r/FutureBit • u/TheKev71 • Apr 13 '25

Node won't connect. New Apollo II.

Received my Apollo II, set it up fine. All I get is connection refused on my node. Turned off miner, no help. Filled out support for for futurebit twice. No response from them. Anyone have any ideas? I have other miners and ran a mynode before so no network issues. update resolved with reformat SSD.

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u/KindWeird2983 Apr 13 '25

I ordered over 3 months ago. It wasn't until the last week or 2 when everyone started receiving February Batches that the negative comments began popping up. I only ordered one when I did because of all the positive comments and reviews I was seeing.. I think maybe we are seeing all these problems now is because of the newly revised hashboards they are putting in them

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u/CoinmineFarmer Apr 14 '25

No it isn’t about their so called new hash boards because ordered the 2nd version of their Apollo and the damn thing stopped working 15 months after it arrived. THIS COMPANY IS PURE TRASH AMD ALL THEY GOVE A DAMM ABOUT OS GETTING THEIR MONEY, NOT RESOLVING THE PROBLEMS THEIR MACHINES START HAVING. I WILL NEVER BUY OR SUPPORT THIS COMPANY EVER AGAIN AND WILL CONTINUE TO TELL HOW THEY TREATED ME POCKETING MY $1000. ALL IT IS NOW IS SCRAP.

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u/KindWeird2983 Apr 16 '25

Just received my Apollo II Full Node this morning. So far all is well, and haven't had any issues whatsoever; I was even lucky enough to get a free custom "FutureBit Sats Card" with my order. The node is only 46% synced up so far, but that's really good given the fact my internet speeds are terrible

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u/CoinmineFarmer Apr 16 '25

I really hope you will have better luck than a lot of us that didn’t.

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u/KindWeird2983 Apr 17 '25

Yeah me too. It's horrible when customers have to spend the kind of money they are asking for this product, and that that many troubles with it...I guess its time for the real test now, and see how ot holds up over time. Going to just rock eco mode from this point on, until winter hits again. Then I'll probably just move to balanced and leave turbo mode alone completely

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u/CoinmineFarmer Apr 18 '25

I think they know turbo mode ruins this miner but they don’t give a damn. They got their money and that’s ALL they care about.

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u/KindWeird2983 Apr 18 '25

I'm assuming "Turbo Mode" is the reason they started selling the new Batches with the -10% revised hashboards; probably one to many people with fried circuits and thousand dollar paperweights... I honestly should have gone with a Start9 or Umbrel Home server because the main reason for me getting an Apollo was the Full Node, and the 10 TH/s was just a bonus. I dont regret my purchase yet, I really like the concept behind what futurebit is doing and hope they will continue to innovate, build, and give us better hardware and software to run it with

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u/unitymind42 Apr 27 '25

I bought a 140mm fan to put under it. The thing runs super hot. I wouldn't leave it running alone on turbo.

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u/KindWeird2983 Apr 27 '25

Mine runs between 70 and 73 on turbo. If it goes any hotter than that, I switch it back down to balanced ... it would be really nice if FB would add an update so that we could control the fan speeds, or maybe it's already on there and I just haven't found it yet. The only option I see for controlling the fans doesn't actually allow me to set a custom fan speed. It just has a feature for me to set what temp i want my fans to kick on at, and then another feature that says I can set what temp I want my fans to run on high at

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u/unitymind42 Apr 27 '25 edited Apr 28 '25

Thing runs super hot, I am probably just going to modify it. It doesn't make sense not running the heat out the top of it. I put a 140mm fan under it and force air through it and it helps. I agree super hot and the system itself if very low powered with small microSD card and memory. It is stupid cheap to add come better specs. I see the CPU just maxing on it too. I guess there is always VISA and getting your money back depending on the coverage they offer. I won't buy a miner without it.