Be carefull with the U3, it has quite a large "zombie" problem... If you find a way around it, or if you're lucky, the hashrate for the cost is great (especially if your power is free)
Actually it really has a pretty good fix at this point. Buy a R1 with Crazy Guy's custom firmware - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/asicpuppynet-terminus-moonlander-2-2pacs-in-stock-btcltcethbch-612390
I run 3 U3's that I constantly had to deal with zombies now without hardly any effort. It ran for 5 day's without any issues. I am now testing again to see new number but his custom firmware is amazing programming on fixing zombies.
BUt can you actually explain me what the zombie problem is?
Its first time i heard about it...
JUst for security i canceled it until i get some more info about what that is...
Thanks
The miner stop's mining goes into a state it does nothing. So like a "zombie" it sit's there and does not mine.
It is well known with U3's. The R1 with crazy guy's firmware really is a great fix for me at least. It's ran great with 3 U3's.
That means i should have to be constantly cheking that it is actually mining no?
What does the R1 does?
Complete noob asking
Yes if you use it with regular computer I had tons of checking was a huge pain.
The R1 is actually a lotto miner made by bitmain. Crazy Guy is a talented programmer and made custom firmware where if you purchase off him you can select to have it loaded. With it I have had to stop checking for zombies it just runs, and fixes zombies on it's own. It's amazing in my eyes.
ANd when it goes into "zombie mode", what do you have to do in order to fix it?
just restart it? or things more complicated?
Thanks
What I had to do forever was unplug USB and Power then replug in. Was using Windows 8 and cgminer.
But I switched to Crazy Guy's R1 custom firmware for purchasing for him and it's able to fix automatically via software. So I don't have to touch them to fix each time. Which is great.
