AntMiner U3 User Guide
AntMiner U3 User Guide
AntMiner U3 User Guide
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Contents
1. The First Glance .............................................................................................................. 3
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reversed.
To prevent the interruption of USB power supply, please ensure the
computer is not in standby or sleep mode. Otherwise, the cgminer wouldn t find
the miner even make it ZOMBIE.
3. Install Driver
Cgminer for antminer-U3:
https://www.bitmaintech.com/Support/Antminer
USB/Cgminer/cgminer-run-windows-20150107.rar
Open sourced code of Cgminer for antminer-U3:
https://github.com/bitmaintech/cgminer
CP2102 Driver:
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers
.aspx
zadig:
http://zadig.akeo.ie/
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4> Select CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller, and then click Replace
Driver
XP:
a. Install CP210x_VCP driver.
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b. zadig
c.
WIN 7:
a. Install CP210x_VCP driver.
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b. zadig
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c.
Win 8:
a. Install CP210x_VCP driver
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b. zadig
c.
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Noted:
a) Please note that 5 stands for the Baud Rate , and 0.65
means timeout .It changes with Freq you set to guarantee the speed.
Details see chart 2.
b) --startdiff 6 is to make the low hash rate miners getting a proper
difficulty asap, which is still under developing by Antpool
c) Core Voltage can be changed by setting the figure 0830
Operating frequency can be changed by setting the figure 98
4. Core voltage & Operating Frequency Adjustments
Core voltage and operating frequency can be adjusted by software.
1> Core Voltage can be changed by setting the figure 0800 .
The voltage varieties from 0.725 to 0.85v, 0.75v by default, and min unit is
0.005v.Higher voltage supports higher Freq. As 0.75v,U3 can work not
more than 225M.
Please refer below chart:
Insert Value VoltageͧVͨ
0725 0.725
0730 0.730
0735 0.735
0740 0.740
0745 0.745
0750 0.750
0755 0.755
0760 0.760
0765 0.765
0770 0.770
0775 0.775
0780 0.780
0785 0.785
0790 0.790
0795 0.795
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0800 0.800
0805 0.805
0810 0.810
0815 0.815
0820 0.820
0825 0.825
0830 0.830
0835 0.835
0840 0.840
0845 0.845
0850 0.850
Chart 1
(100 ms)
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Chart 2
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