Ok, so Ive just caught up on these recent postings and I still see a lot of wild assumptions being thrown about, along with some xenophobic attitudes directed towards China, and thats never cool. Another assumption is that Im an official spokesperson. Please dont treat me as such, Im not anything of the sort. Certainly they want me handling all their comms, but thats not exactly what I necessarily want to do. In any case Im trying to get to the bottom of some concerns, but Im not obligated to do so, neither should this particular messenger be shot. I havent been paid, I havent yet signed any contract, and as of right now Ive checked out of the hotel, to move into an apt, which is notoriously hard to acquire in Stockholm, to basically be let down last min by a flakey landlord that apparently had a major life crisis to deal with at the exact moment I show up, despite telling me anything but over the phone the night before. So in fairness, for myself at least I have some pressing issues of my own. That said, I have managed to get to the bottom of a few things and Im considering using the opportunity (staying positive) to pop back to the UK and grab some more stuff if they want me here more permanently. Warm clothes and more than four days supply would be a start.
As such Mota, I wont be promising anything on behalf of anyone, and Im yet to receive my own device yet. In all fairness I dont think youre entitled to anything, you havent funded a swanky lifestyle, you funded the non-recurring engineering for an exciting project you have chosen to be part of. Fact is part of the reason they were able to demonstrate a working device so promptly based around a chip with minimal post fab refinement so it can be in your hands asap, is that there will inevitable be some refinement required. What theyve achieved so far is incredible. This post refinement period is typically 12-18 months, not 24 hours. We all knew margins exist to ensure these devices can be in your hands asap, the 8 DCDC -> 4 DCDC boards is evidence of that. The additional voltage regulators were a now unnecessary overcompensation, and turning off 4 of the modules as you have observed means far less wattage consumed.
Avenger, my attention to detail is not eating me up, but if you want me to ask qs on your behalf, then the palatable format you presented helps, but not the sarky comments. Name calling never helps, and Ive never made anyone beg for anything. Im not tied to this forum, Im doing this of my free will and whilst Im not asking for any praise, Im not like that, theres no ego here, but politeness and manners go a long way. I have a lot of other things on my plate, especially as Ive been asked to change my own life and location at short notice. Ive also delivered on all my claims and so far received less than 2 BTC in tips for my efforts. Im not complaining about this, but its not exactly an overt display of gratitude considering the lengths I have gone to. Did anything come from you? Im guessing not, so play fair.
In any case, to answer you concerns, Ive been told that the revision of cgminer is not sub-standard, and isnt causing any issues. The issues are firmware related, and each firmware revision compensated for a different set of errors, and is an ongoing iterative improvement as and when they are identified, and addressed. Rampion dev boxes are being sent out. I agreed to do that, so rest assured their packaging will be completed by yours truly
It was cool meeting Luke the other day. He practically tried to climb inside the thing. I have a humorous pic accompanying this;
Fact is there was a lot I personally could not answer for Luke and for once during that day it wasnt for competitor sensitive reasons (ironically they were all asked by competitors, presumably assuming I was an easy target
). The only thing Luke asked for aside a look inside, which had there been a torx screw on site I would have happily obliged. As I couldnt the above was the immediate result. The only other thing Luke asked for was a peek at the source code. Thats understandable. Im well aware CKOlivias and Kano want that as well, as do the rest of the community, so that should be in the next few days. Whether it will be prior to the weekend cant say. Its not me doing this, but Ive been told in the next week it will be available on Github. With respect to Kano, Ive got no beef with him, but he does himself no favours. Hes helped create a piece of software that has benefitted the community to date and chose to release it open source. That alone irrespective of whether some feel they can revise unassisted, or not, is certainly an achievement and does place someone in the realm of having a particular expertise that could be of value to future entities. Its a proven definable achievement. Why then, make oneself difficult to work alongside, and provoke distain by antagonising those you could be working with? Its kind of a self-sabotage. No one is expecting anyone to be the best at anything, but when working in a team your employability is determined upon your ability to be easy to work with and proactive towards a common goal. Thats just how business works. Clearly there is ability, but if there is going to be an ego creating obstacles that are detrimental to a project, they are best avoided. Thats how I read it anyway. Kano has a fabulous cv with a very relevant background, but he slates those he is claiming need help from him. A scornful and overbearing disposition is detrimental to what could be a welcome role on an exciting project. If Kano was more amicable and proactive for sure so many more people would reach out. I hate to think that hes done so much good for the community, coupled with a legendary status then blows his employability. This isnt a dig, theres actually a lot of respect, praise, and honesty there, but people want to be around people they can work with. Luke to his credit has not demanded, or even asked, suggested or alluded to anything. I just figured itd be fun to let him loose on one as he was so keen to play with the code more than own a device. Plus Im well aware open source devs want to get their hands on them, and they can only help the community further. So Ill ask for some addresses.
Moving on cardboard is being upgraded for the new packaging soon.
With respect to the capacitors, an investigation has been undertaken with Anotherhost.se, as they have suffered the issue with all their boards. It appears that a reasonable solution has been reached in that all the boards this has occurred to seem to have been used alongside the exact same PSU; The Corsair HX850. Its been tested in the workshop here, with these PSUs and the exact same problem occurred. So if you have this PSU (Corsair HX850 pictured below), its advised not to use it. Basically there is an issue with excessive current being applied, after the PU cuts out and the device is turned back on, causing the cap to pop.
As for China? Seriously?? Youve only just realised wealth exists there. Some of the comments I have read about this are not cool, I also had a predominant proportion of Asian guys and girls with in my course when studying my masters. So what if they are paying through the nose, at least they are taking their education seriously and appreciate the quality of UK Academia. Fact is its not preventing any guys and girls from the UK for applying, and studying, just the majority of local British students in my experience were lazy and preferred getting drunk through their undergraduate, and no interest in studying their postgraduate studies. Im British, but thats my own observation.
With respect to KnC, they are a global company, there have been some Chinese purchase, and purchases from other areas throughout the world, 117 countries to date, to be exact. KnC has sold to China from Day 1. Difference with KnCminer.cn is that they are an official distributor, and deal with their own customers. Does it affect any Network Protection Statement? No. Any customers that purchased for October are being delivered in October. Any customers after, will get theirs in November, after a months gap. No special treatment. Fact is there hasnt been a huge amount sold to China. Chinese arent massively trusting towards something they havent seen proof of. Hence the reason there was apparently such a high resale value toward bulk chips once they appeared on the black market. If you are worried about the network distribution being skewed, blame the US, thats where most sales are located.
EDIT: I should add that KnC are using
Corsair Cooler Master V850s themselves, and haven't had an issue with any of them. That said apparently they almost supplied their entire hosting with the HX, but due to the HX being out of stock for the volume required, they bought the V850. Which in hindsight is a wonderful thing.
