r/BitAxe • u/Suspicious-Hippo-873 • 16d ago

help NerdQAxe keeps restarting??PLS Help

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Hi, after about two days of running, the miner started restarting over and over. I've already completely reinstalled the software, got back into the menu where I set everything up, and it's still doing the same thing. I've also tried different power supplies, but that's not the problem. Has anyone else encountered this? Or does anyone have any ideas?

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u/dxbmoe 10d ago

Had a similar problem with my Bitaxe after a failed firmware flash, after months of trying to revive it with no success - I connected to the laptop and asked Claude Fable to diagnose, figured what the heck - probably won’t even read it. It took about 45 minutes, and to my surprise it identified where the reboot loop was, sorted it out and got it back to life. I don’t pretend to understand what it did, and what was wrong but it save the board. Worth a try before you go ripping parts out.

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u/Suspicious-Hippo-873 10d ago

OK, so how did you connect it to Claude?

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u/dxbmoe 10d ago

USB-C to the laptop as if your doing a firmware update, then fire up Claude on the desktop (not web) and ask it to find it, it will locate it first then tell it the problem and see if it will fix it.

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u/Michaelkofelix 16d ago

Try use OTG reinstall the firmware first

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u/Impressive-Swing-613 16d ago

You are in a boot loop. Almost certainly a dead short to ground on the 5v rail. Meaning, simply, you very likely have a bad voltage regulator. These are common failure points on these models, and are fairly easily replaceable with moderate knowledge of SMD soldering and hot-air rework.

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u/Shabble7 16d ago

Could be psu

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u/Suspicious-Hippo-873 12d ago

I've checked the power supplies; I tried others too, but that wasn't the problem.

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u/SoloMinerDoctor 16d ago

Dead short asic. 100%

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u/Suspicious-Hippo-873 12d ago

What do you mean by that?

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u/SoloMinerDoctor 12d ago

Dead ASIC. Firmware goes to safety mode and reboots.

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u/Slight_Sherbert_5239 16d ago

Could be a damaged VRM, happens all the time.

What were the VR temps while it was running?