GekkoScience NewPac / Terminus R606 (BM1387) Official Support Thread - page 77.

philipma1957

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Quote from: os2sam on May 30, 2019, 09:06:29 PM

The Average is 1.012 Ths. I'm using a PC Power supply w/the 6 pin. It's still holding at 800Mhz. It seems stable so I guess I'll let it run overnight.

at my 775 which tunes to 767.5 I am doing 1025-1035gh.

mining to solo.ckpool

so I would suggest dropping to 775 or 750 since you are getting less hash then I do

I add this fan

https://www.cdw.com/product/Thermaltake-Mobile-Fan-12-USB-fan/2258006?

plugged it into the usb port. It is a pull and aids sidehack's fan.

I do not know how long I can do 767.5 but I am going for it.

My only complaint is I have to enter freq 775 and it tunes to 767.5
I rather enter freq 767.5, but I get not a real number.

Here I am 1 r606 and 3 newpacs

http://solo.ckpool.org/users/1JdC6Xg3ajT3rge3FgPNSYYFpmf53Vbtje

does about 3 x 62 = 186 for the newpacs at freq 275
does about 1 x 1035 = 1035 for the r606

total of 1221 for all gear. they run at 98-100% best share is 2.9b needs to be 7.5t Sad

vh

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hmm. that is definitely a new / unreported one. looks like part of libusb complaining.

use this to forcefully bypass the manual intervention part:

Code:

:loop_forever
cgminer.exe -o ...
goto loop_forever

small side effects:
- you lose visibility to other errors.
- you won't be able to press q to quit.

gcanelson

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I have a small situation... I'm running two Win10 machines (YES, that's most likely the problem...). One has cgminer from last December. It has 10 instances of that cgminer running - only NewPacs thru GS Hubs on that computer and no issues. The other Win10 is running the cgminer from May 13 this year. One R606 and several NewPacs all thru GS Hubs. In general, it too is working as it should but 2 of the cgminers tend to stop working after one or two days with the following error message:

Code:

Assertion failed!

Program: C:\~CC-Ore\cgminer.exe
File: os/poll_windows.c, Line 145

Expression: fd != NULL

C:\~CC-Ore>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

Anyone else get this? Any suggestions?

Edit: The R606 instance is running steady. The two cgminers that drop out are NewPacs set @ 425MHz.

I'll likely do a complete rebuild using the May 26 version cgminer for both computers come the weekend... I don't think I've seen this problem posted here so I will post it now... Oh, and restarting the stalled instance(s) of cgminer does work, without any changes to the batch file(s)... So it's only annoying and inconvenient... the problem's on 2 of 25 instances - so mostly things are working well.

sidehack

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Curmudgeonly hardware guy

Batch 2 and onward I'm putting in some holes for a pin header on the I2C bus so I can use 'em for testing. An industrious end user might put a sniffer on there and watch the I2C traffic to get temperature readings in realtime. Polls are every five seconds.

os2sam

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Quote from: sidehack on May 30, 2019, 09:23:55 PM

I'd cut it back to 750MHz. Should get the same hashrate but about 6% less heat. Sounds like your utilization is only about 93%.

It shows WU:94% I set to 750 for the night. The light were solid so no overtemp. The case didn't feel hot at all and the air exhaust didn't seem too hot either. But 800Mhz just made me a little nervous, so I took your advice.
Thanks,
Sam

sidehack

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I'd cut it back to 750MHz. Should get the same hashrate but about 6% less heat. Sounds like your utilization is only about 93%.

I've seen 825 once and 850 once on some performance tests, but never sustained. The main regulator cuts out at 20A and that's heat-derated, so if it's getting warm it'll cut out earlier. The red LEDs will blink when the onboard temp sensor (on the hot end, about an inch from the chips) reads 75C. As long as it's not blinking at you and the main regulator isn't cutting out, it's probably fine. If you want to sustain that long-term, consider upgrading the fan.

os2sam

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Quote from: philipma1957 on May 30, 2019, 08:41:33 PM

... how much hash do you get 1.1 th?

The Average is 1.012 Ths. I'm using a PC Power supply w/the 6 pin. It's still holding at 800Mhz. It seems stable so I guess I'll let it run overnight.

philipma1957

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Quote from: os2sam on May 30, 2019, 08:20:28 PM

I'm doing some more R606 testing on my laptop running Ubuntu 18.04. It looks like it has stabilized at 800Mhz on Power Level 7. Is 800Mhz safe?

The R606 with Power supply is pulling 113 Watts. With the fits Win7 and the Pi were giving me, I wasn't expecting it to actually do 800Mhz.

I have done freq 767 with extra fan and volt setting of 7 for more then 2 weeks zero issues.

I suspect linux will do best then a good pc with win 10

If you are using the 8amp brick you are exceeding the rating of the jack by 1.5 amps.

So I would hope you have a six pin pcie from a good pc.

how much hash do you get 1.1 th?

os2sam

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I'm doing some more R606 testing on my laptop running Ubuntu 18.04. It looks like it has stabilized at 800Mhz on Power Level 7. Is 800Mhz safe?

The R606 with Power supply is pulling 113 Watts. With the fits Win7 and the Pi were giving me, I wasn't expecting it to actually do 800Mhz.

sidehack

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I recognize those serial numbers. They're bench-testing numbers instead of actual release numbers because these were from the first batch tested after we changed up the testing setup for R606 pods and the person in charge forgot to write production serial numbers to them and nobody realized it until the next day when they'd already shipped. There's supposed to be a second round of verification testing after getting the final serial number and that was skipped on these.

So if they keep not working, and if you want (hopefully you're in the US), and if the seller is okay with it, you can send them back to me (the factory) and I will ship you replacements.

ZimbaCardi

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Something else to play with, will read up and try it this evening, see if I find out how to see what voltage it is running at. Thanks a lot.

vh

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Review this post regarding the potentiometer: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.48600421.

Adjust it a degree or two clockwise past stock setting to see if it wakes up. Continue working with one at a time. Try a ~~different port~~, different hub, no hub, different system, etc.

ZimbaCardi

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Brand New. Supplier is helping me in this thread Wink

The 4 good ones run perfect in the same hub/slot with and without the faulty ones. The 2.1A is per port but have tried swapping amongst them and on other USB ports off the Hub.

Just ran each one alone, Hub off and R-606 off, the only other things on USB ports are Keyboard and mouse.

Don't see any voltage pot on this ones and the boards look good, no browning. 2 of them light up the green led when plugged in (ID10081129 & 57), one lights up both green and white and blinks white for a bit while resetting (ID10081190), all three end like this:

Code:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 USB management [P]ool management [S]ettings Display options [Q]uit
 2: GSH 10081190: found 0 chip(s)                                          | OFF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

GS hub is 6A per port? I need to look into getting me one!

minefarmbuy

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We are not retail.

The hub could be the issue. Test the sticks off the hub or one at a time on the hub to make sure they're running. Obviously the hub works but is likely a bottleneck. The GS hub is 6A per port and is designed for these.

gt_addict

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Did you buy them new or used? Are there any signs of browning on the pcb? Where is the voltage pot set? Do the four good ones run ok on the same hub as the bad three?

ZimbaCardi

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Hello, little help here if able please.

Just started running 7 NewPacs and an R-606 on a Win10 machine, all well except for 3 NewPacs.

All 7 run on a hub with 2.1A, have tried swapping slots among them, ran the 4 "good ones" all night and at 50, 100 and 200Mhz, with and without the R-606 connectec also, they ran without a hitch.

The 3 faulty ones, I tried hot swapping, ran them alone, then a pair, then all 3. 50, 100 and 200Mhz. Version cgminer-4.11.1-windows-gekko-9e51f0b and previous one.

-n outputs this:

Code:

[2019-05-30 09:34:52.252] USB all: found 22 devices - listing known devices
.USB dev 0: Bus 3 Device 11 ID: 0403:6015
  Manufacturer: 'GekkoScience'
  Product: 'NewPac Bitcoin Miner'
.USB dev 1: Bus 3 Device 9 ID: 0403:6015
  Manufacturer: 'GekkoScience'
  Product: 'NewPac Bitcoin Miner'
.USB dev 2: Bus 3 Device 10 ID: 0403:6015
  Manufacturer: 'GekkoScience'
  Product: 'NewPac Bitcoin Miner'
 [2019-05-30 09:34:52.253] 3 known USB devices

Starting cgminer looks like this and runs various checks similar:

Code:

USB management [P]ool management Settings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 2: GSH 10081190: found 0 chip(s)                                          |  0.000 /  0.000h/s WU:0.0/m
 0: GSH 10081157: found 0 chip(s)                                          | ZOMBIE
 1: GSH 10081129: BM1387:01  200.00MHz T:50  P:0   (0:188) |  0.0% WU:  0% | ZOMBIE

[2019-05-30 09:58:36.610] GSH 0 failure, disabling!
 [2019-05-30 09:58:36.646] GSH 1 failure, disabling!
 [2019-05-30 09:58:37.088] 0: GSH 0 - Toggling ASIC nRST to reset

Finally gets to this:

Code:

 USB management [P]ool management Settings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 6: GSH 10081157: found 0 chip(s)                                          | OFF
 7: GSH 10081190: found 0 chip(s)                                          | OFF
 8: GSH 10081129: found 0 chip(s)                                          | OFF

Appreciate any help.

vh

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@ProgrammerFox

Someday... maybe. The recommended mitigation steps (best / better / other):
   Switch to linux, review and build from git.
   Build the win executable yourself. VirtualBox + Ubuntu + Post #2.
   Check the sha1 hash using certutil of what you are running versus what was posted here on this forum thread.

Re: update the master branch.
   Soon. The current plan is to do so as batch 2 starts shipping. In the meantime switch to the R606 branch to keep updated.

ProgrammerFox

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Hi GekkoScience team, Victor, great work on all of this, very exciting stuff.

I have two security concerns:

1. Why is the Windows binary hosted on an HTTP endpoint with no domain name? This is massively insecure. Why not just upload to an S3 bucket or equivalent?
2. The master branch here (https://github.com/vthoang/cgminer) is 98 commits behind ckolivas:master. Can you please merge the latest code?

Thank you for your hard work.

gt_addict

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Quote from: DieselWeaseI on May 29, 2019, 09:52:23 PM

anyone know where I can get my hands on a 2.1/5.5mm barrel jack to PCIE 6 pin male cable that isn't some cheap junk shipping from China? I'm looking to power the Odroid SBC running my miner off my breakout board instead of the 2A power adapter that plugs in the wall. I'm trying not to have to make my own.

Thanks

For the power you are going to be drawing the cheap chinese ones will be perfectly fine.

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i did buy in china, cables are very good.
But resellers here have cables too.

mm, never heard of odroid before, looks very good. think am gonna buy some to experiment with.
When i look @ jack of Odroid, i think you have to make cable yourselve. Never seen 6 pole PCIe to jack.

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