Just purchased a ModMiner QUAD... - page 2.

DPoS

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Quote from: Bitweasil on April 21, 2013, 09:51:52 AM

Is there a reason you're not just using Linux in a virtual machine?

that's one of the many plan B's

The rig is my old PC running a P4 with plenty of space in the case to put the Mod Miner in it. It had XP so that was the quick idea.

Not sure why there was lots of talk that it would 'just install no issues' with 32 bit XP when it looks like no one has every done that Huh

I may take a stab at creating the USB driver for it but just dont have much time right now (leaving for the 3D printer convention in NY)

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Is there a reason you're not just using Linux in a virtual machine?

DPoS

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thanks for diggin this up.. i still need to get some time for this since here is the instructions for using that

https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi/wiki/Install

it looks like this allows you to create a driver assigned to whatever device to make windows happy

I am surprised no one posted a finished compiled file somewhere but i will once i get time but that is empty until later this week sadly

hopefully by the time i can work on this again you will have your replacement and be up and running!!

JonSnow

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Oh, also, just found this:

http://gfyi95.com/bASIC/bASIC%20Forum/www.btcfpga.com/forum/indexc9fa.html?topic=88.0

And this is the link that was given:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwdi/files/zadig/

JonSnow

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i haven't been able to get in touch with him since Wednesday and still haven't received my final replacement card.

hope you have better luck than i have!

DPoS

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Quote from: JonSnow on April 21, 2013, 03:04:12 AM

Does it specify anything more than "driver" ?? I mean is there any other information given in the error?

It notices it as new hardware, states its name 'ModMiner LJRalpha' and tries to install driver for it but can't find any.

So it sits as a yellow question mark in the Device Manager

The modminer wiki said that win 32bit would just install with no issue. but what is it suppose to install?

i did the usual uninstall the USB ports, let the system re-install those, but no change when it comes to the modminer. Wish whatever it needs was posted

I'll have to ping Tom.

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Does it specify anything more than "driver" ?? I mean is there any other information given in the error?

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Mine looks healthy and great in my case but WinXp is not installing it. It keeps asking for a driver. The Wiki said that 32bit windows would just install from windows update but that ain't happening

Does anyone know what driver I am suppose to give it?

It does know its name "ModMiner LJRalpha" listed under Other Devices with the big Question Mark

I dont think I need to do any firmware updates.

Until it installs, it won't get a com port so no point in trying to mine with it for now

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Quote from: Bitweasil on April 20, 2013, 12:23:17 AM

Also, is the center LED blinking?

It depends - sometimes it is blinking, other times it is off completely, and other times still it is lit up solid without blinking. Even when it is blinking (as it's supposed to when it's ready to mine or mining) it still can't mine.

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Have you seated the FPGA cards properly (they take a bit of a shove to lock in)?

Yes, and I've redone the assembly several times to be sure that there's nothing I'm missing.

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Do you have the boards sitting on something non-conductive?

Yes, a wooden surface.

And still no word from Tom. Sad

Bitweasil

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Also, is the center LED blinking?

Have you seated the FPGA cards properly (they take a bit of a shove to lock in)?

Do you have the boards sitting on something non-conductive?

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Code:

[2013-04-20 00:19:55] Started bfgminer 3.0.0
[2013-04-20 00:19:55] DISPLAY not set, setting :0 just in case
[2013-04-20 00:19:55] Failed to load OpenCL library, no GPUs usable
[2013-04-20 00:19:58] ModMiner identified as: ModMiner Quad v0.4-ljr-alpha
[2013-04-20 00:19:58] ModMiner ModMiner Quad v0.4-ljr-alpha has 4 FPGAs
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] ModMiner identified as: ModMiner Quad v0.4-ljr-alpha
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] ModMiner ModMiner Quad v0.4-ljr-alpha has 4 FPGAs
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] MMQ 0a: Set temperature config: target=79 cutoff=85
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] MMQ 0b: Set temperature config: target=79 cutoff=85
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] MMQ 0c: Set temperature config: target=79 cutoff=85
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] MMQ 0d: Set temperature config: target=79 cutoff=85
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] MMQ 1a: Set temperature config: target=79 cutoff=85
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] MMQ 1b: Set temperature config: target=79 cutoff=85
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] MMQ 1c: Set temperature config: target=79 cutoff=85
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] MMQ 1d: Set temperature config: target=79 cutoff=85
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Probing for an alive pool
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Popping work to stage thread
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Testing pool http://stratum.btcguild.com:3333
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] HTTP request failed: Empty reply from server
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Failed to connect in json_rpc_call
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] HTTP request failed: Empty reply from server
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Failed to connect in json_rpc_call
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] initiate_stratum with sockbuf=(nil)
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Failed to get sessionid in initiate_stratum
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Pool 0 stratum bdifficulty set to 1.000000
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Received stratum notify from pool 0 with job_id=47043
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Stratum authorisation success for pool 0
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Pool 0 http://stratum.btcguild.com:3333 active
[2013-04-20 00:20:01] Pool 0 stratum bdifficulty set to 2.000000

And relevant lsusb -v output:

Code:

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 1fc9:0003
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 2 Communications
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x1fc9
idProduct 0x0003
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1 BTCFPGA
iProduct 2 ModMiner LJRalpha
iSerial 3 0909F716535804B84FA21FCEF5000004
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 67
bNumInterfaces 2
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 2 Communications
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Abstract (modem)
bInterfaceProtocol 1 AT-commands (v.25ter)
iInterface 0
CDC Header:
bcdCDC 1.10
CDC Call Management:
bmCapabilities 0x03
call management
use DataInterface
bDataInterface 1
CDC ACM:
bmCapabilities 0x02
line coding and serial state
CDC Union:
bMasterInterface 0
bSlaveInterface 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0010 1x 16 bytes
bInterval 2
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 10 CDC Data
bInterfaceSubClass 0 Unused
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x03 EP 3 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)

JonSnow

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Quote from: Bitweasil on April 20, 2013, 12:06:13 AM

I have two up and running with little to no trouble.

I'm running the bfgminer out of the current repo. I did have to add myself to the USB group per directions, but otherwise, they're working great.

I'd be willing to provide dumps from my debug output or such if it would help. I did manually set the clocks to something a bit more sane (I was pushing to hardware errors more than I cared to do).

That could help, if you don't mind posting it!

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I have two up and running with little to no trouble.

I'm running the bfgminer out of the current repo. I did have to add myself to the USB group per directions, but otherwise, they're working great.

I'd be willing to provide dumps from my debug output or such if it would help. I did manually set the clocks to something a bit more sane (I was pushing to hardware errors more than I cared to do).

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Quote from: DPoS on April 19, 2013, 10:45:34 PM

sucks about your luck.. i have an old windows box I am going to put mine in and try if that is quicker.. i am going to use that box for a couple of other things too so i dont care much about ultra low power, etc

i like that i am stashing some btc into this miner and will see them later on.. kinda a long buy and hold strategy but you get to play with a miner the whole time and it becomes free!

i'll be very interested to hear how your setup goes! i would offer to help with any questions you had, but seeing as how i haven't figured my setup out yet, that's probably not too comforting. Wink

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sucks about your luck.. i have an old windows box I am going to put mine in and try if that is quicker.. i am going to use that box for a couple of other things too so i dont care much about ultra low power, etc

i like that i am stashing some btc into this miner and will see them later on.. kinda a long buy and hold strategy but you get to play with a miner the whole time and it becomes free!

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Quote from: CoinHoarder on April 19, 2013, 05:51:17 PM

I do admit it is fun hooking up hardware, tweaking settings, cooling your rigs, etc.

I don't mean to offend you or anything... I am a nerd in that sense, but I also like to make money too. Grin

I just don't want anyone buying them thinking they're gonna get rich.

Yes, ideally we nerds could have fun while also making money! The MMQ was in my price range at the time, though I admit this 2 weeks of frustration trying to get the replacements for the broken ones, and trying to get it to actually work have been incredibly discouraging! Another awesomely helpful member of the forums SSH'ed in and was unable to get it to work as well; he has 10+ years of Linux experience and runs a cairnsmore1, and was about as frustrated as I am! The conclusion is that it might well be something with the hardware, since the mining software (both bfgminer and cgminer) detect the miner plugged into the USB, but couldn't detect the actual FPGAs themselves.

When Tom tried on Wednesday night, he abruptly told me to reinstall fresh and that he was going to bed. So, he had no luck either. I've been trying to get back in touch to have him try again since I did a fresh install, but haven't had any success getting ahold of him.

We'll see ... but at this point, BFL ASICs might beat me to mining! Tongue

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FPGA is still in the game, the current asic offering isn't much better power wise and you guys keep bidding them up to where they cost the same.

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Quote from: JonSnow on April 19, 2013, 05:13:09 PM

Yeah, I think we're all aware that we're not going to get rich with the MMQ -- that's not the point. I just thought it would be fun to dabble in mining as a hobby. Nothing wrong with that, and no reason for people to keep telling us how it's not worth it.

I'm just pointing out to "noobs" that it's silly to buy these if you're looking to make money, which is why most people mine in the first place. There are hardly any miners that truly do it "for the security of the network" or "to learn". You are maybe one in a hundred.

I do admit it is fun hooking up hardware, tweaking settings, cooling your rigs, etc.

I don't mean to offend you or anything... I am a nerd in that sense, but I also like to make money too. Grin

I just don't want anyone buying them thinking they're gonna get rich.

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Yeah, I think we're all aware that we're not going to get rich with the MMQ -- that's not the point. I just thought it would be fun to dabble in mining as a hobby. Nothing wrong with that, and no reason for people to keep telling us how it's not worth it.

DPoS

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for an established miner not so much reason, but for ones looking to learn and play with it will pay for itself at some point. not all hobbies can do that...

i am also gettin avalon chips, etc and we'll see how the pcb thread goes too..

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