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Topic: Discontinued: Lancelot (Heavy Duty 400 Mega hashes, 2 x FPGA Mining Board) - page 14. (Read 86497 times)

legendary
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Thank you amazing kano. I did see higher mhs but it was probably fake. I still don't know what I'm doing
 so I'm sticking with short. Yes I'm using standard rom and p2pool, I need it to abort quickly.
legendary
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thanks for explanation Kano. reconfigured.)
legendary
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Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
Is.--icarus-timing 2.0=75 better than short for these units?

yes. definitely..
IF you are referring to the standard bitstream ...

No.

Firstly: it should be --icarus-timing 2.5=100 (not --icarus-timing 2.0=100)

Since it runs at 400MH/s setting it to 2.0 will make the MH/s read higher than it really is.

Secondly: 100 vs 75 will not make much of a difference ... but the minor difference is that 100 is better than 75
75 vs 100: 75 means that it will abort work at 7.5 seconds and start a new work item
100 means 10.0 seconds
Thus 75 will use 33% more work items for the same amount of work and thus 33% more CPU for work generation in cgminer.

bitpop, the easiest way to see this is to run it --icarus-timing short and look at the "Re-estimate:"s it produces.

For my one, a complete short run gives:
Code:
 [2013-05-27 22:30:04] BLT0 Re-estimate: Hs=2.500162e-09 W=6.150422e-03 read_time=10594ms fullnonce=10.744s
 [2013-05-27 22:31:32] BLT0 Re-estimate: Hs=2.500081e-09 W=6.179870e-03 read_time=10593ms fullnonce=10.744s
 [2013-05-27 22:36:02] BLT0 Re-estimate: Hs=2.500034e-09 W=6.350961e-03 read_time=10593ms fullnonce=10.744s
 [2013-05-27 22:41:43] BLT0 Re-estimate: Hs=2.500021e-09 W=6.256367e-03 read_time=10593ms fullnonce=10.744s
 [2013-05-27 22:57:04] BLT0 Re-estimate: Hs=2.500064e-09 W=6.206789e-03 read_time=10593ms fullnonce=10.744s
 [2013-05-27 23:23:27] BLT0 Re-estimate: Hs=2.500060e-09 W=6.225088e-03 read_time=10593ms fullnonce=10.744s
So you can clearly see it is 2.5 and 10s is under the 10.744s by 3/4 of a second so it's fine.

Note that above is the new code.
... which I've finally fixed all the windows MTX locking and hotplug problems that I know about that seem to have been hiding from me for a while ...

...

Now for  jimmy3dita's results:
If he is using a ~500MH/s bitstream then he should be using: --icarus-timing 2.0=75
As I've said before the 75 number has to be less than the fastest speed it will run at.
For 500MH/s that's 8.5899s
However if it is running a bit faster it will get idle if the number used is more than the hashing time.
75 means it will be OK for up to 572MH/s so it gives some leeway for the bitstream to adjust the clocking faster but still never fall idle.

Hmm I seem to be repeating this Smiley
legendary
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I've seen so many, 2.5=100 etc does it really matter

Is.--icarus-timing 2.0=75 better than short for these units?

yes. definitely..
full member
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Hello everyone, I wish to share my quick feedback about the FPGAs and the new V42 firmware.

My configuration (following the precious feedback from Kano) is --icarus-timing 2.0=75 and I get way better results than simply chosing "short" or "long".

Note that the ICA 0 has the V42 firmware (it will last there for 24 hours, then I'll decide if apply the upgrade to all other FPGAs) and the difficulty is 2:



Any hints are welcome, I'd like to calculate the hashrate of the V42 one Smiley


You have the U Rating there. 2.89 seems to work as an average one. 3.69/2.89= 127,7%.

--> Nehmen wir die 420 als Basis, oder 399, wie angepeilt, kommen wir auf --> 536 mhash/s bzw 509mh/s


legendary
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Is.--icarus-timing 2.0=75 better than short for these units?

yes. definitely..
legendary
Activity: 2912
Merit: 1060
Is.--icarus-timing 2.0=75 better than short for these units?
hero member
Activity: 588
Merit: 500
Hello everyone, I wish to share my quick feedback about the FPGAs and the new V42 firmware.

My configuration (following the precious feedback from Kano) is --icarus-timing 2.0=75 and I get way better results than simply chosing "short" or "long".

Note that the ICA 0 has the V42 firmware (it will last there for 24 hours, then I'll decide if apply the upgrade to all other FPGAs) and the difficulty is 2:



Any hints are welcome, I'd like to calculate the hashrate of the V42 one Smiley
legendary
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It's where you glue two lancelot together :-P
legendary
Activity: 4592
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Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
4 dual-chip boards off of one 18-ga wire (pair) is OK.  4 quad-chip boards isn't.
What quad chip boards? Tongue
legendary
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4 dual-chip boards off of one 18-ga wire (pair) is OK.  4 quad-chip boards isn't.
newbie
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Yes, the 4 pin generic connector works just fine. You can daisy chain them for multiple cards.

Don't daisy chain the power cables unless you really want to burn down your house.


Good to know. I have a two way splitter on two different molex 4pin connectors from PSU to power 4 boards. The other 10 are powered through the ATX adapter. Is this a potential fire hazard?

Hmm its quite possible though you should feel the cables themselves and also the exhaust from the PSU fans to see if either are Really hot.
If its hot to the touch then on average its too hot (most people can stand temps between 60-90C on there hardened fingertips
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
Yes, the 4 pin generic connector works just fine. You can daisy chain them for multiple cards.

Don't daisy chain the power cables unless you really want to burn down your house.


Good to know. I have a two way splitter on two different molex 4pin connectors from PSU to power 4 boards. The other 10 are powered through the ATX adapter. Is this a potential fire hazard?
sr. member
Activity: 329
Merit: 251
Hi

Will the Lancelot (Group Manufacturing Shipping 15th July) be available as a collection from Reading UK?
Could the remaining 50% be payed on collection?
You have a good rep on here and I'd rather you hold 50% of my order money than some of the "other" company's selling mining kit!

Cheers
newbie
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Blackarrow, i made order #1771 and want to know how can we use bitcoin escrow to pay for it ?

Thks
sr. member
Activity: 288
Merit: 250
No, of course, I know)) My PSU has 4 modular generic connectors and I have 4 leads x4 Molex connectors on the ends.

Yes, the 4 pin generic connector works just fine. You can daisy chain them for multiple cards.

Don't daisy chain the power cables unless you really want to burn down your house.

hero member
Activity: 532
Merit: 500
Yes, the 4 pin generic connector works just fine. You can daisy chain them for multiple cards.

Don't daisy chain the power cables unless you really want to burn down your house.
sr. member
Activity: 288
Merit: 250
Thank you for letting me know!

Yes, the 4 pin generic connector works just fine. You can daisy chain them for multiple cards.

Can somebody confirm that Molex connector is working, so I can connect the board to a regular PSU? Thanks
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
Yes, the 4 pin generic connector works just fine. You can daisy chain them for multiple cards.

Can somebody confirm that Molex connector is working, so I can connect the board to a regular PSU? Thanks
sr. member
Activity: 288
Merit: 250
Can somebody confirm that Molex connector is working, so I can connect the board to a regular PSU? Thanks
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