【Tutorial & Setting up】How to re-image Beaglebone board for an Antminer S5 (write the .img to antminer S5)?

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{GUIDE}

This guide will help you to re-image the Beaglebone board(bb board for short).


The little black board in the following picture is the bb board on the antminer S5:

{Before Start}

• Please prepare a 8GB microSD card and a micorSD card reader (You can also use a SD card reader and a SD card adapter).
• Download a HDD Raw Copy tool here (recommend you download the file "HDD Raw Copy ver.1.10 setup "): http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool/
• install the HDD Raw Copy tool.
• Download the image needed:
• For S5: Download the image file needed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-_jcpU1s5dgcU1zT2ZMVFlyWFE/view?usp=sharing
• For C1: Download the image file here and unzip the ".7z" file you download using the ".img" inside the ".7z" file: https://bitmain.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/201206215/C1_STOCK.7z
• For S4: download here: https://bitmain.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/201659685/S4_Jan_29_Image.imgc

{Step by Step}

Please follow the steps:

• Get the 8GB microSD card and the microSD card reader.

• Insert the microSD card into the card reader.

• Insert the card reader(with the microSD card) into the USB port of your computer.

• Open the HDD Raw Copy tool you just installed.
• Double click the option "Double-click to open file"

• In the following windows, please select the image file "s5 Jan 7 Image.imgc" you just download.

• Then, click "Continue"

• Select the microSD card you just insert to the USB port of your PC, and click "Continue". (Important: plz be careful with the one you selected, because the HDD Raw Copy tool will erase all the data on the disk you select and copy the image file in)

• Please check the infomation on the following windows, and make sure they are all correct.

• Then, click "START"
• Click "Yes" in the following windows.

• Wait for a while, untill the process is done.

• All done. please close the software.
• You will see the name of microSD card in the windows explorer have changed to "BtmBoot".

• unplug the microSD card from the card reader.
• Insert the microSD card into the card holder on the bb board on the miner.

• Power on your miner.
• Wait for 1~3 minutes, and then scan the IP address of the miner. Login the ip you just scanned out and configure it.
• Then everything will be ok.
• Important: Please keep the SD card inserted in the miner and don't plug out it.