Again.

4 x batch 4 S3s arrived today.

15 minutes later all 4 are up and running out of the box with no problems.

You've got to give it to bitmain...

So. This is a thing. Anyone know where I can source those 477 6.3V caps?
Funny thing is, the miner still hashes over 400GH

I've only seen this on one unit so far.

No coupons yet - batch 4

i think it must be some kind of error because all of mine are getting crazy fan speeds too.
i even had one reach as high as 14000 .. they do not sound like jet engines so must be an error.
btw overclocking:



225       -1x   440g/hs
250   stable   495g/hs
250   stable   510g/hs
250   stable   495g/hs
237   stable   475g/hs
250   stable   480g/hs
250   stable   500g/hs
250   stable   500g/hs


i have one asic number 10 hashing with one x .. i might pull that one and open up heat sinks again and look.
i think the other one at 237 could reach 250. i probably test again soon. the last one that is 0's is on my
workbench opened up waiting on my 30g of thermal paste to arrive. i am working on additional thermal
paste tests on that one when the thermal paste arrives.

How does that even happen, shipping ?

Anyone else notice bad caps etc on their S3's ?

Not feasible for me as my controller board's Ethernet interface is completely dead - so it's not even possible to get into it with the default IP address to configure anything let alone see the logs. 

Other people have comparatively minor issues and at least get some hashing out of their units.  Mine is completely dead in the water going on a week now, extending to at least another week.

I have 3 S1 units, and thought about swapping the controller from them, but they're still profitable and I don't want to muck anything up that is actually still running.

BITMAIN - PLEASE JUST SEND REPLACEMENT BOARDS TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM AND HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT IS THEIR PROBLEM.  WAITING 2+ WEEKS FOR A SOLUTION KILLS OUR PROFITABILITY.

But apparently the only thing that seems to matter to them is their own profitability.

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You could try the wifi.  If you place your S3s right next to your router,  your router should see them.

I oc'ed one of my units using only 2 cables and is doing 500Gh/s happily. Others have reported issues with using 4 cables and the way I look at it is, the S1 only uses 2 cables and they draw more power so it should be a non-issue.

I did with crappy results. Lots of rejects and hash rates that did not make sense. I think it's the buggy firmware.  Liking the upgraded unit with the 2 QC stickers,  impressive.

Yes Batch 4 onward seems more stable with the expense of higher fans speed.
Any one tried backing up the S3 batch4 firmware and load it to the earlier batches?
Also need to look at the hardware components for any changes.
Can any one post the both blade images and control panels of batch 4 or later S3 herE?