So I finally got started solo mining. I started with my two NewPacs. I will test the Terminus 808 I got off of ebay and if it works will add to this rig.
Then I will setup another RPi 4 to run my 4 Compac-Fs and the R909 that is supposed to be delivered tomorrow!
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Topic: GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread - page 3. (Read 61906 times)
December 29, 2022, 10:46:46 PM
November 30, 2022, 06:57:06 AM
I followed the thread but 99% is on PI4, linux...
I have not seen a solution to these problems in Windows
I went through a lot of pages here and on YouTube in the last few days
Still, ask in the other thread like os2sam said. I don't think many people are even reading here anymore. I have not seen a solution to these problems in Windows
I went through a lot of pages here and on YouTube in the last few days
November 30, 2022, 06:41:01 AM
I followed the thread but 99% is on PI4, linux...
I have not seen a solution to these problems in Windows
I went through a lot of pages here and on YouTube in the last few days
I have not seen a solution to these problems in Windows
I went through a lot of pages here and on YouTube in the last few days
November 30, 2022, 06:26:52 AM
November 30, 2022, 06:22:28 AM
hi
help pls How to get past "failed to initialse (incorrect device?)" error. on a windows pc , its look like zadik did
its gob and i have the Correct driver installed ,on the cgminer on list i see the compac f but its inactive...
Has anyone had a similar problem? and solved it?
on the miner iget "USB init, open device failed" ... "you don't have privilege to access" error.
and
"failed to initialse (incorrect device?)" error.
*win 10 on desktop
*3 x GekkoScience COMPAC F with Fan Upgrade + Bitcoin Merch® 7-Port USB Hub - COMBO Up to 1.05+TH/s
help pls How to get past "failed to initialse (incorrect device?)" error. on a windows pc , its look like zadik did
its gob and i have the Correct driver installed ,on the cgminer on list i see the compac f but its inactive...
Has anyone had a similar problem? and solved it?
on the miner iget "USB init, open device failed" ... "you don't have privilege to access" error.
and
"failed to initialse (incorrect device?)" error.
*win 10 on desktop
*3 x GekkoScience COMPAC F with Fan Upgrade + Bitcoin Merch® 7-Port USB Hub - COMBO Up to 1.05+TH/s
November 11, 2022, 05:50:52 PM
Hi all, i'm new here.
My brother gave me a NewPac as birthday present so i'm trying to make it work only for fun but i have some problems. Now it's plugged in to a Atolla USB 3.0 hub with external power but there are no leds on. The device cannot be detected with Zadig to install relative drivers. I watched some videos on youtube and everyone have blinking leds on the device when they plug it in. I'm missing something or maybe the device is defected? The device was bought new from the website bitshopper.de.
Thanks if anyone can help me.
My brother gave me a NewPac as birthday present so i'm trying to make it work only for fun but i have some problems. Now it's plugged in to a Atolla USB 3.0 hub with external power but there are no leds on. The device cannot be detected with Zadig to install relative drivers. I watched some videos on youtube and everyone have blinking leds on the device when they plug it in. I'm missing something or maybe the device is defected? The device was bought new from the website bitshopper.de.
Thanks if anyone can help me.
October 02, 2022, 09:42:32 AM
Has anyone else seen this "0 chips found" error. I have the latest Zadig installed and the windows driver.
So when I the .bat file I get
Not sure what is wrong here. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
So when I the .bat file I get
Not sure what is wrong here. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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October 02, 2022, 05:04:05 AM
Has anyone else seen this "0 chips found" error. I have the latest Zadig installed and the windows driver.
https://i.imgur.com/Nt8S9E6.jpg
So when I the .bat file I get
https://i.imgur.com/82yzjaG.jpg
Not sure what is wrong here. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
https://i.imgur.com/Nt8S9E6.jpg
So when I the .bat file I get
https://i.imgur.com/82yzjaG.jpg
Not sure what is wrong here. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
August 30, 2022, 04:35:09 PM
I have 3 newpacs that have been put to rest due to being useless as a result of bitcoin's centralization. However, I would still like to use them to crunch hashes for a side project. How can I do this? I would try dissecting the cgminer code, but it's like trying to read raw bytes. Is there any documentation on this?
I'm on linux, and I know C, if that helps.
I'm on linux, and I know C, if that helps.
August 16, 2022, 05:17:51 PM
R606 has basically been discontinued. Reliability was never that good, and the mechanical parts were way too labor-intensive to manufacture and assemble. If/when there's another pod, it'll use the same basic dimensions but a different mechanical design (including heatsinks) so it goes together a lot easier. It's really demoralizing to put a lot of time into assembling and testing a device only to have it come back for warranty repair.
Would you be able to fix mine?
I got it from Amazon and was in contact with someone until they just ignored me.
It's sitting here not mining anything.
Thanks
August 08, 2022, 05:06:28 AM
The message itself literally says why cgminer can't talk to it.
If windows wont let you set it up in zadig, then indeed there's something wrong with the miner.
If windows wont let you set it up in zadig, then indeed there's something wrong with the miner.
August 03, 2022, 12:15:29 PM
Greetings.
It's been a while.
I have two things: 1: I have had 3 NewPac running pretty much nonstop for 3.5 years now. Amazing!
2: One of them is no longer recognized by cgminer as a valid device and I want to know if there is anything I can do or if I should just let it rest in peace.
I tried moving it from the GekkoHub on a pi to windows and got the same results. Both see the other 2 newpacs with no issue leading me to belive it's the one unit.
This is the message in cgminer from windows. Yes I have WinUSB installed using Zadig. When I run the windows driver installer the bad newpac does not show as a NewPac but as FTDIBUS.
Thanks and yay for amazing hardware that just keeps going.
It's been a while.
I have two things: 1: I have had 3 NewPac running pretty much nonstop for 3.5 years now. Amazing!
2: One of them is no longer recognized by cgminer as a valid device and I want to know if there is anything I can do or if I should just let it rest in peace.
I tried moving it from the GekkoHub on a pi to windows and got the same results. Both see the other 2 newpacs with no issue leading me to belive it's the one unit.
This is the message in cgminer from windows. Yes I have WinUSB installed using Zadig. When I run the windows driver installer the bad newpac does not show as a NewPac but as FTDIBUS.
Code:
[2022-07-31 12:50:47.487] USB init, open device failed, err -12,
[2022-07-31 12:50:47.487] You need to install a WinUSB driver for - GSH device 2:16
[2022-07-31 12:50:47.487] And associate - GSH device 2:16 with WinUSB using zadig
[2022-07-31 12:50:47.487] See README.txt file included for help
[2022-07-31 12:50:47.487] GekkoScience detect (2:16) failed to initialise (incorrect device?), resetting
[2022-07-31 12:50:47.487] You need to install a WinUSB driver for - GSH device 2:16
[2022-07-31 12:50:47.487] And associate - GSH device 2:16 with WinUSB using zadig
[2022-07-31 12:50:47.487] See README.txt file included for help
[2022-07-31 12:50:47.487] GekkoScience detect (2:16) failed to initialise (incorrect device?), resetting
Thanks and yay for amazing hardware that just keeps going.
July 10, 2022, 02:35:52 AM
Hi all,
I bought a broken NEWPAC miner and wondering if there are any available schematics i can use to work out how to fix it?
Any help greatly appreciated
I bought a broken NEWPAC miner and wondering if there are any available schematics i can use to work out how to fix it?
Any help greatly appreciated
June 14, 2022, 10:24:40 AM
UPDATE! I set the start frequency to 350 and it is hashing away quite happily at about 81G...
I have read other posts with similar outcomes on this forum but still do not understand why it needs such a jumpstart. Is it on its way out?
I have read other posts with similar outcomes on this forum but still do not understand why it needs such a jumpstart. Is it on its way out?
June 11, 2022, 06:54:16 PM
Hi. Issue with ZOMBIED NewPac. It reads either 2,1 or 0 chips and will not hash over about 6G when it has detected 2 chips (cgminer) Any suggestions please.
May 28, 2022, 09:37:29 AM
R606 has basically been discontinued. Reliability was never that good, and the mechanical parts were way too labor-intensive to manufacture and assemble. If/when there's another pod, it'll use the same basic dimensions but a different mechanical design (including heatsinks) so it goes together a lot easier. It's really demoralizing to put a lot of time into assembling and testing a device only to have it come back for warranty repair.
Thanks for the info.
Regarding the Gekko usb mining sticks and the powered USB hub, Does USB 2.0 vs USB 3.0 matter as far as the hash rate goes? I some of the recommended hubs are USB 2.0 but the one that Bitcoinmerch bundles with these miners is USB 3.0. So I wanted to ask. I already have one of each hub, just curious which I should use.
It doesn't matter if it's USB2 or USB3, that's mostly for data speed and the amount of data you send is almost nothing. The most important thing to check with these USB hubs is how much power you can transfer per port. The hub from bitcoinmerch that comes with 3 compac Fs has a maximum of 2.4A per port, which is pretty good, much better than most hubs you'll find in the market. You can mine at 300GH/s+ per Compac F with that at 15W.
If you want to go higher than that you'll need a special hub, which delivers more than 2.4A per port. I think the GekkoScience hubs are the only ones that actually deliver that. I haven't seen anything else in the market even close to that. And I think these hubs are USB2.0.
May 09, 2022, 04:36:02 PM
Hi 
! I recently had a friend ask me to fix his Newpac. He has broken off the parts shown in the photo - (https://imgur.com/a/Ovgvoag)
Sidehack or anyone else experienced, maybe you can tell me what 2 parts are used here? I would be very grateful.
Thanks
! I recently had a friend ask me to fix his Newpac. He has broken off the parts shown in the photo - (https://imgur.com/a/Ovgvoag)Sidehack or anyone else experienced, maybe you can tell me what 2 parts are used here? I would be very grateful.
Thanks
May 06, 2022, 12:02:15 PM
I have 4x NewPacs and 1 Compac (diferent hubs) running 4.12 on Windows 10
Bizarrely the 4 Newpacs all run at full tilt with one hub plugged in, and the Compac is fine on the other hub by itself.
When both hubs are plugged in one of the Newpacs performs as follows:
0: GSH 10036077: BM1387:02+ 393.75MHz T:394 P:392 (95:48) | 53.1% WU: 61% | 48.15G / 54.38Gh/s WU: 759.7/m
if I reset the device it goes back up to speed.. however after a few hours it drops again. I have 4 Arctic USB fans blowing on them so temp shouldn't be an issue.
I see that the frequency has been automatically throttled back slightly...
My batch file....
cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 --gekko-newpac-freq 400 --gekko-compacf-freq 450 --gekko-start-freq 300 --gekko-tune-up 85 -u bc1q5mev0ddxan2zspas0t7wgl3ftxxrhq67hn2d53.0 -p x --suggest-diff 1024
Any suggestions?
Bizarrely the 4 Newpacs all run at full tilt with one hub plugged in, and the Compac is fine on the other hub by itself.
When both hubs are plugged in one of the Newpacs performs as follows:
0: GSH 10036077: BM1387:02+ 393.75MHz T:394 P:392 (95:48) | 53.1% WU: 61% | 48.15G / 54.38Gh/s WU: 759.7/m
if I reset the device it goes back up to speed.. however after a few hours it drops again. I have 4 Arctic USB fans blowing on them so temp shouldn't be an issue.
I see that the frequency has been automatically throttled back slightly...
My batch file....
cgminer.exe -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 --gekko-newpac-freq 400 --gekko-compacf-freq 450 --gekko-start-freq 300 --gekko-tune-up 85 -u bc1q5mev0ddxan2zspas0t7wgl3ftxxrhq67hn2d53.0 -p x --suggest-diff 1024
Any suggestions?
May 03, 2022, 09:34:21 PM
Far as I know, it doesn't matter. USB3 is a nine-pin connection, with a standard 4-pin USB2 bus wired alongside 5 pins of USB3, so when a Gekko stick is plugged in it only utilizes the USB2 lines anyway. USB2-only hubs are probably getting less and less likely in the market since so much even basic stuff is USB3 now, but "basic" is still higher up the technical hierarchy than the basic primitive bus/protocol conversion chips that stick miners utilize. Far as I know, there aren't any USB3-specific adapter chips, which makes sense since USB2 bus bandwidth can already operate about two orders of magnitude faster than a basic serial line would ever need to.
In the past there's been some talk around USB3 hubs tying directly into a Pi for some reason not running sticks stably or optimally, which folks I think solved by just putting a USB2 hub inline? I've really only run USB2 anyway for these guys, since that's what our hubs are built around and even our factory testers use customizations of basically the same platform as the powered hubs we sell.
In the past there's been some talk around USB3 hubs tying directly into a Pi for some reason not running sticks stably or optimally, which folks I think solved by just putting a USB2 hub inline? I've really only run USB2 anyway for these guys, since that's what our hubs are built around and even our factory testers use customizations of basically the same platform as the powered hubs we sell.
May 03, 2022, 08:01:53 PM
R606 has basically been discontinued. Reliability was never that good, and the mechanical parts were way too labor-intensive to manufacture and assemble. If/when there's another pod, it'll use the same basic dimensions but a different mechanical design (including heatsinks) so it goes together a lot easier. It's really demoralizing to put a lot of time into assembling and testing a device only to have it come back for warranty repair.
Thanks for the info.
Regarding the Gekko usb mining sticks and the powered USB hub, Does USB 2.0 vs USB 3.0 matter as far as the hash rate goes? I some of the recommended hubs are USB 2.0 but the one that Bitcoinmerch bundles with these miners is USB 3.0. So I wanted to ask. I already have one of each hub, just curious which I should use.
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