How to change your Iceriver Kaspa ASIC thermal paste! Might get higher hashrate on KS1 KS2 KS3M KS3!

Change your thermal paste on your Iceriver Kaspa ASIC! Works for KS0 KS0 Pro KS1 KS2 KS3L KS3M KS3 ! In todays video I show you how to remove the old worn out thermal paste from your Iceriver Kaspa ASIC and replace it with fresh high quality thermal paste! My KS3M gets much higher hashrate in colder temps, that tells me thermal throttling might be an issue! Time to change the thermal paste. I show you how on an Iceriver KS2, but the process is the same for the Iceriver KS1 KS2 KS3L KS3M KS3
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[@GreaterGoodMining]

Does your Iceriver Kaspa mining hashrate go up with colder ambient temps? Might be time to change your thermal paste!!

[@Bcmurphy87]

how much paste was needed per board?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

@Bcmurphy87 I used 1.5 syringes for the KS2. So about 3 grams per hashboard

[@Bcmurphy87]

I appreciate the quick reply sir and will follow your lead. just installed the njord fan controllers for my fruition kits and im still seeing throttling@@GreaterGoodMining

[@MrAliCAN6566]

I absolutely recommend thermal paste, I tested and %100 works. Original thermal paste tested 3 hours and average 5.8 th then I paste N6 then now reaching even 8 th , but stable around 6.6 to 7 th. So, absolutely love it.

[@glennpattison4678]

thanks so much for your video! , my ks3m temps went way down, couldn't have done without your video.

[@GreaterGoodMining]

Thanks for watching! Glad it helped

[@RandomMiner]

Awesomeness as always... for the greater good!

[@GreaterGoodMining]

HaHa thanks for watching Random Miner! See you in Discord good sir!

[@allsetanalyst]

Nice, time for some Iceriver maintenance video. ❤

[@GreaterGoodMining]

Iceriver Kaspa ASIC's need some maintenance love after a while! Time to change the paste!

[@PJPlayhouse]

Thank you :) I will try this!

[@GreaterGoodMining]

If you're not having issues with your hashrate be careful! Might not be necessary unless you are having thermal throttling!

[@PJPlayhouse]

@@GreaterGoodMining understood :) I will buy some paste just in case ;)

[@brettmcmaster5204]

Thanks

[@CaveManMining]

good stuff brother

[@GreaterGoodMining]

Thanks Caveman! Can't wait to try it on the KS3M, I think it should help

[@fabianastua]

Great video. I don't have the bigboy tools yet. Do you recommend to change the paste on KS0's?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

If you are having issues with thermal throttling I believe the KS0's use thermal pads. IIRC 1.5mm. And thermal paste. I havn't had to replace my thermal pads or paste yet on my KS0's because I habnt really had a problem. But at some point they will require maintenance just like anything

[@JProfit-ef7ur]

i had to on one of mine, made the difference

[@strahinjapopovic9597]

I follow your channel, you make great clips. Please, if you can insert the title in Serbian, Croatian anyway

[@GreaterGoodMining]

I'm not really sure how to do that. I'll look into maybe some closed captioning options. Maybe that will make the content easier to translate 🤔

[@Farlok2088]

Good good all da hashrate

[@GreaterGoodMining]

Lol, must... have... more hashrate!!

[@JProfit-ef7ur]

on the heat sink screws, are you tightening until they are "hand tight" as they resist, or just until they click with tension of the springs (which would be about half way)?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

Hand tight as soon as you feel resistance. You can't tighten it much more. It will be pretty obvious once you try it

[@JProfit-ef7ur]

thanks. I've found that it's about 9 full turns of the screwdriver once you get the screw to grab. I once tightened with and electric driver, all that did was splat all the thermal paste out. I also have started alternating the screw tightening 3 turns a at time across the heat sink like tightening lugs on a car wheel. Just to get the tension even, plus, it helps you sneak up on "just hand tight"@@GreaterGoodMining

[@GreaterGoodMining]

@JProfit-ef7ur yeah I tried to do the same where I tightened in a star pattern like you. I didn't go row by row.

[@glennpattison4678]

When I did mine I think they tightened too much because there was no paste and paste was squished out, almost metal on metal, I tightened slowly just till I felt a little resistance. temps are 64 to 87 now - I had 30 - yellow and 3 -105's before. Thanks again!@@GreaterGoodMining

[@GreaterGoodMining]

@@glennpattison4678 I think you're right about them over tightening

[@fabiomonticelli5119]

if i have a KS1 can i put the 2 hashboard one on the first slot and the other in the third? because i have seen they are togheter on the first and second

[@fabiomonticelli5119]

and in this way i will get lower temps or no?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

@fabiomonticelli5119 Yes, you can slide one of the hashboards over so they are not right next to eachother. That's the way I had mine set up before I made my Franken ks2

[@fabiomonticelli5119]

i have done it but now i cant see the 2 hashboard data temp it is all 0 any solution? the pbfarmer firware indicates like there are 3 hashboard@@GreaterGoodMining

[@JProfit-ef7ur]

I"ve had my last 3 miners delivered already thermal throttling and the last one also had a bad PSU, all out of the box that way. Pretty sure they are mining with our miners before sending them to us, plus, I'm not sure they are manufacturing them to the same standards as before. Not sure what everyone else is experiencing or if I just got the bad ones of the lot ...

[@GreaterGoodMining]

I've been hearing that people are having problems with their PSU's this last batch

[@neosinfo38]

Hi ! I m waiting now for May ks3. Would like to know where did u buy and what did u do in a case of bad PSU and what was the problem?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

@neosinfo38 I bought mine from Tswift in my Discord. You can DM him there and tell him Greater Good Mining sent you if you want to buy through him. Or you can check out my affiliate links in the description of my videos for discount codes from Coastal Crypto or even Iceriver directly. It sounds like a few people have had power supplies go bad on them. I havnt had that problem personally at all

[@coinology2022]

Have you repasted the ks0? If so, did you see any better hash rate?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

I havnt tried to repaste the KS0 because I havn't really had any need to. Maybe I'll try it sometime and see how it goes though because I love to FAFO LOL

[@coinology2022]

@@GreaterGoodMiningthere’s no such thing as peer pressure. It’s just your turn!

[@GreaterGoodMining]

@coinology2022 HaHa don't threaten me with a good time! 😀

[@gandolfgrey5385]

Did you remove the article covering ant throw it away?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

If you mean the plastic lining, some of my machines have it, and some don't. I left it on the machines that have it. As long as it's not misaligned covering your chips

[@gandolfgrey5385]

@@GreaterGoodMining on most asics that's just to help prevent build up and from protection from the heat sink. I peeled it up claens and put back down then pasted.

[@xxxjuancaxxx]

May i ask how about the temps ? any difference ?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

There is no device that is built into the Icerivers that can measure chip temps. This will not help with intake or exhaust temps. It will help with heat transfer from the chips to the heat sinks which can't be measured

[@user-tg4yp2vg6u]

Will replacing the thermal past on a KS3M void the warranty?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

Yes it will

[@gUm_bY745]

I changed my thermal pads and did nothing for me. Might be different for you.

[@GreaterGoodMining]

Might not have been a problem for you, maybe just silicon lottery. I havnt changed the paste on my KS3M yet, that's the one that I feel will benefit the most

[@kapalda9498]

Why you havent used artix MX-4 paste?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

I've had really good results with mx-6 so I'm sticking with what works for me! :]

[@kapalda9498]

Did you try also MX-4? If yes what was the result please?

[@GreaterGoodMining]

@kapalda9498 I haven't tried mx4 , sorry I don't have any data on that specific product

[@strahinjapopovic9597]

Da li postoji mogućnost da se preko telefona prati rad minera

[@GreaterGoodMining]

You can monitor it from the pool. If you could please post your questions in English in the future it would be very helpful.

[@strahinjapopovic9597]

​@@GreaterGoodMiningpotrudiću se da pišem na engleskom. Imam i ja jednu molbu za vas da li možete da ubacite subtitle na srpskom hvala

[@brettmcmaster5204]

Hey

[@hindra8]

pls reupload ur vid after repaste your ks3m

[@GreaterGoodMining]

Will do 🫡

[@ronwatkins5775]

I used a old toothbrush

[@GreaterGoodMining]

That would work great also!

[@brettmcmaster5204]

Kso

[@strahinjapopovic9597]

Please, if you can insert a translation in Serbian language. I know a lot of people from here who would follow your channel if you had a translation or subtitle in Serbian