Today I shut down and fully tear apart a $10,000 Bitmain Antminer Z15 Pro that I’ve been mining on for the past 3 months.
The machine was running hot, throwing hardware errors, and the thermal paste was completely dried out — so I decided to take the risk and rebuild it LIVE.
In this video:
• Full teardown and cleaning
• New Arctic MX6 thermal paste applied
• Hardware error comparison
• Temperature improvements
• 24-hour performance results
• Shipping prep for the new owner
This Zcash miner is still making around $23–$25/day mining Equihash, so it deserved a proper refresh before heading to its new home.
Was it worth the risk? Let me know what you think.
Chapters:
0:00 Why Am I Taking Apart a $10,000 Miner?
1:20 How Profitable Is the Z15 Pro Right Now?
2:05 Is It Overheating? Hardware Errors Explained
3:30 Sponsor – Terra Hosting
5:17 Did the Live Teardown Go Wrong?
6:15 Did New Thermal Paste Fix It?
7:05 Is It Running Cooler Now?
7:50 Would I Ever Do ASIC Repair Full-Time?
9:00 Time to Ship — Will It Survive?
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