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Topic: ZTEX USB-FPGA Modules 1.15x and 1.15y: 215 and 860 MH/s FPGA Boards - page 13. (Read 182443 times)

sr. member
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@ztex:
after trying to get one quad-board (labeled 1.15x) running on Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) I have growing problems with one of the FPGAs
that chip already was the slowest in my setup leveling in to 208 MHz (all others do at least 216 Mhz) previously on Windows 7 .
after realizing to utilize sudo also the linux-client ran right off, but it shut down the FPGA #2 due to increasing hash rate drop (4-10%). That I already had with -oh 0 on Windows 7, but with -oh 0.04 it was OK on 208 MHz.
Now reconnecting to Windows for double-checking the hash rate drop also occurred there, #2 is disconnected due to that.
I already remounted the cooler two times, covering of the chip with MX4 looked ok, nothing besides the chip.

Any ideas what to check/try next  Huh


*edit, replaced "error" with correct term "hash rate drop" :
while writing also #1 is disconnected for hash rate drop rate 4% and the others are leveling down to 212 MHz .. I think it better to power that one off.  Undecided
hero member
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I dontthink that will do so much?
But its a Fun Thing to do:)

Looking forward to see real live pics
sr. member
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Watercooling is for cooling boards with water.
I hope ztex`s program will do the rest Cheesy
hero member
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Are you planning to overclock the chips, is that what this watercooling thing is about?
donator
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ZTEX FPGA Boards
Problem with that design is that the jtag port can't be used since u placed the outlet there.

May Ztex let it unpopulated for next boards. I guess more then 90% 'll never use it.

JTAG header CON9 is required for programming the CPLD. This thing is used for clock distribution and FPGA configuration http://www.ztex.de/usb-fpga-1/usb-fpga-1.15y.e.html#cpld.

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Feature request (wish) from my side if new revision is planed, mounting holes match 12 cm fan holes.

I checked this during the design: The position of these holes is blocked by parts. The PCB would have to be enlarged by about 1cm in order to accommodate 12cm fan holes (fan would have to be shifted into direction of CON4)

donator
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ZTEX FPGA Boards
First fullcover waterblock "print' - http://www.abload.de/img/fcpga1wc6kutn.jpg

Next week should be ready for testing...
I myst just check somme more specs in the board, and decude, to cool power section or not?

Does the "waterblock" cover all FPGA's? If yes, this is critical because the surfaces of the packages are usually not exactly on one plane (PCB may be bent, height of the soldered FPGA's varies)

Also I do not recommend to cover the voltage regulators near the FPGA's.

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Problem with that design is that the jtag port can't be used since u placed the outlet there.

May Ztex let it unpopulated for next boards. I guess more then 90% 'll never use it. Feature request (wish) from my side if new revision is planed, mounting holes match 12 cm fan holes.

Hpman
hero member
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Chopper and plexy. Since they don't dissapate that much u coud keep the structure of the cooler simple..

Problem with that design is that the jtag port can't be used since u placed the outlet there.

And a little airflow is needed for VRM area....
sr. member
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First fullcover waterblock "print' - http://www.abload.de/img/fcpga1wc6kutn.jpg

Next week should be ready for testing...
I myst just check somme more specs in the board, and decude, to cool power section or not?

Any advice?
Material? Copper + pkexi.
legendary
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I can`t connect to my rig via ssh atm, but i remembder 1 each 10-15sec.
Seccond/third thing is lots of rejects(could be gpumax problem) and lots of HW ....

I just moved somme jy fpga into new case. Alle in one with mitx atom.
I was compiling cgminer by myself
Installed all.
But i got still error -9 Sad
Cgminer can see 4 (all conected) quads, but gives me error nr 9 Sad
Code:
 [2012-06-02 14:09:48] Started cgminer 2.4.1 
[2012-06-02 14:09:48] Ztex check device: Failed to read ztex descriptor with err -9
[2012-06-02 14:09:48] prepare device: -9
[2012-06-02 14:09:48] Found 0 ztex board(s) All devices disabled, cannot mine!

That's the first I see that error. It's a usb read pipe error, so maybe a permissions problem? I've never tested this on an atom so I don't know if there are other pitfalls to worry about.
sr. member
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I can`t connect to my rig via ssh atm, but i remembder 1 each 10-15sec.
Seccond/third thing is lots of rejects(could be gpumax problem) and lots of HW ....

I just moved somme jy fpga into new case. Alle in one with mitx atom.
I was compiling cgminer by myself
Installed all.
But i got still error -9 Sad
Cgminer can see 4 (all conected) quads, but gives me error nr 9 Sad
Code:
 [2012-06-02 14:09:48] Started cgminer 2.4.1 
[2012-06-02 14:09:48] Ztex check device: Failed to read ztex descriptor with err -9
[2012-06-02 14:09:48] prepare device: -9
[2012-06-02 14:09:48] Found 0 ztex board(s) All devices disabled, cannot mine!
legendary
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Any advise ?
Code:
[2012-06-01 12:59:02] Accepted 72be84e0.b2f9da80 ZTX 0 pool 0
 [2012-06-01 12:59:12] Ztex check device: Failed to set fpga with err -7
 [2012-06-01 12:59:26] Accepted cfb483d8.174b1bb3 ZTX 1 pool 0

What does it means to my quad ? Cheesy

It means there was a timeout trying to send the 'set fpga' command to your quad. It should not matter if it is an isolated incident, are you seeing more of those?
sr. member
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Any advise ?
Code:
[2012-06-01 12:59:02] Accepted 72be84e0.b2f9da80 ZTX 0 pool 0
 [2012-06-01 12:59:12] Ztex check device: Failed to set fpga with err -7
 [2012-06-01 12:59:26] Accepted cfb483d8.174b1bb3 ZTX 1 pool 0

What does it means to my quad ? Cheesy
sr. member
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thx
team work...
Code:
 cgminer version 2.4.1 - Started: [2012-05-29 11:59:05]
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 (5s):963.7 (avg):689.3 Mh/s | Q:33  A:30  R:0  HW:0  E:91%  U:7.9/m
 TQ: 4  ST: 6  SS: 0  DW: 13  NB: 2  LW: 78  GF: 0  RF: 0
 Connected to http://gpumax.com:8332 with LP as user 4f39b22bccaa1017762395ed
 Block: 000000ce9a4f4f51d0ee141f3a7a37df...  Started: [12:00:31]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [P]ool management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
 ZTX 0: 04A3469808-1 | 196.00Mhz | 195.0/182.2Mh/s | A:6 R:0 HW:35 U: 1.58/m
 ZTX 1: 04A3469808-2 | 196.00Mhz | 195.1/182.2Mh/s | A:8 R:0 HW:39 U: 2.11/m
 ZTX 2: 04A3469808-3 | 196.00Mhz | 195.1/181.9Mh/s | A:9 R:0 HW:41 U: 2.38/m
 ZTX 3: 04A3469808-4 | 196.00Mhz | 197.2/152.7Mh/s | A:7 R:0 HW:39 U: 1.85/m
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 [2012-05-29 12:00:31] LONGPOLL from pool 0 requested work restart
 [2012-05-29 12:00:31] New block detected on network before longpoll
 [2012-05-29 12:00:31] ZTEX 04A3469808-4: Frequency change from 200.00 to 204.00 Mhz
 [2012-05-29 12:00:37] Accepted 8eaec6c3.b23b3968 ZTX 1 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:00:42] ZTEX 04A3469808-4: Frequency change from 204.00 to 200.00 Mhz
 [2012-05-29 12:00:42] Accepted 6b58b662.ade45093 ZTX 3 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:00:47] Accepted e06e6165.bc0cda81 ZTX 1 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:01:11] Accepted 216a8893.d112b27a ZTX 2 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:01:13] Accepted 8d965ed4.9a5c87bc ZTX 0 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:01:15] Accepted f77bc346.e0a2f0e4 ZTX 0 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:01:35] Accepted eba79a00.5ba9f1b4 ZTX 1 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:01:36] ZTEX 04A3469808-4: Frequency change from 200.00 to 196.00 Mhz
 [2012-05-29 12:01:37] Accepted 12dcfa49.d9e06bc1 ZTX 3 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:01:39] Accepted a3dd14b2.5b162e54 ZTX 3 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:01:43] Accepted 5607f836.c4591735 ZTX 1 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:01:49] Accepted 40efe307.6f514e23 ZTX 3 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:02:10] ZTEX 04A3469808-4: Frequency change from 196.00 to 200.00 Mhz
 [2012-05-29 12:02:20] Accepted 768aa748.4bcdba76 ZTX 2 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:02:20] Accepted a485ed32.0b4ae47c ZTX 3 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:02:22] Accepted 8d5c239e.2f78ea4a ZTX 1 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:02:25] Accepted eedf119c.edc27603 ZTX 2 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:02:33] Accepted 0de508a5.4c65f421 ZTX 2 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:02:39] Accepted 4940f129.3544ab45 ZTX 3 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:02:43] Accepted 81d50487.2c180007 ZTX 2 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:02:44] Accepted ec9e987a.ea4716ef ZTX 2 pool 0
 [2012-05-29 12:02:47] Accepted 5e8776bf.e63bca33 ZTX 1 pool 0
full member
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"Built edition" - builded by ckovalis - i`m linuxes lef handed bandit :/

Just installed libsub-1.0 and sommehing has changed...
cgminer can see ztex now, but cannot acces it. Cannot paste right error code.
I need to fight with my laptop first Sad

udev rule or sudo is your friend  Wink
sr. member
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"Built edition" - builded by ckovalis - i`m linuxes lef handed bandit :/

Just installed libsub-1.0 and sommehing has changed...
cgminer can see ztex now, but cannot acces it. Cannot paste right error code.
I need to fight with my laptop first Sad
donator
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ZTEX FPGA Boards
BTC payment is not accepted?

BTC payments are processed per email. Currently fees are 4% + 4 BTC.
legendary
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I switched back to BTCminer. Thanks for your help but I already deleted Zadig Undecided It was 4x boards, no y involved. Just wanted to know if I missed something important.

I wonder where I got the y from... oh well. In that case, the capability missing was actually a good sign, so unless you try again and provide the logs I have no clue to why it hangs.
legendary
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BitMinter
What about Win7 32 ? Tried it today, downloaded Zadig and installed the WinUSB drivers. Was working fine, the boards showed up as ZTEX Modules. When i started cgminer it froze and said something like "capability missing 0 7"... what did i wrong ? I also use a BitForce single and 2 GPUs on this machine.

Capability 0 7 is multi fpga, and that is normal if you also have any 1.15x connected. I never had a cgminer freeze with fpgas, but I also never had an 1.15y to play with so I'll need more details to be able to add anything useful to this issue. Can you start in text mode and debug (-T -D) and send me the full output until the freeze?

I switched back to BTCminer. Thanks for your help but I already deleted Zadig Undecided It was 4x boards, no y involved. Just wanted to know if I missed something important.
legendary
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What about Win7 32 ? Tried it today, downloaded Zadig and installed the WinUSB drivers. Was working fine, the boards showed up as ZTEX Modules. When i started cgminer it froze and said something like "capability missing 0 7"... what did i wrong ? I also use a BitForce single and 2 GPUs on this machine.

Capability 0 7 is multi fpga, and that is normal if you also have any 1.15x connected. I never had a cgminer freeze with fpgas, but I also never had an 1.15y to play with so I'll need more details to be able to add anything useful to this issue. Can you start in text mode and debug (-T -D) and send me the full output until the freeze?
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