My thoughts after some time with these:
Don' use power bricks. They can't properly power them. I bought the highest rated 12v 6a bricks and they weren't up to the task. Two burned out completely, and another kept putting the pod in zombie status.
The ones connected to a PSU (EVGA Supernova 550) ran 20 days before needing a reboot.
Of my six units, two were giving me issues with shutting off or inability to reach higher frequencies. I replaced the stock fans on them with ones from cooler-master that have twice the airflow rating (https://amzn.to/2xvCzZh) [and 50mm M3 screws] and that's got them in line. One still doesn't want to go above 200mhz, but that one was giving me trouble from day one and Sidehack had agreed to take a look at it, but now that I've got it stable at 200, I'm fine with it.
The 550 PSU is now powering all 6 at 200mhz and putting out a combined 536 GH/s which is right in line (slightly better) than the predicted output.
As I live in the south and it is 109 here with the heat index, I have 2 140mm fans adding to the fan power and neither the noise nor heat are bothersome. Excuse the lack o cable management, was still fiddling with them this morning. They are mounted in a line to maximize airflow through the heatsink channels, and when it's really warm in my office I add a third 140 to the end to help push the warm air away from the pods.
Bottom line: I love these pods, and they are perfect for summer mining in a small home farm.
http://biggerdiapers.com/gek.jpg
Topic: GekkoScience Terminus R808 Miner Official Support Thread - page 5. (Read 16917 times)
All my heatsink screws to date are various lengths of M3.
What size are the screws holding the fans on? I need some longer ones for upgraded fans. Know the length I need, but not the M size
yeah you're going to have to send it back I had one like that not too long ago.
try a different computer if you can or different power supply.
What speed are you trying to hash at?
What speed are you trying to hash at?
I did try that. Used the power supply from the Terminus that has been fine since in got the, on a desktop and another Pi. Still only shows zero chips detected.
This one has only been running at 200 since I got it back from Sidehack.
I guess I'll have to send it back.
This is what I see.
Code:
[2018-05-21 19:43:18.907] GSE 19: setting frequency to 100.00MHz
[2018-05-21 19:43:24.144] GSE 20: Terminus BM1384 Bitcoin Miner (10030156)
[2018-05-21 19:43:24.353] GSE 20: found 0 chip(s)
[2018-05-21 19:43:24.354] Hotplug: GekkoScience added GSE 20
[2018-05-21 19:43:24.354] GSE 20 failure, disabling!
[2018-05-21 19:43:24.354] GSE 20: setting frequency to 100.00MHz
[2018-05-21 19:43:29.586] GSE 21: Terminus BM1384 Bitcoin Miner (10030156)
[2018-05-21 19:43:29.794] GSE 21: found 0 chip(s)
[2018-05-21 19:43:29.795] Hotplug: GekkoScience added GSE 21
[2018-05-21 19:43:29.795] GSE 21 failure, disabling!
[2018-05-21 19:43:29.795] GSE 21: setting frequency to 100.00MHz
[2018-05-21 19:43:30.532] Accepted 118fcd53 Diff 15/1 GSD 1 pool 1
[2018-05-21 19:43:35.026] GSE 22: Terminus BM1384 Bitcoin Miner (10030156)
[2018-05-21 19:43:35.236] GSE 22: found 0 chip(s)
[2018-05-21 19:43:35.237] Hotplug: GekkoScience added GSE 22
[2018-05-21 19:43:35.237] GSE 22 failure, disabling!
[2018-05-21 19:43:35.237] GSE 22: setting frequency to 100.00MHz
[2018-05-21 19:43:39.149] Accepted 3f151b25 Diff 4/1 GSD 1 pool 2
[2018-05-21 19:43:39.267] Accepted 099b3970 Diff 27/16 GSD 1 pool 3
[2018-05-21 19:43:39.420] Accepted 0fdb6196 Diff 16/16 GSD 1 pool 3
[2018-05-21 19:43:40.474] GSE 23: Terminus BM1384 Bitcoin Miner (10030156)
[2018-05-21 19:43:40.682] GSE 23: found 0 chip(s)
[2018-05-21 19:43:40.683] Hotplug: GekkoScience added GSE 23
[2018-05-21 19:43:40.683] Accepted 25f4b5d6 Diff 7/1 GSD 1 pool 2
[2018-05-21 19:43:40.683] GSE 23 failure, disabling!
[2018-05-21 19:43:40.683] GSE 23: setting frequency to 100.00MHz
try a different computer if you can or different power supply.
What speed are you trying to hash at?
What speed are you trying to hash at?
I did try that. Used the power supply from the Terminus that has been fine since in got the, on a desktop and another Pi. Still only shows zero chips detected.
This one has only been running at 200 since I got it back from Sidehack.
I guess I'll have to send it back.
try a different computer if you can or different power supply.
What speed are you trying to hash at?
What speed are you trying to hash at?
does it come up as zombie? if it does then you will need to send it back.
Nope, just as zero chips detected.
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I had this same problem on one of my pod, i left it alone and after an hour or so it fixed itself.
Weird but I have them all working now.
Huh, I have one that runs great at 200 and another that went down to 6 chips, was repaired by sidehack and worked great for a few weeks but now shows zero.
I tried powering off for 9 hours and still had zero.
Did you do anything else after the "rest" that I can try?
Edited for clarity
does it come up as zombie? if it does then you will need to send it back.
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I had this same problem on one of my pod, i left it alone and after an hour or so it fixed itself.
Weird but I have them all working now.
Huh, I have one that runs great at 200 and another that went down to 6 chips, was repaired by sidehack and worked great for a few weeks but now shows zero.
I tried powering off for 9 hours and still had zero.
Did you do anything else after the "rest" that I can try?
Edited for clarity
Hi Sidehack,
I may have found the problem
I rebooted the pod and saw the following:
GSE 0: found 7 chip(s)
and
BM1384: 7 150.00MHz
I'm assuming one chip isn't working
Haven't figured out how to paste a screenshot, sorry
I'll power down the pod
Dave
I may have found the problem
I rebooted the pod and saw the following:
GSE 0: found 7 chip(s)
and
BM1384: 7 150.00MHz
I'm assuming one chip isn't working
Haven't figured out how to paste a screenshot, sorry
I'll power down the pod
Dave
I had this same problem on one of my pod, i left it alone and after an hour or so it fixed itself.
Weird but I have them all working now.
Hi Sidehack,
I may have found the problem
I rebooted the pod and saw the following:
GSE 0: found 7 chip(s)
and
BM1384: 7 150.00MHz
I'm assuming one chip isn't working
Haven't figured out how to paste a screenshot, sorry
I'll power down the pod
Dave
I may have found the problem
I rebooted the pod and saw the following:
GSE 0: found 7 chip(s)
and
BM1384: 7 150.00MHz
I'm assuming one chip isn't working
Haven't figured out how to paste a screenshot, sorry
I'll power down the pod
Dave
Second R808 run overnight using same power brick & USB cable
Running at 150, this pod runs at 55ghs average versus the first pod that averages around 66ghs
Can I check for anything on the second one?
Cheers
Running at 150, this pod runs at 55ghs average versus the first pod that averages around 66ghs
Can I check for anything on the second one?
Cheers
Did you reboot your router?
Have you tried a wired connection?
Cheers
Have you tried a wired connection?
Cheers
New error cropped up over the past few days - may be related to this, may be the cgminer support thread, may need a raspberry pi thread. Not sure at this point.
Basically I have my 3 miners (soon to be 4) going on 2 separate pis as I was not able to get more than 2 running reliably at a time (suspected secondary to the USB issue earlier in this thread). It was working fine until a few days ago when my single pi started getting no communication from the pool (CK solo and pool respectively). I am still connected, but just not getting assigned any work so the hash rate is zero.
Log file shows endless versions of this:
[2018-04-23 01:13:27.115] Accepted 022f1bf1 Diff 117/84 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:13:30.473] Accepted a21dd62e Diff 404/84 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:15:00.515] Stratum connection to pool 0 interrupted
[2018-04-23 01:15:01.827] Pool 0 stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 not responding!
[2018-04-23 01:15:10.521] Waiting for work to be available from pools.
[2018-04-23 01:15:23.069] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 4000
[2018-04-23 01:15:25.935] Pool 0 message: Authorised, welcome to solo.ckpool.org me!
[2018-04-23 01:15:25.940] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
[2018-04-23 01:15:25.941] Work available from pools, resuming.
[2018-04-23 01:15:26.002] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 40
[2018-04-23 01:15:46.832] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:15:56.832] Lost 3 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:01.832] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:11.832] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:16.832] Lost 3 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:21.833] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:31.833] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:36.833] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:41.833] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:50.538] Accepted 03c00f32 Diff 17.5K/4000 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:51.833] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:56.413] Accepted 05f99013 Diff 43/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:56.833] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:57.327] Accepted 04faac4e Diff 51/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:17:00.365] Accepted 04f48de0 Diff 52/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:17:01.833] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
...
Accepted 05f20d0c Diff 43/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 17:50:39.572] Stratum connection to pool 0 interrupted
[2018-04-23 17:50:44.903] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 4000
[2018-04-23 17:50:45.672] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
[2018-04-23 17:50:46.049] Pool 0 message: Authorised, welcome to solo.ckpool.org me!
[2018-04-23 17:50:47.220] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 40
[2018-04-23 17:51:12.885] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:17.885] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:22.885] Lost 3 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:27.885] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:37.885] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:42.885] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:47.885] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:52.885] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:57.885] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:02.885] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:07.886] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:12.886] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:17.886] Lost 3 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:27.886] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:32.886] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:37.886] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:41.825] Accepted 04d918ab Diff 53/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:42.886] Lost 5 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:46.973] Accepted 02488d20 Diff 112/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:46.973] Accepted 05ef8825 Diff 43/40 GSE 0
to the point where I am dropping more than I am connected.
Next step I'm planning is to see if this happens with the same miner on a different pi, or same pi with different miners. But has anyone encountered this before?
Edit: just FYI, I do not suspect it is a network issue (both pis connected wirelessly and the other has no issues) nor do I suspect and internet connection problem with the single pi it has been happening on (as I can still connect to the internet and use a browser, for example).
Basically I have my 3 miners (soon to be 4) going on 2 separate pis as I was not able to get more than 2 running reliably at a time (suspected secondary to the USB issue earlier in this thread). It was working fine until a few days ago when my single pi started getting no communication from the pool (CK solo and pool respectively). I am still connected, but just not getting assigned any work so the hash rate is zero.
Log file shows endless versions of this:
[2018-04-23 01:13:27.115] Accepted 022f1bf1 Diff 117/84 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:13:30.473] Accepted a21dd62e Diff 404/84 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:15:00.515] Stratum connection to pool 0 interrupted
[2018-04-23 01:15:01.827] Pool 0 stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 not responding!
[2018-04-23 01:15:10.521] Waiting for work to be available from pools.
[2018-04-23 01:15:23.069] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 4000
[2018-04-23 01:15:25.935] Pool 0 message: Authorised, welcome to solo.ckpool.org me!
[2018-04-23 01:15:25.940] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
[2018-04-23 01:15:25.941] Work available from pools, resuming.
[2018-04-23 01:15:26.002] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 40
[2018-04-23 01:15:46.832] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:15:56.832] Lost 3 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:01.832] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:11.832] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:16.832] Lost 3 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:21.833] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:31.833] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:36.833] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:41.833] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:50.538] Accepted 03c00f32 Diff 17.5K/4000 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:51.833] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:56.413] Accepted 05f99013 Diff 43/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:56.833] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 01:16:57.327] Accepted 04faac4e Diff 51/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:17:00.365] Accepted 04f48de0 Diff 52/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 01:17:01.833] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
...
Accepted 05f20d0c Diff 43/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 17:50:39.572] Stratum connection to pool 0 interrupted
[2018-04-23 17:50:44.903] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 4000
[2018-04-23 17:50:45.672] Stratum from pool 0 requested work restart
[2018-04-23 17:50:46.049] Pool 0 message: Authorised, welcome to solo.ckpool.org me!
[2018-04-23 17:50:47.220] Pool 0 difficulty changed to 40
[2018-04-23 17:51:12.885] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:17.885] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:22.885] Lost 3 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:27.885] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:37.885] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:42.885] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:47.885] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:52.885] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:51:57.885] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:02.885] Lost 1 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:07.886] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:12.886] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:17.886] Lost 3 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:27.886] Lost 2 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:32.886] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:37.886] Lost 4 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:41.825] Accepted 04d918ab Diff 53/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:42.886] Lost 5 shares due to no stratum share response from pool 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:46.973] Accepted 02488d20 Diff 112/40 GSE 0
[2018-04-23 17:52:46.973] Accepted 05ef8825 Diff 43/40 GSE 0
to the point where I am dropping more than I am connected.
Next step I'm planning is to see if this happens with the same miner on a different pi, or same pi with different miners. But has anyone encountered this before?
Edit: just FYI, I do not suspect it is a network issue (both pis connected wirelessly and the other has no issues) nor do I suspect and internet connection problem with the single pi it has been happening on (as I can still connect to the internet and use a browser, for example).
The first step to addressing a warranty concern is, talk to the person you bought it from.
thx sidehack. all over it.
BTW, here they are in action:
https://radentzblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_3856.jpg?w=840
Received 2nd R808 this morning, Thanks Sidehack & Laura!
Setup and running nicely on my second Pi3
I run mine at stock 150 only using the bricks i mentioned previously
I have noticed that running my two 2paks along with the first R808 degraded performance slightly with all devices
Run separate, they run at spec, so I'm assuming USB limitations / conflict?
As a comment only, we used to favor Firewire over USB with our video capturing due to how USB was inferior to the latter on how it managed the data stream, ie no dropping of frames, etc. USB always had a hiccup or two and required re-capturing
I realize Firewire is now considered obsolete, but wanted to pass this along.
Thanks again
Setup and running nicely on my second Pi3
I run mine at stock 150 only using the bricks i mentioned previously
I have noticed that running my two 2paks along with the first R808 degraded performance slightly with all devices
Run separate, they run at spec, so I'm assuming USB limitations / conflict?
As a comment only, we used to favor Firewire over USB with our video capturing due to how USB was inferior to the latter on how it managed the data stream, ie no dropping of frames, etc. USB always had a hiccup or two and required re-capturing
I realize Firewire is now considered obsolete, but wanted to pass this along.
Thanks again
Received two Terminus machines from Sidehack.
At first, these bad boys felt very hot to the touch. Then I got some one inch tall rubber feet from Amazon to get them raised up a little. Now they feel very cool to the touch. Apparently giving them some extra ventilation room for the bottom of the pod is quite beneficial.
Quite happy with these units.
At first, these bad boys felt very hot to the touch. Then I got some one inch tall rubber feet from Amazon to get them raised up a little. Now they feel very cool to the touch. Apparently giving them some extra ventilation room for the bottom of the pod is quite beneficial.
Quite happy with these units.
Where/what spots on the Terminus can I use for checking voltage appropriately? I have an analog multi-meter, just unsure of the correct contact points for positive & ground.
Thanks!
Thanks!
The first step to addressing a warranty concern is, talk to the person you bought it from.
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