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cryptocoinfarmer

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Without bios modding it's impossible to use 8 cards.
This topic is discussed in many forms with no luck.

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Quote from: k98s on July 16, 2017, 10:23:10 PM

Quote from: BeneQ on July 16, 2017, 04:56:00 PM

Asus Z270A 7GPU on PCI-e + 1 on M2 to pcie adapter , 8x gpu without any problems
very similar motherboard Asus Z270P only 6 gpu Sad

My prime z270p with 8 gpu are working well
have been 1 month

Can you share your bios settings, please..

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Quote from: BeneQ on July 16, 2017, 04:56:00 PM

Asus Z270A 7GPU on PCI-e + 1 on M2 to pcie adapter , 8x gpu without any problems
very similar motherboard Asus Z270P only 6 gpu Sad

My prime z270p with 8 gpu are working well
have been 1 month

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Asus Z270A 7GPU on PCI-e + 1 on M2 to pcie adapter , 8x gpu without any problems
very similar motherboard Asus Z270P only 6 gpu Sad

sezecastronomine

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Quote from: batko on April 02, 2017, 02:53:54 AM

Edited bios not for sale Angry

this was patrick's response yes?

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Quote from: batko on April 02, 2017, 02:53:54 AM

For 8 gpu rig you need edit bios motherboard.

Edited bios not for sale Angry

Yes., msi support said that the 270 series can support 8 Rx cards. Not sure if that is true.

batko

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For 8 gpu rig you need edit bios motherboard.

Edited bios not for sale Angry

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Quote from: cleverserge on March 31, 2017, 04:35:31 AM

The video is how to build 7x GPU rig. There is no problem with 7x GPU on MSI Z97 Gaming 5. The question is about possibility of building 8x gpu rig on MSI z97 G5 or Asrock H81 pro btc rev2 with PCIe extender

My bad.
Not that I'd imagine he'd share with you his configuration if he's selling these, but maybe make contact with [email protected] and ask for some pointers?
If he says no, I'll make contact as I'm interested in this particular setup with diff, possibly a mix set of cards.

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The video is how to build 7x GPU rig. There is no problem with 7x GPU on MSI Z97 Gaming 5. The question is about possibility of building 8x gpu rig on MSI z97 G5 or Asrock H81 pro btc rev2 with PCIe extender

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Quote from: cleverserge on March 27, 2017, 04:56:16 PM

Hello, all

Has anybody suceeded in building 8x GPU mining rig on Ubuntu or Win10 ?

I have MSI Z97 gaming 5 motherboards and they work great with 7 GPUs.
I tried this adapter http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-E-4X-Female-to-NGFF-M-2-M-Key-Male-Adapter-Power-Cable-with-Converter-Card-/311414541676 and this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-E-1X-Expansion-Kit-1-to-3-Port-Switch-Multiplier-HUB-Riser-Card-USB-Cable-/191949792720
Both didn't help to work 8th GPU. Though here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9z5bmjEepQ&t=21s the rig is built.
Please share your expertise in this question

Thanks,
Serge

cryptomined lays it out -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWVyutw3hZk.
see more for bios hax.

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Quote from: cleverserge on March 27, 2017, 04:56:16 PM

Hello, all

Has anybody suceeded in building 8x GPU mining rig on Ubuntu or Win10 ?

I have MSI Z97 gaming 5 motherboards and they work great with 7 GPUs.
I tried this adapter http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-E-4X-Female-to-NGFF-M-2-M-Key-Male-Adapter-Power-Cable-with-Converter-Card-/311414541676 and this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-E-1X-Expansion-Kit-1-to-3-Port-Switch-Multiplier-HUB-Riser-Card-USB-Cable-/191949792720
Both didn't help to work 8th GPU. Though here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9z5bmjEepQ&t=21s the rig is built.
Please share your expertise in this question

Thanks,
Serge

in that video they are using a 3x1 PCIe expander card just like the one you linked too, the common Chinese ones are a bit unstable but you are missing an important piece regardless which expander you use. the BIOS needs to be edited to support that many GPUs. MSI won't formally support it with that motherboard as MSI did not qual that many lanes on the Z97 but you can hack it to do so, I didn't look close but I would hope that video discusses it because there is no way it won't work without a BIOS edit.

cleverserge

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Hello, all

Has anybody suceeded in building 8x GPU mining rig on Ubuntu or Win10 ?

I have MSI Z97 gaming 5 motherboards and they work great with 7 GPUs.
I tried this adapter http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-E-4X-Female-to-NGFF-M-2-M-Key-Male-Adapter-Power-Cable-with-Converter-Card-/311414541676 and this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-E-1X-Expansion-Kit-1-to-3-Port-Switch-Multiplier-HUB-Riser-Card-USB-Cable-/191949792720
Both didn't help to work 8th GPU. Though here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9z5bmjEepQ&t=21s the rig is built.
Please share your expertise in this question

Thanks,
Serge

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