Topic: Swedish ASIC miner company kncminer.com - page 500. (Read 3050075 times)

I imagine due to the Heat sink not being screwed down, but rather being held down by "pressure" from foam and the top of the case cover, that most if not all units will need to be opened, inspected and properly re-assembled if the boards are still viable.

Realistic ETA on Titans? 

I have one upgraded rig with 4 modules that has kept my entire office warm all winter. I disconnected the heat duct to that room also. You said you are dumping your earnings back into the hardware, but buying what?

ouch!

from knc Forum:


Got delivery of the "Super Jupiters" - WTF KnC

Today, 05:29 AM


UPS just delivered two huge parcels from KnC. Opening them I was surprised to find 6 smaller aluminium boxes with 3 ASIC boards and fans on it. When looking through the grills I noticed that some of the big fans were not sitting even straight on the boards and some even had a rubber band around them. Assuming one has to self assemble them, so probably that careless and bad mounting job was done intentionally. I found out that one can remove the white plugs from the bottom and has to open the boxes to remount the fans which might or might not have damages the ASIC boards as they were touching other parts of the board. Extremely disappointed with that bad way of shipping. What happened KnC??

 I continued to unpack and found three controller boards with the beagle bone on it and a bundle of cables. That's it. No case, no box for the controller boards, no MANUAL of how to put it all together. I have to buy today 3 * 1200 W PSU and two ethernet cables (KnC said all cables provided...) and also an ethernet hub. Very disappointed.

 The foam which should hold the fans in place is too short to fill out the box perfectly and seems to have been just squeezes in, no wonder the fans dont sit properly on the boards, not even where they should be but touch other parts. The paste which should help to glue them together is smeared all over the boards. No idea why they put rubber bands around the fans.
 MORE PROBLEMS!!!! Noticed some transistors have fallen off, not properly wielded on the boards!!!!!

 Is there an online manual of how to set up the Super Juniors or does KnC not even care that customers paid 10.000 - 12.000 USD for that crap.

 Or do we get punished by not believing any longer that they will ever ship their Neptunes.

 Bad Job KnC, you really lost it

 As I don't think those Jupiters are safe to turn on even and on every cable there is a warning note that warranty is void if opened, I don't even dare to turn them on especially with parts having broken off the ASIC board. I emailed KnC and will wait for their reply how to solve that situation. Very upset.





Today, 07:21 AM


Having unpacked all 6 boxes, on 5 of them the big massive fans have become loose and damaged the ASIC boards. From another one a huge part even fell out. Have those parts not been even soldered properly??? I was a huge fan of the Jupiter and everything worked smoothly with it. Even when it broke down after a few weeks, KnC asked me to send back the boards and replaced them with new ones.

 Now, I have written to customer support, also to Sam directly and will wait until they reply, sitting on a lot of broken boxes and a big bill for the 3 PSU's and the Ethernet hub I have purchased. I don't dare to plug in those "Super" Juniors as they are definitely not safe to be run and might even burn down my apartment. I am extremely disappointed with KnC and wait how they will handle the refund process. I paid 10.000 USD, waited for months and get a replacement product for the Neptune which is a safety hazard to turn on and falls into pieces on arrival? This is what KnC has become.

 I am waiting for KnC's email to suggest a solution. I definitely won't pay return shipping for 20 kg of hardware garbage. Really shocked


http://forum.kncminer.com/forum/main-category/hardware/36790-got-delivery-of-the-super-jupiters-wtf-knc

nope, just worried cause i received mine but didnt get it inspected before i mailed it again.  im trying to stop it now, before any more damage happens.  you said there were dozens of reports but didnt provide any proof and at that time i only found 2 reports.  it wasnt until i talked to my other buddy in florida, who had 5 unit sent and all five were fkd.

Realistic ETA on Titans?  

dogie was asking...  
perhaps he's considering a downgrade in his ratings thread... I should hope so.

Ive only seen 2 reports....mine "APPEARS to be fine"

So how many cases of the herp derp super jupiters have been reported?

nope, just worried cause i received mine but didnt get it inspected before i mailed it again.  im trying to stop it now, before any more damage happens.  you said there were dozens of reports but didnt provide any proof and at that time i only found 2 reports.  it wasnt until i talked to my other buddy in florida, who had 5 unit sent and all five were fkd.

Do you still think it was only 2 reports and I was just a KNC hater?
I was merely reporting the facts.

and now for a prediction... ... here comes the datahall offer for FrankenJupiter convertees...

*Someone's gonna be really pissed off at KNC when they realize what just happened, and why IMHO.

How would they power it and/or keep it cool? Yea, while it is nice to get a higher hashrate rig you still need ample power and cooling requirements for it which at least in a normal US home doesn't have. I have a home built in 2005. 3 bedrooms, 2 full bath rooms, kitchen, etc...and only has 100AMP panel. Economic woes and just greed alone keeps builders putting just enough in a home for what  you have there and that's about it.

This. a pisstake - they are not short of the cash, or the BTC - I have friends who are adamant that they are keeping their neptune orders... i think in some vague hope that they will become magical 6TH/s unicorns. For my friends sake, i hope they get what they want but it just doesn't look very likely. What might even 6TH/s get you, in september...

Even some of the "smartest" people in this industry have no idea what bitcoin is going to do. All they can do is guess, like everyone else. I still think it will drop down to $300 and hover there a little while before going up significantly.

Just my kind of luck... buy at $2000 and sell at $265, lol. I'll leave trading to people with more analytical minds than my own.

I'll probably just keep hashing away and dumping my BTC earnings back into gear until there's zero return. They're going to have to be hosted rigs from this point forward though. It not even May and my A/C is running 24/7. It's going to be a long hot summer and my FrankenJup and Monarchs aren't even here yet.

You too have a magic crystal ball?

Mine said we are heading towards $2000

This is so true and so sad. They'll never change. Don't fool yourselves and think that since they are of the human species they must have a non-cheap bone in their body and give a damn about anyone. No, they don't and won't - ever.

Now, I can't get "because knc are cheap bastards" out of my head. I'll be using this excuse all day. "Why didn't you take the trash out?" Because Knc are cheap bastards. "Daddy, why can't I buy a toy?" Because Knc are cheap bastards. "Why is it raining?" Because knc are cheap bastards.

.... Because knc are cheap bastards.