[quote name=“aatje92” post=“47269” timestamp=“1387870842”]
And if you fail, you’re dead. Still your choice tho ;)
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Yeah, I gave up on that.

[quote name=“uncle_muddy” post=“46708” timestamp=“1387654151”]
Max.Wyght I with Kevlar on this one, and a small word of warning if your having to ask for this level of information maybe you shouldn’t be thinking about messing with stuff like this.

A good few years ago when in collage, I remember being in a lab messing around with PSU’s and one of the lads ending up on the floor dribbling and shaking because he wasn’t paying attention! after the paramedics had been and given him the all clear all he said was “I didn’t think it was going to bite, as it was unplugged!”

If you insist on this adventure, please please please promise us that you will do a lot of research before you start, I don’t want to read in the new that a fellow miner has blown himself, or his house up messing about with an old HP PSU

UM
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Luckily, I’m an extremely cautious bastard.
I know that even unplugged PSUs are dangerous(Whenever I clean up my desktop I make sure to kill/drain/whatever you call the PSU, by first unplugging it, and then shorting the power inlet, and working only on a wooden surface).

I was hoping that he could provide me with at least an image of the solders so that I won’t have to research as much, but unfortunately it’s not the case.
That leaves me two options;
Research the bloody thing till my eyes bleed, or talk to my old man… *Shudder*

[quote author=Kevlar link=topic=6146.msg46720#msg46720 date=1387658806]
I don’t have schematics or pictures, as I said I did it with a multi-meter and a lot of know-how. You’d need the same because HP power supplies come in all shapes and configurations.
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Well…
Thanks anyways :)

[quote author=aatje92 link=topic=6146.msg46799#msg46799 date=1387695506]
If i were you i wouldn’t risk death and just buy a seasonic :P
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It’s not just about saving 300$(More to the tune of 1200, but w/e).
If I do this right, I’ll have gained an actual life skill.
I’ll level up in a way.

[quote name=“Kevlar” post=“45706” timestamp=“1387331360”]
You can use a resistor of any size, really, so long as it’s rated for more than a couple watts. Here’s a nice 8ohm one rated for 100 watts that should fit the bill nicely for what you’re doing: [url=http://www.parts-express.com/8-ohm-100w-non-inductive-dummy-load-resistor–019-020]http://www.parts-express.com/8-ohm-100w-non-inductive-dummy-load-resistor--019-020[/url]

This is the ‘professional engineer’ solution, mind you. You can still go the screwdriver route, but if you burn your board in doing so, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
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Could you post the schematics on where to solder everything and how to connect it to power the gpus alone?

will send 100 ftc once my rig starts working.

[quote name=“romanm” post=“46205” timestamp=“1387473585”]
Hi Friends,

On wemineftc pool, I am getting 25% less than
the calculator says… is it normal ? What
is your experience ?

(no HWs Rs around 0.5%)

Thanks in advance
Roman
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the calculator in most pools counts blocks you’ll find in the average it shows you.

[quote name=“angloblaxon” post=“39776” timestamp=“1386199808”]
paste your config? atm i have 3 + 1 7970 running in a rig. They are close together until those openrigs come in! [url=https://openrigs.com/]https://openrigs.com/[/url]

i have one that sits at 80 degrees but its stable.

Here is a pic of my 2 top rigs.

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20540721/2013-12-04 17.24.20.jpg[/img]
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what’re those red wires?

[quote name=“dmrkrc” post=“46075” timestamp=“1387439592”]
Do you guys think will it stay that way, will more miners switch to FTC mining soon?

Demir
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Where do you see the profitability?

[quote name=“acpacheco” post=“44570” timestamp=“1387106389”]
I want to start lending loans, initially for use in the market place. I could also offer this as a service product, within the market place.

I see this as good way to promote feathercoin and the market place. I will start the process today, however dont get too exited! As i only have around 13 feathercoins to my name which i bought. I know, not much liquidity there ???

I would needsome help from people and donations to the pot, to give this more lending power/liquidity. Alternatively if you dont want to donate to the pot, i could effectively act as a broker. You send an amount of coins and I agree interest rate with you and a lender. The lender repays I return the funds to you and take some of the interest rate or a small fee for my work.

In case you want to donate my address is:

6sWUEyAxwf5mtRbgQoGY3YtMHhcxm3mUEq

So today myself i will start lending just 1 to 2 Feathercoins per loan. This could be perhaps if someone is just short of making a purchase on the market place. This would also start to build trust with users.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this. If this grows a bit, I will advertise as a service in the market place.

Many Thanks :)
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The whole point of a deflationary currency is 0% interest.
You can’t generate more $$$ when there’s a limited amount of coin that will ever exist.

[quote name=“new2crypto” post=“44725” timestamp=“1387137676”]
Just a little reward for continued loyalty to the forum. With that in mind, to receive your coin, there is just some minor criteria that you must meet:

*Must have made 20 posts on the forum

*Must have added yourself to the Feathercoin map

*Must have +1 rep score

As soon as you meet this criteria simply post your Feathercoin address below in the thread and you will receive your reward.

This is only possible due to the generosity of other members, who have kindly made donations. Members who have made donations so far:

BikerGSX
Bunnywinkles
Kevlar
Myself

So a big thankyou to them. If you would like to make a small donation to the pot for distribution to Jr members then please send FTC to this address:

6pzShJBkWERKCbZ9RhVtaRjsvkwdwKCSrs

If you send me a message I will give you an honourable mention here.

*All currency received will be strictly used only for this offer. I will keep the thread updated with all donations received and rewards sent. If for any reason the offer stops, any remaining coins in the pot will be returned proportionally amongst the donors
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I’d love to get a donation of 1FTC, but sadly, I’m probably past the point of being called a junior member =/

I’ll probably send donations once my rig starts working…

[quote name=“Kevlar” post=“45680” timestamp=“1387326102”]
[quote author=Max.Wyght link=topic=6146.msg45677#msg45677 date=1387325320]
[quote author=Kevlar link=topic=6146.msg45676#msg45676 date=1387324743]
That would be worse. You want to equalize the potential across the caps, not short it to ground.

I think there was at least 3 big ones in the one I was taking apart. Your mileage may vary.
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How do I go about equalizing them?
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Well like I said I used a dummy load because that’s going to be the least dangerous and will drain it slowly over a few seconds instead of in a bright flash of sparks. But if you go the metal screwdriver route, watch out for broken plastic and don’t stand in any pools of water.
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That’s a given.

but if I want to get a dummy load, how powerful should it be, and where could I get one?

[quote name=“Kevlar” post=“45676” timestamp=“1387324743”]
That would be worse. You want to equalize the potential across the caps, not short it to ground.

I think there was at least 3 big ones in the one I was taking apart. Your mileage may vary.
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How do I go about equalizing them?