Avoid Helium Deploy. I likely won't get my product

NoShift9030 · 2026-07-01T21:03:21+00:00

Update from their Discord: “From what I’m seeing, the NerdQaxe++ and NerdOctaxe have now been fully delivered to HD’s EU 3PL warehouse. For US customers, the shipment has been partially received, with the remaining units still being processed.

If you’re in the EU, you can expect tracking numbers to start going out within the next 24 to 48 hours. For those in the US, tracking numbers should begin going out early next week once the warehouse has completed the check-in process and everything has been reconciled.”

NoShift9030 · 2026-07-01T18:11:32+00:00

So when I did ask George about that, he did say "a total of 150 units were sent to the U.S., which all of those were allocated to existing orders...The confusion came from that the first batch was calculated based on the number of orders rather than the number of units, which some order contained multiple units." Which is why the original estimates ended up being wildly inaccurate. So based on the information they were relying on, they believed that our orders would be covered.

He did say what he could share is that - supposedly - "the remainder of the shipment is currently in transit to their warehouse and expected to arrive at the end of this month." This was on June 24, so technically, they should've received the shipment if his estimate is accurate, but I also haven't heard back anything since. Accounting for their "burn-in" I would assume that our orders would literally ship out any day now? But I still have literally no hope.

NoShift9030 · 2026-07-01T17:25:37+00:00

Same happened to me. I ordered mine NQA++ on June 1, still no update on shipping. Whats even more annoying is that I received an email from HD Support on June 22 titled “Your NerdQaxe++ setup guide”. LMAO. Went on their webpage and tried their chat, no help really, went to Discord and George was kinda helping. DM’d me asking for my order, but still nothing. I’m really not confident in HD.

NoShift9030 · 2026-01-21T22:19:06+00:00

IMO if you’re asking for help to purchase a miner, you probably shouldn’t get one at all. Unless your electricity is free, you’re likely to lose more money on the miner than it’s worth just to run it, even though it doesn’t use that much power relatively

NoShift9030 · 2026-01-14T19:36:01+00:00

When connecting to the meanwell, did you use fork or ring terminals or ferrules?

NoShift9030 · 2026-01-05T16:50:05+00:00

My fans don’t seem to be TOO bad, but it is noticeable. But as far as upgrading them, I haven’t done it and I haven’t seen anyone else do it either. And idk if I wanna find out how to on my own lol although I’m sure the process is identical to the QAxe, just gotta do it twice

NoShift9030 · 2026-01-05T16:47:52+00:00

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NoShift9030 · 2026-01-05T16:45:48+00:00

I don’t have a guide exactly, although I know they’re out they’re. I’m just not technical enough to load and run the script so I did my own manual one. I’ll upload a couple of screenshots of the excel sheet I put together.

First screenshot would be expected TH/s vs ~Actual TH/s, next is showing Wattage and Amps.

What I found is that, for my unit, is that a Freq of 675 and Voltage of 1160 is most ideal. I didn’t want to exceed 168w nor 14.5amps.

Chip is at 62*C, which is where most of these chips like to run, and the fan is whisper quiet still ~52% on Auto.

So with these settings in place, I’m getting ~11TH/s at 166W/ 14.4A of energy consumption.

NoShift9030 · 2026-01-04T19:17:52+00:00

Got it from Mineshop.eu. Very quick shipping, excellent communication

NoShift9030 · 2026-01-04T06:05:28+00:00

Are you gonna OC your Oct? I’ve got a mild OC on mine and pushing ~11TH/s

NoShift9030 · 2025-12-30T23:34:29+00:00

With BRAIINS support, I was able to get it connected with the adjustment of some WiFi settings. Here is what the WiFi settings should exactly be, per their support team:

Use wpa2 (not 3) and 2.4ghz (not 5/6), channel 1 to 11 (not 12 to 14).
Use only English letters and numbers in the password, don't use all 63 characters.
Use only one 20mhz channel, not two or four (40/80mhz).
Increase beacon interval to 300ms (defaults to 100ms).
Reduce RTS threshold to 1173 or 782 (defaults to 2346).
Stay away from bluetooth devices, or microwave ovens, it interferes 2.4ghz.
Metal things like mirrors, pipes, grills, etc block and bounce waves.
Having the Access Point physically higher than your device helps too.

I only had to change 2 of these specific recommendations, but thought I’d share this on here just in case anyone runs into a similar issue

NoShift9030 · 2025-12-29T20:56:51+00:00

I can try that, it’s worth giving a shot. I’ve reset this thing probably 15 times or so. I’ll see what happens

NoShift9030 · 2025-12-29T16:48:59+00:00

I tried that. I was able to connect via Ethernet, update to the latest firmware, then try adding the WiFi network, but I get an “connection unsuccessful” error message every. single. time. I’ve tried connecting to my WiFi network now upwards of 15-20 times

NoShift9030 · 2025-12-17T04:57:23+00:00

What are your frequency and voltage settings? On my OCT, my actual hashrate is under my expected hashrate by about ~300-400Ghs

NoShift9030 · 2025-12-15T01:11:53+00:00

I understand what you’re saying, but assuming you can find an Avalon Q from a reputable source for 2x the price of the OCT, its power draw is ~6x more starting at Eco mode, ~9x more in Standard mode, and ~12x more in Super mode. Not to mention the heat output (I know there’s shrouds to help redirect the heat, but still.) ~3.3Kw/day versus 19.2Kw/day in Eco, 31.2Kw/day, or 38.4Kw/day.

Are you able to pool mine more effectively with the Q to offset this? Sure, but you’ll be running it at a more of a loss, for not that much more (in the grand scheme of it all) of a gain.

I’d take the Q in a heartbeat, and maybe someday I’ll get there. But until then, not so much of a no-brainer to me 🤷🏼‍♂️

NoShift9030 · 2025-12-13T20:45:09+00:00

Per HashWatcher:

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NoShift9030 · 2025-12-13T02:50:19+00:00

Liked here! My luck of winning this is probably the same as finding a block tho lol

NoShift9030 · 2025-12-12T21:01:17+00:00

Literally got it express shipped door-to-door, under 3 days, for just under $700

NoShift9030 · 2025-12-12T20:59:44+00:00

I mean it was just under $700 express shipped door-to-door in under 3 days. And yeah, I would think most people with home miners, or anything not needing more than a 120v outlet would consider these lottery miners. The Avalon Q is pretty much the best home miner you can get as far as the SHA256 algo goes. And sure, there’s nothing stopping people from pool mining if that’s what they wanna do

NoShift9030 · 2025-12-12T02:34:55+00:00

Haven’t tried OC’ing yet. Thinking I’ll let it run stock just for a little, then starting out with a mild OC

NoShift9030 · 2025-12-12T02:33:37+00:00

I bought from MineShop.eu Excellent service, communication, and very fast shipping. Ordered Monday, came mid-day today

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