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hero member
Activity: 630
Merit: 501
January 21, 2018, 03:51:08 PM


I am having this problem with my 2nd batch neptune's and suspect it might be the fans not being the same as the first batch. I would love to find someone as well who is still making the kits so i can put fins on all my VRM's but that doesn't look its going to happen unless I get really crafty which I am not good at doing. Sad




why would you think the fans would be the problem?   You can do you own cooling and disconnect all the fans that it came with

So what do you think the problem is?
member
Activity: 189
Merit: 11
January 21, 2018, 02:30:06 PM


I am having this problem with my 2nd batch neptune's and suspect it might be the fans not being the same as the first batch. I would love to find someone as well who is still making the kits so i can put fins on all my VRM's but that doesn't look its going to happen unless I get really crafty which I am not good at doing. Sad




why would you think the fans would be the problem?   You can do you own cooling and disconnect all the fans that it came with
hero member
Activity: 630
Merit: 501
December 10, 2017, 07:57:17 AM
Hello,

has anyone had issues with their Neptune cubes not hashing? basically being completely dead? long story short, I recently got some busted up Neptunes off ebay that listed that they may or may not work. well the only thing that works is the controller board, but all 5 Neptunes are dead. They are detected by the board though, but do not start hashing at all. additionally, the 'advanced' page shows some VRMS with 0 current output, but it seems the temp sensors are working, however the wattage never jumps up past 10 watts or so on any board. I loaded 1.06s and I was hoping to just dust them off, and have them start up, but no luck. I will take any and all troubleshooting advice at this time. thank you!

I'm not too familiar with them, but they look like dead cores or dead VRMs to me.
Some users here may be able to explain how you can tell the difference between dead core and dead VRM.
Some of my cubes have only 6 or 7 of the VRMs actually showing a normal voltage and amp value.
Some are either very low voltage or very low amps, but I don't care that much since I paid them knowing they weren't perfect.

If by chance you're in EU, I may be interested to buy the full unit (cubes+controller) depending on what you are asking.
One day, I'll find some time to play with the dead units I've collected.

thank you for your reply. I am still playing with them, and hoping for the best still. However, i have been messing with their commands in SSH mode, in particular what 'waas' tells me...here is what i get at this point...


img hosting

i have 4 modules plugged into ports 1-4 on the controller and it seems it is having problems updating the modules' frequencies. I will post more details later today when i get home.

I am having this problem with my 2nd batch neptune's and suspect it might be the fans not being the same as the first batch. I would love to find someone as well who is still making the kits so i can put fins on all my VRM's but that doesn't look its going to happen unless I get really crafty which I am not good at doing. Sad

newbie
Activity: 15
Merit: 0
December 09, 2017, 10:30:29 PM
Any new news with the neptunes?

I just turned on my 2nd gen miners for fun to notice they aren't stable. Some of the dies lose A and W once they start to heat up. Sad

My old 1st gen boxes are still going strong.

Let me know,
Thanks,

It's not healthy for the miners to do them. What's the environment like around?
hero member
Activity: 630
Merit: 501
December 09, 2017, 10:01:30 AM
Any new news with the neptunes?

I just turned on my 2nd gen miners for fun to notice they aren't stable. Some of the dies lose A and W once they start to heat up. Sad

My old 1st gen boxes are still going strong.

Let me know,
Thanks,
legendary
Activity: 2450
Merit: 1002
Will the gentarkin firmware work with the Neptune?

No =( just titan.
legendary
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1002
Supporting DMD, ERC & PIO
Will the gentarkin firmware work with the Neptune?
legendary
Activity: 2450
Merit: 1002
January 13, 2017, 09:55:50 PM
since KNC miner died, where to find firmware ? its not listed in OP.


Should be under here someplace Smiley

https://github.com/KnCMiner

To the best of my recollection these are the Jupiter Images etc

https://github.com/KnCMiner/images

https://github.com/KnCMiner/images/releases

enjoy..they make great space heaters!



If happen to be looking for Titan firmware check out my firmware here:
http://gentarkincustomtitan.pcriot.com
copper member
Activity: 2898
Merit: 1465
Clueless!
January 12, 2017, 11:53:19 PM
since KNC miner died, where to find firmware ? its not listed in OP.


Should be under here someplace Smiley

https://github.com/KnCMiner

To the best of my recollection these are the Jupiter Images etc

https://github.com/KnCMiner/images

https://github.com/KnCMiner/images/releases

enjoy..they make great space heaters!

legendary
Activity: 3808
Merit: 7912
January 12, 2017, 10:52:41 PM
since KNC miner died, where to find firmware ? its not listed in OP.

 I just now uploaded the second last update kncminer-1.00.bin file which I believe is for either version of the miner (they used different VRMs after October).  I might have a copy of the tuning version still but a) it will be specific to the septmember version and b) I'll have to look later because it's bed time. Let me know if you need a different version as I'm sure I saved a few.

https://mega.nz/#!l41gjCwa!K7Esp3U7WjK4YQ4miIwzW5UQDlq9Pc78wy8abxGKm0U

legendary
Activity: 1526
Merit: 1000
the grandpa of cryptos
January 12, 2017, 10:23:02 PM
since KNC miner died, where to find firmware ? its not listed in OP.
member
Activity: 462
Merit: 10
September 30, 2015, 07:15:37 AM
Hello,

has anyone had issues with their Neptune cubes not hashing? basically being completely dead? long story short, I recently got some busted up Neptunes off ebay that listed that they may or may not work. well the only thing that works is the controller board, but all 5 Neptunes are dead. They are detected by the board though, but do not start hashing at all. additionally, the 'advanced' page shows some VRMS with 0 current output, but it seems the temp sensors are working, however the wattage never jumps up past 10 watts or so on any board. I loaded 1.06s and I was hoping to just dust them off, and have them start up, but no luck. I will take any and all troubleshooting advice at this time. thank you!

I'm not too familiar with them, but they look like dead cores or dead VRMs to me.
Some users here may be able to explain how you can tell the difference between dead core and dead VRM.
Some of my cubes have only 6 or 7 of the VRMs actually showing a normal voltage and amp value.
Some are either very low voltage or very low amps, but I don't care that much since I paid them knowing they weren't perfect.

If by chance you're in EU, I may be interested to buy the full unit (cubes+controller) depending on what you are asking.
One day, I'll find some time to play with the dead units I've collected.

thank for your reply. I am still playing with them, and hoping for the best still. However, i have been messing with the commands in SSH mode, in particular what 'waas' tells...here is what i get at this point...


img hosting

i have 4 modules plugged into ports 1-4 on the controller and it seems it is having problems updating the modules' frequencies. I will post more details later today when i get home.

Try to hit reset to factory defaults in the advanced tab.

After that, lower the frequency settings to 400 instead of 475

Thanx for the info, however i have tried just about all frequency combos and voltage levels... no change. The more i mess with the 'waas' command and others, the more it seems like the communication side of the modules is dead. it can very well be possible that the ASIC and VRMs are fine, there is just no way to control them at this point. I have plenty of jupiters now, and when they go 'dead' sometimes, i usually get them back with the 'enablecores.bin' firmware again. i could not find a file like that for the neptunes though, but that would be great at this point! or even a bertmod version with a little more control and/or info on what is going on with the modules.
hero member
Activity: 840
Merit: 1000
September 30, 2015, 04:53:40 AM
Hello,

has anyone had issues with their Neptune cubes not hashing? basically being completely dead? long story short, I recently got some busted up Neptunes off ebay that listed that they may or may not work. well the only thing that works is the controller board, but all 5 Neptunes are dead. They are detected by the board though, but do not start hashing at all. additionally, the 'advanced' page shows some VRMS with 0 current output, but it seems the temp sensors are working, however the wattage never jumps up past 10 watts or so on any board. I loaded 1.06s and I was hoping to just dust them off, and have them start up, but no luck. I will take any and all troubleshooting advice at this time. thank you!

I'm not too familiar with them, but they look like dead cores or dead VRMs to me.
Some users here may be able to explain how you can tell the difference between dead core and dead VRM.
Some of my cubes have only 6 or 7 of the VRMs actually showing a normal voltage and amp value.
Some are either very low voltage or very low amps, but I don't care that much since I paid them knowing they weren't perfect.

If by chance you're in EU, I may be interested to buy the full unit (cubes+controller) depending on what you are asking.
One day, I'll find some time to play with the dead units I've collected.

thank for your reply. I am still playing with them, and hoping for the best still. However, i have been messing with the commands in SSH mode, in particular what 'waas' tells...here is what i get at this point...


image hosting no account

i have 4 modules plugged into ports 1-4 on the controller and it seems it is having problems updating the modules' frequencies. I will post more details later today when i get home.

Try to hit reset to factory defaults in the advanced tab.

After that, lower the frequency settings to 400 instead of 475
member
Activity: 462
Merit: 10
September 29, 2015, 09:37:45 PM
Hello,

has anyone had issues with their Neptune cubes not hashing? basically being completely dead? long story short, I recently got some busted up Neptunes off ebay that listed that they may or may not work. well the only thing that works is the controller board, but all 5 Neptunes are dead. They are detected by the board though, but do not start hashing at all. additionally, the 'advanced' page shows some VRMS with 0 current output, but it seems the temp sensors are working, however the wattage never jumps up past 10 watts or so on any board. I loaded 1.06s and I was hoping to just dust them off, and have them start up, but no luck. I will take any and all troubleshooting advice at this time. thank you!

I'm not too familiar with them, but they look like dead cores or dead VRMs to me.
Some users here may be able to explain how you can tell the difference between dead core and dead VRM.
Some of my cubes have only 6 or 7 of the VRMs actually showing a normal voltage and amp value.
Some are either very low voltage or very low amps, but I don't care that much since I paid them knowing they weren't perfect.

If by chance you're in EU, I may be interested to buy the full unit (cubes+controller) depending on what you are asking.
One day, I'll find some time to play with the dead units I've collected.

thank you for your reply. I am still playing with them, and hoping for the best still. However, i have been messing with their commands in SSH mode, in particular what 'waas' tells me...here is what i get at this point...


img hosting

i have 4 modules plugged into ports 1-4 on the controller and it seems it is having problems updating the modules' frequencies. I will post more details later today when i get home.
legendary
Activity: 1167
Merit: 1009
September 29, 2015, 08:16:52 PM
Anybody here successful in underclocking and undervolting the original Saturn/Jupiter units from Oct 2013?

These things are currently eating about 1.33Watts/GHS from the wall. Anyway to get them down to 1W/GHS?

I tried the settings in the terminal but all it does is just decreases the speed but the consumption is still capped at around 1.33Watts/GHS

I think your out of luck time to upgrade to some newer miners and throw in the towel on those
hero member
Activity: 840
Merit: 1000
September 29, 2015, 12:03:16 PM
Hello,

has anyone had issues with their Neptune cubes not hashing? basically being completely dead? long story short, I recently got some busted up Neptunes off ebay that listed that they may or may not work. well the only thing that works is the controller board, but all 5 Neptunes are dead. They are detected by the board though, but do not start hashing at all. additionally, the 'advanced' page shows some VRMS with 0 current output, but it seems the temp sensors are working, however the wattage never jumps up past 10 watts or so on any board. I loaded 1.06s and I was hoping to just dust them off, and have them start up, but no luck. I will take any and all troubleshooting advice at this time. thank you!

I'm not too familiar with them, but they look like dead cores or dead VRMs to me.
Some users here may be able to explain how you can tell the difference between dead core and dead VRM.
Some of my cubes have only 6 or 7 of the VRMs actually showing a normal voltage and amp value.
Some are either very low voltage or very low amps, but I don't care that much since I paid them knowing they weren't perfect.

If by chance you're in EU, I may be interested to buy the full unit (cubes+controller) depending on what you are asking.
One day, I'll find some time to play with the dead units I've collected.
member
Activity: 462
Merit: 10
September 29, 2015, 10:12:24 AM
Hello,

has anyone had issues with their Neptune cubes not hashing? basically being completely dead? long story short, I recently got some busted up Neptunes off ebay that listed that they may or may not work. well the only thing that works is the controller board, but all 5 Neptunes are dead. They are detected by the board though, but do not start hashing at all. additionally, the 'advanced' page shows some VRMS with 0 current output, but it seems the temp sensors are working, however the wattage never jumps up past 10 watts or so on any board. I loaded 1.06s and I was hoping to just dust them off, and have them start up, but no luck. I will take any and all troubleshooting advice at this time. thank you!
legendary
Activity: 3808
Merit: 1723
August 22, 2015, 04:17:44 PM
Anybody here successful in underclocking and undervolting the original Saturn/Jupiter units from Oct 2013?

These things are currently eating about 1.33Watts/GHS from the wall. Anyway to get them down to 1W/GHS?

I tried the settings in the terminal but all it does is just decreases the speed but the consumption is still capped at around 1.33Watts/GHS
copper member
Activity: 2898
Merit: 1465
Clueless!
August 17, 2015, 01:35:08 AM
These miners are so picky but I think Vega mods are a good Idea I am going to ship him 2 of my cubes and see how he does in his mods in getting them back to life for me

yeah i have a 1st batch titan with 2 dead dies 1 to a cube each..i suspect that it would simply be a matter of me re-doing the thermal paste ..due to what I heard
of shoddy workmanship when they first came out (wish someone had an archive of knc forums it was on there)

anyway the damn things as are you say do damn picky it is not worth the risk for 1 die dead on a cube

don't want to kill the 'golden goose' such as it is ...again simply a miracle on 2 titan(s) I'm getting 650.1mh so must resist the temptation Smiley

i suspect when they go to door stop status and i do such a thermal paste trick to see what is what it will work like a charm

thats how things usually work Smiley

legendary
Activity: 1167
Merit: 1009
August 16, 2015, 09:31:16 AM
These miners are so picky but I think Vega mods are a good Idea I am going to ship him 2 of my cubes and see how he does in his mods in getting them back to life for me
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