GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread - page 103.

cekolaw

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Hi folks,

I'm thinking to introduce "Home Bitcoin Mining" into homes to my friends and relatives, and wonder what would be the best and low cost setup & configuration ... Cheesy

Assumption, keeping electric bills and fire hazard risk low from Low (min. no. Gekko sticks) to High (max. no. Gekko Sticks) output.

1. Run from a low cost refurbished i5-Gen 4/5 CPU with a small screen laptop with <45W adapter with min 2 ports USB 3.0 SS.
2. USB 3.0 10 port hub with 5V/2.1A each port. (actually how many hub ports or Gekko Sticks can 1 laptop USB port handle?) ... Huh

3. Gekko Newpac BM1387 USB sticks.
4. Brushless cooling fans.
5. 6 fans laptop cooling pad.
6. AC extension sockets.
7. Winding and cooling locations, no rain or water risk.
8. Standby ABC types hazard fire extinguisher.
9. Running 24/7
10. Others not mentioned... like mining to my bitcoin address for a start... Roll Eyes

Also, from where I am .... is always sunny so solar energy is one great consideration, and even use Peltier cooling chips generating drinking water too .... hehe Grin

Anyone to feedback and comments, even to scrutinize is most welcome... Grin

Share some photos of setups would be great!

Thank you.

419mining

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Quote from: gt_addict on January 11, 2019, 04:05:04 PM

Finally got my two sticks up to 474m!! Dont know what ive done but happy they are at that speed. Time for a hub and three more now Grin

nicely done! Whats your power draw at that frequency?

Quote from: cekolaw on January 04, 2019, 11:02:27 AM

Appreciate your guidance, and you're right.
The Orico 7 port hub ext. adaptor is only pumping in additional 5V/2A + USB3.0 another 5v/2A so each only have 1A can't even charge a tablet.
Still on trial testing, will make the change as advise.

Will need to invest in a bigger plot of healthy organic hub with better pumping juice and proteins into this trees sticks... Wink

Thank you very much...

Check out the hub topic, GekkoScience recently added new high powered 6 port hub. (they are 7 ports, but only 6 have the juice for overclocked mining)
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/now-that-usb-sticks-are-being-sold-by-sidehack-here-is-a-new-usb-hub-thread-1779423

gt_addict

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Finally got my two sticks up to 474m!! Dont know what ive done but happy they are at that speed. Time for a hub and three more now Grin

gt_addict

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No problem at all

cekolaw

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Quote from: gt_addict on January 04, 2019, 10:44:33 AM

Looks like your orico hub hasnt got enough juice to keep your sticks going. Whats it rated at? 30w across all ports? My plugable 7port hub with external power is drawing 30w with two sticks at 450m. So if yours are drawing say 10w each then maybe a bigger more powerful hub is needed. Invest in a gekkoscience one and you cant go wrong.

Appreciate your guidance, and you're right.
The Orico 7 port hub ext. adaptor is only pumping in additional 5V/2A + USB3.0 another 5v/2A so each only have 1A can't even charge a tablet.
Still on trial testing, will make the change as advise.

Will need to invest in a bigger plot of healthy organic hub with better pumping juice and proteins into this trees sticks... Wink

Thank you very much...

gt_addict

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Looks like your orico hub hasnt got enough juice to keep your sticks going. Whats it rated at? 30w across all ports? My plugable 7port hub with external power is drawing 30w with two sticks at 450m. So if yours are drawing say 10w each then maybe a bigger more powerful hub is needed. Invest in a gekkoscience one and you cant go wrong.

cekolaw

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Hi Gekko community,

Greetings and Happy New Year 2019!

Started the year with my 1st Gekko Newpac trees planted in my 1st plot of Orico 7 port hub with 4 tree sticks, and started harvesting electro-fruits into CKpool. Hope to reap some profit$ at the end of season.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8ZVPm-KR9I9dG5sSzA2b1QxS1ptTF9GVkI0TndrU1RKVEhN

This is the mining screen shot to share, running only at conservative frequency at 125 Mhz. with average hashrate of 100GH/s and with cooling fans.
** Tried over clocking at 128Mhz(actual-131.25Mhz) and 130Mhz (actual-131.25Mhz) and the average hash rate dropped to about 80GH/s and sticks started resetting and restarting till I have to exit and re-plug in. Guessed I need better, bigger and cooler brushless fans ....

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jqsCto5--4KIo6XIUu1k3AVFCpuHzoib

Thank you for all your contribution here, and got me started.
Hope to share more of my experience soon too...

Take care and have a great week, Grin

rockmoney

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Quote from: valkir on December 27, 2018, 12:09:08 PM

My newpac is on his way! Thanks to Rockmoney! Grin

According to the tracking number, your NewPac was delivered yesterday (December 28, 2018). Thanks again for the order and have fun with your new stick valkir! Wink

valkir

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My newpac is on his way! Thanks to Rockmoney! Grin

minefarmbuy

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We are not retail.

Yea, not all SD cards are the made the same. I would look at an A1 or A2 rated MicroSD if you're using it for more than file storage. I run a full node on a 256 microSD with zero issues.

Bill48105

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Quote from: in2tactics on December 24, 2018, 11:17:41 PM

I use multiple Raspberry Pi devices for mining and I see this type of error a lot. It almost always comes down to the SD card and/or the power supply. If it happens once a day around the same time, I would bet it is the SD card. The device is probably trying to run some cron job and the file systems takes a dive due to SD card issues causing a kernel panic.

Thanks for the response. So far the crashes stopped since adding the config change recommended by vh few posts back. Could be coincidence we'll see but it was crashing at least daily before. I'll keep this in mind though.

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Quote from: Bill48105 on December 22, 2018, 11:47:28 PM

... Btw any idea what the heck is causing this crash running cgminer with 1 newpac at 200mhz? my pi is dead to the world. Can't login or anything I have to power cycle it.

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I use multiple Raspberry Pi devices for mining and I see this type of error a lot. It almost always comes down to the SD card and/or the power supply. If it happens once a day around the same time, I would bet it is the SD card. The device is probably trying to run some cron job and the file systems takes a dive due to SD card issues causing a kernel panic.

Bill48105

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Quote from: vh on December 23, 2018, 03:03:58 PM

Enable the option noted here.

Ok thanks for the reply & the link. I would have never found that! I added it & restarted the pi as directed in that post & will now wait & see. Not sure what is supposed to happen but i can research that setting. It's been crashing daily so shouldn't take long.

Btw deja vu flashbacks seeing miaviator in those 2014 posts. Shocked

rockmoney

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Quote from: 419mining on December 23, 2018, 10:29:07 AM

Nicely done RockyMoney! I see 10 miners, whats your setup?

Thanks 419mining! I finally found the time to take some pics and outline my setup with great detail. Anyone interested can view my post here, as I didn't want to jam this thread up: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.48849979.

vh

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Quote from: Bill48105 on December 22, 2018, 11:47:28 PM

Btw any idea what the heck is causing this crash running cgminer with 1 newpac at 200mhz? my pi is dead to the world. Can't login or anything I have to power cycle it...

Enable the option noted here.

419mining

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Nicely done RockyMoney! I see 10 miners, whats your setup?

Quote from: Bill48105 on December 22, 2018, 11:47:28 PM

what kind of price point? should be handy to have a ready to go kit for someone starting out or not interesting in the trouble of setup...

Still working out the details, but It wont be a plug it in and go system. It would still require a little work, until i can get my windows version of a cgminer wrapper finish.

as for your pi issue, It may be a power drain issue running the newPac at 200Mhz. Kernel panics can be any number of things but with pi's my first go to is usually power. I would recommend you run the NewPac on an external hub if your not already. Take too much power from the pi itself to run the miners and it will cause heart attacks all the time.

rockmoney

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Over a terahash mining using only GekkoScience NewPac USB Stick Miners! Data from the mining pool has me averaging even higher than cgminer is reporting. These sticks are not to be taken lightly! Click on image to enlarge.

To view images and details of my setup, click here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.48849979

Bill48105

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Quote from: 419mining on December 22, 2018, 12:10:59 PM

So I'm debating on building a GekkoScience "kit" and thought I would test the waters, gauge the interest of the community.

Anyone have an interest in a bundle of 6 NewPacs, GekkoScience Hub, Power supply, cooling fans and fan stand? all tested and verified to say, 100Gh/s per miner? It would be a plug and go kit with minor assembly required (for shipping).

what kind of price point? should be handy to have a ready to go kit for someone starting out or not interesting in the trouble of setup.

Btw any idea what the heck is causing this crash running cgminer with 1 newpac at 200mhz? my pi is dead to the world. Can't login or anything I have to power cycle it.

Code:

Message from syslogd@raspberrypi at Dec 22 22:01:14 ...
 kerne6.865528.69736.013f60: 803.570a 0000004.725d22000 00001036 b5d23fa4 b5d23f80 8029f1b8 8029e9bc        1.7

Message from syslogd@raspberrypi at Dec 22 22:01:14 ...
 kernel:[22528.704267] 3f80: 0085bc18 71c00768 71c006e0 00000000 00000036 801081c4 00000000 b5d23fa8
                                            6.865        1          1.7
Message from syslogd@raspberrypi at Dec 22 22:01:14 ...
 kernel:[22528.711261] 3fa0: 80108000 8029f180 71c00768 71c006e0 0000000b 802c550a 71c00768 0085bc18

Message from syslogd@raspberrypi at Dec 22 22:01:14 ...
 kernel:[22528.718248] 3fc0: 71c00768 71c006e0 00000000 00000036 00000001 00000001 00000000 00000000

Message from syslogd@raspberrypi at Dec 22 22:01:14 ...
 kernel:[22528.725232] 3fe0: 76e000b0 72cfc54c 76de7a58 76c7580c 60000010 0000000b 00000000 00000000

Message from syslogd@raspberrypi at Dec 22 22:01:14 ...
 kernel:[22528.761896] Code: e8bd4000 e3510000 089da800 e5903014 (e7913003)
39.18

419mining

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Quote from: nuanicaj on December 22, 2018, 12:43:29 PM

I ordered one the the hubs from you on amazon, I ordered a 12v fan to connect to the bottom, will run 7 Newpacs as high as I can on that setup. Will power with Server Power supply that is platinum that is run on 220v with the pcie conversion.

Watch your grouping on ports 1,2 and 5. With a 6A per group, you can push the paired ports farther than the 1,2,5 set. At 6A, that gives you 30 watts per group, 15 watts per stick on the doubles, and 10 watts per stick on the triple group. I Believe with AB enabled at 10 watts, your best case scenario would be 475 Mhz.

Sidehack would be the final answer on that one though.

P.S. Thanks for the order, its in the mail

nuanicaj

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Quote from: 419mining on December 22, 2018, 12:10:59 PM

So I'm debating on building a GekkoScience "kit" and thought I would test the waters, gauge the interest of the community.

Anyone have an interest in a bundle of 6 NewPacs, GekkoScience Hub, Power supply, cooling fans and fan stand? all tested and verified to say, 100Gh/s per miner? It would be a plug and go kit with minor assembly required (for shipping).

I ordered one the the hubs from you on amazon, I ordered a 12v fan to connect to the bottom, will run 7 Newpacs as high as I can on that setup. Will power with Server Power supply that is platinum that is run on 220v with the pcie conversion.

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