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March 18, 2014, 08:45:22 AM
Here is the thing. There are those that have a right to be angry. But be very careful. While I have Craig on ignore (mostly because he comes off as a huge asshole with anyone that disagrees with him I can see why AMT would not do business with him) I have seen some of his replies quoted. Fact is if you are calling someones personal cell without their permission (or them having given it to you) then you can be nailed for harassment. Considering the amount of information Craig has already posted on Amazon with negative reviews, and various other things in this forum they will nail him to the wall in retaliation whatever the state of their business might be. And if it turns out that they are shipping a product (as there is more evidence in that with the 80GHS and other miners they actually have shipped) then they have a HUGE leg to stand on.

Just sayin harassment of that nature usually draws the attention of the FBI if a business decides they want to pursue that. Especially if it happened across state lines. Otherwise it will be a police raid. But hey take it however you want. If you don't care, then that's on you. Personally I don't think harassment and libel are worth the jailtime (or record) and fines. If you FEEL so strongly they are a scam you need to be able to prove it and so far no one has been able to PROVE anything other than that these people actually exist and are a company. Least nothing substantial that a court would consider as actual proof. They have been shipping products, have laid out terms for preorders. They can show they are not the only ones in the industry in the same boat because of manufacturing and supply. The only thing that anyone here has is conjecture and circumstantial evidence. Not sure what the deal is that you still haven't gotten a refund. But while you get that refund back, its gonna bite you in the ass in a huge way. Honestly sometimes you gotta learn to pick your battles.

In regard that they have a product, I do believe they have something and will be shipping at some point. The question in my mind isn't if but when. But that's just me. Hopefully some people get some of their devices soon and start posting pics, reviews whatever to prove it. I figure for the sake of this thread and others I will do the same. I originally had intended on not but I will post some pics if I get mine early (doubtful as I am pretty much at the ass end of the queue). But in the event it happens, figure contribute. At that point the haters got nothing. Then they truly look like trolls.

If I and others lose my investment over this, because the haters were correct? well they get their ego's stroked and get nothing for it besides the self satisfaction that they were right. Nothing gained nothing lost on their end. Some of the guys here are batshit insane with the stuff they are saying. Some are luckily out of the legal reach of the US court system, but those who aren't? If they deliver you are well and truly fucked. Just sayin. I know if I were Josh I would be coming at you with all barrels once my personal safety gets compromised (because some nutcase customer got my personal cell and called me on it). But its also batshit stuff like that, that might drive them out of the industry altogether as it might not be worth the hassle. Fact is also the silence could be the calm before the shitstorm (for those who have been blatantly libeling them. Fact is they have a HUGE leg to stand on in that front.  Lawyers might have told them stay quiet for their own protection hence the reason why to interact directly with customers. Well It will be interesting to see where this goes once the dust settles. I'm somewhat patient and can understand the manufacturing delays (if that's the case) is not entirely on them. But it would be nice to have some disclosure on it. I have said all this stuff before but it fell on deaf ears. Well not deaf. Just troll ears. I guess in that regard I am trolling the trollers who don't want to hear the truth. Truth isn't what you want it to be, its what is. Oh well.

All said tho if they did communicate a bit better or made some effort to provide general shipping and or engineering updates its likley this stuff would not happen (or happen alot less).


STFU... someone please quote me so douche bag will get the message Smiley

I am very concerned that your refund check never came. I was really waiting to see if you'd be the first person to get refunded.

Besides Grumpysgirl; who had their order bought/facilitated transfer through AMT; no one has yet to receive an ACTUAL refund from AMT.

Very worrying.

Anyone who believes they will receive a check or 1.2+ TH miner from AMT is delusional at this point. When we sent them money we gambled and lost. If you have the time and patience, your only recourse is legal, and only on the criminal side. Civil proceedings to try to get your money back will be fruitless. I've seen this with other scammers like AMT.
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March 18, 2014, 08:35:58 AM
Googled advancedminers today and got

http://www.advancedminers-clients.com

as the second hit on the first page!

This will truly help future potential customers, the rest of us who sent them money have lost.
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March 18, 2014, 04:40:26 AM
AMT has been very clear on the delays, and it's not problems with the chips, etc. Read:

Yep. Lets also not forget their board has been running fine since January 18th:

We received sample chips in a few weeks ago. Testing is positive and the board is running fine.

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March 18, 2014, 04:23:51 AM
Rik: You're grasping at straws. Read back, you'll see they threw Clennel under the bus for inquiring about his order.

I'll give it another week before you come to your senses and stop defending AMT at every turn.


Now I get it, everyone in this business is going to freak out about a shifting time tables because profitability is directly linked to when you start operations. But you've seen many companies at this point who are not getting things out on time. We are at stage where we are prefunding the tech with our pre orders. Because that is what they are pre-orders. We made conscious decisions to send money to a company who did not even have the materials in hand to create the product we were purchasing.  

So I'm not going to blow up for no reason when I don't have the machine in my hand the second I want it. I'm not going to blow up when my miner is inevitably delayed by forces beyond the control of the company that I pre-ordered the product from. I don't care for the dishonesty and poor customer service I've seen them give others. But I'm not going to start calling them names and accusing their family members and starting conspiracy theories because none of that helps the situation. If that is defending them at every turn then we have a different definition of defending.


First off no "conscious" decision was made to give money to folks who did not have material in hand. At no time last November did AMT inform me they were waiting on chips. They told me delivery would be first week of January - done. They reassured me miners were shipping currently and everything was under control.

Secondly do you even understand the meaning of the word "inevitable"? I hear you making sense at times but then you make some really retarded comments. Nothing here was "inevitable". All AMT had to do was be up front with some simple facts and not make unrealistic promises. They have only made matters worse with their abysmal customer service or lack there of.




inevitable: as is certain to happen; unavoidably. Because there was a delay in getting the chips from the manufacturer it was "certain to happen" that miners were going to be delayed, and if they are starting from the beginning of the list then my miner would also be "unavoidably" late. They likely gave information that was based on information from their distribution partner. Thier distribution partner got information from the manufacturer. The manufacturer was unable to meet their time frame  (which mind you, has nothing to do with bitmine or amt).



you act as if a delay in the chips was inevitable. This is definitely not the case. NOTHING was inevitable so stop making excuses for AMT. You could try to make the argument the chips arriving are out of their control and you would be correct. However, that means you don't promise people delivery dates the week of chips arriving. Secondly, you don't make delivery promises on chips arriving you dont even have fucking boards for!

As far as doing some research i spoke with AMT at length and they assured me everything was just peachy. Again, stop trying to make excuses for AMT. I don't know what your angle is here but trust me it's not going to get you your miner faster.

I don't act like the delay of chips is inevitable, but I do realize the effect of not getting the materials on time and how that will greatly change the best laid plans. Would it have been smart to build a buffer into their and then delivered early if everything went swimmingly? Of course it would have. When you are shopping for a miner one of the number one things you are going to be looking for is when it ships and the companies know that. So they advertise the earliest possible date that they think that can ship based on getting their materials. If they had built in one or two months of buffertime and advertised with those as the shipping dates would you have even looked at ordering from them? Because that's not just an AMT practice

And why is it you assume I have an angle? It's not like AMT is the only company who has taken pre-orders and did not hit their delivery dates.

Nothing I can do will change what happens with AMT so why would I think I'd get my miner any faster? And hell aren't you making the accusation that they won't ship at all because they are scammers? Shouldn't you have said I don't know what your angle is here but you won't be getting a miner anyway?

I'm not making excuses for amt, stop making excuses for not more thoroughly looking into if they had the chips when you ordered. I asked and was told they'd be in any day, low and behold I put my order in on january 31st and on 2/1 they had received the chips. Still didn't know that as they didn't post the pictures until the end of february for some reason.

If they said they had the chips and were shipping 1.2 th miners then they lied to you, but the burden of proof is going to be on you that they lied over the phone to entice you to make an order. If you are seeking legal action anyway.


Since the post quoted below was never edited, clearly AMT posted the pics on the Feb. 1, 2014 at 4 AM CST, or on the Jan. 31, 2014, at 10 PM, Bulgarian time. Either way, he's claiming the chips arrived on a Friday.



 



Hey Guys,

Quick update, chips arrived today and will go to full surface mount and assembly on Tuesday. Hoping to get the first AMT1.2's shipped by Friday.

More to come...
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March 18, 2014, 04:03:25 AM
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Fact is if you are calling someones personal cell without their permission (or them having given it to you) then you can be nailed for harassment.

I'll take some of that action. Seriously, I will! Let him sue (ha, ha, I speelled it wright) me, whereupon I'll request a jury trial, whereupon further he will have to be present in the courtroom because I'll demand to witness the person that's suing me, otherwise it'll just be some lawyer representing some moniker used on the internet.

Here's the rub. If Joshua Zipkin shows up in court because of the lawsuit he has against me, he'll be met with an angry mob demanding their millions back, whereupon he may not be able to fly back outta the country. Ergo, he won't be suing anybody for harassment.
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March 18, 2014, 03:54:25 AM
i just spoke with Josh Zipkin on the phone. I found his personal cell phone number. We had a nice chat on the phone and he is not happy with me (to say the least how i got his personal cell phone #). I told him to issue me a refund and we will call it a day. No regrets.

Josh are you reading this? Did you get my text?

You have 24hrs. to send me a tracking number.



You want his cousin's phone number? His cousin in the US, that is.
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March 18, 2014, 03:48:19 AM
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"AMT's a silly Twat!"
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March 18, 2014, 02:31:18 AM
They want to pay my going field rate of $2k US or Bitcoinn-eqiv per-day and we'll talk. Cash or verified BC xfr of course. Paid per-day, 1/2 at noon 1/2 at end of max 14hr day.

Ain't a-gonna help the root problem though: BitMine and their Coincraft A1 rev-1 (I say rev-0.92) chip. My personal and only my personal opinion on the chip based soley on what I have been able to find out and was verified a little earlier on is that the A1 was oversold based solely on unverified - in the real world - design expectations. Being rather familiar with the semi biz I know all too well, unexpected things come up in the 1st revs. Sometimes out and out fatal, others, well call them problematic enough to force a respin based on things learned.

That is, learned from pre-production chips released only to testers...
Not ones sold with the full knowledge that they would be expected to work more or less as spec'd and intended along with the vendor (BitMine) atleast providing proven reference boards to use with them. With the full knowledge that were (are) pre-paid orders expected to be filled with those chips and boards, they have not done this.

Again, just my humble observation on this.
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March 18, 2014, 02:08:01 AM
AMT has been very clear on the delays, and it's not problems with the chips, etc. Read:

Again, we are shipping, ..., right now we're only getting 10-25 units out a day, we can build/assemble and ship faster if we get some help. Compensation will be given of course.

Delays are due to labor issues and lack of staff.

See, delays are just lack of staff. All you tech-savy people just need to get yourselves to Philly and lend a hand!
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March 18, 2014, 01:48:15 AM
I'd be happy with an S2 and 3 S1 with a power supply that can power them. It would cost about what I paid give me added hashing power. Even if they just bought an S2 and 3 S1 with out the power supply then I get the hashing power and they'd make a bit of money.
I've already a while ago sent an email to Jim at ATM with pretty much that exact offer regarding my 520 unit. More than happy to call it even with 3 (and given their current cost 4 would be better) S1's to match the hashing rate I paid for. I get my hashing, they even still get to pocket ~1.5k$ profit from it. Case closed.
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March 18, 2014, 01:33:12 AM
I'd be happy with an S2 and 3 S1 with a power supply that can power them. It would cost about what I paid give me added hashing power. Even if they just bought an S2 and 3 S1 with out the power supply then I get the hashing power and they'd make a bit of money.

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March 18, 2014, 01:12:34 AM
And folks - check out the Official Bitmine Coincraft miner thread here as well. (you go find it like I did). We are not alone and 'roid rage abounds there as well...
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March 18, 2014, 12:54:03 AM
heh heh heh... too bad the old Freon liquid heat xfr fluids aren't allowed any more. Could just plunk the whole boards in small tanks of it circulating around like the old Cray computers did. God they were beautiful sitting in their clear sealed temples with their Freon fountains running...

Then again, there HAS to be similar fluids available today. Hmmm...

Oh, and if you happen to have a dead chip around and can decap it, we have an in-house SEM  and high power optical video inspection scope available to see what they did...   If needed under full NDA of couse.
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March 18, 2014, 12:40:53 AM
Putting coms & memory on top may seem bad but they no doubt based the decision on thermal modeling to 'see' where the heat actually goes. Seems they miscalculated a tad.

Also have to wonder how said com and memory circuits appreciate all that EMI coming from directly underneath them..Lots of possible/probable coupling mode there...

Like I said, 92% Tongue That might explain the high error-rate, when operating at higher turbo-frequency and voltage. (Higher heat resistance, exhausting through the sensitive CPU and memory, as well as the associated "RF noise", screwing with the data-bits.)

I will be playing with RF-Chokes when I do my review also. (In addition to the thermal review, and the overall design review.) Anything that gets me slightly more valid work, for less effort or the same effort, I am going to try. Also building my own DIY heat-pipes at the moment. Trying Water, Alcohol, Lighter-fluid, and Butane. Not all in one heat-pipe. That is four variations. Not for the faint of heart!)
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March 18, 2014, 12:32:34 AM
Interesting. What they call the SIP substrate is what we call an interposer and again, if you want to move heat, make it ceramic. Either ZTA or AlN and the thermal resistance drops to about 1/3-1/2 what an organic substrate gives. Also allows for an even finer pitch for the flip chip bumps that's another story. Putting coms & memory on top may seem bad but they no doubt based the decision on thermal modeling to 'see' where the heat actually goes. Seems they miscalculated a tad.

Also have to wonder how said com and memory circuits appreciate all that EMI coming from directly underneath them..Lots of possible/probable coupling mode there...
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March 18, 2014, 12:06:18 AM
Also, while I have you here, "layering issues"? As perhaps in heat dissipation through an interposer if the chips use one? I might be able to help immensely there if it is an organic fiberglass) substrate that is used.

I believe the chips internal structure has (don't quote me on this), three layers in the chip itself. (I think I picked that out of one of the technical design documents.) Silicon from screwed-up dies and imperfect scraps are also commonly used as a heat-transfer medium. (That is what the GPU's use. The shiny surface is just a layer of silicon over the whole case. Same if you pull-off the metal case from any of the covered CPU's. They only use the metal case for extending the surface-area with the heat-sink and to reduce compression stress-load from the tightly pressing heat-sink, which would otherwise crush the thin layer of silicon. We use wood-blocks to pop the tops off of CPU's for direct fluid cooling. Tongue)

The majority of heat is pulled from the bottom of the chip, on the pad closest to the "processor layer". (The other two layers, I believe were the memory and data communications? Sitting above that "hot layer".)

This is just some random image of a three-layer design... Not the A1. (Someone would have to throw it into an acid-bath to wash-away the epoxy shell, to confirm the internal layers structure.)





P.S. It could be that the layers they talked about were "virtual layers", as in, separated on a singular die. However, these flip-chips usually indicate multi-layer stacking. So I have assumed the 28nm HPP process they used, was a 3-physical-layer setup. (If all on a singular layer, but isolated, then the hot layer would be the outer-edge layer, with the chip flipped for the pads to have larger direct faces and to allow better cooling against the heat-transfer substrate.)
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March 17, 2014, 11:39:53 PM
Also, while I have you here, "layering issues"? As perhaps in heat dissipation through an interposer if the chips use one? I might be able to help immensely there if it is an organic fiberglass) substrate that is used.
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March 17, 2014, 11:36:18 PM
Maybe add another option - give us all Antminer S1's. Enough to at least match the as-advertised hashing speeds folks were sold... AMT still might even still make money depending on out-of-pocket commitments to suppliers/contract assemblers so far...

I'd settle for that option too. They are just re-sellers anyways, up until now. So that would not hurt their image, only help it. 1.2THs or 2.0THs is fine, no matter where it comes from. I don't care if it comes from a miner called "Potty-Flush 2000", I am surprised they don't have ANTs listed as an option. I am sure they could have gotten a better deal with them anyways. BitMine does not seem like they are helping anyone much, including the re-sellers.
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March 17, 2014, 11:16:58 PM
Oh good Lord... ^bump^ Do you realize what kind of firestorm ye will have just unleashed here?

And thank you for confirming what I garnered reading the entire dev thread. These are known/suspected issues and AMT shoulda been up front from day-1 about it. (also, why had no one else found that dev thread? After all, it *is* on the Bitmine support pages...) Woulda
 taken care of this mess long ago. Don'tch just love shoulda & woulda's... Li'sigh Sad

Maybe add another option - give us all Antminer S1's. Enough to at least match the as-advertised hashing speeds folks were sold... AMT still might even still make money depending on out-of-pocket commitments to suppliers/contract assemblers so far...
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March 17, 2014, 11:01:02 PM
Um, since you are one of the regulars in the A1 dev thread, any thoughts on how goings on there affect us here in regards to AMT? I know you might have to tread a fine line in regards to how other vendors/resellers may act but any insight as to what the delays are or might be from would be of immense value!

The A1 chip design seems to have normal chip issues. As far as I can tell. (Seems to be 92% operating as expected, 100% in most areas.)

The other half of the issues seem to be external physical issues, with the supporting devices. (Related to communications and power from the circuits that drive the chips.)

The communications issues, seem to be a mixture of software/programming and some physical issues, stated above.

The software side is trying to be adapted to the chips physical limitations, related to tuning the specific hardware. The physical hardware, as with all first, second, and third revisions, is also being tuned. (Which often-times requires board redesign for new components to be added, or groups of components to be removed.) As for the A1 chip itself, I believe it is simply a layering issue with the package design. There is little that can be done for this chip at the moment, with exception for external supporting hardware changes and software flow of operation. If anything, all this effort will lead to an A2 design, for a future system.

As for AMT, the issue they are attempting to work around, is the shortcomings of the original design. Which they apparently put too much trust into "securing in advance". An obvious attempt to "get it made and get it out" as fast as possible. However, the shortcomings of the design have impacted the ability to use that setup in a cost-effective way. (All this stalling is further impacting that ability for returns too. It is a catch-22 situation.)

The position they seem to be in, is this...
1: Give everyone sub-par equipment that they might legally be entitled to return, adding even more overhead to loss...
2: Make everyone wait a little longer, so that a less lossy design can be fabricated, adding more potential reason to demand returns...
3: Start from scratch with a "new design", and HOPE that covers enough losses, with additional expenses going towards more components and "Protection-Plans", giving them something they might feel compelled to just keep and mine with...

At the moment, I think they have opted to ignore option #1, in-favor of a mixture of option #2 and #3. Since option #1 would have required giving many of us 2 units, under-clocked to consume less power and deliver the same hashing-power, with nearly double the boards/chips/PSU's.

I personally would have done this...
1: Give returns to anyone who wished. (Since they would have been getting a 1.5THs-2.0THs unit now, by the MPP. Money coming from some guy who just ordered a new machine, that would not be in the MPP and would thus be a 1.2THs machine, needing to be delivered 1-2months later.)
2: Offer anyone who wished, a "rush delivery", of a "sub-par system", indicating it as such, as an "it works", "pre-release". (With limited warranty. That would be a few who "needed it".)
3: Offered those who desired it, an "approved longer wait", for the "new design". Which would reset their wait-time, to the head of the line for the new boards, with any new MPP for that design.
4: Extended the estimated shipping-times for new orders, which were more realistic to compensate for any more "issues" that would have come through. (Delivering early, where possible, as a bonus... Otherwise on-time, for a bonus to AMT... Otherwise slightly late, with reason, with limited loss to all. As opposed to horribly late and late without explanation, notice, or any other communication.)

However, I am not them... They have failed to even contact me back about my serious offer to aid them with assistance that they asked for, even if only to say, "Sorry, we don't think we will need your offered services."

Not sure if any of that helps you sleep better. It isn't helping me sleep any better. Then again, I am an insomniac anyways. Sleep is something I do when my body refuses to stop responding to my brain. It is not a welcome thing, or a planned daily event for me. Tongue
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