Step-by-step installation guide

In this guide, we show you step by step how you can easily mount the Copperzilla on your Bitaxe yourself.

Instructions for setting up the Bitaxe are available here.

Congratulations on your new Copperzila 2.0 upgrade kit!

Do not touch the heat sink with your hands! The fine film of oil on your skin will cause permanent stains when it comes into contact with the copper.
Only touch the fan and/or wear gloves!

1. Removal of the old heat sink

  • Carefully disconnect the fan's power supply from the pins.
  • Gently unscrew the 4 screws that are screwed in from the back through the bitaxe.
  • Cautiously lift the heat sink off the miner.
  • Clean the ASIC chip carefully and thoroughly with a suitable cleaning cloth.

2. Preliminary check

  • Check that your Copperzilla kit is complete. You will find the following parts in the box:
  • 1x Assembled Copperzilla incl. fan
  • 4x Spacers
  • 4x Hex nuts
  • 1x Mounting plate
  • 1x Hex screw head
  • Thermal paste incl. cleaning cloth, if ordered

Of course, you will also need your Bitaxe.

3. Preparation

Check that the 4 screws on the Copperzilla are fully tightened and have not come loose during transport.

4. Apply thermal paste

Place a lentil-sized drop in the center of the ASIC chip.

5. Wedding

To connect the Copperzilla to the miner, you must remove the protective film from the contact surface.
Make sure that the curved heat pipes are facing upwards and the fan cable is facing downwards! Then carefully place the miner upside down on the heat sink. The chip should now lie flat on the contact surface.

6. Screw connection

  • Place the 4 spacers on the 4 screws.
  • Place the mounting plate on the spacers.
  • Place the 4 hex nuts on the screws.

    You can carefully tighten the nuts by hand (max. 1-2 Nm) using the hex screwdriver provided.

    Do not tighten too much, as this may damage the ASIC!

7. Connect the fan

Now carefully plug the fan cable onto the pins at the bottom of the motherboard.

You can then push the fan all the way up towards the display so that it sticks out slightly to increase performance even further. This also passively cools the voltage converter.

Screenshot of recomendet settings of the bitaxe gamma bitcoin miner

8. Adjust settings

Now that heat generation has been reduced to a minimum, you can adjust the frequency in your AxeOS dashboard to generate even more hashes per second.
Our recommendation:

🟢 Silent Mode – 750 MHz / 1200 mV → ~1.5 TH/s
Whisper-quiet fan speeds. ~50% more hashrate than typical stock Bitaxes.

🔴 Performance Mode – 1000 MHz / 1300 mV → ~2 TH/s
Yes. 2 terahash on a single Bitaxe!