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Wow, didnt know that its so featurerich... and all 4! power connectors are for cables that goes horizontal right? The left 3 for sure but im not sure with the right one. But i guess the second right one would be the one to use with a ATX-PSU.

Do you mean the green power connector goes with ATX? I wonder how to split power from ATX to multiple boards, like 14? What additional cables/connectors do we need?
No, the connector on the left side of the green connector. Im not sure what the green connectors cable would look like.
You would most probably split the power from a psu via y-cables.

Putting a heat sink on top will restrict the airflow over the pcb. The pcb has internal copper layers ('ground' is usually designed as a plane) which act as heat spreaders as well.

Do you say the other side of the pcb needs airflow too? I intended to force the airflow from the fans through the heatsinks only to maximize cooling. Do i have to rethink this?



The chips are designed to release heat out of the bottom, and putting a heatsink on the top of the chips can restrict convection and cause the chips to overheat.  The top of the board doesn't need additional air flow AFAIK.  The fan on the heatsink should create enough airflow around the board that all you need on top is convection for the other parts.  That is, don't cover it up, but no need for anything else.

So it doesnt need airflow but then you say the fan will make enough air. But what will happen when i force the airflow ONLY through the heatsink. You know like creating a tunnel. I would like to take 2 miners with heatsink and put them together tight with the heatsinks. Then put a fan on the side and somehow build a tunnel that only allows the air flowing between the ribs of the heatsinks. Im not sure yet what material would be best for this but i think it would greatly effect the cooling because i think otherwise most of the air is going useless the easier way.
So would that be possible or is it needed to put a little bit of the airflow to flow above the other sides of the boards.

I believe convection is enough for the top of the board.  Just don't plaster over it or cover it with a blanket.

I think the question is if a bottom side heatsink is enough for strong oc.
Maybe its a good idea to use a (bit more expensive) heatsink with a lot of more fins/surface and a 80/92 mm fan for each unit + top side heatsink (w or w/o fan). sandwiched. Smiley should be enough for 70 W.
air cooling is much cheaper than water cooling.
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Yes you can, that's the best place to buy chips if you are going to send them to Burnin for assembly, lowest handling and shipping fees to Burnin of all group buys.

Orders for chips and assembly are independent, order chips now and pay for assembly in a few weeks when chips arrive.

And for those of us that don't speak German??

Kein Deutsch hier.
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Yes you can, that's the best place to buy chips if you are going to send them to Burnin for assembly, lowest handling and shipping fees to Burnin of all group buys.

Orders for chips and assembly are independent, order chips now and pay for assembly in a few weeks when chips arrive.

And for those of us that don't speak German??

same groupbuy in english:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/group-buy-avalon-asic-chips-sebastianju-batch-6-ordered-closed-187660
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Amazing progress and results!!

Even if my boards implode, create a worm-hole that sucks me into an alternate universe in which the wind blows Kenny G and I want to curl up and die, I just wanted to give you props Burnin.  Grin
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I have seen several purchases on the below mentioned thread which are shipped to you.

Can I order Chips on https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gruppenkauf-avalon-asic-chips-sebastianju-batch-6-bestellt-geschlossen-187663 and let them sent to you even I haven't paid you yet?
Of course. That's how it goes:
1. you buy chips on that groupbuy with burnin as assembly service
2. on a webpage burnin will set up in a few days (or a week) you order assembly service (DIY kit or complete miner), that's when you pay to burnin
3. when chips arrive, SebastianJu will send them to burnin
4. burnin assembles the boards and sends them to you

EDIT: there is that same groupbuy thread in english: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/group-buy-avalon-asic-chips-sebastianju-batch-6-ordered-closed-187660
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Yes you can, that's the best place to buy chips if you are going to send them to Burnin for assembly, lowest handling and shipping fees to Burnin of all group buys.

Orders for chips and assembly are independent, order chips now and pay for assembly in a few weeks when chips arrive.

And for those of us that don't speak German??

EDIT:  Thanks.  Lots of people posted the link.
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Yes you can, that's the best place to buy chips if you are going to send them to Burnin for assembly, lowest handling and shipping fees to Burnin of all group buys.
Edit: English version of the chip group buy: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/group-buy-avalon-asic-chips-sebastianju-batch-6-ordered-closed-187660

Orders for chips and assembly are independent, order chips now and pay for assembly in a few weeks when chips arrive.

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Wowzers!  You sir, are an artisan master craftsman.  If we could find a country where bi-sexual polygamy is legal, I'd marry you.

Is something funky going on with the numbers, or playing it safe with the clock speed?
I'd have expected 5.7GH, but CGminer's reporting 5.2GH.  (x20 chips at 285Mhz).

+/- 10% is not unexpected and the samples are probably about 'C' grade chips.  That figure is completely within normal tolerances, and the card isn't even burned in any yet.  Not to mention it's a prototype (the FIRST prototype) board running under a "hacked up" version of cgminer.  All things considered, it's absolutely fantastic even for production boards.

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I have seen several purchases on the below mentioned thread which are shipped to you.

Can I order Chips on https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gruppenkauf-avalon-asic-chips-sebastianju-batch-6-bestellt-geschlossen-187663 and let them sent to you even I haven't paid you yet?
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Changed that dammed chip and:

SUCCESS!

Fantastic achievement! Congratulations!
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Changed that dammed chip and:

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Wowzers!  You sir, are an artisan master craftsman.  If we could find a country where bi-sexual polygamy is legal, I'd marry you.

Is something funky going on with the numbers, or playing it safe with the clock speed?
I'd have expected 5.7GH, but CGminer's reporting 5.2GH.  (x20 chips at 285Mhz).

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Changed that dammed chip and:

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Just awesome! Incredible, that you pulled this off virtually on your own, in that short amount of time!
Congrats!
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Absolutely awesome work from a master craftsman.   There aren't many people on this entire planet that could pull that off.   

Roll Eyes I NEED these! Roll Eyes  

Of course now the questions are, how much, how many,  and how long?
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Changed that dammed chip and:

SUCCESS!



Holy batman!  Grin
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Holy shit that's awesome! Great job! Cheesy
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No, the connector on the left side of the green connector. Im not sure what the green connectors cable would look like.
You would most probably split the power from a psu via y-cables.
The green connector is a screw terminal, you just strip a few mm of wire and screw it into the connector. You can use it to daisy-chain the boards (connect PCI-E to first board, then run wires from first board screw terminal to second board screw terminal and so on). But I would not daisy-chain many boards like that, probably would use a star design (PCI-E to a board, then connect screw terminal to other few boards, so connect board 1-2, 1-3, 1-4 to not overload the wires). All the power connector are connected together, so you can use any combination of them.

You connect the boards with data cables by the CAN connector and then connect the first board via USB/microUSB cable to a PC/RPi.
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Congratulation GREAT JOB BURNIN
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great work!!! cant wait  Wink
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so nice, great work burnin!
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Nice work!!!
Can you tell us what chip was the problem.
Thanks!!
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