Bitaxe is a community driven effort to decentralize Bitcoin mining, which means open-source developers are always improving the Bitaxe firmware that controls your miner’s function. Today Solo Satoshi will teach you how to flash your Bitaxe using WantClue’s user friendly Bitaxe Web Flasher.
What You’ll Need:
- A desktop or laptop with a USB port.
- A USB-C cable that has data transmission capability.
- A Bitaxe power supply. Make sure your power supply has the correct output voltage for your specific device.
Getting Started.
- Power on your device using the power supply.
- Head over to bitaxeorg.github.io/bitaxe-web-flasher/.
- Press the connect button.
- Plug the USB cable into your computer, click and hold the Boot button on the left side of your Bitaxe for 3 seconds, then plug the USB-C cable into your Bitaxe. The Web Flasher will now recognize your device.
- Select your device and click the connect button.
Once successfully connected, your Web Flasher will display the screen below.
- Select your correct model type. For this example, we will be using the Bitaxe Supra. Please be sure to select your correct model.
- Select your correct board version. For this example, we will be using board version 401. Please be sure to select your correct board version.
- Select the version of firmware that you want to flash. It’s recommended to flash the latest firmware version for the latest bug fixes.
- Press the start flashing button to begin flashing the firmware to your device.
The Bitaxe Web Flasher will now begin flashing the firmware to your device. Please do not disconnect your device during this time.
Once your device has successfully been flashed, the below message will appear.
You may now click the disconnect button at the top of the menu.
You’re All Done!
Congratulations, you’re now running the latest firmware for your Bitaxe device!
The Bitaxe Web Flasher will restore your Bitaxe back to factory settings. This will require you to go through the initial set up process to get your device back online. You can see How To Setup your Bitaxe: The New and Improved AxeOS. for an easy guide on how to do so.
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