S9 on Low Power Enhanced Mode (LPEM) showing weird fan speed

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Quote from: Morescratch on February 04, 2019, 07:26:34 PM

As well, I am wondering about LPEM because it noticeably drops my scoring hashrate on Slushpool which makes sense but since reward is tied to it I am wondering if I am actually losing money.

you are certainly losing money by scoring less hashrate on the pool ,it all boils down to how much is the power consumption , however if by "noticeably drops" you mean that hashrate on pool side is lower than what your miner shows, then you are indeed losing money without taking any other factor into calculation, if that's the case you should change the firmware.

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S9 firmware has been reporting incorrect fan speeds from batch 1, it really doesnt have anything to do with the LPM firmware

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Like tim-bc said this is well-known bug on ASICboost LPM firmware and I think you can't solve this issue by modifying it through config.

Why not upgrade it again with flashing it with the new firmware this one "Antminer-S9-all-201812051512-autofreq-user-Update2UBI-NF.tar.gz"

This fimrware works like same as ASICboost firmware with better power efficiency and reduce power consumption but the problem is it also reduce the hashrate.

However, you can overclock your s9 miner with this method https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-overclock-your-s9t9t9r4-to-18ths-free-4425212

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Both of the LPM firmwares are known for having bugs that make fan speed readings go to min (0) or max (30600), so as long as it isn't affecting your hashrate I wouldn't worry about it.

What you need to do is compare the (profit - cost) of the LPEM and compare it to that of regular LPM. It only makes sense to take a loss in revenue if you can cut your electricity / hosting cost by more than that amount.

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I am trying LPEM on a bunch of my S9's. I have 12.5TH/s, 13.5TH/s, and 14.5TH/s machines and so far so good. Although I remotely manage them so it's hard to say what the power consumption is. The hash rate drops quite a bit but they run stable. The only weird thing is on several of them one of the fans shows 30,600 rpm. Anyone else seeing this?

As well, I am wondering about LPEM because it noticeably drops my scoring hashrate on Slushpool which makes sense but since reward is tied to it I am wondering if I am actually losing money.

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