Powering an ASIC Blade- advice needed

mace

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That's odd, DNS depends on your home network setup I guess. I had some issues with different versions of the stratum proxy...

I had mine setup to use the stratum mining proxy at first, but then I started using bfgminer as it has more stats. One thing I noticed was that the hashrate seems to be an average of some sort based on the # of shares, and essentially smooths out as you run the blade for longer.

Setup tips for the blade:

The default IP of the blade is http://192.168.1.254:8000/
If you are setting up multiple blades, set them up one at a time and change the IP address off the default, i.e. .250, .251, .252 and so on..
For basic setup on windows, grab mining_proxy_1.2.0.exe from here -> https://github.com/slush0/stratum-mining-proxy/downloads
Then create a batch file containing the following (adjust for your pool): mining_proxy_1.2.0.exe -o stratum.btcguild.com -p 3333

Now as for setting it up with bfgminer, this took a bit of playing around, but the latest 32-bit version (and probably earlier ones) has a built in getwork server. So I have bfgminer 3.4.0 32-bit running with the following command/batch file:

Code:

bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.btcguild.com:3333 -u username -p password -G --http-port 8332 --no-submit-stale
pause

This gives more detailed output than the proxy or the web page for the blade, e.g.

Code:

bfgminer version 3.4.0 - Started: [2013-11-06 21:18:42] - [ 11 days 16:50:14]
[M]anage devices [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [H]elp [Q]uit
Connected to stratum-lb-usa48.btcguild.com diff 8 with stratum as user
Block: ...07b6885e #270229 Diff:609M ( 4.36Ph/s) Started: [14:04:24]
ST:4 F:3 NB:2007 AS:1 BW:[ 55/ 44 B/s] E:56.60 I: 406uBTC/hr BS:5.91M
1 | 11.04/12.46/11.83Gh/s | A:347424 R:4147+2360(1.8%) HW:95952/3.3%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PXY 0: | 10.36/12.46/11.83Gh/s | A:347426 R:4147+2360(1.8%) HW:95952/3.3%

[2013-11-18 14:08:20] Accepted 09cb5dbd PXY 0 Diff 26/8
[2013-11-18 14:08:26] Accepted 07cfe51f PXY 0 Diff 32/8
[2013-11-18 14:08:29] Accepted 0a6ad8e6 PXY 0 Diff 24/8
[2013-11-18 14:08:32] Accepted 17f09ae3 PXY 0 Diff 10/8
[2013-11-18 14:08:33] Accepted 15ce5809 PXY 0 Diff 11/8
[2013-11-18 14:08:40] Accepted 08345483 PXY 0 Diff 31/8
[2013-11-18 14:08:44] Accepted 15fc519d PXY 0 Diff 11/8
[2013-11-18 14:08:46] Accepted 17195a7e PXY 0 Diff 11/8
[2013-11-18 14:08:49] Stratum from pool 0 requested work update
[2013-11-18 14:08:49] Accepted 199c9665 PXY 0 Diff 9/8
[2013-11-18 14:08:52] Accepted 0569dd80 PXY 0 Diff 47/8
[2013-11-18 14:08:53] Accepted 02bc6381 PXY 0 Diff 93/8
[2013-11-18 14:09:00] Accepted 108c114b PXY 0 Diff 15/8
[2013-11-18 14:09:04] Accepted 1ec01d2e PXY 0 Diff 8/8
[2013-11-18 14:09:08] Accepted 043d3149 PXY 0 Diff 60/8
[2013-11-18 14:09:08] Accepted 06c51d6e PXY 0 Diff 37/8

J_Dubbs

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ok, fingers crossed... seems like updating my DNS to Primary DNS 8.8.8.8 and Secondary DNS 8.8.8.8 seemed to fix it!!

I also swapped out the cable I was using. Lastly, this did not work immediately, it was several minutes later and then it started cranking. I hear a lot about these blades being unstable, hopefully it keep going Shocked

J_Dubbs

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Ok, I'm restricted to the newbie forum still, hoping one of the big dogs can see this and help.

I am getting a few jobs, hash climbs a bit, and then I get shut out and my proxy reports "clean_jobs=False"

Any tips? I'm searching but the thread on these things is huge, it's almost too much info.

J_Dubbs

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Well, decided to jump in, wires all seem cool and it's speeding up!

I'll probably make a trip to MicroCenter tomorrow to but some type of reasonable stand and maybe a switch, or a long cable.

Thinking about using a crossover cable and having my PC share it's Internet connection, but not even sure if that is worth messing with.

Fwiw I had to enter stuff in my DNS to get this working, all the guides had conflicting info on this but it might depend on your ISP. Also, seems like the port for Slush's stratum wasn't working, so I used 8332 with the proxy running on my PC and it seems fine.

Yes, it's ugly right now:

J_Dubbs

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Hello,

Here's what I'm working with:

ASIC Blade:

PSU specs:

This switch has always been in this position:

More connections than expected, thinking I will use C for the blade:

Pair of fans from my old PC case, both use molex connectors:

Essentially, I want to make sure I don't burn down my apartment. Had an old PC in storage a few years and decided to put the PSU to work. Problem is, I don't know if it's multiple rail, basically I don't know if it matters which plug I use. Also, these fans will just be used to test it out, but is it a problem that the fans will use molex connectors?

Generally I know what to do from reading the guide on these forums, specifically I'm not sure about the PSU I have. I already did the "paper clip trick" for the PSU (http://www.corsair.com/en/blog/testing-your-corsair-power-supply) but I haven't tested it. Hoping the images help, just not sure which lead to use, or if it matters.

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