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Quote from: philipma1957 on August 26, 2015, 08:39:52 AM

Quote from: Starin on August 26, 2015, 06:05:11 AM

I live with my miners too. What I usually do is to reduce the fan to lowest which runs 2400 -2280 rpm when I sleep. I increase them when Im not home or simply when I have headphones on. 2 noctua would sound as much as a stock fun running at 2400 rpm. Im still trying other options, Ill try to put a box fan soon. Gonna try a new setup soon, I'll put a silent but avarage fan to pull while using stock fan at %30.

Btw, some of my miners run at 2400 rpm while I set them to %30 and some run at 2280. Does anyone happen to know why.

1) one set of chips could be better then the other
2) the heat sink may be pasted better
3) the firmware may be different
4) there are different pcb boards you could have two different boards.
5) one psu gives better power then the other thus affecting the temps thus causing the fan to spin faster
6) something else that I did not think of.

Plus I've also found that moving them around or one place form another place can do it the list can on as to why and there might not be a thing wrong either .

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Quote from: chaoman on August 26, 2015, 05:58:25 AM

how did you mess up your s5 with heat sinks? I am new to changing hardware around and I don't want to do the same thing. I thought you just simply put the heat sinks on top of the chips? How can this break the s5?

One way to damage is by the heatsinks touching other components and possibly causing a short circuit.

MAJOR POINT: Do NOT just use self-stick thermal pads/tape to attach the heatsinks!!!! Always use a thermal epoxy to make sure they stay where placed. Temperature and gravity WILL make them start sliding off which could/will cause short circuits. Been there, done that with S1's. Within 2 months many sinks had fallen off....

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Quote from: chaoman on August 26, 2015, 05:58:25 AM

how did you mess up your s5 with heat sinks? I am new to changing hardware around and I don't want to do the same thing. I thought you just simply put the heat sinks on top of the chips? How can this break the s5?

as tup said it's best to be safe they cost enough all ready , but anything that touches any thing that it's not suppose to will short it out . if that makes sense, so to big of a heat sink that may over lap on the board might hit some thing turning it on will short it out or if you want to take them off and they have good solid tape holding them on might not come of so easy.I know that's how i did it, i had the right heat sinks coming but couldn't wait,which became my lose i put on the wrong size heat sinks etc the rest we know.

It can happen.So i wouldn't do it unless you know for sure just what to do as tup said and a lot others will tell you

.which i do now at a lose . and yea all you do is put them on the chips but don't over lap and find out the right way of taking them off .

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Quote from: Starin on August 26, 2015, 06:05:11 AM

I live with my miners too. What I usually do is to reduce the fan to lowest which runs 2400 -2280 rpm when I sleep. I increase them when Im not home or simply when I have headphones on. 2 noctua would sound as much as a stock fun running at 2400 rpm. Im still trying other options, Ill try to put a box fan soon. Gonna try a new setup soon, I'll put a silent but avarage fan to pull while using stock fan at %30.

Btw, some of my miners run at 2400 rpm while I set them to %30 and some run at 2280. Does anyone happen to know why.

1) one set of chips could be better then the other
2) the heat sink may be pasted better
3) the firmware may be different
4) there are different pcb boards you could have two different boards.
5) one psu gives better power then the other thus affecting the temps thus causing the fan to spin faster
6) something else that I did not think of.

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I live with my miners too. What I usually do is to reduce the fan to lowest which runs 2400 -2280 rpm when I sleep. I increase them when Im not home or simply when I have headphones on. 2 noctua would sound as much as a stock fun running at 2400 rpm. Im still trying other options, Ill try to put a box fan soon. Gonna try a new setup soon, I'll put a silent but avarage fan to pull while using stock fan at %30.

Btw, some of my miners run at 2400 rpm while I set them to %30 and some run at 2280. Does anyone happen to know why.

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Quote from: chaoman on August 26, 2015, 05:44:58 AM

I couldnt stand the stock fan long enough to see how it runs. I am mining in my room so the loudness is an issue. I am going to get heat sinks and put them on the chips. I suppose I will get another fan also.

You already have two major heat sinks on the chips.

If you do not know what to do, then it is better not to do.

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how did you mess up your s5 with heat sinks? I am new to changing hardware around and I don't want to do the same thing. I thought you just simply put the heat sinks on top of the chips? How can this break the s5?

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Quote from: chaoman on August 26, 2015, 05:44:58 AM

I couldnt stand the stock fan long enough to see how it runs. I am mining in my room so the loudness is an issue. I am going to get heat sinks and put them on the chips. I suppose I will get another fan also.

be care full with the heat sinks per chip i did that and ruin a S5, I didn't even bro getting it replaced, i knew i messed it up. by that I mean make sure those heat Sink just fit on the chip and not over lap or touch any thing. but i would try a fan first it's a safer way to find out . and one other way but try the fan first , re paste the boards. o yea water cool it if you want to go that route .

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I couldnt stand the stock fan long enough to see how it runs. I am mining in my room so the loudness is an issue. I am going to get heat sinks and put them on the chips. I suppose I will get another fan also.

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It sounds like your ambient temp is to much for that RPM of fan. The S5 just is not a quiet miner. You can go down even more on freq and it will heat up less.

I would put original fan back on personally and it's loud and warm but it works.

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Quote from: chaoman on August 26, 2015, 04:37:10 AM

Hello thanks for reading the thread.

I recently got a s5. It was super loud so I replaced the fan with a noctua 3000 rpm fan. However the temps were getting too hot so I reduced the frequency to 300. I also put a hardcover book against the bottom of the s5 and placed it vertically. Any ideas if the book helps or not? I saw other users put covers over the bottom so thats where I got the idea. The main issue is that I live in a desert so the ambient temperature is quite high. Temps are at 69 and 70 at the moment according to the antminer UI. I am going to purchase a normal indoor fan and put it under the s5, hope that helps.

Any ideas?

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When I set the ant miner on a flat surface one board drops to 62 degrees and the other jumps to 71, what is the cause of the 10 degree difference between the boards? anybody else have this happen too?

you need two of those fans not one as push pull by that I mean one on the front that is pushing air in and one on the back pulling air out . it sounds like your using just one, it won't work like that, trust me . i tried it .

or that one very loud stock fan . then with two in that way your temps should drop below 60 C and sty there at 350 . unless you house has no air or way of moving that hot air or cooling it off .

what were your temps with the stock fan ? forgot to ask .

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Hello thanks for reading the thread.

I recently got a s5. It was super loud so I replaced the fan with a noctua 3000 rpm fan. However the temps were getting too hot so I reduced the frequency to 300. I also put a hardcover book against the bottom of the s5 and placed it vertically. Any ideas if the book helps or not? I saw other users put covers over the bottom so thats where I got the idea. The main issue is that I live in a desert so the ambient temperature is quite high. Temps are at 69 and 70 at the moment according to the antminer UI. I am going to purchase a normal indoor fan and put it under the s5, hope that helps.

Any ideas?

edit:

When I set the ant miner on a flat surface one board drops to 62 degrees and the other jumps to 71, what is the cause of the 10 degree difference between the boards? anybody else have this happen too?

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