Hey guys. I picked up 2 Spondoolies SP30's the other day. After taking them apart, cleaning them and adding new thermal paste, one unit is giving me an issue. It will run and hash for about 30-40 minutes and then shuts down. It will eventually start up again but then shuts down again. Sometimes after minutes, sometimes it runs much longer. Anyway, I was wondering if one of you guys can take a look at the System Log and see why. The only thing I noticed was loop error 3, which was in yellow text. I have copied and pasted those errors bellow. If you want the entire log, please let me know:
Nov 2 23:36:09 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: ASICS in loop 1: 3
Nov 2 23:36:09 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: ASICS in loop 2: 3
Nov 2 23:36:09 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: ASICS in loop> 3: 0
Nov 2 23:36:09 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: ASICS in loop 4: 3
Nov 2 23:36:09 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: ASICS in loop 5: 3
Nov 2 23:36:09 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: ASICS in loop 6: 3
Nov 2 23:36:09 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: ASICS in loop 7: 3
Nov 2 23:36:09 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: ASICS in loop 8: 3
Nov 2 23:36:09 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: ASICS in loop 9: 3
Nov 2 23:35:48 miner local1.warn minergate[29400]: Critical: ERROR: Loop failed 3 !
Nov 2 23:35:56 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: Critical: Bad loop 3 = trying power cycle
Nov 2 23:36:09 miner local1.warn minergate[29509]: Critical: Bad loop 3 = set loop as disabled
As you can see, there seems to be an issue with loop 3. Whatever that means ? LOL. Any recommendations on how to fix if fixable would be greatly appreciated !!!
Many thanks !!!
macjax
When u re thermalled the chips did u clean the Asics up with isopropyl alcohol and scrape the hard shit from around the decoupling caps next to the Asics?
When I rebuilt my SP20's the first one I did had this issue.
I then re did the process but cut the glue from the PCB using a hacksaw blade so the heat sink went closer to the chip.
You unfortunately need to use a shit load of paste (ignore anything you read on the internet).
I put the heat sinks back on and tightened the clips, put a length of wood over the heat sinks and put a decent weight on there. I use epoxy and glued the heat sinks closer to the board and left over night.
This fixed the issue with a hash card so I did the same on all of them.
I know the SP30 is a bigger machine but I'm sure the guts are the same just different PCB layout.