Topic: DRILLBIT SYSTEM Miners - Avalon range available - Now $104.99! - page 34. (Read 273879 times)
November 29, 2013, 11:57:31 PM
On my zombied board I noticed that u20 located between the usb and molex get hot but nothing else does on the board.
November 29, 2013, 11:40:15 PM
Fuck, Im worried now
November 29, 2013, 11:36:15 PM
Well, I've now got 3 of 5 that aren't working...until I hear back from someone I'm not mining.
Hopefully this gets resolved soon...it seems like they start working, go ZOMBIE, then stop working and won't power up again.
Hopefully this gets resolved soon...it seems like they start working, go ZOMBIE, then stop working and won't power up again.
I tested the ~150 boards I sent, one by one and they were all good... Are you using a hub?
2 of mine went dead too bobsag. They go for awhile before they go to sleep without waking up. So a quick test without hashing for a little while may not have exposed this issue. Hoping a firmware update would resolve it, but for now they're effectively dead. One still has the green light and is visible to CGMiner, but won't hash at all (Timeouts). The other one seems totally dead without a green light anymore and not visible to CGMiner.
Yep. I'm seeing the same thing on two of my four (timeouts on some ASICs, then total connection loss and the green light is off).
Really, really hoping this is a firmware fixable thing.
One thing I'll point out here, as I did in the drillbit forum thread, was that I've discovered neither the Eight nor the Thumbs play nice with USB 3.0 ports. Connected to a USB 3 port, even through a USB 2.0 hub, they become invisible.
November 29, 2013, 11:21:03 PM
I finally got 6 Drillbit Eight boards and 5 usb drillbits running on the same computer.
Turns out 2 of my 8 Eight boards won't turn on the green light. I tried in know good miniplane and with good molex power but both seem dead.
I can only get 3 of the boards to be recognized when I start up cgminer-drillbit, the other 3 I have to manually plug in the USB cable and wait for it to be detected.
my settings are the standard 40:1:850 and my 6 boards are bouncing between 18.2 and 20.9 GH/s each. I'm not going to fight it anymore tonight and let it run. I hope it makes it until morning because I went out to check on it after my last post and my computer had no video display so that forced me to reboot and experiment some more.
Turns out 2 of my 8 Eight boards won't turn on the green light. I tried in know good miniplane and with good molex power but both seem dead.
I can only get 3 of the boards to be recognized when I start up cgminer-drillbit, the other 3 I have to manually plug in the USB cable and wait for it to be detected.
my settings are the standard 40:1:850 and my 6 boards are bouncing between 18.2 and 20.9 GH/s each. I'm not going to fight it anymore tonight and let it run. I hope it makes it until morning because I went out to check on it after my last post and my computer had no video display so that forced me to reboot and experiment some more.
November 29, 2013, 11:17:59 PM
Well, I've now got 3 of 5 that aren't working...until I hear back from someone I'm not mining.
Hopefully this gets resolved soon...it seems like they start working, go ZOMBIE, then stop working and won't power up again.
Hopefully this gets resolved soon...it seems like they start working, go ZOMBIE, then stop working and won't power up again.
I tested the ~150 boards I sent, one by one and they were all good... Are you using a hub?
2 of mine went dead too bobsag. They go for awhile before they go to sleep without waking up. So a quick test without hashing for a little while may not have exposed this issue. Hoping a firmware update would resolve it, but for now they're effectively dead. One still has the green light and is visible to CGMiner, but won't hash at all (Timeouts). The other one seems totally dead without a green light anymore and not visible to CGMiner.
I only have one board connected directly via USB and it hashed about 5 hour and then went zombie as well. It does nothing now no green light no hashing nothing. I hope we can get this sorted out.
November 29, 2013, 11:12:42 PM
I've got one board that hashes at full speed, but puts out about 75% hardware errors. I tried another board with the same power/usb cable and it works just fine. I've got three boards up and running on three different computers at the moment. They all seem to be averaging about 21.8 gigahashes at the recommended start settings.
Chad
Chad
What are your "starter" settings?
--drillbit-options int:52:2:950 was listed on the drillbit website as being the recommended starter settings. I'll let them run a little longer and try to take some screen shots.
bobsag3...Were there any spare boards packed in the shipment or should I contact Barntech? I'm not sure what else to try with this last board. It hashes full speed, but puts out about three times as many hardware errors as it does accepted shares. Any ideas on what to do there?
Chad
November 29, 2013, 11:10:06 PM
I've got one board that hashes at full speed, but puts out about 75% hardware errors. I tried another board with the same power/usb cable and it works just fine. I've got three boards up and running on three different computers at the moment. They all seem to be averaging about 21.8 gigahashes at the recommended start settings.
Chad
Chad
What are your "starter" settings?
My current settings are --drillbit-options int:53:2:850 This produces slightly higher results than 'stock' (int:40:1:850).
had some issues with 950, but will continue exploring
'timing out unresponsive AsicX', the Drillbit 8 board doesn't start. went back to int:53:2:850 and all is fine.
Cheers
November 29, 2013, 11:00:38 PM
I've got one board that hashes at full speed, but puts out about 75% hardware errors. I tried another board with the same power/usb cable and it works just fine. I've got three boards up and running on three different computers at the moment. They all seem to be averaging about 21.8 gigahashes at the recommended start settings.
Chad
Chad
What are your "starter" settings?
My current settings are --drillbit-options int:53:2:850 This produces slightly higher results than 'stock' (int:40:1:850).
had some issues with 950, but will continue exploring
November 29, 2013, 10:58:34 PM
Well, I've now got 3 of 5 that aren't working...until I hear back from someone I'm not mining.
Hopefully this gets resolved soon...it seems like they start working, go ZOMBIE, then stop working and won't power up again.
Hopefully this gets resolved soon...it seems like they start working, go ZOMBIE, then stop working and won't power up again.
I tested the ~150 boards I sent, one by one and they were all good... Are you using a hub?
2 of mine went dead too bobsag. They go for awhile before they go to sleep without waking up. So a quick test without hashing for a little while may not have exposed this issue. Hoping a firmware update would resolve it, but for now they're effectively dead. One still has the green light and is visible to CGMiner, but won't hash at all (Timeouts). The other one seems totally dead without a green light anymore and not visible to CGMiner.
November 29, 2013, 10:45:17 PM
So far I'm only able to get my computer to recognize 4 out of my 8 boards, along with 5 USB drillbits.
Even this was a major chore. The best approach for a while was to start up cgminer-drill bit with the int:52:2:950 with just the USB drillbits plugged in. Unfortunately they don't hash as fast without the ext:250:1:950 command. I tried using both the ext and int parameters on the same line but no go.
Then, I would plug in one board and wait for the usb driver to be found, wait a little while and then plug in another board. That got me to 4 boards working but the 5th board caused zombies. I'm pulling power from 2 different computers and a 3rd standalone power supply (I'm short on molex connectors) so I should have enough power.
The whole setup is very sensitive and I've fought for the last 1/2 hour getting back to 4 boards and my 5 usb drillbits working. I'm going to leave it alone for now and try to set the other boards up on another computer.
I managed to separate the Thumb from the Drillbit board by using the --usb :1 entry on the batch file that starts each one of the instances (2 separate directories, each with its own instance of cgminer). I first start the Thumb with its batch file (which has the oc settings, different for the Thumb which accepts 'ext' clock, while the board only uses 'int' clock source). Once the Thumb is running, I connect the Drillbit Board, run its separate instance of cgminer with the selected --drillbit options.... This way they both co-exist on the same (ancient) laptop (together with a bunch of BE's, BF/RF devices).Even this was a major chore. The best approach for a while was to start up cgminer-drill bit with the int:52:2:950 with just the USB drillbits plugged in. Unfortunately they don't hash as fast without the ext:250:1:950 command. I tried using both the ext and int parameters on the same line but no go.
Then, I would plug in one board and wait for the usb driver to be found, wait a little while and then plug in another board. That got me to 4 boards working but the 5th board caused zombies. I'm pulling power from 2 different computers and a 3rd standalone power supply (I'm short on molex connectors) so I should have enough power.
The whole setup is very sensitive and I've fought for the last 1/2 hour getting back to 4 boards and my 5 usb drillbits working. I'm going to leave it alone for now and try to set the other boards up on another computer.
Cheers
November 29, 2013, 10:44:31 PM
I start mine connected to nothing and then connect to the usb on my hub. I usually wait for the green light. Also when I've tested(tried to get it to work), I unplug the usb from the other working one too.
November 29, 2013, 10:42:50 PM
If anyone is having issues or looking for resolution don't forget about the forums.
A thread was started for anyone having issues earlier to see if we can help each other out: http://drillbitsystem.com/forum/index.php?topic=196.0
A thread was started for anyone having issues earlier to see if we can help each other out: http://drillbitsystem.com/forum/index.php?topic=196.0
November 29, 2013, 10:40:25 PM
I've got one board that hashes at full speed, but puts out about 75% hardware errors. I tried another board with the same power/usb cable and it works just fine. I've got three boards up and running on three different computers at the moment. They all seem to be averaging about 21.8 gigahashes at the recommended start settings.
Chad
Chad
What are your "starter" settings?
November 29, 2013, 10:39:53 PM
Well, I've now got 3 of 5 that aren't working...until I hear back from someone I'm not mining.
Hopefully this gets resolved soon...it seems like they start working, go ZOMBIE, then stop working and won't power up again.
Can you try the 'problem' boards one at a time on a separate PC? (just to avoid the USB port assignment and potential conflicts with other boards/devices).Hopefully this gets resolved soon...it seems like they start working, go ZOMBIE, then stop working and won't power up again.
Another issue that I had is that I saved the cgminer settings (into cgminer.conf), but I was changing the Drillbit board settings through a batch file, so there was a conflict between the saved conf file and the instructions in the batch file. This resulted in a few cases of ZOMBIE when I restarted cgminer after some drillbit option changes. Renaming (or deleting) the .conf file solves this.
Good luck
The 2 problem boards won't even light up when I plug them in (directly or in mini-plane) so I don't think that would help. The other 3 are working fine besides one tossing ~10% HW errors.
Good luck
November 29, 2013, 10:39:33 PM
You have MONSTER boards then.
November 29, 2013, 10:38:28 PM
I've got one board that hashes at full speed, but puts out about 75% hardware errors. I tried another board with the same power/usb cable and it works just fine. I've got three boards up and running on three different computers at the moment. They all seem to be averaging about 21.8 gigahashes at the recommended start settings.
Chad
Chad
November 29, 2013, 10:19:14 PM
What size standoffs should I use for these boards? I only have one, but I plan to add more down the line.
November 29, 2013, 10:01:41 PM
Got my 2 8 Chip Drillbits today and they are up and hashing at 18.5 to 19.4 Gh/s. I am using a fairly cheap power supply so it may be the reason I am not hitting a consistent 20 Gh/s or why the backplane refuse to work. I am pretty happy, great work Barn!
Completely refuse? How cheap is cheap, I got name brand 400+watt power supply for about 50 usd.
If you think its that cheap check out the black friday websites. I'd imagine someones got a supply you'd consider not cheap.
I am using an junky Echo Star and have a much better replacement on the way. I did notice that the chips need to be played with a bit to find a stable settings because the recomended settings ( --drillbit-options int:52:2:950) did not work for me. Now I am using --drillbit-options int:54:2:850 and getting very few hardware errors.
November 29, 2013, 10:00:46 PM
So far I'm only able to get my computer to recognize 4 out of my 8 boards, along with 5 USB drillbits.
Even this was a major chore. The best approach for a while was to start up cgminer-drill bit with the int:52:2:950 with just the USB drillbits plugged in. Unfortunately they don't hash as fast without the ext:250:1:950 command. I tried using both the ext and int parameters on the same line but no go.
Then, I would plug in one board and wait for the usb driver to be found, wait a little while and then plug in another board. That got me to 4 boards working but the 5th board caused zombies. I'm pulling power from 2 different computers and a 3rd standalone power supply (I'm short on molex connectors) so I should have enough power.
The whole setup is very sensitive and I've fought for the last 1/2 hour getting back to 4 boards and my 5 usb drillbits working. I'm going to leave it alone for now and try to set the other boards up on another computer.
Even this was a major chore. The best approach for a while was to start up cgminer-drill bit with the int:52:2:950 with just the USB drillbits plugged in. Unfortunately they don't hash as fast without the ext:250:1:950 command. I tried using both the ext and int parameters on the same line but no go.
Then, I would plug in one board and wait for the usb driver to be found, wait a little while and then plug in another board. That got me to 4 boards working but the 5th board caused zombies. I'm pulling power from 2 different computers and a 3rd standalone power supply (I'm short on molex connectors) so I should have enough power.
The whole setup is very sensitive and I've fought for the last 1/2 hour getting back to 4 boards and my 5 usb drillbits working. I'm going to leave it alone for now and try to set the other boards up on another computer.
November 29, 2013, 09:55:36 PM
Well, I've now got 3 of 5 that aren't working...until I hear back from someone I'm not mining.
Hopefully this gets resolved soon...it seems like they start working, go ZOMBIE, then stop working and won't power up again.
Can you try the 'problem' boards one at a time on a separate PC? (just to avoid the USB port assignment and potential conflicts with other boards/devices).Hopefully this gets resolved soon...it seems like they start working, go ZOMBIE, then stop working and won't power up again.
Another issue that I had is that I saved the cgminer settings (into cgminer.conf), but I was changing the Drillbit board settings through a batch file, so there was a conflict between the saved conf file and the instructions in the batch file. This resulted in a few cases of ZOMBIE when I restarted cgminer after some drillbit option changes. Renaming (or deleting) the .conf file solves this.
Good luck
The 2 problem boards won't even light up when I plug them in (directly or in mini-plane) so I don't think that would help. The other 3 are working fine besides one tossing ~10% HW errors.
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