after a few more hours, the machines seem to running a little slower now. one is staying at 13.3 Typically, during the evening and over night they tend to run faster as it is cooler.
will need to keep watching - my pool average has dropped - used to be between 69-72 and now its 68-69 average.
I need to find a way to measure consumption - though I never measured them before so I wouldn't really have a good comparison.
I can say this, my shares have dropped on kano's pool. average was always usually between 4.2k to 4.5k but last 3 shifts are 3.8k to 3.9k
not sure if the drop in shares will be worth a few pennies savings on electricity. only time will tell as its been less than 12 hours I have had the new firmware running.
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October 22, 2018, 10:07:02 PM
October 22, 2018, 09:01:35 PM
Per Discord and my other threads... the net result is about a 15% savings in power at a SLIGHT decrease in performance when measured across 100+ machines. It appears I have a number of miners that used to perform to spec now significantly underperforming (like 13.3TH with a 14TH box).
October 22, 2018, 09:00:52 PM
Initial results for my S9 - 13.5 :
Showing an average of 13.9 - 14.1 TH,up from previous 13.6 TH, occasional realtime hash showing 14.4 maximum
Pretty good !
[Later Edit] : Seems to have stabilised somewhere around 13.6 -13.7TH. Actually pleased and surprised with this firmware
[Next day Edit] : The shifts indeed show lower shares,not really happy with a 15% power drop for so much less shares (around 2k less/shift,it seems),so switching back
Might be great for people with a bigger hashrate,but for my only S9 it doesnt seem worth it,switching back to the old firmware
Showing an average of 13.9 - 14.1 TH,up from previous 13.6 TH, occasional realtime hash showing 14.4 maximum
Pretty good !
[Later Edit] : Seems to have stabilised somewhere around 13.6 -13.7TH. Actually pleased and surprised with this firmware
[Next day Edit] : The shifts indeed show lower shares,not really happy with a 15% power drop for so much less shares (around 2k less/shift,it seems),so switching back
Might be great for people with a bigger hashrate,but for my only S9 it doesnt seem worth it,switching back to the old firmware
October 22, 2018, 08:18:37 PM
I have it installed on several S9's (13.0 TH/s versions)- so far no issues. They are running at 74-77 C with average hash rate of 13.7 TH/s and with a .0007% HW rate after about half a day. I wish I had a way to measure the power consumption but I do not - I will just have to wait to see if my bill drops a bit lol.
I am curious to see about asicboost - have never used it previously so have to do some research as I have heard that you can do asicboost on the S9's
EDIT: I forgot to mention, I do see on the "Miner Configuration" tab a check box selection for "Low Power Mode" - is this what turns the AB on/off?
and is this supposed to lower hashrate along with lowering power consumption? or is it to increase hashrate while lowering power consumption? or to increase both?
I am curious to see about asicboost - have never used it previously so have to do some research as I have heard that you can do asicboost on the S9's
EDIT: I forgot to mention, I do see on the "Miner Configuration" tab a check box selection for "Low Power Mode" - is this what turns the AB on/off?
and is this supposed to lower hashrate along with lowering power consumption? or is it to increase hashrate while lowering power consumption? or to increase both?
October 22, 2018, 08:11:39 PM
Interesting move by Bitmain today,releasing the AsicBoost firmware for the S9.
"Should i upgrade?"
Waiting for KanoSan`s info on the matter,if the chief says its clear,will do.
If it aint...
KEEP MINING ON!
As per the discussions in Discord since yesterday, it seems OK."Should i upgrade?"
Waiting for KanoSan`s info on the matter,if the chief says its clear,will do.
If it aint...
KEEP MINING ON!
Slush seems to have bugs in their pool software and are trying to blame it on Bitmain
Works OK here.
Since it was released by Bitmain, I've no issues with people using it.
The problems usually arrive when you use one of the many hacked firmwares out there that claim all sorts of silly things and won't have been tested properly, and not at all for block finding, and often are more like a virus than anything else.
Mine on!
October 22, 2018, 07:59:00 PM
Interesting move by Bitmain today,releasing the AsicBoost firmware for the S9.
"Should i upgrade?"
Waiting for KanoSan`s info on the matter,if the chief says its clear,will do.
If it aint...
KEEP MINING ON!
"Should i upgrade?"
Waiting for KanoSan`s info on the matter,if the chief says its clear,will do.
If it aint...
KEEP MINING ON!
October 22, 2018, 07:53:56 PM
how much ~time(days) is the 5Nd now?
October 22, 2018, 03:57:12 PM
So one thing I've noticed since switching from Slush to Kano with my T1's and T2T's is a massive reduction in HW errors on these miners. On slush, I had to tune over and over to try and get reasonable (less than 100k HW errors per board per hour) error rates. On Kano, every single tune performed by my miners results in dramatically lower HW error rates, in the range of 10-20k per day total! I can't explain it, but I've noticed the hashrates on my AB machines are higher on average with Kano than they were on Slush.
that is a lot of hw errors - with over 20 days of uptime on this pool, I have less than 2k hw errors per machine. However, my average hash rate was higher with these 5 machines on slush than here. Average on slush was between 71-73. here my average is closer to 69. But I am still pleased with mining here as my average payout so far is even with slush with potential to exceed it if we get a few extra lucky blocks per month.
October 22, 2018, 02:11:06 PM
So one thing I've noticed since switching from Slush to Kano with my T1's and T2T's is a massive reduction in HW errors on these miners. On slush, I had to tune over and over to try and get reasonable (less than 100k HW errors per board per hour) error rates. On Kano, every single tune performed by my miners results in dramatically lower HW error rates, in the range of 10-20k per day total! I can't explain it, but I've noticed the hashrates on my AB machines are higher on average with Kano than they were on Slush.
Probably because Kano knows how to run a pool
October 22, 2018, 01:58:28 PM
I read earlier today that Bitmain releases patch to let Bitcoin Miners Activate "Overt AsicBoost" (whatever Overt means?) that should decrease power consumption with app. 13 %. This should apply to models R4, S9i, S9j, T9 and T9+. I have a standard S9 (January 2018 batch with autofrequency), but i thought that I check available firmwares from Bitmain website. To my surprise there has been released a new firmware today (20181022) for standard S9 which according to firmware info reduces power consumption. This makes me believe it refers to AsicBoost.
I just updated a few of my S9's to see if there is much difference. TBH I do not have a way to monitor each ones power consumption but if overall they use less I should see my electric bill drop a bit I hope lol
October 22, 2018, 01:45:54 PM
So one thing I've noticed since switching from Slush to Kano with my T1's and T2T's is a massive reduction in HW errors on these miners. On slush, I had to tune over and over to try and get reasonable (less than 100k HW errors per board per hour) error rates. On Kano, every single tune performed by my miners results in dramatically lower HW error rates, in the range of 10-20k per day total! I can't explain it, but I've noticed the hashrates on my AB machines are higher on average with Kano than they were on Slush.
October 22, 2018, 01:37:57 PM
Yes, Kanosan has written and fully tested the AsicBoost code and it works as flawlessly as you'd expect when coming from The Master.
Looking forward to updating my miners, too!
Looking forward to updating my miners, too!
This sounds very interesting. Thanks for your answers.
Just looked a few pages back and also found the firmware for overclocking. Does anyone know if AsicBoost is enabled in xilinx-antminer-s9-s9i-1.0.7.2.tar.gz? Or in other words would it be more efficient to use the new S9 firmware or xilinx.
Also saw that S9i and j firmwares seems to work well on S9 autofrequency. I assume, however, that the new S9 firmware does the same.
Off topic again, but can anyone tell me how to figure out if I have the C5 control board and also does the xilinx work with C5?
October 22, 2018, 01:32:28 PM
So how do I enable ASICboost on miners that are pointed to this pool?
Depends on what miners you have. If they're antminers, find the appropriate link in the forums here on Asicboost.
October 22, 2018, 01:30:11 PM
So how do I enable ASICboost on miners that are pointed to this pool?
October 22, 2018, 01:25:13 PM
Hi.
I remember Kano tested some AsicBoost equipment a while back. I haven't been very active here for a while so I missed the outcome.
So the question is can I mine at Kano with AsicBoost enabled?
The following should probably be in the S9 technical thread, but I put it here to let you know why I'm asking.
I read earlier today that Bitmain releases patch to let Bitcoin Miners Activate "Overt AsicBoost" (whatever Overt means?) that should decrease power consumption with app. 13 %. This should apply to models R4, S9i, S9j, T9 and T9+. I have a standard S9 (January 2018 batch with autofrequency), but i thought that I check available firmwares from Bitmain website. To my surprise there has been released a new firmware today (20181022) for standard S9 which according to firmware info reduces power consumption. This makes me believe it refers to AsicBoost.
If I can mine at Kano with AsicBoost and somehow do find out that I don't have a C5 control board (which according to firmware info isn't supported) I'll give it a try. Otherwise I will leave it alone, because changing pool is not an option.
BR.
Steff
I remember Kano tested some AsicBoost equipment a while back. I haven't been very active here for a while so I missed the outcome.
So the question is can I mine at Kano with AsicBoost enabled?
The following should probably be in the S9 technical thread, but I put it here to let you know why I'm asking.
I read earlier today that Bitmain releases patch to let Bitcoin Miners Activate "Overt AsicBoost" (whatever Overt means?) that should decrease power consumption with app. 13 %. This should apply to models R4, S9i, S9j, T9 and T9+. I have a standard S9 (January 2018 batch with autofrequency), but i thought that I check available firmwares from Bitmain website. To my surprise there has been released a new firmware today (20181022) for standard S9 which according to firmware info reduces power consumption. This makes me believe it refers to AsicBoost.
If I can mine at Kano with AsicBoost and somehow do find out that I don't have a C5 control board (which according to firmware info isn't supported) I'll give it a try. Otherwise I will leave it alone, because changing pool is not an option.
BR.
Steff
Yes, Asicboost is enabled here.
October 22, 2018, 01:22:57 PM
Yes, Kanosan has written and fully tested the AsicBoost code and it works as flawlessly as you'd expect when coming from The Master.
Looking forward to updating my miners, too!
Looking forward to updating my miners, too!
October 22, 2018, 01:07:30 PM
Hi.
I remember Kano tested some AsicBoost equipment a while back. I haven't been very active here for a while so I missed the outcome.
So the question is can I mine at Kano with AsicBoost enabled?
The following should probably be in the S9 technical thread, but I put it here to let you know why I'm asking.
I read earlier today that Bitmain releases patch to let Bitcoin Miners Activate "Overt AsicBoost" (whatever Overt means?) that should decrease power consumption with app. 13 %. This should apply to models R4, S9i, S9j, T9 and T9+. I have a standard S9 (January 2018 batch with autofrequency), but i thought that I check available firmwares from Bitmain website. To my surprise there has been released a new firmware today (20181022) for standard S9 which according to firmware info reduces power consumption. This makes me believe it refers to AsicBoost.
If I can mine at Kano with AsicBoost and somehow do find out that I don't have a C5 control board (which according to firmware info isn't supported) I'll give it a try. Otherwise I will leave it alone, because changing pool is not an option.
BR.
Steff
I remember Kano tested some AsicBoost equipment a while back. I haven't been very active here for a while so I missed the outcome.
So the question is can I mine at Kano with AsicBoost enabled?
The following should probably be in the S9 technical thread, but I put it here to let you know why I'm asking.
I read earlier today that Bitmain releases patch to let Bitcoin Miners Activate "Overt AsicBoost" (whatever Overt means?) that should decrease power consumption with app. 13 %. This should apply to models R4, S9i, S9j, T9 and T9+. I have a standard S9 (January 2018 batch with autofrequency), but i thought that I check available firmwares from Bitmain website. To my surprise there has been released a new firmware today (20181022) for standard S9 which according to firmware info reduces power consumption. This makes me believe it refers to AsicBoost.
If I can mine at Kano with AsicBoost and somehow do find out that I don't have a C5 control board (which according to firmware info isn't supported) I'll give it a try. Otherwise I will leave it alone, because changing pool is not an option.
BR.
Steff
October 21, 2018, 10:03:35 PM
Missed it by that much!
Mine On!
Mine On!
October 21, 2018, 08:49:45 PM
nice!!! let's get a 3rd before the end of the day!
October 21, 2018, 08:48:26 PM
nice double!
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