[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive Bitmain Antminer S9 Setup [HD] - page 3.

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Quote from: spaldix on November 22, 2016, 06:57:35 PM

Hello, I have a question about the Power supply for a S9 (batch 22). If I only have 220V in my house, is it okey if I just use another PSU, different than the one recommended by Bitmain, that can be used with 110V? If thats the case, do you have any recomendation? Thanks

Yes and EVGA 1600W

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Quote from: takagari on November 22, 2016, 07:04:50 PM

Quote from: spaldix on November 22, 2016, 06:57:35 PM

Hello, I have a question about the Power supply for a S9 (batch 22). If I only have 220V in my house, is it okey if I just use another PSU, different than the one recommended by Bitmain, that can be used with 110V? If thats the case, do you have any recomendation? Thanks

EVGA 1600, or a 1k and 750, really any pc power supply, but realize you need 400-600 per board, so you'll want buffer, and one board can't have more than one psu.
I run mine with 2 boards on a EVGA 1300, and the third board runs on a 750 watt psu.

Ditto to that. I was just looking for a quiet ATX supply to run an undervolted s7 space heater and was rather distressed to see that when you actually look at the specs for the ATX suppies:
1. Not enough 6-pin PCIe connectors. Is typically only 6 on a supply >1200w
2. Current per-rail is marginal at best, typically a couple @30A and the rest are 20A
3. Remember - a PC style supply wattage ratting is for ALL of its outputs together. The 3.3 and 5v portions account for between 150-200w of that rating so don't count on that all being available on the 12v rails.

Frankly, if you are going to spend >$300 on a PSU(s) - get Bitmain's APW5. Will run a s9 on 110v just fine.

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Quote from: spaldix on November 22, 2016, 06:57:35 PM

Hello, I have a question about the Power supply for a S9 (batch 22). If I only have 220V in my house, is it okey if I just use another PSU, different than the one recommended by Bitmain, that can be used with 110V? If thats the case, do you have any recomendation? Thanks

EVGA 1600, or a 1k and 750, really any pc power supply, but realize you need 400-600 per board, so you'll want buffer, and one board can't have more than one psu.
I run mine with 2 boards on a EVGA 1300, and the third board runs on a 750 watt psu.

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Hello, I have a question about the Power supply for a S9 (batch 22). If I only have 220V in my house, is it okey if I just use another PSU, different than the one recommended by Bitmain, that can be used with 110V? If thats the case, do you have any recomendation? Thanks

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Quote from: takagari on November 17, 2016, 08:55:20 AM

Who knows maybe having it that tight is best for cooling?

It is. If you think of gaps like a hollow pipe, the air closest to the wall is doing your cooling but then there's a core of air which contributes very little and passes though. The more space you have the more of these deadspots you get. This was evidence on the V1 ASICMiner Tube / Prisma which would waste a lot of their airflow.

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That's what I am gathering.
I like the fact that they stick with the same form factor, but feel they are getting thing's a little tight.
Who knows maybe having it that tight is best for cooling?
Maybe a new gen with a bit less power, less noise, but not as pricey as their latest home miner. Hmm

With the av7 launch, thing's are starting to get interesting

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Quote from: takagari on November 16, 2016, 11:29:03 AM

Thanks for another great guide.

Has anyone had luck with knocking the noise level down on these beasts.

My long term feedback to Bitmain was always about cooling and tbh they've already achieved near the best they can given their board and chip structure. I don't know how else you can improve it without - as NotFuzzyWarm - suggests, dismantling stuff.

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thank you for your reply. I talked to Bitmain and they said I should RMA the controller and The whole machine with the deffective hash board (not just the hash board as you would expect..)
Anyway there is no SD slot on the controller board, just the hole in the front cover (maybe for esthetic reasons... it looks really pretty though

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So back to China it is then! It's gonna be so much fun ( I just can't wait to deal again with customs and shipping etc )
Hope you guys have more luck with your machines.
Bye

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Spreading the boards out and using a blower such as this http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/hvac/blowers/crossflow/crossflow-blower-14-wheel instead of fans is the only solution to noise that I can think of. Might also need to use a couple small 4-pin fans tied to the controller so it still sees fans.

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Thanks for another great guide.

Has anyone had luck with knocking the noise level down on these beasts?
I just ordered the latest 14th batch. and will be running it in an apartment with free power, so noise is somewhat a concern.
Additional quitter fans is possible, spreading the boards on in a bigger case maybe with more fans etc.

been searching around, having a heck of a time though.

Thank you

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Quote from: flogy4031 on November 13, 2016, 12:28:21 PM

Hello! I've performed a FW upgrade and now I see the middle row (chain 7) but I've got an x under temp and still the hash rate there is 0.

Board is still dead and nothing really changed. Still proceed with RMA.

Quote from: flogy4031 on November 13, 2016, 12:28:21 PM

And another thing (becouse I am verry lucky) I've updated the others to the latest FW version and I cannot acces one of them... The upgrade went well, but I can't see it's IP and cannot connect to the web interface.

Have you tried holding down the reset button the controller? As long as the firmware update went fine, the S9 should hop back to DCHP as it was when it shipped.

Quote from: flogy4031 on November 13, 2016, 12:28:21 PM

Do you know if I can flash the antminer S9 from SD card?

Instructions for S2+ are here, although the file doesn't specifically mention the S9 its the right technique at least. If you can find an s9.img then those are the instructions you need.

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Hello! I've performed a FW upgrade and now I see the middle row (chain 7) but I've got an x under temp and still the hash rate there is 0.
??..

And another thing (becouse I am verry lucky) I've updated the others to the latest FW version and I cannot acces one of them...
The upgrade went well, but I can't see it's IP and cannot connect to the web interface.
Mining can be frustrating sometimes.
Do you know if I can flash the antminer S9 from SD card?
Thank you.

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thank you!
I'll try that

I'll let you know how it went

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1. Unplug modules until you find the bad one.
2. Try that module on a different controller port (shift the white ribbon cable over)
3. If no luck, RMA the board with Bitmain as there's little we can do for this.

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Hello guys! I'm quite new to bitcoin mining (also don't mind the writing mistakes pls, English is not my first language). I've bought 4 pcs Antminer S9 and on one of them I have a frustrating problem, maybe you can help or maybe you have an ideea (other than hitting it with a baseball bat!

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And they started mining like 2 days ago...
In the Miner status window under ASIC I only get 2 rows of "ooo... "
In the Kernel Log I get "Chain[J7] has 0 asic"

and

"Test Patten on chain[5]: FAILED!
Test Patten on chain[6]: FAILED!
Test Patten on chain[7]: FAILED!"

P.S. I have started a ticket with Bitmain, but no answer yet.
I've rebooted, reset, hard reset, reflashed with latest software version

Thank you for any thoughts Cheesy

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Thanks a bunch:)

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Quote from: tetanka on August 23, 2016, 11:34:24 AM

Dogie, thanks for the quick reply.

But i sign into antpool with an email address. Ive tried logging in with the only other username that comes out from the antpool account, but it doesnt log on successfully. Do i use that username for 'username.worker'?

Yes use that username, mine is dogie.

so I can use dogie.anythingIwantherewhichisjustformyownrecordsofwhatminerisdoingwhat, or dogie.S9 its up to you

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Dogie, thanks for the quick reply.

But i sign into antpool with an email address. Ive tried logging in with the only other username that comes out from the antpool account, but it doesnt log on successfully. Do i use that username for 'username.worker'?

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Quote from: tetanka on August 23, 2016, 08:13:16 AM

Regarding the instruction to register, what is the 'username' in the 'username.worker'? As i understand it, 'worker' can be any name i choose, right?

Username is your antpool username you used to sign up on the site with. Worker can be anything.

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Hi Dogie,

Maiden post here:)

Anyway,

"Antpool Register!
Code:
Servers : stratum.antpool.com:3333
User : username.worker or username_worker - auto creates workers!
Password: anypassword"

Regarding the instruction to register, what is the 'username' in the 'username.worker'? As i understand it, 'worker' can be any name i choose, right?

Thanks in advance:)

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