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Topic: Block Erupter Tube Sales Information Thread [Round4, Price at <1btc per TH/s] - page 18. (Read 88173 times)

legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 1859
Curmudgeonly hardware guy
I've had one of these on stock clock running off one of my D750 PSU setups for just shy of 10 hours straight, behind ckpool proxy pointed at ozcoin. Currently a 7-order difference in accepted shares versus rejected, reporting 816GH on the device and about 900GH at the pool, 98.4% efficient and 0.11% hardware errors. I'll test it out on some other pools later and see what looks like it should work. Probably any pool reported earlier with the same error response as ozcoin (so probably based on the same stratum backend code) would work just fine. I noticed some other pools, eligius and others using BFG stratum code, seem to hose the works again.

Install ckpool's proxy on a linux machine and punch in your pool and worker info into ckproxy.conf, point your Tube at the proxy.

I haven't ever messed with BFG as a proxy, but I don't think it requires a pi to run. If you got a linux machine the instructions probably aren't that different for installation.

hero member
Activity: 546
Merit: 500
So, news. I talked to ckolivas earlier and he helped me out. I directed a Tube through his hardware and he tracked down the issue. For one, there was indeed exactly the problem of the extranonce2 field always returning 4 bytes (I had mistakenly supposed 8 bytes but after looking at some source when it says '8 chars' in the error it means hex characters, two per byte) when the pool requests something other than 4 bytes. He also noted a lot of corrupt hex in the packets and it looks like the code was generally a botch job designed to work on their own pool, or maybe just ghash, whatever. In any case, not very good for actual customers.

So he patched the proxy in ckpool (https://bitbucket.org/ckolivas/ckpool) to truncate the extranonce2 and generally fix what was going wrong. I've got an instance testing now with a functional tube and so far it's looking good. At least, it works with ozcoin and slush that I've tested so far. Pools that don't use BFG software, best we can figure.

sidehack make sure I am understanding this right as I am not as technical as you are:

To mine on Slush for example I need to download CK's proxy and run the tubes through the proxy on a linux machine or as FC explained above purchase a Raspberry and make the described changes and basically proxy through it???

Thanks in advance.
sr. member
Activity: 379
Merit: 250
Another half-dozen on their way. Reselling these looks sketchy so I may as well run them into dust.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1012719-REG/evga_120_g2_1300_xr_supernova_1300_g2_power.html
$189.99 Free shipping

i was looking at the same PSU - note: it's available on newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438011  and they accept bitcoin with a $30 rebate.  

Yeah I got one from newegg last week, also microcenter had $30.00 rebate, BUT!!  you can only get 1 rebate regardless of store you buy from  Undecided. So if you have already used your 1-shot, B&H have lowest un-rebated price and free shipping.

I am attempting to power 5 - Tubes with 4 evga 1300 G2..  fingers crossed!
legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 1859
Curmudgeonly hardware guy
So, news. I talked to ckolivas earlier and he helped me out. I directed a Tube through his hardware and he tracked down the issue. For one, there was indeed exactly the problem of the extranonce2 field always returning 4 bytes (I had mistakenly supposed 8 bytes but after looking at some source when it says '8 chars' in the error it means hex characters, two per byte) when the pool requests something other than 4 bytes. He also noted a lot of corrupt hex in the packets and it looks like the code was generally a botch job designed to work on their own pool, or maybe just ghash, whatever. In any case, not very good for actual customers.

So he patched the proxy in ckpool (https://bitbucket.org/ckolivas/ckpool) to truncate the extranonce2 and generally fix what was going wrong. I've got an instance testing now with a functional tube and so far it's looking good. At least, it works with ozcoin and slush that I've tested so far. Pools that don't use BFG software, best we can figure.
donator
Activity: 848
Merit: 1005
How to run on pools other than ghash.io and btcguild with Raspberry PI and bfgminer

    1.Modify /etc/apt/sources.list on your Raspberry PI

    deb http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/raspbian/raspbian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
    deb-src http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/raspbian/raspbian/ wheezy main non-free contrib

    2.Update the aptitude package on your Raspberry PI

    sudo apt-get update

    3.Download bfgminer

    wget http://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/files/bfgminer/4.7.0/bfgminer-4.7.0.zip

    4.Uncompress

    unzip bfgminer-4.7.0.zip

    5.Install dependencies

    sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool libncurses-dev yasm curl libcurl4-openssl-dev libjansson-dev pkg-config libudev-dev uthash-dev libusb-dev libevent-dev

    6.Enter bfgminer directory

    cd bfgminer-4.7.0

    7.Run configuration

    ./configure

    8.Compile bfgminer

    make

    9.Run bfgminer

    ./bfgminer  -o stratum+tcp://stratum.f2pool.com:3333 -u -p 123 --stratum-port --set-device PXY:diff=

    10.Set static IP for Raspberry PI(modifying /etc/network/interfaces)
    Take the IP address 192.168.0.100 as an example. Replace iface eth0 inet dhcp as:

    iface eth0 inet static
    address 192.168.0.100
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.0.1    

    netmask and gateway are decided by your Raspberry PI's local network settings.

    11.Configure ethernet controllers

    Same example as above. Modify the pool address on ethernet controller to 192.168.0.100 with port 3333.
legendary
Activity: 1372
Merit: 1000
Another half-dozen on their way. Reselling these looks sketchy so I may as well run them into dust.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1012719-REG/evga_120_g2_1300_xr_supernova_1300_g2_power.html
$189.99 Free shipping

i was looking at the same PSU - note: it's available on newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438011  and they accept bitcoin with a $30 rebate. 
legendary
Activity: 4256
Merit: 8551
'The right to privacy matters'
cool is that while mining? if so which pool?

where do you buy them then? if you order fewer than 10 can you go direct to FC?

yes while mining @ approx. 800 GH/s on the pool that shan't be named.io unfortunately will not connect to eligius.st..  yet!
 any help with how to flash it?

You need to create a subnet of 192.168.0.x on your router...  OR you may need to just change router to ip 192.168.0.1.. Similar to antMiner setups.

Once there you do as FC states @ the beginning of thread type 192.168.0.254:8000/FlashMega into browser, I did this each time I added a new tube set to the chain.



oh good i get a break my router is .0. it is a dlink  thanks for the answer  I will book mark this.

I have a place that I pay 15 cents a kwatt then get an 84% discount on the bill  so I pay 2.4 cents a kwatt.  

I can only use about 1000 watts maybe 1200.  I think I will run the one into the ground.

that is the miners psu for sure I have 2 along with some more expensive seasonics
sr. member
Activity: 379
Merit: 250
Another half-dozen on their way. Reselling these looks sketchy so I may as well run them into dust.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1012719-REG/evga_120_g2_1300_xr_supernova_1300_g2_power.html
$189.99 Free shipping
sr. member
Activity: 379
Merit: 250
cool is that while mining? if so which pool?

where do you buy them then? if you order fewer than 10 can you go direct to FC?

yes while mining @ approx. 800 GH/s on the pool that shan't be named.io unfortunately will not connect to eligius.st..  yet!
  any help with how to flash it?

You need to create a subnet of 192.168.0.x on your router...  OR you may need to just change router to ip 192.168.0.1.. Similar to antMiner setups.

Once there you do as FC states @ the beginning of thread type 192.168.0.254:8000/FlashMega into browser, I did this each time I added a new tube set to the chain.

donator
Activity: 2352
Merit: 1060
between a rock and a block!
Looks like round 2 will ship before I receive round 1.
round 2 will enjoy Labor Day weekend.
hero member
Activity: 842
Merit: 608
Looks like round 2 will ship before I receive round 1.
donator
Activity: 2352
Merit: 1060
between a rock and a block!
I can handle smaller orders if it's domestic.  I ship same day as long as I have inventory.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/asicminer-tube-group-buy-2-735982

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.8544454

I'd pull a 1000W PSU for each if you got 'em.

thanks, they look power hungry


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.8544454

I'd pull a 1000W PSU for each if you got 'em.

+1   943 Watts for 1 Tube @ stock 270 clock, power eff. was over stated by 10-15%



cool is that while mining? if so which pool?

where do you buy them then? if you order fewer than 10 can you go direct to FC?

legendary
Activity: 4256
Merit: 8551
'The right to privacy matters'
cool is that while mining? if so which pool?

where do you buy them then? if you order fewer than 10 can you go direct to FC?

yes while mining @ approx. 800 GH/s on the pool that shan't be named.io unfortunately will not connect to eligius.st..  yet!
  any help with how to flash it?
legendary
Activity: 3808
Merit: 7912
Just out of curiosity, have you tried BTC Guild yet?

sr. member
Activity: 379
Merit: 250
cool is that while mining? if so which pool?

where do you buy them then? if you order fewer than 10 can you go direct to FC?

yes while mining @ approx. 800 GH/s on the pool that shan't be named.io unfortunately will not connect to eligius.st..  yet!
legendary
Activity: 1372
Merit: 1000
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.8544454

I'd pull a 1000W PSU for each if you got 'em.

thanks, they look power hungry


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.8544454

I'd pull a 1000W PSU for each if you got 'em.

+1   943 Watts for 1 Tube @ stock 270 clock, power eff. was over stated by 10-15%



cool is that while mining? if so which pool?

where do you buy them then? if you order fewer than 10 can you go direct to FC?
sr. member
Activity: 379
Merit: 250
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.8544454

I'd pull a 1000W PSU for each if you got 'em.

+1   943 Watts for 1 Tube @ stock 270 clock, power eff. was over stated IMHO, but I will know more once I can get them on 208V power in an ambient temp sub 35C.

legendary
Activity: 3374
Merit: 1859
Curmudgeonly hardware guy
legendary
Activity: 1372
Merit: 1000
Round 2 Sales
Full 10-devices set including:
  40 Hashing Units
  40 Thermal Pads
  3 Ethernet Controllers (1 for redundancy. One controller can in principle drive as many as 8 full devices)
  10 Cooling Kits
  10 Fans
  Free Assembling
9.9 BTC/set

Can someone pleas enlighten me.
Is my understanding correct: 9.9 BTC gets you 10 x of these assembled:

Total of 40 ASIC populated boards that deliver 8TH/s

What are the power requirements?  It looks like one is going to need at least 4 1000W power resupplies with additional cables to power all 10?.
legendary
Activity: 4256
Merit: 8551
'The right to privacy matters'
I confirmed that ghash is the only one working several days ago.

thanks I knew I read it.  so with sidehack finding mmpool.org and you finding ghash  we are  at two.
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