Topic: GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread - page 51. (Read 61918 times)
November 22, 2019, 09:15:20 PM
damn - still under warranty? I had one that would constantly reboot and quit working - they replaced mine quickly and without issue - that might be an option for you if still under warranty.
November 22, 2019, 04:49:58 PM
can you try a straight up swap with one of your other controllers?
Just finished the server swap and updated drivers. The zombie unit will not start hashing with the different server. The other unit has started hashing normally.
November 21, 2019, 11:13:28 PM
can you try a straight up swap with one of your other controllers?
November 21, 2019, 09:02:14 PM
Thanks for reaching out!!
I have tried 3 different pools. I have tried several previously working start codes (diff freqs & diff pools). I have tried changing voltage on both the miner and in the code.
I'm super noob, but the [oo] looks wrong to me - i though there were more chips. It seems to power up okay -I haven't tried a different controller yet; unfortunately, that will need to wait until the weekend...and it's a terrible crypto week :-(
I have tried 3 different pools. I have tried several previously working start codes (diff freqs & diff pools). I have tried changing voltage on both the miner and in the code.
I'm super noob, but the [oo] looks wrong to me - i though there were more chips. It seems to power up okay -I haven't tried a different controller yet; unfortunately, that will need to wait until the weekend...and it's a terrible crypto week :-(
November 21, 2019, 08:50:51 PM
have you tried a different pool? I assume you have all 3 on the same pool so it is most likely not that, but I want to ask anyways. have you tried to copy the code over from one that is working into the cg code for the miner that is giving you issues to see if that works? have you tried to change the voltage setting on the miner?
November 21, 2019, 08:48:19 PM
I don't see any other messages other than, restarting, restarting, no chips found, ZOMBIE. Shows [oo] in widescreen. It is not showing a speed. Yellow light comes on with power, I start cg miner with controller, and nothing continues from that point.
November 21, 2019, 08:34:43 PM
After running my 3 R606's for some time now, I am having trouble getting 1 restarted today. It stopped hashing this afternoon, but seemed to remain online with the pool. When I got home I restarted and it went back to work. After about 30 minutes of hashing it stopped and I am unable to get it restarted. I unplug/plugin, restart server, change settings, changed power supply and it just says, no chips found - ZOMBIE.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
any messages? is it showing the chips still? does it show a speed?
November 21, 2019, 07:24:49 PM
After running my 3 R606's for some time now, I am having trouble getting 1 restarted today. It stopped hashing this afternoon, but seemed to remain online with the pool. When I got home I restarted and it went back to work. After about 30 minutes of hashing it stopped and I am unable to get it restarted. I unplug/plugin, restart server, change settings, changed power supply and it just says, no chips found - ZOMBIE.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
November 20, 2019, 10:51:59 AM
Screw that ^^ noise. There is nothing about these small miners that needs the things that Stratum V2 and BoS is supposed to provide, it largely increases communication between servers and miners with the aim of 'better management'. For that matter for most folks, it has nothing any miner 'needs'. Beyond that, V2 is mostly a case of change-because-we-can: a disaster in the making that should be discussed elsewhere.
Ja cgminer relies on using usually closed-source drivers specific to any given miner - so what? It works very well and more to the point, has a proven track record that it finds blocks - something the devs behind BoS and the various hacked firmwares out there have yet to give ANY proof of.
Ja cgminer relies on using usually closed-source drivers specific to any given miner - so what? It works very well and more to the point, has a proven track record that it finds blocks - something the devs behind BoS and the various hacked firmwares out there have yet to give ANY proof of.
November 20, 2019, 10:39:11 AM
newpac requires https://github.com/vthoang/cgminer.git
but, that project looks pretty dead so it does not look good for stratum v2 support.
I see there is this other project that aims to support stratum v2 and replace cgminer
https://medium.com/@braiins_systems/developing-bosminer-an-open-source-replacement-for-cgminer-fdf85bc9fc66
Maybe consider submitting a PR to bosminer for the newpac support?
Any forward looking statement from GekkoScience on stratum v2 support for the newpac is welcome.
Thanks
but, that project looks pretty dead so it does not look good for stratum v2 support.
I see there is this other project that aims to support stratum v2 and replace cgminer
https://medium.com/@braiins_systems/developing-bosminer-an-open-source-replacement-for-cgminer-fdf85bc9fc66
Maybe consider submitting a PR to bosminer for the newpac support?
Any forward looking statement from GekkoScience on stratum v2 support for the newpac is welcome.
Thanks
November 09, 2019, 01:50:08 PM
After running the Newpacs and r606 for over a year on an increasingly unreliable Windows laptop, I made the switch to Linux on two different Raspberry pi setups and man, what a difference. The six Newpacs running on a Gekko Science hub with a pi3 are putting out about 250 Ghs, while the 3 Newpacks on another GS hub that are running with an r606 on a pi4 are putting out close to 1 Ths. Not only are they running faster, but they appear to be running more stable. Of course, the pi's are connected with ethernet cables, and the hp laptop was wifi only, but there seems to be no USB bottleneck, especially on the pi4. Got so tired of waking up only to find that the laptop had either rebooted or dropped wifi connection in the middle of the night. It has been a long while since I monkeyed with Unix OS at work (now retired) but it proved to be surprisingly easy to setup and run, especially with the instructions in the forum. My ancient command line skills seem to be returning, just like riding a bicycle. Thanks all for maintaining this forum to help people get up and running.
Had same experience with switch from windows 10 to linux.win10 --> 0.95 Ths
Linux --> 1.5 Ths
It is still improving.
Would advise everyone to switch to linux for mining.
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i did mention an official reseller in Europe, but that is not allowed @ this forum. So moderator has deleted the message.
@sidehack: maybe you can adjust post @ first page, this will help everyone who wants to know who the resellers are.
November 08, 2019, 09:06:34 AM
a 1Gb pi4 is more than enough if your only using it as a mining controller.
we have 1Gb kits with a power supply available if you one, just doesn't include the case.
https://www.419mining.com/shop/misc/raspberry-pi-4/
we have 1Gb kits with a power supply available if you one, just doesn't include the case.
https://www.419mining.com/shop/misc/raspberry-pi-4/
November 08, 2019, 05:54:35 AM
Quick quesrion would a 2GB pi4 be suitable or overkill for running newpacs and an r606? Im making the switch from windoze as im fed up with it constantly running all the way through the usb bus and eventually getting “no chips found” errors even when they are fine after a restart.
November 08, 2019, 02:54:57 AM
After running the Newpacs and r606 for over a year on an increasingly unreliable Windows laptop, I made the switch to Linux on two different Raspberry pi setups and man, what a difference. The six Newpacs running on a Gekko Science hub with a pi3 are putting out about 250 Ghs, while the 3 Newpacks on another GS hub that are running with an r606 on a pi4 are putting out close to 1 Ths. Not only are they running faster, but they appear to be running more stable. Of course, the pi's are connected with ethernet cables, and the hp laptop was wifi only, but there seems to be no USB bottleneck, especially on the pi4. Got so tired of waking up only to find that the laptop had either rebooted or dropped wifi connection in the middle of the night. It has been a long while since I monkeyed with Unix OS at work (now retired) but it proved to be surprisingly easy to setup and run, especially with the instructions in the forum. My ancient command line skills seem to be returning, just like riding a bicycle. Thanks all for maintaining this forum to help people get up and running.
yeah windows is really shitty for running asics....great with GPUs but terrible with multiple asics
a lot of the usb bottle neck issues can be solved by running on raspberry pi or ubuntu
November 07, 2019, 01:15:45 PM
After running the Newpacs and r606 for over a year on an increasingly unreliable Windows laptop, I made the switch to Linux on two different Raspberry pi setups and man, what a difference. The six Newpacs running on a Gekko Science hub with a pi3 are putting out about 250 Ghs, while the 3 Newpacks on another GS hub that are running with an r606 on a pi4 are putting out close to 1 Ths. Not only are they running faster, but they appear to be running more stable. Of course, the pi's are connected with ethernet cables, and the hp laptop was wifi only, but there seems to be no USB bottleneck, especially on the pi4. Got so tired of waking up only to find that the laptop had either rebooted or dropped wifi connection in the middle of the night. It has been a long while since I monkeyed with Unix OS at work (now retired) but it proved to be surprisingly easy to setup and run, especially with the instructions in the forum. My ancient command line skills seem to be returning, just like riding a bicycle. Thanks all for maintaining this forum to help people get up and running.
November 02, 2019, 12:01:58 AM
October 30, 2019, 11:15:54 AM
Ubuntu machine and cgminer running solid.
However, I came home to one of the NewPacs in a loop showing "0 chips found" and trying to restart
Tried changing hubs, solo instance, different computers all to no avail.
I have all of my NewPacs running at 200MHz and 860mV with ample cooling.
Is there anything else I can try or test for before sending it in for repair?
However, I came home to one of the NewPacs in a loop showing "0 chips found" and trying to restart
Tried changing hubs, solo instance, different computers all to no avail.
I have all of my NewPacs running at 200MHz and 860mV with ample cooling.
Is there anything else I can try or test for before sending it in for repair?
I am having this same issue on my R606 miner. Is there any deeper testing I can try? I got it to come up once after this error and I saw that there was an issue with the 3rd chip and when I quit out I haven't been able to get it to find any chips since.
Thank you @sidehack for the response. I have reached out to him to see if there is anything that can be done.
October 29, 2019, 09:53:18 AM
Probably an 8A brick? Then it's possible trying to run high speed and high voltage could be causing problems. 8A should be sufficient to see upwards of 600MHz around V4 even with heat problems. I had one on the tester last week with only one heatsink that pulled 7A at 550MHz. Usually it'd be under 6A.
Assuming everything's working right, I'd expect around 700MHz on V6 to be possible with that brick. Maybe you lost the chip lottery and your unit isn't terribly overclockable.
Assuming everything's working right, I'd expect around 700MHz on V6 to be possible with that brick. Maybe you lost the chip lottery and your unit isn't terribly overclockable.
that's fine - I am not complaining - just providing my feedback on what I have. I just reboot it periodically if it drops too low.
October 29, 2019, 09:51:55 AM
Probably an 8A brick? Then it's possible trying to run high speed and high voltage could be causing problems. 8A should be sufficient to see upwards of 600MHz around V4 even with heat problems. I had one on the tester last week with only one heatsink that pulled 7A at 550MHz. Usually it'd be under 6A.
Assuming everything's working right, I'd expect around 700MHz on V6 to be possible with that brick. Maybe you lost the chip lottery and your unit isn't terribly overclockable.
Assuming everything's working right, I'd expect around 700MHz on V6 to be possible with that brick. Maybe you lost the chip lottery and your unit isn't terribly overclockable.
October 29, 2019, 09:26:10 AM
Okay that's great. But what's your power supply?
nvm i am not fully awake yet - the usb is not for the power - I am using the power brick that came with the miner.
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