Whatsminer SD Card Images - Control Board Recovery

19

SD images

4

Control boards

h616

Recommended for new miners

About SD images: Choose by the miner's control-board model, not by miner model (M50, etc.). The control-board model is shown in the miner's web UI under Status / Overview / Hardware Info (h3, h6, h6os, h616), or in Whatsminer Tool under the Version Info column.

H616 controller h616 (6 images)

IMG file	Released	Image size
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Image-h616-20251209.16.ima New .ima format — requires Whatsminer Flasher V1.0.1+	2025-12-09	219.0 MB	⬇ .ima
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Image-h616-20250915.16.Rel2.img Latest stable Rel2 release for h616 / .img	2025-09-15	108.5 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-M3x-h616-20240124.11.img	2024-01-24	78.6 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-M3x-h616-20240115.17.img	2024-01-15	78.6 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-h616-20220729.11.img	2022-07-29	78.5 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-h616-20220422.18.img	2022-04-22	78.4 MB	⬇ .img

H6OS controller h6os (3 images)

IMG file	Released	Image size
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-h6os-20220422.18.img	2022-04-22	88.4 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-h6os-20210520.22.img	2021-05-20	89.5 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-M3x-h6os-20200717.14.img	2020-07-17	86.8 MB	⬇ .img

H3 controller h3 (8 images)

IMG file	Released	Image size
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-h3-20220422.18.img	2022-04-22	84.5 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-M2x-h3-20210520.22.img	2021-05-20	84.9 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-h3-20210109.22.img	2021-01-09	84.9 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-h3-20200917.22.img	2020-09-17	84.9 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-h3-20200418.17.img	2020-04-18	81.3 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-H3-BT1800_OR_NEWER-20191105.22.img	2019-11-05	81.3 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-H3-BT1800_OR_NEWER-20190830.22.img	2019-08-30	81.3 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-H3-M3-20190404.18.img	2019-04-04	81.3 MB	⬇ .img

H6 controller h6 (2 images)

IMG file	Released	Image size
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-h6-20210109.22.img	2021-01-09	88.0 MB	⬇ .img
WhatsMiner-SDCard-Burn-Image-H6-20190404.18.img	2019-04-04	84.8 MB	⬇ .img

How to flash (PhoenixCard - default)

1. Download the .img for your control board (above)
2. Download PhoenixCard V4.2.7 (Tools)
3. Insert a microSD card (>= 4 GB, Class 10 recommended) into your card reader
4. Launch PhoenixCard.exe (Windows). Select your SD card under Disk Check
5. Choose the .img file as Image File, set Write Mode = Product
6. Click Burn and wait until "Burn Complete" appears
7. Eject SD, insert into the miner, power on - recovery boot starts automatically

PDF: WhatsMiner Control Board Burning Operation Guide

New .ima format (December 2025+): H616 SD images from version 20251209 onward use the .ima format and require the official Whatsminer Flasher V1.0.1+ tool - PhoenixCard does not handle .ima.