Topic: [Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive KNCMiner Saturn/Jupiter Setup (Read 17283 times)
Excellent! Thanks for the reply adaseb.
Hello! I just purchased a used Saturn KNCMiner and am wondering if I can add 2 more boards to it? The chassis certainly has the room and the controller has open connectors.
Thanks for any suggestions or cautions.
Thanks for any suggestions or cautions.
Yes you can add up to 6 actually.
Hello! I just purchased a used Saturn KNCMiner and am wondering if I can add 2 more boards to it? The chassis certainly has the room and the controller has open connectors.
Thanks for any suggestions or cautions.
Thanks for any suggestions or cautions.
Are the mounting holes for Core i7 cpu heatsinks?
Was thinking of using maybe CM Hyper TX3 evos
Was thinking of using maybe CM Hyper TX3 evos
As long as its compatible with socket 1150, 1155, or 1156 then sure. So yes.
Dumb question perhaps, but what's the jp13 connector for on the controller board (rev c)?
Also.. how do I tell the difference between the october and november boards? I have both but I dont remember which is which.. only that I can't mix them
Are the mounting holes for Core i7 cpu heatsinks?
Was thinking of using maybe CM Hyper TX3 evos
Was thinking of using maybe CM Hyper TX3 evos
As long as its compatible with socket 1150, 1155, or 1156 then sure. So yes.
Are the mounting holes for Core i7 cpu heatsinks?
Was thinking of using maybe CM Hyper TX3 evos
Was thinking of using maybe CM Hyper TX3 evos
Added anchor links to contents.
I think the PSUs are having some issues indeed, but it is really strange that the one always fails is the PSU that is not powering the controller board.
Thanks, I'll think I'll go change the PSUs on Monday.
Thanks, I'll think I'll go change the PSUs on Monday.
Turns out the VX450s only have 400W of power on the 12V rail, such that the addition of the controller would put them over the max. Its also not great beacuse it puts 350W through one PCI-E cable which is putting the cable way over spec.
Turns out the VX450s only have 400W of power on the 12V rail, such that the addition of the controller would put them over the max. Its also not great beacuse it puts 350W through one PCI-E cable which is putting the cable way over spec.
Hello,
I want to use two 450W PSU (Corsair VS450) as here where I live is cheaper and easier to buy two of these than one of 850W.
This would mean I will use two PCI-E from each PSU to power two hashing boards on the rig, plus I would have to power the control board from one of the PSU. Does anyone know how much power does the control board draw? Should I care that I will have an imbalanced power usage from each PSU?
Thanks in advance,
I want to use two 450W PSU (Corsair VS450) as here where I live is cheaper and easier to buy two of these than one of 850W.
This would mean I will use two PCI-E from each PSU to power two hashing boards on the rig, plus I would have to power the control board from one of the PSU. Does anyone know how much power does the control board draw? Should I care that I will have an imbalanced power usage from each PSU?
Thanks in advance,
Each hashing board is electrically separate so no problems using 2 PSUs. The control board will use somewhere between 10 and 30W, not much at all.
Hi dogie,
I run into an unexpected problem. So I got the two Corsair vs450 PSU's, I connected the first PSU to two hashing boards each with a 6 PIN PCI-E. Then the second PSU to the remaining two hashing boards and the controller board with the Molex 4-PIN connector.
At first it seemed to work, but after about 5 min the first PSU shut down. The second PSU kept working, keeping the miner alive and hashing with only two boards. I thought it was an issue with the paper clip hack, so I readjusted the clip and started again. Once more, it seemed to work, until 5 min later or so it shuts down again. This happened repeatedly, over and over, and I did all kinds of "improvements" to the clip to see if it got better.
Then I tried changing the PSU supplying the controller board. So now PSU 1 started powering the controller board instead of PSU 2 as previously. Now guess what happened. PSU 2 shut down after 5 min.
So I think the issue is that somehow these PSU refuse to take loads only in the PCI-E connections and wants to have at least another load in the Molex. What gadget may I connect to the Molex to keep the PSU working?
Thanks in advance
Thank you dogie!
Hello,
I want to use two 450W PSU (Corsair VS450) as here where I live is cheaper and easier to buy two of these than one of 850W.
This would mean I will use two PCI-E from each PSU to power two hashing boards on the rig, plus I would have to power the control board from one of the PSU. Does anyone know how much power does the control board draw? Should I care that I will have an imbalanced power usage from each PSU?
Thanks in advance,
I want to use two 450W PSU (Corsair VS450) as here where I live is cheaper and easier to buy two of these than one of 850W.
This would mean I will use two PCI-E from each PSU to power two hashing boards on the rig, plus I would have to power the control board from one of the PSU. Does anyone know how much power does the control board draw? Should I care that I will have an imbalanced power usage from each PSU?
Thanks in advance,
Each hashing board is electrically separate so no problems using 2 PSUs. The control board will use somewhere between 10 and 30W, not much at all.
Hello,
I want to use two 450W PSU (Corsair VS450) as here where I live is cheaper and easier to buy two of these than one of 850W.
This would mean I will use two PCI-E from each PSU to power two hashing boards on the rig, plus I would have to power the control board from one of the PSU. Does anyone know how much power does the control board draw? Should I care that I will have an imbalanced power usage from each PSU?
Thanks in advance,
I want to use two 450W PSU (Corsair VS450) as here where I live is cheaper and easier to buy two of these than one of 850W.
This would mean I will use two PCI-E from each PSU to power two hashing boards on the rig, plus I would have to power the control board from one of the PSU. Does anyone know how much power does the control board draw? Should I care that I will have an imbalanced power usage from each PSU?
Thanks in advance,
Guide totally overhauled to latest style.
i am going to share the settings for my KNCminer Saturn (November); ever since firmware version 1.0 it has become really easy to increase the performance output of your mining rig. before version 1.0 i was hashing at approximately 340GH/s now i average 400GH/s.
under the advanced tuning page i made the following changes:
SPI voltage: 1.95 V (Cannot change)
SPI frequency: 614400 Hz
ASIC 1
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die 1: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 2: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 3: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 4: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
ASIC 2
----
die 1: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 2: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 3: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 4: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
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the power consumption as reported by the saturn is: 420.723W
i hope this helps anyone who has doubts about these advanced settings. i have been mining with the settings i mentioned above since the day the firmware update was released... stable as all can be.
under the advanced tuning page i made the following changes:
SPI voltage: 1.95 V (Cannot change)
SPI frequency: 614400 Hz
ASIC 1
----
die 1: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 2: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 3: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 4: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
ASIC 2
----
die 1: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 2: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 3: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
die 4: 0.0366 V 1000 MHz
--------------------
the power consumption as reported by the saturn is: 420.723W
i hope this helps anyone who has doubts about these advanced settings. i have been mining with the settings i mentioned above since the day the firmware update was released... stable as all can be.
Updated design to fit with newer guides and removed donation address
Easy to follow overclocking instructions, perhaps?
Setup guides are for box to hashing. I do OCing guides when there isn't already a thread (there is). If it needs summaring then I can take a look. It's also difficult as KNC isn't responding to emails.
Dogie, any progress on the summarizing of the OC guide for us common folk?
Thnks
Easy to follow overclocking instructions, perhaps?
Setup guides are for box to hashing. I do OCing guides when there isn't already a thread (there is). If it needs summaring then I can take a look. It's also difficult as KNC isn't responding to emails.
Dogie, any progress on the summarizing of the OC guide for us common folk?
Thnks
If owner are interested OC 300-600w PSU isn't good choice.
No its not, hence I recommend a 750W PSU. Jump to: