Goldshell CK5 Mining Tutorial (Professional Edition)

This tutorial will introduce the basic information and function of Goldshell ASIC – Goldshell CK5, and 3 Common malfunctions and solutions.

This tutorial applies to Goldshell 5 series miner and the other Goldshell professional miners including Goldshell CK5.

1. Goldshell CK5 Appearance

2. Goldshell CK5 Function

This guide will teach you how to start up, access, and unlock Goldshell CK5, how to change the password and language, and more.

2.1 Startup Goldshell CK5

2.1.1. Check before Start Up

Conduct a preliminary inspection of the Goldshell CK5 miner before operation:

• Check to see if the package’s appearance is distorted.
• Examine the miner’s appearance for any distortions or damage. Likewise, examine the fans and cables.
• Check whether the miner has abnormal noise, and observe whether the radiating fins are falling off

Please take a picture of the situation before contacting customer service if you encounter it.

*Remember: Never disassemble the miner by yourself. An anti-disassembly label is attached to the miner. While being disassembled by the user without authorization, the miner will not be covered by the warranty.

2.1.2 Precautions

• Check for any physical interference-related miner damage, and be on the lookout for electric shocks. (Refer to the official website tutorial to get more details)
• Please make sure the cable connection is secure before turning on, and pay attention to electricity safety.
• It is not advisable to place the hash board or any other component near water or in a humid environment.
• Please make sure that the outside temperature is between 10 and 35 degrees Celsius.
• Please make sure that the surrounding humidity is less than 65%.
• To avoid debris like catkins, hair, or dust getting inside the miner and damaging it, please keep the surrounding area clean.
• Use a stable voltage.
• If the miner, the hash board, or any of its components are damaged or burned by an improper environment, warranty services will not be provided. Make sure your miner is installed, used, and maintained properly.
• Without permission from the Goldshell after-sales team, customers are not permitted to disassemble the miner.

*Note: Plugging or unplugging the cables with power on is forbidden

2.1.3 Boot

Please plug in the power cord before connecting the miner to Ethernet so that it can start up. The red and green lights began to flicker simultaneously during the boot process to begin the self-checking. The green light turns on immediately after that, and the miner starts up successfully.

2.2 Access Goldshell CK5 Miner

2.2.1 Obtain Miner IP

Method 1：Obtain the IP address of the Goldshell CK5 miner through the batch processing tool provided by Goldshell, Yotta BC1.4.9. You can download Yotta BC1.4.9 here. 

Method 2：Visit find.goldshell.com in the browser. Click the corresponding icon in the setting column to enter the device dashboard.

2.2.2 Access Miner

Open the Google chrome browser, use the miner IP, the following interface appears.

2.3 Switch Language of Goldshell CK5

Professional Edition supports 2 languages. Click on the small flag icon at the top right of the page to switch languages.

2.4 Unlock Goldshell CK5 Miner

Click the [unlock] button in the upper right corner of the page and input the password to unlock. The factory password of the miner is [123456789].

2.5 Change the Password of Goldshell CK5

To protect your property, please change the miner password after the first boot.

• Unlock your Goldshell CK5 miner.
• Visit the [System] page, input the current password and new password as shown below, and click the [Change] button.

2.6 Add and Remove Pool

2.6.1 Add

• Unlock your Goldshell CK5 miner.
• Visit the [Miner] page, find the [Pool Setting] and click.

Enter the pool address to your choice, and set the Miner Name and Password.

The example pool in the figure above is the Dxpool.

Wait for the pool to connect successfully, visit the [Home] and observe the chart. If you find a hashrate curve, the pool configuration is successful.

2.6.2 Remove

• Unlock your miner.
• Select the pool to be removed in the [Pool Settings] column on the [Miner] page and click the [Remove] button.

2.7 Network Settings

Professional Edition factory default is DHCP mode, users can set the IP mode according to their needs.

• Unlock your miner.
• Visit the [System] page, turn off the [DHCP IPv4 configuration] option in the [Network Settings] column, fill in the IP information according to the user’s situation, and then click the [Apply] button.

2.8 Goldshell CK5 Firmware Upgrade

• Unlock your Goldshell CK5 miner.
• Visit the [System] page, select and upload the new firmware file into the upgrade firmware path, click the [Update] button, and the miner will start the firmware upgrade automatically.

After the upgrade is completed, pool and network settings will remain.

*Note: Please obtain the correct firmware from our firmware page:

The firmware upgrade will last for 5 minutes. During this period, ensure the network is connected and do not power off.

2.9 Goldshell CK5 Factory Reset

• Unlock your Goldshell CK5 miner.
• Visit the [System] page and scroll down page to [Reset] setting, then click the [Reset To Default] button.

*Note： All configuration information will be lost after the miner is restored to factory settings

2.10 Shut Down/Restart Goldshell CK5

2.10.1 Shut Down

Goldshell CK5 Miners shut down by unplugging the power cord.

2.10.2 Restart

Visit [System] page and scroll down page to [Reset] setting, find the [Restart Miner] column, and click the [Restart] button.

3 Common Malfunctions and Solutions

Now we’ll introduce the common malfunctions and solutions of Goldshell CK5 mine.

3.1 Common Malfunctions

The red and green status indicators of the Goldshell CK5 miner can indicate the abnormal status of the miner

When the miner software detects an abnormal state, the miner’ dashboard and indicator will indicate the current abnormal status at the same time.

3.2 Malfunction Solutions

3.2.1 Power Supply

Situation:

• The fan does not spin and the network port light does not come on when the miner is powered on.

Solutions:

• Verify that the power cord is plugged tightly and that the power connector is not loose or falling off.
• The power supply needs to be replaced if the fan doesn’t rotate.
• Verify the power supply’s output range of 11 to 13 volts using a multimeter.

3.2.2 Network

Situation:

• The new miner cannot obtain an IP address

Solutions:

• Verify the Ethernet status light is on and that the Ethernet port is connected.
• Check to see if the PC’s IP address and the miner’s IP address are on the same network.
• Ensure that the DHCP setting for the miner network is enabled. To return to the factory settings if you do not confirm, press and hold the “Reset” button for 7 seconds.

3.2.3 Fan

Situation:

• Once powered on, the fan does not spin.
• Dashboard shows “Oops! Fan cannot start normally, make sure miner is fully constructed and connected to a router”

Solutions:

• Make sure that the fan cable is inserted firmly.
• To determine whether the issue is with the fan or the hash board, turn the fan interface crosswise.

3.2.4 High Temperature Protection

Situation:

• The miner is closed due to trigger high temperature protection

Solutions:

• If the temperature is too high, check it out. (above 35℃)
• Check to see if the fans’ air inlet and outlet are blocked (for instance, if they are facing the wall and have too many obstructions like dust and catkins).
• After the high temperature protection, restart the miner for at least 10 minutes, and check to see if the temperature remains stable.

3.2.5 Low Hashrate

Situation 1

• The dashboard shows “Fail to startup”, the hashrate is 0.

Solutions:

• Attempt to restore the miner by restarting it.
• To resolve the power supply issue, swap out the hash board’s power cord.
• To get rid of cable issues, cross-exchange data cables with regular hash boards.

Situation 2

• Although the pool hashrate is low, the local average hashrate is typical.

Solutions:

• See if the network has a high latency.
• In place of the pool comparison test, some pools can currently not adjust to the right difficulty, resulting in low hashrate.

*Please pay attention to the precautions, otherwise your warranty may be affected.