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I hope this message reaches every #Bitaxe user. Bitaxe lottery miners are amazing, but please be aware that this is experimental electronics. As with all such devices, you need to take proper precautions.

A few days ago, when I upgraded to version 2.1.7, the WiFi went down for unknown reasons that night. The next morning, when I entered the room where my lottery miner was located, I smelled fried components. The miner was extremely hot, and the fan was static. I unplugged it immediately and later that day downgraded it back to version 2.1.6. I'm not sure if the version was the issue because I don't want to risk and stress it again. I'm just happy it still works.

Model: BM1366

Free Heap Memory: 171436

Version: v2.1.6

Board Version: 0.11

My amateur assumptions was that WI-FI chip was rapidly searching for network for whole night and that makes the device extremely hot.

The point is, be very careful about leaving these little devices unsupervised without proper fire-proof solutions.

My DIY temporary solution 🫣

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LL62 1y ago

Did you build it youself? 👀

StellarStoic 1y ago

No. Ordered from https://altairtech.io

The miner works fine but I'm not comfortable leaving it next to flammable materials after what I experienced.

LL62 1y ago

Have you contacted their support? Maybe it's an hardware issue?

StellarStoic 1y ago

The miner worked fine and it's working fone now as well. The glitch happened when the internet was down and on the day I updated to new version.

It's hashing normally rn.

The nostr:npub1mrechz2tgtmspqc9e6l30dyfy4j57g43srzcvxupzs0cpn8h9pyqwms0g5 mentioned automatic fan control. Yes, auto fan ctrl was selected.

mrecheese 🧀 1y ago

Throw it on manual until you know for sure. There are a few weird things going on with the new versions. I haven't updated since 2.1.3 and mine are going strong, Ultra and Supra. I'll probably wait to see how it all shakes out.

https://github.com/skot/ESP-Miner/issues

LL62 1y ago

nostr:npub1vwf2mytkyk22x2gcmr9d7ktprakh6llwpzxqlke8rlv5j0qyx2esf2lxtw have you ever experienced or heard of something like this? 👀

mrecheese 🧀 1y ago

Do you have auto fan control on? I would bet more on the fan turning off and the ASIC overheating. There have been issues with the fan control in the past.

Jimbo Galtomoto 1y ago

StellarStoic 1y ago

🫣😁

Public-Pool 1y ago

Sorry to hear you had issues, there was a change to the fan behavior in 2.1.7 which caused this issue. I will fix it ASAP, look for the next release.

Public-Pool 1y ago

PSA: If you've updated your Bitaxe to 2.1.7 there is a possibility of overheating if the WiFi disconnects. Please Update to 2.1.8

https://github.com/skot/ESP-Miner/releases/tag/v2.1.8

StellarStoic 1y ago

I can confirm this version 2.1.8 does not overheat the miner on lost wifi connection.

The wifi went down again and and #Bitaxe didn't give a damn 💪🏼🧡