Topic: GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread - page 66. (Read 268027 times)
January 10, 2016, 03:06:26 PM
Is it normal for a program requiring processor time to slow down operation when a different program has the processor pegged? That sounds about right.
January 10, 2016, 03:00:31 PM
I was running the CPU on my system at 100% and noticed that my 4 sticks dropped their hash rate significantly. Going from an Average of 75 GH/s down to 50. When I stop the task, the hashing goes right back up again. Is this normal behavior inside of windows with cgminer?
January 10, 2016, 02:13:58 PM
I thought that at 330mhz (i assume ~750-760mv) you should be at much less than 2.4A/slot, hence no need for Y on your particular hub (which sounds like Superbpag).
Of course, Ys would not hurt.
I can't get the superbpag in EU as it doesn't have the required certifications.
I'm using 2x TP LINK UH700
Since USB3 has a 900mA limit per port, anything over 250Mhs should require more than 900mA (as per bitmain BM1384 datasheet, the chip uses 4.62W@250Mhs (5V x 0.9A = 4.5W)) (and that's not counting the other stick component power usage), hence that's why I'm using Y cables.
My 6 sticks are using between 2.1 and 2.3A (which is already more than the 0.9Ax2 that they should be allowed to get, but apparently this switch doesn't enforce the 900mA/port very strictly so it could work without Y cables. But I have them so I use them ;p )
So I find the "Current(A)" column above quite confusing....
yeah, i thought so, smoke 'em if you got 'em, why not?
superbpag also have 2.4A slots and 10 slot Anker (this one not for pi, but works on linux machine; usb 3.0) has 0.9 A/slot, so Ys there are certainly advisable.
What is the fastest sustained speed you were able to get?
I had a 12hr run at 24.07Gh/s average, but now decided to ease up. However, there was almost no errors up to 425mhz, but between 425-435 mhz errors started to accumulate a bit. I am quite curious if speeds above 25Gh/s are possible in a sustained run and measured in cgminer/bfgminer (correctly).
January 10, 2016, 02:01:16 PM
I thought that at 330mhz (i assume ~750-760mv) you should be at much less than 2.4A/slot, hence no need for Y on your particular hub (which sounds like Superbpag).
Of course, Ys would not hurt.
I can't get the superbpag in EU as it doesn't have the required certifications.
I'm using 2x TP LINK UH700
Since USB3 has a 900mA limit per port, anything over 250Mhs should require more than 900mA (as per bitmain BM1384 datasheet, the chip uses 4.62W@250Mhs (5V x 0.9A = 4.5W)) (and that's not counting the other stick component power usage), hence that's why I'm using Y cables.
My 6 sticks are using between 2.1 and 2.3A (which is already more than the 0.9Ax2 that they should be allowed to get, but apparently this switch doesn't enforce the 900mA/port very strictly so it could work without Y cables. But I have them so I use them ;p )
So I find the "Current(A)" column above quite confusing....
January 10, 2016, 01:52:26 PM
Well, 5 on a hub may work, but I think Y cables are a must if ports are strictly limited to 500/900mA.
Unless he has a fancy hub that just doesn't care in this case, maybe the power supply is undersized.
I run 3@330Mhs on a 7 ports USB3 hub with Y cables.
The hub has a 12V-2.4A PS.
Unless he has a fancy hub that just doesn't care in this case, maybe the power supply is undersized.
I run 3@330Mhs on a 7 ports USB3 hub with Y cables.
The hub has a 12V-2.4A PS.
I thought that at 330mhz (i assume ~750-760mv) you should be at much less than 2.4A/slot, hence no need for Y on your particular hub (which sounds like Superbpag).
Of course, Ys would not hurt.
January 10, 2016, 01:13:59 PM
Well, 5 on a hub may work, but I think Y cables are a must if ports are strictly limited to 500/900mA.
Unless he has a fancy hub that just doesn't care in this case, maybe the power supply is undersized.
I run 3@330Mhs on a 7 ports USB3 hub with Y cables.
The hub has a 12V-2.4A PS.
Unless he has a fancy hub that just doesn't care in this case, maybe the power supply is undersized.
I run 3@330Mhs on a 7 ports USB3 hub with Y cables.
The hub has a 12V-2.4A PS.
January 10, 2016, 01:13:07 PM
i would say that is what is going on with your sticks is that your hub is dropping off on the last ports that your plugging into do you have a kill a watt meater or a way to measure the voltage of your hub's power draw
January 10, 2016, 01:04:42 PM
And you made sure that the hub they're plugged in has sufficient power to run 4 at 240Mhs ?
it was running fine with 4 sticks looking at the screenshot, 5 sticks are doing fine, so yeah im also guessing too much power draw to feed the last two?
January 10, 2016, 01:00:05 PM
And you made sure that the hub they're plugged in has sufficient power to run 4 at 240Mhs ?
January 10, 2016, 12:04:01 PM
I'm assuming you've already gone over the troubleshooting steps from the first post?
January 10, 2016, 11:47:12 AM
I'm back with another issue. Just bought 4 more miners and I plugged them all up one by one. Here is the issue I'm getting now. Two of them constantly go in and out of ZOMBIE status. What may be the problem? Thanks!
http://tinypic.com/r/ea4l0g/9
http://tinypic.com/r/ea4l0g/9
January 09, 2016, 12:38:23 PM
250MHz should be 13.75GH; 15.3GH is almost dead on for 275MHz. That is strange. Definitely would like to see BFG proper screenshot.
ill setup screen on the r1 and let it run for a bit..
edit, got screen installed and did some checking around. bfgminer gives 3 values, MHS 20s, MHS av, and "rolling avg"
im not sure how its gathering that info, but it seems to be a bit off..
the 20s one NEVER changes, it was stuck on 15.4 from as soon as you start it up.
the avg one rises up slowly, eventually hitting the same number as the 20s one.
the "rolling avg" one seems to be most accurate.. its the right number for 250 clock speed. unfortunately this one isnt available from the api.. its just shown in the term.
here is what api gives you
[MHS av] => 15409.119
[MHS 20s] => 15457.843
[MHS rolling] => 15457.843
as you can see they are all about the same number..
i guess also, this would explain everyone that is saying "how come when i switched to cgminer my sticks ran slower"
I think that the true average per stick is the third number from the left (13.53, 13.61 and 13.58 GH/s per stick respectively). i don't know what the other two numbers are. I assumed that these are correct numbers because when I was using a default stick, I was getting ~10.8-10.9 Gh/s in that area with 11 being theoretical value. Besides, on the top lane (indicated by number 3) third number (40.71 Gh/s) would probably be what you would see in a pool for all three sticks combined.
January 09, 2016, 12:05:20 PM
.75 originally, I set it to .72 and it seems better (@330Mhs).
The other 5 are at .75 (wich is what is given for 325Mhs in the bitmain BM1384 datasheet)
The other 5 are at .75 (wich is what is given for 325Mhs in the bitmain BM1384 datasheet)
January 09, 2016, 11:53:35 AM
What's your voltage set to? If you're still at 330MHz, I can't see it drawing more than about 1.6A stable. I run sticks at 300MHz under 1.4A.
January 09, 2016, 11:45:55 AM
well, it definitely looks like my compac3 runs slower over time....
I can see it straight away with the USB doctors: Amp goes from 2.2A to 1.10/1.20A depending....
I can see it straight away with the USB doctors: Amp goes from 2.2A to 1.10/1.20A depending....
January 08, 2016, 09:23:02 PM
250MHz should be 13.75GH; 15.3GH is almost dead on for 275MHz. That is strange. Definitely would like to see BFG proper screenshot.
ill setup screen on the r1 and let it run for a bit..
edit, got screen installed and did some checking around. bfgminer gives 3 values, MHS 20s, MHS av, and "rolling avg"
im not sure how its gathering that info, but it seems to be a bit off..
the 20s one NEVER changes, it was stuck on 15.4 from as soon as you start it up.
the avg one rises up slowly, eventually hitting the same number as the 20s one.
the "rolling avg" one seems to be most accurate.. its the right number for 250 clock speed. unfortunately this one isnt available from the api.. its just shown in the term.
here is what api gives you
[MHS av] => 15409.119
[MHS 20s] => 15457.843
[MHS rolling] => 15457.843
as you can see they are all about the same number..
i guess also, this would explain everyone that is saying "how come when i switched to cgminer my sticks ran slower"
January 08, 2016, 08:53:08 PM
250MHz should be 13.75GH; 15.3GH is almost dead on for 275MHz. That is strange. Definitely would like to see BFG proper screenshot.
January 08, 2016, 08:29:05 PM
quick question, i put bfgminer on my R1 that is controlling 3 Compacs on a powered hub. everything is working great but a few minor issues.. well not issues, just weirdness..
first thing, im running them at 250M.. on cgminer this was around 13.7Ghs per stick.. but on bfgminer this comes out to 15.3Ghs per stick.
and the other thing, they are being seen as CBM and not Compacs.. is this normal?
they are pretty stable, so im not having any problems there.
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first thing, im running them at 250M.. on cgminer this was around 13.7Ghs per stick.. but on bfgminer this comes out to 15.3Ghs per stick.
and the other thing, they are being seen as CBM and not Compacs.. is this normal?
they are pretty stable, so im not having any problems there.
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1. what if you just look at bfgminer window using screen pkg, not a thirdparty program (cryptoglance?)?
i've seen pretty much the same numbers from cgminer vs bfgminer.
2. yeah, compacs are seen as CBM0-X for me too on bfgminer
January 08, 2016, 07:58:07 PM
quick question, i put bfgminer on my R1 that is controlling 3 Compacs on a powered hub. everything is working great but a few minor issues.. well not issues, just weirdness..
first thing, im running them at 250M.. on cgminer this was around 13.7Ghs per stick.. but on bfgminer this comes out to 15.3Ghs per stick.
and the other thing, they are being seen as CBM and not Compacs.. is this normal?
they are pretty stable, so im not having any problems there.
first thing, im running them at 250M.. on cgminer this was around 13.7Ghs per stick.. but on bfgminer this comes out to 15.3Ghs per stick.
and the other thing, they are being seen as CBM and not Compacs.. is this normal?
they are pretty stable, so im not having any problems there.
January 08, 2016, 01:09:57 PM
very cool downloading now been looking for something to monitor my antminers and my x11 rigs in one area aswell as my compac miners will run this for a bit and if i like it i will donate to the programmers
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