Topic: GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread - page 116. (Read 268015 times)
September 27, 2015, 09:19:56 AM
I slept with nine of 'em in my room for a weekend when I first got test sticks together and didn't have trouble, which I'm usually pretty sensitive to lights when I'm trying to fall asleep so I figured it'd be no problem. I like the flash, but the green by itself is probably a bit brighter than it needs to be.
September 27, 2015, 06:19:00 AM
If I make another one I'll probably dim those down just a smidge.
But that's a pretty sexy Cube you got there, boss. I have something like eight empty Cube shells laying around somewhere I might have to build something into just for kicks.
But that's a pretty sexy Cube you got there, boss. I have something like eight empty Cube shells laying around somewhere I might have to build something into just for kicks.
The leds? They're pretty cool during the day but in the night they flash up the whole living room by its lone self. The stable green led act like a small light source and then when the bluer one turn on its pretty bright like those dimmed light like you keep plugged at night to reach the bathroom safely.
I don't really mind because a bit of electric tape does the trick however.
September 27, 2015, 01:16:56 AM
If I make another one I'll probably dim those down just a smidge.
But that's a pretty sexy Cube you got there, boss. I have something like eight empty Cube shells laying around somewhere I might have to build something into just for kicks.
But that's a pretty sexy Cube you got there, boss. I have something like eight empty Cube shells laying around somewhere I might have to build something into just for kicks.
September 26, 2015, 10:54:36 PM
My 4 Compcac "Cube".
Thanks for sharing! Very cool use of the old block erupter cube.
I have been playing wit the Y usb still some to get more speed. I need to find a nice way to let them sit infront of the fan's. Looks very nice with usb direct on hub but y cable means I need a new design.
September 26, 2015, 10:43:37 PM
My 4 Compcac "Cube".
Thanks for sharing! Very cool use of the old block erupter cube.
I have been playing wit the Y usb still some to get more speed. I need to find a nice way to let them sit infront of the fan's. Looks very nice with usb direct on hub but y cable means I need a new design.
September 26, 2015, 09:35:03 PM
My 4 Compcac "Cube".
I was waiting on parts but finally found a cooling solution (thanks to fullzero) who posted his creation.
I'm using an Enermax T.B. Silence 120mm fan but may change it.
Found a great 7 port usb 3.0 hub that works with the Pi and Linux. It claims 70w 14a across all 7 ports (2a per port) and has a built in psu.
It's a Superbpag (yes, I know, love the name) but it's on Amazon and price has dropped in the last week.
I will have to check if it produces what it says it does once I receive my meter and then I will toy with voltage settings.
It's staying at 32C @ 200 frequency and with this fan it's running about 54db a foot away so I may change it later or reverse the fan
and see what that does. Looks like a kaleidoscope shining off the inside walls, pretty cool. Thanks Sidehack for putting killer led's on
these.
September 25, 2015, 11:21:23 PM
Is it possible to mine litecoin with this?
no these mine sha-256 September 25, 2015, 11:20:50 PM
Is it possible to mine litecoin with this?
No. Its a SHA256d ASIC usb Stick. It doesn't do Scrypt.
September 25, 2015, 11:18:15 PM
Is it possible to mine litecoin with this?
September 25, 2015, 09:33:34 PM
Freq 350 does 19gh with a fan needs 1.9amps needs a fan
I did run at 400 and got 22gh but was pulling over 2.1 amps or just about ten watts a stick.
I was afraid to run them 24/7/365 just too warm.
I run my twenty at 125 with gentle fan speeds.
Cool to the touch stable at 6.85 gh.
I did run at 400 and got 22gh but was pulling over 2.1 amps or just about ten watts a stick.
I was afraid to run them 24/7/365 just too warm.
I run my twenty at 125 with gentle fan speeds.
Cool to the touch stable at 6.85 gh.
September 25, 2015, 05:17:45 PM
S5 run up to 80C before shutting down. The temp sensor is on the cool side of the PCB, so I imagine the chips are actually a fair bit warmer. Measuring the heatsink on the Compac will probably get a more accurate temp measure than the S5 does, and if it's well below 80C you should be fine. Could also measure the backside of the PCB right behind the chip.
Thank you! I appreciate your time on it. I feel better hearing 80C. I will look at temp sensors and see best I can find.
But I have to say these sticks do go up to 16GH nicely with a Y splitter. One does data other just gets power.
I just saw your initial question now. The recommendation i received, i believe quoted from Bitmain or maybe Dogie's guide is under 70C for best hashrate, under 60C for best lifetime.
So i would not recommend running them much above 70C but if it peak there during peak heat during the day, it's probably not a big deal. For the S5. For the compac, mine @150mh read 50C at the back of the PCB. I imagine putting a USB fan on it would let me overclock by quite a bit.
September 25, 2015, 04:56:58 PM
S5 run up to 80C before shutting down. The temp sensor is on the cool side of the PCB, so I imagine the chips are actually a fair bit warmer. Measuring the heatsink on the Compac will probably get a more accurate temp measure than the S5 does, and if it's well below 80C you should be fine. Could also measure the backside of the PCB right behind the chip.
Thank you! I appreciate your time on it. I feel better hearing 80C. I will look at temp sensors and see best I can find.
But I have to say these sticks do go up to 16GH nicely with a Y splitter. One does data other just gets power.
September 25, 2015, 04:37:52 PM
then it required zlib.dll, so i'm not sure if its just W8 sucking and not having that dll by default.
zlib1.dll, I think? It should be included with cgminer and bfgminer - probably missing from the custom cgminer binaries package that novak prepared. Should be an easy fix on their end 
Have fun!
Correct, nice catch;
zlib1.dll 5,20 MB (5 457 642 bytes)
Maybe bundle it with the windows binaries if that's "legal"?
This would make it even more plug and play. Or at least add the zlib1.dll url bellow the windows binaries?
Download cgminer from ck's official link and you can take the zlib1.dll from that package. It's only 83k on my system, I'm not sure why yours is almost 10x larger at 5200k.
I really don't know either, but it works, are you sure 83k isint just the packed size? Regardless, it would be a nice addition to put in the win32 binaries obtainable through OP's post in the guide section.
Might save some people's trouble, even though they would never know the trouble we went through for them
September 25, 2015, 04:28:39 PM
then it required zlib.dll, so i'm not sure if its just W8 sucking and not having that dll by default.
zlib1.dll, I think? It should be included with cgminer and bfgminer - probably missing from the custom cgminer binaries package that novak prepared. Should be an easy fix on their end Have fun!
Correct, nice catch;
zlib1.dll 5,20 MB (5 457 642 bytes)
Maybe bundle it with the windows binaries if that's "legal"?
This would make it even more plug and play. Or at least add the zlib1.dll url bellow the windows binaries?
Download cgminer from ck's official link and you can take the zlib1.dll from that package. It's only 83k on my system, I'm not sure why yours is almost 10x larger at 5200k.
September 25, 2015, 01:43:44 PM
then it required zlib.dll, so i'm not sure if its just W8 sucking and not having that dll by default.
zlib1.dll, I think? It should be included with cgminer and bfgminer - probably missing from the custom cgminer binaries package that novak prepared. Should be an easy fix on their end Have fun!
Correct, nice catch;
zlib1.dll 5,20 MB (5 457 642 bytes)
Maybe bundle it with the windows binaries if that's "legal"?
This would make it even more plug and play. Or at least add the zlib1.dll url bellow the windows binaries?
September 25, 2015, 01:41:49 PM
S5 run up to 80C before shutting down. The temp sensor is on the cool side of the PCB, so I imagine the chips are actually a fair bit warmer. Measuring the heatsink on the Compac will probably get a more accurate temp measure than the S5 does, and if it's well below 80C you should be fine. Could also measure the backside of the PCB right behind the chip.
September 25, 2015, 01:39:02 PM
I finally got my y usb cord that allows 2 ports to power the compac. I tried a few and easily got up to 16 GH so was happy with that.
But they seemed to get hot even with a pc 130mm fan blowing on them. Is there a temperature range I want to stay within? I was just afraid if the level of heat might damage the chip or components.
But they seemed to get hot even with a pc 130mm fan blowing on them. Is there a temperature range I want to stay within? I was just afraid if the level of heat might damage the chip or components.
September 25, 2015, 01:20:20 PM
then it required zlib.dll, so i'm not sure if its just W8 sucking and not having that dll by default.
zlib1.dll, I think? It should be included with cgminer and bfgminer - probably missing from the custom cgminer binaries package that novak prepared. Should be an easy fix on their end Have fun!
September 25, 2015, 12:11:46 PM
Hello, so i finally received my stick. I went ahead and set it up on a hub on my gpu mining rig running on W8. Installing Zadig went smoothly, but then it required zlib.dll, so i'm not sure if its just W8 sucking and not having that dll by default.
Ultimately i had to go to the zlib website and get the dll intended at like windows 2000 or something, i slapped that in system32 but that didn't work, tho putting it in the cgminer did the trick. All in all it was pretty simple to setup, 4 of the 5 minutes was searching and placing the zlib.dll where needed. Now the stick has accepted share.
In the event someone else try to set it up and get the error, this report might help them, also the website i got the dll from is;
http://www.zlib.net/
Ultimately i had to go to the zlib website and get the dll intended at like windows 2000 or something, i slapped that in system32 but that didn't work, tho putting it in the cgminer did the trick. All in all it was pretty simple to setup, 4 of the 5 minutes was searching and placing the zlib.dll where needed. Now the stick has accepted share.
In the event someone else try to set it up and get the error, this report might help them, also the website i got the dll from is;
http://www.zlib.net/
September 25, 2015, 08:28:38 AM
I've got a small Philips screwdriver at the bench that came in a crappy small screwdriver set from Walmart about ten years ago. There's a straight in there that'll also do it. Novak uses a better small Philips. I'm not sure of the exact size, but probably one size down from #0
Jump to: