013, 10:29:24 PM

When the Avalon is turned on, immediately the red light comes on & it won't hash. The fans aren't spinning either. Huh

Replacing the PSU... nothing
Flashing to ckolivas' newest firmware... nothing

Ive been having similar issues, when using http://ocz.com/consumer/psu/zx-series-850w-1250w-power-supply ZX Series 850W-1250W - Power Supply
I get red and yellow leds and the fans dont spin.

When placing the original power supply back in fans spin and I get yellow and green leds.

Ive checked all connections to make sure nothings unplugged, reflashed the wr703n, unsuccessfully tried replacing the power supply(red and yellow led), copied every setting from a functioning avalons luci/cgminer settings.

I've posted the system, kernal and cgminer error logs here.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.3089903

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks in advance.
6ray

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any reading material on setting avalon units to solo mine on windows?

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Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 07, 2013, 02:39:27 AM

I need to consult with my mining consortium before I can give a price. Perhaps I will make an auction thread. Anyways.. I'll let you guys know soon.

do so.. put up an auction..

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I need to consult with my mining consortium before I can give a price. Perhaps I will make an auction thread. Anyways.. I'll let you guys know soon.

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Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 07, 2013, 12:27:23 AM

BTW-

Has anyone tried taking Avalon batch 3 modules apart? In the four module version, they combined modules 1 & 2 and 3 & 4. I'm not sure if there is an easy way to separate them into individual modules.

If anyone wants a fried batch 3 module let me know, maybe you could fix it. I am not sure what fried on it, but I saw sparks flying so it can't be good.

Interested.

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Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 07, 2013, 12:27:23 AM

BTW-

Has anyone tried taking Avalon batch 3 modules apart? In the four module version, they combined modules 1 & 2 and 3 & 4. I'm not sure if there is an easy way to separate them into individual modules.

If anyone wants a fried batch 3 module let me know, maybe you could fix it. I am not sure what fried on it, but I saw sparks flying so it can't be good.

id have it too.. price?

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Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 07, 2013, 12:27:23 AM

BTW-

Has anyone tried taking Avalon batch 3 modules apart? In the four module version, they combined modules 1 & 2 and 3 & 4. I'm not sure if there is an easy way to separate them into individual modules.

If anyone wants a fried batch 3 module let me know, maybe you could fix it. I am not sure what fried on it, but I saw sparks flying so it can't be good.

I want it.

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BTW-

Has anyone tried taking Avalon batch 3 modules apart? In the four module version, they combined modules 1 & 2 and 3 & 4. I'm not sure if there is an easy way to separate them into individual modules.

If anyone wants a fried batch 3 module let me know, maybe you could fix it. I am not sure what fried on it, but I saw sparks flying so it can't be good.

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Definitely could of been worse. I'm just happy to have it back at 3/4ths the speed!

I am certain it is the module, after messing around with it for a while I started to smell that infamous burning electronics smell. To further prove it's the module, I saw it spark up pretty good upon flipping the switch on... scared the crap out of me lol.

Cheers creativex

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I had a b3 4 module unit with teh same symptoms once. I was never sure exactly what cured it, but I swapped to another identical PSU and that didn't do it so I tried two smaller PSUs(2*650) each feeding one CPU header and one PCIe header. I used the paperclip short to turn on the second PSU and it worked. Weird thing is, later I swapped it back to the original PSU and it still worked.

Not much to go on, but hope it helps.

Edit: Nice. - a few hashes, but it could've been worse right?

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Quote from: CoinHoarder on September 06, 2013, 10:29:24 PM

1 BTC to whomever can help me solve this.

When the Avalon is turned on, immediately the red light comes on & it won't hash. The fans aren't spinning either. Huh

I can connect to it through the web interface.

I tried:
Replacing the PSU... nothing
Flashing to ckolivas' newest firmware... nothing

Any ideas? This seems hardware related rather than software related, but I'm at a loss as to what to try..

I'm thinking possibly it is the Avalon PDU (because the fans don't spin up when it is turned on), or the TP-LINK WR703N. However, that is just me speculating.

Actually, upon further review... it seems we blew out a module. After disconnecting this busted module, the other three modules are running fine.

Bounty goes to me. Tongue

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1 BTC to whomever can help me solve this.

When the Avalon is turned on, immediately the red light comes on & it won't hash. The fans aren't spinning either. Huh

I can connect to it through the web interface.

I tried:
Replacing the PSU... nothing
Flashing to ckolivas' newest firmware... nothing

Any ideas? This seems hardware related rather than software related, but I'm at a loss as to what to try..

I'm thinking possibly it is the Avalon PDU (because the fans don't spin up when it is turned on), or the TP-LINK WR703N. However, that is just me speculating.

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Quote from: tarui on September 06, 2013, 09:35:59 AM

how old is old?

mine;s 20130703

Old predates the --avalon-auto and --avalon-freq arguments, so in your case it's not old

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Quote from: 6raygp on September 05, 2013, 01:42:18 PM

Hello

I'm running two Batch 3 Avalon 4 modules. The machines has been running flawlessly for the last month+, in that entire time there has only been the need for one or two restarts and uptime was always measured in days.

A day ago in the middle of the afternoon one machine quite suddenly stopped hashing. The yellow LED on the back came on. There was no associated obvious event at the time, the circuit didn't trip or anything noticeable, just a sudden stop in mining.

Is it possible it is the power supply?

I guess it could be.... how would one test if its the power supply?

Thanks in advance.

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