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February 05, 2015, 10:10:42 PM
#10
hmm, 3 styles of heatsink eh? i know of the iodised bitcoin logo'ed heat spreader, and the one with fins on the original, whats the 3rd type?
I meant within the production runs Smiley  There's the matte, the semi-gloss metallic and the spun metal look.
In terms of geometry, I'm only aware of bare (i.e. no heatsink at all), the early extruded heat sink, and the heatspreaders as being 'official'.  Crapton of heatsink configurations from users out there, with varying degrees of 'overclocking!' claims Wink

as for the emerald ones, they have "ver:2" silkscreened on it?
Probably, though I can't say I found any name-to-Rev information back when I did my BE homage post.  One of the earlier shots did depict 'Rev 2.00' as the silkscreen, at least; http://oi42.tinypic.com/2z589s5.jpg
I can only presume there was a 'Rev 1.00' at some point, even if never in released board form Smiley

Well, if i ever get my hands on one (i would probably get more lucky getting a block with an sapphire then getting a emerald), i now know who'd want it

but yes, OP, if you haven't already gotten any, my offer still stands, since i had 9 of them and PSU killed 6, you can have the 3 remaining working ones..
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February 05, 2015, 07:55:12 AM
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hmm, 3 styles of heatsink eh? i know of the iodised bitcoin logo'ed heat spreader, and the one with fins on the original, whats the 3rd type?
I meant within the production runs Smiley  There's the matte, the semi-gloss metallic and the spun metal look.
In terms of geometry, I'm only aware of bare (i.e. no heatsink at all), the early extruded heat sink, and the heatspreaders as being 'official'.  Crapton of heatsink configurations from users out there, with varying degrees of 'overclocking!' claims Wink

as for the emerald ones, they have "ver:2" silkscreened on it?
Probably, though I can't say I found any name-to-Rev information back when I did my BE homage post.  One of the earlier shots did depict 'Rev 2.00' as the silkscreen, at least; http://oi42.tinypic.com/2z589s5.jpg
I can only presume there was a 'Rev 1.00' at some point, even if never in released board form Smiley
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February 05, 2015, 07:20:53 AM
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i'm trying to work out exactly what a "Sapphire" version is, i have 3 working v3's
If it says 'Rev 3.00' on the board, then that's the Sapphire.  Beyond that there appear to have been 3 styles of heat sink production runs.

The Block Erupter USB series is the second major product of Bitfountain. Its experimental batch (Emerald) has passed all tests.

The Emerald Batch
12 in total. Used for internal testing/profiling and gifts for developers.

The Sapphire Batch
This is the first batch under production in quantity. Its lead-time is conservatively 15-20 days.

Which is why I'd be a lot more interested in an Emerald (or other early production) Smiley


hmm, 3 styles of heatsink eh? i know of the iodised bitcoin logo'ed heat spreader, and the one with fins on the original, whats the 3rd type?

as for the emerald ones, they have "ver:2" silkscreened on it?
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February 05, 2015, 06:32:36 AM
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i'm trying to work out exactly what a "Sapphire" version is, i have 3 working v3's
If it says 'Rev 3.00' on the board, then that's the Sapphire.  Beyond that there appear to have been 3 styles of heat sink production runs.

The Block Erupter USB series is the second major product of Bitfountain. Its experimental batch (Emerald) has passed all tests.

The Emerald Batch
12 in total. Used for internal testing/profiling and gifts for developers.

The Sapphire Batch
This is the first batch under production in quantity. Its lead-time is conservatively 15-20 days.

Which is why I'd be a lot more interested in an Emerald (or other early production) Smiley
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February 04, 2015, 11:39:46 PM
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i'm trying to work out exactly what a "Sapphire" version is, i have 3 working v3's that i was going to hack to their deaths, if you want them though?

im happy to throw them at you, but you pay postage? (i think the postage is going to be a killer if you're outside Australia)
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February 03, 2015, 08:52:28 PM
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The first Bitcoin ASIC was the gen 1 Erupter Blade (which was not publicly sold for some time after its creation); the first publicly sold miner (to be delivered) was the gen 1 Avalon.

Avalon was actually out before the Blade was finished. Ironically I think BFL had the first ASIC (But of course not in a customer hands til months later)
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February 02, 2015, 10:10:49 AM
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Buying one for under 7$. Honestly, I think I'm overpaying.
They are just useless. I don't know why people are still interested in buying them.
But still if you want to buy them, then just search it on eBay or amazon. Its available over there.
More for a novelty, not for the mining..remember Block Erupters was the 1st real miner
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February 02, 2015, 06:37:45 AM
#3
Buying one for under 7$. Honestly, I think I'm overpaying.
They are just useless. I don't know why people are still interested in buying them.
But still if you want to buy them, then just search it on eBay or amazon. Its available over there.
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January 30, 2015, 07:04:44 PM
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Try e-bay.. I've seen some go for sub-$4 including shipping - so after postage and padded envelope, the seller probably got $2.something.  You think you'd be overpaying, but to the seller it's probably barely worth the bother.

Now, if this was for an Emerald or earlier model...
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January 30, 2015, 05:10:12 PM
#1
Buying one for under 7$. Honestly, I think I'm overpaying.
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