Topic: Reviewing the Halong Mining DragonMint T1, a 10nm Bitcoin Miner - page 3. (Read 1918 times)
Now *that* is a review. Non-political, entirely on-point and shows that you studied Hagg's and other members reviews to see how to do them properly. Very well done and worthy of some Merit.
Good review. Pls update us after few weeks how’s the performance ?
Also QUESTION: Since you opened the Miner , did you see SAMSUNG on any off the chips ? Curious to find out what the manufacturer or manufacturing process 10nm or 7nm??
Also QUESTION: Since you opened the Miner , did you see SAMSUNG on any off the chips ? Curious to find out what the manufacturer or manufacturing process 10nm or 7nm??
Looks like there are heat sinks on both sides, you would have to pry them off of whatever adhesive they used. I would hate to break a new toy.
Will update after a bit for sure!
I did try to pull off the heatsinks from both sides, didn't budge with gentle pressure. It's got some good adhesive, and I don't want to break the toy just yet!
It would be interesting if each board can accommodate 10 more chips. You'll note one side is fully populated with heatsinks, one is missing 10 - perhaps airflow is sufficient enough. If so, on the 3 chain ASIC setup they have, that would mean an increase from 138 total chips to 168, nearly a 22% increase.
I'd imagine this would create way more strain too on the power pull. 22% on top of even the 1584 I reported puts it at around 1930 watts. It also brings the 16TH spec to 19.5TH!
We're going to need some bigger power supplies
Good review. Pls update us after few weeks how’s the performance ?
Also QUESTION: Since you opened the Miner , did you see SAMSUNG on any off the chips ? Curious to find out what the manufacturer or manufacturing process 10nm or 7nm??
Looks like there are heat sinks on both sides, you would have to pry them off of whatever adhesive they used. I would hate to break a new toy. Also QUESTION: Since you opened the Miner , did you see SAMSUNG on any off the chips ? Curious to find out what the manufacturer or manufacturing process 10nm or 7nm??
Good review. Pls update us after few weeks how’s the performance ?
Also QUESTION: Since you opened the Miner , did you see SAMSUNG on any off the chips ? Curious to find out what the manufacturer or manufacturing process 10nm or 7nm??
Also QUESTION: Since you opened the Miner , did you see SAMSUNG on any off the chips ? Curious to find out what the manufacturer or manufacturing process 10nm or 7nm??
What's the behavior if you point it to a pool that doesn't support version rolling? Does it show an error and goto the backup pool?
Great question! Shows up as dead, and tries to find the next pool.
Also, I didn't specifically show off the dark accent option of the GUI! I made a clip of me changing the that around and you can see the pools. Pools 1 and 2 are the ones that don't support ASICBoost, where the third is compatible. This is the interface after applying the firmware - you can see some GUI changes! A welcome addition. I would really like tuning capabilities in a future update!
https://i.gyazo.com/711990fe2ae65329fd7042a05d4869b0.mp4
It's nice to have a good look at this machine, thank you.
I've waited ever since from January for this to happen and now it finally has.
I've waited ever since from January for this to happen and now it finally has.
Thank you! And thanks for your prior reviews as well - I looked at one of your prior reviews for formatting ideas
It's nice to have a good look at this machine, thank you.
I've waited ever since from January for this to happen and now it finally has.
I've waited ever since from January for this to happen and now it finally has.
Great work. Nice teardown. Thanks for the post. Loving my Dragons!
What's the behavior if you point it to a pool that doesn't support version rolling? Does it show an error and goto the backup pool?
This thread is a review of Halong Mining's DragonMint T1, their first offering in the SHA256 market. There will be detailed pictures of the GUI and a hardware teardown.
The DragonMint T1 "Terminator" is Halong's first SHA-256 offering, utilizing AsicBoost with specifications advertised at 16TH, 1480W @ 240/25c, with an ±8% variation.
Halong Mining was first publicly advertised around November of 2017, with many prominent figures in the Bitcoin community endorsing the legitimacy of the project. Preorders were offered at $1350 for the miner. Myrig is advertised as Halong's distribution arm globally. The official websites, along with the twitter handles are listed below:
https://Halongmining.com, https://twitter.com/halongmining
https://Myrig.com, https://twitter.com/MyRig_com
Halong Mining's representative, Scott O, was prominent on the Halong thread and that's when he advertised that he lived near Milwaukee. Being a resident here locally, I took Scott up on his open offer to review the unit in person, which I did in early January. I was delighted with what I saw, and became a customer not too long afterwards. Last month I offered to review a unit, which was provided in addition to the PSU, which I received yesterday.
Without further ado, the unboxing!
As we can see, the unit has the standard "tube" form factor, a common form factor. The PSU has 10 PCI connectors, which plug into the 3 ASIC chains (3 each), and one in the control board.
More close ups, and plugging in the PSU!
After plugging it into my setup, it didn't take long for it to show up on my network. I navigated to the page. The default login username is "admin", and the password is "dragonadmin"
The default pool settings! As with most miners, the hashrate spikes up when it first goes online, it equalized as time went on.
I adjusted the pool settings and pointed them to slush. Here's the GUI hashrate at two minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, and finally at 75 minutes!
Poolside stats! Averaged at 16.07 TH in a bit over an hour.
Amp pull was fluctuating between 6.5 and 6.6 amps, which reflected consumption between 1560 and 1584 watts. The ambient heat in the room was hotter than usual, close to 30c/86f intake (thanks B29 miners!). I used a Fluke 323 Meter to measure the precise pull.
Here's the rest of the GUI!
GUI updates (existing and upcoming!) - including a demonstration of the color scheme change!
Onwards to the tear down! Off with the warranty seals.
Halong has an official setup video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQOU1PLKerk
PDF version:
https://halongmining.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DragonMint-Setup-Instructions.pdf
You'll need to use an active version rolling pool (AsicBoost) with this miner, such as CK or Slush pools.
There currently are no firmware updates published on the website, however, Halong's Telegram (https://t.me/dragonmint)
published one for the T1 here (updated to Beta version - 041518) -
https://download.halongmining.com/testing/t1_20180415_075807.swu
I uploaded all the pictures here to imgur albums (some bonus ones too that are not posted here!). First one is the GUI, the second is the hardware. Third one is the new GUI changes.
Stock GUI
Hardware Teardown
New GUI changes
To conclude, I'm impressed at Halong's first generation DragonMint T1 "Terminator". It's great to see more competition in the field, and even more impressive that this is Halong's first public run. I'm eager to see what Halong will do next.
A special thanks goes out to Scott, Drak, Yoshi, and the rest of the team at Halong for providing me the unit to review. I look forward to seeing T2, T3, T4 and beyond! Maybe an "Enforcer?"
Stay tuned to the official twitter channels, telegram, and the website for more information for future releases from Halong!
Thanks for reading into my review of the DragonMint T1! It's my first review here on the forum. Please feel free to post any questions/comments below
Modified 5/19/18
The DragonMint T1 "Terminator" is Halong's first SHA-256 offering, utilizing AsicBoost with specifications advertised at 16TH, 1480W @ 240/25c, with an ±8% variation.
Halong Mining was first publicly advertised around November of 2017, with many prominent figures in the Bitcoin community endorsing the legitimacy of the project. Preorders were offered at $1350 for the miner. Myrig is advertised as Halong's distribution arm globally. The official websites, along with the twitter handles are listed below:
https://Halongmining.com, https://twitter.com/halongmining
https://Myrig.com, https://twitter.com/MyRig_com
Halong Mining's representative, Scott O, was prominent on the Halong thread and that's when he advertised that he lived near Milwaukee. Being a resident here locally, I took Scott up on his open offer to review the unit in person, which I did in early January. I was delighted with what I saw, and became a customer not too long afterwards. Last month I offered to review a unit, which was provided in addition to the PSU, which I received yesterday.
Without further ado, the unboxing!
As we can see, the unit has the standard "tube" form factor, a common form factor. The PSU has 10 PCI connectors, which plug into the 3 ASIC chains (3 each), and one in the control board.
More close ups, and plugging in the PSU!
After plugging it into my setup, it didn't take long for it to show up on my network. I navigated to the page. The default login username is "admin", and the password is "dragonadmin"
The default pool settings! As with most miners, the hashrate spikes up when it first goes online, it equalized as time went on.
I adjusted the pool settings and pointed them to slush. Here's the GUI hashrate at two minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, and finally at 75 minutes!
Poolside stats! Averaged at 16.07 TH in a bit over an hour.
Amp pull was fluctuating between 6.5 and 6.6 amps, which reflected consumption between 1560 and 1584 watts. The ambient heat in the room was hotter than usual, close to 30c/86f intake (thanks B29 miners!). I used a Fluke 323 Meter to measure the precise pull.
Here's the rest of the GUI!
GUI updates (existing and upcoming!) - including a demonstration of the color scheme change!
Onwards to the tear down! Off with the warranty seals.
Halong has an official setup video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQOU1PLKerk
PDF version:
https://halongmining.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DragonMint-Setup-Instructions.pdf
You'll need to use an active version rolling pool (AsicBoost) with this miner, such as CK or Slush pools.
There currently are no firmware updates published on the website, however, Halong's Telegram (https://t.me/dragonmint)
published one for the T1 here (updated to Beta version - 041518) -
https://download.halongmining.com/testing/t1_20180415_075807.swu
I uploaded all the pictures here to imgur albums (some bonus ones too that are not posted here!). First one is the GUI, the second is the hardware. Third one is the new GUI changes.
Stock GUI
Hardware Teardown
New GUI changes
To conclude, I'm impressed at Halong's first generation DragonMint T1 "Terminator". It's great to see more competition in the field, and even more impressive that this is Halong's first public run. I'm eager to see what Halong will do next.
A special thanks goes out to Scott, Drak, Yoshi, and the rest of the team at Halong for providing me the unit to review. I look forward to seeing T2, T3, T4 and beyond! Maybe an "Enforcer?"
Stay tuned to the official twitter channels, telegram, and the website for more information for future releases from Halong!
Thanks for reading into my review of the DragonMint T1! It's my first review here on the forum. Please feel free to post any questions/comments below
Modified 5/19/18
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