Topic: Will my Antminer U1 kill me in my sleep tonight? - page 2. (Read 3467 times)
I got 55 BlueFury, 2 Jupiters, and 2 scrypt mining rig in my room. I am still alive. So I don't think there is any danger.
Sounds like your USB hub can't power both the miner and the fan. Most people who mine use powered USB hubs. Search the forums for the hundred of pages discussions of what is best hub. linksys 7 vs aneker 10.
I just put the fan back in and it messed up again and when I plug it back in I get something called LIBUSB_ERROR_IO 
time for bed, and now at least without any danger
time for bed, and now at least without any danger
I wanted to learn more about mining so I got myself an antminer u1. I finally got it up and running and as I type this, it's currently running an average of 1.539 Gh/s with cgminer on a raspberry pi.
However, the first time I had it running, it got pretty hot so I put a usb fan in the hub. It's only a small ext powered usb hub that came with my raspberry pi so the fan was pretty close to the antminer. After about 15 mins the antminer had an error and stopped working. It was really cool to the touch when I unplugged it and I unplugged the fan too. I put the antminer back in and it started mining again.
My two questions (albeit probably stupid) are:
Could the fan have lowered the temp too much for the antminer to work?
Will it set on fire and kill me while I sleep in the same room as it without some sort of external cooling?
However, the first time I had it running, it got pretty hot so I put a usb fan in the hub. It's only a small ext powered usb hub that came with my raspberry pi so the fan was pretty close to the antminer. After about 15 mins the antminer had an error and stopped working. It was really cool to the touch when I unplugged it and I unplugged the fan too. I put the antminer back in and it started mining again.
My two questions (albeit probably stupid) are:
Could the fan have lowered the temp too much for the antminer to work?
Will it set on fire and kill me while I sleep in the same room as it without some sort of external cooling?
No, I don't think a USB fan would stop the hardware from working!
Will it kill you in your sleep? Let's hope not
Ha yeah I hope not too. I should just turn it off really but the idea of earning btc while I sleep, even if only a few pence, seems to be winning
I've never done anything as technical as this before with computers so it took a bit of time for me to work out how to get it working. The next step is to get some more miners and one of those lcd screens and work out how to get that going. I should probably have a go at that auto start setting and remote access option.
Most miners run basically 24-7, *but* you have to find a way to cool it properly. It is dangerous if you have no cooling system in place. I'm sure that USB fan couldn't have stopped the miner from working. Doesn't make sense. Electronics love to be cooled down
I wanted to learn more about mining so I got myself an antminer u1. I finally got it up and running and as I type this, it's currently running an average of 1.539 Gh/s with cgminer on a raspberry pi.
However, the first time I had it running, it got pretty hot so I put a usb fan in the hub. It's only a small ext powered usb hub that came with my raspberry pi so the fan was pretty close to the antminer. After about 15 mins the antminer had an error and stopped working. It was really cool to the touch when I unplugged it and I unplugged the fan too. I put the antminer back in and it started mining again.
My two questions (albeit probably stupid) are:
Could the fan have lowered the temp too much for the antminer to work?
Will it set on fire and kill me while I sleep in the same room as it without some sort of external cooling?
However, the first time I had it running, it got pretty hot so I put a usb fan in the hub. It's only a small ext powered usb hub that came with my raspberry pi so the fan was pretty close to the antminer. After about 15 mins the antminer had an error and stopped working. It was really cool to the touch when I unplugged it and I unplugged the fan too. I put the antminer back in and it started mining again.
My two questions (albeit probably stupid) are:
Could the fan have lowered the temp too much for the antminer to work?
Will it set on fire and kill me while I sleep in the same room as it without some sort of external cooling?
No, I don't think a USB fan would stop the hardware from working!
Will it kill you in your sleep? Let's hope not
Ha yeah I hope not too. I should just turn it off really but the idea of earning btc while I sleep, even if only a few pence, seems to be winning
I've never done anything as technical as this before with computers so it took a bit of time for me to work out how to get it working. The next step is to get some more miners and one of those lcd screens and work out how to get that going. I should probably have a go at that auto start setting and remote access option.
I wanted to learn more about mining so I got myself an antminer u1. I finally got it up and running and as I type this, it's currently running an average of 1.539 Gh/s with cgminer on a raspberry pi.
However, the first time I had it running, it got pretty hot so I put a usb fan in the hub. It's only a small ext powered usb hub that came with my raspberry pi so the fan was pretty close to the antminer. After about 15 mins the antminer had an error and stopped working. It was really cool to the touch when I unplugged it and I unplugged the fan too. I put the antminer back in and it started mining again.
My two questions (albeit probably stupid) are:
Could the fan have lowered the temp too much for the antminer to work?
Will it set on fire and kill me while I sleep in the same room as it without some sort of external cooling?
However, the first time I had it running, it got pretty hot so I put a usb fan in the hub. It's only a small ext powered usb hub that came with my raspberry pi so the fan was pretty close to the antminer. After about 15 mins the antminer had an error and stopped working. It was really cool to the touch when I unplugged it and I unplugged the fan too. I put the antminer back in and it started mining again.
My two questions (albeit probably stupid) are:
Could the fan have lowered the temp too much for the antminer to work?
Will it set on fire and kill me while I sleep in the same room as it without some sort of external cooling?
No, I don't think a USB fan would stop the hardware from working!
Will it kill you in your sleep? Let's hope not
I wanted to learn more about mining so I got myself an antminer u1. I finally got it up and running and as I type this, it's currently running an average of 1.539 Gh/s with cgminer on a raspberry pi.
However, the first time I had it running, it got pretty hot so I put a usb fan in the hub. It's only a small ext powered usb hub that came with my raspberry pi so the fan was pretty close to the antminer. After about 15 mins the antminer had an error and stopped working. It was really cool to the touch when I unplugged it and I unplugged the fan too. I put the antminer back in and it started mining again.
My two questions (albeit probably stupid) are:
Could the fan have lowered the temp too much for the antminer to work?
Will it set on fire and kill me while I sleep in the same room as it without some sort of external cooling?
However, the first time I had it running, it got pretty hot so I put a usb fan in the hub. It's only a small ext powered usb hub that came with my raspberry pi so the fan was pretty close to the antminer. After about 15 mins the antminer had an error and stopped working. It was really cool to the touch when I unplugged it and I unplugged the fan too. I put the antminer back in and it started mining again.
My two questions (albeit probably stupid) are:
Could the fan have lowered the temp too much for the antminer to work?
Will it set on fire and kill me while I sleep in the same room as it without some sort of external cooling?
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