Thanks dude! Then remind me to buy you a beer some day when we're all rich and famous. 
Will do.
Topic: Dummy Plugs and 12.8 (Read 3265 times)
Will do.
WOOHOO! That worked! Lol, but video will only come out of the 1x slot now. Thanks Cablez, you saved me many hours of troubleshooting. Got a BTC address? I want to tip you, but you don't have one in your sig.
I am glad that worked out for you. It was a puzzler.
No need for a tip, just helping my mining brothers and sisters when I can.
WOOHOO! That worked! Lol, but video will only come out of the 1x slot now. Thanks Cablez, you saved me many hours of troubleshooting. Got a BTC address? I want to tip you, but you don't have one in your sig.
I am glad that worked out for you. It was a puzzler.
No need for a tip, just helping my mining brothers and sisters when I can.
i'm not sure if i missed it or no one mentioned it, but resistors are not directional. there is no right direction, just parallel vs serial rules stated earlier. diodes are directional, but you are not using them.
Yup, I first wondered that myself. I called up a good friend of mine and asked him if it mattered, and he told me it doesn't. I used one of those electric meters with the probes to further make sure I was making myself a 75ohm resistor instead of a 300ohm resistor out of those 150 ohm resistors. 
i'm not sure if i missed it or no one mentioned it, but resistors are not directional. there is no right direction, just parallel vs serial rules stated earlier. diodes are directional, but you are not using them.
WOOHOO! That worked! Lol, but video will only come out of the 1x slot now. Thanks Cablez, you saved me many hours of troubleshooting. Got a BTC address? I want to tip you, but you don't have one in your sig.
Its pins A1-> B17 I believe. Its been a long time so don't quote me yet. 
EDIT: here you go:
EDIT: here you go:
One question, does that board require shorting the pins of the x1 slots to see the cards?
Good idea! Which two pins was it? Gonna start looking for that thread right now...EDIT: Found it. Gonna try it real quick a report back https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/list-of-motherboard-that-require-shorting-pin-a1-b17-for-pci-e-1x-to-work-36061
One question, does that board require shorting the pins of the x1 slots to see the cards?
Alright, having issues on that other rig. So far, I've tried using a 100ohm dummy, a 75ohm dummy, and an actual second monitor hooked up to the 2nd card. Nothing seems to get it to work. I figured it might just be the card, so I swapped it out with another one that works, and I'm stilling having issues. I think I've narrowed it down to either the Motherboard/BIOS setting or some sort of software setting in Windows. Tried reinstalling the 12.8 driver, thinking I might need to have all the cards attached when I install the driver, but that didn't work either. Is there some sort of setting for the PCIe slots that I am suppose to configure? COM port, I/O something jibber jabber? It's an MSi K9N Neo-F V3 board. Has one PCIe x16 as the primary, then two PCIe x1 slots.
no dummy plugs needed since the 11.x drivers.
If you are not needing the dummy plugs then that is great. You really shouldn't need them anyway.
As to doubling up the resistors, keep the lines going in the same direction, connect with a drop of soldier (or twist them), then you can use a multimeter to find the correct orientation for the resistance you want.
As to doubling up the resistors, keep the lines going in the same direction, connect with a drop of soldier (or twist them), then you can use a multimeter to find the correct orientation for the resistance you want.
Try doubling up 2 100s and see if it clears up.
How do I do this? I heard that if you run them one way, it'll be 200ohms. And if you run it the other way, it will be 50ohms. How do I know which way I should have them flipped? They do have different colored lines, but I don't know what they mean.Connecting two resistors of the same value in parallel halves the resistance. Connecting two resistors of the same value in series doubles the resistance.
I'm using 68 Ohm resistors so two 100 Ohm in parallel will give you 50 Ohms or two 150 Ohm in parallel will give you 75 Ohm.
I use Catalyst 12.1 and yes if I don't use dummy plugs mining will work, usually. But strange things happen. If I use a dummy plug on my 2nd GPU and extend the desktop to it it always stabilizes. Maybe that is just my system, I don't know. But I have had the same results with multiple catalyst versions with WinXP and Win7. So I just use the plug.
Sam
I don't think you need dummy plugs.. You're doing something wrong.. 12.6+ you should be good without them.
As of right now, everything seems to be working fine without dummy plugs. Although I haven't tested the next rig yet. 
I don't think you need dummy plugs.. You're doing something wrong.. 12.6+ you should be good without them.
Try doubling up 2 100s and see if it clears up.
How do I do this? I heard that if you run them one way, it'll be 200ohms. And if you run it the other way, it will be 50ohms. How do I know which way I should have them flipped? They do have different colored lines, but I don't know what they mean. Here's the instructions I used
http://www.overclock.net/t/384733/the-30-second-dummy-plug
That's kind of normal with Windoze, just keep rebooting till it works Maybe it will keep working?
http://www.overclock.net/t/384733/the-30-second-dummy-plug
That's kind of normal with Windoze, just keep rebooting till it works
Maybe it will keep working?+1 that is the instructions I have used as well. Worked a treat back then. Maybe the 100ohm is not enough resistance on the rgb channel. Try doubling up 2 100s and see if it clears up.
Alright, having issues. I made one, and it didn't work. Made another with the resistors going the other way, but that doesn't work either. https://i.imgur.com/UUeymH6.jpg
What am I missing? I can't get windows to detect my other cards.
Update: Plugged all three cards into the machine and gave each of the extra cards the opposing dummy plug. Windows got to the desktop, then started going haywire. Unplugged both dummies, but it wouldn't stop. Rebooted without the plugs, and windows now recognizes all three cards. Not sure what I did...
What am I missing? I can't get windows to detect my other cards.
Update: Plugged all three cards into the machine and gave each of the extra cards the opposing dummy plug. Windows got to the desktop, then started going haywire. Unplugged both dummies, but it wouldn't stop. Rebooted without the plugs, and windows now recognizes all three cards. Not sure what I did...
Here's the instructions I used
http://www.overclock.net/t/384733/the-30-second-dummy-plug
That's kind of normal with Windoze, just keep rebooting till it works
Maybe it will keep working?
Alright, having issues. I made one, and it didn't work. Made another with the resistors going the other way, but that doesn't work either. https://i.imgur.com/UUeymH6.jpg
What am I missing? I can't get windows to detect my other cards.
Update: Plugged all three cards into the machine and gave each of the extra cards the opposing dummy plug. Windows got to the desktop, then started going haywire. Unplugged both dummies, but it wouldn't stop. Rebooted without the plugs, and windows now recognizes all three cards. Not sure what I did...
What am I missing? I can't get windows to detect my other cards.
Update: Plugged all three cards into the machine and gave each of the extra cards the opposing dummy plug. Windows got to the desktop, then started going haywire. Unplugged both dummies, but it wouldn't stop. Rebooted without the plugs, and windows now recognizes all three cards. Not sure what I did...
I walked in there and was like "Hey, I called earlier about those resistors. Where are they?" "Right over here, sir. How many do you need?" "I... I think I'll just take all of them..." So I bought out all 100ohm and 150ohm from radioshack. Was kinda funny. Although I feel bad for any local miners looking for some in my area. Those were the only resistors being sold by a store within 30 miles. But yeah, talked to a friend of mine and he said you can run two 150ohm resistors in parallel to make a 75ohm one. I need a bunch, so I bought everything. Going to go give them a try, and will report back in a little while.
Although I feel bad for any local miners looking for some in my area. Those were the only resistors being sold by a store within 30 miles. But yeah, talked to a friend of mine and he said you can run two 150ohm resistors in parallel to make a 75ohm one. I need a bunch, so I bought everything. Going to go give them a try, and will report back in a little while. Jump to: