Also this hub intakes 12 volts from a brick. I am pretty sure that a gpu rig could mine these sticks along with gpu coins and you could tap the atx psu for the 12 volts of power.
I think this could work for 3 bricks not 5
https://www.amazon.com/60cm-Express-5-5X2-5mm-Plugs-Gridseed/dp/B00MTI68IE/ref=sr_1_10?
I think 3 hubs doing 5 sticks each with the adapter above could do an easy freq of 200 with fans.
I will do testing of this down the road.
Topic: GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread - page 113. (Read 61318 times)
November 17, 2018, 01:52:21 PM
November 17, 2018, 11:29:42 AM
I can confirm that the SiPolar 120 Watt 10-Port USB hub Phil posted a link to is a very good hub for these (or any of) GekkoScience's stick miners! You can also get it on Amazon (and it is Amazon Prime eligible) from here: http://a.co/d/firYg2n. There is currently a $5.00 off coupon for the hub on Amazon..
So, it's 10:45AM EST where I live. I just went to order another one of the SiPolar/iCONE 10-Port USB hubs from Amazon and it was eligible for free same day delivery. Should have it in hand by late afternoon - evening time! Can't beat that.
So, it's 10:45AM EST where I live. I just went to order another one of the SiPolar/iCONE 10-Port USB hubs from Amazon and it was eligible for free same day delivery. Should have it in hand by late afternoon - evening time! Can't beat that.
November 17, 2018, 10:18:31 AM
the sipolar on ebay is good
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sipolar-10-Port-USB-2-0-Powered-Hub-with-power-supply-5V-20-Amp-2A-per-port/352409900554?
at the moment I am doing 2 newpacs and 1x 2pac set to freq 250mhz with fan cooling them.
zero issues
http://www.bravo-mining.com/index.php?page=statistics&action=pool
I will be getting another newpac and point it to same pool
point of interest the 12 volt 10 amp power brick uses 33 watts to do the 3 sticks. about 11 watts a stick at the wall.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sipolar-10-Port-USB-2-0-Powered-Hub-with-power-supply-5V-20-Amp-2A-per-port/352409900554?
at the moment I am doing 2 newpacs and 1x 2pac set to freq 250mhz with fan cooling them.
zero issues
http://www.bravo-mining.com/index.php?page=statistics&action=pool
Code:
Contributor Hashrates
Rank Donor User Name TH/s BTC/Day USD/Day
1 jonnybravo 4.939 0.000 0.0000
2 MinerSRQ 1.554 0.000 0.0000
3 BigIron 0.777 0.000 0.0000
4 rkotsybar 0.138 0.000 0.0000
5 philipma1957 0.135 0.000 0.0000
6 bugwash 0.098 0.000 0.0000
7 mofoq 0.033 0.000 0.0000
8 munkeyminer 0.031 0.000 0.0000
9 AB1042503 0.024 0.000 0.0000
10 PhredPhrog 0.021 0.000 0.0000
I will be getting another newpac and point it to same pool
point of interest the 12 volt 10 amp power brick uses 33 watts to do the 3 sticks. about 11 watts a stick at the wall.
November 17, 2018, 05:42:39 AM
Thanks for the advice!
Anyone got a pic of what position it looks like at stock voltage? I'm just interested to know if mine has been fiddled with
Came home today to try to fiddle with voltage only to find the hashing speed very low... like 900M or so. Upon closing cgminer and restarting it shoots back up to target hashing speed again for 30-60 second then the same crash in speed again. It wasn't doing this before either. I've tried increasing voltage as suggested but the same issue. Now I'm wondering if it's my hub, although my Compacs are doing just fine. Any suggestions here before I start chasing shadows
EDIT: Just tried the Newpac directly into a USB port on the system itself... seems totally fine. So looks like I've got a dicky USB hub.
Anyone got a pic of what position it looks like at stock voltage? I'm just interested to know if mine has been fiddled with
Came home today to try to fiddle with voltage only to find the hashing speed very low... like 900M or so. Upon closing cgminer and restarting it shoots back up to target hashing speed again for 30-60 second then the same crash in speed again. It wasn't doing this before either. I've tried increasing voltage as suggested but the same issue. Now I'm wondering if it's my hub, although my Compacs are doing just fine. Any suggestions here before I start chasing shadows
EDIT: Just tried the Newpac directly into a USB port on the system itself... seems totally fine. So looks like I've got a dicky USB hub.
November 16, 2018, 08:21:45 PM
So try bumping up the voltage a little? Clock wise, quarter of a turn?
¼ is a lot. think of it as a clock and try 1/12 of a turn clockwise.
If I recall a full turn is too much which is why I always would try 1/12 of a turn when bumping them up.
November 16, 2018, 07:41:49 PM
So try bumping up the voltage a little? Clock wise, quarter of a turn?
November 16, 2018, 10:46:58 AM
Could be a low-voltage issue. Not all chips are created equal. If the average hashrate is still near target (0.228*MHz) it's probably fine but if you still have power overhead it might not hurt to tweak voltage upward slightly.
My six at 650 were missing-nonce resetting quite a bit overnight but the 12-hour average hashrate was still 98.8% of target, which I'm okay with. It was more a stress test for the hub, which was hauling upwards of 95% rated power the whole time.
My six at 650 were missing-nonce resetting quite a bit overnight but the 12-hour average hashrate was still 98.8% of target, which I'm okay with. It was more a stress test for the hub, which was hauling upwards of 95% rated power the whole time.
November 16, 2018, 03:39:48 AM
I notice they drop hash rate to below 1g periodically, display "missing nonces, Toggling ASIC nRST to reset"
I am getting this a lot as well, any ideas?
November 15, 2018, 10:42:11 PM
mine are rock solid at 250mhz
using the 10 port bipolar usb hub. which says it can do 10 watts a port.
I think it can do 8 watts and 8 sticks but with only 2 sticks and one on order I most likely won't push it that hard.
using the 10 port bipolar usb hub. which says it can do 10 watts a port.
I think it can do 8 watts and 8 sticks but with only 2 sticks and one on order I most likely won't push it that hard.
November 15, 2018, 10:24:31 PM
I've run sticks at 600MHz on stock voltage (830) with decent stability. These are set to 860 to help out a bit.
November 15, 2018, 10:13:32 PM
http://www.kano.is/worker.php?a=1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTr_newpacballs
Six sticks, 650MHz, VH's latest build with ASICBoost enabled. Let's see how well it holds up overnight.
Six sticks, 650MHz, VH's latest build with ASICBoost enabled. Let's see how well it holds up overnight.
lol, what kind of voltage are you setting these at to get them stable"ish" and 650MHz?
Currently, have two of them at 200MHz in a 7port plugable.
I notice they drop hash rate to below 1g periodically, display "missing nonces, Toggling ASIC nRST to reset"
Not sure if it's my Satellite connection, the pool, the plugable 7port or the NewPacs themselves causing this drop.
Any ideas?
November 15, 2018, 08:48:07 PM
http://www.kano.is/worker.php?a=1BURGERAXHH6Yi6LRybRJK7ybEm5m5HwTr_newpacballs
Six sticks, 650MHz, VH's latest build with ASICBoost enabled. Let's see how well it holds up overnight.
Six sticks, 650MHz, VH's latest build with ASICBoost enabled. Let's see how well it holds up overnight.
November 15, 2018, 06:03:25 PM
this sipolar at this link
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sipolar-10-Port-USB-2-0-Powered-Hub-with-power-supply-5V-20-Amp-2A-per-port/352409900554?
is doing 2 newpac with ease at freq 250
I cool with 2 fans I have a 3rd newpac coming
will hook it up soon.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sipolar-10-Port-USB-2-0-Powered-Hub-with-power-supply-5V-20-Amp-2A-per-port/352409900554?
is doing 2 newpac with ease at freq 250
I cool with 2 fans I have a 3rd newpac coming
will hook it up soon.
November 15, 2018, 05:57:28 PM
Looking to get about 10 of these. Any recommendations on a powered hub i can look into?
Plan to run off a raspberry pi if it will accomodate that much.
Plan to run off a raspberry pi if it will accomodate that much.
The best place for information regarding USB hubs to run these sticks can be found in the "USB hub thread" found here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/now-that-usb-sticks-are-being-sold-by-sidehack-here-is-a-new-usb-hub-thread-1779423
Phil started that thread a while back specifically for discussing the best USB hubs for running sidehack's USB miners. I also made a list of the the most powerful/best equipped USB hubs currently on the market for running these USB miners. You can find that post in the hub thread or here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.47752488
Although Phil recently informed me klintay may have sold eyeboot, I will post the list here for convenience.
- ICONE 10-Port USB 2.0, 120 Watt, 2.1A per Port [$84.99] - http://a.co/d/fE7uOfb
- ICONE 10-Port USB 2.0, 60 Watt, 0.6A per Port [$50.99] - http://a.co/d/eAcOT6W
- Sipolar 10-Port USB 2.0, 5V 20A, 2.1A per Port [$81.00] - https://ebay.us/cusXMz
- Sipolar 16-Port USB 2.0, 5V 3A, 0.3A per Port [$60.50] - https://ebay.us/4tiJ5v
- All of klintay's (eyeboot/sipolar) USB hubs on eBay: http://www.ebaystores.com/Eyeboot/USB-Hubs-/_i.html?_trksid=p4634.c0.m322&_fsub=9949982010&_sid=518451540&
November 15, 2018, 02:19:33 PM
Software can't make you have 0 chips. That's a hardware issue. Unplug/replug, maybe tighten the heatsink screws and see if it comes back.
no luck
had two fans on my set up with a max MHz of 250. The miner definitely didnt over heat.Ill try to reflash my SD card again with a fresh raspian install and see what happens.
November 15, 2018, 11:36:01 AM
VH - thanks for the new version and options. The new commands make it very nice for running all the Gekko gear on one Pi. It's working great.
November 15, 2018, 09:26:18 AM
Software can't make you have 0 chips. That's a hardware issue. Unplug/replug, maybe tighten the heatsink screws and see if it comes back.
November 15, 2018, 01:27:04 AM
I updated to the latest build a few hours back. Only thing it did was make 1 of my newpacs have (0) chips after the recompile and cgminer will stop within minutes with the line root@raspberrypi:home/pi/Desktop. Only using 6 newpacs, 5 now after the rebuild. explored a bit of README and cant find much help.
maybe the sd card is faulty try a 64gb class 10 like this one
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MicroSDXC-Adapter-MB-ME64GA-AM/dp/B06XX29S9Q/ref=sr_1_1_acs_osp_osp18-83cd6d80-3e_1?
November 15, 2018, 12:36:35 AM
I haven't been able to recreate the issue on my RPi3.
I'm assuming you already updated to the latest build from Nov 6 (a few posts back).
Other thoughts:
I'm assuming you already updated to the latest build from Nov 6 (a few posts back).
Other thoughts:
- If you have different miners, use the new options from the latest build to separate them.
- Try reducing the number of miners per instance to see if it makes a difference --usb :3
I updated to the latest build a few hours back. Only thing it did was make 1 of my newpacs have (0) chips after the recompile and cgminer will stop within minutes with the line root@raspberrypi:home/pi/Desktop. Also getting the line ERR: Asked to memcpy ######## bytes.
Only using 6 newpacs, 5 now after the rebuild. explored a bit of README and cant find much help.
November 15, 2018, 12:30:52 AM
You could run 10 off a pair of Plugable 7-port, or one of the Sipolar 10-port. 419mining stocks the Plugable so you could buy them at the same time as the sticks.
I don't know the Sipolar (Phil's using one in his review, so ask there about it or look at the hub thread not too far down the page) but with the Plugable you should be able to take 5 sticks to about 100GH each.
I don't know the Sipolar (Phil's using one in his review, so ask there about it or look at the hub thread not too far down the page) but with the Plugable you should be able to take 5 sticks to about 100GH each.
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