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Quote from: Bitwiz78 on January 10, 2018, 11:05:00 PM

Quote from: BitcoinIntern on January 10, 2018, 10:33:36 PM

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ranging from B17-B25 finish in around 5min.

What does B17-B25 means Notfuzzywarm? Thank you.

My 3rd just started hashing at 1 hour 21 mins. It just sucks that you lose all the hashing my time on the S9s where the L3+ instantly connects.

Ouch! What the hell did Bitmain do to that latest firmware?? Or more to the point *what* is reason for it? Are they running the chips in more critical power/speed regimes than they used to and so need finer tweaking?

As for boot time vs the L3, doesn't the L3 use the now very mature 28nm node for its chips? Autotune came about because the 14/16nm nodes are still FAR from having anywhere near as predictable performance per-chip so boards have to be preheated and performance tweaked each time they run.

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Quote from: BitcoinIntern on January 10, 2018, 10:33:36 PM

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ranging from B17-B25 finish in around 5min.

What does B17-B25 means Notfuzzywarm? Thank you.

My 3rd just started hashing at 1 hour 21 mins. It just sucks that you lose all the hashing my time on the S9s where the L3+ instantly connects.

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Batches 17 through 25. Batch 16 was the first to use Autotune and B25 was released around August of last year. B25 is the last s9 I bought because I REFUSE to support Bitmains BitCH altcoin in any way.

By now accepting only their altcoin as payment they gave the Bitcoin community a big

so many like me now give a hearty

right back at them. Been buying Avalons ever since and very happy with them - much more reliable.

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ranging from B17-B25 finish in around 5min.

What does B17-B25 means Notfuzzywarm? Thank you.

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Quote from: Bitwiz78 on January 10, 2018, 10:05:07 PM

Quote from: BitcoinIntern on January 10, 2018, 07:54:04 PM

Quote from: MinerMEDIC on January 09, 2018, 11:34:03 PM

Forgot to ask too, are we talking the lights on the front or each hashcard? I spoke of the TF LED on each of the hashboards.

I am sorry guys...I should have provided more info on the post itself. I am actually talking about the normal light on the miner next to the ethernet connection. The light which keeps blinking when the miner is functioning right and changes to fault when it's not.

I believe that everyone in the latest batches is having the same problem. I started using the app to monitor and they'll just stop hashing for 5 mins or 5 hours but they'll startup again with no reason. I just rebooted all 3 of mine and all are not hashing.

After reboot this happens everytime:
System Tab-
1.Solid Green light
2. Bminer blank
3. Firmware blank

Miner Status all blank.

They will all magically start hashing at some point tonight so I am not concerned

The reason for the reboot was because I noticed Zero hashing on the web intetface and then I physically checked them and I had 2 red fault lights blinking.

Edit- I had one start hashing at 43 mins, the next at 49 mins and still waiting for the 3rd...

This is what exactly been happening with me with some of my units. Makes me nervous sometimes. I wish there was a known cause of why the miners stop responding for few hours.

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After reboot this happens everytime:
System Tab-
1.Solid Green light
2. Bminer blank
3. Firmware blank
Miner Status all blank.
They will all magically start hashing at some point tonight so I am not concerned

All of which is perfectly normal part of the preheat & autotune process which is ran every time the miner is booted. Typically takes around between 5-10 min before the miner finishes. Expect the status to briefly show as Live at least once and then go blank again at least once during the process. Sometimes status will change a couple times. Some folks have reported it taking over a 1/2hr but personally all of mine ranging from B17-B25 finish in around 5min.

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Quote from: BitcoinIntern on January 10, 2018, 07:54:04 PM

Quote from: MinerMEDIC on January 09, 2018, 11:34:03 PM

Forgot to ask too, are we talking the lights on the front or each hashcard? I spoke of the TF LED on each of the hashboards.

I am sorry guys...I should have provided more info on the post itself. I am actually talking about the normal light on the miner next to the ethernet connection. The light which keeps blinking when the miner is functioning right and changes to fault when it's not.

I believe that everyone in the latest batches is having the same problem. I started using the app to monitor and they'll just stop hashing for 5 mins or 5 hours but they'll startup again with no reason. I just rebooted all 3 of mine and all are not hashing.

After reboot this happens everytime:
System Tab-
1.Solid Green light
2. Bminer blank
3. Firmware blank

Miner Status all blank.

They will all magically start hashing at some point tonight so I am not concerned

The reason for the reboot was because I noticed Zero hashing on the web intetface and then I physically checked them and I had 2 red fault lights blinking.

Edit- I had one start hashing at 43 mins, the next at 49 mins and still waiting for the 3rd...

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Quote from: MinerMEDIC on January 09, 2018, 11:34:03 PM

Forgot to ask too, are we talking the lights on the front or each hashcard? I spoke of the TF LED on each of the hashboards.

I am sorry guys...I should have provided more info on the post itself. I am actually talking about the normal light on the miner next to the ethernet connection. The light which keeps blinking when the miner is functioning right and changes to fault when it's not.

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Forgot to ask too, are we talking the lights on the front or each hashcard? I spoke of the TF LED on each of the hashboards.

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Quote from: NotFuzzyWarm on January 09, 2018, 03:23:04 PM

Quote from: BitcoinIntern on January 07, 2018, 12:58:22 AM

Hi Folks, has anyone faced an issue where the green light on the miner becomes solid? I have tried rebooting the miner quite a few times... hot and cold boot both but it stays solid green. What can be the problem? Thanks

For a start, what kind of miner is it?
One of the Avalons? A Bitmain s7/s9/t9/etc? an eBang miner? We're not mind readers...

It is the antminer S9 14 TH. Thanks NotFuzzyWarm...

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I started up 2 S9 13.5s this week and seemed fine until I added the worker names. After the reboot, the green light went solid. Bminer was blank and firmware too. Pulled my hair out for a couple hours rebooting, updating firmware etc. I gave up for the night and they were both hashing fine when I checked in the morning and have been running since. I had a similar issue with my 14.0. I don't know if it's the newer batches but something happens when you change the worker name. My L3+ connects instantly but not the S9s. Hope that helps.

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Quote from: BitcoinIntern on January 07, 2018, 12:58:22 AM

Hi Folks, has anyone faced an issue where the green light on the miner becomes solid? I have tried rebooting the miner quite a few times... hot and cold boot both but it stays solid green. What can be the problem? Thanks

For a start, what kind of miner is it?
One of the Avalons? A Bitmain s7/s9/t9/etc? an eBang miner? We're not mind readers...

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Got it...I will upload it here when it does it again next time. For now, it has started hashing okay with all the boards on. Thanks.

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The miner page will remain blank as long as the bmminer executable is not running.

Take a copy of your kernel log and post it here. Just make sure to use the insert code button above so that your post does not become 10 miles long.

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Quote from: fanatic26 on January 09, 2018, 11:53:30 AM

Quote from: BitcoinIntern on January 09, 2018, 11:41:54 AM

Fanatic the issue is that sometime when I restart the miners the normal light on them which is supposed to be blinking is actually solid green. It just stays green and does not blink. When this happens the machine does not show hashing on the pool. Lately I have noticed, if I leave the machines overnight they self correct themselves and start hashing again after switching them on and off a few times. Have you had any such problems? How do you deal with it to bring it online right away? Thanks.

So what does the status page on the miner show? Is it processing work or just empty? What does the kernel log show? It will tell you in most cases exactly what is wrong. The s9 never boots up and starts hashing right away. They can take quite a long time to run through all of the autotune self checks.

Everything on the miner status page shows up as blank. It does not show anything at all. I have looked at the kernel log but didn't quite know what to look for so didn't get a hang of it. But the miner status page stays blank for hours. Any guide or something else on how to decipher the kernel log? Thank you for the help.

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Quote from: BitcoinIntern on January 09, 2018, 11:41:54 AM

Fanatic the issue is that sometime when I restart the miners the normal light on them which is supposed to be blinking is actually solid green. It just stays green and does not blink. When this happens the machine does not show hashing on the pool. Lately I have noticed, if I leave the machines overnight they self correct themselves and start hashing again after switching them on and off a few times. Have you had any such problems? How do you deal with it to bring it online right away? Thanks.

So what does the status page on the miner show? Is it processing work or just empty? What does the kernel log show? It will tell you in most cases exactly what is wrong. The s9 never boots up and starts hashing right away. They can take quite a long time to run through all of the autotune self checks.

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Quote from: MinerMEDIC on January 08, 2018, 10:31:20 PM

I'm working on that problem right now as matter fact. It is the PIC controller . I confirmed this by switching the PIC controller between two boards and the problem stays where the controller is now soldered. I am currently working to resolve this and plan to flash a new PIC soon . Does anyone know if the PIC controller firmware is read protected? I won't find out until I get my programmer in a few days and if so does anyone by chance have the PIC controller firmware?

Keep us posted on your findings Minermedic. Thanks.

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Quote from: fanatic26 on January 08, 2018, 04:55:43 PM

Cant make a suggestion when you have given almost no information about the problem

Fanatic the issue is that sometime when I restart the miners the normal light on them which is supposed to be blinking is actually solid green. It just stays green and does not blink. When this happens the machine does not show hashing on the pool. Lately I have noticed, if I leave the machines overnight they self correct themselves and start hashing again after switching them on and off a few times. Have you had any such problems? How do you deal with it to bring it online right away? Thanks.

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Quote from: fanatic26 on January 08, 2018, 04:55:43 PM

Cant make a suggestion when you have given almost no information about the problem

TF light on hash board comes on immediately upon start up and remains on indefinitely. Controller fails to see hash board at all.

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I'm working on that problem right now as matter fact. It is the PIC controller . I confirmed this by switching the PIC controller between two boards and the problem stays where the controller is now soldered. I am currently working to resolve this and plan to flash a new PIC soon . Does anyone know if the PIC controller firmware is read protected? I won't find out until I get my programmer in a few days and if so does anyone by chance have the PIC controller firmware?

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