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ManeBjorn

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Those are cool.
I would not know how to set them up to do anything though or I would buy some when I had money.
I will have to keep an eye out for different setups as these are neat. Grin

Quote from: Photon939 on February 16, 2014, 03:40:05 PM

Why nixie tubes of course

I had just gotten done desoldering a board of them that had recently arrived from Bulgaria

BTW your wallet will probably hate me for making you google them

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Why nixie tubes of course

I had just gotten done desoldering a board of them that had recently arrived from Bulgaria

BTW your wallet will probably hate me for making you google them

ManeBjorn

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Very cool.

All those little gray things that look like squid on your desk what are they? Are they capacitors?

Quote from: Photon939 on February 16, 2014, 11:48:34 AM

I've had problems with my Blue Fury going offline and not coming back until I press the reset, so I figured this seems like a fun solution (my main pc is shut down every night so I can just launch a batch file on boot to open bfgminer)

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I've had problems with my Blue Fury going offline and not coming back until I press the reset, so I figured this seems like a fun solution (my main pc is shut down every night so I can just launch a batch file on boot to open bfgminer)

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Quote from: 7Priest7 on February 14, 2014, 01:33:48 AM

Quote from: ManeBjorn on February 14, 2014, 01:28:13 AM

I was thinking of just selling off my little 333mh/s USB ASIC's but now I might keep them for this geeky fun.

I've yet to hear of a block eruptor ceasing to work(not that I've been looking.)
We have no way to know what value BTC will have in the future, it is very possible these block eruptors will make us wealthy.
They mine only a little value each day now, what might that little value be worth in 10 or 20 years?

It's not that they "cease". It's that they start creating a whole load of hardware errors instead of acceptable shares.

I've had a few go bad.

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Quote from: Prelude on February 14, 2014, 11:27:21 AM

I've got 3 dead out of 26 erupters.

Good to know, any idea what caused them to cease?
There is bound to be some bad items in any production run.
Even name brand products ship some defective items.

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Quote from: 7Priest7 on February 14, 2014, 01:33:48 AM

Quote from: ManeBjorn on February 14, 2014, 01:28:13 AM

I was thinking of just selling off my little 333mh/s USB ASIC's but now I might keep them for this geeky fun.

I've yet to hear of a block eruptor ceasing to work(not that I've been looking.)
We have no way to know what value BTC will have in the future, it is very possible these block eruptors will make us wealthy.
They mine only a little value each day now, what might that little value be worth in 10 or 20 years?

I've got 3 dead out of 26 erupters.

ManeBjorn

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As for CPU mining it depends on how you setup your software.
I use YAM for MemoryCoin. On my quad-core I set it to 3 threads instead of 4 for mining which leaves the computer running great for everything else yet gets me a good output for my mining.

Quote from: 7Priest7 on February 14, 2014, 11:08:13 AM

Quote from: ManeBjorn on February 14, 2014, 01:58:22 AM

As long as they are not overheated they seem to run forever.

The main reason I put mine inside my new case.
My old case needed a box fan next to it,
My new case has enough airflow to be closed.

The 200mm intake fan blows onto the eruptor.

Quote from: ManeBjorn on February 14, 2014, 11:06:50 AM

Yup, I mine MemoryCoin with my CPU's.
It's a nice extra boost in income for systems already running.

The problem with cpu/gpu mining is the added power consumption, and lack of usability.
Your ability to use your computer is limited greatly when cpu/gpu miners are at work.
Also a cpu/gpu running at full load uses significantly more power and generates significantly more heat.

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Quote from: ManeBjorn on February 14, 2014, 01:58:22 AM

As long as they are not overheated they seem to run forever.

The main reason I put mine inside my new case.
My old case needed a box fan next to it,
My new case has enough airflow to be closed.

The 200mm intake fan blows onto the eruptor.

Quote from: ManeBjorn on February 14, 2014, 11:06:50 AM

Yup, I mine MemoryCoin with my CPU's.
It's a nice extra boost in income for systems already running.

The problem with cpu/gpu mining is the added power consumption, and lack of usability.
Your ability to use your computer is limited greatly when cpu/gpu miners are at work.
Also a cpu/gpu running at full load uses significantly more power and generates significantly more heat.

ManeBjorn

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Yup, I mine MemoryCoin with my CPU's.
It's a nice extra boost in income for systems already running.

Quote from: xjack on February 14, 2014, 08:19:50 AM

Quote from: EvilPanda on February 14, 2014, 03:09:16 AM

Someday they will make MOBO's with built in mining hardware Cheesy

Already did, it was called CPU mining. Cool

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Quote from: EvilPanda on February 14, 2014, 03:09:16 AM

Someday they will make MOBO's with built in mining hardware Cheesy

Already did, it was called CPU mining. Cool

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Small Red and Bad

Someday they will make MOBO's with built in mining hardware Cheesy

ManeBjorn

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You are quite right. Plus supporting the network pays in more ways than just getting BTC. It allows us all to send and receive it as well.
As long as they are not overheated they seem to run forever.

Quote from: 7Priest7 on February 14, 2014, 01:33:48 AM

Quote from: ManeBjorn on February 14, 2014, 01:28:13 AM

I was thinking of just selling off my little 333mh/s USB ASIC's but now I might keep them for this geeky fun.

I've yet to hear of a block eruptor ceasing to work(not that I've been looking.)
We have no way to know what value BTC will have in the future, it is very possible these block eruptors will make us wealthy.
They mine only a little value each day now, what might that little value be worth in 10 or 20 years?

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Quote from: ManeBjorn on February 14, 2014, 01:28:13 AM

I was thinking of just selling off my little 333mh/s USB ASIC's but now I might keep them for this geeky fun.

I've yet to hear of a block eruptor ceasing to work(not that I've been looking.)
We have no way to know what value BTC will have in the future, it is very possible these block eruptors will make us wealthy.
They mine only a little value each day now, what might that little value be worth in 10 or 20 years?

ManeBjorn

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I will have to root around the vendors I was at recently tomorrow. I saw some internal USB adapters that allow you to plug in external devices directly to the MB. They were cheap and had two configurations.
This could be fun.
I was thinking of just selling off my little 333mh/s USB ASIC's but now I might keep them for this geeky fun.

Quote from: 7Priest7 on February 14, 2014, 01:24:02 AM

Quote from: ManeBjorn on February 14, 2014, 01:08:12 AM

That is a neat idea.
I have a clear side panel and lights in my case I should do that with a couple just for fun.
How many internal ports does that one have? I couple I saw on NewEgg had 2 to 4 internal.

The one in the picture only has one internal port.

Depending on your motherboard you will have internal usb 2(9 pins) and/or usb 3(20 pins)
You can possibly convert a free internal usb connection into internal usb slots.

You can convert the 9 pin to 20 pin(you will only get usb 2.0 speeds which won't negatively effect block eruptors) then use 20 pin to usb internal slots. I was unable to find 9 pin usb to internal usb adapters.

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Quote from: ManeBjorn on February 14, 2014, 01:08:12 AM

That is a neat idea.
I have a clear side panel and lights in my case I should do that with a couple just for fun.
How many internal ports does that one have? I couple I saw on NewEgg had 2 to 4 internal.

The one in the picture only has one internal port.

Depending on your motherboard you will have internal usb 2(9 pins) and/or usb 3(20 pins)
You can possibly convert a free internal usb connection into internal usb slots.

You can convert the 9 pin to 20 pin(you will only get usb 2.0 speeds which won't negatively effect block eruptors) then use 20 pin to usb internal slots. I was unable to find 9 pin usb to internal usb adapters.

EDIT: After some more searching, I found this which can easily be used for internal usb.

ManeBjorn

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That is a neat idea.
I have a clear side panel and lights in my case I should do that with a couple just for fun.
How many internal ports does that one have? I couple I saw on NewEgg had 2 to 4 internal.

7Priest7

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Recently I upgraded to a full sized PC Tower.

I elected to buy a cheap pci to usb card with a internal port and permanently mount my USB Block Eruptor.

It may not make much, but it is there forever(or until it wears out)(or I otherwise NEED that pci slot) to help the network.

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