Topic: [Hands On] Bitmain AntMiner S5+ - Notlist3d - page 2. (Read 14081 times)

Does sounds like that one had a harder life then the rest before you got it.  I am surprised they shipped with the way it sounds like that module was.

I wish we could see stats.  We now know it was to get rid stock of chips, and this miner did that very well for them.

I think  that the last of my S5+  had put together with spare parts and  repaired already before shipping to me.
Total three different set of blades in one miner? It's not normally possible.

And why he came to the old iron sheet housing, not aluminum housing, as
the other two S5+ miners shipped before?

Thanks for sharing it is a little odd they would have different versions of the hashing boards.  Were the hashing boards in the module the same?  Or did they put a mix in the same module even?

Thanks again for sharing!

Another  not working S5+  hashboard from my DOA arrived miner with broken FAN.
This time it was from  the other side of miner, not from with broken Fan cube.

Pictured is to see that it is completed witg hashboards from different batches.



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I sent it to China on Friday,  57 EUR postage with EMS.


As you can see, at least one radiator is broken off during transport.

If anyone is able to get a picture of S7 and S5+ side by side for this thread I would appreciate it!

Have had loss of power, loss of network.  It has had no issues with either.  Both caused by a really bad storm luckily only once.

I did go out and turn off the power during the storm so it did not have surges or anything, so I guess it did not have a hard restart.  But network it did fine on.   Power I was a little over protective.

Have you experienced loss of power where the miner then starts back up after the power comes back on. Just wondering if its a problem with the hash boards and and controller all coming back online at the same time? The S7 has the same sequence of powering the hash boards then the controller and wonder what will happen when I power my S7 with 2 PSU's and experience a power outage and it comes back on?

Yes. It is on the top of the C1 water block just for the size comparison.

Is the hashing board on a C1 part?

Warranty has changed GREATLY from the old day's.   If you are going to open it up you really need a ticket on bitmain's site stating you had permission.   Even replacing a fan for less sound ..... void warranty.  I can see why they needed to change it some though.   They make sure you know all of this though it comes with a paper with miner and an email sent to you.

I think C was put there so they have grounds in overclocking and bad PSU's to void.  Some use very cheap PSU's.... and they can burn so makes sense there. 

I still am very happy with my S5+.  No issues and came clean as if not used for long period of time.

S5+ not working  hashboard



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The s5+ i got had zero dust in it. I was suprised it was so damn cleanlol

1 thing to note about the warranty is (and i noticed it only when they emailed me the doc the day the miner was set to be delivered):

"3. In some cases, the warranty will be void, but Bitmain can still do repairs at your own expense if requested. The following events will void the warranty:
     a. Customer removes/replaces any components by himself without receiving permission from Bitmain first;
     b. Damage caused by electrical surges, lightning, or inadequate power supply;
     c. Burnt parts on hash boards or chips;
     d. Miner/boards/components damage due to water immersion or corrosion due to wet environment."

Look at letter "c" in the above reasons to void the warranty. "C" shouldnt ever be listed with a miner because when a miner fails it rarely does so without leaving some char mark on and or around the component that failed. Things like chips and smd caps tend to bubble and darken the surrounding areas so by putting this in the "reasons for warranties being void" section makes the warranty pretty much pointless. Ontop of that opening the miner can void the warranty too so just trying to look at the non working board/boards can get u a big old "warranty voided" sticker slapped on ur super expensive purchase. Kinda sucks that they gave me this info only after i made my purchase so i couldnt decide beforehand. Maybe i missed this info when i read the description of the miner.

Thanks for sharing! I love your projects where you mix or make something.   You did a ton of great watercooling mods to.

Fastest S5 ever  2,9TH/s

S5 and 2x S5+ blades on single S5 controller



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It is not cheap.  But not horrible since two blades and they will be shipping 2 blades back.  I hope they get them to you quickly.     

If you think this is bad you should have tried RMA with syscooling on C1 water kits.  I guess I see don't judge as hard after them.  Took syscooling over a month to get me a pump.  And two out of two pumps died.  Both month or longer to get replacement.  So I had to buy pumps on my own to get then quicker.  But that is off topic I guess.

Please let us know time from shipment till when you get replacement once you get them.  Thank you for sharing all you experiences.

This was a miner, came to the old galvanized metal housing.
EDIT.

Shipped today 2 x S5+ blade to China with EMS
1.44kg
costs me 67.10 EURO

Very expensive warranty.

And they still have not sent me a replacement FAN. The recommendation was to use so long- DOMESTIC FAN

Yeah dust on "new" equipment is always worrisome.  Oddly it's not the first time I heard of dust on new equipment being sold.

They were very specific on S5+'s they sent a paper with them and an email to account that ordered them.  They basically said things that void warranty and made sure you use 3 PCIe per hashing board.

So I suspect they have you to mail it in to verify all the things they said void warranty, and what damage is from.  It is a business decision I'm sure. 

The biggest thing I was surprised was was he mentioned his looked like it ran a month.   Mine came very clean and did not look dusty in any way.  So not sure if he got unlucky or what happened.

Sucks about the return hassle.  I can understand that they have to protect themselves against people calling in false claims of broken parts to get spares, but if it arrives DOA they should really do better to help you out.  I wonder if it is because they're really short on the S5+ chips and boards that they make you ship it back to them.

Sad to hear about your experience.   We definitely had two different experiences.   I can't defend the RMA that does sound like it was a hassle, I wondered how it turned out.

Hopefully they can perfect that part of RMA and shipping damage you had as S7 is the same design.

What type of environment are you running in?   My S5+ showed up very clean and so far appears to not be dusty from the look I had at it.  I went to check after your post.