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newbie
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November 14, 2013, 02:05:42 PM
I would also recommend the following if your hash rate is fluctuating wildly using automatic settings, it definitely stabilized my rate!
(I'm only running 4 boards, so I didn't change voltage settings.)

Thanks GandalfG!


Ok there is 16  factory overclocked board. I think PSU can't handle that much.
First set speed on all boards to 52
Login to Pi and do command

Code:
rm /opt/bitfury/best.cnf ; for i in {1..256} ; do echo -e "$i\taIfDSo\t52" >> /opt/bitfury/best.cnf ; done

1 - After that try run with 12 boards for test for 30 min.
2 - If no hash drop, shutdown miner and add 1 more board.
3 - Make test.
Repeat for max board count working stable.

I strongly suggest decrease voltage on all boards. Turn little pot near Pulse inductor on Hboards counterclockwise about a quarter turn or so.

newbie
Activity: 56
Merit: 0
November 14, 2013, 11:35:26 AM
You can probably get a list of clients by browsing to your access point ip address.

did you try 192.168.1.249?

Thanx alot!
legendary
Activity: 892
Merit: 1002
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November 14, 2013, 11:25:07 AM
Hi! I download the raspberry pi image from the first post https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43738391/2013-Sep-27_BFSB_GM2.rar and write it to SD. Now how can I connect to Rpi? What is the default IP in this image?

did you try 192.168.1.249?
I think the software takes the network address and replaces the last number by 249, so if your network is 192.168.11.x your bitfury will be 192.168.11.249.

You can probably get a list of clients by browsing to your access point ip address.

It uses dhcp and gets the first free ip from your router/switch... just look it up in your router or switch.
hero member
Activity: 826
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November 14, 2013, 09:25:42 AM
Hi! I download the raspberry pi image from the first post https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43738391/2013-Sep-27_BFSB_GM2.rar and write it to SD. Now how can I connect to Rpi? What is the default IP in this image?

did you try 192.168.1.249?
I think the software takes the network address and replaces the last number by 249, so if your network is 192.168.11.x your bitfury will be 192.168.11.249.

You can probably get a list of clients by browsing to your access point ip address.
sr. member
Activity: 259
Merit: 250
Dig your freedom
November 14, 2013, 08:58:46 AM
Okay I got it working. The only problem I got now is that I can only get bank number 1-11 working. I have 12 plugged in. but only 11 looks to be working.
I’m have a problem running the rig when I have all 16 h boards plugged in. it would just power up and shut off. But when I remove 4 (left with 12) it would power on and I would be able to hash. However it would only hash with 11 boards. i've also notice that after hashing for about 20min or so, some of the h boards stop hashing. only 4 would be hashing still and the rest would stop. why is that?

Any idea on how to fix this problem.

i doubt that its the psu. but i could be wrong. my psu is 700w and 570w towards 12v. i have 2 pci-e cables on the psu.
if you think its the psu. please direct me to the right place to buy the right psu.
psu model:
coolmax
cu700b

Mboard version ?

mboard is v3.0
Ok there is 16  factory overclocked board. I think PSU can't handle that much.
First set speed on all boards to 52
Login to Pi and do command

Code:
rm /opt/bitfury/best.cnf ; for i in {1..256} ; do echo -e "$i\taIfDSo\t52" >> /opt/bitfury/best.cnf ; done

1 - After that try run with 12 boards for test for 30 min.
2 - If no hash drop, shutdown miner and add 1 more board.
3 - Make test.
Repeat for max board count working stable.

I strongly suggest decrease voltage on all boards. Turn little pot near Pulse inductor on Hboards counterclockwise about a quarter turn or so.
 
newbie
Activity: 46
Merit: 0
November 14, 2013, 08:23:57 AM
Hi! I download the raspberry pi image from the first post https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43738391/2013-Sep-27_BFSB_GM2.rar and write it to SD. Now how can I connect to Rpi? What is the default IP in this image?

did you try 192.168.1.249?
newbie
Activity: 46
Merit: 0
November 14, 2013, 08:11:14 AM
Okay I got it working. The only problem I got now is that I can only get bank number 1-11 working. I have 12 plugged in. but only 11 looks to be working.
I’m have a problem running the rig when I have all 16 h boards plugged in. it would just power up and shut off. But when I remove 4 (left with 12) it would power on and I would be able to hash. However it would only hash with 11 boards. i've also notice that after hashing for about 20min or so, some of the h boards stop hashing. only 4 would be hashing still and the rest would stop. why is that?

Any idea on how to fix this problem.

i doubt that its the psu. but i could be wrong. my psu is 700w and 570w towards 12v. i have 2 pci-e cables on the psu.
if you think its the psu. please direct me to the right place to buy the right psu.
psu model:
coolmax
cu700b

Mboard version ?

mboard is v3.0
newbie
Activity: 56
Merit: 0
November 14, 2013, 03:49:46 AM
Hi! I download the raspberry pi image from the first post https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43738391/2013-Sep-27_BFSB_GM2.rar and write it to SD. Now how can I connect to Rpi? What is the default IP in this image?
legendary
Activity: 1593
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November 13, 2013, 11:28:55 PM
I have two h-cards, v2.2 available if anyone is looking.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/auction-two2-new-bitfury-h-cards-v22-333237
hero member
Activity: 681
Merit: 500
November 13, 2013, 06:11:44 PM
Okay I got it working. The only problem I got now is that I can only get bank number 1-11 working. I have 12 plugged in. but only 11 looks to be working.
I’m have a problem running the rig when I have all 16 h boards plugged in. it would just power up and shut off. But when I remove 4 (left with 12) it would power on and I would be able to hash. However it would only hash with 11 boards. i've also notice that after hashing for about 20min or so, some of the h boards stop hashing. only 4 would be hashing still and the rest would stop. why is that?

Any idea on how to fix this problem.

i doubt that its the psu. but i could be wrong. my psu is 700w and 570w towards 12v. i have 2 pci-e cables on the psu.
if you think its the psu. please direct me to the right place to buy the right psu.
psu model:
coolmax
cu700b


That PSU is definitely insufficient, because it is multi-rail and has low per-rail limits. Even if the two cables are on separate rails, you can only pull ~400W from them before you exceed the PSU's specs on those.

Go get a high-quality single-rail PSU with at least 700W on the 12V rail.

Here's a good one for $90 if you don't need it to be modular: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073
I try to find ones that get good reviews from JonnyGuru or HardOCP.
sr. member
Activity: 259
Merit: 250
Dig your freedom
November 13, 2013, 04:03:53 PM
Okay I got it working. The only problem I got now is that I can only get bank number 1-11 working. I have 12 plugged in. but only 11 looks to be working.
I’m have a problem running the rig when I have all 16 h boards plugged in. it would just power up and shut off. But when I remove 4 (left with 12) it would power on and I would be able to hash. However it would only hash with 11 boards. i've also notice that after hashing for about 20min or so, some of the h boards stop hashing. only 4 would be hashing still and the rest would stop. why is that?

Any idea on how to fix this problem.

i doubt that its the psu. but i could be wrong. my psu is 700w and 570w towards 12v. i have 2 pci-e cables on the psu.
if you think its the psu. please direct me to the right place to buy the right psu.
psu model:
coolmax
cu700b

Mboard version ?
newbie
Activity: 46
Merit: 0
November 13, 2013, 03:47:12 PM
Okay I got it working. The only problem I got now is that I can only get bank number 1-11 working. I have 12 plugged in. but only 11 looks to be working.
I’m have a problem running the rig when I have all 16 h boards plugged in. it would just power up and shut off. But when I remove 4 (left with 12) it would power on and I would be able to hash. However it would only hash with 11 boards. i've also notice that after hashing for about 20min or so, some of the h boards stop hashing. only 4 would be hashing still and the rest would stop. why is that?

Any idea on how to fix this problem.

i doubt that its the psu. but i could be wrong. my psu is 700w and 570w towards 12v. i have 2 pci-e cables on the psu.
if you think its the psu. please direct me to the right place to buy the right psu.
psu model:
coolmax
cu700b
sr. member
Activity: 259
Merit: 250
Dig your freedom
November 13, 2013, 04:00:28 AM
Guys I have a question about the H-board.

Where can I download the H-board layout file? I am trying to get one manufactured.

Thanks

 

Check OP man Smiley
legendary
Activity: 1946
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Bitcoin / Crypto mining Hardware.
November 12, 2013, 09:29:46 PM
Guys I have a question about the H-board.

Where can I download the H-board layout file? I am trying to get one manufactured.

Thanks

 
newbie
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November 12, 2013, 03:59:47 PM
sr. member
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November 12, 2013, 01:40:36 PM
Whoever gets me up and running 1 Btc here.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.3561229
legendary
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Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
November 11, 2013, 05:04:26 PM
Guess I should mention it in here.

I've written a cgminer driver (it's in the current cgminer 3.8.0/3.8.1) for the BlackArrow Bitfury V1 boards.
I've no idea if that is the same as a standard Bitfury board - I never had one and the twits would never sell me one either.
... maybe I should have put in the copyright header that Punin and Buzzdave aren't allowed to use the driver Cheesy

Anyway, as I posted about it the other day:

For anyone who has a V1 BlackArrow Bitfury board - the latest cgminer 3.8.1 (3.8.0 also) has the RPi source for a driver now - consider it an early release since there are certain improvements I'll make to it that I've already sorted out what to do - in future versions - but it already runs with great performance.

The configure option is --enable-bab

It runs at 39.9GH/s valid shares with a bit under 10% HW errors above the 39.9GH/s on a standard board
i.e. if you were to also count bad nonces returned (which I prefer not to but I will mention in case anyone wishes to compare that number) it's returning 44GH/s of good+bad nonces.

I've run it with a single board on Raspbian to write and test it - it's based on the V1 initialisation of a single board.
I based the I/O code on the chainminer GPIO/SPI code as should be obvious for anyone who looks at my driver-bab.c and chainminer (as I also mention that at the top of driver-bab.c)

It's a bit CPU hungry so soon I'll be spending more effort on reducing that - 20% CPU with a single board - I've only tested with a single board.

It also doesn't tune the chip at all - so there is also assured performance improvement there - it runs at default settings at the moment.
That's the next effort I'll expend on the driver.

If anyone has a standard V1 BitFury board I'd also be curious to know if it works with them.
hero member
Activity: 681
Merit: 500
November 11, 2013, 04:27:38 PM
I have a version 2.3 M board.  I updated my Chainminer and now it only detects 2/5 cards.

there is no best.cnf file

and instead of 5x16 = 80 chips, my bitfury shows 88 chips when I know there are only 80 chips.


My question is what do I do now?

Reboot it until the problem goes away. Try reseating boards also.
hero member
Activity: 924
Merit: 1000
November 11, 2013, 04:18:49 PM
I have a version 2.3 M board.  I updated my Chainminer and now it only detects 2/5 cards.

there is no best.cnf file

and instead of 5x16 = 80 chips, my bitfury shows 88 chips when I know there are only 80 chips.


My question is what do I do now?
newbie
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Merit: 0
November 10, 2013, 04:54:42 PM
Yeah nice
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