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These things are super fragile
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Looking more closely for any damage, I can't find any on the boards, or melted connectors and such that some folks in the Avalon thread have noticed in the past.
...BUT looking more closely, I noticed that I had some dual-modules which were different in that they did NOT have FUSE1. Furthermore, each of those modules were fine. I had one dual-module with one working side and one non-working side - interestingly, the working side has no resistance across its fuse. The non working side had ~7 kOhm across its non working side. All the other non-working ones also had some appreciable resistance across their fuses. So, I'm going to bridge a couple and see if they come back. If so, that would mean that these were simply very tightly fused, and so might be good candidates for going up to a higher-rated fuse if you want to OC, or re-fuse and don't OC.
Will update after dinner when I try this, but I'm crossing my fingers...
That would be fantastic news. Please fill us in on what happens, I'm sure this will help lots of people out if it turns out to be true.
Nevermind, found it, and you're right. Only SOME modules have this fuse (looks like the longer modules, without "Avalon Project" printed on them have FUSE1) The 2 modules that failed for me are on these longer boards and have FUSE1
Dinner was taking longer so I pulled the fuse (yep blown) and bridged the location. And...
EUREKA! That blade had only been doing 41 GH/s, and now it's doing 53-53 GH/s. Looks like I'm going to bridge more and then order some higher rated fuses...
I'm no SMD dude, but it bothered me that I couldn't see any damage on any components or connectors. With the current these things draw a truly failed component should've blackened pretty well. So, glad I was able to notice the fuse and try it out. Will let you all know if they all come back, but at this point it's looking good.
Wow fantastic, and good fucking work seeing that fuse. Going to try bridging mine now.
Alright, did one whole blade and now it's back at 105-110 GH/s. Talk about your resurrection! Going to do the other one now - definitely good to get back that $1K worth of performance I would have otherwise lost!