Arrived. Powered up. Connected to network. Hashed away merrily.
Happy!
Updated mining account info. Previous mining tip to Avalon.
Still Happy!
Off to buy M4 hex wrench. Just because I want to look inside.
Success!! Congrats ProfMac, it was a long wait.
What's the hashrate? are you going to overclock it?
Everything at the moment is in the rush of unplanned first day exploration. Woo Hoo!!
I started it with no changes whatsoever. Then:
0. I connected my laptop to the wired interface, no router present in the local link.
1. I added the WiFi network as a client to my CISCO router.
2. I noticed the Avalon was configured for ozco and eligius.
3. The eligius worker was the 3rd worker, it was in failover mode. Both the ozco workers said they were dead, eligius said alive.
4. I pulled up the Eligius web page and read a little too fast to comprehend enough the first reading. Decaf. Breath slowly.
5. I have a complicated deal with others that I am going to give payouts to, and an address I am going to pay out from. I needed to decide whether I will use the payout address from Eligius, or a dedicated address and then make an additional transaction. Dogie thinks I make everything over-complicated. This is unfounded.
6. Both sides of the WiFi are on the 192.168.0.x 255.255.255.0 subnet, so the laptop doesn't see the outside world, and the workstation doesn't see the Avalon. So I wrote down and typed the account number. I think I typed the account number wrong. So by now I've given a nice tip to both Avalon and to Juke-Jr.
7. I then put it on BTC Guild, because I had an account there. I had mined the month of February with an NVIDIA card and had 0.008 BTC I couldn't withdraw :-)
8. The BTC Guild web interface says it is 71,037 MH/s.
9. BTC Guild says the Avalon's speed is about 69,215 MH/s after 245,404 shares accepted today, and my balance is now 0.2854 BTC.
10. Each configuration change restarts the uptime clock. It has been running about 7 hours and probably would have mined productively the whole time if I had been a little more steady at the helm.
11. Right now, it's in the kitchen with cables running across the floor to the table.
12. I went to the hardware store and got an M4 wrench and an air conditioner filter to put in front of the air intakes. The drag on that makes a noticeable difference in the amount of air that exits the case.
13. I have not opened the case yet. I want to do each of several things next: fix the routing, move it to a permanent location with good ventilation, shut it down and open it up.
14. Oh, it is running the 20130607 firmware.
15. I'm sure I'll put the most recent firmware on it. I may put it in the basement, where it can take advantage of the cool nights, or put it in a top floor bedroom with the exhaust pointed out a window, where it helps to ventilate the whole house.
16. I may be a little conservative about overclocking it. I don't know how conservative. Perhaps wait until replacement modules are available, or until there are a couple of device-years of operation overclocked without a failure.
For the record, I have had several Chinese students in my classes, and I recognize their communication style. Based on that experience, I always trusted Yifu, and he has pulled of a major undertaking that is beyond my own ability. With plenty of time to develop buyer's remorse since February 18, I haven't.
