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Grown with care, coming soon to a farm near you. Wink

Wow.. I love that pepper, must mean something fast is coming!
legendary
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Grown with care, coming soon to a farm near you. Wink
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WTB one Chili. Located in Germany. Please PM me

Do you have solder skills??

...would have one what need FTDI chip replacement ;-) ... if you need a "good" one you can PM me with your price suggest.
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WTB one Chili. Located in Germany. Please PM me
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Well apparently there was a power outage over the weekend that I wasn't aware of. Perhaps that has something to do with the issues. Either way on a whim I shut everything down and plugged the second Chili back in and for the past 45 minutes now they've both been cruising. I do find it interesting that when I was just running 1 it ran about 3GH/s faster though. Will they dynamically adjust their speed in response to a power shortage? Or to put it another way - is it possible/likely that the Chilis have the ability to run at a slower speed if they sense they aren't getting enough juice to really push things?

It shouldn't be a heat issue - one is air cooled and the other is water cooled and they're positioned in such a way that they shouldn't be sharing any warm air.

My chili's at 38Gh draw 220watts
The bottom end units run at 33Gh draw 180watts

one with defective engines runs at 23Gh and 140watts.

If you are getting 39Gh then all your chips are good ones and running at top speed, (the power draw will be a lot higher than 220w)

The chili's will run anywhere between 23gh and 40gh depending on the power available. The voltage will regulate to meet this level.

Much below 23gh the power supply stays below its critical voltage and will crash.

4 chilis working stable ( even been Lucko's boards ) since an 1 month and half on coolermaster b700. no aditional load.
Only issue: power cables temperature is 55 ºC ( so somewhat hot.. ) at connectors. I think power will be near 150/180W but Haven't mesured yet consumption at power cord.

For me chilis apears not sensible to small power fluctuations but hashing seem very sensible to room temperature.
Today total 143 GHS 131 GHs at pool 25,5 ºC room temperature. I have got in some cold days 145 GHs.
If room temperature is below 24,5 ºC i have a big trouble to maintain a stable setup
regards

It´s absolutely the same I have seen for weeks now - lower room temps are really a pain for start hashing.
When they start hashing - they finally run stable. I too have some boards what are starting everytime on 15 °C without a hairdryer.
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Well apparently there was a power outage over the weekend that I wasn't aware of. Perhaps that has something to do with the issues. Either way on a whim I shut everything down and plugged the second Chili back in and for the past 45 minutes now they've both been cruising. I do find it interesting that when I was just running 1 it ran about 3GH/s faster though. Will they dynamically adjust their speed in response to a power shortage? Or to put it another way - is it possible/likely that the Chilis have the ability to run at a slower speed if they sense they aren't getting enough juice to really push things?

It shouldn't be a heat issue - one is air cooled and the other is water cooled and they're positioned in such a way that they shouldn't be sharing any warm air.

My chili's at 38Gh draw 220watts
The bottom end units run at 33Gh draw 180watts

one with defective engines runs at 23Gh and 140watts.

If you are getting 39Gh then all your chips are good ones and running at top speed, (the power draw will be a lot higher than 220w)

The chili's will run anywhere between 23gh and 40gh depending on the power available. The voltage will regulate to meet this level.

Much below 23gh the power supply stays below its critical voltage and will crash.

4 chilis working stable ( even been Lucko's boards ) since an 1 month and half on Coolermaster b700 G750. no aditional load.
Only issue: power cables temperature is 55 ºC ( so somewhat hot.. ) at connectors. I think power will be near 150/180W but Haven't mesured yet consumption at power cord.

For me, chilis apears not sensible to small power fluctuations but hashing seem very sensible to room temperature.
Today total 143 GHS 131 GHs at pool 25,5 ºC room temperature. I have got in some cold days 145 GHs.
If room temperature is below 24,5 ºC i have a big trouble to maintain a stable setup
regards
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Well apparently there was a power outage over the weekend that I wasn't aware of. Perhaps that has something to do with the issues. Either way on a whim I shut everything down and plugged the second Chili back in and for the past 45 minutes now they've both been cruising. I do find it interesting that when I was just running 1 it ran about 3GH/s faster though. Will they dynamically adjust their speed in response to a power shortage? Or to put it another way - is it possible/likely that the Chilis have the ability to run at a slower speed if they sense they aren't getting enough juice to really push things?

It shouldn't be a heat issue - one is air cooled and the other is water cooled and they're positioned in such a way that they shouldn't be sharing any warm air.

My chili's at 38Gh draw 220watts
The bottom end units run at 33Gh draw 180watts

one with defective engines runs at 23Gh and 140watts.

If you are getting 39Gh then all your chips are good ones and running at top speed, (the power draw will be a lot higher than 220w)

The chili's will run anywhere between 23gh and 40gh depending on the power available. The voltage will regulate to meet this level.

Much below 23gh the power supply stays below its critical voltage and will crash.
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Well apparently there was a power outage over the weekend that I wasn't aware of. Perhaps that has something to do with the issues. Either way on a whim I shut everything down and plugged the second Chili back in and for the past 45 minutes now they've both been cruising. I do find it interesting that when I was just running 1 it ran about 3GH/s faster though. Will they dynamically adjust their speed in response to a power shortage? Or to put it another way - is it possible/likely that the Chilis have the ability to run at a slower speed if they sense they aren't getting enough juice to really push things?

It shouldn't be a heat issue - one is air cooled and the other is water cooled and they're positioned in such a way that they shouldn't be sharing any warm air.
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About how much power have people had their Chilis drawing? I think I saw 180-200W each but I don't recall the specifics. I'm asking because my 700W (552 on the 12V) PSU that has been powering 2 Chilis faithfully for several months now seems to only want to run one. If I plug both in they'll hash for probably 30 seconds then everything dies and I have to wait a bit and play with the plugs to get things back on.

The other reason I'm leaning towards a PSU issue is that when I had both running they'd average 36-37. Just the one running is now breaking 39 which I'm sure requires more juice. Thanks in advance!

even the best psu will fail if pushed to 80% of its rating for 24/7
so this would indicate your unit has an absolute max of 440w usable.

I have chilis here drawing 220w at 38Gh, so I think you have been maxing out for some time.

I have a Corsair VX550 (its 7 years old) driving 2 chili very comfortably.
Alongside is my EVO labs 600w that can only support 1 chili.

Cheap PSU's will always loose in the end.
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even the best psu will fail if pushed to 80% of its rating for 24
so this would indicate your unit has an absolute max of 440w usable.
Running 750 watt Corsairs here at 700 watts with no problems, so I think a good supply makes a difference.

Then again I ran it at 800+ for a few days, so a really good power supply makes a difference.

C
I've been running 2 off of this for couple of months. @750w, sounds like maybe the same Corsairs.

No other draw - zero problems. ymmv

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139051

-r
legendary
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I fix broken miners. And make holes in teeth :-)

even the best psu will fail if pushed to 80% of its rating for 24
so this would indicate your unit has an absolute max of 440w usable.
Running 750 watt Corsairs here at 700 watts with no problems, so I think a good supply makes a difference.

Then again I ran it at 800+ for a few days, so a really good power supply makes a difference.

C
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OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018

I've been running 2 off it for about 2 months straight now. I've got one of the Molex plugs going to a fan splitter to run 2 case fans but there isn't any other draw on it besides the chilis and the fans.
legendary
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About how much power have people had their Chilis drawing? I think I saw 180-200W each but I don't recall the specifics. I'm asking because my 700W (552 on the 12V) PSU that has been powering 2 Chilis faithfully for several months now seems to only want to run one. If I plug both in they'll hash for probably 30 seconds then everything dies and I have to wait a bit and play with the plugs to get things back on.

The other reason I'm leaning towards a PSU issue is that when I had both running they'd average 36-37. Just the one running is now breaking 39 which I'm sure requires more juice. Thanks in advance!

even the best psu will fail if pushed to 80% of its rating for 24/7
so this would indicate your unit has an absolute max of 440w usable.

I have chilis here drawing 220w at 38Gh, so I think you have been maxing out for some time.


That makes sense. I was curious about the draw because there seem to be several people running 2 chilis off a single 500W PSU. Guess I need to do some shopping.
What's the model of PSU? Some that are group regulated have issues with crossloads (all the current being drawn on 12V and none on 5V), and if it's a multiple rail supply that could be an issue as well.
full member
Activity: 195
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About how much power have people had their Chilis drawing? I think I saw 180-200W each but I don't recall the specifics. I'm asking because my 700W (552 on the 12V) PSU that has been powering 2 Chilis faithfully for several months now seems to only want to run one. If I plug both in they'll hash for probably 30 seconds then everything dies and I have to wait a bit and play with the plugs to get things back on.

The other reason I'm leaning towards a PSU issue is that when I had both running they'd average 36-37. Just the one running is now breaking 39 which I'm sure requires more juice. Thanks in advance!

even the best psu will fail if pushed to 80% of its rating for 24/7
so this would indicate your unit has an absolute max of 440w usable.

I have chilis here drawing 220w at 38Gh, so I think you have been maxing out for some time.


That makes sense. I was curious about the draw because there seem to be several people running 2 chilis off a single 500W PSU. Guess I need to do some shopping.
hero member
Activity: 868
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About how much power have people had their Chilis drawing? I think I saw 180-200W each but I don't recall the specifics. I'm asking because my 700W (552 on the 12V) PSU that has been powering 2 Chilis faithfully for several months now seems to only want to run one. If I plug both in they'll hash for probably 30 seconds then everything dies and I have to wait a bit and play with the plugs to get things back on.

The other reason I'm leaning towards a PSU issue is that when I had both running they'd average 36-37. Just the one running is now breaking 39 which I'm sure requires more juice. Thanks in advance!

even the best psu will fail if pushed to 80% of its rating for 24/7
so this would indicate your unit has an absolute max of 440w usable.

I have chilis here drawing 220w at 38Gh, so I think you have been maxing out for some time.
full member
Activity: 195
Merit: 100
About how much power have people had their Chilis drawing? I think I saw 180-200W each but I don't recall the specifics. I'm asking because my 700W (552 on the 12V) PSU that has been powering 2 Chilis faithfully for several months now seems to only want to run one. If I plug both in they'll hash for probably 30 seconds then everything dies and I have to wait a bit and play with the plugs to get things back on.

The other reason I'm leaning towards a PSU issue is that when I had both running they'd average 36-37. Just the one running is now breaking 39 which I'm sure requires more juice. Thanks in advance!
sr. member
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Hi,

I have more Chilis - any idea why on one board Windows is getting "unknown device"? Finally the Chili never get detected as COM.
The website with the FTDI-drivers is too offline:  http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm - so maybe someone can share them.

Thanks for your help!
Did it just recently start this? Try uninstalling the unknown device in Windows and then plugging it back in.

Yes - somehow it wasn`t hashing any more & I couldn`t get it back hashing. Wanted then flash a new firmware as this helped at one board but it was just recognized as "unknown device" with some Windows driver loaded. After try 100 different solutions (with delete driver, deactive, recycle, ....) today I wasn´t able finally to get it back. Funny & frustrating together as it was working everything good for weeks now with that board.

I plugged in too other boards & all are recognizing except this one. Any idea left?

Thanks Mr. Teal!
Not sure. PM me the serial number on the sticker on the top of the board.

It`s a board of Lucko (are there too stickers on it??) - I have to look later when I am back at the mining dc.
I was thinking about the same that the chip could have be damaged but want to ask first in this thread. Could this be chip be replaced or somehow repaired?
legendary
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I fix broken miners. And make holes in teeth :-)
Blown FTDI? I wonder because I have a jally here with a perfectly good FTDI chip but it's not talking to anything. Weird...

C
legendary
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Hi,

I have more Chilis - any idea why on one board Windows is getting "unknown device"? Finally the Chili never get detected as COM.
The website with the FTDI-drivers is too offline:  http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm - so maybe someone can share them.

Thanks for your help!
Did it just recently start this? Try uninstalling the unknown device in Windows and then plugging it back in.

Yes - somehow it wasn`t hashing any more & I couldn`t get it back hashing. Wanted then flash a new firmware as this helped at one board but it was just recognized as "unknown device" with some Windows driver loaded. After try 100 different solutions (with delete driver, deactive, recycle, ....) today I wasn´t able finally to get it back. Funny & frustrating together as it was working everything good for weeks now with that board.

I plugged in too other boards & all are recognizing except this one. Any idea left?

Thanks Mr. Teal!
Not sure. PM me the serial number on the sticker on the top of the board.
sr. member
Activity: 359
Merit: 250
Hi,

I have more Chilis - any idea why on one board Windows is getting "unknown device"? Finally the Chili never get detected as COM.
The website with the FTDI-drivers is too offline:  http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm - so maybe someone can share them.

Thanks for your help!
Did it just recently start this? Try uninstalling the unknown device in Windows and then plugging it back in.

Yes - somehow it wasn`t hashing any more & I couldn`t get it back hashing. Wanted then flash a new firmware as this helped at one board but it was just recognized as "unknown device" with some Windows driver loaded. After try 100 different solutions (with delete driver, deactive, recycle, ....) today I wasn´t able finally to get it back. Funny & frustrating together as it was working everything good for weeks now with that board.

I plugged in too other boards & all are recognizing except this one. Any idea left?

Thanks Mr. Teal!
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