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December 10, 2017, 06:04:26 PM
https://imgur.com/a/9Sp8f
Is this a good M.2 riser?

@manicdan What do you mean with power cards?

This is the one I'm talking about:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-f4AAOSwTapV4-qz/s-l1600.jpg

As you can see it has a small 4 pin power connector. You don't have to use it as the riser itself is powered.

The one your looking at is probably a good choice.

I guess I can get this "adapter/riser thing" on e-bay right?

It's much better to get this adapter.  you can run upto 4 devices from this one.  I am using one with 4 cards plugged in.  no additional power required by the adapter either.  Just ensure you get the VER 002.  

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/PCI-E-to-PCI-E-Adapter-1-Turn-4-PCI-Express-Slot-1x-to-16x-USB/605305_32833259844.html?spm=2114.12010611.0.0.649f3bbb809U1s

 I had an incident of that m.2 pcie adapter burnt out.  Luckily didn't damage any components on the board.  The pins below can get bent and short out.

This works 100%??

I am using 2 cards.  All 4 ports work for me on 2 separate Z270 motherboards
Imo it's definitely worth trying out yourself for 14 bucks odd.

So you can potentially run 9 GPU's with this adapter plus the other 5 slots?

Is anyone running these right now can say how they're working?


Thanks heavyarms
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Activity: 82
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December 10, 2017, 05:59:17 PM
Does a Celeron 3930 work on this motherboard out of the box? Not too keen on swapping a cpu in just to update bios.

Yes!
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December 10, 2017, 05:55:54 PM
Does a Celeron 3930 work on this motherboard out of the box? Not too keen on swapping a cpu in just to update bios.
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December 02, 2017, 04:59:32 PM
https://imgur.com/a/9Sp8f
Is this a good M.2 riser?

@manicdan What do you mean with power cards?

This is the one I'm talking about:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-f4AAOSwTapV4-qz/s-l1600.jpg

As you can see it has a small 4 pin power connector. You don't have to use it as the riser itself is powered.

The one your looking at is probably a good choice.

I guess I can get this "adapter/riser thing" on e-bay right?

It's much better to get this adapter.  you can run upto 4 devices from this one.  I am using one with 4 cards plugged in.  no additional power required by the adapter either.  Just ensure you get the VER 002.  

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/PCI-E-to-PCI-E-Adapter-1-Turn-4-PCI-Express-Slot-1x-to-16x-USB/605305_32833259844.html?spm=2114.12010611.0.0.649f3bbb809U1s

 I had an incident of that m.2 pcie adapter burnt out.  Luckily didn't damage any components on the board.  The pins below can get bent and short out.

This works 100%??

I am using 2 cards.  All 4 ports work for me on 2 separate Z270 motherboards
Imo it's definitely worth trying out yourself for 14 bucks odd.
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Activity: 362
Merit: 250
December 02, 2017, 03:43:07 PM
https://imgur.com/a/9Sp8f
Is this a good M.2 riser?

@manicdan What do you mean with power cards?

This is the one I'm talking about:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-f4AAOSwTapV4-qz/s-l1600.jpg

As you can see it has a small 4 pin power connector. You don't have to use it as the riser itself is powered.

The one your looking at is probably a good choice.

I guess I can get this "adapter/riser thing" on e-bay right?

It's much better to get this adapter.  you can run upto 4 devices from this one.  I am using one with 4 cards plugged in.  no additional power required by the adapter either.  Just ensure you get the VER 002. 

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/PCI-E-to-PCI-E-Adapter-1-Turn-4-PCI-Express-Slot-1x-to-16x-USB/605305_32833259844.html?spm=2114.12010611.0.0.649f3bbb809U1s

 I had an incident of that m.2 pcie adapter burnt out.  Luckily didn't damage any components on the board.  The pins below can get bent and short out.

This works 100%??
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Activity: 729
Merit: 114
December 02, 2017, 03:41:26 PM
https://imgur.com/a/9Sp8f
Is this a good M.2 riser?

@manicdan What do you mean with power cards?

This is the one I'm talking about:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-f4AAOSwTapV4-qz/s-l1600.jpg

As you can see it has a small 4 pin power connector. You don't have to use it as the riser itself is powered.

The one your looking at is probably a good choice.

I guess I can get this "adapter/riser thing" on e-bay right?

It's much better to get this adapter.  you can run upto 4 devices from this one.  I am using one with 4 cards plugged in.  no additional power required by the adapter either.  Just ensure you get the VER 002. 

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/PCI-E-to-PCI-E-Adapter-1-Turn-4-PCI-Express-Slot-1x-to-16x-USB/605305_32833259844.html?spm=2114.12010611.0.0.649f3bbb809U1s

 I had an incident of that m.2 pcie adapter burnt out.  Luckily didn't damage any components on the board.  The pins below can get bent and short out.
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November 20, 2017, 03:04:35 PM
So it turns out these boards only like certain risers. Version 6 i believe. This is why my board only saw 3of6 gpu.

Swapping risers solved my mobo's identifying issues

My ASUS boards like ALL risers, the Biostar boards are choosy though.
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November 20, 2017, 01:19:50 PM
So it turns out these boards only like certain risers. Version 6 i believe. This is why my board only saw 3of6 gpu.

Swapping risers solved my mobo's identifying issues
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November 16, 2017, 01:42:32 AM
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November 15, 2017, 06:30:27 PM
https://imgur.com/a/9Sp8f
Is this a good M.2 riser?

@manicdan What do you mean with power cards?

This is the one I'm talking about:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-f4AAOSwTapV4-qz/s-l1600.jpg

As you can see it has a small 4 pin power connector. You don't have to use it as the riser itself is powered.

The one your looking at is probably a good choice.

I guess I can get this "adapter/riser thing" on e-bay right?
jr. member
Activity: 82
Merit: 3
November 15, 2017, 04:30:45 PM
https://imgur.com/a/9Sp8f
Is this a good M.2 riser?

@manicdan What do you mean with power cards?

This is the one I'm talking about:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-f4AAOSwTapV4-qz/s-l1600.jpg

As you can see it has a small 4 pin power connector. You don't have to use it as the riser itself is powered.

The one your looking at is probably a good choice.
newbie
Activity: 66
Merit: 0
November 15, 2017, 03:58:44 PM
https://imgur.com/a/9Sp8f
Is this a good M.2 riser?

@manicdan What do you mean with power cards?
jr. member
Activity: 82
Merit: 3
November 15, 2017, 04:56:43 AM
I have 6 rigs with 8 GPUs and this motherboard. It has been troublesome to get them running because the m2 adapters that I got is of terrible quality. Some work and some don’t. I just found out that they are full off solder “balls” and bridges.
newbie
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November 14, 2017, 06:50:04 PM
Hello have someone successfully try 8 GPU on this mobo? Or do you recommend Z270-A? Tnx for the answers Smiley

i have 8 running in windows without issue

turn on 4g
and dont use the power cords for the 2 m.2 riser cards, it works fine without them.
newbie
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November 14, 2017, 06:53:58 AM
Hello have someone successfully try 8 GPU on this mobo? Or do you recommend Z270-A? Tnx for the answers Smiley
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September 24, 2017, 07:32:57 PM
_kaurus can you check if your HDD or SSD is partitioned with MBR or GPT? MBR does not support Above 4G Decoding, but the symptom should be system lockup.

https://www.howtogeek.com/245610/how-to-check-if-a-disk-uses-gpt-or-mbr-and-how-to-convert-between-the-two/

Other then that I would remove one of the 1070's to see if the R9 390 got recognized. Or check if the system will accept 4 or more 1070's if you have more.

I'm using an MBR partitioned SSD with win7 and it works with 7 nvidia gpus. On the asus prime z270-p offcourse.


I was under the impression that Microsoft used MBR by default on all windows installs. So why would i have an MBR issue to recognize additional cards.  

My AB350 board did 6 cards (not of the same brand), my asrock does 8+2 and now this Asus prime Z270-a only does 3 cards of any type.  All systems are running off a normal laymen's install of windows.

jr. member
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September 22, 2017, 05:47:10 PM

for my rigs on Z270-P with 6 cards that option PCIE-X GEN speed became most crucial!!
if it was set to auto - no luck on loading, no keyboard, no HDD
if set on GEN1 - nu loading
if set on GEN2 - stable and running good
if set on GEN3 - not stable loading

I don't know what to say, but I guess for some rigs this option is important as well



I just did a test on one of my rigs and it will boot Windows 10 and mine regardles of what PCIe speed is set to, Gen1, 2 and even 3. That is with BIOS version 0810. 3x580 Nitro+,1x570 Nitro+, 1x580 Gigabyte Gaming 8 and 1x1070 Zotac Mini
Unless your BIOS older than 0810, it may depend on the graphics cards and/or the risers used?
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September 22, 2017, 05:22:36 AM
_kaurus can you check if your HDD or SSD is partitioned with MBR or GPT? MBR does not support Above 4G Decoding, but the symptom should be system lockup.

https://www.howtogeek.com/245610/how-to-check-if-a-disk-uses-gpt-or-mbr-and-how-to-convert-between-the-two/

Other then that I would remove one of the 1070's to see if the R9 390 got recognized. Or check if the system will accept 4 or more 1070's if you have more.

I'm using a MBR partitioned ssd with win7 and it works with 7 nvidia gpus. On the asus prime z270-p offcourse.
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September 22, 2017, 01:12:54 AM

Bear in mind that a lot of the post you read are old and the problems described may not apply to you now as BIOS firmware and Windows/GPU drivers has been updated. I set the 3 different PCI speeds to GEN2 and GEN1 on my first rigs to get them running, but I have now set them back to Auto on all my rigs. I think Above 4G Decoding is the only thing you have to enable in BIOS.



for my rigs on Z270-P with 6 cards that option PCIE-X GEN speed became most crucial!!
if it was set to auto - no luck on loading, no keyboard, no HDD
if set on GEN1 - nu loading
if set on GEN2 - stable and running good
if set on GEN3 - not stable loading

I don't know what to say, but I guess for some rigs this option is important as well

jr. member
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September 22, 2017, 01:00:59 AM
This drive was setup on another system and transferred to this mobo. It was running 10 1070 + 2 390s.  Do you think i should still try the mbr version?

No. It should be GPT. If you used the drive with 12 GPUs it is GPT.

This other system is also a Z270-A? If not I would reinstall windows from the mobo you are going to use.
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