Topic: GridSeed 5-chip USB miner voltage mod - page 56. (Read 156991 times)

I like http://xpool.net/

 

It says right in the url "UNMODIFIED" gridseed overclocking..
and yes, it is true. From my own experience, 850 works great on non-volt modded units!
Very stable!

Volt modded GS5's can stably hash at 1150 or more with virtually ZERO HW errors!

Unmodified versions cannot even touch it!

Coinwarz has a instant profitability but also a 14 day average. Look for coins which have high profitability in both current and 14 day average.

Yes I do to, but coins there change so often, like you can check every 30 minutes and an other coin will be on top ^^

Hard to decide wich one to step into sometimes

I use coinwarz, regardless of GPU/GSD. Pool is just matter of preference.

According to this blog, 850Mhz is the sweet spot for gridseeds.

http://organofcorti.blogspot.com/2014/04/920-unmodified-gridseed-overclocking.html

yes power supply must be at least 2A, now works

If you asking me, I mine on my pool, 0% fees and PROP payout which is most fair.

thanks will check I have power supply 12W maybe it is not enough, but still when I set on 360 Khash not mining.

So what about a thread of most profitable / best working pool to use with our Gridseeds?

what's working the best for you

cave collasped and he  lost his shovel


have you set it up right - power working, not just usb, or maybe overclocked it too much?

Check out this guide sure youll find somethign in here. covers pretty much everysetup, hardware and software plus cables etc you could think of.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-gridseed-gc3355-5-chip-setuppowerwindowslinuxrpi-by-unicornhasher-494625

why my miner runs but not mine at all?

No they arent, a lot are advertisded as being CPU thermal paste but contain metallic silver or Alu, the only one ive used- Artic Silver - says not to use it on your GPU, but doesnt say anythign about your CPU. it recommends not to be used in certain case etc. i was super carefull wiht it, maybe too much. spread too thin kept cutting out. so i applied a piece of tape to the pins on the CPU socket and applied more artic silver to the CPU. CPU dont tend to have as many componets as close to them as GPU do.

I don't think I agree with the outspoken means believing in doing good. If I go bid a customer's kitchen remodel for $10k and start swearing at them, I highly doubt they will see it as "passionate". I guess I just expected a slightly different response over $8,800 worth of labor, and figured it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for me to expect protection on almost $50,000 risked between payment and hardware. As soon as someone starts throwing around f-bombs and calling me stupid for asking questions and wanting escrow instead of paypal for an $8,800 purchase I tend to see things differently. You sent him 10 miners, I was looking to send 220 miners. I'm just not willing to risk 220 miners without something more than someone's word. Like I said, I've probably been jaded by being on these forums and involved with crypto so long but it seems every time (unless escrow is involved) you get ripped off or the delivery ends up taking significantly longer than expected. I was pretty certain he was not going to rip me off, but I do believe his customer service is severely lacking and not representative of someone who is charging quite a premium to solder on a resistor onto a PCB. For me, personally, I just needed more security before risking that much and he didn't seem to agree.


This will be my last response on the topic. I just wanted to inform other users of my experience--that is what this community is for. I've been here long enough and have watched good people get ripped off enough times that I did not want to stand by and just let some other schmo get taken if I had valuable information to share ahead of time which may have saved them. If you plan to advertise in all these threads, expect people to point out your obvious lack in business acumen.

Childishly spiteful? Alright, for an adult over 50 years old you are the one acting like a child. I'm the one trying to send you 220 Gridseeds and $8,800 to do the work. That is more in hardware and cash that a lot of people make in a year. Obviously I'm going to be protective of it. I have not lied about a single thing, I will gladly share any info via PM (so not to clutter this thread up further) for anyone who asks. I've been here along time, I've done many deals, and I've always treated others with respect. I'm glad for your customers.

-Strung you along for "days"? Our first interaction was April 7th aka yesterday. Right, I'm the "liar".
-I asked if you would consider an escrow purchase for the deal. I'm still risking 220 Gridseeds aka $38,500 in hardware on just your word. I just wanted the escrow to be in place to enforce contract deadlines and accuracy. If you planned to return completed Gridseeds to me in a timely manner, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. Yes, of course I am going to release the escrow after I got my units back. I need to make sure it wasn't a box of bricks and to make sure they still turned on. Surprise! The escrow holder would also be a stranger to me. I even told you I would just pick someone from the forums that has a solid reputation and that I would pay the fee--aka you earn more money this way and get to avoid Paypal's ridiculous fees.

If you think being paid for successful completion of your work is "impossible terms" then good luck to your future business endeavors. I'm not "in control" of anything--hence the point of an escrow and why we use escrows for big purchases like, say, a home? All you have to do is live up to what you agreed to and it would have been yours.

I'm not bugging anybody, and believe me I can live with the consequences of exposing why our deal didn't come to fruition.

Right, it was a bit OT, and thanks for answering anyways. It works fine now, I must have missed that update button somehow

I can comment on this as a customer of his.
Yes, he's very out-spoken. That's not a bad thing, it means he strongly believes what he's doing is good.
I sent him a batch of 10 miners to get the mods, fully knowing it was a risk as you mentioned.
Since I have made the payments, he's been quite honest and reasonable person. Ive seen posts of his work and it's much better than I could EVER do.
My 10 miners are due back from FedEx on Thursday, and im planning a week-long side-by-side test of the modded vs un-modded units, using the same pool.

Just a heads up to anyone considering Wolfey2014's services:

I asked about him modifying 220 Gridseed units. Things seemed okay but he balked at my request to use an escrow service (red flag to me after almost 3 years on these forums and involved with crypto). He is also very pushy and wanted to do the deal right now today--which I had twice previously told him wasn't going to happen today. His responses then devolved into using profanity and then calling me "stupid" because of my distrust and dislike of Paypal.

Overall I don't believe he intended to rip me off (maybe I'm just too cynical in regards to online transactions)--but I'm sure anyone can understand my wanting protection before sending some stranger on the forums $40k worth of brand new mining gear + $8,800 cash to do the mods and hoping they send it back on-time as described. I just wanted to put this out there as a potential warning for others. If anything, you can at least see how quickly his "friendly" persona erodes as soon as you question protection for the transaction or the deal specifics.

I thought all those CPU pastes were non-conductive by default, am I wrong on that point?
Oh well, wouldn't be the first time 

For the grid chips yeah AS LONG AS ITS NOT METALLIC, ie not artic silver - artic cooling MX4 is not the same not even the same company. easliy confusing. The pads are cheap and not very good the stock ones, just be awre that if you go the route of the thermal paste there are serval exposed contacts points on the back of the board - on is for the rest switch,. So if you not using thermal pads apply some electric tape over the points before to prevent a short circuit. Also if your applying any to the surface of the chips also bear in mind that some of the surronding compoents are very near to the high limit of the chips, so again short circuit is possible especailly if you over tighten. if you want to use paste on the thermal vias, go for it but i think its a better option to use thermal pads on the chips - if you putting the whole heatsink back  together. if you worried about air pockets apply some paste to the chips and the heat sink. overkill but itll should help to remove airpockets while help to avoid a short circuit from the heatsink, also offers a bit tiny bit, of protection to the other componets near the chip if you overtighten a bit.
Choice is yours, both have there ups and downs, the paste is better thermal properties but it can be messy. pads are neater and easier to work with.

Im no electronics expert, but wouldn't any paste sold for CPU coolers work for the GSD's as well? It's probably overkill, but there are tonnes of them on the market so lots of price competition...
Only thing I wonder about is the thermal pad used on the GSDs from the factory implies there is a bit of spacing between the chips and the heatsink... The pad is much thicker than the sheen normally used when applying paste to cpu heatsinks.