Guide to Setting Up the Bitmain Antminer S9

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I cant just set the miner to pools like Mining Rig Rentals or Nice Hash. Is anyone having the same issue as me?

Make sure to upgrade to latest firmware: https://bitmaintech.com/support.htm?pid=00720160628032419599ebY2YSlj06DE Original firmware has some bugs that were fixed in firmware updates.

There are 3 different files, what is the difference between them? I have not found where is the changelog document. If you have it or someone I'll be glad to read it. Thanks

The difference is the frequency different batches used different frequencies.   You can tell in file name: s9-20160624-650M.tar.gz  So this one is for the 650 frequency.  One that uses this is Batch 1 I believe. Look at Batch 7 - https://enshop.bitmain.com/productDetail.htm?pid=000201607061255410704Cf0TyV70656 you will see on spec - Default Frequency: 600M .  So you would want the 600 frequency firmware s9-20160624-600M.tar.gz . So check batch on default frequency before selecting firmware.   As always be cautious during firmware updates don't restart during or other bad things.

Any possibility to upgrade the fans to quieter ones without losing cfm or compromising performance/cooling?

At stock speeds (of batch 1 anyway) the boards are pushing their absolute limit. With a moderate underclock I believe you could swap out the crazy loud fan for a 'normal' 120x35 which would bring the S9 back to S7 levels.

It is worth noting if you do this you technically have voided warranty:   "a. Customer removes/replaces any components by himself without receiving permission from Bitmain first;" Don't know chances of getting caught but if honest that would void it.  I personally would not risk it on a new S9.  But if you do like dogie said underclock, and also make sure to monitor heat after and see how it does.   During summer it can get hot some places.

I have no ventilation in my garage so summer mining has to be in the house until fall, which heat isn't a problem but the noise is so I was just hoping there might be a way around the noise. Thanks for the replies

Hi Dogie, Maiden post here:) Anyway, "Antpool Register! Code: Servers : stratum.antpool.com:3333 User    : username.worker or username_worker - auto creates workers! Password: anypassword" Regarding the instruction to register, what is the 'username' in the 'username.worker'? As i understand it, 'worker' can be any name i choose, right? Thanks in advance:)

Username is your antpool username you used to sign up on the site with. Worker can be anything.

Dogie, thanks for the quick reply. But i sign into antpool with an email address. Ive tried logging in with the only other username that comes out from the antpool account, but it doesnt log on successfully. Do i use that username for 'username.worker'?

Yes use that username, mine is dogie. so I can use dogie.anythingIwantherewhichisjustformyownrecordsofwhatminerisdoingwhat, or dogie.S9 its up to you

Thanks a bunch:)

Hello guys! I'm quite new to bitcoin mining (also don't mind the writing mistakes pls, English is not my first language). I've bought 4 pcs Antminer S9 and on one of them I have a frustrating problem, maybe you can help or maybe you have an ideea (other than hitting it with a baseball bat!    ) And they started mining like 2 days ago... In the Miner status window under ASIC I only get 2 rows of "ooo... " In the Kernel Log I get    "Chain[J7] has 0 asic" and   "Test Patten on chain[5]: FAILED! Test Patten on chain[6]: FAILED! Test Patten on chain[7]: FAILED!" P.S. I have started a ticket with Bitmain, but no answer yet. I've rebooted, reset, hard reset, reflashed with latest software version Thank you for any thoughts

1. Unplug modules until you find the bad one. 2. Try that module on a different controller port (shift the white ribbon cable over) 3. If no luck, RMA the board with Bitmain as there's little we can do for this.

thank you! I'll try that I'll let you know how it went

Hello! I've performed a FW upgrade and now I see the middle row (chain 7) but I've got an x under temp and still the hash rate there is 0. ??.. And another thing (becouse I am verry lucky) I've updated the others to the latest FW version and I cannot acces one of them... The upgrade went well, but I can't see it's IP and cannot connect to the web interface. Mining can be frustrating sometimes. Do you know if I can flash the antminer S9 from SD card? Thank you.

Board is still dead and nothing really changed. Still proceed with RMA. Have you tried holding down the reset button the controller? As long as the firmware update went fine, the S9 should hop back to DCHP as it was when it shipped. Instructions for S2+ are here, although the file doesn't specifically mention the S9 its the right technique at least. If you can find an s9.img then those are the instructions you need.