Topic: Bitmain's Released Antminer S9, World's First 16nm Miner Ready to Order - page 247. (Read 531298 times)

Best to email [email protected] and they will then send you the details of what to do, some forms on the site can only be filled in after you ship your part back.

I want to open a repair ticket to bitmaintech for by dead board, where can I get the SN and Cert No ?

here is what i did when this happen to me
i powered off one of working hashboard and used data cable and 3 pci-e cables used on it to the hidden board the create reset to the miner
when it still not showing i opened a ticket and they tell me to send it to them 

Maybe take a look at the connection from the controller to the hash board?
It may be lose and not connected properly since the control panel isn't picking it up.
Else from my knowledge I've heard the board is usually faulty when this happens.
Try the first thing I said and maybe even reset miner ?
I don't know. This may or may not solve it

I wish you the best of luck

Edit: which psu are you running ? I had a similar problem when I was running 2 x 1000W psu and one psu broke thus a board completely disappeared.
I'd presume you having this problem because the hashboard isn't receiving power. That's most probably the provlem

the board doesn't look fried to me, otherwise it would have shown X on chips right ?
it just doesn't appear at all.
maybe I could make it work again without having to deal with bitmain's shitty warranty ?

Work your way through bitmains warranty process. It's tedious but also the only route you can head if you want a replacement

damn, one board on my antminer S9 died after only 1 week

my miner is running now with only 2 boards :

https://gyazo.com/6f12eef2b96edff365292c20abc80399

what can I do ?

P.S.: Bitmaintech is the worst company ever, and their products become only worse and worse, and not to mention their warranty which is useless
I will never buy from them again

I don't know anything about this particular company. But I do happen to have some fresh information about the real-estate/property developers in Greater London area. There is plenty of freshly build/renovated residential and commercial locations that are looking for a buyer without any current tenants. Developers are again resorting to having fake occupancy by letting trustable people to live and use the facilities free of rent&utilities. Conditions typically are: be personally known to trusted people in the construction business, be able to move out on a very short notice (few days at most), be trusted and capable of leaving the property in the "as new" condition, don't look and behave like a chav.

The holy grail of the Bitcoin mining is free electricity. Paradoxically, it is easiest to get it in the areas that normally have very high rents and costs of utilities. You won't get it on the regular commercial/residential terms, only as a temporary fallback financed by the developers/bond holders/speculators. Certainly, you won't find them advertised anywhere.

From my broader experience I'm pretty sure that such conditions aren't limited to London, UK. So keep your eyes open for opportunities like that in the city near you.

Again, the above was a general information, not specific to any particular offer discussed above.

LOL figures

Do you think they will ship without you paying first?

There are many other red flags in that listing, I wouldn't touch it even if paying by PayPal, especially after it's been bid up to $1575 last time I looked.

Location - London, I doubt any mining farm could be located there
Delivery - by mid-October (at least to the US, not sure of other locations)
Stock photo
30%+ discount for no reason (there is no newer hardware to upgrade to)

That's just from memory, too lazy to open that link again.

1/4BTC donated to philipma's Bounty escrow for this!

I could pay with paypal but I would have to pay the fees.

As I said I'm not worried about payment protection as I won't pay upfront.

Paying to a stranger will be no problem here as I wouldn't pay anything before seeing the miners.

Do you really think it's too good to be true?

I've been reading all S9 threads and they don't seem very reliable. That's my main fear.

I'm less inclined to follow with this deal but not for being too good to be true.

Hey, that's interesting and I had no idea it was going on. I'll have to stary paying more attention.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.16099218-Re: [cracked]Bounty for Cracking Bitmain S9 BMminer

Bmminer 1.0.0 to Cgminer 4.9.2 (with all latest updates)

For S9's they still only accept btc.

what about paying with paypal....through your credit card.  cant you get a chargeback or whatever credit protection ?

It's too good to be true and involves paying BTC to a stranger. Do you really need someone else's gut here? 

Just don't. Buy for ~2.5 BTC from Bitmain if you must or just HODL.

Shoot, that's an interesting deal. I'm assuming the operation only keeps the miners for the duration of the warranty period and then they sell them off?

2btc for a S9... Dang...

What do you think about this deal on ebay?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BITMAIN-ASIC-Antminer-S9-Batch-1-16nm-14-TH-s-0-1-J-GHs-Free-Shipping-/291859832284?hash=item43f4339ddc:g:DicAAOSwnFZXWt78&autorefresh=true


Please note that I'm not asking opinions about trusting this guy because I'll definitely not trust. I'll be in China next week anyway and I already arranged a meeting to see the miners in Guangzhou before I send any payment. The seller didn't raise any objection to it and he was actually very friendly and open to the idea.

So considering the seller is legit is it a good deal?

4 used s9's for 8 btc? 2 btc per miner or even lower if I negotiate a larger order. For 4 packs of 4 the last quote he gave me was 30 btc.

I don't mine for a long time due to electricity cost in my country so I don't even know what to look for but I'll meet a chinese friend there that will be my partner if I choose to proceed with this.

My friend will see the miners with me and if we buy them he'll setup the miners and run them in China.

The thing is I'll have to pay the most of this 30+ btc because he hasn't much spare capital. I'll be the one exposed to the most risk if the miners fail or don't ROI or...

What's your advice? I know there's always a risk involved and I accept that. But looking at the whole picture what does your gut tell you?