HashFast BabyJet users thread - page 21.

storm2k5

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Quote from: mgio on February 19, 2014, 03:37:55 PM

Well right now it is only mining at 230 GH/s and my other BJ does 430 GH/s so its a pretty big loss. I should be able to cover 6 days of not mining in a little over a week when I get it back. I don't want to overclock it for fear they will claim that I broke it and voided the warranty.

How high were you able to overclock it? What other tweaks were you able to do?

I have a full die not working.
This is what I tried:
-cgminer 3.09hf2 / RPi @550: 255ghps
-cgminer 3.11 / Win7 @ 550: 255ghps but very weird effects on local output of hash rate
-cgminer 3.12.3 / Win7 @ 550: 255ghps but very weird effects on local output of hash rate + USB disconnects
-cgminer 3.11 @ 634: 315ghps but very weird effects on local output of hash rate
-bfgminer 3.10 @ stock: 295ghps 5.7% HW but no overclocking possible in official build
-bfgminer compiled from git @stock: 300ghps 4.5% HW
-bfgminer compiled from git @670: 375ghps 4.5% HW 88°C / Room 22°C

I think bfgminer handles dead cores/full dies better, thats where the perf increase towards cgminer comes from. The fact I can go up to 670 (and higher, didn't try) probably shows that the overclocking limit is the Vregs on the board and not the silicone (with only 3 dies working, you need 1/4 less power, so you can overclock the 3 dies alot more) Someone else reported better OC capability by cooling the Vreg heatsinks with additional fans, so that kinda fits the picture.
Hope this helps, I posted the bfgminer version with overclocking enabled a couple posts above, and I also posted the driver you will need for it (windows)

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Quote from: storm2k5 on February 19, 2014, 03:05:07 PM

Quote from: mgio on February 19, 2014, 01:23:36 PM

It seems no news about the new firmware. I received a label a few days ago to return my defective BJ and I'm still debating whether to do it or wait for the firmware update which should fix its hardware problem. I'm getting impatient though and losing money everyday, so if there isn't any news soon I'll just send it back.

I was able to get my working 3 dies to hash at least near the specified hashrate (~375ghps at pool) by overlcocking and tweaks but it's not very efficient power wise, but I guess it's worth to overclock now and squeeze out whats possible as long as difficulty is still "low". Personally I don't expect them to release an updated firmware at all at this point, if it were near ready and they wanted us to have it, one would think somebody there would take the 2 minutes and put a post onto their blog, or send a twitter about it.

Edit: If you hashing with it now, imagine what happens if you send it back:
-3 days transfer in (or it will cost alot to ship) -> 3 days no hashing
-3 days transfer back -> 6 days no hashing
under the assumption, hashfast sends it back the minute they get it, after all, working lightning fast with customers is what they known of.
And under the assumption the replacement board you get is working right. It could be sub perf too. Or it could be not working at all.
By the time you sort that out, diff will have increased at least by 20% if not 20%^2 or ^3. And you possibly never mine the money back.

Well right now it is only mining at 230 GH/s and my other BJ does 430 GH/s so its a pretty big loss. I should be able to cover 6 days of not mining in a little over a week when I get it back. I don't want to overclock it for fear they will claim that I broke it and voided the warranty.

How high were you able to overclock it? What other tweaks were you able to do?

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Quote from: mgio on February 19, 2014, 01:23:36 PM

It seems no news about the new firmware. I received a label a few days ago to return my defective BJ and I'm still debating whether to do it or wait for the firmware update which should fix its hardware problem. I'm getting impatient though and losing money everyday, so if there isn't any news soon I'll just send it back.

I was able to get my working 3 dies to hash at least near the specified hashrate (~375ghps at pool) by overlcocking and tweaks but it's not very efficient power wise, but I guess it's worth to overclock now and squeeze out whats possible as long as difficulty is still "low". Personally I don't expect them to release an updated firmware at all at this point, if it were near ready and they wanted us to have it, one would think somebody there would take the 2 minutes and put a post onto their blog, or send a twitter about it.

Edit: If you hashing with it now, imagine what happens if you send it back:
-3 days transfer in (or it will cost alot to ship) -> 3 days no hashing
-3 days transfer back -> 6 days no hashing
under the assumption, hashfast sends it back the minute they get it, after all, working lightning fast with customers is what they known of.
And under the assumption the replacement board you get is working right. It could be sub perf too. Or it could be not working at all.
By the time you sort that out, diff will have increased at least by 20% if not 20%^2 or ^3. And you possibly never mine the money back.

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It seems no news about the new firmware. I received a label a few days ago to return my defective BJ and I'm still debating whether to do it or wait for the firmware update which should fix its hardware problem. I'm getting impatient though and losing money everyday, so if there isn't any news soon I'll just send it back.

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Quote from: storm2k5 on February 19, 2014, 08:43:49 AM

Quote from: stan258 on February 19, 2014, 04:11:11 AM

Few days was working no problem. Then every 3 hrs or so it would re boot, did this for a few days. Today died dead nada. Reimaged SD card. It is not recognizing the miner. Tried windows nothing. Sent email to hashfast. I’m tired of this unit.

Edit.......................IT WAS THE STOCK USB CABLE. Replaced it and its fine again.

LOL I wonder for how many people who have USB disconnects this could be the source.

It has not solved all my problems completely. However My preliminary hash rate these past few hours average is higher, way higher then before. Will update after 24 hrs then moving unit to ubuntu.

I also moved stock Bitfury rig to the same pool as the BJ to gauge what the pool reports, it has been reliable for a few months. Everybody knows what they put out.

The stock usb cable fits into the BJ but not snuggly. Vibration from the intake fan on the left causes issues? I dont know I am not an engineer.

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Quote from: stan258 on February 19, 2014, 04:11:11 AM

Few days was working no problem. Then every 3 hrs or so it would re boot, did this for a few days. Today died dead nada. Reimaged SD card. It is not recognizing the miner. Tried windows nothing. Sent email to hashfast. I’m tired of this unit.

Edit.......................IT WAS THE STOCK USB CABLE. Replaced it and its fine again.

LOL I wonder for how many people who have USB disconnects this could be the source.

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Few days was working no problem. Then every 3 hrs or so it would re boot, did this for a few days. Today died dead nada. Reimaged SD card. It is not recognizing the miner. Tried windows nothing. Sent email to hashfast. I’m tired of this unit.

Edit.......................IT WAS THE STOCK USB CABLE. Replaced it and its fine again.

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Quote from: KarenSillyGirl99 on February 18, 2014, 05:21:49 PM

Ok, thanks again.
Will let you now how it goes tonight.
And yes I am learning about the constant problems ad tweeks.
And I will look up what trolling means.

Do read the ASIC-README included with cgminer.

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Ok, thanks again.
Will let you now how it goes tonight.
And yes I am learning about the constant problems ad tweeks.
And I will look up what trolling means.

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Quote from: KarenSillyGirl99 on February 18, 2014, 01:16:56 PM

I do understand that It has to be a Bitcoin pool but thanks for stating the obvious that is what usually kills me when following the instructions. I read threads daily but when you don’t have the basics the things that everyone takes for granted usually gets me.

Do you have to run Zadig from any particular file? Do you have to move the drivers to the cgminer file so it can see it?

No, zadig is just an app that makes windows use this driver for the babyjet. You can see the babyjet in your windows device manager after you install it with zadig. cgminer probes windows for this type of device at startup and uses it for mining by default - it's just smart like that (<3 ckolivas)
If you do what I wrote in my last post about how to install it, it should work, provided your command line for cgminer is correct.

Probably going to state the obvious again, but mining isn't just like switching on a heater and then there is warmth, it's a constant struggle with hardware, software and network issues you encounter along the way.
Many people on these forums wont bother with people with no experience at all or will think you are trying to troll them - a nick name change might help with the later.

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I do understand that It has to be a Bitcoin pool but thanks for stating the obvious that is what usually kills me when following the instructions. I read threads daily but when you don’t have the basics the things that everyone takes for granted usually gets me.

Do you have to run Zadig from any particular file? Do you have to move the drivers to the cgminer file so it can see it?

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Quote from: -ck on February 18, 2014, 12:04:46 AM

Quote from: KarenSillyGirl99 on February 17, 2014, 11:39:04 PM

Thanks Storm2k5 and ckolivas I am going to try it out. When I got cgminer running on another computer once I had to put into a bat file something like this

"cgminer ~~--scrypt --intensity 13 -g 2 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 --temp-target 70 --auto-fan --temp-cutoff 90 --thread-concurrency 8192 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-memclock 1500~~ -o stratum+tcp://world.wemineltc.com:3333 -u workername -p password"

Do i need settings like this for the Baby jet or do i just start cgminer and let it run?

Get rid of all the GPU shit in that command that I've struck out, but otherwise yes.

Probably stating the obvious here, but you will also need to change this ltc pool to a BTC pool, cause the babyjet will not be able to mine scrypt currencies.

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Quote from: CurcO on February 18, 2014, 02:48:59 AM

I've been mining for the last 10+ days stable@ 470 Gh/s with the old firmware on a Ubunutu 13.10 on Laptop w/Cgminer 3.09h2 , just can't get 3.12.3 to run like it was intended until the FW is out ,as per Ckolivas advice. So put the RPi for FW updates and that about it.

Indeed, it's really bugging me that the firmware is still lagging behind the driver that I wrote for it... Undecided

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Quote from: -ck on February 17, 2014, 08:38:46 PM

Quote from: KarenSillyGirl99 on February 17, 2014, 08:37:05 PM

Quote from: -ck on February 17, 2014, 08:31:37 PM

Mine have run 10 days straight with preview firmware and new cgminer... Pretty sure that's a major missing part of the stability equation for many people.

Are you using a pc or pi?

Quote from: -ck on January 25, 2014, 05:00:11 PM

The RPi is a toy and a piece of shit. Why anyone would run thousands of dollars worth of equipment off it is beyond me. Toss it and connect your devices to a real PC or laptop.

Agree the Rpi is for the circus show. Just get real HW and you will not run into all the issues of RPi . I've been mining for the last 10+ days stable@ 470 Gh/s with the old firmware on a Ubunutu 13.10 on Laptop w/Cgminer 3.09h2 , just can't get 3.12.3 to run like it was intended until the FW is out ,as per Ckolivas advice. So put the RPi for FW updates and that about it.

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@HF-Engineer Any news about the firmware?

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Quote from: KarenSillyGirl99 on February 17, 2014, 11:39:04 PM

Thanks Storm2k5 and ckolivas I am going to try it out. When I got cgminer running on another computer once I had to put into a bat file something like this

"cgminer ~~--scrypt --intensity 13 -g 2 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 --temp-target 70 --auto-fan --temp-cutoff 90 --thread-concurrency 8192 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-memclock 1500~~ -o stratum+tcp://world.wemineltc.com:3333 -u workername -p password"

Do i need settings like this for the Baby jet or do i just start cgminer and let it run?

Get rid of all the GPU shit in that command that I've struck out, but otherwise yes.

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Thanks Storm2k5 and ckolivas I am going to try it out. When I got cgminer running on another computer once I had to put into a bat file something like this

"cgminer --scrypt --intensity 13 -g 2 -w 256 --lookup-gap 2 --temp-target 70 --auto-fan --temp-cutoff 90 --thread-concurrency 8192 --gpu-engine 1000 --gpu-memclock 1500 -o stratum+tcp://world.wemineltc.com:3333 -u workername -p password"

Do i need settings like this for the Baby jet or do i just start cgminer and let it run?

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I would love to do that I even have the PC to dedicate to that task. How do you do it. I can make cgminer work in windows if i copy some command lines. Does the baby jet need anything special. Will cgminer detect it?

You will need to download and run:
]http[Suspicious link removed] if you have windows 7
]http[Suspicious link removed] if you have windows xp

Edit: Select from here: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/zadig/ I just linked these executables above no idea why they got marked as suspicious

In the window that opens, select the M1 device from the list at the top.
Then select the WinUSB entry below and hit "install driver"
It should then install the drivers.

After that it's just running cgminer, which you can download from here:
http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/3.11/cgminer-3.11.0-windows.zip <--I think 3.11 works best, you can also try 3.12.3

Run it with your pool / worker / pw arguments or .conf file and it should work like that or if you want it with a gui, get CGWatcher:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cgwatcher-140-a-guimonitor-for-cgminer-bfgminer-to-help-minimize-downtime-159267

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Just to confirm, we still to install the driver tho correct. This isnt just download and try.

Yes, it needs the driver I linked somewhere up there in the underbelly of this thread. It's painless really if your OS is fine with it, I even switched back and forth between cgminer / winusb and this CDC driver to test perf of both. For me it's worth it to use bfgminer for the moment, it's like a 15% perf boost and it seems very overclockable and stable. This might be just because I have a dead die, and bfgminer works better with that, so I'd like to hear from someone with a fully working board who compared the two miners. And from Hashfast, saying their new firmware which fixes all the problems is out.

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Quote from: KarenSillyGirl99 on February 17, 2014, 08:54:28 PM

I would love to do that I even have the PC to dedicate to that task. How do you do it. I can make cgminer work in windows if i copy some command lines. Does the baby jet need anything special. Will cgminer detect it?

They're set up the same as every usb device that cgminer mines on (usually with zadig, available on my website alongside cgminer). Instructions are in both README and ASIC-README included in the windows zip file.

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I would love to do that I even have the PC to dedicate to that task. How do you do it. I can make cgminer work in windows if i copy some command lines. Does the baby jet need anything special. Will cgminer detect it?

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