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February 07, 2014, 12:16:51 PM

You either need to change clock speeds, either OC or underclock use in cgminer "--hfa-hash-clock 600", I see from ex that the die's like to run over the 70-80 C , from your post you have one core in in the 51 C/.82V which tells me that core that is not working also you can see that the V is  high as to the nominal output in V is .79..

--hfa-hash-clock Set hashfast clock speed (default: 550)

CurcO thanks for your answer.

I found that
-using HF image on RPI with cgminer 3.09 -> cgminer says 490ghps
-using cgminer 3.12 on windows -> cgminer says 250ghps
-pool says 250ghps

I tried over/underclocking it in the range from 500-600mhz, underclocking makes it slower, overclocking makes it faster (max average I saw was 300ghps - far away from the 400+ other are getting)

Could it be an issue with PSU / connectors?

What is your HW count (hardware errors, its on the top line of cgminer output)? You probably have the same problem I do. Which is, cgminer things its hashing fine but its really gettings tons of errors due to some defective cores. The reason why the temps are lower is probably because much of the chip isn't actually hashing due to errors. Also what is your WU rate?

In cgminer, my bj shows 400+ GH/s (at stock frequency) but only 230 GH/s in eligius. As of now, there is no way to fix this. Perhaps a firmware update might fix it. But if you manage to fix it, let me know.
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February 07, 2014, 12:15:34 PM
CurcO, thanks again

I'm on bitminter.com.
I think the fact that 3.12 on windows shows the same value the pool shows means that the value with HF cgminer 3.09 on the rpi is probably wrong?

I also would like HF Engineer to comment on this Smiley
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February 07, 2014, 12:11:56 PM

You either need to change clock speeds, either OC or underclock use in cgminer "--hfa-hash-clock 600", I see from ex that the die's like to run over the 70-80 C , from your post you have one core in in the 51 C/.82V which tells me that core that is not working also you can see that the V is  high as to the nominal output in V is .79..

--hfa-hash-clock Set hashfast clock speed (default: 550)

CurcO thanks for your answer.

I found that
-using HF image on RPI with cgminer 3.09 -> cgminer says 490ghps
-using cgminer 3.12 on windows -> cgminer says 250ghps
-pool says 250ghps

I tried over/underclocking it in the range from 500-600mhz, underclocking makes it slower, overclocking makes it faster (max average I saw was 300ghps - far away from the 400+ other are getting)

Could it be an issue with PSU / connectors?

What Pool ? , I found that on P2pools the like coinex.pw it preforms at that range, gives a lot of errors from Pool submit errors to watchdog errors, so I have to stick to a BTC pool like , slush, Eligius , or similar. Don't know why the miner preforms slower , hmm  Phil might know why ( aka the HF Engineer that has been an excellent source for help).
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February 07, 2014, 11:59:36 AM

You either need to change clock speeds, either OC or underclock use in cgminer "--hfa-hash-clock 600", I see from ex that the die's like to run over the 70-80 C , from your post you have one core in in the 51 C/.82V which tells me that core that is not working also you can see that the V is  high as to the nominal output in V is .79..

--hfa-hash-clock Set hashfast clock speed (default: 550)

CurcO thanks for your answer.

I found that
-using HF image on RPI with cgminer 3.09 -> cgminer says 490ghps
-using cgminer 3.12 on windows -> cgminer says 250ghps
-pool says 250ghps

I tried over/underclocking it in the range from 500-600mhz, underclocking makes it slower, overclocking makes it faster (max average I saw was 300ghps - far away from the 400+ other are getting)

Could it be an issue with PSU / connectors?
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February 07, 2014, 11:33:01 AM
I got my babyjet yesterday, and I'm having problems with it. It came very battered, screws falling out, front door broken.
Initially I was pleased, cause cgminer said it reaches ~490ghps.

But my pool only shows ~250ghps for the last 20 hours.

I believe I might have a damaged core or two, cause the temp section in cg miner reads like this:

Code:
HFA 1: 77C/0.80V 73C/0.79V 66C/0.79V 51C/.82V

So the last 1-2 cores seem pretty cold compared to the first two which indicates a problem to me.

I already checked screws on cooler -> tightened them -> same results.
I reapplied thermal paste -> same results.

In cgminer log I'm getting no errors at all.

Anybody have an idea what could be wrong with it and what steps I could try?

You either need to change clock speeds, either OC or underclock use in cgminer "--hfa-hash-clock 600", I see from ex that the die's like to run over the 70-80 C , from your post you have one core in in the 51 C/.82V which tells me that core that is not working also you can see that the V is  high as to the nominal output in V is .79..

--hfa-hash-clock Set hashfast clock speed (default: 550)
newbie
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February 07, 2014, 10:20:43 AM
This should also fix the windows reliability issues for those poor souls mining with their BlowJobs on windows.

Hey now.  I never thought I'd be the Windows Defender(tm), but in the interest of fairness, the hashrate graph from Eligius for my Blowjobs is hard solid as a rock.  Really.  Cranking along at about 430gh each with no problems to speak of for what, almost 10 days now?  I can't complain a single bit about that aspect of the BlowJob experience.
I'm pleased to hear that. There are two camps with the windows people: everything's hunky dory and everything's funky shit - and that group is more common with 3.12.0. I'm hoping to get more of the former with the latest release.

Now if we can get Phil to open up his cgminer mods so it can be merged back in to the root build, and the non-rpi miners can get the benefits. 
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February 07, 2014, 10:03:22 AM
I got my babyjet yesterday, and I'm having problems with it. It came very battered, screws falling out, front door broken.
Initially I was pleased, cause cgminer said it reaches ~490ghps.

But my pool only shows ~250ghps for the last 20 hours.

I believe I might have a damaged core or two, cause the temp section in cg miner reads like this:

Code:
HFA 1: 77C/0.80V 73C/0.79V 66C/0.79V 51C/.82V

So the last 1-2 cores seem pretty cold compared to the first two which indicates a problem to me.

I already checked screws on cooler -> tightened them -> same results.
I reapplied thermal paste -> same results.

In cgminer log I'm getting no errors at all.

Anybody have an idea what could be wrong with it and what steps I could try?
hero member
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February 07, 2014, 09:42:22 AM
Here is a new one... lol. Note: I only have 1 baby jet, not 2.



Seems like somehow it got disconnected or not seen by cgminer, then hot-plugged it to add it back, but never removed the first one that shows OFF now.
sr. member
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February 07, 2014, 06:07:15 AM
only good exp. with windows and 3.12 since days and 3.12.1 since today as well (way better than with the RPi). Many thanks to you too.

I can't say whether it's actually working better. It's different. Instead of getting the familiar:


 [2014-02-04 09:45:09] HFA 0 NOTICE: ######################### WARNING: Work Watchdog Reboot Imminent!
 [2014-02-04 09:45:11] HFA 0 HFGetHeader usb read err:(-99) LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER
 [2014-02-04 09:45:11] HFA 0 attempted reset got err:(-5) LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND
 [2014-02-04 09:45:11] HFA 0: device disappeared, disabling
 [2014-02-04 09:45:11] HFA 0 failure, disabling!
 [2014-02-04 09:45:11] HFA 0: hfa_send_frame: USB Send error, ret -4 amount 0 vs. tx_length 8
 [2014-02-04 09:45:17] Hotplug: Hashfast added HFA 1



Which we've all come to know and love, I now get pages and pages of the following spew on reset:

attempted reset got err:(0) LIBUSB_SUCCESS
HFGetHeader usb read err:(-1) LIBUSB_ERROR_IO
attempted reset got err:(0) LIBUSB_SUCCESS
HFGetHeader usb read err:(-1) LIBUSB_ERROR_IO
attempted reset got err:(0) LIBUSB_SUCCESS
HFGetHeader usb read err:(-1) LIBUSB_ERROR_IO
attempted reset got err:(0) LIBUSB_SUCCESS
...



I don't think it resets any less frequently, and because of the long spew, cgwatcher takes a little longer to reset it in fact.

There's probably no way around the firmware watchdog, it's just the cgminer now behaves differently

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February 07, 2014, 05:48:42 AM
Scrap the NSA-spy device aka HashFast custom minepeon raspi.

Windows => zadig => cgminer => Always Up => BJ'ing All Nite Long
legendary
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February 07, 2014, 05:25:51 AM
only good exp. with windows and 3.12 since days and 3.12.1 since today as well (way better than with the RPi). Many thanks to you too.
-ck
legendary
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Ruu \o/
February 07, 2014, 03:27:15 AM
This should also fix the windows reliability issues for those poor souls mining with their BlowJobs on windows.

Hey now.  I never thought I'd be the Windows Defender(tm), but in the interest of fairness, the hashrate graph from Eligius for my Blowjobs is hard solid as a rock.  Really.  Cranking along at about 430gh each with no problems to speak of for what, almost 10 days now?  I can't complain a single bit about that aspect of the BlowJob experience.
I'm pleased to hear that. There are two camps with the windows people: everything's hunky dory and everything's funky shit - and that group is more common with 3.12.0. I'm hoping to get more of the former with the latest release.
sr. member
Activity: 392
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February 07, 2014, 02:45:01 AM
This should also fix the windows reliability issues for those poor souls mining with their BlowJobs on windows.

Hey now.  I never thought I'd be the Windows Defender(tm), but in the interest of fairness, the hashrate graph from Eligius for my Blowjobs is hard solid as a rock.  Really.  Cranking along at about 430gh each with no problems to speak of for what, almost 10 days now?  I can't complain a single bit about that aspect of the BlowJob experience.
legendary
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February 07, 2014, 01:12:02 AM
Still no per die voltage control?
newbie
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February 07, 2014, 01:00:38 AM
Hi Everybody who has a BJ running

I have got my BJ(400GB) up and running for about 1 day, I am using Eligius as the pool. I can mine about 0.08BTC a day(Which I think it will take very long to get my investment back). Is this a good profit? What is your profit a day? Is there any other more profitable pool you  recommend? Thank you very much!
I personally use Eligius.  Mine is showing a 3-hour average hash rate of 408.35 Gh/s which is worth 0.07834091 BTC per day at the present difficulty, which amounts to about $56 and change per day at the present (declining) exchange rate on coinbase.

-Phil
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February 07, 2014, 12:55:41 AM
Hi Phil,

Thanks for all of your help.  Do you happen to have the Samtec part no for that 2.0mm pitch 16 pin IDC ribbon cable for daisy chaining boards together?

Thanks in advance
Here's the info:

Product family:
http://www.samtec.com/technical-specifications/default.aspx?SeriesMaster=TCSD
Part number decoder: http://www.samtec.com/documents/webfiles/pdf/TCSD.PDF

Spec: TCSD-08-D-03.00-01-N-SR
BabyJet chaining cable: Three-inch long ribbon cables
2.00 mm pitch 2x8, double ended, notch polarized, with strain relief.

-Phil
-ck
legendary
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Ruu \o/
February 07, 2014, 12:54:04 AM
I've finally posted an official version that is designed to make the most of the new firmware coming up, cgminer 3.12.1

Announce and details here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.4989440

This should also fix the windows reliability issues for those poor souls mining with their BlowJobs on windows.
newbie
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February 06, 2014, 10:43:56 PM
Hi Everybody who has a BJ running

I have got my BJ(400GB) up and running for about 1 day, I am using Eligius as the pool. I can mine about 0.08BTC a day(Which I think it will take very long to get my investment back). Is this a good profit? What is your profit a day? Is there any other more profitable pool you  recommend? Thank you very much!


newbie
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February 06, 2014, 08:20:54 PM
Hi Phil,

Thanks for all of your help.  Do you happen to have the Samtec part no for that 2.0mm pitch 16 pin IDC ribbon cable for daisy chaining boards together?

Thanks in advance
legendary
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February 06, 2014, 03:57:31 PM
^ you're doing a great job here, thanks again. What a difference to the previous chapters of this story...
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